Recapping American wrestling since 2013. Not only following the current stuff in WWE, Impact and ROH but also going back in time and doing stuff from back then as well.
Showing posts with label Jericho Appreciation Society. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Jericho Appreciation Society. Show all posts
Naturally Limitless ("The Natural" Dustin Rhodes and "Limitless" Keith Lee) beat The Jericho Appreciation Society ("Cool Hand" Angelo Parker and "Daddy Magic" Matt Menard).
It's time for QTV. QT Marshall says he will fix things with Powerhouse Hobbs, then mentions that Harley Cameron's diss track has been doing well. We then see footage of Johnny TV telling The Acclaimed ("Platinum" Max Caster, Anthony Bowens, "Daddy Ass" Billy Gunn) that Harley Cameron burned them and that he wants them in a six-man tag match against himself, Aaron Solo and QT Marshall next week.
Taya Valkyrie quickly beats Izzy McQueen. After the match, Toni Storm and Saraya head to the ring. Toni congratulates Taya on her win and notes she has not been winning a lot lately, and tells her that she has been losing so much because she is a loser and that she is a loser because she is Canadian. Taya asks Toni if she has something else to be worried about, like her championship, but Toni says she is not worried because she has beaten everyone. Taya reminds Toni that they have never even touched, much less wrestled each other, and Toni says she has never had the opportunity. Taya says she will give her that opportunity in a first-ever match-up with the AEW Women's World Championship on the line at Battle of the Belts VII. After some teasing from Taya that she is worried, Toni snaps and tells Taya that she will embarrass her in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
In footage from the Lower East Side of Manhattan, New York, Hook accepts "Jungle Boy" Jack Perry's challenge for the FTW Championship next week.
Lance Archer beats Trent Beretta. After the match, Archer attacks Chuck Taylor when he checks on Beretta, then calls Orange Cassidy out to challenge him for the AEW International Championship at Battle of the Belts VII, and tells them to get in the ring or else Taylor and Beretta die. As he is about to choke slam Taylor and Beretta, Orange Cassidy shows up and the match is made official before Orange gets in the ring and gets grabbed by the neck. Archer grabs Orange by the neck, but Jake "The Snake" Roberts tells Archer to let him go, telling him not to "screw the pooch" and that "the golden goose comes Saturday" before walking off with Orange's backpack and telling Orange that he will have to beat Archer on Saturday if he wants his title back.
We hear from Sonjay Dutt, Jay Lethal, Jeff Jarrett, Satnam Singh, Karen Jarrett, "All Ego" Ethan Page, Matt Hardy and Brother Zay. We find out that everyone will be in the Royal Rampage this year.
Before the next match, Don Callis introduces Konosuke Takeshita's opponent, Mentallo, as not just any wrestler, and says he is here because he is the childhood friend of Kenny Omega and that he was Omega's first training partner. He then says that is not his fault, and that he is here because Kenny Omega has a fundamental weakness in his need to be surrounded by "his idiot friends." He then tells Mentallo that this is not his fault before he sics Takeshita on him.
Konosuke Takeshita beats Mentallo.
Backstage, Renee Paquette interviews The Dark Order (Evil Uno, Alex Reynolds, John Silver). Silver says they turned on "Hangman" Adam Page because he deserved it and because people leave them and they do nothing about it, and that they made Hangman a World Champion and yet they abandoned us. Alex Reynolds says that while Hangman was a world champion, The Dark Order became soft when they should have been the lions of AEW, and their turning on Hangman became their resurrection. Evil Uno says they will no longer waste time on fake friends, and asks the fans whether or not they are Dark Order.
Willow Nightingale beats Athena to advance to the finals of the women's Owen Hart Foundation Tournament after using Athena's momentum against her to pin her shoulders to the mat.
Chris Jericho beats Komander after catching Komander out of the air to make him submit to the Walls of Jericho. After the match, Don Callis arrives and congratulates Jericho on his victory before mentioning that the wrestling world is buzzing at their potential partnership, and talks about how they were part of a faction by the late Bad News Allen before showing some footage from that period in time. Jericho says he rememebrs Bad News Allen telling him that he and Callis should always stick together. Callis says they went their separate ways and never kept their promise, but says that Bad News Allen is watching from above to see if Jericho joins him, and while does not want to put pressure on him, Bad News Allen probably knows what Jericho's answer is going to be.
Backstage, Alex Marvez interviews "Jungle Boy" Jack Perry, who says that tonight is "an unsafe working environment." As he says that he does his work in a wrestling ring and not out in the parking lot, Hook somehow gets to Jungle Boy from inside of his vehicle. After the vehicle speeds off, Hook says into the camera "Keep running, Perry."
Backstage, Renee Paquette interviews Don Callis, who says that later tonight, he will go out to the ring by himself and announce The Blackpool Combat Club's (Claudio Castagnoli, Wheeler Yuta, Jon Moxley) fifth member for the Bloods & Guts Match. He admits he is not a tough guy, but if there is one guy he is not afraid of, it is Kenny Omega, who showed his true colors when he betrayed him and will be "hiding under the skirts of The Young Bucks (Matt and Nick Jackson)."
In footage from last week, MJF and Adam Cole have shots at the bar. MJF says Adam Cole has not been a team player, and as they argue over Adam Cole's shirt, four young women pass by. MJF manages to get wtih all four women, then Adam Cole tells him that he has never lost the shirt and that he will wear it if they do what he wants to do next: play AEW Fight Forever, which leads to MJF admitting he does not have any friends. Adam Cole admits he had every intention of blindsiding him at the first opportunity, and MJF says that he planned to do the same thing. The two of them then beat FTR (Dax Harwood and Cash Wheeler) in the video game for the AEW World Tag Team Championships.
The Jericho Appreciation Society (Sammy Guevara and Daniel Garcia) beat Darby Allin and Orange Cassidy to advance in the Blind Tag Team Championship Eliminator Tournament. During the match, Prince Nana shows up and tells Daniel Garcia to knock Orange out with Darby's skateboard. Darby tries to take it away from Garcia, and as Garcia takes it and the referee is pre-occupied with him, Darby is attacked from out of nowhere by Swerve Strickland. This allows Sammy Guevara to hit Darby with the GTH for the win. After the match, Sammy Guevara and Darby Allin shake hands.
We see footage of Nick Wayne in the family wrestling ring where he learned to wrestle. He talks about how he found out how his father Buddy Wayne passed away from his mother and wondering what would happen next, and how he trained for himself so he could become a professional wrestler for himself and for his father. As for whether he is ready or not for All Elite Wrestling, Nick Wayne says he has been ready to do this his entire life and he knew that professional wrestling was there for him.
Backstage, Renee Paquette tries to interview Adam Cole, who is met by Roderick Strong. Roderick is amazed that Cole can tolerate MJF, but Cole says MJF is not half bad of a person as he asks Roderick Strong to trust him. Cole then has to call MJF to tell him that he is not sick when MJF sends a text saying he sees "The Machine" Brian Cage in the hallway.
MJF and Adam Cole beat Big Bill and "The Machine" Brian Cage to advance in the Blind Tag Team Championship Eliminator Tournament. After the match, MJF plugs the new "Better Than You Bay Bay" shirt, then says that the double clothesline is coming. This leads to a "double clothesline" chant from the fans, then Cole says that never in his wildest dream did he expect the both of them to work as a tag team, and not only has it worked, but they are doing "pretty damn good." Cole admits he did not have high expectations, but he does have high expectations on winning the tournament, and if they do, they get a shot at the AEW World Tag Team Championships. Cole states that if he and MJF stay on the same page, they will become the AEW World Tag Team Champions.
Backstage, Renee Paquette interviews Jake Hager outside of Chris Jericho's locker room. Hager shakes hands with Jericho and congratulates him with the win, then asks Jericho if he is considering a partnership with Don Callis. Jericho admits Don Callis has made a lot of good points, but he needs some time. Hager takes off his hat and says it was a great moment, but the two of them also have history, and he has to know, as his career is on the line along with Jericho's, and until Jericho is straight with him, he cannot give him 100%. He then hands Jericho his purple bucket hat and leaves.
Ruby Soho beats Skye Blue to advance to the finals of the women's Owen Hart Foundation Tournament after working Skye Blue's knee throughout the match and despite Toni Storm and Saraya being ejected from ringside for getting physically involved in the match.
Backstage, QT Marshall, Harley Cameron and Aaron Solo show the world premiere of Harley's new song "Rap Class," a diss track aimed at The Acclaimed ("Platinum" Max Caster, Anthony Bowens, "Daddy Ass" Billy Gunn).
Swerve Strickland beats the debuting Nick Wayne.
Don Callis heads to the ring alone. Callis says that The Blackpool Combat Club's (Claudio Castagnoli, Wheeler Yuta, Jon Moxley) fifth member for the Bloods & Guts Match is going to "slaughter The Elite (Matt Jackson, Nick Jackson, Kenny Omega, "Hangman" Adam Page), and that Kenny Omega is the most deserving of this abuse, as "the real Kenny Omega" is nothing more than "a coward and a punk." Kenny Omega shows up, and Jon Moxley and Konosuke Takeshita show up out of nowhere. All of a sudden, Omega is hit from behind with a chair by PAC, who has not been seen in AEW in months. PAC joins in on the attack on Omega, and Don Callis even gets a free shot in. PAC tells Omega that he has no idea how long he has waited for this after shattering his nose and costing him a championship, then announces that he is the fifth member and that Omega will pay the price. Takeshita and Moxley wrap the chair around Omega's neck as PAC goes up top, and Moxley says asks Omega if he has any last words before they wipe the smile off his face permanently. Omega says his team has a fifth member, too: Kota Ibushi. The lights go out when Ibushi's involvement is announcement, and when they come back on, The Young Bucks and Hangman take out Moxley and Takeshita. Adam Page then says that next week, they will settle things once and for all. Omega says that the match will be about heart, passion, soul, friendship and love and that Don Callis will not win this battle, and next week, his team will find out that two rings and a little bit of barbed wire will not be enough, and that he will be coming for Don Callis.
