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IT’S WEDNESDAY! You know what that means AEW is live and on the air. It’s go home time for Dynasty. Tony Schiavone, Excalibur and Taz have the call of all the action.
Mixed Tornado Match: Jon Moxley & Marina Shafir vs. Willow Nightingale & Swerve Strickland
WE are told that Jay White has been attacked and injured. He is OUT of the Owen Hart Tournament. Swerve and Moxley slug it out as do Willow and Shafir. Essentially this is anything goes. LOVE seeing Willow in a featured spot. Knees by Shafir, Willow then sends her into the rail. Shafir responds with a suplex. Death Riders set up a table. Swerve and Willow fight back. Judo throw by Shafir. Willow with chops. Moxley gets sent into the steps. Willow with clubbing forearms to Shafir. Moxley with a shoulderblock to Swerve. Big dropkick by Swerve. Backbreaker by Swerve, Willow then nails Moxley with a dropkick. Uppercut by Swerve to Moxley. Shafir with a knee strike and then she digs her boot into Willow’s face. Shafir with corner kicks. Shafir then with stomps. Willow slaps Moxley. Swerve and Moxley threaten their female opponents and the men release their holds.
Willow gets powerbombed through a table as we head to commercial. As we return Moxley has a superplex blocked. Shafir and Moxley back rake him. Willow connects with the Tower of Doom. Willow with clotheslines and whips Shafir into Moxley. Swerve with a knee strike to Mox, Willow then hits a cannonball. Spinebuster for 2 by Willow. Mox tosses Willow out. Serve and Moxley exchange forearms. Hiplock by Swerve and Mox counters into a rear choke. Marina holds Willow at bay. Willow powerbombs Shafir into Moxley, breaking the hold. Swerve and Moxley slug it out. Flatliner by Swerve. Shafir pushes Moxley out of the way and eats a Drive By. Powerbomb by Willow and she pins Shafir.
WINNERS SWERVE STRICKLAND & WILLOW NIGHTINGALE
Moxley with a DDT to Willow. The Death Riders scurry like cockroaches with the lights on.
Swerve is beside himself.
We see what went down with Dax Harwood on Collision. Rene PAquette is with FTR and Paul Turner. Dax apologizes to Turner directly and gives him the $10,000 fine. Turner leaves. Cash Wheeler seems upset still. Dax profusely apologizes to Cash. Cash is still upset.
THe Owen Hart Tounament kicks off Sunday. First round matches:
Will Ospreay vs Kevin Knight
Brody King vs. Konosuke Takeshita
Mark Briscoe vs. Kyle Fletcher
Adam Page vs. Wildcard
Jamie Hayter vs. Billie Starkz
Thunder Rosa vs Kris Statlander
JUlia Hart vs. Mercedes Mone’
Harley Cameron vs. Athena
Toni Storm vs. Penelope Ford
My cable kicked me out for a second and we pick things up with a Storm backbreaker into a fisherwoman suplex for 2. Snap suplex by Storm. Storm misses a hip attack. Dropkick by Ford followed by knees to the back. Kicks by Ford. Ford with a high boot as we go to commercial.
Commercial note: 35 minutes in and I am thoroughly enjoying this show.
We’re back and Storm eats a handspring back elbow. Ford bites Storm’s lip and storm bites the nose. Thez Press and punches by Storm.Clotheline by Storm. Backdrop suplex by Storm into a hip attack. DDT by Storm for 2. STF by Storm, Ford makes the ropes. Throat strike and a moonsault by Ford. Gut buster for 2 by Ford. German by Strom. Storm Zero for the pin.
WINNER TONI STORM
Closing sequence was a little wonky.
Megan Bayne comes out and sarcastically applauds.
Rene is backstage and tries to get an update on Willow. Swerve is shaken a bit by what happened. Swerve wants to get his hands on Moxley TONIGHT
WE get a rundown of All In Texas week.
MVP and Bobby Lashley come out. Before LAshley can say a word, MJF comes out. MJF puts over how good MVP looks. MVP wasn’t happy about last week’s disrespect. MJF puts over Shelton and Bob (his words). He offers to help them and he wants their help in return. He says that MJF in the Hurt Business is just good business. He says the Syndicate needs MJF. Bobby says he neither likes or trusts MJF. Lashley says MJF needs to prove himself. MJF walks off.
