AEW Dynamite – September 13th, Bridgestone Arena, Nashville, Tennessee.
We start Dynamite by recapping important events from last week, those that will be relevant for tonights show. Hangman vs Brian Cage, with Swerves promo afterwards, the attack on Hangman and the Young Bucks returning to help him. Jay White and Andrade’s confrontation leading to a match tonight. Both TBS Title Tournament matches, their results and then Ruby confronting Willow at Collision. Also on Collision, Kenny Omega made his presence known in Konosuke’s TNT Gauntlet Qualifier, leaving Callis and Konosuke very upset.
Pryo kicks off the show and we open on a wide shot of the packed Bridgestone Arena tonight with 12,300 fans in attendance.
Excalibur: “Its Wednesday, you know what that means, AEW Dynamite is coming to you live from a packed Bridgestone Arena here in Nashville, Tennessee for another exciting night of action tonight!”
Tony Schiavone: “That’s right Excalibur. Tonight we will crown a new no.1 contender in the TBS Tournament Final between Willow Nightingale and Ruby Soho, and after the big six women tag match on Collision, our Main Event tonight is a battle between TBS Champion Kris Statlander and AEW Women’s Champion Saraya. Also tonight, Jay White and Andrade finally get to fight each other as they go one on one.”
Excalibur: “TNT Qualifiers continue with Brody King going up against Kyle O’ Reilly and its been a while since we’ve heard from Chris Jericho, but he came out at Collision this past Saturday to share some thoughts with Sammy Guevara, and that has led to a AEW Tag Title shot for La Sex Gods as they take on FTR Tonight!”
Tony Schiavone: “Also tonight, Swerve Strickland and Hangman sit down to sign the contract for a match at All Out– God, what is this?”
Don Callis music plays
Callis and Konosuke walk down to the with a coarse of boos coming from the crowd. Konosuke walks ahead of Don and goes straight for a microphone while Don enters the ring. Takeshita takes the microphone off the crew hand and pushes him away after receiving the mic, dropping him to the floor.
Konosuke: “Kenny! Kenny! Come out here and face me asshole!”
Callis puts his hand onto of the mic and tries to calm down Konosuke. He gets the mic off Takeshita and raises it to his mouth. He takes a piece of paper out of his pocket.
Callis: “Right here Kenny I have a fine for you. It’s a fine for laying your hands on a manager, a non physical employee. So we know you won’t be come out here face Takeshita face to face, man to man. You can’t. But we can send this–“
Kenny Omega’s music plays
Out comes Kenny Omega, he poses at the top of the ramp and begins walking down the ramp when Konosuke meets him half way and they start fighting. They brawl up the ramp and no-one gets an upper hand, until Callis shows up and hits Kenny from behind with a low blow. Konosuke laughs at this, he drops his knee pad and hits a Power Drive Knee on Omega. Don and Konosuke laugh and raise their arms in success, drop the fine on Kennys chest and get ready to leave. Kenny begins to get back up. Kenny makes it back to his knees and collapses. Konosuke sees this on the titantron and turns around to see Kenny back up on his knees. Without hesitation, Konosuke charges at Kenny and hits a V-trigger off the ramp and both men go through one table each. The crowd begin chanting, ‘Holy shit! Holy shit! Holy shit!’. Konosuke comes out first while Kenny needs extra medical. Callis helps Konosuke up and they walk to the back.
RUBY SOHO vs WILLOWNIGHTING GALE – TBS TOURNAMENT FINAL
Willows music plays and she comes down to the ring full of smiles, one victory away from a TBS Championship match at ALL OUT.
Rubys music plays and she comes down with Toni Storm by her side, dressed in a shiny, old fashioned, black dress, purse and heels to match. Ruby and Toni talk over the game plan and Ruby enters the ring.
The bell rings and Willow approaches Ruby but Soho slips between the ropes, not ready yet. The ref pulls Willow back and goes to check on Ruby. Toni Storm reaches into the ring and pulls on Willows feet, this distracts Willow as she starts yelling down at Toni. This gives Ruby the chance to push the referee aside and she chops Willows leg out from under her. Now laying in rights and lefts until the ref has to pull her off. Willow struggles to pull herself up in the corner, She has hurt her knee. Ruby has control of the match now.
Ruby spends the next few minutes continuing the assault on Willows legs but is unable to get her to quit. Ruby puts Willow in a figure four leg lock and Willow is fighting hard to get out of it. Willow screams through the pain, reaches up and grabs Ruby’s hair, head butting her, both women fall back to the floor. The referee counts a double pin…1….2…BOTH women get there arms up. Willow uses this momentum to turn the hold on Ruby and now it’s Ruby screaming in pain. Ruby however is closer to the ropes and able to crawl the distance and gain the rope break. The referee checks on Willow, then on Ruby, Ruby says there’s something wrong but this is just a distraction as Toni rushes over and hits Willow with her black purse. Ruby crawls over to Willow and looks for a pin. 1…2…Willow kicks out.
Ruby is frustrated, she drags Willow itno position for a top rope senton, as she reaches the top rope Willow springs up and pushes her off, she falls and hits hard on the apron and then outside the ring. Toni comes to comfort Ruby who’s now made her way to the announce table to hold herself up. Inside the ring Willow is using the energy of the crowd to fuel herself back up. She rolls out of the ring, opposite side to the Outcast and starts charging around the ring until she reaches the announce desk. Toni pushes Ruby aside and Toni is pounced up and over the announce table. Willows face wears a full smile as the outcome wasn’t what she expected but still a happy one. She embraces the crowd but suddenly Ruby grabs her arm and turns her around, hitting a No Future Kick onto Willow, next to the announce desk. She tries to pick Willow up but Willow is out. Ruby decides to leave her a goes back into the ring for the count out victory.
