We are live from the Silverstein Eye Centers Arena in Kansas City, MO, as the commentary team announce Yuka Sakazaki vs. Big Swole vs. Hiakru Shida vs. Shanna.
PAC vs. Kenny Omega (30-Minute Ironman Match)
The two lock up, PAC backed into the ropes and Omega gives a clean break. Both trade some counters, shove each other, then trade shots in the middle of the ring. Omega with the basement dropkick, but eats a superkick. Omega looking for one winged angel, but Omega backs him into the corner. Commentary noting Matt and Nick Jackson backing up Omega, but Page is nowhere in sight. PAC sent out to the floor, Omega with a big flip over the top and down on his opponent.
Back in the ring, kotaro crusher by Omega, followed up by a couple chops. Five minutes down. Omega with a rolling fireman’s carry, misses the second rope moonsault though. He recovers, PAC launched into the corner, snap dragon suplex. PAC rolls out to the floor, Omega follows and they swing away on the floor. PAC on the apron, moonsault, caught in mid-air, but PAC then hits a tornado DDT.
The two work their way into the ring and to the second rope. Omega fights PAC off, headbutting him to the mat. PAC runs back up and hits a brainbuster from the top rope! PAC back up top, lands a shotgun dropkick, cover, two. PAC with a side headlock, Omega is up and fights back with a couple punches. Each wrestler avoids a strike, PAC with a slingshot cutter, pin attempt for two.
10 minutes down, still 0-0. Crowd with “You’re a bastard!” chant as he continues to beat up Kenny. Omega finally lands some offense with a big boot, sending PAC flying into the corner. Back and forth strikes. Tiger Driver ’98 on PAC, cover, two. Crowd really into this match, many have been standing for the past couple minutes. Omega tries for One Winged Angel, no, but Omega repositions PAC, hits a suplex with the bridge, close three. PAC put in the corner, looks for v-trigger to the back of the head, one winged angel, Omega goes to the second rope, PAC reverses with a sunset flip powerbomb!
PAC then gets dropped face first on the top turnbuckle, snap dragon suplex, v-trigger, cover, two! Crowd thought that was going to be a pin. PAC goes out to the floor and gets a chair. He then smacks Omega in the head and the referee calls for the bell. Omega is up 1-0. PAC smacks Omega in the back of the head again. Young Bucks check on Omega, try to give him some water. Time pauses after the first fall, but then starts up.
PAC with a big dropkick, climbs to the top and hits black arrows, cover, 1-2-3. That makes it 1-1 with just over 13 minutes left. We go to a split-screen commercial break as PAC continues to beat up Omega. He looks for another black arrow, but Omega rolls out of the ring. PAC keeps beating him up and taunts the Young Bucks a bit. They eventually get back in the ring and trade strikes.
Back from break, both are on the apron and PAC hits a nasty falcon arrow down to the floor! Crowd chants “holy s—” and it gets muted.
Ten minutes to go. Omega goes to climb in and PAC with a dropkick that sends Omega into the referee and ringside physician, referee down. Commentary noting PAC’s DQ earlier in the match was the first to ever happen in AEW. PAC sets up a table on the outside and brings Omega over. Referee still down. PAC heads to the top rope as we get to the seven minute mark. PAC takes a moment to get his balance, hits a shooting star press through the table. Crowd pops big for that one.
Referee is back in the ring and does a ten-count. PAC gets in the ring at nine, Omega just barely got in before ten. PAC goes for black arrow, but Omega gets his knees up. Just under five minutes. V-trigger to PAC’s face, lands another one, plants PAC, cover, two. Four minutes. Another v-trigger lands, one winged angel gets reversed into a poisonrana. Three minutes. PAC lands another tornado DDT, locks in the brutalizer, Omega gets to the ropes. Two minutes left.
PAC goes for another brutalizer, but Omega fights it off. One minute left. PAC gets a modified version of it in, Omega rolls him over for a two-count, but PAC keeps it locked in. Thirty seconds remaining. PAC keeps it locked in, Omega trying to hang on and time expires at a 1-1 tie. PAC gets in the referee’s face and drops him. Justin Roberts says match will continue under sudden death rules. Omega with a ripcord v-trigger. Aubrey Edwards runs out to ref the match. Omega with a huge knee to the face, cover, two. Omega looks for one winged angel, hits it, 1-2-3.
