Tony Schiavone interviews "Absolute" Ricky Starks in the ring. It is announced that Starks has been suspended for 30 days for beating Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat with a belt after last week's main event. Starks says there are consequences for actions and that he beat Steamboat for costing him the match. He also says that he knew AEW would suspend him as they have a history of "screwing over good guys like him" and that he has a manager's license, and that while he is suspended from wrestling, he will still be here because this is his show and his legacy. He says that while the fans do not have to like or love him, they will respect him, then tells CM Punk that blood is on his hands for bringing Steamboat to the ring, as he is the reason Steamboat got ten lashes. He says that he can live with his loss while asking CM Punk if he can do the same, then says CM Punk wants Superman but is not bulletproof. Starks then proclaims that he will set AEW on fire and that he will start next week, and he will bring a war to the front door and everyone will understand who he is.
The Acclaimed ("Platinum" Max Caster and Anthony Bowens) beat The Iron Savages (Boulder and Bronson) with a Famouser to both members of The Iron Savages at the same time. After the match, Max Caster says that tonight, the best two-man team in wrestling has returned, and that they will be wrestling again next week on Dynamite. He says that while "Daddy Ass" Billy Gunn is not with them, his spirit is as they get back to the top of the tag division. Anthony Bowens says that while he and Max Caster got to say goodbye to Daddy Ass, the fans did not, and he asks the fans to make some noise for the legend that is Billy Gunn before he tells Billy that the world loves him.
Backstage, Lexy Nair interviews Bullet Club Gold ("Switchblade" Jay White, "Rock Hard" Juice Robinson, Austin Gunn, Colten Gunn). Juice Robinson says nobody is hotter than they are, and "Switchblade" Jay White say that they are the most elite version of Bullet Club ever. Austin Gunn says that he and Colten will show The Young Bucks (Matt and Nick Jackson) why they are the best brother tag team in the business, and Colten tells The Young Bucks not to bring superkicks to a gunfight.
Mercedes Martinez and Diamante beat Willow Nightingale and Kris Statlander after Martinez pins Willow and Diamante puts her feet on Martinez's back for leverage.
Backstage, Lexy Nair interviews Toni Storm, who admits that she has been out of sorts since losing the AEW Women's World Championship but is a little better due to getting her rematch. She says nobody else in her match is to be trusted, but goes ballistic as soon as Hikaru Shida is mentioned.
Samoa Joe beats Andrew Everett with the Coaquina Clutch. After the match, Samoa Joe says he came looking for the answer of a champion, but is met the deafening silence of a coward. He says that "the Real World Champion is acting like a real bitch right now" and says he started by asking, but now he is going to convince CM Punk.
Christian Cage and Luchasaurus head to the ring. Christian calls the crowd the biggest family reunion he has ever seen and says that everyone is related to each other, then states that LeBron James, not Michael Jordan, is the greatest basketball player of all time, and that he himself is far superior to Ric Flair or any other wrestler from North Carolina. He proclaims that he and Luchasaurus demand respect from the fans and the locker room, then states that he was disrespected by Darby Allin, whom he says will never touch the TNT Championship again. Christian states that he does not care how important the TNT Championship is to Darby or how Darby paints half of his face because he is half-dead inside, for he is building a legacy while Darby is doing kick-flips, and threatens to make Darby fully dead if he goes after him. After Christian threatens to make Darby fully dead if he goes after him, Arn and Brock Anderson show up. Arn states that North Carolina is hollowed ground as well as "Horseman Country" and tells Luchasaurus he is the champion, not Christian. Christian says the most relevant Arn has been recently was when he left him lying in his blood, and while he has put an end to open challenges, he will make an exception for him. Arn says he would answer that challenge if it were twenty years ago, then says that he and Brock Anderson are just getting started before Brock Anderson wrestles Luchasaurus.
Luchasaurus retains the TNT Championship against Brock Anderson. After the match, Darby Allin slides into the ring and hits Luchasaurus with his skateboard. Darby Allin asks Luchasaurus if he has ever had a skateboard up his ass in the last 65 million years before challenging Christian Cage to a match for next week. Christian accepts, and Darby says that when he is done, he will put respect back on the TNT Championship.
Tony Schiavone interviews Powerhouse Hobbs in the ring. Hobbs says an opportunity presented itself last week, and for the last couple of months, he has not found any peace, and he went back and got the one thing that brings him back to the darkness and to violence: The Book of Hobbs. He says he does not want or need anyone's help, and says the next chapter in his book is about redemption. Hobbs then asks how he is supposed to redeem himself after some big losses, then says he will do that by calling out "The Redeemer," Miro. Schiavone leaves the ring before Miro appears, but before Miro can get in the ring, Nick Comoroto and Aaron Solo run out and attack him. Comoroto and Solo get Miro back in the ring, and after Miro fends them off, Hobbs hits Miro with a spinebuster before laying the Book of Hobbs on him.
Jim Ross guests on commentary for the next match.
The House of Black (Malakai Black, Brody King, Buddy Matthews) retain the AEW World Trios Championships against CM Punk and FTR (Dax Harwood and Cash Wheeler) after Samoa Joe chokes out CM Punk from behind the barricade.
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