The refs count is at 6 before Willow begins to get back up. She sits up and hears the count. 7! She tries to stand but falls back down. 8! She begins crawling on the floor to the ring. 9! She’s just about there, she’s on her feet and jump towards the ring when Toni grabs her ankle. The referee is about to count 10 but sees Willow fall in a strange way. He looks over the rope and clearly sees Toni holding her foot. He leaves the ring, picks up Tonis hand, she’s still recovering from the pounce earlier and her ejects her to the back. Ruby is shocked she’s hasn’t just won, Toni is pissed. She goes over to Ruby and says she’s sorry, the referee checks on Will and Toni pulls something out of her purse, putting it in Ruby’s top. Looks like Ruby wasn’t expecting that. Ruby feels for what it is, smiles and turns to see Willow in the ring now. She charges at Willow and Willow is expecting it, she picks up Ruby and throws her down to a big spine buster. Willow sees Rubys position and runs to the ropes, hitting a springboard moonsault. Willow looks for the pin. 1….2….RUBY KICKS OUT! Willow is now pumped up, she screams out to the crowd, drops her straps and get Ruby in position for the Babe with the Bomb. She lifts up Ruby but Ruby punches her in the face and Willow drops back like a sack of potatoes. The referee didn’t see anything unordinary about the action, Ruby looks for a pinfall and the referee counts. 1…2…3!
RUBY SOHO WINS via PINFALL 14minutes
Ruby jumps with excitement in victory. The referee lifts her arm up and she clutches her other hand close to her chest, sliding something back into her top. She rolls out of the ring and both members of the Outcast come down to congratulate her.
CHRISTIAN CAGE PROMO
Christian: “This message goes out to everyone in the TNT Gauntlet match at ALL OUT. As the Father of AEW I want you all to know that I am proud of each and every one of you. Your father is proud of you. However, do not touch my stuff, it is mine and you will be punished for even thinking about touching my stuff. It’s fine to rough house in my home but none of you are ready to take my place at the table. You’re just children, enjoy your youth, your time will come. Love you guys.”
Taz: “As a father myself I would like to apologise to our viewers for having to sit and listen to that.”
Excalibur: “Lets move onwards and look forward to what’s next, we have a No.1 Contenders match for Orange Cassidys International Championship.”
A video package plays showing the last few weeks of interactions between Andrade, Jay White and Orange Cassidy. We see Jay White interfering in Andrades match vs Orange Caissdy and then Andrade attacking Jay White just last week. This brings up to tonights match to determine a No.1 contender.
JAY WHITE vs ANDRADE – Winner gets a shot at the International Championship.
Jay Whites music plays and he comes out with the Gunns and Juice Robinson. They pose at the top of the ramp and Jay tells them all to head to the back.
Andrades music plays and he walks out alone, mask on. When he reaches the bottom of the ramp, he takes him mask off and is glaring straight at Jay White.
The bell rings and this match starts out hot, both men charge to the middle of the ring. Andrade looks for a big boot fake, discus elbow but Jay ducks the elbow and has Andrade in Blade Runner position. Jay spins but Andrade maintains his footing and has Jay in Suplex position. He lifts him but Jay over rotates and lands on his feet, now looking for a back suplex on Andrade but Andrade lands on his feet. Jay turns to Andrade and both men drop their fist and just stare at one another, exchanging smiles. The crowd stands up and applauds.
Andrade makes the next move and raises a hand to Jay, hoping for a battle of strength. Jay obliges and now both men are locked in. Andrade maintains the strength advantage, pushing Jay into the corner but Jay uses his quickness and climbs up to the middle rope, switches grips a little and jumps over Andrade, now having a straight jacket hold on Andrade he quickly turns it into a German suplex variation, pinfall combination. 1… Andrade kicks out quickly. Jay locks on a choke trying to keep Andrade on the ground but Andrade lifts him up, propping him on his shoulders and charging into the corner to hit a Death Valley driver into the bottom turnbuckle. Both men take a moment to recover, Andrade first back to his feet first, in the middle of the ring. He sees Jay draped across the bottom turnbuckle and wastes now time sprinting in for a Meteora. One wasn’t enough, so this time he gets a full run up and hits another Meteora.
Jay now down flat on the mat, Andrade climbs to the top rope locking for a moonsault. He leaps backwards off the top rope and Jay rolls away, only for Andrade to do another moonsault but Jay rolls the opposite direction, straight under the moonsault. Jay is quick to his feet and Andrade charges at him again but Jay turns the charge into an exploder suplex hitting hard in the corner. Jay picks up Andrade and hits a sleeper suplex. Now with the advantage, Jay lifts up Andrade to his knees and starts chopping him across the chest. However as Jay chops the chest on Andrade, Andrade rises to his feet and eventually he ducks a chop and hits a dragon screw on White. He lifts him back up and hits another, then lifts him up again but this time grabs the opposite leg to hits THREE dragon screws. After dealing all this damage Andrade locks on the Figure four and Jay is in trouble, centre of the ring, beaten down knees. Jay tries to crawl backwards to the ropes but Andrade has the strength advantage and crawls right back into the middle of the ring. This continues as Jay looks for any ropes to reach but no luck. Jay starts bashing Andrades knees with his fist but still no luck. Andrade decides it’s time to move into the Figure Eight and as he arches his back Jay puts all his energy into rotating and succeeds, finally getting an advantage. Jay doesn’t even care for the submission hold right now, he just crawls his way to the ropes and finds them.
