Wednesday’s AEW Dynamite was the go-home show for Saturday’s Full Gear PPV.
In the main event, TNT Champion Cody Rhodes and The Gunn Club defeated John Silver, Colt Cabana, and Preston “10” Vance as Darby Allin looked on from the upper deck of the arena. Rhodes cut a promo on Allin after the match as they will face off for the the title Saturday.
Earlier in the show, AEW World Champion Jon Moxley and title challenger Eddie Kingston had an intense promo segment before their “I Quit” match Saturday.
In an impromptu match made when Scorpio Sky vs. Shawn Spears was removed from the show, The Young Bucks defeated Private Party. After the match, Tag Team Champions FTR ran in and nearly Pillmanized Matt Jackson’s ankle again before Kenny Omega and Hangman Page, who will be opponents on Saturday, ran in for the save.
In the show’s opener, MJF and Wardlow defeated Sammy Guevara and Ortiz. MJF attacked Chris Jericho at the commentary desk after the match. If MJF beats Jericho on Saturday, he will join The Inner Circle.
For more of what you missed, including a Nyla Rose/Hikaru Shida pull-apart and several other brawls, scroll down.
The NWA Women’s Championship will be on the line on the pre-show for this Saturday’s Full Gear pay-per-view.
AEW’s Tony Khan announced tonight that NWA Women’s Champion Serena Deeb will defend her title against Allysin Kay on The Buy In for Full Gear this Saturday: “Before tonight’s huge Live #AEWDynamite on TNT, I’ve just secured a big new match for Saturday at The Buy-In available to all! After her NWA World Women’s Title win last week + 1st defense on Dynamite. @SerenaDeeb will defend her title against former champion @Sienna Allysin Kay!”
Deeb won the NWA Women’s Championship from Thunder Rosa on last week’s edition of UWN Primetime Live. In her first title defense, Deeb retained against Leyla Hirsch on Dynamite last Wednesday.
Kay formerly held the NWA Women’s Championship from April 2019 to January 2020. She announced earlier this week that she’s now a free agent: “As of today, I am officially a free agent. Thank you to the NWA for the opportunities, which included one of my favorite matches of my career. I am open for indy bookings & appearances. Let’s get weird. AK”
Orange Cassidy vs. John Silver was originally set for The Buy In, but Khan revealed earlier today that it’s being moved to the Full Gear main card.
Here’s the updated lineup for Full Gear:
AEW World Champion Jon Moxley defends against Eddie Kingston in an I Quit match
AEW Tag Team Champions FTR defend against The Young Bucks (if The Young Bucks lose, they won’t challenge for the AEW Tag Team titles again)
AEW Women’s Champion Hikaru Shida defends against Nyla Rose
TNT Champion Cody defends against Darby Allin
World title eliminator tournament finals: Kenny Omega vs. Hangman Page
Chris Jericho vs. MJF (if MJF wins, he joins the Inner Circle)
Elite Deletion match: Matt Hardy vs. Sammy Guevara
Orange Cassidy vs. John Silver
NWA Women’s Champion Serena Deeb defends against Allysin Kay (pre-show)
Full Gear is being held at Daily’s Place in Jacksonville, Florida on Saturday, November 7 with a limited audience capacity and socially distanced seating chart. This will be the third straight AEW PPV that’s been held at Daily’s Place due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Young Bucks have added a new stipulation to their match against AEW Tag Team Champions FTR at the Full Gear pay-per-view.
During a sitdown interview on Wednesday’s AEW Dynamite, the Bucks told Excalibur that if they don’t win the titles at Full Gear, they will never challenge for them again.
The Bucks also explained their recent actions in superkicking various people backstage, including Tony Schiavone and Alex Marvez. Matt explained that sometimes good people do bad things. He and Nick have been missing an edge, and when FTR started to mess with the Bucks and their friends, it lit a spark under them to do something more. It was Matt’s idea to add the stipulation.
The segment also featured FTR, interviewed from a separate area. Dax Harwood said that while this may be a dream match, they care more about retaining the titles. When Excalibur asked Nick to further expand on some of Matt’s comments, the champions got mad and left the interview.
This is identical to a stipulation from last year where Cody said if he was unable to beat Chirs Jericho for the AEW World title, he would never challenge for it again. He lost and the stipulation has stuck.
The Young Bucks survived a four-way tag team match in the main event of Wednesday’s AEW Dynamite to earn a shot at Tag Team Champions FTR at November’s Full Gear pay-per-view.
After the match, FTR went to shake the Bucks’ hands but the challengers were surprised from behind by a Tully Blanchard chair shot, eventually leading to the champions “Pillmanizing” Matt Jackson’s ankle with a chair to close the show.
The four-way included Private Party, The Butcher & The Blade and Alex Reynolds/John Silver of the Dark Order. Matt Jackson pinned Isiah Kassidy with a roll-up to earn the victory.
The Bucks and FTR built up a rivalry on social media while FTR (then The Revival) were in WWE. When FTR signed with AEW earlier this year after being released, it was a question of when, not if, they would eventually meet in the ring as the two teams went face-to-face on their first night in.
FTR will be looking for the fourth defense of the titles they won from Kenny Omega and Hangman Page at September’s All Out. The Bucks have gone 0-2 in title shots thus far, losing to SCU at the December 18, 2019, Dynamite and to Omega/Page at February’s Revolution.
Sammy Guevara vs. Matt Hardy in a ‘The Elite Deletion’ match has been announced for Full Gear.
The match was announced on tonight’s show, though what exactly a ‘Elite Deletion’ match is was not specified.
During tonight’s main event, Sammy Guevara and Matt Hardy, (who accompanied Private Party to ringside) brawled to the back during a picture in picture commercial break.
Guevara rekindled the feud between him and Matt Hardy last week when he cut off Hardy during an interview. The video screen showed him burning pictures of Matt Hardy as he revealed that it was him who attacked Hardy weeks ago.
The two last wrestled in a ‘Broken Rules’ match at All Out. The match was initially stopped when Hardy fell off a ladder and was knocked out on impact. The match continued, but it immediately went to the finish, where Hardy won.
Other matches announced for Full Gear, which takes place on November 7, includes the following:
Jon Moxley vs. Eddie Kingston for the AEW World title in an I Quit match
Cody vs. Darby Allin for the TNT title
FTR vs. The Young Bucks for the AEW Tag Team titles
The finals of a tournament to determine the next contender for the AEW World title
The AEW World title match for Full Gear has been set.