The Dark Order (Evil Uno, Alex Reynolds, John Silver) beats The Elite (Matt Jackson, Nick Jackson, "Hangman" Adam Page) in a trios match after Konosuke Takeshita distracts the referee so that Claudio Castagnoli can clotheslines "Hangman" Adam Page. After the match, Takeshita and Claudio are about to get in the ring with chairs, but Kenny Omega rushes into the ring with one of his own.
It's time for QTV. QT Marshall celebrates their recent winning ways. Aaron Solo mentions Anthony Bowens being on the cover of Twenty Six Magazine, then we see a video of Johnny TV spin kicking a bottle into a trash can at the beach.
The Jericho Appreciation Society (Daniel Garcia and Sammy Guevara) beat Jeff Jarrett and Matt Hardy to advance in the Blind Eliminator Tag Team Tournament. During the match, Jay Lethal slips the guitar into the ring for Matt Hardy to use as a weapon, but Matt Hardy kicks it away. Guevara hits Matt with the GTH, and The Jericho Appreication Society gets the win. After the match, Lethal and Jarrett attack Matt Hardy, and Brother Zay runs into the ring to make the save only to be overpowered by a choke slam from Satnam Singh. "All Ego" Ethan Page then runs into the ring and fends off Lethal, Jarrett and Sonjay Dutt, with Lethal almost getting the Ego's Edge before Satnam Singh helps Lethal out of the ring.
Hikaru Shida beats "The Problem" Marina Shafir.
Backstage, Renee Paquette interviews Kris Statlander, who says she feels pretty great concerning her championship reigns. She says she has defended the TBS Championship six times and that she is a fighting champion just like her friends, and that she will put the title on the line against anyone anywhere and any time. Statlander says she feels like "a defeater of the undefeated" and that her title is always on the line because "Kris Stat is where it's at."
Big Bill and "The Machine" Brian Cage beat Matt Sydal and Trent Beretta to advance in the Blind Eliminator Tag Team Tournament.
Jon Moxley beats Tomohiro Ishii. During the match, Eddie Kingston shows up and briefly confronts Moxley and keep Claudio Castagnoli and Wheeler Yuta from getting physically involved in the match. After the match, Moxley disrespectfully bumps into Eddie on the way out. Eddie yells at Moxley and both men almost meet on the ramp before Moxley heads to the back and Eddie follows him there.
Backstage, Renee Paquette interviews Adam Cole, who has just shown up. Suddenly, MJF also shows up at the arena. MJF congratulates Cole on pretending to be sick at Forbidden Door, but Cole tells him he was actually sick. MJF then says that the Blind Tag Eliminator is a good opportunity for him, as Adam Cole is close to his level, and asks Cole to think of what they could do as a team and how they could both run AEW. He proposes they bond and hang out together, and Cole accepts the offer. MJF then gifts Adam Cole with a "Better Than You Bay Bay" shirt, much to both Cole's chagrin and outright horror.
Backstage, Renee Paquette is talking to Jon Moxley when Eddie Kingston confronts Moxley again. Renee tries to get between them as Eddie tells Moxley that his carcass belongs to him. Moxley walks away, and Renee tells Eddie to stop before telling him "You'd better fix this. I'm done."
Orange Cassidy, "Limitless" Keith Lee and El Hijo del Vikingo beat The Jericho Appreciation Society ("Cool Hand" Angelo Parker, "Daddy Magic" Matt Menard, Daniel Garcia) in a trios match.
We hear from The Elite (Matt Jackson, Nick Jackson, "Hangman" Adam Page). Adam Page says that tonight, he and The Young Bucks (Matt and Nick Jackson) have an open challenge, and The Dark Order (Evil Uno, Alex Reynolds, John Silver) suddenly shows up and immediately answers it. Alex Reynolds wants to fight The Elite, and Evil Uno says that Page abandoned them after they were there at his lowest point.
Backstage, Renee Paquette interviews Chris Jericho and Sammy Guevara. Jericho says that a few days ago, he and Sting were in the ring together for the very first time and that they should have been on TBS with Tony Schiavone commentating years ago. He then proposes that he go deeper in time and become "The Painmaker" tonight, as Sting knows what it is like to be in the darkness, and that he will put the white paint in the dirt.
The Elite (Matt Jackson, Nick Jackson, "Hangman" Adam Page) beat The Dark Order (Evil Uno, Alex Reynolds, John Silver) in a trios match. After the match, The Blackpool Combat Club (Claudio Castagnoli, Jon Moxley, Wheeler Yuta) rush in and attack The Elite while The Dark Order watch before eventually leaving. Konosuke Takeshita joins in as well, and Eddie Kingston runs in to even the numbers only to also be attacked. Moxley says it has been a real blast and that it is about time that things came to an end and that they finished this, as they pushed each other to the limit and they will now push each other beyond their limits. He says that on July 19th, there will be a Blood and Guts Match.
Backstage, Roderick Strong meets with Adam Cole and tells him he cannot trust MJF. Cole says he is playing along, then MJF shows up and tells Cole it is time to head out. Cole wishes Strong luck in his match with Samoa Joe before he and MJF leave.
"Jungle Boy" Jack Perry heads to the ring. He says that everyone has ruined "Tarzan Boy" by Baltimora for him so much that it will never be heard again. He says he is still young, still cashing "fat checks" and "still banging the hottest woman in the entire place" before asking the fans if he turned on Hook or if everyone turned on him. Jungle Boy says that after everything he has done for AEW and being robbed of two world championship, he will not sit here and watch "an entitled second-generation little prick" dangle his title in his face when it is not even officially recognized. He also tells Hook that he does not even recognize him before calling him a fraud and telling him he never needed him and that JungleHook was special because of him, especially when his last team was world tag team champions. Jungle Boy says he knows the importance of the FTW Championship to Hook and his family, and that this is why he is going to take it from him. He says that when he gets his hands on Hook, he will "beat the shit out of him." Hook shows up, but Jungle Boy jumps the barricade and Hook gives chase to the back. The chase soon goes backstage, where Jungle Boy dives into a car that soon speeds off.
Ruby Soho beats Alexia Nicole with the Lockjaw to send a message to Dr. Britt Baker, D.M.D. (Ruby's opponent for tonight was originally Dr. Britt Baker, D.M.D. in the first round of the Owen Hart Foundation Women's Tournament, but Britt Baker is not medically cleared due to illness.) After the match, Alexia Nicole gets spray painted. Ruby Soho thanks the fans for "their disgusting, filthy, germ-ridden country" getting Dr. Britt Baker, D.M.D. sick before stating they will wrestle next week and that first-year rookies get what they want in AEW. She calls Adam Cole and Britt Baker's potential kids "weak little bastards" before addressing Britt telling her in their last meeting that she did not know who she was before stating she loves who she is now and that Britt is now a shell of her former self. Ruby then says that Britt barely beat her last year on her best day, and since then, The Outcasts have taken everything away from her and that next week, she will take being a two-time tournament winner away from her and ensure she is ultimately nothing.
We hear from QT Marshall, Johnny TV and Harley Cameron. Johnny TV says he is now in production, and this Friday, The Acclaimed ("Platinum" Max Caster, Anthony Bowens, "Daddy Ass" Billy Gunn) will find out that Johnny TV and QTV always make hits.
Sting and Darby Allin beat The Jericho Appreciation Society ("The Painmaker" Chris Jericho and Sammy Guevara) in a Texas Tornado Tag Match with a Scorpion Deathlock from Sting to Jericho.
"Jungle Boy" Jack Perry heads to the ring to start tonight's show. Before he can say much, Sammy Guevara shows up and heads to the ring. Before Sammy can say much, he also gets interrupted, this time by Darby Allin, who also heads to the ring. Darby says that of all "the pillars," he has known Sammy Guevara the longest and he likes him the most, yet he is least qualified to fight for the AEW World Championship, as perception is reality due to him being viewed as a follower and not a champion. He says that Sammy Guevara will have to win the World title on his own like he did the TNT Championship, and yet Chris Jericho is holding him back. As for Jungle Boy, he had to work the least hardest to get here as he was always part of "the California clique." Darby says that he was still living in his car when Jungle Boy became part of AEW, but afterwards, nothing about Jungle Boy intimidated him. Jungle Boy mentions Darby Allin's facepaint also being on kid's faces and wondering if the kids knew what he was really like. He says that Darby Allin is antisocial and a jerk to anyone he does not consider cool enough, and that Darby is here because he could not make it as a skateboarder. He also says that Sammy Guevara is a dirtbag. Nevertheless, he respects Guevara the most, as what one sees with Guevara is exactly what one gets and Guevara puts his body on the line, even if he is "a scumbag piece of shit." Guevara says he was up to trash talk Darby, but says that Jungle Boy hates MJF yet is so much like him to the point that they are "the golden children of AEW," as MJF have been at key events throughout AEW's history. Guevara then says he relates more to Darby, as they are "two sides of the same coin" and they have done whatever crazy thing they could to make it, which they did. He also says Darby gave him hope in AEW, as Darby kept losing match after match until he suddenly won his first title.Guevara calls Darby proof that he could smash the glass ceiling and do it better, which he did three times, and that they have always outdone each other. He then says it is time for Guevara to sit back and watch him become world champion. Jungle Boy says that Guevara and Darby act like it is all about them, then says he is the next world champion and that he will do it for every single person who has supported him since day one. MJF then shows up and says he does not care what the fans thing, then tells everyone in the ring to stop fighting over him because they are making him blush. He then says that he knows they are all tied up in the rankings and that he has talked with Tony Khan, and that there will be a "Pillars Tournament" where the winner faces him for the "Triple B" at Double or Nothing. After a hat is brought out with all three men's names in it, MJF announces that Darby Allin gets a first round bye, and that Guevara and Jungle Boy will wrestle each other in the first round tonight.