Andrade is holding his legs inside the ring while Jay has crawled his way outside the ring. Jay tries to get to his feet to walk but his knees won’t allow it. He collapses to the floor and starts punching his own knees, angry at their refusal to do as he wishes. Jay uses the steel steps to get back to his feet and Andrade leaves the ring and makes his way over to him. Finally Jay stands but not on his own. Andrade reaches Jay and spins him around, then Jay immediately grabs and hits a Blade Runner on Andrade to the floor, both men are down. Jay begins trying to lift Andrade but can’t do it with his legs so he climbs into the ring himself, he begins stretching his knee, allowing the referee to count out Andrade. 5… Andrade finally starts to move. 6… He manages to roll onto his stomach and now crawls to the steps. 7… The steps are harder than crawl up than expected. 8… Andrade reaches the ropes and finally makes it into the ring.
Jay is finally to his feet and walking, barely, he marches over to Andrade, picks up his leg and hits a kneecap DDT. He drags Andrade into the centre of the ring and drops and elbow strike onto his left knee, then the right and repeats it. Jay picks up both legs, drops the left and focuses on the right, locking in a knee lock, wrapping his own legs around Andrade. Screaming in agony, Andrade reaches back for the ropes and has no luck. He sits up and starts punching Jays knees and Jay screams in pain, releasing the hold. Both men crawl to the ropes in the same corner to get back to their feet, neither can stand right now without the ropes. They lock eyes and start chopping each other, blow for blow, slowly its turns into forearms. Jay is first to use his feet as he kicks out Andrades knee, he then picks him up and puts him on the top turnbuckle. Climbing slowly to meet him up there, Andrade has enough time to fight back and hits a head-butt on White, who drops lifeless onto the lap of Andrade. Seeing the opportunity show itself, Andrade climbs over Jay and hits an Avalanche Sunset Flip and then crawls into the pinfall. 1…2… JAY KICKS OUT. Shock and Exhaustion on the face of Andrade, he uses the ropes to pick himself up again, he looks at Jay, then to the top rope and sees another chance. Now in moonsault position, Andrade stands up then drops down, hitting a split leg moonsault onto Jay, another pinfall attempt. 1…2.. JAY KICKS OUT again.
Justin Roberts: “19 minutes gone by, 1 remains.” a 1 minute time counts down on the big screen.
Shocked at the time limit almost being over, Andrade gets back to his feet and limps his way to Jays legs and goes for another Figure Four. Jay fights back and kicks Andrade away, Andrade charges back in and Jay gets him into a cradle. 1..2…ANDRADE JUST KICKS OUT. 45 seconds remain. Jay and Andrade are both back to their feet. Andrade charges at Jay again, and he hits a discus spinning back elbow on Jays jaw. Pinfall 1…2… JAY KICKS OUT. 30 seconds remain. Andrade lifts him up again, Jay immediately gets him into Blade Runner position, rotates but Andrade slips out of it, catches Jay in a hammerlock DDT and hits his finish, El Idolo. 10 seconds remain. Pinfall attempt, 1…2……JAY KICKS OUT. The bell rings. Both men collapse to the ring and the crowd are unsure whether to cheer or boo.
TIME LIMIT DRAW
Both men slowly make their way to seperate corners of the ring. ‘ Fight Forever ‘ chants are going out among the fans. Orange Cassidys music plays and he walks out to the top of the ramp with a back pack. He puts down the backpack and starts looking through it. He pulls out his title, a note and a microphone. He puts his title over his shoulder then unfolds the piece of paper.
OC: “I have written something. It says… Talk to Andrade and Jay before their match, I will fight them both next week.” Orange Cassidy the mic, title and note and back into the backpack and leaves.
Taz: “Im glad he didn’t tell them before the match, that match was awesome!”
Excalibur: “I think Jay and Andrade may disagree with you there Taz. Anyway, let’s move on with the video package.”
A video package plays hyping up ALL OUT and it’s followed by a commercial break.
FTR vs LA SEX GODS
Backstage we have Sammy warming up for his match, alone.
Renee: “Sammy, your match is next and there’s still no sign of Chris Jericho in the building. What do you make of that?”
Sammy: “It’s frustrating. I’m trying to keep things alive here but I’m not sure I can anymore.”
Jericho: “Sammy! Sammy! I’m so sorry, there was a massive pile up on the road, and it was in a dead zone, so I could call you and I hope I haven’t missed our match–“
Sammy: “We are next, Chris. FTR is about to go out, then us. Get your shit together.”
Sammy walks past Jericho, shoulder checking him as he goes.
Jericho: “I want the record to show I made it just in time.” Renee rolls her eyes as Jericho leaves the frame.
FTR Theme plays, Dax and Cash come out to a mixed reception of boos and cheers. Championship gold around their waist.
Sammy’s theme plays, and out comes Sammy, smiling and playing to the crowd. He gets into the and waits in his corner.
Jericho theme plays, and he comes out with everyone singing his song. He takes his time to embrace all the fans ringside and allows them to finish his song. He gets in the ring and speaks to Sammy, and they decide Sammy will start the match.
