We see an in-vehicle interview from earlier this week between Renee Paquette and Jon Moxley, where Moxley explains why he is going through with the Texas Death Match with "Hangman" Adam Page for the AEW World Championship.
We see an interview from earlier this week between RJ City ad Kris Statlander.
In footage from after last week on Dynamite, Josh Mathews interviews Swerve Strickland and Will Ospreay.
We see an interview from earlier this week between Jeff Jarrett and "Hangman" Adam Page.
The Sons of Texas ("The Natural" Dustin Rhodes, Sammy Guevara, Marshall Von Erich, Ross Von Erich) beat Shane Taylor Promotions (Shane Taylor, "Taiga Style" Lee Moriarty, "The Captain" Shawn Dean, "Bad News and Tattoos" Carlie Bravo) in an eight-man tag match during Zero Hour following five simultaneous Iron Claws, including one to Anthony Ogogo from Kevin Von Erich. Earlier in the match, Anthony Ogogo threatens Kevin Von Erich, but Dustin Rhodes' grandsons, Wayne and Wyatt, show up to back Kevin up.
It is announced that Tony Khan cannot medically clear Adam Cole and that the TNT Championship - which is now vacant - will be defended in a four-way match between Daniel Garcia, "The Natural" Dustin Rhodes, "The Protostar" Kyle Fletcher and Sammy Guevara. With this match, Dustin and Guevara will be competing twice in the same night.
The Conglomeration (Hologram, Tomohiro Ishii, Kyle O'Reilly) and Big Boom! AJ beat The Don Callis Family (Lance Archer, Hechicero, Trent Beretta, Rocky "Azucar" Romero) in an eight-man tag match during Zero Hour. During the match, Beretta shoves Big Justice by the face on the outside; near the end of the match, Big Justice hits Beretta with a Spear.
FTR (Dax Harwood and Cash Wheeler) beat The Outrunners (Truth Magnum and Turbo Floyd) during Zero Hour. During the match, The Outrunners hit Dax with Total Recall, but Stokely Hathaway pulls Turbo Floyd out of the pin. Turbo chases after Stokely and grabs him, but Dax pins Turbo with a schoolkid pin and uses the ropes for leverage while Cash and Stokely hold down his feet on the outside for the pin and the win.
The Opps (Samoa Joe, Powerhouse Hobbs, "The Wrestler" Katusyori Shibata) retain the AEW World Trios Championships against The Death Riders (Claudio Castagnoli, Wheeler Yuta, Gabe Kidd). After the match, The Death Riders go back on the attack on The Opps, then Castagnoli wraps a chair around Samoa Joe's neck and stomps it. Joe has to be taken out on a stretcher.
MVP guests on commentary for the next match.
MJF beats Roderick Strong, Mark Briscoe, Ricochet, Bandido, "The Alpha" Konsuke Takeshita, Mistico, "The Walking Weapon" Josh Alexander, Anthony Bowens, Brody King, a returning Juice Robinson (who has not been seen since December), Kota Ibushi, The Beast Mortos and "Platinum" Max Caster in the Men's Casino Gauntlet Match to earn a contract for a future AEW World Championship match after Mark Briscoe hits Roderick Stong with the Jay Driller only for MJF to throw Briscoe out of the ring, pick the bones and pin Roderick Strong to win the match and the contract. During the match, Gates of Agony (Bishop Kaun and Toa Liona) get involved in the match, but they are soon taken out by The Gunns (Austin and Colten Gunn), who then hit Ricochet with 3:10 to Yuma before continuing to brawl their way to the back with Gates of Agony.
Backstage, we hear from Stokely Hathaway. He says that he and FTR (Dax Harwood and Cash Wheeler) are done with The Outrunners (Truth Magnum and Turbo Floyd) and that FTR wil be watching tonight's tag team title match closely as they are the special guest commentators for that match. Stokely says that FTR hopes everyone in the match has a good time.
Adam Cole heads to the ring. Kyle O'Reilly and Roderick Strong watch from ringside as Adam apologizes for letting everyone down and states that he has health problems that not only keep from wrestling tonight, but will also keep out of the ring for a while. He admits that while he is not in the proper headspace for retirement, Adam says that if this is goodbye, then AEW's fans are the best fans in the world. He says that he always dreamed of being a professional wrestler since he was nine years old and that the fans have made that dream come true and have been supportive every step of the way during his highest and lowest moments. He proclaims that there will be a new TNT Champion tonight and that AEW will do pay-per-view like no one else in the world, and thanks the fans for making AEW special, making AEW what it is and for changing his life. Adam, O'Reilly and Roderick then embrace in the ring. On their way out, Daniel Garcia and "Daddy Magic" Matt Menard head to the ring and briefly speak with Cole on the way there. "Daddy Magic" Matt Menard then guests on commentary for the next match.
"The Natural" Dustin Rhodes beats Daniel Garcia, "The Protostar" Kyle Fletcher and Sammy Guevara in a Fatal 4-Way with a surprise inside cradle on Daniel Garcia to become the TNT Champion! This becomes Dustin's first singles title win since he last held the WWF Intercontinental Championship in 1999. After the match, Dustin celebrates with his nephews Wayne and Wyatt Rhodes as well as The Von Erichs (Marshall and Ross Von Erich), and Sammy Guevara shakes Dustin's hand.
Before the next match, Will Ospreay comes out to an Assassin's Creed: Shadows-inspired entrance. For Swerve Strickland's entrance, Jojo Offerman sings Chaka Khan's Ain't Nobody. For The Young Bucks' (Matthew and Nicholas Jackson) entrance, The Young Bucks have a "Washington Crosses the Delaware"-inspired entrance where they head towards the ring on a boat.