Before the next match, Saraya harasses Dr. Britt Baker, D.M.D.'s mother in the front row and nearly spray paints her.
Dr. Britt Baker, D.M.D. and Jamie Hayter beat The Outcasts (Toni Storm and Ruby Soho) with a Lockjaw from Britt Baker to Ruby Soho.
Backstage, Renee Paquette interviews Wardlow, who says that not too long ago, he had a Horseman in his corner telling him about evening the playfield, and he has reached out to another one to even the odds tonight. Arn Anderson shows up and recaps what QT Marshall and Powerhouse House did to him, then says that doing what The Four Horsemen did will wake people up. He says that Tully Blanchard taught well how to play checkers with the AEW roster well, but tonight, they are playing chess.
The Elite (Kenny Omega, Matt Jackson, Nick Jackson) head to the ring. Omega says the past few weeks have been the most difficult of his life and admits that The Blackpool Combat Club (Claudio Castagnoli, Jon Moxley, Wheeler Yuta, "The American Dragon" Bryan Danielson) were the most respectable wrestlers on the planet until they decided to injure his family and friends. He says that he has trouble sleeping at night and that the same images replay in his mind, and he wishes that he plunged the screwdriver in the turnbuckle into Moxley's face. Omega then offers an invitation to the ring towards The Blackpool Combat Club so they can squash the beef once and for all. "The American Dragon" Bryan Danielson shows up on the video screen and says nobody wants to pay for a monologue from a bunch of amateurs when the rest of The Blackpool Combat Club attack The Elite from behind. This leads to a brawl all around the ring in which The Elite get the upper hand, but Wheeler Yuta hits Matt Jackson with the ROH World Championship in an attempt to injure him. Nick jackson makes the save, but he gets powerbombed by Claudio. Omega tries to make the save, but Moxley hits him with the Death Rider. Bryan Danielson shows up and calls The Elite "a bunch of amateurs," then Don Callis shows up with a chair. When he is spotted, he drops the chair and runs away. Danielson says that while Omega is not an amateur and has more potential than anybody, he would rather sit on his potential, and he should be gone. Danielson pulls out a screwdriver, but Callis returns with Konosuke Takeshita, who makes the save and turns things around with help from Omega.
Wardlow beats Powerhouse Hobbs to become TNT Champion for the third time in his hometown after QT Marshall gets ejected from the match and Arn Anderson - and Penta el Zero Miedo, who suddenly show up - take him down. After the match, Christian Cage and Luchasaurus show up and stare down Wardlow from the ramp.
Backstage, Renee Paquette interviews Sammy Guevara when MJF shows up. Guevara shows up and tells MJF they are not friends, and MJF says that they got off on the wrong foot and that he likes Guevara, then has an agreement that would behoove the both of them. MJF offers him a guaranteed spot in the main event of Double or Nothing if he lays down tonight, but Guevara says he will win his way to the main event. MJF says Guevara is talented, but the odds are against him. MJF then throws in a blank check as part of the deal, and Sammy Guevara writes a number on it. MJF then looks at the check and is surprised by the number, and Guevara says it is his price. MJF says they have a deal, then Guevara tells him that friends hug, not shake hands, and hugs him.
"Switchblade" Jay White beats Komander. After the match, "Rock Hard" Juice Robinson tosses Shawn Spears - who has been watching from the front row - out of the crowd and attacks him with help from Jay White, then "Absolute" Ricky Starks shows up and spears Juice, causing Jay White to retreat.
Backstage, Renee Paquette lets FTR (Dax Harwood and Cash Wheeler) know about the recent backstage attack on Mark Briscoe by The Varsity Athletes ("The Premier Athlete" Tony Nese, Ariya Daivari, "The Technical Beast" Josh Woods). FTR checks on Mark Briscoe in the trainer's room, and this leads to an uneasy alliance between FTR and the team of Jay Lethal and Jeff Jarrett in the trainer's room when Briscoe finds out he is not cleared to compete tonight.
Chris Jericho heads to the ring. After the commercial break, Adam Cole also heads to the ring. Cole talks about how he studied and idolized Jericho and how Jericho became a direct inspiration for what he is doing, and how they are now in the ring for the first time ever. He also admits he has a ton of respect for Jericho. Jericho offers his hand, and Adam Cole shakes hands with him. Jericho then says he is glad to hear those words, then says he has zero respect for him before calling him "an arrogant son of a bitch." Jericho then takes offense to how he helped Keith Lee to the back in their last meeting and says Cole should be lucky he does not slap him in the face right now, but Cole says he knew Jericho would go this route and says Jericho has been "a real jackoff." He asks Jericho how hypocritical he can be when he surrounds himself with the Jericho Appreciation Society, then asks Jericho the last time he has asked himself who "the real Chris Jericho" is. Cole says "the real Chris Jericho" is "an insecure, fickle, stupid idiot," and wants to know what Jericho will do now that he has his attention. Jericho says he is not "a jackoff" and that Cole does not impress him, then tells Cole to never meet his heroes and to not have anything to do with him, then tells him to get out of his ring.Jericho then shoves Cole, and Cole attacks Jericho in response. Daniel Garcia runs into the ring and attacks Cole, then Jericho joins in. Suddenly, Dr. Britt Baker, D.M.D. shows up and pulls Jericho off of Cole and confronts him before slapping him. The Outcasts then show up from behind Britt Baker and gang up on her, and Jericho continues the attack on Cole while Daniel Garcia handcuffs Cole to the bottom rope. Garcia then hands Jericho a Kendo stick, and when Cole dares Jericho to attack him, Jericho hands the Kendo stick to Saraya to hit Britt Baker in the back with while Cole demands the attack on Britt stop. Cole apologizes to Britt as everyone else heads to the back.
We hear from Hook, Isiah Kassidy and The Hardys (Jeff and Matt Hardy). Jeff Hardy says that he will address the AEW fans next week.
The Acclaimed ("Platinum" Max Caster, Anthony Bowens, "Daddy Ass" Billy Gunn) beat The Jericho Appreciation Society ("Cool Hand" Angelo Parker, "Daddy Magic" Matt Menard, Jake Hager) to avoid joining The Jericho Appreciation Society after Angelo Parker inadvertently hits Jake Hager with a loaded comb before Billy Gunn takes it away and breaks it in front of him.
It is announced that Rampage will air on TNT on Saturday at 10 PM Eastern/9 PM Central.
Sammy Guevara beats "Jungle Boy" Jack Perry to advance in the Four Pillars Tournament after Sammy distracts the referee so that MJF can lay Jungle Boy with the Dynamite Diamond Ring. After the match, Guevara and MJF celebrate in the ring while Darby Allin looks in disgust from the rafters.
Maki Itoh beats Ashley D'Amboise with the Maki Itoh DX.
The Jericho Appreciation Society (Jake Hager, "Daddy Magic" Matt Menard, "Cool Hand" Angelo Parker) beat Mike Magnum, Jack Tomlinson and "The Reality" Zack Clayton.
Matt Hardy and Isiah Kassidy beat Brett Gosselin and Bobby Orlando.
Emi Sakura beats Mizuki. After the match, Emi Sakura goes for a handshake, then blows Mizuki off.
Hook retains the FTW Championship against "All Ego" Ethan Page in an FTW Rules Match after reversing the Ego's Edge into the Redrum. After the match, Hook puts Ethan through a table with a T-Bone Suplex.
It's time for QTV. We get to see Powerhouse Hobbs's new car - bought with Wardlow's credit card - then the QTV staff talk about The Lucha Brothers winning the ROH World Tag Team Championships and how Hobbs and Marshall will beat them to become #1 contenders.
Before the next match, "Cool Hand" Angelo Parker proclaims that The Acclaimed ("Platinum" Max Caster and Anthony Bowens) will join The Jericho Appreciation Society. When "Platinum" Max Caster raps, he admits he has no idea why The Acclaimed are teaming with them and that they find them annoying.
The Acclaimed ("Platinum" Max Caster and Anthony Bowens) and The Jericho Appreciation Society ("Cool Hand" Angelo Parker and "Daddy Magic" Matt Menard) beat LSG, Bobby Orlando and The Infantry ("The Captain" Shawn Dean and Carlie Bravo) in an eight-man tag match. After the match, Jake Hager attacks "Daddy Ass" Billy Gunn from behind, and Parker and Menard attack The Acclaimed.
We hear from Swerve Strickland, who says that because he has lost soldiers does not mean that he has lost the war, because mergers happen. Swerve announces that he has joined forces with someone, but that we will find out who is later tonight.