The bell rings, Sammy and Cash start the match. They lock up in the middle with a test of strength and Cash out powers Sammy into the corner before the referee breaks it up. They go at it again, this time when Cash gets the best of Sammy, he kicks his ankle out from under him, dropping Sammy in his corner. Jericho tags in and squares up to Cash. Sammy does not look happy but the referee asks him to leave. Jericho and Cash start exchanging forearms, Jericho whips Cash against the ropes, and hits him with the kitchen sink, knee to the stomach. Jericho points at Sammy and says that was for him. Sammy brushes it off, and this upset Jericho, so he looks down at Cash, steps on his back to get over him, and wants to talk to Sammy. They argue for a few seconds before Cash manages to tag in Dax, so Sammy pushes Chris, making a legal tag, then charges at Dax. Jericho, frustratingly, leaves and smiles in the corner. Sammy hits a dropkick on Dax, the whips him against the ropes, leap frogs over him, and then does a no look backflip over him, followed by another dropkick. The crowd embraces Sammy and he turns to Jericho, who is clapping in the corner for Sammy.
Sammy turns his attention back to Dax, and looks to lift him up, but he is taken down with a leg sweep, and now Dax is hitting some ground and pound. Sammy covers his head and Dax gets up, tagging in Cash, Dax picks up Sammy, puts him in powerbomb position then he and Cash hit a powerbomb neckbreaker combination. FTR spend the next section of the match isolating Sammy, making it impossible for Jericho to get in. Every break Sammy gets is caught by one of the FTR men.
Currently, Dax has Sammy in a sharpshooter, and Sammy is fighting to reach the ropes. Now, just inches away, Dax releases the hold and lifts Sammy up by his ankles into a Tombstone position, but Sammy pushes back, flipping the position on Dax, and now he is in Tombstone position, pinning Dax down to the mat with the move. Jericho reaches out for the tag, Sammy turns his head but brushes him off. Jericho looks betrayed. Cash rushes into the ring, looking for a lariat on Sammy, but instead, he ducks it and hits a poisionrana on Cash. Sammy climbs to the top rope and hits a shooting star press pinfall combination on Dax. 1…2…DAX KICKS OUT. Frustrated, Sammy walks over Jericho and puts his hand out for a tag. Chris is hesitant, but tags in, telling Sammy to focus on being a team. Sammy ignores him, picks up Dax, and lifts him up for a suplex but just holds him up in the air, walking over to Jericho, he passing Dax over, then leaves the ring and Jericho drops him with a delayed suplex. Pinfall attempt, 1…2… DAX KICKS OUT AGAIN.
Jericho tags in Sammy, gesturing for a finisher combination. Sammy picks up Dax, and Jericho lines up a Judas effect, but Dax gets himself out of the way, and Sammy catches Jerichos elbow before it hits him. Cash rushes into the ring and pushes Jericho into Sammy. They clash heads, Jericho falling out of the ring. Sammy now dazed, doesn’t see that Cash and Dax are now im perfect position and hit a Shatter Machine. Dax with the pinfall. 1…2….SAMMY KICKS OUT. Dax and Cash look at each other shocked, the crowd starts chanting ‘Sammy’ ‘Sammy’. FTR quickly regroup, they toss Sammy into their corner, Cash tags in, and runs to the adjacent turnbuckle while Dax lifts Sammy up for a superplex and hits superplex and Cash leaps off the top rope but is caught by Jericho with a Codebreaker.
Dax rushes to Chris, and they start brawling, taking things out of the ring, while Sammy and Cash lay dowm in the ring. Sammy moves first and drapes an arm over Cash. 1…2…CASH KICKS OUT. Dax and Jericho continue to fight outside until Dax hits a low blow on Jericho and tosses him into the barricade. Dax comes back into the ring, Sammy and Cash still down. Dax picks up Cash and brings him into the corner to tag himself in, he does, and goes after Sammy. Sammy kicks up and hits a bicycle knee on Dax, then Cash gets back up and charges at Sammy only to eat a superkick. Both members of FTR are down, next to each other. Sammy sees this and runs towards the corner post and hits a dual springboard cutter on both Dax and Cash. Sammy is now pumped up, and the crowd is loving it. Sammy lifts up Dax and hits a brainbuster, then makes his way to the top rope. Jericho is now on the apron and tags himself in. Sammy is shocked and pissed about this, Jericho tells him to hit his move anyway, and they begin to argue. Eventually, Sammy leaps off the top rope, looking for a 630 but only rotates once because Dax rolls out of the way. Sammy lands and safety rolls to maintain his footing. Unfortunately, he runs straight into a forearm from Cash, Jericho still hanging on the ropes, exhausted. Dax lifts up Sammy for a spinebuster, and Cash hits the ropes for FTR to hit a Hart Attack on Sammy, and he rolls out of the ring. Jericho makes his way into the ring and immediately eats a Shatter Machine. FTR isn’t done there, Cash lifts up Jericho for a piledriver, and Dax makes his way to the top rope, and FTR hit their mindbreaker piledriver. 1…2….3.
FTR WIN via pinfall 15 minutes
Sammy rolls into the ring and sits there, looking at Jericho as he’s still unconscious. Sammy gets up, resting himself on the ropes, facing away from Jericho. The crowd applaud Sammy as Jericho starts to reach up for help. Sammy turns and sees this, hesitates, and then helps him to his feet. Jericho stumbles a little but Sammy helps him maintain his balance against the corner post. Sammy leans into Jerichos ear and tells him something, pats him on the chest and then walks away. Jericho starts to follow him but falls to his knee in the middle of the ring. Sammy turns back but continues to leave the ring.
