Heads up, it’s Wednesday which means it’s time for AEW DYNAMITE! Join Denise Salcedo on Speak Now Pro Wrestling as she does an honest, in-depth recap of the show while sharing her analysis on stories and matches. She also engages with the live audience! Tune in for a good time.
Some of the items talked about on the show include lots of Owen Hart Cup talk, AEW Double or Nothing build up, Wardlow facing W. Morrissey, did Hangman Adam Page turn heel, Julia Hart’s storyline, Deonna Purrazzo vs. Mercedes Martinez, and more!
Jeff Hardy and Rey Fenix have qualified for the men’s Owen Hart Foundation tournament that begins next week.
Hardy defeated Bobby Fish with a swanton to advance in the opening of tonight’s Dynamite. Later in the show, Fenix advanced, pinning Dante Martin with a falcon arrow driver.
Already qualified for the men’s Owen Hart Foundation tournament include Samoa Joe, Kyle O’Reilly, Adam Cole, Dax Harwood, and Darby Allin. Brackets revealed during the show has Cole facing Harwood, Fenix vs. O’Reilly, Hardy vs. Allin, and Joe vs. a mystery “joker” opponent. Cole vs. Harwood and Hardy vs. Allin will take place on next week’s Dynamite.
On the women’s side, Toni Storm, Jamie Hayter, Hikaru Shida, Red Velvet, Ruby Soho, and Britt Baker have qualified. The final qualifying match, Yuka Sakazaki vs. Riho, will take place on Rampage this Friday.
Both tournament finals will take place at Double or Nothing on May 29 in Las Vegas.
An Owen Hart Foundation men’s tournament qualifier between Dante Martin and Rey Fenix has been confirmed for Wednesday’s edition of Dynamite.
The match had first been announced during the AEW Dark tapings on May 1, although it was not clear when it would be taking place. Tony Khan has since confirmed Martin vs. Fenix will happen this Wednesday on Dynamite.
Martin will be in action on AEW Dark on Tuesday against Invictus Khash as well. He is scheduled to be interviewed by Tony Schiavone after.
We’ll hear from @lucha_angel1 before tomorrow’s huge bout on #AEWDynamite vs @ReyFenixMx, a personal dream match for Dante Martin, + don’t miss Dante wrestling a tune-up bout tonight on #AEWDark vs the dangerous @InvictusKhash & @tonyschiavone24 aims to speak to Dante afterwards!
Samoa Joe, Darby Allin, Kyle O’Reilly, Adam Cole, and Dax Harwood have all qualified for the tournament thus far.
This Wednesday’s edition of AEW Dynamite takes place from the Chesapeake Employers Insurance Arena in Baltimore, Maryland. The updated lineup for the show is as follows:
ROH Women’s World Championship unification match: Deonna Purrazzo (c) vs. interim title holder Mercedes Martinez
Owen Hart Foundation Men’s Tournament qualifier: Jeff Hardy vs. Bobby Fish
Wardlow vs. a mystery opponent of MJF’s choosing
Chris Jericho vs. Santana
Owen Hart Foundation Men’s Tournament qualifier: Dante Martin vs. Rey Fenix
A new qualifying match for AEW’s Owen Hart Foundation Men’s Tournament has been announced.
At today’s AEW Dark taping in Orlando, it was revealed that Rey Fenix will face Dante Martin in a qualifier. It was not immediately made clear when the match will be taking place.
Five wrestlers have qualified for the Men’s Tournament, with a Jeff Hardy vs. Bobby Fish qualifier set for this Wednesday’s Dynamite in Baltimore. Samoa Joe, Darby Allin, Adam Cole, Kyle O’Reilly, and Dax Harwood have already secured spots on the men’s side, while Dr. Britt Baker, D.M.D., Toni Storm, Jamie Hayter, Ruby Soho, Red Velvet, and Hikaru Shida have earned spots on the women’s side.
Brackets for the Men’s and Women’s Tournaments have not been revealed.
The finals of the Owen Hart Foundation Men’s and Women’s Tournaments will be held at the Double or Nothing pay-per-view in Las Vegas on Sunday, May 29. That show is set to be headlined by a Hangman Page vs. CM Punk match for the AEW World Championship.
Rey Fenix made his return to AEW on tonight’s Dynamite, confronting the House of Black.