Darby Allin beats Lee Moriarty. After the match, Swerve Strickland shows up and Darby Allin makes his way up the ramp, and someone tries to sneak onto the stage as Swerve extends his hand to Darby. The person sneaking onto the stage is "The Machine" Brian Cage, who attacks Darby from behind. Prince Nana then shows up and shakes hands with Swerve Strickland, then they and Brian Cage stand tall on the stage.
We see a sitdown between Jade Cargill (with "Smart" Mark Sterling) and Taya Valkyrie with RJ City as a mediator. Taya says there is a lack of education and respect from Cargill and that others have used Jaded, and that Jade does not get to decide who does anything and that she should show respect. Jade says this is her show and that the TBS Championship is her belt, and the sitdown quickly breaks down with Jade Cargill leaving the room while Taya mockingly wishing her luck against Billie Starkz at Battle of the Belts VI.
Julia Hart beats Anna Jay after throwing a chair into the ring so she can spit black mist into Anna Jay's face and win with a roll-up. After the match, Best Friends (Orange Cassidy, Chuck Taylor, Trent Beretta) make their way to the ring for the next match at the start of Battle Of The Belts VI, much to the anger of Julia Hart.
Powerhouse Hobbs retains the TNT Championship against Rey Fenix. During the match, it is announced that next week's Rampage will air on Saturday night at 10 PM Eastern/9 PM Central. After the match, Hobbs grabs Alex Abrahantes as he pulls down the straps on his singlet, then Hobbs lets go of Abrahantes before QT Marshall hits Abrahantes with the Diamond Cutter.
We hear from Adam Cole, who says that March 29th will go down as the most important day of his entire life when he returns to in-ring competition after nine months. He says he is looking for someone who will push him and remind him of who he is as he shows how good he is.
We hear from Stu Grayson, who says that he is back after what The Blackpool Combat Club did to Evil Uno, and he wants Jon Moxley in a one-on-one match so he can break him.
Taya Valkyrie beats Ava Lawless in her AEW debut. After the match, Jade Cargill, Leila Grey and "Smart" Mark Sterling are seen watching from the ramp and taking notes.
We see footage of Matt Hardy, Isiah Kassidy and Ethan Page getting Stokely Hathaway ready for his match with Hook.
The Jericho Appreciation Society ("Cool Hand" Angelo Parker and "Magic Daddy" Magic Menard) beat The Bollywood Boyz (Harv and Gurv Sihra), then mock The Acclaimed's ("Platinum" Max Caster and Anthony Bowens) scissoring after the match.
In footage from earlier this week, Don Callis is seen welcoming Konosuke Takeshita at the airport as he tries to recruit him.
In footage from last Wednesday, The Gunns (Austin and Colten Gunn) brag about being the tag team champions and tell Top Flight (Darius and Dante Martin) to carry their bags. The two teams then argue over who is the best brother tag team, and Dante Martin says The Gunns didn't try to valet their tag team titles because they know Top Flight can beat The Gunns. This soon becomes a challenge, and after The Gunns leave, Dante notices that The Gunns left their bags and walk off with them.
Daniel Garcia beats Brody King by submission after Chris Jericho hits Brody King with the baseball bat on the outside.
MJF heads to the ring with a group of for women for his "re-bar mitzvah" to start tonight's show. After stating that Shawn Michaels was better than Bret Hart, MJF says that after making Bryan Danielson tap out to become the undisputed best in the world and stay AEW World Champion, he is no longer merely a man, but "Iron Man." Music plays, then he and other people who are also wearing yamakah dance and clap around a chair before MJF sits in the chair and everyone lifts the chair up and down. Suddenly, "Jungle Boy" Jack Perry shows up. Jack Perry can only utter the word "So" before Sammy Guevara shows up. Guevara can only say "Max...Oh, Max..." before Darby Allin shows up. At this rate, MJF demands that Darby Allin's music be cut, but that does not stop the chants for Darby, and MJF says that Jungle Boy, Guevara and Darby have all ruined his re-bar mitzvah and asks they want. They all say at once that they want a title shot. Jungle Boy mentions his match with MJF at All Out 2020 where MJF beat him after cheating, then says their roads shifted with MJF being handed everything while he spent the rest of his time in Daly's Place on Dark. He also says that MJF has never been on Rampage or the YouTube shows and is allowed to walk around on Dynamite to do whatever he wants while others get lucky to have sixty seconds while MJF does "the same hokey bullshit" for twenty minutes every week. Jungle Boy says the show revolves around him and that it will change when he beats him for the AEW World Championship. MJF says it revolves around him because he is actually a star, but Guevara tells him to shut up. Guevara says that MJF lied and cheated to get to AEW while he had to grind in the independents and work day jobs for ten years, and even then he was told to be the job guy for The Inner Circle only to be a champion three times over. Guevara says he had only himself, not a machine, to get him here and to get him there, and whether anyone likes it or not, he will become a world champion because he is the best ever and MJF knows it. MJF says he appreciates Guevara taking time out of getting into backstage brawls with everyone in the back, then Darby interrupts MJF talks about how he dropped out of film school and got the balls to become a professional wrestler. He says he would not change a single thing about a film that he made and that he would not change a thing about himself whether he succeeded or filmed, and says that there will never be a bidding war for him because AEW allows him to be him. Darby then says the biggest problem he has with the company is grown wrestlers complaining on Twitter about not getting what they want, including MJF, and says that AEW means more to him than it ever meant to MJF. Darby then jokingly says he will complain on Twitter if he does not get a world title shot, then says he will beat MJF with his skateboard before putting him in a headlock takeover. After MJF takes his hat off and screams at everyone, Darby tells him he looks "like shit" and MJF puts it back on. MJF and Guevara mock each other for their love lives, then MJF says he does not have anyone with him in his corner because he is not "daddy day care" , then says that while they are all pillars of AEW, he is the only one who can keep the place up. He then says he beat all three of them and that none of them are even worthy of sniffing "the Triple B," then tells them to leave his party because none of them were invited so he can eat his cake. He then gets in everyone else's face and tells them to go away, then smacks Jungle Boy in the face. This leads to a brawl between everyone where MJF gets thrown over the top rope and onto the nearby table where two cakes are placed, and MJF goes through the cakes.
It is announced that an honourary "Chris Jericho Way" has been dedicated to Chris Jericho in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
The Blackpool Combat Club (Jon Moxley, Claudio Castagnoli, Wheeler Yuta) beat "Hangman" Adam Page and The Dark Order (Evil Uno and Stu Grayson) with a rear naked choke from Moxley to Stu Grayson. After the match, Moxley changes his hold into a bulldog choke, and Evil Uno tries to help Stu Grayson only for The Blackpool Combat Club to gang up on him. The Blackpool Combat Club retreats when John Silver and Alex Reynolds run into the ring.
We hear from "Rock Hard" Juice Robinson, who asks people what they are going to do about him knocking people out and says nobody will do anything about it.
Jade Cargil quickly retains the TBS Championship against Nicole Matthews and goes 54-0. After the match, Renee Paquette interviews Jade Cargill. Jade gets in Renee's face, asks her if she is from Canada, kisses her on the forehead in the corner, and takes the microphone before asking if this is all that Canada has to offer. All of a sudden, Taya Valkyrie shows up and has a staredown with Jade Cargill. Jade leaves the ring, but when Leila Grey goes for a cheap shot, Taya hits her with Road to Valhalla (which is Jaded with a different name) as "Smart" Mark Sterling is seen near Jade.
Backstage, Tony Schiavone interviews "Absolute" Ricky Starks. He says it is easy to attack a man from behind and has heard him say he is jealous, then says that "Rock Hard" Juice Robinson has done nothing here and that Bullet Club is no longer relevant. He then tells Juice Robinson to stand on his own two feet before bringing the fight if he has a problem with him.
It's time for the debut version of QTV, which is a parody of TMZ. Powerhouse Hobbs, Aaron Solo and the QTV staff make fun of Wardlow's car break-in, and it is revealed that Aaron Solo broke into Wardlow's car and stole the TNT Championship. The staff then proceed to make fun of Wardlow, saying he would make "a great Spike TV Champion," then QT Marshall reveals that they also stole Wardlow's passport as he says that there is nothing next for Wardlow. Hobbs then looks into the camera and says "Welcome to Will's World, bitch!"
Orange Cassidy retains the AEW International Championship against Jeff Jarrett that sees Satnam Singh and Sonjay Dutt get ejected by referee Aubrey Edwards when Satnam Sign tries to use the guitar as a weapon against Orange Cassidy as referee Bryce Remsburg is down, Jay Lethal reveal he is not injured as he attacks Orange Cassidy with the Golden Golbe award, and Orange Cassidy escaping The Stroke to hit the Orange Punch for the win.
We see a video package for The Jericho Appreciation Society (Chris Jericho, Sammy Guevara, Daniel Garcia) vs. The Elite (Kenny Omega, Matt Jackson, Nick Jackson) vs. The House of Black (Malakai Black, Brody King, Buddy Matthews) for the AEW World Trios Championships later tonight.
We see a new music video from The Acclaimed ("Platinum" Max Caster and Anthony Bowens).
Saraya, Toni Storm and Ruby Soho - now officially known as "The Outcasts" - head to the ring. Ruby Soho says that the grass was greener on the other side in AEW until "a couple of bitches" came along and "pissed all over that grass," and Saraya says that they show those who aren't housebroken that AEW is their house. She also says that the fans should be happy they are here and that she is a miracle, then Toni Storm says that when she became an interim champion, she wore the title with a smile on her face, but the fans loved it when the real champ cheated to beat her. Toni then says the fans do not know what they want, so The Outcasts will give them what they need, then says that The Outcasts are not going anywhere as they go from one undeserving rookie after another. As she namedrops people, Britt Baker and Jamie Hayter brawl with The Outcasts. Britt and Hayter come out on top at first, but the numbers game catches up them until Riho, Skye Blue and Willow Nightingale run in and force The Outcasts to retreat. (During this promo, Saraya also calls the fans "neckbeard stinky twats" and flips them off; this leads to her getting fined by AEW.)
