Samoa Joe beats "The Prodigy" Nick Wayne. Before the match, Hook and "The Wrestler" Katsuyori Shibata show up as The Patriarchy (Christian Cage, Nick Wayne, Mother Wayne, Kip Sabian) before standing in Samoa Joe's corner. At the end of the match, Christian and Sabian get on the ring apron only to get pulled down and beaten up by Hook and Shibata as Samoa Joe wins with the Muscle Buster.
"The Rainmaker" Kazuchika Okada beats Komander. After the match, Okada shakes Komander's hand, then attacks him from behind before leaving.
Backstage, "The Redwood" Big Bill throws a brick at Powerhouse Hobbs before brawling with him. Security eventually shows up to restore order.
Backstage, Lexy Nair interviews The Costco Guys (Big Boom AJ and Big Justice). All of a sudden, Undisputed Kingdom (Roderick Strong and Kyle O'Reilly) shows up, and Adam Cole shows up to do a "Boom!" with AJ and Big Justice. Undisputed Kingdom gets five big booms.
Undisputed Kingdom (Adam Cole, Kyle O'Reilly, Roderick Strong) beats Daniel Garcia, "Daddy Magic" Matt Menard and "Cool Hand" Angelo Parker in a trios match. During the match, Shane Taylor Promotions (Shane Taylor, "Taiga Style" Lee Moriarty, "The Captain" Shawn Dean, "Bad News and Tattoos" Carlie Bravo) is seen mouthing off at Garcia at ringside. Both teams shake hands after the match.
Backstage, we hear from "Platinum" Max Caster. Caster says that both Anthony Bowens and "Daddy Ass" Billy Gunn have turned their backs on him in front of the whole world. He says the response has been overwhelmed and that he has realized that he is a survivor, then announces his open challenge series. He wants to see who can survive "The Best Wrestler Alive" and see who else is a survivor, because while there are some great wrestlers in the locker room, they cannot be him.
We see a vignette for Hologram in the form of computer code.
Backstage, Lexy Nair interviews Top Flight (Darius Martin, Dante Martin, Leila Grey). Dante says they cannot find Lio Rush or Action Andretti anywhere, and Darius says this is no surprise, saying that Lio became part of the group thanks to Dante and that while Action Andretti held it down when Dante was gone and almost got them to the trios titles when he returned, Lio left him high and dry when he was gone. Darius says he now has to clean the mess that Lio started up, and challenges Lio to a one-on-one match.
Tony Schiavone moderates a face-to-face meeting between "The Glamour" Mariah May and Toni Storm. Mariah shows up first, followed by Toni. Toni offers to shake Mariah's hand, but Mariah flatly refuses. Mariah says that when she looks at Toni, she sees nothing, and when she thinks of her, she feels nothing, and in the hearts of the fans, Toni is nothing. Mariah calls Toni a joke and a meme that the fans laugh at before forgetting about her, just like she knew they would, and admits she does not and has never cared about Toni, who she calls "the easiest, dumbest pawn" that she used to dominate the game, and if she has to remind her again at Grand Slam Australia, so be it, because as good as she feels right now, she will get off humiliating her in her hometown. Toni says that she is Mariah's biggest fan and that she has seen everything Mariah has done, and calls her "amazing" and "an inspiration," and says that one day, she wants to be just like her. Toni then hugs Mariah, who then slaps her. Mariah tells Schiavone to get out of the ring before hitting Toni with the Women's World Championship while two referees and two security guards tell her to stop. Mariah then spits on Toni, who then grabs the microphone as two more security guards tell Mariah to leave. Toni suddenly says that she has not forgotten, then removes hasks Mariah what makes her think that their dance is done. She says that she will feel every scar and drop of blood forever, but now, it is her moment in the sun. Toni says the hardest role one will ever play is one self as she strips down to her "Timeless" gimmick, and that the fans have witnessed the performance of a lifetime. She says Mariah may be "the woman from Hell," but she came from her womb, and she will shove her back up there and spit her out, for she is "Timeless" Toni Storm and she is going to "rip [her] tits off."