Tonight’s show had House of Black circling around a fallen Fuego del Sol. They were about to unmask him when Alex Abrahantes seemingly appeared in the ring in his cloak, confronting the trio. Malakai Black, Brody King, and Buddy Matthews then headed to the ring. This brought out Penta 0M, PAC, and Abrahantes (without the cloak) to the stage. It was then revealed that Fenix was the one under the cloak and attacked the trio with a shovel, then laid out Matthews.
Fenix had been out of action since the January 5 edition of Dynamite, when he and Penta lost the AEW World Tag Team titles to Jurassic Express (Jungle Boy and Luchasaurus). Towards the end of the match, Fenix suffered an arm injury after being chokeslammed off the apron through tables that were set up on the outside.
Fenix’s in-ring return will be at AAA’s Triplemania event this weekend, where he will team with Hijo del Vikingo to take on The Young Bucks.
Despite AAA advertising him for Saturday’s Rey de Reyes pay-per-view, Rey Fenix is still recovering from a dislocated arm and is not ready to return.
Fenix, now out of a sling, did appear at the beginning of the show as he and Penta El Zero Miedo introduced the returning Taya Valkyrie. He dislocated his arm in the Lucha Brothers’ AEW Tag Team title loss to Jurassic Express on January 5th.
On Wrestling Observer Radio, Dave Meltzer said Fenix was hoping at the time of his injury that he would be ready for the show, but that he’s still a month away from returning. Meltzer took issue with AAA not being more up front that Fenix wouldn’t be competing given the anticipation for the match.
Instead of the advertised tag team match between the Lucha Brothers and Dragon Lee & Dralistico, it was a singles match between Penta and Dralistico instead. The two heels unmasked Penta in a post-match attack and taunted Fenix who was being held back due to his medical status. Lee said their match would still happen at some point.
One half of the former AEW Tag Team Champions has been on the shelf with a badly dislocated arm suffered during a table spot in the Lucha Brothers’ January 5th Tag Team title loss to Jurassic Express.
After the spot, Fenix immediately pointed to his arm as it visibly turned in the other direction. He never got back into the match in which his team lost the titles. The finish still went as planned despite the injury as Jurassic Express was tabbed to win the belts.
It was feared Fenix broke his arm on the spot, but that was not the case. He was set to have an additional MRI to check for additional ligament damage, but no news has come of that.
Fenix missed several months in the late-spring of 2021 due to a groin injury.
Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer is back with tons to talk about including all the NXT firings, AEW injuries from Wednesday, COVID updates, Tokyo Dome night one and two reports, AEW and NXT 2.0 TV reports, news and more. A PACKED show, so check it out~!
Bryan Alvarez reports that Rey Fenix’s injury was a dislocation, not a broken arm as was initially thought: “Fenix update: No break, just badly dislocated”
Fenix still needs to undergo an MRI to check for ligament damage.
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Rey Fenix suffered an arm injury during the main event of AEW Dynamite’s TBS debut.
Near the end of The Lucha Brothers’ AEW Tag Team title match against Jurassic Express, Fenix suffered the injury when Luchasaurus chokeslammed him off the apron and through a table on the outside. Fenix was headed to the hospital after the show and will likely need surgery.
It was immediately apparent that Fenix was injured after taking the chokeslam. He grabbed his arm and motioned for the medical staff. In the ring, Jungle Boy countered out of a package piledriver by Penta El Zero Miedo — but Penta countered out of the Killswitch. Jungle Boy then countered Penta’s Made in Japan into a pin to win the AEW Tag Team titles for Jurassic Express.
Jurassic Express winning the titles was the planned finish.
The Lucha Brothers had been AEW Tag Team Champions since winning the titles from The Young Bucks in a steel cage match at All Out last September.
This is Jungle Boy & Luchasaurus’ first title win in AEW.
AEW Tag Team Champion Rey Fenix is not injured and will still be participating in this Saturday’s Triplemania Regia, according to Dave Meltzer.
On Wednesday’s Dynamite, Fenix was not on the show and in storyline, his absence was explained as injury-related. Meltzer said the real reason was due to “travel difficulties” so he was not at the Duluth, Georgia, show.
As a result, the scheduled two-out-of-three falls Tag Team title match between Fenix and Penta El Zero M vs. FTR for Friday’s Rampage didn’t take place as planned. Instead, it was Penta and PAC against FTR in a traditional tag match.
