The SuperKliq cut humorous promos for AEW’s international TV partners.
The Elite —
The gang went shoe shopping and spent $5,000.
Nick had a deep bone bruise in his heel after being thrown off the stage by Luchasaurus in a shot that didn’t even make television. He needed an X-ray to see if the heel was broken. The heel was not broken.
Nick answered spam calls on his cell phone in a funny voice.
Nick Jackson, Brandon Cutler and Orange Cassidy went to a casino.
Cutler and The Young Bucks took scooters around St. Louis.
The Bucks, Cutler and Cole competed in a spicy jelly bean eating challenge.
Dark Order —
John Silver and Alex Reynolds continued to suggest ideas to Adam Cole for how to get over.
2point0 —
Matt and Jeff tried to bribe Aubrey Edwards into increasing their ratings in the AEW mobile game.
Best Friends —
Kris Statlander choked out Wheeler Yuta.
BTE Championship —
Sammy Guevara beat Colt Cabana in a paper football challenge to advance in the contender tournament for the BTE Championship.
With Full Gear rapidly approaching, the feud between The Elite and Dark Order will continue on Friday’s live AEW Rampage from St. Louis as Adam Cole will face John Silver for the first time ever.
Both men will be making their Rampage in-ring debuts as well when they square off at the Chaifetz Arena in St Louis, Missouri. One of the storylines for this match was made on the BTE YouTube show as Silver has been trying to give Cole the nickname “Budge.”
CM Punk and Eddie Kingston will come face-to-face following their troubles that began on last week’s Rampage. Kingston interrupted Punk’s promo backstage after losing to Bryan Danielson in an AEW World title eliminator tournament match. That led to Punk calling out Kingston for a confrontation during a promo on Wednesday’s Dynamite ahead of what many assume to be a match at Full Gear.
The TBS Championship Tournament’s first round will conclude as The Bunny takes on Red Velvet. The winner moves on to face Jade Cargill, who has a bye, in the second round.
In a late addition to the card, Bryan Danielson will take on Anthony Bowens of The Acclaimed ahead of the former challenge of Miro at Full Gear.
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We are live from St. Louis with Excalibur, Taz & Ricky Starks
Bryan Danielson defeated Anthony Bowen (w/ Max Caster) (9:04)
Danielson adjusted ring announcer Justin Roberts’ tie before the match. Caster’s rap included the line that The Acclaimed “ends careers faster than your [Danielson’s] father-in-law” and everyone on commentary lost it at that line.
Bowens actually kept up with Danielson on the mat early, and got a near fall with a crucifix. Danielson floored Bowens with a high kick and backed him in the corner for chops and kicks. Bowens came back with chopes of his own, and Bowens responded with forearms. Bowens went for a vertical suplex, but Danielson caught him with a knee to break that up, and went for the cross arm breaker. Bowens got to the ropes, so Danielson kicked him out of the ring.
Danielson went for a kick on the floor, but Bowens blocked the kick, then dropped Danielson face first on the apron. Caster clotheslined Danielson on the floor and the show went to a picture-in-picture break.
Back from the break, Danielson hit Bowens with a series of forearms and a flying clothesline. Danielson followed up with the yes! kicks for a near fall. Danielson missed a dropkick in the corner, and Bownes caught Danielson with “the arrival,” an inverted DDT with his opponent tied up in the ropes. Danielson came back and backdropped Bowens out on top of Caster on the floor. Danielson then flew off the top ropes with a crossbody block on both members of the Acclaimed on the floor. Danielson with a top rope shotgun dropkick, the big stomps and then the LeBelle lock forced Bowens to tap out.
– After a recap of the FTR/Andrade/Cody angle from Wednesday on Dynamite, Andrade is shown in the back paying off MJF for the services of FTR for the next two weeks. Dax Harwood challenged PAC for next week.
CM Punk/Eddie Kingston confrontation.
Punk entrance started before the commercial, then when they returned from break Punk was jogging around the ring. “I just wanted everyone at home to think I was jogging for three and a half minutes.” Punk called out Kingston, and Kingston’s music played but he didn’t come out right away. So Punk taunted him a bit and Kingston stormed out and you could just feel this was going to be awesome.
“You want an apology? Answer me when I’m talking to you!” Punk and Kingston started out in opposite corners along the diagonal of the ring and the additional distance between them added something to the promo. But by the end of this, they were both in each other faces. Kingston blamed his absence on Wednesday on needing COVID tests because he didn’t want to potentially make anyone (or their kids) sick. Kingston apologized to the fans, but didn’t have an apology for Punk. Kingston looked up to all the independent stars in the locker room like Samoa Joe, the Amazing Red and Homicide when he first started out. But CM Punk always looked down Kingston and judged him. Kingston felt like Punk held him back, but Punk said Kingston couldn’t live up to the high standard Punk — and Homicide, Samoa Joe, and even Bryan Danielson — set. “Because you’re a bum.”