OUTCAST BACKSTAGE
Saraya, Ruby and Toni are backstage in their locker room. Saraya is lacing up her boots and Toni and Ruby are toasting to Ruby’s victory. Everyone is smiling and laughing together.
Ruby: “I couldn’t have done it without either of you, I love you both so much!” Ruby puts her arms around both women.
Saraya: “We are very proud of you Ruby. One more win and you’ll be a champion.” Saraya finishes lacing her boot and stands up.
Saraya: “I do need your help with something though Ruby. Can you accompany me to my match tonight?” Ruby and Toni look at each other confused.
Toni: “I thought– earlier you told me to come out with you, since Ruby is going to be banged up from her scrap earlier.”
Saraya: “That was before you almost cost her the match and got yourself kicked out. I can’t risk you doing the same to me. Plus, Ruby needs to see Kris up close and personal.”
Toni: “Fine, but you know this is bullshit.” Toni steps up to Saraya. “I was the reason she won, I handed her the brass knuckles and if it wasn’t for me she wouldn’t won.” Saraya and Toni are now eye to eye.
Ruby: “She’s right. She really helped and I–” Saraya cuts Ruby off.
Saraya: “You are a liability. I am trying to make a name for us all! You and your stupid fake posh accent isn’t helping. I don’t want you out there.” Toni stares for a few moments longer, then picks up her bag and walks away.
SWERVE AND HANGMAN CONTRACT SIGNING
Tony Schiavone: “Alright, guys, we are now going to match the match with Swerve and Hangman official. Everyone from the Mogul Embassy and the Elite are banned from ringside. Let’s bring out first, SWERVE!”
Swerves theme plays and he comes out with Nana. They fist bump and say goodbye. Swerve sits down and puts his feet up on the contract table.
Hangman’s music plays and he makes his way down the ring with pace. As he slides in the ring, he doesn’t take his eyes off of Swerve.
Tony: “Okay, so there’s security around the ring to make sure you both keep this civil. Let’s get this contract signed. How about you go first, Hangman?” Tony hands Hangman the pen and paper and he starts to sign it.
Swerve: “Woah, woah. Before you sign those papers. I want to let you know I was really impressed with you last week against Cage. You looked good! But it’s a little too late for it. See, I’m here already, I’m here to eclipse you. You should’ve continued climbing, but you froze. You’ve been coasting for so long that you didn’t even see it coming. We are two competitors that couldn’t be more opposite. We are nothing alike! You are not the wrestler I am, and I’ll NEVER be the wrestler that you are. Because what’s a farmer to a mogul? What’s a cowboy to an outlaw? What’s a Killshot to a Buckshot?”
Hangman: “It sounds like you’re fired up for this Swerve, and you should be. Look, I can be appreciative of you too. Recently, you’ve said some things that stung a little, but I needed to hear them. So thank you. No new gear, no new merchandise, something was wrong with Hangman, and I knew it. For the last year, everyday when I came to work it felt like there was a little black cloud following me around, and I couldn’t get rid of it. Sometimes the sun would shine, I beat Moxley in a deathmatch. I reconnected with my friends in the Elite. It felt like I should have been happy. But whenever I would smile, that cloud would appear, and it started to rain.”
“At first, I was annoyed, then pissed because I couldn’t do anything about it. I kept my umbrella by my side and I knew that as long as God let it rain down on me, I wouldn’t use it. But that’s over now. I weathered the storm, and I’m still here. Then the thing you noticed in me, the thing you made me realise was that through the downpour, it washed something out of me. Call it determination, passion, hope whatever you want to call it. I came to realise that these people deserve more from me, they deserve the best version of me. I deserve it for myself! So at ALL OUT you will get, the best of Hangman.”
The crowd applauds Hangman’s fire. Swerve begins to laugh.
Swerve: “That was truly beautiful, man. It was also the most pathetic thing I’ve ever heard of out you. Let me be level with you, Adam. I’ll be real honest. This isn’t a personal thing for me, between us. It could have been anyone in your position. It just happened to be you. I’m not sure why, but it seems like every day I make an enemy out of someone, every single day of my life. That’s what fuels me, drives me to get into the position you’re in. That’s what I’m gonna do, I’ll take this position from you. I am going to take this position from you and just remember Adam, I’m from Seattle, I have lived through a lot of rain in my life too.”
Hangman: “You tell me you want this spot, you want this position, you want to be the main event guy. You told me that if you had the same opportunities that I did, you would be the first Black AEW. I don’t know if that is true, maybe you would. The only thing you and I could do is live our life in a way so that future generations don’t have to ask those questions. We can sit here and go back and forth all night about whether those opportunities where handed to me on a silver platter or I earned them. One thing everyone can agree on is that for every opportunity that I have ever had, I knocked it out of the park.”
Hangman stands up. Mic still in hand. Swerve stands to match him.
Hangman: “So Swerve you tell me you want this spot, you’re damn right you should want this spot. But if you want to look me in the eye and tell me you have what it takes to fill my boots, you don’t.”
Swerve stares down Hangman and slaps him. Hangman staggers back while Swerve signs the contract. Hangman marches over to Swerve and stabs him with his pen. Swerve screams in pain and security race in the ring to pull them apart. Hangman starts fighting off the security, and so does Swerve. They break free and meet in the middle. Hangman drops Swerve with a dicuss lariat and rushes towards the ropes, leaping over them, looking for a Buckshot.
