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Ciocco’s AEW Dynamite Review 7.29.26
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Loading...SICKOS! It’s Wednesday, you know what that means! AEW Dynamite is LIVE tonight from the Masonic Temple Theater in Detroit, Michigan, and tonight’s show will be the epicenter for the fallout from Redemption this past Sunday! Redemption saw a total of three title changes take place, including both the Women’s World Title to Willow Nightingale and the TBS Title to Maya World! And with Redemption in the rearview mirror, the build towards the company’s biggest show officially starts tonight!
For more on this, let’s get into the Headlines!
So, how is everyone doing on this Hump Day? With the trade deadline approaching on Sunday, the Phillies are looking more like a team who should Capital S-E-Double L before the weekend closes, but I feel like we’re going to get an underwhelming “buy-in” instead. At least the Fever are on a 5-game winning streak, and the Eagles have officially opened training camp!
But enough about me and enough about you, let’s get ready to make the Dynamite go BOOM!
Tonight, AEW Dynamite runs the Motor City! Excalibur, Tony Schiavone, and Taz have the action for us!
Excalibur runs down the card for tonight’s show after mentioning that we have “New Champions across the board”. Which I mean, yeah, that’s KIND of true, but it’s not like every Champion lost their title belt, so…
Oh, hey, Jon Moxley is going to defend the Continental Title tonight! Cool!
Obligatory highlights package from Redemption this past Sunday. Interpolated with the highlights, we see The Death Riders watching what unfolded after the main event and after Will Ospreay refused to let the guy’s attack Kenny. Moxley says he told Ospreay to take Omega out before he could take him out. Now, Kenny is a Champion with nothing to lose, and Will truly is on Death’s Ground.
To the here and the now, as we have The Remarkable Renee Paquette outside. She tries to get a word with Will Ospreay, but he’s terse and he’s walking straight ahead. They both stop because they see the Death Riders standing up ahead. They approach Will and Ospreay elbows Daniel Garcia in the face. Moxley says is this really how you want to do this? Ospreay says you don’t get to pull the trigger for me, and he hands the Death Riders patch back to Moxley. They part like the Red Sea to let him pass.
Renee runs after him to follow up on what happened, but now he runs into Arilyn’s Husband, Hangman Page! Hangman says he cannot focus on the World Title anymore, but he wants to focus on returning the favor to Ospreay after what he did for him last year when he defeated Moxley. Ospreay says he can’t trust Omega, so he can’t trust Hangman either. Page says that he means it, he wants Ospreay to win the World Title at All-In London, and he will have his back, whatever he needed. Ospreay thanks him and he enters the building.
It’s title time!
AEW National Title Match: Andrade El Idolo (C) vs. Nick Wayne vs. Jungle Jack Perry
Ref Aubrey holds up the title and Excalibur reminds us again that this match is brought to us by Mortal Kombat II. Here’s hoping that it is better than the 7,122 MK films that came before it.
Perry smacks Andrade one at the bell, and he tries to roll up Wayne but gets a two. Perry looks to drive Wayne to the mat, but Andrade is back. Perry and Wayne attempt to take him out, but Andrade turns the tables with a suplex to both men. Snap Rana to Wayne, Andrade ends up in the ropes doing Tranquillo, and Perry slides out of the ring. Perry plants Wayne with a German on the floor, but Andrade wipes him out with a Tope!
Not content to come down to the ring with two baddies, Andrade finds a redheaded baddie in the front row to take a selfie with. Wayne on the attack, and he hits a Sliced Bread off the barricade to the Champion! Back in the ring, and Wayne lays out Perry and looks for the pin, but his shoulders were not on the mat. He mocks Aubrey and then mocks the fans. Andrade is back, as he wrecks the shit of both challengers.
Andrade initiates the Three Amigos on Perry! He points to the sky before the third one, and we get appropriate EDDIE chants. Andrade looking to hit the double knees to Perry, but Wayne is back and he intercepts Andrade with a Spanish Fly! Perry with a Shotgun Dropkick to Wayne, and every man is down as we hit the break!
We return to see Wayne has sat Perry on the top rope. Wayne heads to the top and they struggle for control, but here comes Andrade. He gets stuck in the ropes somehow, but he pulls Wayne from the corner and plants him with a Powerbomb. Andrade heads up for Perry, but Jack with some chops and strikes. Andrade ends up on the apron, where he intercepts Wayne, but Perry lands a diving Rana from the apron! Here comes Wayne as he hits Perry with a Senton Atomico! HOLY SHIT chants!