Jon Moxley will defend the title against Eddie Kingston in an I Quit match. This follows what happened in the closing moments of last week’s Dynamite, when Kingston and the rest of his group (The Butcher & The Blade, Lucha Brothers) attacked Moxley.
In a promo tonight, Moxley said there was no one happier than him when Kingston signed with AEW. He used to know him, but now he seems whiny and miserable. Moxley is not going to apologize for his success. He said he never tapped in their first match on September 23 and said he would end this at Full Gear when Kingston verbalizes that he quits.
Eddie Kingston in response said he had to become bitter. He hates who he has become, but he had to become this because his ends justify his means. He said he has never quit in his life and that Moxley is going to have to reach into a deep, dark place, a place that Kingston lives in.
Full Gear will take place on Saturday, November 7.
Excalibur, Jim Ross and Tony Schiavone welcomed us to the show.
World title eliminator tournament first round: Wardlow defeated Jungle Boy
A fun opener.
Jungle Boy got some shine with a series of kicks and dropkicks. Wardlow cut him off after an attempted rana off the apron failed.
Wardlow worked Jungle Boy over. Jungle Boy made a comeback with a backstabber, tope suicida, tope rope rana and a double knee drop off the top for a near fall.
Wardlow cut Jungle Boy off again, then hit a massive F-10 for the pin.
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After the announcers previewed the rest of the card, they aired an incredible promo that Eddie Kingston cut on Jon Moxley after last week’s Dynamite.
Kingston ripped on Moxley for making millions of dollars in the land of entertainers while leaving Kingston behind. Kingston said he would die for pro wrestling and he’s going to make Moxley quit.
Moxley vs. Kingston in an I Quit match was announced for Full Gear.
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Moxley cut a pre-taped promo on Kingston. He said he wouldn’t apologize for making enough money to buy his mom a house. He promised to beat Kingston so badly he’d either get his old friend back or beat him into submission.
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Omega got a total heel entrance for his tournament match. He had dancing girls with brooms and Justin Roberts listed all of his Observer and Pro Wrestling Illustrated accolades.
World title eliminator tournament first round: Kenny Omega defeated Sonny Kiss
Omega won a squash in seconds after hitting a v-trigger and a One-Winged Angel.
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Tony Schiavone interviewed Orange Cassidy about his upcoming TNT title match with Cody.
Cassidy spoofed Bill Belichick and downplayed his loss to Brodie Lee in his last TNT title shot.
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Dasha interviewed Cody and Arn Anderson as they arrived at the building.
Cody said he heard there may be a stipulation added to his TNT title defense against Cassidy next week. He said he gained weight on his hiatus because even though it’s a light heavyweight company, if you look at the opponents he has faced, he’s practically AEW’s giant killer and it was time to go into heavyweight mode.
I’m not sure if this was supposed to be a subtle heel promo but it sure came off as one.
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Kingston cut another promo on Moxley. He said he hates what he’s become, but he had to become a snake. He said being a nice guy got him nowhere, but his current attitude has gotten him to a world title match on PPV.
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World title eliminator tournament first round: Rey Fenix defeated Penta El Zero M
Excellent match. They got a decent amount of time but they really could have gone longer. A big chunk of this happened during an ad break.
There was a scary moment where Fenix landed awkwardly on the mat after a top rope rana. Ref Aubrey Edwards was checking with him every few seconds for the next minute or so as he appeared out of it.
Just two of the very best guys in the world having a state of the art match. They traded kicks and the advantage. Fenix hit a tornillo off the post. Penta missed a chop and punched the post.
After the top rope rana, Penta took over. They traded a series of near falls. Fenix hit a destroyer for the pin.
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A video package recapped last week’s issues between Miro & Kip Sabian and Best Friends. Best Friends said they didn’t mean to destroy Sabian’s arcade game.
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Alex Marvez interviewed Colt Cabana, Alex Reynolds and John Silver about Dark Order’s big matches tonight. Reynolds said that Mr. Brodie Lee taught them to overcome adversity.
Silver did some of his BTE shtick but it didn’t translate as well in this setting.
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World title eliminator tournament first round: Hangman Page defeated Colt Cabana
A nice little back and forth match. This was Page’s best singles outing in quite a while.
Page showed off some of his power spots. Cabana cut him off and worked him over through an ad break. The timing on the commercial breaks on these shows is just brutal.
Page avoided a Chicago Skyline and kicked out of a Superman pin. Page teased a Buckshot Lariat but Cabana stepped away. Page then hit the Buckshot for the pin.
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A video recapped Sammy Guevara beig revealed as Matt Hardy’s mystery attacker.
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Team Taz came to the stage for a promo.
Taz said Team Taz has two problems, Will Hobbs and Darby Allin.
Taz said he hasn’t heard back from Hobbs since offering him a spot on Team Taz and he needs an answer.
Taz said he talked to Tony Khan today and learned that if Starks had beaten Allin weeks ago it would be Starks wrestling for the TNT title at Full Gear. Taz said that burns his ass.
Starks cut a great promo on Allin from there. Starks has a polish and a presence about him that is special.
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Le Dinner Debonair
MJF and Jericho were at their steak dinner. They did some one upsmanship regarding their steak temperatures.
From there, they broke into a “Me and My Shadow” song and dance routine. They changed the lyrics to the song to rip on all of the babyfaces in the company. This was a full blown musical.
There will be a town hall next week with Tony Schiavone moderating to discuss whether or not MJF should join Inner Circle.
The reaction to this is going to be polarizing. I thought it was funny. It also did not make me interested in seeing them team with or wrestle each other at any point.
Regardless, seek this out and make your own determination. It’s one of the most unique segments to air on wrestling TV in decades.
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Hey, it’s the bottom of the 9 p.m. hour, must be time for the one women’s segment on the show.
Britt Baker defeated KiLynn King
Baker won a rather stiff squash after hitting a flatliner, a curb stomp and using Lockjaw for the submission.
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Hangman Page vs. Wardlow and Kenny Omega vs. Rey Fenix, Tay Conti vs. Abadon, Cody vs. Orange Cassidy in a TNT Championship lumberjack match and an Inner Circle town hall were announced for next week.