As Swerve is almost back to his feet, Hangman goes to spring over the ropes when Konosuke Takeshita grabs his foot and pulls him off the apron, then hits a heavy forearm to the jaw, dropping Hangman. Swerve looks over to see this and starts laughing.
TAZ:” There’s meant to be no interference tonight!”
Excalibur: “No interference from the Mogul Embassy or Elite, no-one thought we’d have to include the Callis family!”
Takeshita throw Hangman back into the ring, Callis is applauding as this happens. Swerve looks down and Hangman, resting on his knees, he looks up to Swerve.
“You’re nothing like me!” Swerve screams at Hangman and hits a House Call on him. He lifts him back up and drapes him across the table. More security come out, and Swerve motions to Konosule to take care of them. He leaves the ring, and the security stops in their tracks, and they start running back up the ramp. Swerve is now on the top rope and hits a Swerve stomp through the table on Hangman. Happy with himself now, he drops the contract on Hangman and leaves the ring.
KYLE O‘REILLY vs BRODY KING – TNT Gauntlet Qualifier
The arena goes dark, and Brody Kings music plays, he comes out to the ring, wearing a black balaclava, with Julia Hart by his side.
Kyle O’Reillys music plays, and he’s comes down to the ring. Rodrick Strong alongside him.
The bell rings, and both men approach the middle of the ring. The crowd starts barking in support of Brody and while he looks out to the fans Kyle delivers a hard front kick to the Brodys chest, knocking him back into the ring post. Brody springs out of the corner and looks for a lariat but Kyle ducks and kicks Brody in the thigh. Then another, looking for a third but Brody grabs his leg and throws him against the ropes, looking for a big boot of his own but Kyle slides under his boot and grabs his standing leg, taking Brody off his feet. Kyle locks in a heel hook, but Brody quickly barrel rolls himself and Kyle out of the ring onto the apron. This is where Brody drops Kyle to the floor, submission still locked in, and Brody on the apron. In this position, Brody leaps off the apron and hits double knees on Kyle’s stomach, folding him, forcing him to release the hold.
Kyle now severely winded, Brody takes this chance to do some damage. He lifts Kyle up only to toss him into the barricade. Then lifts him up again, draping him over the barricade and hits so deafening chops to his chest, not 1 or 2 but 3. Kyle walks away, holding his chest, he turns back to Brody who delivers a big boot, dropping Kyle to the floor. Brody drags Kyle by the ankle over to a chair against the barricade and begins barking with the crowd. With a rings length of separation he charges at Kyle and hits a crossbody against the barricade. Brody embraces the fans, then picks up Kyle to get him back into the ring. Brody looks for a cover. 1….2… KYLE KICKS OUT. Brody lifts up a lifeless Kyle effortlessly and hits a lariat but maintains the wrist control, using this to lift him up again, looking for another lariat. Kyle ducks this, uses the wrist control to get Brody in a half straight jacket lock and hit a german supplex. Both men down, crawling to the ropes to be regain control.
Both men make it to their feet, Kyle just moments before Brody, so he charges at King with a forearm to the jaw, kick to the chest and sidekick to the knee. Brody grabs Kyle by the throat and lifts him up for a chokebomb but Kyle holds on, shifting his bodyweight and moving his legs to turn the chokebomb into a triangle choke. Brody, on his knees, slowly tries to stand, but Kyle starts hitting straight rights to his jaw before looking the hold on tighter. Brody tries again and gets Kyle up for a small powerbomb but no effect, he lifts him again, higher this time and goes to slam him down but Kyle shifts to the side and has a cross-face now locked in. After Brody tries to roll out of this, Kyle transitions into an armbar. Brody has been in one submission or another for over 5 minutes now, still looking to find the ropes. Brody begins throwing his legs around, looking for any ropes nearby. Julia starts yelling to Brody to follow her voice. He plants his feet and starts dragging himself over. Rodrick goes to interrupt Julia and tell her she can’t do that, but as soon as he touches to, to get her attention, she spits black mist in his face, and he begins panicking.
In the ring, Brody finally makes the rope break, Kyle breaks the hold, and Julia checks on Brody. Kyle gets a run up and hits a basement dropkick to Brodys back while Julia is right in front of him, and the momentum knocks Julia down and him to the floor, onto her. Brody is worried about her, but she says she’s fine. Brody rushes back into the ring, angrier. Kyle draws a line in the middle of the ring and demands Brody meet him there. Brody looks for a big lariat but Kyle kicks his arm, the same one that’s had an arm-bar locked on the last few minutes. Kyle hits a forearm, Brody drops to his knee, Kyle hits an axe kick, then another forearm and leg sweep. Kyle hits the ropes and finishes the sequence off with a PK kick. But Brody sits straight back up, demanding Kyle hit another. This time, Brody catches it and drags Kyle’s feet out from under him. Now behind Kyle, he grabs both legs and hits a dead lift wheelbarrow suplex, throwing Kyle all the way back into the corner. Brody sees where Kyle is and wastes no time charging at Kyle with a cannonball. Kyle grabs the middle ropes and uses them to propel himself up and he launches at Brody with a big lariat. Brody sees this and swings for a lariat also, stalemate, Neither man drop. Brody is first to respond as he follows up with a spinning forearm, knocking Kyle down to the floor and out through the middle and bottom rope, however Kyle holds onto these ropes and springs back into the ring, throwing all his bodyweight into a pendulum lariat, knocking both men down once again.
