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.
The Conglomeration (Orange Cassidy and Kyle O'Reilly) and Tomohiro Ishii beat Undisputed Kingdom (Roderick Strong, Matt Taven, Mike Bennett) in a trios match. After the match, Don Callis shows up, but Orange Cassidy quickly confronts him. Orange is suddenly attacked from behind by Kyle Fletcher, then Mark Briscoe arrives and fights Fletcher only to get hit with a knee by Roderick Strong. Roddy lifts up the Ring of Honor World Championship and says it will be his.
Backstage, Arkady Aura interviews Saraya and Harley Cameron. Harley says Saraya has been spending time getting Wembley Stadium ready, and Saraya says AEW and the women's division is scared of her because she is a living legend. She says that she had the world at her feet last year, but now AEW is trying to keep her off the show. Saraya says she is the show and that all roads lead to Wembley Stadium, and that she does not care who she has to step on to get there.
The Learning Tree ("The Learning Tree" Chris Jericho and Big Bill) beat The Outrunners (Truth Magnum and Turbo Floyd), with Big Bill doing all the work while Jericho sends text messages on the apron before tagging in for the pin and the win. After the match, Chris Jericho stays on the stage to wave tot he fans, then Minoru Suzuki shows up and heads to the ring for the next match, staring Jericho down and pointing at the FTW Championship on the way there.
Minoru Suzuki beats The Butcher.
We hear from The Conglomeration (Mark Briscoe, Kyle O'Reilly, Orange Cassidy) and Tomohiro Ishii. Mark Briscoe introduces Tomohiro Ishii, then says one must be down to conglomeration and one must not be a shithead. He then says the word of the day is "miscombobulation" before Roderick Strong cracking his jaw and holding up the ROH World Championship, and says that next week at Death Before Dishonor, he has something for him. Mark Briscoe then mentions Ishii's one-on-one match with Roddy on tomorrow night's Collision.
Kris Statlander beats Sydni Winnell.
The masked wrestler who is being teased will debut tomorrow on Collision.
The Lucha Brothers (Penta el Zero Miedo and Rey Fenix) beat Private Party (Marq Quen and Isiah Kassidy).
"The Alpha" Konosuke Takeshita beats Penta el Zero Miedo to qualify for the TNT Championship Ladder Match at Forbidden Door.
Backstage, Renee Paquette interviews The Learning Tree (Chris Jericho, Big Bill, "The Outlaw" Bryan Keith). Chris Jericho says he is not on tonight's show because he had an unprovoked attack from Hook last week and that he is too valuable to be left exposed at the commentary table and be attacked. He announces he has stepped down from his commentary role on Rampage to spend time on the other shows and get more TV time, and while he is no longer the number one commentator on Rampage, he is still number one in everyone's hearts.
Backstage, we hear from Undisputed Kingdom (Roderick Strong, Mike Taven, Mike Bennett). Mike Bennett says that Double or Nothing sucked and that all he got out of Las Vegas was a sunburn. Mike Taven says they got ejected from ringside without doing anything wrong that night. Roderick Strong is angry that he was not the tenth man in the Forbidden Door Gauntlet Match and that he is pissed off and frustration, and he will take everything out on Lio Rush before he goes after Will Ospreay.
Satnam Singh quickly beats "Pretty" Peter Avalon.
Backstage, we hear from Cage of Agony ("The Machine" Brian Cage, Bishop Kaun, Toa Liona). Kaun says that sometimes you much scorch everything to the earth to start anew, and Brian Cage says they will start anew tomorrow night on Collision against any trio who wants to take them on. Hechicero shows up and introduces himself before putting Cage of Agony over, then Toa Liona says they will see their challengers Saturday in Spanish.
"Timeless" Toni Storm beats Viva Van in an AEW Women's World Championship Eliminator Match.
Backstage, we hear from The Outcasts (Saraya and Harley Cameron). They congratulate Mariah May, who make fun of Mariah for wanting to be "Timeless" Toni Storm and that next week, Saraya will beat Mariah after having beaten the real Toni Storm.