Matt Hardy vs. Sammy Guevara in The Elite Deletion was announced for Full Gear.
Darby Allin vs. the TNT Champion, Moxley vs. Kingston in an I Quit match for the AEW title and FTR vs. the winners of tonight’s main event for the AEW Tag titles were announced for Full Gear.
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Steve-O appeared in a Darby Allin vignette.
Allin rolled down a skateboard halfpipe in a body bag.
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Video from last night’s Dark where Kingston brought The Bunny back to the Butcher and Blade act aired as Butcher and Blade entered for the main event.
The main event is next.
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FTR joined commentary for this match.
Number one contender match for the AEW Tag Team titles: The Young Bucks defeated Private Party (w/Matt Hardy), Butcher & Blade and Alex Reynolds & John Silver
This was a very good match, just fifteen straight minutes of solid action. The tag division should be the in-ring calling card for AEW.
The Bucks dominated the opening stretch. Nick and Kassidy had a nice exchange. Butcher and Blade broke things up. It was then Private Party’s time to shine as Quen ran absolutely wild.
At the first commercial break, Sammy Guevara jumped the barricade and attacked Matt Hardy.
Silver and Reynolds tried to recruit Butcher and Blade during the match. Bunny jumped on the apron to distract them and Butcher and Blade remained in control.
Silver and Reynolds then had their opportunity in the spotlight as Silver ran around the entire ringside area delivering strikes.
Quen and Kassidy hit Silly String on Reynolds. Butcher and Blade hit their finisher on Kassidy. In each instance, The Young Bucks were forced to jump in and break up the pin.
The Bucks and Private Party were in for the closing sequence.
Nick teased a Meltzer Driver on Kassidy. Quen pulled him off the apron.
Kassidy rolled up Matt for what looked to be the finish. Instead, Matt reversed the cradle and pinned Kassidy.
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FTR went to the ring after the match and offered Matt and Nick beer. Matt and Nick slapped the beers away.
A masked man jumped in and attacked The Bucks with a chair. The masked man hit a spike piledriver off the second rope on Nick.
Cash then Pillman-ized Matt’s left leg with a chair.
Referees ran in and FTR and Blanchard retreated to the stage as the show ended.
November’s Full Gear pay-per-view has its first match: the finals of an eight-man tournament to determine the next no. 1 contender for the AEW World title.
The single elimination tournament was announced on Wednesday’s Dynamite along with the first three competitors: Kenny Omega, Jungle Boy and Ray Fenix. It’s assumed the tournament will play out solely on Dynamite.
Omega’s former partner Hangman Page was on commentary during the announcement and was taken aback by Omega’s inclusion, walking away from the broadcast booth after it was announced.
The next world title match is scheduled for AEW’s first anniversary show on the Wednesday, October 14th Dynamite featuring champion Jon Moxley vs. current no. 1 contender Lance Archer.
The second-ever Full Gear is set for Saturday, November 7th and will likely be at Daily’s Place in Jacksonville, Florida. Last year’s event was held in Baltimore, Maryland, and was co-headlined by Moxley vs. Omega in a lights out match and then-World champion Chris Jericho vs. Cody.
AEW has revealed the name and date for their next pay-per-view.
During All Out tonight, a video aired announcing that Full Gear 2020 will take place on Saturday, November 7. This will be AEW’s second annual Full Gear PPV.
The promotion’s first Full Gear event was held at Royal Farms Arena in Baltimore, Maryland last November. It was headlined by Jon Moxley defeating Kenny Omega in an unsanctioned lights out match. Chris Jericho, who was the AEW World Champion then, also retained the title against Cody at that PPV after MJF turned against Cody and threw in the towel.
Full Gear will be AEW’s fourth PPV of 2020. Revolution, Double or Nothing, and All Out were the company’s first three PPVs of the year. Double or Nothing and All Out were both held at Daily’s Place in Jacksonville, Florida due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Tonight’s All Out PPV had a socially distanced crowd that was limited to a maximum of 15 percent capacity.
A match between MJF and Cody will take place at Revolution next month, but only if Cody agrees to three stipulations.
MJF announced the stipulations on tonight’s show. The first is a no touching rule that Cody must adhere to. MJF said that if Cody touches him in any way, the match is off.
The second stipulation would be MJF selecting an opponent of his choice, which would be Wardlow, in a steel cage. The third and final stipulation would be for Cody to take ten lashes from MJF on all fours on live television.
These stipulations come after Cody challenged MJF to a match several weeks ago. It was MJF who turned on Cody back in November at Full Gear. He has since taken Wardlow as his associate and at one point had the team of The Butcher and The Blade attack Cody.
Revolution is set to take place at the Wintrust Arena in Chicago, Illinois on February 29.
In the latest example of never say never, C.M. Punk showed up at the end of WWE Backstage on 11/12, and announced he would be starting on the show next week.
The news was something of a surprise, even though it was known he had pushed for the spot and had taken a screen test, and at the time it was widely expected he’d be hired. Punk and everyone had gone mum on the subject in recent weeks, although there were people saying he was in.
Punk will join the regular cast of Renee Young, Booker T, Christian, Paige and Ryan Satin on the show that airs at 11 p.m. Tuesday nights on FS 1. In theory, Punk is with FOX, and not WWE, but the show thus far has been a promotional arm and hardly independent coverage. Punk will appear regularly, but not necessarily on every show.
AEW’s first pay-per-view since debuting on weekly television was headlined by what will likely end up being the most divisive match of the year.
For some, Jon Moxley and Kenny Omega’s unsanctioned lights out match at Full Gear was a hardcore classic. To others, it was a gratuitously violent and long match that was a misstep for AEW. They wrestled for over 38 minutes and did everything they could to try and have the epic hardcore match that its biggest fans thought it was. A board covered in mouse traps, a chain, a screwdriver, glass, barbed wire, and a barbed wire spider web were just some of the weapons used. By the end of the match, part of the ring was deconstructed — and a Paradigm Shift DDT on the exposed wood finally put an end to things and gave Moxley the win.
We’re looking for reports on yesterday’s WWE Smackdown show in Minehead, England as well as today’s shows in Aberdeen, Scotland and Dublin, Ireland to [email protected] We’re also looking for reports on the MLW TV tapings yesterday in Orlando.