Kyle crawls towards the ring post and Brody crawls to the ropes. Brody tries to pull himself up using the ropes but collapses, draping himself half the bottom rope. Kyle sees this opportunity and climbs up to the top rope and hits a Diving knee drop onto the apron. Desperately he pushes Brody back into the ring for the pinfall. 1….2….BRODY KICKS OUT. Kyle screams again, frustrated, just starts headbutting Brody’s back while he’s down. Kyle makes his way to his feet, looking down to Brody as he is now on all fours trying to get back up. Kyle begins kicking Brody in the stomach, then again, and again. Brody starts laughing and he spits out blood. He looks up at Kyle, now on his knees facing him, and asks for more. Kyle, having fallen for this trick once before, begins to kick Brody in the chest and then races in for a guillotine choke. Brody doesn’t drop to the floor, he stays on his knees, then gets a foot under himself, and finally stands and thrust his body down to the mat onto Kyle. Kyle screams in pain but doesn’t break the hold. He squeezes tighter. Brody tries to stand again but fails. When Brody looks to be passing out, the ref grabs his arm to check and Brody reaches for the refs shirt, squeezes it and pushes the ref away. Brody gets his feet under him and stands up then charges at the ring post. Still Kyle holds on. Brody turns and starts walking backwards up the ring post. Once he gets to the middle rope, Kyle works out what’s happening and he begins to let go and starts throwing elbows down to the shoulder blade. Brody catches one of Kyles elbows and whist he has the arm trapped, he headbutts Kyle. Dazed, Kyle begins to fall but Brody catches him. He gets him in power bomb position and hits an Avalanche Gonzo Bomb. Now the pinfall. 1…2…3
BRODY WINS via PINFALL 16 minutes
COMMERCIAL BREAK
DRIFTING AT SEA VIDEO MESSAGE
Excalibur: “Welcome back to Dynamite as we get ready for our main event, but first, I’m hearing the production truck has received another video file, this one title. Water, Lost.
The sound of birds are singing over the deep blue ocean is cut off when a large fishing vessel lets off its horn. The camera pans down and we get a shot of Kota Ibushi floating across the ocean. Eyes shut. Now back to the ships, we see a large net being pulled from the sea and onto the deck of this vessel. As it opens, the nearby workers approaching all freeze as they see a man among the 100s of fish. It’s Kota Ibushi.
Worker: “Medic! Medic!” one man screams out as all the workers rushed to Ibushi and lift him up and into a nearby room.
They walk to a table, brush everything off it and place him down. A man with a toolbar walks into the room.
Ship medic: “If you’ve found a man in these waters, he’s long dead by now. There are no other ships around, and no land, so this– What is he wearing?” Still wearing his blue and silver wrestling trunks, a back up pair he brought with him to Wembley. All the men were too shocked to even think about what Kota was wearing.
The on board medic checks for a pulse and is taken aback.
Ship medic: “His skin is warm… this man is alive…” still very confused by what he is seeing the doctor does a few more checks. He looks into Kota’s eyes and then brings his ear to Kota’s mouth, while checking his pulse on his chest with a stethoscope.
Ship medic: “He’s just asleep.” The man looks around and finds two cooking pots. He bangs them together and Kota quickly shoots up and looks around at everyone, as stunned by what they are seeing. Kota has only one thing to say.
Kota: “Chicago?”
STATLANDER VS SARAYA
Statlanders music plays and she comes out with her AEW TBS Championship and the crowd give her a very warm welcome.
Sarayas music plays and out comes Ruby with her, just Ruby. They wave to the crowd then flip them off. Statlander and Ruby have a stare down the whole time Ruby is outside the ring until the best rings.
Saraya starts the match by getting in the face of Statlander, both women eye to eye. Statlander puts her forehead against Sarayas and starts pushing her back with it. Saraya notices she’s losing ground and instantly slaps Kris across the face, stopping her in her tracks. Kris barely reacts and this scares Saraya. As she tries to run away but Kris. grabs hercand pushes her into a corner then hits her with a full body splash. Kris starts driving her shoulder into Sarayas stomach in the corner until she falls to her knee. Kris walks away, arms out, embracing the crowd. She points down to Ruby and tells her to pay attention. She walks over to Saraya, still clutching her stomach as she crawls away. Kris wraps her hands around her waist and hits a deadlift German Suplex. Followed by another, then finishing with a third German suplex. Pinfall attempt, but Saraya kicks out at 1.
Kris picks up Saraya, who’s holding her neck and collapses in pain. The ref goes to check on her and Ruby gets on the apron, Kris gets in her face and they argue before Ruby swings at Kris who steps back, dodging the strike. Kris swings at Ruby but she jumps off the apron. Before Kris can turn around, Saraya rushes at her with a forearm to the back of the head. This drops Kris to her knees, draped over the middle rope. Saraya steps over the apron and starts driving her knee into Kris’s chest until Kris falls to the mat. Saraya drags her onto the apron and looks like she wants to hit a piledriver. Kris however lifts Saraya up, almost over her head but Saraya uses the ropes to fight it off, so Kris just tosses her off her. Saraya lands just a foot away from Kris, still on the apron. Kris charges at Saraya but she drops to the floor and pulls Kris’s legs out from under her. Kris face plants to the apron and falls to the floor. Saraya picks up Kris and throws her into the barricade then gets herself back into the ring. The referee starts counting Kris out, by 5 she’s back to her feet but Saraya was ready for this and leaves the ring, hitting a diving cannonball from the apron to Statlander. She picks Kris up again and tosses her into the barricade, then into the ring post and finally back into the barricade and follows up but lifting her and dumping her over the barricade and into the crowd. Now she’s back into the ring, asking the referee to count.