Kyle O'Reilly beats Jordan Cruz with the cross arm breaker.
Backstage, we hear from Johnny TV and Taya Valkyrie. Johnny says they are here to challenge the best, and that there is one man that he has never wrestled who is beating people right and left: Claudio Castagnoli, to whom he issues a challenge on Collision.
Jon Moxley heads to the ring to start tonight's show. Suddenly, Don Callis also heads to the ring. Don Callis talks about how he cost Jon Moxley the AEW World Championship on his second night in the company and how Moxley got his pound of flesh, which causes him to be cut on the forehead when he inadvertently fell into a light fixture. He then talks about how he helped him beat Kenny Omega not long afterwards, then brings up how he always thinks of Jon Moxley every day because of the scar he gave him. He says most people would call this a deal breaker, but they are not like most people. Callis then brings up Jon Moxley meeting back up with him and saying "You're one of us now," and seeing nothing in his eyes. He says that they are both exactly alike, then says that it kills himself inside to see him face Konosuke Takeshita, as he sees himself in Moxley. Callis then tells Moxley to imagine the two of them running AEW together with Moxley as a member of Callis' family, then hands Moxley the microphone. All the while, everyone boos Callis out of the building and cheers Moxley. Moxley then tells Callis that he wants more commitment than the one scar on his forehead and wants to put 24 more on it, then he is then attacked from behind by Takeshita. Takeshita takes a metal folding chair and wraps it around Moxley's left arm, then goes to the middle rope and flips Moxley off before hitting the chair with a knee drop. He then presses a foot on the chair and stomps it before "The American Dragon" Bryan Danielson and Claudio Castagnoli chase Takeshita and Callis out of the ring.
We see footage from after Dynamite where a bloodied Will Ospreay says he has been through worse before he tells Roderick Strong that it is not the end and that his duty and spirit has bonded with the International title that he will take from him.
Claudio Castagnoli and Daniel Garcia's mystery partner is revealed to be Hiroshi Tanahashi.
Claudio Castagnoli, Daniel Garcia and Hiroshi Tanahashi beat Lance Archer and The Righetous (Vincent and Dutch) in a trios match.
We see another vignette bringing up The Elite's (Nicholas Jackson, Matthew Jackson, "The Rainmaker" Kazuchika Okada, Jack Perry) accomplishments and their attempts to change the world as we see them do various things in and around AEW before the vignette mocks and insults The Elite's opponents (Darby Allin, Dax Harwood, Cash Wheeler, "The American Dragon" Bryan Danielson) in Anarchy In The Arena.
The Lucha Brothers (Penta el Zero Miedo and Rey Fenix) beat The Gunns (Austin and Colten Gunn). After the match, PAC celebrates with The Lucha Brothers and Alex Abrahantes, then "Switchblade" Jay White shows up and stares down Death Triangle (PAC, Penta, Fenix).
Backstage, Big Bill says that Chris Jericho has taught him to dig down and pull out the light, and Chris Jericho says that after everything that he has done in the business, he will have to work extra hard to retain, but he will come out with the win. As Jericho says he has to be ready for all kinds of opponents, "The Outlaw" Bryan Keith shows up and tells Chris Jericho that he may have missed his shot, but this will not be the last he sees of him.
Backstage, Lexy Nair interviews Trent Beretta. Trent calls Orange Cassidy a "con man narcissist" and says he will show the whole world what he already knows, then Rocky Romero shows up and says that no matter who wins, he hopes everything going on is put in the past. Trent tells Rocky that is not happening, and to never interrupt him again.