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Since Raw was taped on Friday, there are WWE live shows Monday in Glasgow, Scotland for Raw and Vienna, Austria for Smackdown. Walter will be defending the NXT UK title against Jordan Devlin in Austria. Tuesday has shows in Amsterdam, Germany and Lille, France. The Smackdown crew is in Zurich, Switzerland on Wednesday.
Joseph Currier gives his thoughts on Crown Jewel and the travel delays the WWE roster faced after the show.
When Crown Jewel ended last Thursday, it seemed like things weren’t quite as awful for WWE as their previous shows in Saudi Arabia.
In the ring, this year’s Crown Jewel was probably the best event that WWE has had in Saudi Arabia. There were low points, but the show was focused more on the current roster and special attractions than relying solely on nostalgia. Though Hulk Hogan and Ric Flair were part of the show, they coached teams of current wrestlers and weren’t actually competing themselves. A major title change even took place, with The Fiend becoming Universal Champion by defeating Seth Rollins in their falls count anywhere main event.
Most importantly for WWE, they got to put on the first-ever women’s match in Saudi Arabia. Natalya defeated Lacey Evans, and it went as well as could be expected. There were obviously restrictions, including what Natalya and Evans were allowed to wear. But the quality of the match was largely irrelevant to WWE. Natalya and Evans treated this like a milestone that they were honored to be part of. The audience also played their part, helping WWE’s narrative come off as more than just hollow messaging.
One of the craziest stories in pro wrestling history, one that will be talked about in autobiographies to come, involves the WWE’s trip to Saudi Arabia. We’ve got a complete rundown on what happened as well as details of a story that involved hundreds of millions of dollars, the stock market, mainstream media, and much more. The new issue also covers:
The decision to put NXT talent on main roster shows affected ratings for Raw, Smackdown and NXT.
A complicated story with a lot of issues, including a $60 million payment, let money, a new and better deal for WWE, lagging stock price, talent stuck in Saudi Arabia an extra day, a meeting called by Vince McMahon, what does and doesn’t add up among the different stories, the Smackdown show and how it went down, stock analyses look at WWE, and much more.
Coverage of UFC 244, with the story behind the fight, the stoppage of the main event, Nate Diaz’s 180 reaction on what he wants to do, Jorge Masvidal and the BMF championship, scary finishes, upsets and surprises along with match-by-match coverage and poll results from the show.
New Japan building two Tokyo Dome shows in January with key matches, angles being worked on, the retirement of Jushin Liger, the situation with Katsuyori Shibata, the return of Hiromu Takahashi, what Will Ospreay talked of, the upcoming tag team tournament, the junior tag team tournament, California shows as well as a full rundown of Power Struggle with match-by-match coverage with star ratings and poll results.
The Randy Orton contract, interest level of Crown Jewel, Lance Storm goes to WWE in a non-wrestling role and why now, Styles pushes for angle which changes storyline direction, another finish changed on Raw, NXT future plans, lots of WWE injury notes, WrestleMania kickoff party and plans for the next show in Mexico City.
Upcoming War Games matches, UK stars on main roster shows, WWE’s biggest house show week of the year, the most watched shows on the WWE Network, plus WWE’s first show in the U.K. and a rundown on all the NXT house shows.
Kenny Omega’s possibly going after yet another world title with coverage of DDT’s big show at Sumo Hall.
Coverage of the MLW PPV show, Dragon Gate’s Gate of Destiny with storyline notes and coverage and Pro Wrestling NOAH’s biggest event of the year at Sumo Hall.
Coverage of all the WWE and AEW television shows from the past week.
In-depth looks at the ratings of all the major shows, the key demos and quarters for AEW and WWE, what happened head-to-head and what can be learned from them.
Results of all the major pro wrestling events around the world over the past week.
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SUNDAY NEWS UPDATE
Bryan and I have our weekend show up covering Full Gear, last night’s New Japan show and also cover the reasons behind some of the things on Raw that airs tomorrow night.
We are sorry to report the death of New York independent wrestler Matt Travis, who was on his bicycle at 2:30 a.m. Saturday when a dump truck driver made an illegal left turn and hit him. He was rushed to Harlem Hospital and pronounced dead on arrival. The driver didn’t stop and police are looking for him. Wrestlers all day yesterday were writing tributes about him. I believe he was trained originally by Amazing Red.
In the Google trends over the weekend, the only thing combat sports related was the Logan Paul vs. KSI rematch which did 2 million searches, making it No. 1 for yesterday. UFC and AEW did not crack the top 20 yesterday. AEW was on the list at one point but other subjects overtook it.
A few notes regarding Raw which are spoilers. These are the matches:
Asuka & Kairi Sane defend the women’s tag titles against Becky Lynch & Charlotte Flair
Sin Cara vs. Drew McIntyre
The Singh Brothers vs. R-Truth for the 24/7 title
Seth Rollins vs. Walter
Rollins & Kevin Owens & Street Profits vs. Imperium
Cedric Alexander vs. Andrade
Soner Durson vs. Erick Rowan
Viking Raiders vs. Flash Morgan Webster & Mark Andrews
Randy Orton & Ricochet & Humberto Carrillo vs. A.J,. Styles & Luke Gallows & Karl Anderson
In the Lana angle that we talked about on the show earlier today, with Rusev and Bobby Lashley, at the end of the angle it is revealed as a ruse and that Lana really isn’t pregnant. This angle got a really bad reaction live. Will be interesting to see if they change the crowd reaction audio.
“Playing With Fire” starring John Cena opened at an estimated $12.8 million for the weekend, putting it in third place behind Midway ($17.5 million) and Doctor Sleep ($14.1 million). The movie didn’t do well in reviews, with only 24 percent positive according to Rotten Tomatoes.
WWE
Natalya missed the TV tapings on Friday due to a family obligation.
Kambi has put up some odds for Survivor Series for star ratings (thanks to David Taylor):
Men’s tag team title Triple Threat ***3/4
Brock Lesnar vs. Rey Mysterio ***
Women’s title three way ***3/4
A November 6, 1983 event at the Omni is now on the WWE Network in the new Hidden Gems listing. The card is:
Brad Armstrong vs. Joe Lightfoot
Ron Garvin vs. Jake Roberts for the National title
Jimmy Valiant vs. Great Kabuki
Buzz Sawyer vs. Abdullah the Butcher
Road Warriors vs. Dusty Rhodes & Brett Sawyer for National tag titles
Tommy Rich vs. Ted DiBiase
At today’s WWE show in Dublin, Daniel Bryan asked if for the first time in a year people wanted the “yes” chants and they did so he led them doing so.