We here from Angelo Parker and Matt Menard. They both say they appreciate The Acclaimed's new music video, then say this is where the congratulations end. Angelo Parker says The Acclaimed need a reminder of why they should put some respect on The Jericho Appreciation Society's name, and Matt Menard tells them to tune in to Rampage to see why they are the revolutionary force of sports entertainers.
We hear from Rey Fenix and Alex Abrahantes. Fenix says he has worked hard to get to where he is today, and Abrahantes says that on Rampage, Fenix will add to his AEW accomplishments by becoming the TNT Champion.
Don Callis guests on commentary for the next match, and Chris Jericho's father, former New York Rangers hockey player Ted Irvine, is seen in the audience.
The House of Black (Malakai Black, Brody King, Buddy Matthews) retain the AEW World Trios Championships against The Jericho Appreciation Society (Chris Jericho, Sammy Guevara, Daniel Garcia) and The Elite (Kenny Omega, Matt Jackson, Nick Jackson). During the match, "Hangman" Adam Page and The Dark Order (John Silver and Alex Reynolds) are seen brawling with The Blackpool Combat Club (Jon Moxley, Claudio Castagnoli, Wheeler Yuta) backstage. After the match, Jake Hager shows up and fights Brody King, but he is surrounded by The House of Black. Meanwhile the brawl between The Blackpool Combat Club and the team of "Hangman" Adam Page and The Dark Order spills out to the ring. Adam Page is soon confronted by The Blackpool Combat Club, but The Elite stand behind him, and The Blackpool Combat stand down. It is only after this that Adam Page notices that The Elite are behind him.
The show starts with an intro showing a montage of things that happened at Revolution.
Orange Cassidy retains the AEW All-Atlantic Championship against Jay Lethal after Lethal's left shoulder gives out upon attempting the Lethal Injection and Orange hits the Orange Punch. After the match, Jay Lethal tries to attack Orange Cassidy with Paul Walter Hauser's Golden Globe, but referee Bryce Remsberg stops him. As this goes on, Jeff Jarrett shows up from behind Orange and hits him with The Stroke. Orange then strikes Orange in the left knee with his guitar, then runs away when Trent Beretta and Chuck Taylor show up with a crowbar and a metal pipe, respectively.
Backstage, Renee Paquette interviews Powerhouse Hobbs, who says his car would never be broken into in his neck of the woods, then says that he is taking the TNT Championship from him.
"Absolute" Ricky Starks heads to the ring. Starks says that he has been having "a hell of a week" and that week after week, he has taken down The Jericho Appreciation Society from television to pay-per-view, then admits he is not sure what is next for him. He says that the real question is where he is going to go next, then the Bullet Club entrance theme hits. All of a sudden, Starks is attacked from behind by "Rock Hard" Juice Robinson.
Backstage, Tony Schiavone interviews Wardlow. Wardlow says he has dealt with a great deal of loss lately, but since he is dressed in borrowed clothes for the occasion, he proposes an Anything Goes match. He planned to teach Powerhouse Hobbs a lesson, but now he wants to tear him apart. He says that nobody will be able to take away the fact that he is TNT Champion once again.
Renee Paquette interviews Ruby Soho in the ring. Ruby says it should not come as a surprise to anyone, as everyone has created "this monster." She says her first title match was against Britt Baker, and when Britt won, the fans were thrilled. She then mentions another match against Kris Statlander in the TBS title semi-finals, and when she beat Kris Statlander, the fans booed her out of the building. Ruby then says that when she faced Jamie Hayter, nobody was going to be on her side or appreciate her when she lost, and mentions that Toni Storm was underappreciated as champion and Saraya was turned on by the fans when she came out of retirement. She says that they are here to rebuild the women's division, but one cannot rebuild with a broken foundation and the foundation is undeserving "little shits" and entitled rookies who think they deserve everything. She then demands to fight Skye Blue, and Skye Blue shows up for the next match.
Ruby Soho beats Skye Blue. After the match, Toni Storm and Saraya show up with cans of spray paint. As Ruby Soho is about to spray paint an L on Ruby, Willow Nightingale shows up and tries to reason with Ruby only to be attacked from behind by Toni and Saraya. Willow gets laid out, and both Skye Blue and Willow Nightingale get tagged.
Backstage, Renee Paquette interviews "Hangman" Adam Page. Page says that he has physically been better, but mentally, all is well. He says he let his heart blacken not because he wanted to, but because he had to, and warns anyone who wants to push him that he will take them to Hell and ride back out. Page then apologizes to Renee for what she had to see, but if she wants to blame anybody, he is not to blame. He then says he is finished with Jon Moxley.
In backstage footage from Revolution, MJF says everyone who doubted him should get their brain checked before bragging about clipping Bryan Danielson's wings, being the devil and retaining the AEW World Championship. He says that he is feeling good and that next week, he will be celebrating his birthday in style and have his "re-bar mitzvah." He says nobody will dethrone him, as his reign of terror has just begun.
Tony Schivone interviews FTR (Dax Harwood and Cash Wheeler) in the ring. Wheeler says FTR had a great 2022, but says the last few months have not been very good, as they lost to The Acclaimed ("Platinum" Max Caster and Anthony Bowens) and The Gunns (Austin and Colten Gunn) and lost three sets of tag team titles in less than a month before losing Jay Briscoe. He says they needed to step away and take a breather, but they cannot stand by as The Gunns call themselves the best tag team in wrestling, as they are "spoiled, entitled, disrespectful little assholes." He says that "Daddy Ass" Billy Gunn gave them every advantage while his own father taught him how to fight and how to be respectful, and now he plans to teach that to The Gunns. Dax Harwood says that in a time when he felt he was incapable of being loved, professional wrestling never left him, and this is why he loves the fans. He talks about how he closed the book on the greatest trilogy of matches in their career, then says The Gunns ruined the moment and that it is time for retribution and to hit them where it hurts by become AEW World Tag Team Champions. Dax says they have to do it for themselves, The Briscoes (Jay and Mark Briscoe) and the fans.
Backstage, Renee Paquette interviews Jade Cargill and Leila Grey. Jade and Leila agree they have no challenge, and since they are going to Canada next week, she wants the best Canada has to offer to set up and get stepped on.
The Jericho Appreciation Society (Chris Jericho, Sammy Guevara, Daniel Garcia) beat Top Flight (Darius and Dante Martin) and AR Fox after Jericho grabs referee Aubrey Edwards . Before the match, "Cool Hand" Angelo Parker says that tonight's victory is the greatest in trios history, and "Daddy Magic" Matt Menard announces that that tonight is the one-year anniversary of the Jericho Appreciation Society. Garcia says it is only fair that they become #1 contenders for the AEW trios titles, and Guevara says that the Society is "the sexiest group alive." Hager says he likes his sexy hat. Jericho declares the Society the #1 contenders for the trios titles, then calls out The House of Black (Malakai Black, Brody King, Buddy Matthews). The lights go out, but The Elite (Kenny Omega, Matt Jackson, Nick Jackson) shows up instead. Omega says The Elite have stayed out of Jericho's business and that Jericho has not gotten in theirs for the last three years, then Don Callis shows up, takes the microphone and states that The Elite defined the trios titles and should be #1 contenders. Callis then mentions his friendship of 33 years with Jericho and admits that while Jericho is one of the best of all time, but he is only "the second-best wrestler from Winnipeg." He then says that if he had a couple of months to train, Jericho would be number three. Jericho tells The Elite and Don Callis to get in the ring, then the lights go out again and The House of Black shows up on the video screen. Malakai Black then says both trios are worthy of being humiliated, then the lights come back on, The House of Black are suddenly on the ramp, and Malakai Black dares both teams to come take the trios titles before the lights go back out and The House disappears.
We hear from Tony Khan, who states that Orange Cassidy is issuing an open challenge for the AEW All-Atlantic Championship against Jeff Jarrett next week. He also says next week's match will be the belt's fifth defense on international soil. He also announces that the belt will be "levelling up," and that from here on out, the All Elite Wrestling All-Atlantic Championship will be known as the All Elite Wrestling International Championship.
In backstage footage from Revolution, Bryan Danielson says he wanted to teach his children that if you want something, you have to fight for it. He then says that after he could no longer feel his arms and he could not fight amore, he realized MJF was right, and that he was putting himself before his family. He says tapping out embarrassed him more than anything else, and that it is time to go home.
The Blackpool Combat Club (Jon Moxley and Claudio Castagnoli) beat The Dark Order (John Silver and Alex Reynolds) with a submission from Moxley to Renyolds. After the match, Moxley puts Reynolds in another submission hold, and Castagnoli holds back the ref until John Silver tries to make the save, which causes Castagnoli to hit Silver with a gut wrench suplex. Moxley then puts Reynolds in the Bulldog Choke, then Evil Uno runs in and fights Moxley only for Wheeler Yuta to hit him with a chop block. As The Blackpool Combat Club gang up on Evil Uno, "Hangman" Adam Page shows up, confronts Moxley and checks on Reynolds, then Claudio gets in Page's face only to get punched. The Blackpool Combat Club then attack Page, and referees have to break up the brawl.