The House of Black (Brody King and Buddy Matthews) beats The Infantry ("The Captain" Shawn Dean and "Bad News and Tattoos" Carlie Bravo), Gates of Agony (Bishop Kaun and Toa Liona) and The Acclaimed ("Platinum" Max Caster and Anthony Bowens) in a four-way tag team match. After the match, we hear from Adam Copeland, who mentions Malakai Black taking away with wedding ring before telling Malakai that he walked the path he was walked before his balls dropped. He says Malakai Black wanted this darker version of him, and says it is fitting that their Barbed Wire Steel Cage match is in Las Vegas. He entertains the idea of joining forces with Malakai and becoming a powerful force, saying they deal in nightmares and not dreams, but also entertains the idea of beating Malakai and having The House of Black (Malakai, Brody, Buddy, Julia Hart) joining him. Copeland says there are many questions, then tells Malakai that when he sees evil in a man's eyes, it is already too late.
In backstage footage from after Dynamite, "Timeless" Toni Storm says things happen for a reason, and if Serena Deeb wants to be a victim, she will make her one. She tells Serena that her life has no meaning, and that she should put in her obituary that she lost to the champ.
Mariah May beats "Legit" Leyla Hirsch.
Backstage, Lexy Nair interviews Serena Deeb, who says that "Timeless" Toni Storm has had her fun and games and that it wasn't so fun for Toni to save Luther and Mariah May. She then says she will stretch Toni limb from limb and finally become Women's World Champion while "Timeless" Toni Storm is more like "Time's Up" Toni Storm.
We see a video package for Christian Cage vs. Swerve Strickland for the AEW World Championship at Double or Nothing.
We see footage of The Young Bucks (Matthew and Nicholas Jackson) at Champs Sports at Las Vegas, Nevada, where they signed boxes and copies of their new Reebok Pumps.
"The American Dragon" Bryan Danielson and FTR (Dax Harwood and Cash Wheeler) beat Jay Lethal, Jeff Jarrett and Satnam Singh in a trios match. After the match, Cash Wheeler talks about FTR's AEW debut and how he will live and die for the company, then says that fans, wrestlers and the entire wrestling world are better off because of AEW. He says that they might be hard and may limp into tomorrow night, but they and Darby Allin are the only ones walking out. Dax talks about AEW's fifth anniversary, then says that they are fighting not just for AEW, but for the fans. He then says that at Anarchy At The Arena, they will be the fans' heroes like they have always been one more time.
Rey Fenix retains the AEW International Championship against Jeff Jarrett. During the match, Satnam Singh gets on the ring apron and Jarrett whips Fenix towards Singh, but Fenix drop kicks Singh in the leg. Jarrett then goes for the Figure Four Leg Lock, but Fenix counters with an inside cradle to retain.
In footage from last week in Long Island, New York, Adam Cole and MJF have fun on the water on MJF's father's boat. As they go fishing MJF and Roderick talk about Adam Cole's relationship with Roderick and how he checked on him backstage for so long, and entertains hitting Cole with the Dynamite Diamond Ring until Cole asks if he brought him up to Long Island to do that. Cole then tells MJF that it is normal to have more than one friend, and MJF says having more than one friend is not for him but supports Cole's decision. Adam Cole and MJF then find out they have caught Captain Insano in a rubber duck inner tube, then the three of them have a beer together.
We see footage from Saturday night in Tokyo, Japan, where Don Callis and Konosuke Takeshita state that they will find Chris Jericho's secrets.
Renee Paquette interviews Don Callis and Konosuke Takeshita in the ring. Callis says he is so happy that Sammy Guevara is free of the toxic influence of Chris Jericho that he wants to bring him out to the ring himself, which he does. Callis then says that Kota Ibushi and that he and Takeshita went to Tokyo, Japan with a camera crew. We then see Callis and Takeshita entering Ibushi's dojo and causing havoc. Ibushi soon shows up, but Takeshita and Callis are able to take Ibushi out with a kettlebell weight before choking him out and telling him he is not save from The Don Callis Family in Tokyo. Callis says his family has never been stronger and that Will Ospreay will win at WrestleDream, then Sammy Guevara says he is painted out to be a bad guy when he is the hero. He says that Jericho is the villain and that for four years, he held him back, but he was a champion and pay-per-view main eventer without him, and Jericho would keep clipping his wings. Sammy says he hoped Jericho would pass the torch to him, but Jericho was jealous, and he had to take the torch and become the star he was born to be. Callis then says they will take everything from Kenny Omega, Jericho and Ibushi until there is nothing left but tears.