AEW
Another note on the show when we talked about Kenny Omega and Jon Moxley coming from CZW, Omega actually got his hardcore wrestling start in JAPW, the first U.S. group he worked regularly with, while Moxley was in CZW.
There was a skirmish on Thursday night at Tony Schiavone’s birthday party in Baltimore involving Excalibur and Jimmy Havoc. It definitely happened, Tony Khan said it was a draw while other reports differed on that saying Excalibur choked him out.
MISCELLANEOUS
For those interested in going to Japan in January with a group of people Wrestling Travel has tour for the two Tokyo Dome shows here. They also have packages for the Royal Rumble and WrestleMania.
The toy company Super 7, based in San Francisco, announced they are coming out with New Japan action figures including Kazuchika Okada, Hiroshi Tanahashi, Tomohiro Ishii and Will Ospreay. They also have a Lucha Libre line with Blue Demon Jr. Tinieblas Jr., and Solar (thanks to Ross Blair)
King Mo, who retired from MMA on Friday, debuted yesterday for MLW in Orlando.
Myron Reed beat Teddy Hart to win the middleweight title at the Orlando show.
Kambi also has star ratings odds for the 1/4 show at the Tokyo Dome:
Jay White vs. Tetsuya Naito ****1/2
Kazuchika Okada vs. Kota Ibushi *****
Will Ospreay vs. Hiromu Takahashi ****3/4
Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Chris Jericho ****1/4
Tickets go on sale on 11/14 for the MLW return to Cicero Stadium on 2/29 at www.MLWtickets.com
WAR has an all women’s event on 12/6 in Lima, OH at the Bradfield Community Center.
Defy has shows on 11/30 and 12/1 in Seattle at Washington Hall. 12/1 will have all ages allowed. Only over 21 for the 11/30 show. Meiko Satomura, Jimmy Havoc, El Phantasmo, Jake Atlas, Alex Hammerstone, Jacob Fatu, Douglas James and others are no both shows. They also announced a 1/3 show with Matt Sydal.
Charli Evans vs. Avary was announced for Melbourne City Wrestling’s next GIRL show on 11/17.
Erika Reid vs. Saraya Knight, Lena Kross vs. Hiroyo Matsumoto and Meiko Satomura vs. Mercedes Martinez were announced for NHPW on 12/6 in Western Australia. (thanks to Kevin Chiat)
Tajiri vs. Andruew Tang headlines the 11/23 Singapore Pro Wrestling show.
Joe E. Legend is doing a pro wrestling seminar on 11/17 for $40 at the House of Truth Pro Wrestling school in Center Line, MI. He’s teaching European style chain wrestling match psychology, character development and different styles learned working all over the world. For more info go to hotwrestlingschool.com
Pro Wrestling Eve from yesterday in London, UK: Laura DiMatteo b Gisele Shaw, Rhia O’Reilly b Mei Suruga, Millie McKenzie b Nicole Savoy, Angel Hayze b Aleah James, , Jazz b Jetta, Mercedes Martinez b Kasey
The second show from yesterday: Millie McKenzie b Gisele Shaw, Jetta b Mei Suruga, Kasey b Angel Hayze, Mercedes Martinez b Mercedes Blaze, Laura
DiMatteo b Nicole Savoy, Rhia O’Reilly b Jazz. Promoter Dann Read thanks Jazz for coming in and talked about how great she was to work with and how back in the past she gave a lot of the women hope for the future of non-models in wrestling and said she deserves a run in WWE or AEW. The entire roster came out to thank her. Jazz said she wasn’t expecting all this and thanked the fans, and aid she was in the T&A era but for her that stood for talent and ability.
Pro Wrestling Eve from today in London: Promoter Dann Read announced Nicole Savoy was injured and off today’s show and Angel Hayze is out today and questionable for the next show. Rhia O’Reilly announced i she wins the tournament she wants a shot at International champion Jamie Hayter. Jazz b Mei Suruga, Kasey b Mercedes Blaze, Jetta b Rhia O’Reilly, Mercedes Martinez b Amazon (Ayesha Raymond), Gisele Shaw b Rebel Kinney, Millie McKenzie b Laura DiMatteo. The B block in the tournament comes down to a three-way with McKenzie, DiMatteo and Shaw. (thanks to Shannon Walsh and wrestlingwithdemons.net)
EPW from last night in Melbourne: Dan Moore b Gavin McGavin, Julian Ward b Kiel Steria, Jack Edwards & Tipene b Taylor King & Tyler Jacobs-DQ, Jay Taylor b Del Cano, Aaron Hawk & Dan Steel b Alex Kingston & Logan Grey in a street fight, Julian Ward b Dan Moore, Damian Slater & Marcius Pitt b Davis Storm & Richter, Mikey Nicholls b Michael Morleone to win the EPW title
MCW from last night in Melbourne: Brat Pack won three-way over Ritchie Taylor & Mike Burr and Jett Rouka & Kaz Jordan, Gino Gambino & Bad Luck Fale b Atlas Whittaker & Emmanuel & Shaun Young, Avary b Lena Kross, Jake Andrewartha b Fun Time Phil, Steph DeLander b Kellyanne in a no DQ match to keep the women’s title, Danny Psycho b Hartley Jackson to keep the Intercommonwealth title, Robbie Eagles b Emman the Kid, Adam Brooks won elimination match over Alex and Dowie James to win the MCW title. Gino Gambino & Fale attacked Eagles as part of the New Japan program where Eagles quit Bullet Club. This was the last show on longtime MCW booker Criss Fresh, who has retired from the position. (thanks to Kevin Chiat)
Xia Brookside and Sean Kustom will be in Australia taking bookings from 11/20 to 1/2.
Shine from yesterday in Woodside, NY: Madi Maxx b Savannah Evans, Tina San Antonio b Vanity, Candy Cartwright b Notorious Nadi, Ashley Vox & Delmi Exo won three-way over Brittany Blake & Avery Taylor and Gabby Gilbert & Luscious Latasha, Natalia Markova b Double D’Rose, Alex Gracia b Brandi Lauren, Shotzi Blackheart & Big Swole & Aja Perera b Allysin Kay & Marti Belle & Jayme Jameson. Kay vs. Blackheart takes place today.