“Would a bum main event Full Gear?” Kingston told Punk no one in the locker room wants him in AEW, and Kingston challenged Punk for Full Gear. Punk was thinking Kingston was more suited for a match on Elevation or Dark, which only enraged Kingston further. “Fight me! Fight me! Fight me at Full Gear!” Punk asked the crowd (who obviously approved) and agreed to the match at Full Gear. Just when it looked like Punk is going to leave, Kingston told Punk after the match he could go away for seven more years. Punk headbutted Kingston and the fight was on. It didn’t take long for the referees and officials to run in to try and break up what turned out to be a massive pull apart brawl in the ring. Just when it seemed like the first wave of officials got them apart, Kingston broke free and lept back at Punk, and more officials poured out. Then when it looked like ordered was established again, Punk dove over everyone trying to restrain him and got back at Kingston again.
As the crowd chanted “let them fight!” Excalibur announced Tony Khan made CM Punk v. Eddie Kingston official for Full Gear.
At different points in the promo, both Punk and Kingston were cheered and booed. This was an excellent promo segment and did an amazing job setting up the Punk/Kingston match at Full Gear.
– And in the back, Jungle Boy, Christian and Luchasaurus challenged The Young Bucks and Adam Cole for Full Gear in a Falls Count Anywhere match.
Red Velvet defeated The Bunny (3:34)
Velvet charged the ring and attacked The Bunny before the bell. When The Bunny dropped to the floor, Velvet followed her out with a clothesline. Jade Cargill and Mark Sterling watched from seats in the front row. Bunny sent Velvet headfirst into the steps. Bunny did that ugly, contrived spot where she dropkicks her opponent in the back while their neck is wedged against the middle turnbuckle.
Velvet came back with a leg lariat and a stunner for a near fall. Bunny got a near fall after a death valley driver. Bunny went for Down the rabbit hole, but Velvet countered that into the Final Slice neckbreaker and got the pinfall.
Velvet will now take on Jade Cargill in the next round of the tournament.
Mark Henry moderated the face-to-face with John Silver and BUDGE, uh, sorry, Adam Cole. Silver is just trying to help the new kid on the block, but Cole is having none of it.
Rundown for upcoming shows:
Next week’s Dynamite:
Pac v. Dax Harwood
Thunder Rosa, Tay Conti & Anna Jay vs. Dr. Britt Baker, Rebel & Jamie Hayter
Matt Sydal & Lee Moriarty v. Dante Marin & Lio Rush
Bryan Danielson v. Rocky Romero
The World title match contract signing for Full Gear between Adam Page & Kenny Omega
And added to Full Gear, Eddie Kingston v. CM Punk and the Jurassic Express/Christian v. Superkilq falls count anywhere match.
Adam Cole (w/ The Young Bucks) defeated John Silver (11:03)
While Cole had the Bucks with him, Silver sent the rest of the Dark Order to the back and came out for the match on his own. Excalibur recapped the BTE storyline between SIlver and Cole (that Silver wants Cole to be his manager, change in name and cut his hair) and the other commentators ran down how stupid all that sounds.
But I mean, no one in charge of creative for a wrestling company would ever come up with something that dumb.
Anyway, Silver mimicked Cole’s “Bay-bay!” taunt and got a big boot. Silver came back with a gorilla press slam, dropping Cole on the top rope, and beeling him across the ring. They fought out to the apron, and Cole snapmared Silver onto the hardest part of the ring. On the floor, Cole locked Silver in a camel clutch so the Young Bucks could kiss his cheeks, and the show went to its last picture-in-picture (sorry Lance Storm, that’s what Excalibur is calling it) break.
Back from break, Silver is coming back with kicks. Cole went for a rana, but Silver blocked the move with a sit-down powerbomb for a near fall. Cole and Silver exchanged forearms. Cole and Silver exchanged fast kicks. Silver went for a suplex, but Cole countered it into the suplex/neckbreaker where he drops his opponent on his knee for a near fall.