We see footage of Renee Paquette's interview with Jon Moxley and Claudio Castagnoli for AEW Close Up on YouTube.
Brody King and Buddy Matthews - now known as the Hounds of Hell - beat Gates of Agony (Bishop Kaun and Toa Liona).
Backstage, Lexy Nair interviews Harley Cameron and The Costco Guys (Big Boom AJ and Big Justice). As Harley is about to sing, The Vendetta ("The Virtuosa" Deonna Purrazzo) shows up, and Taya Valkyrie says that they are not going to listen to "a Tiktok family" and a wrestler going after the TBS Championship who cannot even win on TV. Purrazzo says she will win tonight's four-way match.
Backstage, Lexy Nair interviews Penelope Ford and Thunder Rosa. Rosa says Daily's Place is the heart of AEW and reminisces about the great matches that she had there, but Penelope says this is the present and that it is time that AEW saw the real star in her, and if she has to tear apart Thunder Rosa to show it, she will. Thunder Rosa takes this as a challenge, and Penelope Ford challenges her to a match and promises to put her in the ground and have something to reminisce about. Thunder Rosa sarcastically tells Penelope that she will make it very fun and very memorable.
Yuka Sakazaki beats "The Virtuosa" Deonna Purrazzo, Serena Deeb and Queen Aminata in a four-way TBS Championship qualifier match. During the match, Harley Cameron shows up and makes the save for Yuka when Purrazzo and Taya Valkyrie go for a double-team vertical suplex on her. Harley hits Taya with a step-up enzuigiri, but Purrazzo hits Harley with a pump kick. Purrazzo soon goes for the Fujiwara Arm Bar on Yuka, but Yuka reverses with a La Magistral Cradle to win.
Backstage, Lexy Nair interviews The Hounds of Hell (Brody King, Buddy Matthews, Julia Hart). Buddy says that when they bark, they bark together. Suddenly, "The Rainmaker" Kazuchika Okada shows up and laughs at Buddy before telling him "You bark like a bitch." Buddy immediately challenges Okada to a match for the Continental Championship, but Okada flips him off and says no. Buddy retorts "I guess you're the bitch, then." Okada says "I'm no bitch!" after The Hounds of Hell leave.
"The Redwood" Big Bill is in the ring. He says that if Powerhouse Hobbs wants to assault him in the parking lot, then tonight, he will make sure Hobbs gets locked up for what he did. Big Bill mocks Hobss talking about where Daily's Place was where it all began for him, then tells him to take his bum knee and get into the ring so he can finish it. Hobbs shows up and manhandles the security guards in front of him as well as the ones that show up afterwards, then gets in the ring and brawls with Big Bill. Big Bill kicks the hurt knee, then kicks Hobbs in the face before hitting him with his backpack on the stage. Inside the backpack is a several items, including a pair of handcuffs, bricsk and Hobbs' knee brace. Big Bill bloodies Hobbs' nose with several punches, then the two of them brawl in front of the crwod on the way to the announce table. Big Bill then hits Hobbs in the back with a metal folding chair before continuing to attack him with it on the way back to the stage. Big Bill then grabs the knee brace and mocks Hobbs before throwing it down and punching Hobbs some more. Bill then reas back with a brick before Hoobs kicks him in the groin, hitting him with several knees and belly-to-belly suplexing him off the stage and through a table.
We see footage of Don Callis and his family ("The Alpha" Konosuke Takeshita, "The Protostar" Kyle Fletcher, "The Machine" Brian Cage, Lance Archer) at Callis' mansion. Callis says that Kenny Omega is not the same man who faded away into the night a year ago and that this Kenny Omega is bloodthirsty and lacks empathy and will not stop until he spills his and the family's blood. He says that Omega's alliance with Will Ospreay must not be allowed. Brian Cage says there is five of them and only two of Omega and Ospreay, but Callis warns him not to sell Omega short and says a barely focused Omega won three world titles in three months. He also implies there is more than just the five of them.
Don Callis guests on commentary for the next match.
"The Alpha" Konosuke Takeshita retains the AEW International Championship against "The Wrestler" Katsuyori Shibata.
Here are the highlights from tonight's show!
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