Wayne tries to pick up Perry, but he’s become a part of the floor, so he throws Andrade into the ring. Wayne with a splash to the back of the Champion and he hits what Excalibur calls the Prodigy Plex to Andrade. The cover, but Perry is back to save the match. THIS IS AWESOME and A-E-DUB chants, as Wayne taunts Perry with boots to the face. Perry shoves him away and lands strikes, but Wayne is up for the task. Andrade is back and he hits them both. Off the ropes, double SUPERKICK to Andrade, but he rebounds with a double clothesline!
Everyone is down again as we get HOW YOU KNOW chants. Andrade to his feet, he drills Perry with both knee barrels in the corner! The cover, but Perry is out at two. Andrade puts Perry in the corner, but Wayne is in with a thrust kick. Andrade throws Wayne into Perry, but Perry flips him into a DDT! That was creative! Perry sends both men to the floor, and he hits a Tope Suicida! Not content with that, he hits a big moonsault to Wayne and Andrade!
Back in the ring, and Perry plants Wayne with a Tiger Driver for a two. FIGHT FOREVER chants, as Perry misses Wayne in the corner. Andrade clotheslines Jack out of the ring, and Andrade does his catchphrase before hitting a reverse elbow to Wayne. Andrade to the top, but his Frog Splash meets the knees of Wayne! Nick to the top, he hits the Phoenix Splash! The cover, but at 2.9, Perry makes the save!
Andrade catches Perry with his back elbow and looks to hit him with the DM, but Wayne rolls up Andrade with his feet on the ropes, but he still kicks out at two. Andrade blocks a strike from Wayne, and he hits him with the DM, and that is the first retention!
WINNER: HOW YOU KNOW? (and still!)
TIME: 14:30
THOUGHTS: Wicked fast paced action, which is incredible considering that Wayne and Perry killed themselves in that ladder match, and Andrade got knocked around by Mark Davis. Fantastic and fun paced opener!
RATING: ****1/4
Post-match, Tony Schiavone is in the ring. He wants to know how Andrade feels after Sunday and tonight. How is he feeling? He is feeling Tranquillo! And you know why? Because he SCREW MJF! He SCREW DON CALLIS! He will be the best National Champion ever! Tony mentions that Andrade still wants the World Title, and he says they are having a Casino Gauntlet match for a World Title shot at All-In London, but he is in the qualifying match next week in his hometown of Mexico City. Andrade has one question. WHAT’S FOR DINNER? HOW YOU KNOW?
Renee is in the back with the Brawling Birds! Alex Windsor cuts a line that would make Maffew happy (YOU TALK TOO MUCH), and Jamie says they want the tag team titles. They are undefeated, so are Divine Dominon. They want to ball up their fists and beat the PISS out of Divine Dominion! In fact, give them two opponents next week, and they’ll prove that they are worthy of taking those titles!
BREAK IN PROGRESS!
Renee is in the back with Don Callis and his Family. Renee says that the Family has lost a couple of matches lately, but Kyle says he doesn’t know what she is talking about, because unlike someone else, he won his title match at Redemption. Callis says that he hopes that Kevin Knight learned a valuable lesson about not needing the Family’s help. Knight says it sucks that he lost, but he went toe-to-toe with one of the best in the sport. He taunts Fletcher by telling him that he is tied one to one with Speedball, and next week, he sure hopes that Fletcher retains his title. Kyle says that he isn’t afraid of Speedball, and he will retain his title and become the greatest International Champion of all-time! Kazuchika Okada walks in! He tells Knight that Kyle is right, the International Title will remain in the family one way or another! Okada smiles, walks away, and Kyle looks on confused.
But he has no time to ponder this, because it’s go-time!
Brodido and Speedball Mike Bailey vs. International Champion Kyle Fletcher, Jake Doyle, and Brian Cage
Fletcher and Bailey look to start this one off. Fletcher tells Bailey to buzz off because he wants Brody King instead. Well alright then lol. Both men collide, but King gets the better of him and drops him to the mat. Fletcher manages to lure King to his corner and both Doyle and Cage hit a double team suplex. Fletcher is back in, but King elbows his way free and he tags in Bailey.