Will Ospreay and Swerve Strickland beat The Young Bucks (Matthew and Nicholas Jackson). As per pre-match stipulation, The Young Bucks are stripped of their Executive Vice President positions and powers. (Had Ospreay and Strickland lost, they would have been unable to challenge for the AEW World Championship for one year.)
Athena beats Mina Shirakawa, Kris Statlander, Megan Bayne, Willow Nightingale, Tay Melo, "The Toxic Spider" Thekla, Julia Hart, Queen Aminata, Thunder Rosa, Syuri and Alex Windsor in the Women's Casino Gauntlet Match to earn a contract for a future AEW World Women's Championship match after hitting Mina with the O-Face as Mina is about to put Thunder Rosa in the Figure Four Leg Lock. Early in the match, Penelope Ford tries to get involved, but Harley Cameron shows up in a pink protective face mask for the first time since Penelope Ford and Megan Bayne broke her nose and shoves her off the top rope. Anna Jay suddenly shows up and also confronts Penelope Ford, and she and Harley chase Penelope to the back. Also during the match, Mina Shirakawa puts Skye Blue in a Figure Four Leg Lock, makes Skye Blue taps out and thinks she has won only to find out that Skye Blue is not even part of the match just before eventual winner Athena arrives.
FTR (Dax Harwood and Cash Wheeler) guest on commentary for the next match. Before the next match. Westside Gunn, Smoke DZA and MVP perform during The Hurt Syndicate's (MVP, Bobby Lashley, Shelton Benjamin, MJF) entrance.
The Hurt Syndicate (Bobby Lashley and Shelton Benjamin) retain the AEW World Tag Team Championships against The Patriarchy (Christian Cage and "The Prodigy" Nick Wayne) and JetSpeed ("Speedball" Mike Bailey and "The Jet" Kevin Knight) after tossing Christian Cage into FTR (Dax Harwood and Cash Wheeler), disrespecting them with a pieface to Dax and sending Christian Cage into FTR when they try to get into the ring. After the match, FTR annd Stokely Hathaway get in the ring to confront Christian only for Nick Wayne and Kip Sabian to defend Christian. As Christian, Nick Wayne and Sabian leave, Nick Wayne pulls Christian back into the ring and hits him with the Killswitch. FTR and Kip Sabian then grab two more steel chairs to add to the one that Sabian has entered the ring with so that Nick Wayne can hit Christian with the Con-Chair-To, but before Nick Wayne can do the deed, Adam Copeland shows up with Spike in his hands to fight through both The Patriarchy, Kip Sabian and FTR. He soon sends Nick Wayne running after stopping him from striking him with a metal folding chair before hitting Sabian with a Spear, and FTR and Stokely Hathaway jump over the barricade to get away from Copeland. Christian begs Copeland off, but Copeland throws Spike down and helps Christian up before telling him "Go...find yourself."
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Before the next match, Mercedes Moné comes out on a low rider in a fur coat with a list of those she has defeated on the back of her fir coat while members of the Texas Rangers Six-Shooters dance around her while wearing her various championships around their waists. "Timeless" Toni Storm's entrance begins with a Twilight Zone theme.
"Timeless" Toni Storm retains the AEW Women's World Championship against Mercedes Moné following an avalanche Storm Zero, handing Mercedes her first singles loss in AEW.
Jim Ross joins commentary for the remainder of the event.
Don Callis guests on commentary for the next match. For Kenny Omega's entrance, a host of hooded figures sing before Jason Charles Miller sings the lead vocals. Omega then walks through an Omega-shaped arch that is on fire.
"The Rainmaker" Kazuchika Okada beats Kenny Omega in a winner takes all match to retain the AEW Continental Championship, become the AEW International Champion and become the inaugural AEW Unified Champion! During the match, Rocky "Azucar" Romero gets on the apron but it taken down by Kota Ibushi. Dno Callis then gets on the ring apron and distracts referee Bryce Remsburg, and Okada goes for the Rainmeraker only for Omega to hit the knee followed by the One Winged Angel. Callis then dragsRemsburgout of the ring as Omega goes for the pinfall. Referee Aubrey Edwards runs into the ring to take over refereeing duties for the rest of the match.
Before the next match, someone plays guitar while another person whistles into a microphone before "Hangman" Adam Page heads to the ring comes out to his previous entrance theme. Jon Moxley comes out to the ring in an old pick-up truck with the rest of The Death Riders (Claudio Castagnoli, Wheeler Yuta, Gabe Kidd, Marina Shafir).
"Hangman" Adam Page beats Jon Moxley by submission to become a two-time AEW World Champion in a Texas Death Match that sees Maria Shafir get put through a table, Will Ospreay get taken out on a stretcher after Claudio Castagnoli wraps a chair around his head and stomps it, "The American Dragon" Bryan Danielson taking out Wheeler Yuta and Claudio, Darby Allin returning from Mount Everest and rappeling down the building after declaring that he will take everything from Moxley, Shafir helping Moxley out of a ten count only for The Young Bucks (Matthew and Nicholas Jackson) to attack Hangman from behind, Swerve Strickland striking The Young Bucks with Hangman's chain after Prince Nana handcuffs Shafir to the timekeeper's area, and Moxley tapping after Hangman chokes him out hangman-style with the chain off the side of the ring. After the match, Hangman opens the briefcase to free the AEW World Championship, which has not been seen since Moxley won it.
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