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Adam Cole vs. Christian Cage
Cage looks for a Spear, but eats a kick to the knee, although Cage then reverses the Panama Sunrise. However, Cole reverses the Spear with a Pump Kick. The reversals continue after an attempted Boom, and Cage finally hits the Spear! But Cole kicks out, and they gain a huge standing ovation.
Cage goes after his opponent, but he hides through the ropes with the referee stuck in the middle. Cole hits an eye rake and then nails the Boom, this time without the kneepad.
Winner: Adam Cole
After that, reDRagon head to attack Christian, but Jurassic Express makes the save and they fight to the back. Cole is left alone in the ring and Hangman Page comes out. Cole tells him he won’t face Hangman unless the title is on the line, as Page is scared of him. However, Hangman says he will give him it, and it will serve as his punishment.
Hangman Page says next week, AEW is live in Texas for Rampage. He tells the Undisputed Elite star he will defend the title…in a Texas Deathmatch! He tells Cole to get his affairs in order.v
Samoa Joe vs. Max Caster – Owen Hart Tournament Qualifier
Joe charges into the corner and follows it with his classic enziguri. Joe then chops the back of Caster and follows it with an elbow drop. The Acclaimed regroup outside the ring, but Joe then charges out with a tope suicida, dropping Caster again, while Anthony Bowens managed to escape.
Joe then follows Bowens and that allows Caster to blast his opponent from behind. Caster hits a few chops, but then Joe drops him with a charge. He follows that up with the Muscle Buster, and this one is over.
Winner: Samoa Joe
Backstage Sonjay Dutt and Jay Lethal are shown, saying they won’t ruin his moment, because they’ve got more class. Last week, they changed their outcome on life, and Lethal wonders if he’d have that outlook if Joe actually answered his phone. Jay says he called Joe for four months asking for advice.
However, Jay says Joe only answers the phone to billionaires. He says he respects Joe, and he’d have rolled out the red carpet. Sonjay says it isn’t too later, and Lethal agrees, so next week there will be a present that Samoa Joe will never forget.
– Tony Schiavone is backstage with the Blackpool Combat Club, and William Regal hypes up the Rampage matches that his men will be having. Jon Moxley says the forecast is bones cracking like thunder and raining blood.
Shawn Spears vs. Capt. Shawn Dean
Spears then picks up Dean, but backstage several members of the security staff are shown having been taken out. Wardlow is then shown, dominating every staff member who gets in his way! This leads him to the ringside area. However, just as he breaks through the guard rail, security gets hold of Wardlow. The distraction works though, as inside the ring Shawn Dean catches Spears with a roll-up!
Winner: Capt. Shawn Dean
– Schiavone is shown with Best Friends as Chuck Taylor says they love Wheeler Yuta, and he could do it with him. Trent disagrees and says he doesn’t love him. He tells Yuta to take notes from his match with Bryan on Rampage. The two men push each other and then walk away.
– Sammy Guevara and Tay Conti are out with the usual card gimmick. It sees them take shots at American Top Team.
– Eddie Kingston and Santana/Ortiz are shown brawling the JAS earlier tonight, with Jericho’s group running away and driving out of the arena.
– Kingston and his group then make their way to the ring as he calls Chris Jericho a two-faced coward. He says if Jericho is with his wife and kids, he’s attacking them, and the same goes for the rest of them. Santana says that this is what they do, and Ortiz tells them to turn up next week for a six-man tag match. Kingston says they will be in New Orleans and they will beat their ass.
– Jade Cargill then appears with Mark Sterling for an interview with Tony Schiavone. She tells him to cut this s**t. Jade introduces her baddie section, showing the women at ringside. A baddie is a beautiful woman with confidence who knows herself, and Jade says she knows herself.
Mark admits it was hard to find good-looking people in Boston, but Jade worked hard and did it. Marina Shafir isn’t allowed in. Jade calls her trash, and says she is tired of MMA losers coming into the business, and the wrestling rejects coming into her show. Mark says Shafir calls herself the problem, but Jade claims to be the problem solver.
– MJF and Shawn Spears are shown backstage, as Spears tells Wardlow he is pissing up the wrong tree. MJF says if Wardlow shows up next week, there will be twice as many security members. MJF then tells Shawn Dean he will face him next week, and there will be a purple heart, as he is going to hurt him more than he could have done in the service.
The Hardys vs. The Butcher & The Blade (Tables Match)
Jeff then grabs the foot of Blade (even though he should be eliminated), and that allows Matt to turn things around. He uses the chair to attack Butcher, who gets set on a table. Matt connects with a Leg Drop, eliminating him as well. Matt then dives to the outside, but Blade avoids it and Matt crashes and burns through a table.
Matt then gets launched outside, onto the concrete. They then suplex him back over, slamming Matt onto the floor, but Jeff had pulled the table out of the way. Jeff charges into Blade, and he then begins fighting with Butcher outside the ring. He connects with a Twist Of Fate to Blade, and Matt does another.
The Hardys then bust out a ladder, setting Blade onto the tables below, while Jeff hits the Swanton through the table to win it for his team”
Winners: The Hardys
– After the match, Andrade, Jose, and Private Party head out, but Sting comes down to level things up. Andrade puts The Bunny between them so he is able to escape.
– Backstage Christian Cage is seen pouring water on himself, and he then throws it away and leaves. Jurassic Express then point out that reDRagon’s record isn’t good enough to face them, so they challenge them next week instead, and they’ll put the titles on the line.
– A backstage video package takes place with Thunder Rosa revealing she will defend the AEW Women’s Title against Nyla Rose.
– Backstage, Jamie Hayter and Toni Storm are shown. Jamie hopes she faces Toni, as she says all the momentum she has stops with her. However, Storm says this has only just begun.
Julia Hart vs. Hikaru Shida (Owen Hart Tournament Qualifier)
With Hart on the ring apron, Shid heads to the corner and drags her opponent back over with a suplex into the ring. However, Hart then attacks the eyes of Hikaru, following up with a bulldog, but Shida kicks out. Hart then misses with a high-risk move, and Shida follows with a back fist and then a spinning knee strike. She hits the Falcon Arrow and advances.
Winner: Hikaru Shida
– Serena Deeb then tries to take a cheap shot by attacking from behind, but Shida is ready and has her kendo stick, while Deeb holds her chair. They face-off but don’t fight.
– Swerve is then backstage talking about being at the Grammy’s. He hasn’t forgotten about the last match. He heads away to the locker room, but Hobbs and Starks head in and jump him. Keith Lee then appears and he charges Hobbs through a thin wall.
FTR (c) vs. The Young Bucks (ROH/AAA Tag Team Title Match)
Nick then grabs an ROH belt, but Dax starts a tug of war with it. Nick fights out and ends up clocking Cash in the head with it as the official doesn’t see. He falls back into a roll-up, but Harwood breaks it up! He gets sent out with a double superkick, and they then hit the BTE Trigger to Cash, but he gets his foot on the rope at the last second.
FTR fight back and then hit a slingshot powerbomb/tombestone combination! They then nail Matt with a BTE Trigger of their own, kissing Matt for added effect. That is followed by the Big Rig as they retain their titles in an incredible tag team match.
Winners (and still champions): FTR