Cole charged into a lariat from Silver, and Silver hit a german suplex. Silver went for a cover after a punt, but Matt Jackson put Cole’s foot on the ropes to stop the count. The Dark Order ran out to confront the Bucks, which distracted the ref. Cole went for a low blow, but Silver blocked it and hit Cole with a low kick of his own, then Silver dropped Cole with a spinning Liger bomb for another near fall. Silver went for a superplex, but Cole fought out of it. Cole went for a panama sunrise, but Silver overpowered Cole and backed him in the corner. Silver charged, but Cole caught him with a pair of superkicks. Cole lowered the boom on Silver and got the pin.
Great match, which the crowd was very into by the end.
Final Thoughts:
As the kids say, this episode of Rampage slaps. The Danielson and Cole matches were very good, and the CM Punk/Eddie Kingston segment was an all-timer.
This year’s Halloween episode was a parody of Netflix’s Squid Game. It probably made more sense if you have seen Squid Game, but you can easily follow the episode if you have not.
The Elite opened the show in a hotel room, commiserating after their defeat on AEW Dynamite. Jokes were made about tossed salads and Brandon Cutler’s internet search history.
Cutler received a business card with a phone number on the back. He called the number and was invited to play a game as a way to make up for the massive debt he said he’s gone into trying to keep up with The Young Bucks shoe purchases.
Cutler is picked up in a van to be transported to play the game. Michael Nakazawa and Lulu Pencil were already in the van, passed out. Cutler was given some sort of sleeping gas and passed out as well.
The next scene opens with Cutler, Nakazawa, Pencil, plus Isiah Kassidy and Marq Quen of Private Party waking up. A video from a masked figure (Kenny Omega) told them that the game they were about to play was for as much money as an AEW wrestler who used to be in WWE makes.
The game commenced. The losing player after each round was “killed.” I won’t spoil the winner.
After the game, Omega “killed” The Young Bucks and Adam Cole.
Two new matches have been announced for next Friday’s AEW Rampage as John Silver will take on Adam Cole and The Bunny will face Red Velvet in a TBS title tournament match.
The Elite and The Dark Order have rekindled their feud in recent weeks with The Dark Order picking up a win over The Elite this week on Dynamite in an eight-man tag match.
In recent weeks on Being the Elite, Silver has suggested to Cole that he stop wrestling, change his name and cut his hair, jokingly referring to reports prior to Cole leaving WWE that Vince McMahon wanted to do just that in regards to a potential call-up to the main roster. Silver has given Cole the nickname “Budge” much to Cole’s chagrin.
The Bunny vs. Velvet match is the last of the opening round TBS title tournament matches. The winner will move on to face Jade Cargill (who got a bye) in the second round.
Behind the scenes footage from The Elite’s promo segment on Dynamite aired. Kenny Omega and The Young Bucks joked about their toughness and how many fights they had been in, then talked about how the fans don’t like them talking about how they overpay for shoes.
The Elite —
The Young Bucks tried to recruit -1 to The Elite, but he turned them down, hit Nick with a low blow and hit a crossbody to both Bucks.
Dark Order —
Adam Cole was in his locker room warming up when John Silver and Alex Reynolds entered. They are trying to give Cole the nickname “Budge,” and suggested that he wear leather gear. They made another lewd suggestion, but Cole walked out on them.
BTE Championship —
Dante Martin defeated Fuego Del Sol in a BTE Championship tournament match.
Hollywood Hunk —
Ryan Nemeth is feuding with Brandon Cutler after Cutler uploaded his segment last week against his wishes. Nemeth talked about all of his potential Hollywood projects and promised to embarrass Cutler.
Adam Cole was on the phone. John Silver and Alex Reynolds entered and tried to kiss him. Cole freaked out. Silver and Reynolds pitched him on being their manager. Cole did a Howard Finkel impression, then turned them down.
The Elite —
A Young Bucks travel vlog and shopping spree aired.
The Elite’s backstage attack on Jurassic Express aired.
The Elite’s match from Saturday Dynamite was shown from Cutler Cam.
Miscellaneous bits —
Ryan Nemeth discussed how his girlfriend broke up with him because he uses fake tanner to supplement his real tan. He wrote a song about the breakup and played it, then had second thoughts and asked Cutler not to air it. Cutler aired it anyway.
BTE Championship —
No update was given on the status of the Championship tournament. First round matchups were announced last week, but this was a short episode and no BTE Championship content aired.
The Elite mocked their botched powerbomb spot from their match on last week’s Dynamite. They practiced a powerbomb on Michael Nakazawa backstage, but had trouble lifting him.
The Elite —
The Elite travel to Philadelphia was chronicled. Kenny Omega lost his passport in the airport and had to be paged by the airline to retrieve it.
Practically the entire eight-man tag from Dynamite aired in Cutler Cam footage.