We see backstage footage from last week at Collision where "Absolute" Ricky Starks says that he did not lose to "The American Dragon" Bryan Danielson and that he survived. Wheeler Yuta shows up and says Starks did survive and apologizes for attacking him when he wanted to show Danielson respect, but Starks threatens to make sure he smacks him again if he gets in his face again. Yuta says he tried to be the bigger man, then calls Starks an entitled prick who whines and complains and says that he can get up everyday while Starks can't, then says that if he doesn't like that, they can settle things at WrestleDream. Starks walks away.
Nick Jackson beats "The Machine" Brian Cage and Claudio Castagnoli to earn a match against Rey Fenix for the AEW International Championship next week after Claudio hits Cage with the Ricola Bomb and Jackson sends Claudio out of the ring with a springboard hurricanrana before floating over into the pinfall on Cage to get the win and the title shot.
We hear from The Righteous (Vincent and Dutch). Dutch asks MJF and Adam Cole if they ache for a feeling they aim to feel, and Vincent and Dutch that they will take the ROH World Tag Team Championships from MJF and Adam Cole.
MJF and Adam Cole head to the ring. Adam Cole talks about how his ankle exploded and broke in three different places and how he tore ligaments. Unfortunately, he has to get surgery, and he will do everything under his power to get back as soon as humanly possible. As Adam Cole states that they will have to relinquish the Ring of Honor World Tag Team Championships due to being unable to defend them, MJF shows his disgust at the thought of having to relinquish the title and says Cole would not be hurt if it were not for him. MJF says that he knows how much the tag team titles mean to him and that he will make sure they will be waiting for him when he gets back, then states that he will defend the titles alone in a two-on-one handicap match. Roderick Strong is then heard screaming for Adam Cole, and as The Kingdom wheel him out to the ramp, Roderick says he needs Adam more than ever and that it is an emergency. MJF reluctantly tells Adam Cole to do what he needs to do with Roderick and tells him that he will be waiting when he gets back. MJF reluctantly tells Adam Cole to do what he needs to do with Roderick and tells him that he will be waiting when he gets back. Both men hug it out, then Adam Cole leaves and heads to the back with The Kingdom and Roderick Strong. MJF is about to speak again when Bullet Club Gold ("Switchblade" Jay White, "Rock Hard" Juice Robinson, Austin Gunn, Colton Gunn) shows up. "Switchblade" Jay White sends the rest of Bullet Club Gold to the back to speak to MJF in the ring face-to-face. After Jay White says he has called off the rest of Bullet Club Gold due to MJF being shook at their presence and to let MJF has his moment, MJF says Jay White must be smoking some "strong Colorado grass" before calling his goatee "pubic hair." MJF then says that he has been compared to many people, but as he kept wrestling, it never bothered him until he read "Sure, MJF is good, but he is no Jay White." The crowd chants "Bullshit" in response. He then realizes it only offended him because he is like a fine filet mignon and the show is all about him, and nobody is on his level. He says that while Jay White is talented, but he has convinced people they are on the same level when he is really like tofu. He says that tofu takes on the flavor of whatever one wants it to, but one must trick oneself into believing it has taste, and while Jay White has earned all the herbs and spices and opportunities and the keys to Bullet Club. He then says if he plucks it all away, he is left with nothing with boring, bland, tasteless tofu. MJF then says Jay White is trying to jump on his plate and take some of his flavor when he is nothing but hype and a mass-marketed vision of what someone in Japan thought was a top guy, and he advises him to leave his ring before someone writes "Jay White is good, but he's no MJF." Jay White says he has gotten the full MJF experience, but he admits that he is a bit disappointed and that MJF does not seem so elite when compared to him. He then says that the situation with Adam Cole is his fault and that if he ended his career, he and Cole would not have had a friendship, then blames the broken ankle on MJF. He also says that MJF's neck is worse after Samoa Joe, then says that he will ruin his life from a distance for a little while longer before telling him he must find a new level if he wants to keep him from taking the AEW World Championship from him. Jay White continues to brag about his recent accomplishments in MJF's face and states that he will be a truly elite champion when he takes the AEW World Championship from him and leaves MJF to be with the fans because he is their scumbag. Jay White then says MJF and the fans will have each other while he has the "Triple B" because it is still his era and MJF has gone soft and he knows it. MJF tells Jay White he has no idea what he is capable of and threatens to show him. MJF goes after Jay White, but Jay White retreats.
