Backstage, Lexy Nair interviews Leila Grey, who says she has been waiting and preparing for this moment and she has spent the last three months training at the New Japan Pro Wrestling dojo to become the best version of herself and give her all. She says she will not be sitting on the sidelines and that everyone will see a whole new Leila Grey before she tells Toni Storm that she will beat her tonight.
Toni Storm beats Leila Grey during Zero Hour with an inside cradle.
Backstage, Lexy Nair interviews QT Marshall. QT Marshall says Jeff Jarrett is a living legend and a hall of famer, but he is not an innovator or revolutionizing the wrestling industry like he is. He says his life has changed since his match with Big Boom AJ, then says Jarrett is trying desperately to stay relevant in wrestling. Marshall says Jarrett wants to be on "the QT bandwagon" and cannot realize that his best years are behind him, then says he will be relevant again when he beats him, as being forgotten is worse than losing and the viral moment from it will last forever. He then takes an awkward selfie with Lexy.
Jeff Jarrett beats QT Marshall after Jay Lethal shows up and brawls with Aaron Solo, who shows up to distract the referee during the match.
Backstage, Lexy Nair interviews Toni Storm. Toni Sotmr says she wnet all out on her first pay-per-view and that AEW is "officially Toni Time." Deonna Purrazzo shows up and proposes a match on next week's Dynamite, calling it a first-time-ever match. (It isn't.) Toni accepts.
Murder Machines (Lance Archer and "The Machine" Brian Cage), Lio Rush and Action Andretti beat Top Flight (Darius and Dante Martin) and The Outrunners (Truth Magnum and Turbo Floyd) in an eight-man tag team match during Zero Hour after Lio Rush tags himself in and hits Dante with the splash as Archer readies a choke slam, much to the chagrin of Murder Machines and Don Callis. After the match, Private Party shows up on the ramp and have a staredown with Andretti and Lio Rush.
Backstage, Lexy Nair interviews Jay Lethal, Jeff Jarrett, Sonjay Dutt and Satnam Singh. Jarrett says that he reflects on his career at the end of ever year, and announces that at Fight For The Fallen, he will make an announcement about his career.
Will Ospreay beats "The Protostar" Kyle Fletcher to advance to the finals of the Continental Classic.
"The Rainmaker" Kazuchika Okada beats Ricochet to advance to the finals of the Continental Classic. After the match, toilet paper gets thrown in the ring while Ricochet is still in it, then Swerve Strickland shows up. Swerve congratulates Ricochet for making it as far as he did in the Continental Classic, then says he expected Ricochet to run his mouth ever since he got to AEW. He says Ricochet talks a lot of mess and that he has to clean it up, then Prince Nana shos up with a cart full of toilet paper rolls which he hands to members of the front row. Swerve, saying that they need a clean slate for 2025 for Ricochet, wish Ricochet a happy new year by having everyone in the front row throw the toilet paper at Ricochet on his signal.
Backstage, Renee Paquette interviews Will Ospreay. Ospreay says that he knows the fans will be exhausted near the end of the show, but he wants the fans to carry him on in his match with his New Japan Pro Wrestling mentor "The Rainmaker" Kazuchika Okada. He says that he will beat Okada and go to Disneyland.
Mariah May retains the AEW Women's World Championship against Thunder Rosa in a Tijauna Street Fight after throwing Thunder Rosa's Tijuana graveyard dirt into Rosa's eyes before piledriving her through a table.
MJF beats Adam Cole with a low blow followed by the Heatseeker to win the Dynamite Diamond ring for a sixth time after he fakes injury to get Matt Taven and Mike Bennett removed from ringside. Taven and Bennett distract the referee as they refuse to be ejected, requiring security to remove them from ringside, allowing MJF to hit the low blow. After the match, MJF grabs a metal folding chair and demands his music be cut so that everyone can hear him break Adam Cole's left leg. He wraps the chair around Cole's leg, but suddenly, Roderick Strong runs into the ring and chases MJF away. Kyle O'Reilly then confronts MJF on the stage. MJF tries to talk his way out of a confrontation, but O'Reilly sends MJF back into the ring where he and Roderick Strong double-team MJF. O'Reilly helps Cole up, then Cole knocks MJF out with the Dynamite Diamond Ring before he, Roderick Strong and O'Reilly celebrate, with Taven and Bennett joining in.
Don Callis guests on commentary for the next match.
"The Alpha" Konosuke Takeshita retains the AEW International Championship against Powerhouse Hobbs after targeting Hobbs' right knee and going for a standing guillotine choke before hitting Raging Fire for the pin and the win.
Backstage, Renee Paquette interviews "The Rainmaker" Kazuchika Okada. Okada says Will Ospreay is like a little brother to him, and says that while he is on another level, he is not on his. He then calls Will Ospreay a bitch.
Mercedes Moné retains the TBS Championship against Kris Statlander following a series of pinfall attempts.
Revolution 2025 is Sunday, March 9th!
"The Rainmaker" Kazuchika Okada beats Will Ospreay to win the 2024 Continental Classic and retain the AEW Continental Championship. After the match, Christopher Daniels congratulates Okada on winning the tournament and retaining the Continental Championship, but tells him that he cannot reward him with the title, as he is no longer an EVP. He then says a certain man can: Kenny Omega, who returns to AEW for the first time in months. Omega awards the Continental Championship to Okada, and the fans chant for Omega as he leaves the ring.
Jon Moxley retains the AEW World Championship against "Switchblade" Jay White, Orange Cassidy and "Hangman" Adam Page thanks to the constant interference of The Death Riders (Wheeler Yuta, Claudio Castagnoli, Marina Shafir). After the match, Wheeler Yuta and Claudio Castagnoli gang up on Switchblade, but FTR (Dax Harwood and Cash Wheeler) suddenly shows up, waits at the stage, and the lights go out. When they come back on, Adam Copeland returns for the first time in months. Edge and FTR brawl with The Death Riders and quickly clean house, then Copeland and Moxley have a staredown before Copeland hits Moxley with a Spear. The Patriarchy (Christian Cage, "The Prodigy" Nick Wayne, Mama Wayne, Kip Sabian), who have been seen watching from the luxury box, leaves. Copeland then breaks off the bottom bar of a metal folding chair and chokes Moxley out with it until Claudio makes the save. Copeland then tells Moxley that they are taking it all and The Death Riders (Moxley, Claudio, PAC, Wheeler) are all his.
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