However, Meltzer said that Penta and Fenix will compete as scheduled for Saturday’s Triplemania Regia as they challenge FTR for the AAA Tag Team titles.
Saturday’s pay-per-view in Monterrey, Mexico, will be headlined by a five-way for the vacant AAA Mega Championship between Hijo del Vikingo, Samuray del Sol, Jay Lethal, Bandido and Bobby Fish.
They won the titles tonight on Dynamite. FTR at first appeared as masked friends of Andrade El Idolo. During the early part of the match, Rey Fenix and Penta El 0 M unmasked the mystery tag team, revealing themselves as FTR. Towards the end of the match, Tully Blanchard came out to distract the referee. This allowed Dax Harwood to strike Fenix with one of the title belts, then covered him to win the titles for his team.
After the match, a backstage segment made clear that Andrade had paid MJF in order for Andrade to use FTR, who are part of the Pinnacle stable.
FTR ended the Lucha Brothers title reign after 853 days. They won the titles back at Verano de Escandalo on June 16, 2019, defeating the Young Bucks. Fenix and Pentagon most recently defended the AAA Tag Team titles when they defeated El Hijo Del Vikingo and Laredo Kid at AAA’s Heroes Inmortales event on October 9.
Dave Meltzer had a few AEW notes in this week’s Wrestling Observer Newsletter including Rey Fenix, a return to Indianapolis and last Wednesday’s Chris Jericho/MJF segment.
Rey Fenix is ready to return after dealing with a groin injury that has seen him out of action since April. The high flyer was last seen in action defeating Chuck Taylor on the April 21st Dark: Elevation. After a short singles run, Penta El Zero Miedo started teaming with Eddie Kingston and the two recently failed to wrest the Tag Team titles away from the Young Bucks.
AEW will return to the Indiana Farmers Coliseum in Indianapolis for the November 10th Dynamite — the follow-up to Full Gear in St. Louis, Missouri. This marks AEW’s return to the venue for the first time since November 2019. Tickets are not yet on sale, but it’s listed on the venue’s website.
The Chris Jericho/MJF/Shawn Spears segment from last week’s Dynamite was pre-taped as Jericho’s band Fozzy were holding a sold-out concert in Iowa City, Iowa. This was their first full show since the pandemic even though they did perform at the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally last summer.
Federacion Wrestling has announced Andrade for their debut pay-per-view event on June 19.
It was announced during an online press conference that Andrade will join ROH talent Rush, Bestia del Ring, and a surprise partner against Matt Taven, PJ Black, and two of their own surprise partners. Andrade’s first post-WWE booking was announced earlier this week against Alberto el Patron, however that is not scheduled to take place until July 31.
In addition to ROH talent, AEW stars Penta El 0 M and Rey Fenix will take on Bandido and Dragon Lee. Red Velvet and Tay Conti will also be on the show, competing in a six-woman trios match with a mystery partner against Miranda Alize, Zeuxis, and Ayako Hamada.
Other matches include Futuro and Brillante Jr. vs. Shoko and Barabas and a triple threat match with Rey Horus facing Flamita and a mystery opponent. A Torneo Copa Federacion Wrestling has also been announced and will feature 20 participants, which will be announced throughout the month of May.
Ordering information for the show is located here, with options for cryptocurrency and PayPal.
PAC and Rey Fenix are the next challengers for the AEW Tag Team titles as they survived the Casino Battle Royal at Revolution Sunday night.
The elimination match came down to Fenix, PAC, Jungle Boy, and John Silver of the Dark Order. Silver was eliminated by a running Fenix top rope kick while PAC was later eliminated by Jungle Boy partially due to his own momentum.
After an excellent several minutes that saw Fenix hit a tope to the outside that took him completely over the guardrail, Fenix hit a superkick and clotheslined Jungle Boy over the top to pick up the win for the Death Triangle team.
At some point in the future, the duo will face the Young Bucks who retained the titles in the pay-per-view’s opening match with a win over Chris Jericho and MJF.
The other news of the battle royal was massive dissention within the Nightmare Family faction as QT Marshall eliminated stablemates the Gunn Club which got Dustin Rhodes upset. Marshall then eliminated himself, spit at Rhodes, and walked off.
Rey Fenix vs. Lance Archer for a spot in the Face of the Revolution ladder match headlines tonight’s AEW Dynamite.