7… Kris finally stands and starts to make her way back to the ring. Saraya can tell Kris is going to make it, so she leaves the ring and looks for a diving crossbody off the apron but Kris catches her, lifts her up onto her shoulders but Ruby pulls Saraya down. Kris gets in Rubys face again but doesn’t hesitate to hits her first and she knocks her to the floor hard with a forearm. With Ruby down, Statlander turns directly into a thrust kick from Saraya, Kris doesn’t fall so Saraya grabs her and puts her into position for a Good Knight, hitting it on the floor. Quickly Saraya picks up Kris and rolls her into the ring for the pinfall. 1…2….KRIS KICKS OUT. Saraya is frustrated but knew it will take more to take down Statlander. Saraya brings Kris back to her feet and sets up for another Good Knight, but this time Kris lifts Saraya up, spins around and hits a Michinoku Driver, she hooks the leg for a pin. 1…2… SARAYA KICKS OUT. Kris and Saraya lay across the mat, exhausted. Slowly using the ropes to pull themselves up. Saraya comes at Kris first with a forearm, Kris responds with her own and almost knocks Saraya off her feet. Saraya responds with another forearm, Kris takes a step back, then swings at Saraya but she ducks. Saraya looks for the super kick but Kris catches it and goes for a side head kick and Saraya ducks that. Now with her back to Saraya, Saraya wraps her arms around Kris and looks for a German suplex but Kris won’t allow it. Instead Kris allows Saraya to climb onto her back and then Kris moves backwards, placing Saraya on the top rope. Kris grabs Sarayas wrist and tosses her over her head, down to the floor. Not done yet, Kris rushes to Saraya and picks her up, hitting the package piledriver. Before she can cover, Saraya looks in pain, so the ref checks on her. Kris is frustrated by this but can’t do much. She tries to regain her breath in the corner when Ruby grabs her hand through the ropes. Kris turns and then is hit with a No Future Kick and she falls into the corner, then collapse down to the bottom turnbuckle.
Saraya sees this and uses the referee to pull herself up. Then sprints at Kris, hitting a hip attack and follows it up with a Storm Zero. Pinfall attempt. 1…2…..KRIS KICK OUT. Saraya cries out and holds her neck. Shocked that Kris won’t give up. The crowd start to cheer when Britt Baker makes her way out to the ring, sprinting after Soho. Ruby does a lap of the ring and is now walking backward up the ramp, pleading for Britt to relax, when Hikaru Shida appears and hits Ruby from behind with the Keno stick. Saraya screams for Ruby, then pleads with the referee to do something, but she tells Saraya she can’t. Saraya turns her attention back to Statlander and immediately eats a discus lariat, then Kris lifts up Saraya and hits a Big Bang Theory. She hooks the leg, 1…2….SARAYA KICKS OUT.
Kris is now in shock with Sarayas resilience. Kris lifts up Saraya and throws her into the turnbuckle, hits a running boot to the chin, and lifts her up to the top rope. Outside of the ring, Shida and Baker are standing over Ruby, watching the match. The crowd commotion heightens are Toni Storm comes down the ramp with a steel chair and blasts Shida on the back. Britt turns, and Toni throws the chair at her, Baker catches it, and Toni punches right through it, dropping Britt to the floor. Meanwhile, in the ring, the referee distracted by the commotion, Saraya gouges Kris’s eye, giving her enough time to gain momentum on the top rope and hit a sunset flip on Statlander. 1….2….KRIS KICKS OUT. Saraya acknowledges Toni on the outside, telling her to check on Ruby. Saraya picks up Kris and hits an uppercut then gets her in position for a Knight Cap but Kris holds her position and lifts up Saraya into a Blue Thunder Bomb, pinfall combination. 1….2….SARAYA KICKS OUT. Kris falls down to mat in exhaustion. Toni goes to check on Saraya and sneaks her some brass knuckles while they hug. Kris is back up and sees Toni helping Saraya and runs at her, leaping through the ropes for a Tope Suicida, knocking Toni over the announce table. Kris walks back to the ring. Saraya, now in the middle of the ring, Saraya hits a spinning right hook with the knuckles and, with her back turned to the ref, and Kris falls back into the ropes. Saraya holds her wrist in pain to tucks away the knuckles and catches Kris quickly, as to not look so suspicious and hits another Good Knight, and now a pinfall. 1…2….3.
SARAYA WINS via PINFALL 22 minutes
Ruby makes her way into the ring and hugs Saraya, Toni comes from the other sides and Saraya pulls her in for a hug. Toni sees Shida rushing into the ring and gets all the other girls out of the ring. They flee into the crowd, laughing and smiling together. Hikaru Shida checks on Statlander, then asks for a mic.
Shida: “Saraya! I have spoke to Toni Khan. I tell Toni I am sick of waiting for my rematch. So, next week at Dynamite. You vs Me! For the AEW Women’s Championship!” Shida throws down the mic, stand on the top rope and points her Kendo sticks at Saraya.
Excalibur: “A massive title match made for next week! You won’t want to miss it! Goodbye and goodnight from me, Excalibur. Taz and Toni Schiavone!”
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