CWE tonight in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan with Juventud Guerrera. They also run 11/15 in Grande Prairie Alberta at the Jackpot Grill Events Centre with Guerrera and Jimmy Jacobs.
Billy Gunn, Sammy Guevara and Matt Sydal are headed to IPWA in Ciname City Glilot, Israel on 12/15.
AEW’s first PPV since their weekly television debut takes place at the Royal Farms Arena in Baltimore, Maryland tonight.
Chris Jericho will defend the AEW World Championship against Cody, who has vowed to never challenge for the title again if he doesn’t defeat Jericho tonight. There will be three judges at ringside that will decide the winner if they reach a 60-minute time limit draw.
Kenny Omega will face Jon Moxley in what is being billed as a Lights Out match. In storyline, AEW has not sanctioned the match, thus there will be no rules and the match will not count in either man’s record.
Two other title matches are set for the show. Riho will defend the AEW Women’s Championship against her mentor and teacher Emi Sakura. SCU (Frankie Kazarian & Scorpio Sky) will defend the AEW Tag Team titles against Private Party and The Lucha Bros in a triple threat match.
Plus, The Young Bucks take on Santana & Ortiz, PAC and Hangman Page continue their feud, and Joey Janela faces Shawn Spears.
The main card starts at 8 p.m. Eastern time. There will also be a pre-show featuring Britt Baker vs. Bea Priestley starting at 7 p.m. Eastern.
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Excalibur, Taz and Goldenboy were the announce team for The Buy In.
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Dr. Britt Baker, DMD submitted Bea Priestly
Britt stormed the ring and was quick off the bat at the bell, but Bea did what she could do to slow her down, which included rolling out of the ring on multiple occasions. Bea’s offense was built around kicks and stomps to the head, playing off the injury Britt got back at Fight For The Fallen.
Taz mentioned Britt having the flu and Cody tweeting about it earlier. Darby Allin was shown sitting at ringside for some reason. Bea worked over the back of Britt, which led to Britt being unable to lift her up for a bodyslam. Britt hit a Top Rope Brainbuster and tried to roll over do a second brainbuster, but she couldn’t lift Bea. Bea locked on a face lock that Britt got to the bottom rope for, but when Britt rolled to the apron for a breather, Bea jumped off the top rope with a double stomp. Britt came back and paid tribute to her boyfriend Adam Cole and hit a Panama Sunrise/Canadian Destroyer, but only got a 2 count. Britt tried twice to get on the Lock Jaw and succeeded the third time for the tap out.
A good opener.
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The lights went out and Awesome Kong has arrived. Kong came out with Brandi, while Bea was still in the ring and Bea lost her second fight of the evening. Kong hit the spinning back fist and then gave Brandi a knife before laying out Bea with an Implant Buster.
Brandi handed Kong the knife back and she used it to cut a chunk of Bea’s hair off before adding it to a belt of trophies she was wearing.
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Taz and Goldenboy tagged out to Jim Ross as the show began.
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Santana & Ortiz (Proud & Powerful) defeated Young Bucks
The Rock & Roll Express was sitting ringside, playing off them being assaulted by Proud & Powerful 2 weeks ago. Young Bucks used that as inspiration early as they ran wild, including sending Ortiz over the guardrail and into the first row. Referee Rick Knox would not allow a Proud & Powerful tag when Santana tried tagging Ortiz’s foot and then didn’t allow their tag behind the referee’s back. They stopped bothering with tags one point when Ortiz put Nick in a Boston Crab, Santana put Matt in a Gory Special and then simultaneously put Nick in a Camel Clutch. Rules of tag team wrestling or not, that was a cool visual.
Matt set up Santana for a moonsault, but instead did a beautiful dive over the post onto Ortiz on the floor. Minutes later Nick was running wild and ran down the apron to kick Ortiz, but Ortiz ducked and Nick kicked the ring post, which looked like it hurt as much as a few seconds later when he got tripped and landed face-first on the ring apron. Santana threw Matt into the Rock & Roll Express. Nick did do a hell of a job selling the leg. Nick took quite the beating before nearly doing the splits while doing a Superkick. Matt got the tag and hit a series of rolling Northern Lights Suplexes on both of P&P. Young Bucks did the Inzigiri/Power Bomb combo, which messed Nick up almost as much as Santana. Nick had to tag out again, so Ortiz ripped him down off the apron. P&P went for the Street Sweeper, but Matt was watching old Steiner Brothers-Beverly Brothers matches, as he caught his foe with a belly-to-belly suplex when he came off the top.
It was time for a Superkick Party and Nick, again, couldn’t stay in the ring long and Matt wasn’t able to get a good breather. Young Bucks went for a Meltzer Driver, but Nick collapsed on the mat before doing his half of the move. Matt set Nick on the top rope, but P&P laid out Matt and forced the tag. Nick spat his gum at Santana, but Santana showed what a sicko he was by putting it in his mouth. Matt went charging at Santana, but got a shoulder-full of ringpost instead. Santana and Ortiz then laid out Nick with The Street Sweeper for the surprising pin.
The match started weird, but picked up in the middle and ended as a tremendous match. The Young Bucks were the #3 ranked tag team going into the match, so undoubtedly that will change.
Sammy Guevara came out to celebrate with his Inner Circle stable mates and handed Santana & Ortiz a sock full of baseballs. Ricky Morton and Robert Gibson hopped the guardrail to make the save. Morton hit the slowest Canadian Destroyer ever, but did hit a decent Suicide Dive. The crowd died at the finish and were more excited for the aftermath of the Morton and Gibson run-in than they were for the actual run-in.
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Hangman Page pinned Pac
A completely different match from the bell. This was more of a brawl than the opener and stood out in front of a crowd that just saw that crazy opener. The fans chanted “Cowboy Shit”, which Hangman took a second to acknowledge and that was all Pac needed. Pac used kicks to the face and stomps that Page sold really well. Page was begging for more as Pac hit pump kick after pump kick in the corner. Well Pac may be a Bastard, but he’s a nice enough guy to give Page what he was asking for.