Bailey works the arm of Fletcher and he tags in Bandido. The ROH World Champion comes off the top rope with a double axe handle. The babyfaces send Fletcher to a neutral corner, where they proceed to run the clothesline train on him. Cage and Doyle enter the ring, but the babyfaces hold serve. King plants Fletcher, and Bandido heads to the top. His Frog Splash misses, but he rolls through and he hits a Deadlift Suplex to Fletcher!
Bandido mounts Fletcher for punches, but Fletcher escapes after four. Bandido leaps over the rope to stay away from Fletcher. Bandido kicks Doyle in the face, but his Rana is intercepted by Cage, and Bandido gets bent around the ring post. That will take us to the break.
Bandido is in serious trouble as we return. Fletcher with a scoop slam and he grounds him with wrist control. Bandido to his feet, and he keeps trying to tag out. Bandido ends up lawn darting Fletcher into his own corner, and it looked like he smacked heads with Doyle. Fletcher stops him again with a tilt-a-world backbreaker, but Bandido reverses it with a satellite DDT!
Cage is in, but Bandido kicks him away and he tags in King. Brody smacks both Cage and Doyle around to the chants of MEAT from the Sickos in Detroit! ARF ARF ARF goes King, and he hits a CANNONBALL to both men in the corner! The cover, but Cage kicks out at two. Cage with a jumping knee strike, but King reverses his lariat with one of his own. King tags in Bailey, but Mike is countered by a Buckle Bomb from Cage! Cage hits a German, Doyle with a big lariat, and Fletcher with a running knee strike! The cover, but King and Bandido make the save.
The DCF members take care of King and Bandido. Bailey looking Jacknife on Fletcher, but he reverses it. Sunset Flip by Fletcher, but Bailey lights him up with a kick and a standing moonsault! Fletcher counters with a lawn dart, but Bailey recovers and lays out Kyle with a Corkscrew Kick! Both men tag out, as Bandido hits Doyle with strikes, but he won’t go down. Jake WILL go down when Bandido picks him up into a Military Press!
Bandido to the top rope, he hits the Frog Splash, but Doyle rolls through and hits a Powerslam! It was at this moment that we enter the part of the match where everyone gets their shit in! Bailey flattens Fletcher on the floor, leaving Bandido and Doyle in the ring. Jake looking powerbomb, but a Rana counter from Bandido gets him a two. Bandido with a rising knee strike, he’s looking 21-Plex, but Doyle crowns him with his right hand.
Bailey with the blind tag, and he heads to the top. He hits the Ultimo Weapon to the back of Doyle, who had Bandido trapped in a piledriver! Sunset Flip from Bandido, and he traps Doyle’s legs so he cannot kick out!
WINNERS: Brodido and Speedballs!
TIME: 13:50
THOUGHTS: A pretty fun one. I can’t say it was as great as the opener, but it was still a lot of fun. Bailey getting the win continues his hot run heading into next week, where he will face Fletcher for the International Title.
RATING: ***3/4
The TBS Title will be on the line, next!
BREAK IN PROGRESS!
We’re back, as Excalibur says that we learned that the Young Bucks will challenge Cage and Copeland for the Tag Team Titles at All-In London! But Renee had the chance to sit down with both teams ahead of the match.
Renee says that the term Dream Match is thrown around all the time, but this is the tippy top of that mountain. Nick Jackson says that he is a little bit nervous about this. He can now make plans for England for his family and himself now. He says they appreciate what Cage and Cope have done for tag team wrestling.
Copeland says don’t tell yourselves short, because you have revolutionized tag team wrestling. Copeland says that this match proves that tag team wrestling is being moved back to the forefront, whereas in other places it has been pushed to the backburner.
Christian says that he doesn’t mean to interrupt, but the Bucks have to understand that this is business for them, this is their second run together and they treat the titles like titles.
Matt Jackson says that it seems like you guys have had two distinct careers, and it is great to see. But the Bucks are looking to make history and become Four-Time Champions. Copeland says that, while he respects that, you have to understand that both Cage and he lost a combined 27 years of their careers due to injury. So, this means everything to them.
Matt says he is sending them a warning, that Cope and Cage will not go out like Kobe Bryant did with 60 points in his final game. No, you will be lucky to get anything on us, because we’ll be all over you.