Big Bill & Bryan Keith vs. 2 guys already in the ring.
This’ll be quick and painful
WINNERS BRYAN KEITH & BIG BILL
Bobby Lashley mockingly applauds.
Big Bill has the mic. He threatens the Syndicate. MVP and LAshley walk off.
Rene Paquette is with Mercedes Mone, who dismisses the challenge of Julia Hart. Harley Cameron shows up with the puppet. She wants a team up with Mone on Collision.
Will Ospreay & Kevin Knight vs. Blake Christian & Lee Johnson
Ospreay and Blake will kick us off. Lockup, side headlock by Blake. Shoulderblock by Ospreay, Kick by Blake into a shoulder block. Hairpull by Blake. Step up rana by Ospreay, Knight tags in. Splash and a 2 count. Trip by Blake and Johnson with a short dropkick. Ospreay saves Knight from a suplex. Ospreay and Knight dive on their opponents to the floor. Back in the ring, Knight with forearms. Blake with a boot and a spear as we go to commercial.
WE’re back and Johnson and Christian are double teaming but Ospreay gets the tag. Fast action into a corkscrew kick for 2. Johnson pulls Ospreay from the rind and Blake hits a tope. 450 stomp by Blake. Christian and Johnson are getting a real shine here. Back elbow by Ospreay into a side kick. Knight tags in and hits a stinger splash and a side kick. Knight with a dropkick to Johnson while Johnson is on Christians shoulders. Springboard lariat by Knight to Johnson and he scores the pin.
WINNERS WILL OSPREAY & KEVIN KNIGHT
Tony Schiavone announces that Ospreay and Knight will take place at Dynasty in the 1st round of the Owen Cup tournament
The Ops have a message for us all. They will be at Dynasty.
Brody King vs Lance Archer w/Don Callis
Lockup as Callis joins the booth. The 2 Hosses shoulder block each other has the fans chant MEAT. Back elbow by King. Clothesline by Archer into a cannonball. Into the rail goes Archer. Splash on the floor by King. 2 kicks by Archer. Archer steps on Kings neck and then sends him into the steps. Chops and an elbow by King. More chops by King. We go to commercial.
We are back and King with a German. Rolling elbow and a splash by King. Senton by King. Splash by Archer. Knee strike by Archer. Boss Man slam for 2 by Archer. Choke Slam by Archer for 2. Clothesline by Archer. LAriat by King. King with a cannonball. LAriat for 2 by King. Lariat by King and he scores the pin.
WINNER BRODY KING
Cope vs Claudio Castagnoli
Much love and respect to the fan wearing the Corwon Brown jersey. We have a brawl at the outset. It’s 9:43 on the east coast and I sense Swerve and Moxley aren’t done tonight. Action spills to the floor. Running uppercut by Claudio. Edge kicks Claudio as they get into the ring. Forearm by Cope sends Claudio to the floor. Into the steps goes Claudio. Back in the ring, they slug it out. Backslide by Cope for 2. Short lariats by Cope. Claudio returns fire. Kick by Cope into a takedown for 2. Spear to the floor by Cope. Uppercut by Claudio as we go to commercial.
We are back and Claudio with a shoulderblock. Uppercut by Claudio. Cope with forearms. Bulldog off the top by Cope. Eye poke and a double stomp by Claudio. Claudio with the big swing for 2. DDT by Cope for 2. Kick by Cope into a sharpshooter by Claudio into a crossface. Cope reverses it into a crossface of his own. Claudio makes the ropes and they stumble to the apron. Powerslam on the apron by Claudio. Cope beats tge count. Lariat for 2 by Claudio. Boot to the jaw by Cope. Uppercut for 2 by Claudio. Neutralizer for 2 by Claudio.
Claudio brings 2 chairs in. Low blow by Cope. Spear by Cope and he scores the pin.
WINNER COPE
Rene is with Swerve and Nana. Swerve storms off. Adam PAge shows up. Security breaks it up. Swerve seems to kind of apologize to Page. Moxley, Pac and Yuta attack Swerve. They drag Swerve to the ring. Death Riders are all over Swerve. They drop broken glass on the mat and Claudio powerbombs Swerve on it. Swerve sits up as we head to credits.
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