Backstage, Renee Paquette interviews The Acclaimed ("Daddy Ass" Billy Gunn, "Platinum" Max Caster, Anthony Bowens). Bowens says things did not work out, but they are back on the road to the tag team championships. As Caster speaks, Angelo Parker and Matt Menard show up and want The Acclaimed to join them, but The Acclaimed laugh and leave.
Powerhouse Hobbs beats Wardlow in an Anything Goes Falls Count Anywhere match to become the TNT Champion thanks to QT Marshall, who hits Wardlow with a chair to stop the powerbomb symphony on the stage. Wardlow grabs Marshall, who then kicks him in the groin before helping Hobbs up. Hobbs then powerbombs Wardlow off the stage with help from Marshall, and Wardlow cannot get up before the count of ten. Marshall - who is wearing a black polo shirt with the QTV logo on it - celebrates with Hobbs after the match.
The Jericho Appreciation Society ("Cool Hand" Angelo Parker and "Daddy Magic" Matt Menard) beats Fuego del Sol and Leon Ruffin.
Backstage, Lexy Nair interviews "The Fallen Angel" Christopher Daniels. He says that last month marked his 30th year in professional wrestling and that he is glad to be a part of AEW as it has become successful. He says that this success has brought in other wrestlers who are younger and tougher than him, and while some say that his best days are behind him, he says . He says his 30 years have brought him and that experience trumps youth, strength, speed and agility and if there is any problem that his skills cannot solve, his mind can solve it. He then says that he has signed an open contract, and if anyone signs it and gets in the way of what he wants, they had better say their prayers.
Mei Suruga beats Hyena Hera by submission.
The Varsity Athletes ("The Premier Athlete" Tony Nese and "The Technical Beast" Josh Woods) beat Da Russell Twins (Allen and Kameron Russell).
Kip Sabian beats Gravity.
Backstage, Lexy Nair interviews "Smart" Mark Sterling and The Varsity Athletes ("The Premier Athlete" Tony Nese and "The Technical Beast" Josh Woods). Sterling says absolute domination is coming next, as the two of them wrestling absolutely blows him away and their cohesion is next-level. Nese says Woods is the best partner he has ever had in his career, then Trent Beretta reminds Nese that they were partners in the past. Nese says Trent was and is a good partner, but he cannot hold a candle to either him or Woods. He tells Nese to stop being a tough guy and to stay out of his interviews, then Trent challenges Nese to a match where nobody else is at ringside. Sterling says he will be at ringside because it is in his contract, but Trent says he does not care.
"The Reality" Zack Clayton beats Dan Adams.
Brock Anderson and Brian Pillman Jr. beat The Trust Busters (Jeeves Kay and Sonny Kiss).
Backstage, Lexy Nair interviews "The Hollywood Hunk" Ryan Nemeth, who says that he is filming his third feature film of the year before saying that he seems scum and ugly people in every town that he goes to, and that he is reminded of cleanliness, decorum and attractive bodies in Hollywood, California. He then tells the fans to buy a bar of soap, take it home and wash the filth off of themselves, then look in the mirror and realize that they suck compared to him. He then ends with a "Let's Go Hunk" chant before catching a flight.
"The Fallen Angel" Christopher Daniels beats Serpentico after Luther and Angelico's interference attempt backfires.
Before the next match, Ari Daivari proposes to J. Spade that if he can beat him by pinfall, submission, count-out or disqualification, he will give him and everyone in the crowd $1,000 from his very own trust. He then tells J. Spade that the fans are depending on them and to not let them down.
Ari Daivari beats J. Spade.
Diamante beats Ultra Violette.
Dalton Castle and The Boys (Brandon and Brent Tate) beat Larry Lazard, Terry Yaki and Jay Lucas in a trios match.
MJF beats Konosuke Takeshita in an AEW World Championship Eliminator Match with the Salt of the Earth. After the match, MJF shoves Paul Turner, then punches Konosuke Takeshita with the Dynamite Diamond Ring before hitting him with mounted punches. Suddenly, "The American Dragon" Bryan Danielson shows up and chases MJF out of the ring. Medical staff check on a now-busted open Takeshita.
We hear from Samoa Joe, who says that all is right in the universe with him as TNT Champion again, and while he does not agree with how Darby Allin conducted himself in the ring, he is a worthy adversary. He then says that he does not consider Wardlow worthy, for he has taken his title and his scalp, and he has to take him down immediately. He says Wardlow wants to take the TNT title from, but he will take everything from Wardlow.
Jamie Hayter beats The Bunny in an AEW World Women's Championship Eliminator Match.
Backstage, Renee Paquette interviews Toni Storm and Saraya. Saraya congratulates Jamie Hayter on winning tonight, then says she is a loser like everyone ese before bringing out Leva Bates so Toni Storm can beat up on her and Saraya can spray an "L" on her. Saraya then says she and Toni are here to take over, not make friends.
Backstage, Lexy Nair tries to get a word with MJF when MJF asks for Lexy to be let into his dressing room. MJF gives credit to Konosuke Takeshita for his talent, but says he is not as good as him. He then says "The American Dragon" Bryan Danielson treats him like a scumbag and that a man does not know what he is made of until he faces adversity, then talks about having a bad driving record and how he and a girl in high school hydroplaned into a telephone pole. He then switched seats with "Liv" to make it look like he was not the one driving, then says the history books do not care how the job is done and that Danielson will not even come close to holding the AEW World Championship because he is a scumbag and "damn proud of it."
"Absolute" Ricky Starks beats "Cool Hand" Angelo Parker and "Magic Daddy" Matt Menard but loses to Daniel Garcia in the Guevara-Garcia Gauntlet thanks to a masked fan in the front row hitting Starks with a back elbow. After the match, the masked fan is none other than Chris Jericho.
Backstage, Renee Paquette interviews "Daddy Ass" Billy Gunn and The Acclaimed ("Platinum" Max Caster and Anthony Bowens). Billy Gunn says he has been pulled in two different directions and cares about both The Gunns (Austin and Colten Gunn) and The Acclaimed. He says that he will stay in the back and let The Acclaimed handle their business. Caster says that he supports Billy Gunn's decision, as does Bowens, then Bowens and Billy scissor.
Backstage, Renee Paquette interviews "The American Dragon" Bryan Danielson when the door to the trainer's room is suddenly shut and tightly sealed on everyone inside.
Before the next match, MJF heads to the ring and tells referee Aubrey Edwards that "The American Dragon" Bryan Danielson is not here, and tells her to ring the bell and start the match right now. As MJF tries to get Danielson counted out, Danielson breaks out of the trainer's room with help from Konosuke Takeshita. Danielson avoids Jose the Assistant (who barred the door shut) and "El Perro Peligroso" Preston Vance as he rushes to the ring in time. MJF guests on commentary for the next match.
"The American Dragon" Bryan Danielson beats Rush in a bloody match. After the match, MJF limps to the ring and punches Danielson out with the Dynamite Diamond Ring, then attacks him with mounted punches followed by the Salt of the Earth. Security runs in, but MJF punches them out. MJF locks the Salt of the Earth in again, then security gets to MJF and tries to pull MJF off of Danielson.
Backstage, Tony Schiavone interviews Q and Murr from Impractical Jokers. The two of them talk about how they ribbed Chris Jericho for demanding a luffa-scented candle by stealing Floyd the baseball bat, and will only give it back if Jericho appears on their show.
Don Callis guests on commentary for the next match.
The Elite (Kenny Omega, Matt Jackson, Nick Jackson) retain the AEW World Trios Championships against Top Flight (Darius and Dante Martin) and AR Fox.
We see a video package for Hook.
Backstage, Lexy Nair interviews Stokely Hathaway. Stokely says there are no cracks in the foundation of The Firm, then says that everything going wrong lately is Hook's fault. Hook then shows up, hooks him by the arm and says "Be cautious with those words, sir."
The Gunns (Austin and Colten Gunn) beat The Acclaimed ("Platinum" Max Caster and Anthony Bowens) to become the AEW World Tag Team Champions! During the match, referee Stephon Smith is inadvertently hit with a rolling elbow from Bowens, and when Austin Gunn tries to use one of the tag title belts as a weapon, "Daddy Ass" Billy Gunn stops him only to be blasted with the other belt by Colten Gunn. After a few near-falls from Austin Gunn and Anthony Bowens, Colten hits Bowens in the head with a tag title belt, and Austin Gunn pins Anthony Bowens with a schoolkid pin as a downed Stephon Smith makes the three count. br />
The Jericho Appreciation Society ("Cool Hand" Angelo Parker and "Daddy Magic" Matt Menard) beat The Boys (Brandon and Brent Tate).
Backstage, Lexy Nair interviews "Smart" Mark Sterling, "The Premier Athlete" Tony Nese and Ari Daivari. Sterling talks about last week's Dark Elevation being the highest rated of all time, then says The Blackpool Combat Club (Cesaro, Wheeler Yuta, "The American Dragon" Bryan Danielson) has been a thorn in his side. Tony Nese asks what makes Cesaro so strong and says that he can swing twenty guys around, then Ari Daivari asks if The Blackpool Combat Club is even a thing anymore and that they have no chance.
"Rock Hard" Juice Robinson beats Jake Crist.
The Dark Order (Evil Uno, Alex Reynolds, John Silver) beat Renny D, Matt Brannigan and Crash Jaxon in a trios match.
Yuka Sakazaki beats Billie Starkz.