Dark Order —
Hangman Page received his invitation to return to AEW in a letter sent to his home. He was informed that he had used up all of his PTO and had to come back to work.
John Silver and Alex Reynolds tried to recruit Adam Cole again this week. They told him he’d have to change his name to join the group. They suggested BUDGE, Muff Flanagan and Gold Stretchblur.
The episode closed with footage of Hangman Page winning the ladder match on Dynamite.
BTE Championship —
2point0 chose names for their BTE Championship contender tournament.
First round matchups are:
Sammy Guevara vs. Colt Cabana
Fuego Del Sol vs. Dante Martin
John Silver vs. Evil Uno
Chuck Taylor vs. The Joker
Miscellaneous bits —
Leva Bates and The Blue Meanie bonded over the color blue.
Ryan Nemeth did a lengthy video from his ex-girlfriend’s apartment explaining how hot he was, how much hotter he was than all of the hot people and what a good boyfriend he was.
The Young Bucks and Kenny Omega went shoe shopping. They joked about fans complaining about the shopping segments and skipping over them.
The Elite —
The sneaker shopping continued after the opening credits.
The group had the back window broken out of their rental car in Rochester.
The Elite’s segment from last week was shown from Cutler Cam.
The Bucks and The Good Brothers compared temporary tattoos. Karl Anderson said Sour Boy was gone forever. Sour Boy then returned.
Nick Jackson vs. Bryan Danielson footage from Rampage was shown.
Dark Order —
Alex Reynolds and John Silver agreed that they needed to recruit a new friend after losing Hangman. They found Adam Cole backstage and told him that he could join their friend group if he shaved his head.
The group put aside their differences and said they were glad to be back on the same page. Anna Jay appeared and shoved Stu Grayson, so things are back to normal.
BTE Championship —
2point0 went down a list of potential challengers for the BTE Championship. They said they need to institute a ranking system to determine the next challenger. An empty tournament bracket was shown at the end of the segment.
Miscellaneous bits —
Ryan Nemeth’s film Heel was entered into the HollyShorts Film Festival. Clips from the film aired, including a cameo by Dolph Ziggler.
Nemeth was interviewed and flashed back to whatever happened to Michelle that night.
A Christopher Daniels video promo aired. The Fallen Angel is returning to Impact Wrestling.
The Elite —
The Bucks and Brandon Cutler met up in New York before Dynamite last week. They went shoe shopping at a Nike store. Matt and Nick talked about how they weren’t nervous for performing in front of 20,000 people because they had been in the Tokyo Dome seven times.
Footage of The Elite from Rampage was shown. It was explained that Karl Anderson was absent from the entrance because he was masturbating backstage.
Dark Order —
Alex Reynolds told John Silver to stop drinking urine.
Silver and Reynods then started hitting on Wardlow. Wardlow thanked them for their interest, but said he wasn’t into people that drank their own urine.
BTE Championship —
2point0 announced that they were instituting a ranking system for the BTE title. They challenged Renee Paquette to enter the system and work her way up the ranks.
Miscellaneous bits —
On his Hollywood Hunk segment, Ryan Nemeth played a bit on The Cream, then said that now that he had chased away the dirt sheet guy with his Cream bit, he was going to reveal all the backstage AEW gossip.
Nemeth said that John Silver requires 24 hour nursing care, Anna Jay is a clergyman, Trent is seven people, plus Negative One was wounded in Vietnam.
No cold open on this week’s episode. Nick Jackson signed for fans waiting at the airport.
Nick and Brandon Cutler went shoe shopping while Matt Jackson slept in.
Backstage, Cutler asked Adam Cole to take out The Elite Hunter. Backstage footage of Cole’s entrance for the match was played.
Dark Order —
John Silver threw coffee creamer at Bear Bronson.
Silver tried to recruit Leyla Hirsch, but failed.
Alex Reynolds returned and told Silver that they need to recruit another friend, because Hangman isn’t coming back.
BTE Championship —
Matt Lee of 2point0 defeated Colt Cabana to retain the title in a water bottle contest.
Miscellaneous bits —
On this week’s Hollywood Hunk segment, Ryan Nemeth meditated.
Leva Bates received a letter from Peter Avalon that explained that Alex Reynolds has a wife and baby. Bates said that couldn’t be true, it was dirtsheet stuff that was fabricated.
Kenny Omega and The Young Bucks tried to get Adam Cole up to speed on all the things that have happened since he was last on the show. Cody Rhodes is now a reality show judge, The Bucks and Omega said that just the three of them started AEW, the group is not called Bullet Club anymore, and Hangman Page is on vacation.