In backstage footage from earlier this week, Jim Ross interviews Darby Allin and Christian in a face-to-face meeting. Christian Cage says he has been TNT Championship for months now and that he has proved himself superior to Darby when he retained his championship in a three-way match. When asked what makes him think he can beat Darby in a two-out-of-three falls match, he calls Darby Allin's flukes and non-title and says Darby is nowhere near the man that he is and uses skateboards and tricks to his advantage to win. He says he has asked for this match to see what Darby can do when he actually has to wrestle, and that he hopes Darby is prepared to live the rest of his life as a failure before making fun of Darby's uncle's death. Darby says he is not afraid to die and that Christian will not beat him in Seattle, Washington. Christian tells Darby that if he feels so confident he can beat him, then he can bring his whole family and Nick Wayne's family. Darby says he knows Christian wants to take advantage of Nick Wayne and that he would not have the balls to face him if he did not have Luchasaurus. Christian tells Darby that he is not the mentor Nick Wayne needs because he hides behind face paint, but Darby says he does not need to hide behind anything. Christian then says he will be the face of TNT for a long time and that Darby had better get used to it.
Orange Cassidy beats Matt Jackson, Penta el Zero Miedo and Austin Gunn in a Fatal 4-Way Match.
Julia Hart beats Willow Nightingale after pulling herself up from the Tree of Woe position to avoid the cannonball senton and hit the top rope moonsault for the win. After the match, Julia Hart locks Hartless in on Willow, then Kris Statlander runs after Julia only for Julia to roll out of the ring and hide behind Brody King as part of her escape.
Renee Paquette moderates a contract signing between Swerve Strickland and "Hangman" Adam Page for their match at WrestleDream. Swerve shows up first - and stops Prince Nana from dancing on the way to the ring - followed by Adam Page. It is reiterated that The Elite and The Mogul Embassy are barred from ringside for this signing and that security has surrounded the ring. Swerve says that he is impressed about the fire that Adam Page has shown recently, but says it is too late and that they are four days out for their match and tells Adam Page that he is walking into his house, which he says is a lion's den, and that they are both complete opposites from each other and asks what a farmer is to a mogul, what a cowboy is to an outlaw and what a buckshot is to a killshot. Adam Page says that Swerve had words that stung in the moment, but after thinking upon them, he thanks Swerve for uttering them before mentioning his recent accomplishments and how every time he wanted to smile, a cloud came back and it started to rain. He says it pissed him off because he could not do anything about it, and that for as long as it rained on him, he dared not open his umbrella. Adam Page says the storm is now over with and he is still here, and through the downpour, something washed out of him and he realized the fans deserve the best of him and he deserves the best of himself, which he says Swerve will get before signing. Swerve laughs as the fans chant "Cowboy Shit," and says it was both beautiful and more pathetic than "Russell Davis and the Denver Broncos last week" before saying Adam Page could have been anyone and that he will take his position from him at WrestleDream. Adam Page says Swerve wants his spot and could have been the first black AEW World Championship a long time ago if he did, and while they could talk about hypotheticals, he has knocked every opportunity he has had out of the park. He says that Swerve should want his spot, but he does not have what it takes to fill his boots. Swerve slaps Page, then signs the contract. Page then stabs Swerve in the hand with a pen, and security has to step in. We then suddenly go backstage where four masked men in clad all in black with a black-clad man in a devil's mask leading the beatdown of "Switchblade" Jay White before grabbing the camera to forcefully end the show.