Pac glared at the crowd as he set up for the Phoenix Splash, and like with Page earlier, it gave his opponent just enough time to recover. Page hit a really nice Spinebuster for a near fall. Page hit a slam on the ring apron (which is the hardest part of the ring) and an Orihara Moonsault before hitting his own running boot to the face. Pac rolled outside and played possum and when Page went for his next attack Pac cut him off and hit a brainbuster on the conveniently placed chair at ringside. Page barely got in by the count of 10 and continued to beg Pac for more kicks and Pac continued to acquiesce.
Pac went up top for the Black Arrow, but Page cut him off and hit a top rope Fallaway Slam. He kept going for a Buckshot Lariat and Pac kept avoiding it. Pac turned The Dead Eye into The Brutalizer, but Page collapsed into the ropes, causing a break. Pac missed a Black Arrow, but ducked another Buckshot. They ran near the ref and Page caught an attempted Pac low blow and picked up the win with the Dead Eye.
A better overall match than the opener, but that match was more spectacular.
This couldn’t follow the last two matches, but they did what they could. The first big move saw Janela run down the apron, but get power slammed for his efforts. The fans were into it, even though they didn’t have much of a reason to care for this match. Spears ripped off the turnbuckle pad and tie the tag rope around Janela’s hair. If nothing else that is a unique move. Joey lost a bit of hair when he ripped his head out of the knot. Shawn Spears locked on the Sharpshooter, 22 years to the day after the Montreal Screwjob and Earl Hebner is the referee. These coincidences were ignored by JR and Excalibur and Earl did not claim a phantom submission. Janela made the ropes and got a brief flurry that included a flipping dive to the floor. Janela hit a Northern Lariat and then stomped on Spears’ face. Tully jumped on the apron for a distraction, which worked. Spears took off a corner pad, which distracted Earl long enough for Spears and Tully to hit a Spike Piledriver on Janela on the floor. Spears then hit the C-4 in the ring for the win.
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Goldenboy interviewed Kip Sabian backstage. Sabian said when he joined the company he was going to go straight down the middle, but saw everyone forming their own cliques, so he formed one with TH2. He introduced Penelope Ford as his valet. For more information on Kip Sabian and The Hybrid2, check out yesterday’s bonus AEW Dark report.
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AEW World Tag Team Champions Frankie Kazarian & Scorpio Sky defeated Lucha Brothers and Private Party
The fans booed referee Rick Knox. After that opener I want to boo him too. Lucha Brothers got the best of Private Party early. Somehow Scorpio Sky was distracting the referee long enough for Fenix and Pentagon to hit superkicks on both Marq Quen and Isaiah Kassidy. Kassidy was a little off a few times on his moves, including sitting on Pentagon’s face when hitting a legdrop. Fenix hit a springboard Missile Dropkick to Quen.
The Lucha Brothers did a great job of making sure they were always in the ring and always available for a fresh tag, while making sure that the other wrestler in the ring couldn’t tag out to their own partner. We got the big dive spot and when Scorpio went for his, Fenix ran down the ropes and kicked his head off. Fenix then did a Triple Springboard Twisting Planch onto the pile. I’m not even sure he meant to do that, but he did and it was spectacular. Fenix wasn’t done yet as he ran down the ramp leading to the ring, ran up the ropes and did another twisting dive into the ring. Quen hit one of the most beautiful Shooting Star Presses you’ll ever see. Gin & Juice got broken up and Kazarian pinned Kassidy after an S-C-U-Later.
Fenix was the star of stars in this match and Marq Quen continued proving why he’s going to be a huge star one day.
Pentagon and Fenix attacked SCU after the match. The lights went out and when they came back on someone was dressed as Pentagon in the ring with the real Pentagon. Literally everyone knew who it was and no one was surprised when Chris Daniels hit an STO on Pentagon and an Angel’s Wings on Fenix before taking his mask off. They were still happy to see him. It still makes me wonder why he bothered.
I should point out that despite the wonkiness of the refereeing earlier, they have been doing a better job this week at enforcing actual tag team rules and there’s been a lot less of a free for all. It’s not perfect, but it’s a definite improvement.
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AEW Women’s Champion Riho pinned Emi Sakura
Both ladies looked near tears at the bell. Sakura used her size to bully the champ once the bell rang. At one point Riho was on the apron and Sakura used a running cross bodyblock, which sent Riho crashing onto the pretty black mats. Riho hit the corner double stomp, which looked contrived when Alberto Del Rio did it and looks contrived now. Sakura used a rolling Mexican Surfboard, which was the first time I ever saw such a move. The fans got into it, chanting for Riho, which encouraged her to make a comeback. Sakura cut her back off with a series of back breakers. Instead of hitting a Vader Bomb, she came down with a double stomp.
Riho took several hard chops and decided enough was enough and fired up. Riho tried to get up a head of steam, but Emi grabbed her, hit a Backdrop Driver and a Torture Rack Drop, but Riho got he foot on the ropes. They sped up to an astounding degree as Sakura kept going for the La Magistral cradle that she won on Wednesday with, but Riho stayed away and got the win with a roll up of her own.
Probably the best AEW women’s match so far.
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We got two hours left with two matches to go.
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AEW World Champion Chris Jericho (w/Jake Hager) defeated Cody (w/MJF) when MJF threw in the towel when Cody was trapped in the Liontamer and having his head stomped on
The stipulations are if the match goes the 60-minute time limit, it will be decided by three judges. If Cody doesn’t win the title, he can never challenge for the title again. The three judges are Dean Malenko, Arn Anderson and The Great Muta. Jericho did not have the goth facepaint he has had for most of his post-WWE matches.
The match started slow. If they’re not going an hour, they’re going close. Jericho confronted Dean Malenko at ringside and Malenko glared him down. A lot of chain wrestling early with Cody working on Jericho’s right arm, which is the arm he throws the Judas Effect with. The first big move of the match saw Jericho standing on the ramp and Cody going for a Suicide Dive, but Jericho moved and Cody landed face-first on the ramp, which busted him open hardway. Dr. Sampson ran over to tend to him and try to heal the cut and the match continued.
I am assuming the Maryland State Athletic Commission doesn’t still stop matches due to blood, as Cody was bleeding a gusher, but Dr. Sampson was able to close it. MJF went after Jericho at one point, which did allow Hager to deliver some punishment to Cody as well. 13 minutes in Cody went for a moonsault, but got absolutely nothing but canvas. Cody got his knees up on a Lionsault and hit a Diamond Cutter for a near fall. Cody hit the Bithycle Kick and a Disaster Kick, but Jericho rolled out of the ring to prevent Cody from sustaining this momentum. Jericho went over to intimidate Cody’s Mom, Michelle, at ringside, so Michelle slapped Jericho and Cody speared him into the barricade. Cody hit an Alabama Slam, which Excalibur couldn’t name and, for once, JR got to be superior in that regard. Excalibur did remember a few minutes later.