Archer and Fenix have teamed in recent weeks, but find themselves on opposite sides of a singles bout tonight. The winner will earn a spot in the ladder match at the March 7 Revolution PPV.
More information on the signing of Paul Wight and the new AEW Dark: Elevation show will be delivered.
The AEW Women’s World title eliminator tournament continues this evening with a Britt Baker vs. Nyla Rose quarterfinal match. The winner will face the winner of Sunday’s Riho vs. Thunder Rosa match on March 1 on AEW’s YouTube channel.
Jon Moxley will take on “The Hollywood Hunk” Ryan Nemeth.
Hangman Page will face Isiah Kassidy. Kassidy and tag partner Marq Quen are aligned with Matt Hardy, Page’s opponent at Revolution.
A Sting appearance has been advertised. Sting took a powerbomb from Team Taz’s Brian Cage on last week’s Dynamite. Cage and Starks will also be in action against Brian Pillman Jr. and Griff Garrison.
A sit-down interview with Miro, Kip Sabian and Penelope Ford conducted by Tony Schiavone has been announced for the show.
Following up on last week’s angle where Brandon Cutler tried to save The Young Bucks from an Inner Circle attack, Cutler will face Jake Hager.
Our live coverage begins at 8 p.m. Eastern time.
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Show Recap —
Before the match, a brief Nemeth promo aired.
Jon Moxley defeated Ryan Nemeth
Moxley immediately shrugged off a grapple attempt and slapped Nemeth down. He laid in crossface strikes but fell victim to a cross chop and knees. Moxley came back with a backdrop suplex before turning his attention to Nemeth’s right hand with stomps and wrenches.
Nemeth took some chops but fought back with a dropkick. Moxley was unfazed and hit the Paradigm Shift out of nowhere for the decisive victory.
– After the match, Moxley grabbed a chair and a mic and sat down in the middle of the ring. He said that since he lost the AEW championship, he’s known that he’ll do whatever it takes to get it back.
He asked what images come to mind when you hear the words “Exploding Barbed Wire Deathmatch.” Fire, blood, burns, torture, agony, and vintage Japanese wrestling magazines. Do they make you feel revolted and disgusted? Or do you get a sick thrill?
Moxley said he’s addicted to being in this ring and laying his soul bare each and every night. The thought of the exploding barbed wire deathmatch is too attractive, it pulls him in. Omega followed a long, sad line of guys that tried to take him out, but win, lose, or draw, everyone watching will know that Moxley gave everything he had. If it comes to an end on pay-per-view, then that’s a hell of a way to go out.
That was one of Moxley’s best promos yet in AEW, which is saying something, considering he’s the Wrestler of the Year.
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A video package recapped Moxley and Omega’s feud.
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They played last week’s video where the upcoming Archer-Fénix match was announced.
Even though they had great chemistry, Archer said that he’ll easily beat Fénix next week. Fénix shot back in Spanish, saying Archer was the worst partner he ever had, and then they brawled.
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The Young Bucks took a photo with their parents in front of a truck with their images on it.
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Taz joined commentary for this match.
Team Taz (Ricky Starks & Brian Cage) defeated Varsity Blonds (Griff Garrison & Brian Pillman Jr.)
The Blonds controlled Starks early on until a drop-down tripped Starks out of the ring. Pillman followed it up with a nice diving dropkick for two. Pillman tried to follow it up, but Starks knocked him off on a springboard attempt and then Cage powerbombed him into the ring post ahead of the break.
Team Taz controlled the action throughout the commercial, isolating Pillman on their side of the ring. Starks landed a missile dropkick for two before tagging in Cage. Starks hit a cheap shot on Garrison, but the misdirection allowed Garrison to get the hot tag.
Garrison ran wild, concluding with a great tope on Cage to the floor. Pillman landed a springboard clothesline and then the Blonds hit a doomsday dropkick for two. The Blonds were cut off with a spear from Starks and a spinebuster from Cage, who finished Pillman off with the Drill Claw.
– After the match, the lights went out and a video played of Darby Allin emerging from the body bag. Sting’s music then played, and he made his entrance with a body bag in tow. Sting opened the bag and it was HOOK inside.
Sting then pointed at the rafters, and Allin zip-lined into the ring as the two beat down Cage and Starks. We got vintage Sting, hitting the Stinger Splash and the Scorpion Death Drop. Sting and Allin stood tall as Team Taz licked their wounds.
