"The American Nightmare" Cody Rhodes beats Jimmy Havoc after hitting Cross Rhodes twice. After the match, Jake "The Snake" Roberts shows up on the video screen, and says that Lance Archer is chomping at the bit to get into the ring with somebody from All Elite Wrestling, and says that his phone did not ring when AEW was being formed and that Archer was overlooked because those in charge were afraid. He tells Cody to give them a chance, bring whoever he wants - including Arn Anderson and his wife Brandi Rhodes - and make a match between Cody and Archer official. He then says it is all up to Cody.
We see a black-and-white video where Darby Allin states he sees nothing "superbad" about him and that. He says that his eyes will tell the story of a man who wanted to see how bad things could get before he learned his lesson. He says that he knows some "superbad" people, and that he got too close and learned his lesson the hard way as we see him in various masks depicting the members of The Inner Circle. Allin says that he will show Sabian that he is nothing more than a sacrifice for the sins of The Inner Circle.
Darby Allin beats "Superbad" Kip Sabian with a Figure Four Leg Lock-style roll-up maneuver that he calls "The Last Supper."
We see a video package for Jake Hager.
Jake Hager beats the debuting Chico Adams with the arm triangle. After the match, Jon Moxley shows up and has a brawl with Hager, and quickly hits Hager with the Paradigm Shift. Suddenly, Hager goes for the ankle lock while down on the mat, but Moxley escapes it and fends him off before he can get back into the ring.
Backstage, Jon Moxley says he told Jake Hager to check his blind spot and that he goes where he wants, when he wants. He then says he is medically cleared for action and out for blood, then says that while Hager walked away from a fight tonight, he will make sure he is carted out on a stretcher - or die trying - when the World Championship is on the line.
We see a video package of Brodie Lee eating a meal in front of The Dark Order, who says that The Dark Order does what they want when they want and prey on the week. As Alex Reynolds is about to eat, Brodie kicks him out of the ring and tells John Silver not to eat before he is done. Suddenly, Silver sneezes, and Brodie kicks him out of the room for sneezing. (This is a dig at Vince McMahon.)
Brodie Lee beats QT Marshall in his AEW debut. After the match, a follower of The Dark Order drops a mask on top of a downed Marshall.
We hear from Matt Hardy, who says that The Inner Circle must be broken and that he is ready to delete them.
It is announced via Vanguard-1 that Nick Jackson is okay and is recovering at his home. Vanguard-1 then flies away when Nick Jackson approaches.
Kenny Omega retains the AAA Megas Championship against Sammy Guevara.
Chris Jericho shows up. After recording the cameraman singing "Judas," he addresses Matt Hardy's debut and allegiance to The Elite from last week. He then says Matt Hardy has no idea what he has gotten himself to, and gives him a chance to make the right decision and join The Inner Circle. As he calls out Matt Hardy, Vanguard-1 shows up and flies above the ring. Jericho tells Vanguard-1 he has never liked him or what he stood for, and calls him "a piece of shit." He then says that even though he does not like Vanguard-1, he respects him, and asks him to join The Inner Circle, saying that all the power will lie in the propellers, that he will have bubbly in his gas tank, drone models at his feet and smoking the finest mechanical cigars. Vanguard-1 flies away instead of accepting the offers, and as Jericho yells at Vanguard-1, Matt Hardy's theme plays. Matt Hardy is then seen in the upper section of the empty arena, then suddenly teleports to the middle section. He then teleports his way from the lower seats to the front row. He then makes his way to the ring and confronts Jericho, and tells him he knew he would come. On the subject of teleportation, Matt says he is magic. Jericho tells Matt Hardy that the show and the company was built on his back, and says that he is the one that Matt wants to align himself with and not "the arrogant sons of bitches" in The Elite. Matt says he owed The Young Bucks (Matt and Nick Jackson) a debt for resurrecting his "Broken" form and because he has seen the tyranny of The Inner Circle. He says that AEW represents freedom and is his Arcadia, and that he cannot let The Inner Circle ruin AEW, which he calls his paradise. Jericho says that he made some people and brought others to AEW and that he can make Matt Hardy in AEW, then says that Matt Hardy 'deserves a mulligan" and gives him another chance to join The Inner Circle. Matt says he was repaying he debt last week, and that Jericho does not understand that there is another essence behind the wheel of his vessel, and says it is Damascus, who is over 3000 years old. He says that when it comes to creating violence, chaos and brutality, Damascus is basically perfect. Jericho says that Damascus must be wise even though nobody knows reinvention more than himself, Matt Hardy is still the same person he has known for years inside despite the change of his outward appearance. Matt says that he could say the same of Jericho, but inside, Jericho still has an evil essence inside of him. Jericho tells Matt he is "the same old Matt Hardy" who lives in the shadow of his brother Jeff Hardy as well as bad booking, as well as his own, but Matt says he is in nobody's shadow and that his broken brilliance is shining brighter than ever. Jericho gives Matt Hardy one last chance to join The Inner Circle, but all he gets from him is "delete." After an argument consisting of only the words "Elite" and "delete," Jericho tells Matt Hardy that there is nobody chanting with him in the empty arena, but Matt Hardy says there are essences everywhere, and that The Inner Circle will fade away and classify themselves as obsolete. Jericho says that nobody is here and that he has banned all fans from AEW shows until he says so, but Matt says there are essences here regardless, and that the essences of famous people are still in the crowd. Jericho says he sees nobody in the crowd, but Matt Hardy says that just because Jericho does not see them or have faith does not mean they are there, then tells him to take off his sunglasses and get a long, hard look at the entity who will delete him and The Inner Circle. Jericho says he sees the same old Matt Hardy and that he should slap the essences out of him. Jericho does that, but Matt Hardy knocks him down with a punch. Jericho says that Matt Hardy is a wizard for knocking him down with one punch and that he has magic of his own, then summons Sammy Guevara, who attacks Matt Hardy. "The American Nightmare" Cody Rhodes and Kenny Omega show up with steel chairs and go after Jericho and Guevara. As Jericho and Guevara confront them from afar, Matt Hardy makes the pyro around the stage go off around Jericho and Guevara repeatedly, ending the show.
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