Cole grabbed an energy drink on his way out, as Omega and The Bucks tried to scheme a way not to let Cole know that they caused his demise with an energy drink years ago, and also that they drove Hangman out of the group.
The group also did their Ric Flair impressions.
The Elite —
The Bucks and Brandon Cutler detailed a long travel day getting from Chicago to Cincinnati.
The episode closed with footage from The Elite’s segment on Dynamite.
Dark Order —
John Silver cried to Anna Jay as he explained that Hangman and John Silver have gone missing and that everything in the group has fallen apart.
BTE Championship —
Matt Lee of 2point0 defeated Marko Stunt in blackjack to win the BTE title.
Miscellaneous bits —
2point0 went through Wheeler Yuta’s bag in an effort to prove that he dyes his hair and beard.
Jungle Boy did a shooting star press into a swimming pool.
Ryan Nemeth’s Hollywood Hunk segment dealt with the mysterious Michelle and Nemeth’s inability to get over her death. Maybe this is going somewhere, maybe it isn’t.
Wheeler Yuta was watching video of Britt Baker defeating Kris Statlander and taking notes as Orange Cassidy and Chuck Taylor looked on. Statlander entered and choked out Yuta.
The Pinnacle (FTR and Shawn Spears) will team up to face The Dark Order (Evil Uno, Stu Grayson, and John Silver) in a trios match.
In recent weeks, The Dark Order has experienced turmoil within their ranks largely stemming from the decision to not help Hangman Adam Page, who was taken out by The Elite last month after he failed to win the elimination tag match that would have given him a shot at AEW World Champion Kenny Omega.
FTR most recently faced Santana and Ortiz of the Inner Circle on the final Dynamite before All Out. They lost, tying their feud after winning their first match at Fight for the Fallen in July.
Here is the full lineup for tonight’s AEW Dynamite, which takes place in Cincinnati, Ohio:
The Elite held a seance to try to bring back Adam Cole from the dead. Instead, they summoned Sour Boy.
After The Elite left the room, Cole appeared. He thought he was at PWG and was calling out for Super Dragon. He looked at his phone and realized that four years had passed. He sad that he still tastes Monster in his mouth.
The Elite —
The gang went shopping at a discount store for their Dynamite gear before last week’s episode.
We got our second Sour Boy bit in the first ten minutes of the show.
Cutler Cam footage was shown from Dynamite.
Matt Jackson gave an update on his stolen Nike Dior shoes. He still hasn’t gotten the shoes back.
Ric Flair made a cameo in the episode. The Elite went to a steakhouse. Kenny Omega was going to pick up the tab, but the bill said that Flair had already covered it. Flair was briefly shown from a distance.
Footage from Friday’s fan fest was shown.
Footage of The Bucks vs. Lucha Brothers from All Out aired.
The episode closed with scenes of Adam Cole and Bryan Danielson in the go position before their entrances at All Out, then Cole and Britt Baker embracing, then Cole and The Elite happy to be back together.
Miscellaneous bits —
Peter Avalon and Leva Bates did a Britney Spears and Justin Timberlake-based series of jokes.
Ryan Nemeth is still addicted to The Cream. He took a shot of The Cream in a movie theater.
A few seconds of backstage footage from CM Punk’s debut on AEW Rampage made up this week’s cold open.
The Elite —
Cutler Cam footage from The Bucks vs. Jurassic Express on last week’s Dynamite aired.
Kenny Omega broke up The Elite’s Nike sneaker head clique by wearing a pair of Yeezys. Matt and Nick said that losing the Impact Championship made Kenny lose his mind and that they need to fix this.
Sour Boy returned after Doc Gallows urinated in Karl Anderson’s drink.
The Elite went shoe shopping in Chicago.
The group visited the Chicago Bulls locker room at United Center.
The Bucks scouting the tag team tournament match on Rampage was shown from Cutler Cam.
Miscellaneous bits —
Leva Bates and Alex Reynolds were in their hotel room. There was a knock at the door. Sammy Guevara was there with his cards and recreating a Love Actually bit on behalf of Peter Avalon. Guevara walked out when one of the cards read that BTE was superior to his vlog. Bates and Avalon had another brief, awkward interaction, but still haven’t gotten back together.
Ryan Nemeth and his assistant had a brief cameo in a swimming pool.
Kris Statlander choked Wheeler Yuta out in a hotel room as his education by Best Friends continues.
2point0 were backstage looking for Jeff Farmer. They ran into John Silver instead.