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Tony Schiavone interviewed Kip Sabian, Penelope Ford, & Miro about the wedding. Sabian was mad that this interview is even taking place, because Orange Cassidy and Chuck Taylor ruined the wedding.
Miro said that he wants to wrestle Cassidy, but Chuck (Charles) is a different story. He said that Charles can come back to him and be his butler, but the interview was interrupted with a note asking if Miro and Sabian would wrestle them at Revolution. Miro said it was childish and challenged Charles to be a man before chewing up the note.
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Jake Hager defeated Brandon Cutler
No Inner Circle with Hager for this one. Cutler surprised Hager at the bell with some right hands, but Hager used his strength to hit a wheelbarrow German suplex. After hitting a second, Hager continued the beatdown with a big boot. The Hager bomb followed, but Hager wouldn’t cover.
Cutler landed a couple kicks to make a comeback and sent Hager to the floor. He followed it up with a tope suicida and a tope con hilo, but Hager caught him on a springboard upon re-entry with a powerslam. Hager then flattened Cutler with a running lariat for the quick victory.
– Santana, Ortiz, and Wardlow ran out after the match and beat down Cutler. The Young Bucks made the save and grabbed a mic. Matt said they didn’t have to wait until Revolution and demanded that MJF and Chris Jericho come out to the ring right here, right now.
Jericho’s music hit, but it was a ruse, as they appeared on the video board. It was revealed that they had attacked Papa Buck, who was busted open. They then threw him into the truck from earlier, smearing blood all over images of the Bucks. Jericho said they better call a doctor, and they’d see the Bucks at Revolution. The Bucks ran in to make the save and Matt nearly caught up to Jericho and MJF, but they sped away in a vehicle.
After the commercial break, they loaded Papa Buck into an ambulance.
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A video played hyping next week’s Cody Rhodes & Red Velvet vs. Shaquille O’Neal & Jade Cargill match.
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Hangman Page defeated Isiah Kassidy (w/ Matt Hardy & The Hybrid2)
This was a long match and a nice showcase for Kassidy, who looked good in a major singles contest.
Page attacked Kassidy before the bell and laid in hard shots right away. He caught a running crossbody and tossed Kassidy with a fallaway slam. Kassidy used evasive maneuvers to take advantage when Page tried to pursue, but Page regained control with a lariat.
Kassidy booted Page and went for a second-rope move, but Page returned the favor with a boot of his own. Page then landed a plancha and clotheslined Kassidy into the crowd. He set up to powerbomb Kassidy into a ringside table, but Kassidy escaped into the ring. A TH2 distraction allowed Hardy to send Page into the ring post.
John Silver and Alex Reynolds ran out to plead Page’s case, and the official ejected Hardy from ringside. Kassidy still had control, however, beating down Page in the corner. Kassidy maintained control through a commercial.
Back from break, Kassidy had been targeting Page’s right arm. Page wrenched Kassidy’s arm through the rope, but Kassidy caught him with a forearm on the Buckshot Lariat attempt. Page sprung in with a rolling elbow for two. Kassidy hit a cyclone kick, but Page came back with a Death Valley Driver.
Kassidy avoided the sliding lariat but fell victim to a brainbuster for another near fall. Kassidy caught a boot and hit a sequence of moves that concluded with a reverse hurricanrana for two. Immediately after the pin, Kassidy tried to apply an armbar, but Page reached the ropes.
Page attempted his springboard lariat, but Kassidy countered it by pulling his arm into the ropes. Kassidy then went for a springboard destroyer, but Page caught it and hit the Deadeye for the pin.
– After the match, Hardy cut a promo over the P.A. and said he’d hurt the Dark Order that Page cares so much about. He emerged from the ramp with Alan “5” Angels in tow and tossed him through a ringside table.
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Alex Marvez caught up to Kenny Omega and Don Callis, who were in the process of building something called a “Moxley extermination chamber.” Omega got excited about the violence and sent Marvez out of there.
This didn’t really work, because they made the baffling production decision to have deafeningly loud saws going at the same time Omega was trying to speak.
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They recapped Monday’s AEW Women’s Eliminator Tournament matches.
AEW Women’s Eliminator Tournament Second Round: Nyla Rose defeated Dr. Britt Baker, D.M.D.
They both worked really hard but this wasn’t good. Some of the near falls at the end worked but the Rebel interference is terrible, go-away heat.