Cage says that he isn’t belittling what the Bucks have done for this company, but they have won these titles for the first time in 25 years, and they aren’t letting them go yet. Copeland says that he hopes the Bucks understand that they aren’t going down without a fight, so they better be ready to kill them to win these belts.
Good stuff, and I liked Renee playing both sides of the coin there.
It’s TBS Title time!
TBS Title Match: Maya World (C) vs. CMLL Women’s Champion Persephone
The bell rings, and both ladies lock-up. Persephone with arm control, Maya tries to arm drag her way free, but she can’t. Maya ends up rolling through, and she taunts Persephone with the shape of an M. I wonder why lol. Maya with a quick roll-up for a two and we reset. Both ladies lock-up again, and Maya hits an arm drag this time. Maya avoids a charging Persephone, and she ends up on the floor. Maya looking for an apron PK, but her foot is caught, and Persephone does a face-first Electric Chair Drop to the Champion onto the apron. That’ll take us to the break.
Persephone has Maya stretched out as we return. Maya gets to her feet, but Persephone with a double leg takedown and she applies a single leg crab. She turns that into an ankle lock, but Maya gets to the ropes. World fires back with two straight roll-ups for a two. Maya rolls through and hits a double stomp. A running knee strike from Maya follows, but Persephone kicks out at two. Maya picks up Persephone, but she slips free and scoops up Maya for a Fallaway Slam. Maya hits the floor, Persephone fires up, and she hits Maya with a Tope Suicida!
Persephone takes more time to hype herself up. Maya tries to catch her with a baseball slide, but Persephone stops that. She can’t stop a Tornado DDT though, and Maya sends Persephone back into the ring. Maya has Persephone up, but the challenger counters with a snug lariat. Both ladies are down for a bit, and Persephone catches Maya with a bridging German for a two. Persephone argues the count, but she ends up running into the boots of Maya. She hits the mat, and Maya heads to the top and hits the triple Jump Moonsault!
We see a kendo stick appear in the ring, and we see Hikaru Shida on the apron! She distracts Aubrey, and Persephone tries to line up Maya with the kendo stick. But Kris Statlander is here, and she disarms Persephone! Maya hits the Pump Handle Suplex and she retains the title!
WINNER: Maya’s World, Party On! (and still!)
TIME: 10:00
THOUGHTS: Maya’s title story has officially gotten underway, and she defeated a very credible CMLL Women’s Champion. It will be fun to see what is next for Ms. World.
RATING: ***1/2
Mark Davis is in the back. He suffered a professional and personal embarrassment on Sunday, and he is ten pounds lighter without his National Title. But he is turning his attention to the Number One Contender for the World Title, Will Ospreay. They are 1-1 in their matches, but Will’s win comes with a huge asterisk because of the Death Riders. He will leave the DCF at home, and he challenges Will for next week in Mexico City!
It’s Shark Week on Discovery, and as such, we see Chompy “swimming” around the announce team!
Renee is in the middle of the ring, and she welcomes out the NEW Women’s World Champion, Willow Nightingale! Willow smiles and bounces her way down to the ring, and streamers EXPLODE in the ring! YOU DESERVE IT chants, and Renee wants to know what this all means to Willow? Willow says you guys are far too kind! Really! She takes a minute to compose herself as the fans are FIRED UP! Really, thank you! It’s this, it’s still so surreal! It’s like, it’s exactly the thing you dream about. And she isn’t living a dream; she is living HER dream! She is grateful for us, because there have been doubters along the way. Not everyone has looked at a girl like me, and make of that what you will, but they just wouldn’t get it. They didn’t see it, and they didn’t think it would happen. But this past year, I’ve made you guys, apparently, very happy! Guys, our makeup artists worked hard on my make-up, please!
In the past year, she became one-half of the first Women’s Tag Team Champions. And she went on to defeat Mercedes Mone for the TBS Title. Then, she got injured. Yeah, boo. It took her to a really dark place. But you know who pulled her out of that place? Mom! MOM chants, and Willow says gives it up for Jill! She looks at her like a Warrior, either you can get up or you can stay down. So, she fought, she fought to get into the Casino Gauntlet match, and then she fought a Toxic Spider so she can win this bad boy right here!