Backstage, Lexy Nair interviews The Boys (Brandon and Brent Tate) when The Dark Order (Evil Uno, Alex Reynolds, John Silver) shows up and invites them to join The Dark Order, then hand them a contract and tell them to think it over. The Boys eat the contract instead.
Best Friends (Orange Cassidy, Chuck Taylor, Trent Beretta) beats Chaos Project (Luther and Serpentico) and "The Reality" Zack Clayton in a trios match. After the match, Orange Cassidy performs his trademark kick on Angelico, then Danhausen hits him with a low blow.
Powerhouse Hobbs beats Corey Calhoun.
Top Flight (Darius and Dante Martin) beats The Butcher and the Blade.
Diamante, Emi Sakura, "The Problem" Marina Shafir and "The Native Beast" Nyla Rose beat Madison Rayne, Skye Blue, Queen Aminata and Hyena Hera in an eight-woman tag match.
Before the next match, "Smart" Mark Sterling says that there is a law in Ohio which says one cannot fish for whales on Sundays, which is unfortunate for bachelors because it is one less day to pick up Ohio women. He then says his teams' opponents are "a couple of Moby Dicks," then says "The Premier Athlete" Tony Nese will slice them and Ari Daivari will dice them so they can have some caviar.
The Blackpool Combat Club (Claudio Castagnoli and Wheeler Yuta) beat "The Premier Athlete" Tony Nese and Ari Daivari.
The Jericho Appreciation Society (Chris Jericho and Sammy Guevara) beat Action Andretti and "Absolute" Ricky Starks after Daniel Garcia hits Andretti with a bat shot behind referee Aubrey Edwards' back.
AEW pays tribute to Jay Briscoe.
Darby Allin retains the TNT Championship against Buddy Matthews. During the match, the lights go out, and Malakai Black and Brody King are on the ramp when they come back on. Ortiz shows up and hits Brody in the back with a Kendo stick, and Sting joins in on the attack with a baseball bat to Malakai. After the match, Tony Schiavone interviews Darby Allin in the ring. Before Darby can say anything, Samoa Joe appears on the video screen and says that Darby stole the TNT Championship from him and that he will take everything from him. He says that the TNT Championship may feel comfortable and right around Darby, but he is coming back to take what is his and that he will not be usurped by Darby, and that Darby will learn that beating him for the title will be the greatest mistake of his life.
We hear from Adam Cole, who talks about being back in AEW for the first time in a long time and that he will sleep easy knowing that he is back in an AEW ring and that there is a new locker room for him to tangle with.
Before the next match, "All Ego" Ethan Page says that he has given the Twist of Fate back to Jeff Hardy as he complains about Jeff's music being played, then Stokely Hathaway has Isiah Kassidy give him his gold chain back.
Jungle Hook (Hook and "Jungle Boy" Jack Perry) beat "All Ego" Ethan Page and Matt Hardy with a Snare Trap from Jungle Boy to Ethan Page after Hook keeps Matt Hardy from tagging in.
We see the "family therapy" between The Acclaimed ("Platinum" Max Caster and Anthony Bowens) and The Gunns (Austin and Colten Gunn). Austin say that "Daddy Ass" Billy Gunn was never there for them and Colton says they should have been tag team champions with him, but Anthony Bowens says The Gunns could not hide their jealousy the second Billy gave them attention. Max Caster says that The Gunns cannot do what they do, but Colten Gunn says that they had to step in when Anthony Bowens was in a wheelchair. Billy Gunn butts in and says he gets all the points, but this needs to be resolved. Colten says that their faults as sons came from Billy's faults as a father, and when Billy asks The Gunns what they want, The Gunns make it clear that they want the tag team titles.
Backstage, Renee Paquette interviews "Hangman" Adam Page. Page says that the more he looks forward, the more he cannot help but look back. He says he would like to try the impossible and knock out Jon Moxley. Wheeler Yuta shows up and says it will be impossible, then says that Jon Moxley will be cleared by next week, before challenging him to a match on Rampage for running his mouth so much about a man who is not medically cleared. Page asks Yuta what makes him think what happened to Moxley will not happen to him, then accepts.
"The American Dragon" Bryan Danielson beats "The Machine" Brian Cage after countering a third powerbomb into a Sunset Flip stack-up pin. After the match, Cage hits Danielson with Weapon X, then MJF shows up, throws the ring bell off the timekeeper's table, shoves the timekeeper and hands Cage a chair. Cage wraps the chair around Danielson's left arm, then sends him arm-first into the ring post. Cage then gets Danielson in the ring, when MJF presses his foot against Danielson's arm before hitting Danielson with mounted punches. Cage then wraps a chair around Danielson's left arm again, and MJF is about to jump from the middle rope when Konosuke Takeshita runs in and fights Brian Cage. MJF retreats as Takeshita gets the upper hand.
Backstage, Renee Paquette interviews Doc Samson and "The American Dragon" Bryan Danielson. Samson says his shoulder is not looking good, but Danielson says he has wrestled 60 minutes with a separated shoulder and that nobody will stop him from wrestling. He says that fear is what is really behind MJF's mask, because MJF is afraid of being exposed and afraid of losing the AEW World Championship, then says that he will show that there is a fraud behind the mask and that he should be world champion.
Ruby Soho beats Toni Storm following the distraction from Dr. Britt Baker, D.M.D. (It was announced this morning that Dr. Britt Baker, D.M.D. is injured, changing what was originally a triple threat match including Baker into a one-on-one match on the day of the show.)
Backstage, we hear from MJF. He says that unlike the fans, he has taste, and that while Konosuke Takeshita is talented, he is dumb enough to dance with the devil. He says Takeshita cannot handle his tempo and tells him to stay out of his business or face the consequences.He also says that while Bryan Danielson is obsessed with being the best, he is obsessed with being world champion, and that the world title is the only reason he gets out of bed as it makes his work worth it and the only thing that makes him feel whole. He says that Danielson wants to take from him because he does not have enough, then says tonight is the tip of the iceberg and that if Danielson continues, he will inflict mental pain upon him. MJF then says that he has hand-picked Danielson's next opponent: Timothy Thatcher.
We see a video package for Emi Sakura vs. Jamie Hayter in an AEW Women's World Championship Eliminator Match later this week on Rampage.
Ian Riccaboni and Caprice Coleman guest on commentary for the next match.
On what would have been Jay Briscoe's 39th birthday, Mark Briscoe beats Jay Lethal in his AEW debut with a Jay Driller. After the match, the locker room empties out onto the stage for a standing ovation as Jay Lethal and Mark Briscoe embrace in the ring.
The Jericho Appreciation Society (Sammy Guevara and Daniel Garcia) beats Brian Cook and Deimos.
Before the next match, Ari Daivari says that The Jericho Appreciation Society has been kicking Action Andretti's ass, and proposes that Andretti lay down so he can beat him, and in return, The Trust Busters (Ari Daivari, will have his back and the Society will leave him alone for good. Andretii tells Daivari that he is right and that it has been stressful, then says this is what he needs to do. Andretti lays down, and when Daivari goes for the pin, Andretti counters with an inside cradle. Daivari kicks out at two.
Action Andretti beats Ari Daivari.
Powerhouse Hobbs beats Jaiden.
The Jericho Appreciation Society ("Daddy Magic" Matt Menard and "Cool Hand" Angelo Parker) beat Midnight Heat ("Rockin' Ricky Gibson and "Precious" Eddie Pearl).
The Blackpool Combat Club (Claudio Castagnoli and Wheeler Yuta) beat The Butcher and the Blade.
The Jericho Appreciation Society ("Cool Hand" Angelo Parker and "Daddy Magic" Matt Menard) quickly beat Warren Johnson and Zack Mason.
We hear from The Butcher and The Blade. Blade says all the other tag teams need a dose of realizty and that he and The Butcher are that reality, and The Butcher tells all the other tag teams to get out of AEW because they are going to smoke them all.
Willow Nightingale beats Vertvixen. After the match, Anna Jay and Tay Conti attack Willow from behind, but Ruby Soho chases them away with a metal pipe.
Best Friends (Chuck Taylor and Trent Beretta) Zane Valero and "The Reality" Zack Clayton after Clayton walks out on Valero. After the match, Taylor and Beretta set Valero up for the post-match group hug.
Before the next match, "Smart" Mark Sterling says that there is a law in Texas where one cannot eat one's neighbor's garbage, and that this law makes sense when it comes to Texas barbecue. He then says he would call "biggest group of loser weirdos" he and his clients had ever seen in his life, but that was before they met the local fans.
Ari Daivari and The Varsity Athletes ("The Premier Athlete" Tony Nese and "The Technical Beast" Josh Woods) beat Brandon Cutler and Chaos Project (Luther and Serpentico) in a Trios match despite "Smart" Mark Sterling accidentally blasting Tony Nese in the eyes with Brandon Cutler's cold spray.