Rose overpowered Baker with body slams at the start. Baker threw a fit at ringside, knocking things over, and upon re-entering the ring, Rose crushed her with a Samoan Drop and a press slam. Baker rolled to the floor again, but was playing possum as she pulled Rose’s shoulder into the post.
Baker continued to target Rose’s arm during the break. She also pulled off the turnbuckle pad. Once back, Rose hit a superplex, but Baker countered the follow-up with a suplex into the corner. Baker laid in forearms but was downed with strikes from Rose. Rose climbed the ropes, but was distracted by Rebel, so Rose flattened her with a uranage.
The distraction wasn’t enough for Baker to take advantage as Rose hit a neckbreaker for two. Baker booted Rose and got the surgical glove from Rebel, but ran into a chokeslam. Rebel entered the ring and fell victim to a cannonball, but Baker took advantage and attempted to apply the Lockjaw. After a long fight, Rose powered out with a slam for two.
Rose messed with the turnbuckle pad, and the distractoin allowed Baker to roll Rose up for two. Baker then laid in thrust kicks and hit a crucifix bomb for a close two. Rose fought her way out of the Lockjaw again and starched Baker with a right hand before hitting the Beast Bomb, but Baker kicked out.
Baker missed a superkick and Rose hit a second Beast Bomb for the win. She will face the winner of Riho vs. Thunder Rosa this Sunday.
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Next week on Dynamite:
Cody Rhodes & Red Velvet vs. Shaquille O’Neal & Jade Cargill
FTR & Tully Blanchard vs. Jurassic Express
AEW Women’s Eliminator Tournament Finals
Paul Wight will speak
Dark Order (Evil Uno, Stu Grayson, John Silver, Alex Reynolds, & Alan Angels) vs. Matt Hardy, Private Party, & The Hybrid2
Preston “10” Vance vs. Max Caster for a spot in the Revolution ladder match
Revolution card:
Hikaru Shida (c) vs. Women’s tournament winner
Hangman Page vs. Matt Hardy
Team Taz vs. Sting & Darby Allin
Casino Tag Team Royale
Miro & Kip Sabian vs. Orange Cassidy & Chuck Taylor
Young Bucks (c) vs. MJF & Chris Jericho
Kenny Omega (c) vs. Jon Moxley in an Exploding Barbed Wire Deathmatch
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Lance Archer (w/ Jake Roberts) defeated Rey Fénix
This was a disappointing match. It wasn’t bad, and in fact was spectacular at times, but it felt more like a collection of athletic moves than a cohesive wrestling match.
The winner of this match receives a spot in the Revolution ladder match for a TNT Championship shot.
They had a mildly awkward choreographed exchange at the bell before Fénix downed Archer with a tijeras. Archer countered a handspring kick and just slapped Fénix down. Fénix sent Archer to the floor and hit his crazy tope suicida, landing in the crowd.
Fénix tried to follow it up, but Roberrts knocked Fénix off the top rope as the official checked on Archer. Fénix then barely made it to Archer on a dive off the stage. He tried to lay in strikes on the floor, but Archer overpowered him with big chops.
During the break, Fénix avoided a charging move from Archer, who went headfirst into the post. Archer regained control by battering the luchador with strong right hands. Fénix tried to fight back with chops, but Archer shrugged them off and powerslammed Fénix on the apron.
Archer continued the beatdown on the floor with a flipping senton into the barricade. Back in the ring, Archer flattened Fénix with a release vertical suplex. Fénix fought out of Blackout and hit a tiger feint kick to Archer’s abdomen, following it up with a diving foot stomp, which sent Archer to the mat.
Fénix couldn’t capitalize, so Archer crushed him with a release German. He followed it up with his spectacular rope-walk moonsault for two. Fénix tried to fight back with chops but was speared into the corner by Archer. Archer walked into a boot and took a gamenguiri before Fénix walked the ropes and landed a kick for two.
Archer avoided a moonsault but Fénix seamlessly transitioned into a cutter for two. Archer popped up and hit a fisherman’s buster for two. He tried for a top-rope chokeslam, but Fénix countered it into a Spanish Fly for a close near fall. Fénix laid in strikes but ran right into a pounce. Archer chokeslammed Fénix for a close near fall as we ran up against television time.
As we neared the time-limit draw, Archer hit Blackout to win and advance to Revolution.