She needs us to listen to this next part. If life has been kicking you around, do not give up. Because sometimes, the comeback is even better than the dream!
Well, Willow DID mention her, and here comes the CEO herself! Mone is here with what looks like a contract in her hands as she gets into the ring. She grabs her own mic, and a crap ton of streamers get stuck to her coat lol. Willow! I didn’t come out here to ruin your celebration; she came out here for business. So, sign the damn contract for All-In NOW!
Wiullow opens the contract up and uses Mercede’s chest to sign the contract lol. Mone shoves Willow and the contract goes flying. Willow gets into Mone’s face as Renee collects the contract. Renee says it is official; Willow Nightingale will face Mercedes Mone at All-In London.
Renee leaves, and Willow wants to know what Mone’s problem is. Is she mad that she isn’t getting all the attention? Is she mad that she took the TBS Title from her after 584 days of holding it? Or is she mad because Willow has the one title that Mone has never held?
Mone says what she hates the most isn’t Willow’s smile or her personality; she hates that her entire existence and how her story in AEW has been overshadowed by what Willow has done. You have always been there to mute me, and now, you hold the title that Mone considers hers. SHUT THE FUCK UP CHANTS, and Mone says she will not shut the hell up! She will end Willow’s fairytale at All-In London, and without Mone, Willow would be nothing. She made Willow, she elevated her, and at All-In, she won’t just take the title belt, she will take that smile.
Willow says you want to talk about destiny? Willow became the first ever Triple Crown Women’s Champion in AEW. We see Divine Dominion get onto the apron, and Willow gets attacked. She tries to fight back, but Kross and Bayne plant Willow with the Divine Drop. Here come the Brawling Birds, but the heels hightail it before Alex and Jamie can beat the PISS out of them.
Excalibur lets us know that the Continental Title will be on the line, next!
BREAK IN PROGRESS!
AEW Continental Title Match: Jon Moxley (C) vs. Komander
The bell rings, and the fans are fairly behind Moxley. Which is weird, given what has gone on with Ospreay lately. Both men lock-up, and Komander grounds Moxley with arm control. Moxley slips free and pins Komander to the mat for a two. They lock-up again, Moxley with a side-headlock, he fires Komander off and shoulders him to the mat. Moxley does a double flex and Komander gets back to his feet clearly frustrated.
FUCK HIM UP MOXLEY chants now, as Komander grabs his own side headlock. Moxley sends off Komander, but the challenger bounces off Moxley like he was a brick wall lol. Komander fires back off the ropes and rolls-up Jon for a two. Komander to the corner, he kicks Jon in the face, Komander to the top rope, and he hits an arm drag.
Komander goes to turn Moxley around, but Jon flattens him with one chop. He takes a bit to feed into the crowd, but Komander comes back and sends Jon to the floor. Komander heads to the very top, he does the rope walk, but Moxley waves it off and walks away. He’s STILL not safe, as Komander changes levels and he flattens the Champion with a Tope Suicida! Off to the break we go!
Moxley is working a submission on Komander as we return. Not content with this, he turns that into a front face lock. Komander to his feet, he frees himself, but Moxley kicks him in the gut. Moxley looking for a suplex, but Komander reverses it with a small package for a two. Moxley clocks Komander with an elbow strike, but his corner charge finds no one home. Komander off the ropes, he wires over, and he hits a springboard moonsault! Komander opens up the kicks and hits the Area Code Jones to the gut of Moxley! Komander with a springboard snap Rana for a two.
Komander charges Moxley, but he ends up getting pushed off by Moxley. Back flips by the challenger, but Moxley flips him off and hits the CUTTER! The Dapper Yapper lets us know that there is ten minutes left in the match, as Moxley mounts Komander for punches and he tries to eat his mask. Komander slips underneath Jon and leaves Moxley straddling on the top rope. Guillotine Leg Drop from Komander, and both men hit the floor! THIS IS AWESOME chants, Komander with a back kick, he goes back into the ring, Moxley rolls in, but he rolls right into a 450 Splash for a two!
Komander fires up, he avoids a lariat from Moxley, and he scores with a thrust kick. Komander is prepared to do the tightrope walk and he goes Spaceman on Moxley! HOLY SHIT chants, as Komander returns Moxley to the ring. Komander walks the ropes, but his moonsault misses. Moxley with the STOMP, the Death Rider, and he puts Komander to sleep with the, well, Sleeper Hold!