Winner: Kenny Omega wins (2-1 in Sudden Death Overtime)
Post-match, Tony Schiavone talks with PAC on the stage after his match. Schiavone asks PAC about all the talking he did and for him to lose to Omega…PAC thinks Schiavone is trying to mock him. From the back strolls Orange Cassidy. He walks up to PAC and takes his sunglasses off. PAC immediately drops Cassidy, kicks him, and storms off.
– Backstage, Lexy Nair wants to talk with Chris Jericho, Jake Hager answers when she knocks on the door. She asks if she can get a word with Jericho. He just stares at her for a moment, then shuts the door.
Sammy Guevara, Santana, and Ortiz vs. Luchasauraus, Jungle Boy, and Marko Stunt
Quick start to this match with Jurassic Express taking control of things at first. Inner Circle fighting back though, getting rid of Luchasaurus. Stunt with a hurricanrana on Ortiz and Santana. Guevara flies in and hits a springboard double stomp on Stunt. Santana leaps off Ortiz’s back for a moonsault. Santana still wearing an eye patch. Back from the commercial break, Stunt still getting beat up as things seem to have finally settled down.
Luchasaurus gets tagged in, throws bombs on everyone on the other team. Plants Santana, hits a chokeslam and standing moonsault on Ortiz. Guevara with slap to the back of the head. He tries for it again, no, Jungle Boy and Stunt get involved with some strikes. Triple superkick in the corner on Guevara. Stunt with a hurricanrana on Ortiz. Jungle Boy drops Guevara, Luchasaurus with the cover, but Santana breaks it up.
Jungle Boy fighting off Santana and Ortiz. Ortiz mistakenly hits Santana, but the duo hit double enziguris on him. Running shooting star press by Guevara, cover, Stunt jumps off the top rope to break it up. Multiple guys end up up on the floor. Luchasaurus with a moonsault off the apron, taking them all out. Jungle Boy in the ring, Guevara grabs that loaded sock, but Darby Allin shows up (to a nice pop) and takes it away. Jungle Boy hits a snap hurricarana straight into a pin for the 1-2-3.
Winners: Jurassic Express
Post-match, Guevara goes after Allin, but gets back body dropped out of the ring and down on Ortiz and Santana.
– Recap of Cody and MJF’s feud before the two will meet at this Saturday’s Revolution.
Best Friends (with Orange Cassidy) vs. The Butcher and The Blade (with The Bunny)
Still feeling that shot from PAC, Cassidy follows his guys out to the ring.
The bell sounds and immediately The Blade knocks Chuck Taylor off the ring apron for no reason. Meanwhile, The Butcher goes to work on Trent in the ring. Now he tags in The Blade, who picks up where he left off after the two hit a cool double-team move and boast to the fans in Kansas City.
The Best Friends start making their come back. As both The Butcher and The Blade remain on the floor to regroup, J.R. takes us to a mid-match commercial.
We’re back from the break and we see The Blade tag in and continue to deliver punishment to Chuck Taylor. Taylor finally makes the tag to Trent. Trent comes in with an awesome swinging DDT before knocking The Butcher off the ring apron and out to the floor.
He goes to the other side of the ring and after momentarily having trouble with The Blade, he hits a nice spear to take out The Blade on the floor.
Now, with all the guys down on the floor, The Bunny and Orange Cassidy each roll into the ring and the fans erupt. The Bunny cuts off a dramatic Orange Cassidy gesture by yanking his sunglasses off his face. She goes to kick him in the balls, but he catches her foot and stops her. He swings her around and then yanks the bunny ears off her head.
The Blade goes to attack Orange Cassidy from behind, but he moves. He dives onto The Butcher on the floor. Trent hits a big move off the top rope and gets the pin. The Best Friends get the win with an assist from “Freshly Squeezed” Orange Cassidy.
Winners: Best Friends
After the match, Tony Schiavone gets in the ring to interview The Best Friends after their victory. Before he talks to them, however, he announces that Orange Cassidy will be competing against “The Bastard” PAC in a one-on-one match at AEW Revolution.
Schiavone talks to Trent and Chuck, who tell PAC the joke is on him because this time, Orange Cassidy is going to actually “try” when the two meet in the middle of the ring at this weekend’s PPV event. After the announcement, we head to another commercial break.