"Absolute" Ricky Starks last eliminates Matt Hardy and "All Ego" Ethan Page to win the 2022 Dynamite Diamond Battle Royale. After the match, MJF shows up. He says "The American Dragon" Bryan Danielson is not here because he is terrified of him after what he did to William Regal, then says he will become a four-time Dynamite Diamond Ring winner and the AEW World Champion. He then mentions that the fans love Ricky Starks and view him as some underrated wrestling god before telling him that in comparison to him, Ricky Starks is "the absolute drizzling shits" and a "roody-poo candy ass." MJF says Ricky Starks stole everything from The Rock and is "a dollar store Dwayne" before deciding he will call him "The Pebble" and put him in his pocket, hop into his new Porsche and skip him all the way back to NWA. Starks bumps into MJF as he grabs a microphone before calling "Maxi pad" a "fifth-rate Roddy Piper" and making fun of his promo style and his "cheap" appearance before saying he knows nothing of the responsibility of being AEW World Champion. He then says that he kept the people going and delivered every single time while MJF walked out and took three months off because he wasn't getting paid enough, then says he lives with dignity and respect while MJF knows nothing of the sort. Starks then says that next week, he is putting up and shutting up and he will take the AEW World Championship from him and the responsibility of being champion off his plate. MJF responds with a kick to the groin. Starks then says that next week, he is putting up and shutting up and he will take the AEW World Championship from him and the responsibility of being champion off his plate. MJF responds with a kick to the groin. When MJF goes for a the punch to the face with the Dynamite Diamond Ring, however, Starks ducks it and Spears MJF out of his shoes.
We see a video package for Darby Allin vs. Samoa Joe for the TNT Championship later tonight.
We hear from Jon Moxley, who says that he is starting to like "Hangman" Adam Page after he got off his horse, dusted himself off, got back on and did all his talking with his fist, which he says there is not enough of in AEW. He says that this weekend, The Blackpool Combat Club will bring back "100-proof" professional wrestling and that he will be at ringside on Friday as they put The Jericho Appreciation Society in the rear view mirror for good.
Samoa Joe retains the TNT Championship against Darby Allin after reversing a Coffin Drop with the rear naked choke. After the match, Darby Allin shoves Joe and dares him to hurt him more. Joe headbutts Darby, then grabs Darby's skateboard, puts it down wheels-up, and hits the Muscle Buster on Darby on the wheels. Joe then chokes Darby out again, and as referees try to pull Joe off of Darby, Wardlow runs into the ring and chases Joe away.
Backstage, Tony Schiavone interviews Orange Cassidy and Kip Sabian. Orange tells Sabian that if he wants a shot at the AEW All-Atlantic Championship, all he had to do was ask. Sabian accuses Orange of waiting until he is hurt to do something like this, then Orange tells Sabian that if he cannot fight this week on Rampage, then he had better find someone who can.
We hear from Chris Jericho, who says that Claudio Castagnoli does not have the belief that he can beat him when it counts, and that he will beat Claudio and force him to join The Jericho Appreciation Society, which he says will be the best thing for Claudio. He then says that he will look forward to beating Claudio and taking him under his wing afterwards.
The Blackpool Combat Club (Claudio Castagnoli and Wheeler Yuta) beat The Jericho Appreciation Society (Jake Hager and Daniel Garcia) after Cesaro rolls out of the ankle lock from Hager, breaking the hold as well as Garcia's Dragon Tamer on Yuta before hitting a European uppercut on Hager for the win. After the match, Tony Schiavone interviews The Blackpool Combat Club (Jon Moxley, Claudio, Yuta) and shows an interview with William Regal from a few weeks ago where Regal says he took exception to what MJF did to Schiavone and gave him what he wanted. He says that everyone will be chasing MJF, then says that while The Blackpool Combat Club did not need him, they did not want to let him go. He says he had to lead by example, and that he did what he did was to teach them one final thing. That final thing is to stay one step ahead and to keep eyes in the back of one's head. He then says he is Blackpool Combat Club until the day that he dies and that "it's been emotional." Moxley says he knows one thing is for sure, and that is he, Claudio and Yuta bleed for the sports of professional wrestling, and at Final Battle, their war with The Jericho Appreciation Society will be over. He says that the three of them will make their statement, as will professional wrestling, this weekend.
We hear from Malakai Black, who says that there is a corruption in AEW that it is up to them to stop that corruption. Julia Hart says the crime is treason, and Buddy Matthews says the verdict is war. Brody King says that they will tear the meat from the bone and that the sentence is extermination. Malakai Black then dares anyone from the locker room to go against The House of Black (Malakai, Julia, Matthews, King).
Backstage, Tony Schiavone interviews Jamie Hayter. Hayter says the women's division has been getting interesting, but she is at the top of the totem pole while everyone is grinding their way up while she is busy reigning and defending. She says Hikaru Shida's Regina Di Wave championship match against The Bunny will not hold a candle compared to her championship, but she says that whoever wins that match will face her for the AEW Women's World Championship.
The Baddies (Jade Cargill, Red Velvet, Leila Grey) beat Madison Rayne, Skye Blue and Kiera Hogan in a trios match. Jade Cargill's record is now 43-0.
Backstage, Tony Schiavone interviews Saraya when Dr. Britt Baker, D.M.D. on the biggest win of her career before saying it will never happen again and that she had a pay-per-view match against her handed to her. She then hands Saraya tickets to the show at January 11th, then Saraya says she would love to beat Britt again. Britt says she has Jamie Hayter with her at all times, and tells her to find a tag team partner for that night.
The Acclaimed ("Platinum" Max Caster and Anthony Bowens) retain the AEW World Tag Team Championships against FTR (Dax Harwood and Cash Wheeler) after Caster reverses a jackknife pin from Cash Wheeler. After the match, both teams scissor in a sign of respect, then The Gunns (Austin and Colten Gunn) show up on the video screen and mock FTR, then announces through a Christmas card signed in blood that The Briscoes (Jay and Mark Briscoe) will fight FTR at Final Battle in a Double Dog Collar Match as they pull two dog collars with metal chains out of Christmas stockings.
The Factory (QT Marshall, Lee Johnson, Cole Karter) beat Justin Corino, Ryan Mooney and Steven Josifi in a trios match.
"The Reality" Zack Clayton beats Chris Wylde.
Hikaru Shida - accompanied to the ring by Japanese wrestler Hagane Shinno - beats Layla Luciano.
The Jericho Appreciation Society ("Magic Daddy" Matt Menard, "Cool Hand" Angelo Parker, Daniel Garcia) beat "Hot Sauce" Tracy Williams, Jack Tomlinson and LSG in a trios match with a rear naked choke from Garcia to Tomlinson.
"The Machine" Brian Cage beats Tony Deppen.
Angelico beats Hagane Shinno with the Navarro Death Roll.
Emi Sakura beats Tiara James.
"All Ego" Ethan Page guests on commentary for the next match, and before the match, he yells at Matt Hardy and Private Party (Marq Quen and Isiah Kassidy), telling them to stop dancing around and take the match seriously.
Matt Hardy and Private Party (Marq Quen and Isiah Kassidy) beat The Wingmen ("Pretty" Peter Avalon, Cezar Bononi, "The Hollywood Hunk" Ryan Nemeth). During the match, Matt Hardy almost hits Peter Avalon with the Twist of Fate, but "All Ego" Ethan Page stops him and Matt Hardy gets DDT'd by Ryan Nemeth. When Private Party hit stereo tope suicidas to the outside shortly after this, Matt Hardy wins the match with an Ego's Edge on Avalon.
Backstage, Matt Hardy and Private Party (Marq Quen and Isiah Kassidy) argue with "All Ego" Ethan Page. Matt Hardy boasts about performing the Ego's Edge - which he calls "The Fall of Fate" - better than Ethan Page. Ethan Page tells Private Party to leave, then Page and Hardy argue. Page says that Matt Hardy has been defiant since Stokely Hathaway bought out his contract. Page says he is Matt Hardy's boss and that he is defiant, and that he will eventually break him. He then says that if Matt defies him, he will also be defying Stokely Hathaway and The Firm and that Private Party will pay the price. Matt Hardy tells him that this has always been between the two of them and that if he takes his anger out on Private Party, he will live to regret it. Page says it is now out of hands, and dares him to defy him again and see what happens.
The Butcher, The Blade and Rush beat Doug Love, Channing Thomas and Brett Gosselin is a Trios match.
Willow Nightingale and Hikaru Shida beat Leva Bates and Emi Sakura.
"The Machine" Brian Cage beats Brandon Cutler. During the match, Prince Nana tries to spray Cutler with with his own cold spray, but he hits Cage instead, and Cutler hits Prince Nana in the eyes with the spray. Nevertheless, Brian Cage is able to beat Cutler and win the match.
The Jericho Appreciation Society ("Cool Hand" Angelo Parker, "Daddy Magic" Matt Menard, Daniel Garcia) beats Leon Ruffin, "Hot Sauce" Tracy Williams and Tony Deppen in a Trios match.
Mercedes Martinez beats JC with the Brass City Sleeper.
Wheeler Yuta beats "The Reality" Zack Clayton.
Before the next match, Ari Daivari announces that if Encore helps them win, Encore will be $50,000 richer. He also says it will be easy because Matt Hardy cannot use the Twist of Fate.
Matt Hardy and Private Party (Marq Quen and Isiah Kassidy) beat The Trust Busters (Ari Daivari and Sonny Kiss) and Encore in a Trios match when Matt Hardy uses the Twist of Fate anyway.
Alex Reynolds beats Kip Sabian with a surprise schoolkid pin. After the match, Kip Sabian attacks Alex Reynolds.
Backstage, Lexi Nair interviews "All Ego" Ethan Page, who becomes infuriated when told that Matt Hardy used the Twist of Fate. Matt Hardy shows up and pays the $50,000 up front to Ethan Page, saying it was worth every penny. Isiah Kassidy whispers into Ethan Page's ear that it was "orgasmic."
Best Friends (Orange Cassidy, Chuck Taylor, Trent Beretta) beats The Factory (Aaron Solo, Lee Johnson, Cole Karter) in a Trios match.