WINNER: Joooooooonnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn Moxley! (and still!)
TIME: 13:00
THOUGHTS: Komander honestly, truly, works so well with everyone. And you almost bought that he would win this match in some instances. But Moxley continues to show why he is the MVP of AEW time after time.
RATING: ***3/4
Mrs. Foley’s Baby Boy is backstage with the Bang Bang Gang sans Jay White. Ace Austin says any other time they would love to bang bang with Mick, but they have problems. Colten Gunn says that they have been screwed by the Dogs, they have been screwed by the Death Riders, and Juice Robinson says that if the Dogs want to finish what they started, they won’t be hard to find tomorrow night on Collision! Austin Gunn says they have two words for you!
Mick: BANG BANG!
Austin: No, Mick, on any other night it would be, but all we have to say is GUNS UP!
BREAK IN PROGRESS!
It’s time for the MAIN EVENT of the evening! The Champions make their entrance first, the challengers come out next, but Bishop Kaun hits the ring, and he starts fighting with the Champions!
AEW Trios’ Titles Match: The Conglomeration (C) vs. The Demand
We have a wild brawl before the bell all around the ring. Toa Liona looks to kill Kyle O’Reilly, but he ends up crushing the ring steps instead. Kyle thanks his lucky stars lol. OC hits a devastating elbow drop to Kaun on the floor, but Ricky with a Senton wiping out all three Champions!
OC and Toa are in the ring now. Bryce checks on OC to make sure he is okay to go, and the bell rings. OC puts his hands in his pockets, so Liona picks up Cassidy by his hands, and he lifts him into the air lol. Liona throws Cassidy to the mat, and he still has his hands in his pockets. Cassidy tags in Strong, and Roddy attacks both GOA members. He uses Cassidy as a battering ramp, but Kaun catches Cassidy and throws him back at Strong. Liona from behind floors both men. the GOA smash Strong with back splashes, and that will take us to the break.
We return, as Strong looks to fight his way out of the Demand’s corner. Strong lives up to his mantra of being the Messiah of the Backbreaker and hits Ricky with one. Both Roddy and Ricky tag out, and here comes O’Reilly and Kaun. O’Reilly unleashes all the kicks on Kaun and kicks Liona in the face. Toa snarls at him, so KOR with a Dragon Screw! KOR elbows Ricky away and headbutts Kaun. KOR with an ankle lock, but Ricky tags in.
The GOA lay a beating on O’Reilly, despite him trying to bounce back off the ropes lol. KOR sends Liona from the ring, he stomps Kaun’s face into the mat, and he hits a running knee strike to Ricky! The tag is made to OC, who heads to the top, but Ricky cuts him off with a leaping palm strike. Both men do battle on the top rope, and Cassidy rakes the head of Ricky. LMAO! Kaun on the attack, but Strong pulls Cassidy down. Strong looking Avalanche Tiger Driver, but Kaun reverses it with a Superplex!
Everyone gets their shit in now, leaving Cassidy and Ricky in the ring. Tags are made, as O’Reilly and Kaun are in. They trade kicks for chops, but Strong is here to help out Kyle. Kaun does well to fight them off, but they eventually hit him with the Total Elimination. The cover, but Liona makes the save. Toa throws O’Reilly into Strong and smashes both men with a lariat. Cassidy is in, he looks for the Orange Punch, but it has no effect at all on Liona lol.
Liona picks up Cassidy, but here come Strong and O’Reilly to help out! Stun Dog Millionaire into the Angle Slam from Roddy. Here come the Lethal Twist to provide the distraction, which allows Ricky the chance to hit the Spirit Gun to O’Reilly and we have new Champions!
WINNERS: AH-HAAAAAAAAA! (AND NEW!)
TIME: 11:00
THOUGHTS: You had to figure that, after having back-to-back title defenses this weekend, that Cassidy, Strong, and O’Reilly were doomed to lose the titles. It doesn’t hurt that Ricky, and the GOA won the titles. Ricky with gold always warms my heart!
RATING: ***1/2
Post-match, the Demand and Lethal Twist beat up on the Conglomeration. Brody King is here, but he is quickly overwhelmed. Hangman Page is here with a barbwire covered chair! Everyone abandons ship, but Jay Lethal takes the chair from Page. Hangman smashes both Lee Johnson and Lethal with big boots, and King sets up Lethal for the Buckshot Lariat!