Yuka Sakazaki vs. Big Swole vs. Hiakru Shida vs. Shanna
Three of the women get right to wrestling, Yuka just looked on and cheered everybody. When the three ended in a stalemate, Yuka joked around like she broke a sweat with them. The three women drop Yuka to a bunch of boos. Three-way test of strength. Yuka makes her way in, kicks two of them and hits a hurricanrana on Shida. Swole with a shoulder tackle on Yuka. Shanna tosses Swole out of the ring. Everyone tries to pin everyone, but no three counts. Shida and Yuka each get sent out of the ring. Swole eats a superkick.
Shida puts Yuka in the corner, kicks Shanna and suplexes her into Yuka. Shida tries for a suplex, Shanna blocks it, Shida smacks her away. Swole with a basement dropkick, plants her into the ring, headbutt, kick to the head, slingshot cutter, cover, but Shanna kicks out. Shida heads to the top rope and hits a dropkick on Swole. Multiple pin attempts, no three counts. Shanna lifts and drops Yuka, cover, two. Shanna hits a diving stomp on both Yuka and Shida. Shanna goes after Swole, but Swole hits a rolling elbow strike. Shida with a backbreaker on Swole. Yuka hits a splash on Swole. Shida lifts and dumps Yuka on Swole, cover, two. Shida with a running knee strike on Swole, cover, 1-2-3.
Winner: Hikaru Shida via Pinfall
– The Dark Order appears on the screen and Evil Uno says that The Exalted One has given them orders to take out SCU at Revolution. “Christopher Daniels, you will see that you are now obsolete,” he says. That was a pretty clear hint, but is it just them playing with everybody?
– Jim Ross sits down earlier today with Hangman, Omega and The Young Bucks ahead of their title match this weekend. The Bucks say that they never imagined that Page and Omega would be sitting here as Tag Team Champions when they started AEW.
Ross says that he believes The Bucks are the best tag team in the world and asks why they haven’t won the titles yet. Omega says that he and Page stumbled onto something incredible but he knows that The Bucks will eventually get there. He says that they felt like it was there chance to show people that they were as good as The Bucks.
Page sarcastically says “it was just an accident, right” and is visibly irritated. Ross asks Page why he is uncomfortable right now and The Bucks taunt him for drinking alcohol in the interview. Page says he isn’t uncomfortable and The Bucks say that they just care about him, at the end of the day.
The Bucks say that Page and Omega don’t just know them in the ring but they are their best friends in the world. He says that they will see them as the aggressive, competitors that they are to get those titles next week. Nick Jackson says they are the best team in the world and they are taking those titles.
“This is the Elite baby, it’s bigger than who is carrying those,” Nick says.
Page says he tried to leave The Elite months ago and starts getting more pissed. Nick says that Page was just a jobber in ROH and they brought him over to AEW to be a star. Page says that he finally gets a chance to show who he is they want to take it away from him and he leaves the interview.
– Lance Archer will debut on next week’s show.
– Time for AEW World Champion Chris Jericho and Jon Moxley to weigh-in. The ring is filled with photographers, security, and other.
Gary Michael Cappetta makes his way out to host the weigh-in for Moxley vs. Jericho. The Inner Circle – all wearing “Painmaker Pose” gear – accompanies Jericho to the ring. Jericho calls Cappetta a “weird little man” and says that judging by his “technique” that is no wonder WCW went out of business. He says that the champion goes last in his world, so they switch to Moxley for the first weigh-in.
Moxley weighs in at 234 pounds. Jericho stops before getting on the scale and screams at the fans to shutup, so they do the Chiefs “tomahawk chop” chant at him. He calls Pat Mahomes a “piece of shit” in response. Before Jericho weighs in, Moxley headbutts him in the face!
The Inner Circle jump Moxley and Jericho is shown to be busted open big time over his nose. Rhodes runs out and brawls with Hager into the crowd as the Inner Circle continues to beat the hell out of Moxley.
Darby Allin runs out but gets destroyed by Sammy Guevara. Guevara breaks his skateboard over the back of Allin.
Finally, Moxley and Jericho come face-to-face again and the fight is on! Moxley goes for the Paradigm Shift but Guevara rolls in and low blows him. Jericho hits the Judas Effect! Jericho does the Paradigm Shift on Moxley onto the scale! Jericho then holds up the title while putting his foot on a fallen Moxley as we go to credits.
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