Cody whooed before putting on the Figure Four, despite his dad using that move. Hager broke it up with a punch to the face behind Aubrey Edwards’ back and then did it more blatantly, so the ref threw him out. MJF mocked Hager, so Hager kicked him in the groin like this was Bellator. While Aubrey made sure Hager left, Jericho laid Cody out with a belt shot. He took so long to make the cover that Cody kicked out. Cody blocked the Judas Effect and hit Cross Rhodes, which everyone bought as the finish, but wasn’t.
24 minutes in, Cody hit the Flip, Flop and Fly with a Bionic Elbow, which the fans bought, but not as much as the Cross Rhodes. Either way Jericho kicked out. Jericho countered a Disaster Kick into a Codebreaker for another 2 count. Jericho took off his weight belt and whipped Cody with it. Aubrey allowed it for a few shots and then got rid of it. Jericho blocked the Hurricarana and locked on the Liontamer. Cody got out of it and Jericho confronted Aubrey, who shoved Jericho into a small package. It still didn’t work. Jericho locked on the Liontamer and this time began stomping on Cody’s head. MJF, seeing this and not wanting his best friend to go through anything more, threw the towel in for a submission.
The fans were legitimately shocked for this finish. There was some light booing, but mostly shock since everyone was convinced this was Cody’s night and was ready to start the coronation.
The Inner Circle came out with the bubbly to celebrate. MJF had a look of anger on his face. Cody looked like he wasn’t sure what to think. MJF began crying and apologized to Cody. The fans chanted “You fucked up” as Cody regained his composure. Cody picked MJF up off the mat…AND MJF KICKED HIM IN THE GROIN! After months of teasing it, MJF finally turned heel despite arguably doing the right thing and throwing the towel in earlier. The fans booed him out of the building as MJF kicked dirt on Cody’s fallen body and walked away.
A fan was caught on camera throwing a large drink at MJF. This was a 5+ star match and angle.
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Jon Moxley pinned Kenny Omega in a Lights Out Match
I have been watching wrestling for 28 years and I have been working for F4WOnline.com/WrestlingObserver.com since 2010 and I can honestly say no match has ever made me so numb and made me want to abandon it as much as this match did. This was a barbaric display and left me completely desensitized. I can honestly say I wish I turned the show off after the Cody-Jericho match. I understand there is an audience for everything and a lot of you guys probably enjoyed this. I did not.
We did not get any “believe it or not” scientific wrestling to start the match and Omega quickly threw Mox over the guardrail and did a running dropkick over the guardrail onto the floor. Not quite as painful looking as when Samoa Joe did a running dropkick on the steps to Sting that time, but bad enough. Omega did a dive off a barrier onto Mox and then tried to do a dive off the guardrail, but Moxley shoved him off and onto the floor. Moxley pulled out the barbed wire bat and punctured the back of Omega with it. Kenny did block Jon’s attempts at pushing it into his face. While I am not a fan of these matches, I do admire the creativity of things like Omega going for a Dragon Suplex and Moxley breaking it by rubbing the barbed wire bat into Omega’s bicep. Kenny pulled out both a table and a barbed wire broom. Omega used it to “sweep” Moxley’s back. He swept Moxley’s back with a broom covered in barbed wire. You probably aren’t surprised to find out that Moxley was bleeding pretty good here, even if it did clot up later.
Trash cans were being destroyed all night, as both men took some hard can shots to the head and Omega did a moonsault while holding a can. Next up in the list of weapons was a board covered in mouse traps. Omega took a release suplex into them. Next up was a long length of chains. Omega took a sidewalk slam and then a Rude Awakening into them. Omega kicked out at 1 and it was sold that Omega was desperately kicking out quickly and Moxley knew that. Mox then used the chains to rip at Omega’s mouth and yank his head back.
Next up was either an ice pick or a screwdriver that got stuck in the top turnbuckle pad when Omega moved out of the way of an attack. Omega hit a pair of Snap Dragon Suplexes to get out of what appeared to be an attempted hanging. Omega then countered an attempted hanging with a hanging of his own. Omega being a nice guy did let Moxley go before he passed out. Omega hit the Terminator Dive onto Moxley and through a table that was set up at the beginning of the match and forgotten about. Moxley went under the ring and pulled out a bag of broken glass. Now I really do think Kenny was watching 2008 TNA and channeling his inner-Abyss. However this was allegedly the same glass from the table Moxley put Omega through back on October 2. Omega gave Moxley a Lo-Down on the glass for a 2 count. Referee Paul Turner got glass stuck in his hand. Omega dragged Moxley back first through the glass and put on a Sharpshooter and Moxley had to crawl back through the broken glass to get to the ropes.
Omega began shoving glass into Moxley’s mouth, but took a German Suplex into the glass, but then hit a pair of V-Triggers to Mox, who rolled out of the ring and crawled up the ramp. Omega grabbed the long forgotten screwdriver and jammed it into Moxley’s head. No submission. Omega demanded that Hangman Page and the Young Bucks “bring it”. They didn’t want to, but eventually acquiesced. They brought out a bed of barbed wire, which Excalibur called a barbed wire spiderweb. Omega teased a One Winged Angel and they teased some other things, but finally Moxley gave him a suplex off the ramp and into it.
This is just disgusting.
No less than 12 people helped pull them out. Omega hit him with some production equipment and then gave Moxley a V-Trigger through a set piece. Somehow the blood is incredibly minimal on both men. I don’t even know how. They made it back to the ring, after all that, Moxley hit a Paradigm Shift onto the long forgotten glass for a 2 count. Moxley pulled back the canvas and the padding underneath, leaving just the boards. Omega backdropped out of a Gotch-style Piledriver and hit a V-Trigger and his own Paradigm Shift and the match isn’t over yet.
Omega missed a Phoenix Splash and kicked out. Finally Moxley hit an elevated Paradigm Shift for the pin.
If I never see another AEW Lights Out match it will be too soon.