The Death Riders are hanging around outside. Wheeler Yuta says that tonight was another victory for the Death Riders. But now, he hears that the Bang Bang Gang are blaming them for their problems? PAC says that you boys should have made sure that your balls dropped before you called us out. Daniel Garcia says that PAC is always right. He calls Will Ospreay a punk and he couldn’t handle the grind. Okay, Triple H. Jon Moxley says they don’t listen to all the talk and gossip, but he now has to contend with this mysterious Continental Cup. He doesn’t care, though, and for the Death Riders, it will be business as usual.
Schiavone is in the ring, and he welcomes the World Heavyweight Champion Kenny Omega to the ring! Omega enters the ring, shakes hands with Tony, and he takes the mic. Thank you, Tony! At Redemption, at the close of the show…
But he is cut off by everyone’s favorite BRUV! Ospreay approaches the ring, takes in his fan’s adoration, and gets into the ring. Omega says cut it, because this is great. What he has to say to Ospreay doesn’t need to be heard by us people. That draws boos, but Kenny says it is true. However, since Will is here, they can make this a little bit fun. See, in kindergarten, they used to play show-and-tell. At Redemption, he SHOWED Ospreay how he felt when he hit him with the One-Winged Angel. And he can tell from Will’s face that he doesn’t get it, so maybe they move on to the TELL part.
Will, I care about you. You mean the World to me, and I want the World for you. Do you remember when you made that promise? The ones where we try our best and we become Champions. Well, 10/10 times, 100% of the time, Kenny always puts their friendship ahead of the World Title. He let him into the Owen Hart Tournament, and he made him proud. So, how did you pay me back? You told me that I gave up on myself. You don’t know how deep that cut me, Will. But let me ask you something. Does it look like I gave up? Does this title look like I gave up? No, you weren’t one now to talk down to me, you weren’t then, you never will be. And even though I gave you plenty of warnings about the Death Riders and especially Moxley, you just had to learn the hard way. So, what is your excuse now that it blew up in your face?
Ospreay gets his own mic. Ospreay says he came back too early from his neck surgery, and when he had that match, he let it slip through his fingers, and he squandered it. He feels like he let everyone down, his body crapped out, and there wasn’t anyone he could turn to. Not Kyle, not Mark, and not even his Hero. But you know who was there? The man that I had so much hatred for. He gave me life; he gave me an opportunity. At that moment, I didn’t look at the man who broke my neck, I looked at the man who was a four-time Champion who could take me to where I wanted to be.
Honestly, Will loved being a Death Rider. He loved the training, he loved the kinship, and he loved having killers watching his back. But that is where it ends. He doesn’t share their ideology, and he doesn’t share Moxley’s desire to pull the trigger. And when they had that chair wrapped around your neck, I couldn’t stand seeing someone that I love to get their neck broken.
So that is why you did it, says Omega. He knew that he had to have a selfish reason for it. He defended the title that you care about so much in a grueling match, but he didn’t have the gosh darn strength to remove the chair himself. But then he heard the roar of the crowd, and he knew that Will was there to save him. But he managed to remove the chair himself, and when he came to, he saw Ospreay holding his World Title and a plastic bag. And the worst thing about it was that Ospreay stood there with an expression that would indicate he wanted a thank you. And for what? For a trap that you tried to spring on me?
Ospreay insists that he had no idea this was going to happen, but Omega slaps him. He tells Ospreay that no matter how good Will is, he will always be one step behind Omega, and Kenny will always be two steps ahead. Omega keeps slapping Ospreay, but Will strikes back, knocking Omega to the mat. Will looks for a Hidden Blade, but Omega cowers to the corner. Ospreay says that he loves and respects you, but if you put your hands on me again, he will smack the shit out of you.
Will gave his neck for a World Title shot, and Omega is one hell of a mountain to climb to get there. Ospreay with some football references and penalty kicks and such. The question is, can Ospreay pull the trigger? You’re damn right I will. But I won’t do it from behind like you do, Kenny, and I won’t injure you beforehand like Moxley does. When Will does pull that trigger, you will see it coming!
Ospreay stares a hole through Omega on the ramp, as he holds his World Title. And with that, we are done!
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