It's not quite a 6:05 show, but AEW takes over Saturday Night to continue the legacy of JCP in 2020 in some form. We've got Brodie Lee against Cody for the TNT Title and FTR faces Private Party with Tully in FTR's corner in a Brainbusters-esque jacket. We get some cool overhead shots to show the ring being cut in half and Dax lands a gorgeous spinebuster. Tully pulls Dax out of the way of an Isaih dive. Goodnight Express hits and ends it!
Mox talks about being amused by the MJF stuff, but he's an easy target. He should've talked to his wife because she'll run down a two page list of his flaws. He says he can't stand people that talk about themselves and it seems like he's hiding behind words - and he'll find out what he's hiding behind. We get a wacky MJF video about the Paradim Shift not being a move, it's an abomination! He's got a purberry-covered walker. Natural Nightmares and the Jurassic Express face Butcher and the Blade and the Lucha Bros. DOUBLE FLIP DIVES BY THE LUCHA BROS to start. Heels argue after back and forth offense before Jungle Boy cradles Blade to win it.
They all bicker and we see Blade's peroxide-blonde hair. Kingston comes down with an AEW shirt a quarter on because fuck it, he's Eddie Kingston. "We were on the indies and now we're on TNT, they know drama - WHY WE GOTTA KNOW DRAMA!?". He's tired of them all being divided and puts them all over and talks to Blade about paying dues and says Fenix is taking over, but can't do it divided. Walk with him and everything will be ours! Kingston winks and SOMETHING IS UP and it's going to be great.
Kip, Penelope, Britt, and Reba are in the gym and Kip gets in a 69 joke while working out and making out. She loves love, BUT KISSING CAN CAUSE CAVITIES! She'll give them free dental care for a year and all they have to do is help her with Big Swole in a handicap match. AND REBA WILL DO YOUR MAKEUP FOR FREE FOR A YEAR! They agree so they can just make out.
Tony brings out Orange and the Best Friends to congratulate him on the win. Jericho interrupts. Jericho comes out in a new, ridiculous jacket and has lost some weight. Jericho congratulates him on the win and he says that he's a genius who made a briefcase ladder match and he wants to make a rubber match between them in a new creation - the mimosa mayhem match AT ALL OUT! 80 gallons of OJ will be mixed with the bubbly and you can only win by pin, submission or being thrown into a tank of mimosa.
The match is made and it looks fun. Jericho brings out the goons to "toast Orange" and they all get jumped. They take out Orange and douse him in bubbly! The Elite comes out to face the Dark Order and kick ass for a while. Angel moonsaults into a double superkick upside-down and Kenny wins with the OWA. Kenny sets up a chair wrong side up to powerbomb Angels and the Bucks take the chair away before he can use it and asks what's up.
Marvez chats with Tully and FTR about the gauntlet match to determine who faces the champs at FTR. They brought Tully in to help them be the best and be the champs. Tully says the goal is to step over the threshold and make everyone stare up at you. Page comes in and steals a beer and Cash talks about the RNRs turning their backs on them. Dax said he had to fake an inury and see if he could trust the Elite after what the Bucks said for 8 years. He said that Page earned their trust and he stepped out of the Bucks' shadow and he can't let that happen. They want to win the gauntlet match to face a man they respect in Adam Page. Tully says "fear the Revelation" - so we had the Horsemen of the Apocalypse and now a Biblical Revelation and maybe a new group here. Love it!
Darby Allin the future megastar is out and shotgun dropkicks Will Hobbs. He gets the suicide dive and a handspring elbow and then the coffin drop ends it. Other than "the Strange Enigma" name being out of the Jeff Hardy playbook, his presentation has been great. Taz cuts a promo on him and puts over Team Taz and they have a new member - DARBY 2.0! Ricky comes out in EMO paint and mocks his promos. Cage jumps Darby and clocks him with the belt and then Ricky hits a shitty coffin drop.
During the break, Sammy comes out and then Matt Hardy destroys him with a chair. Tony throws to the NWA Women's World Champion Thunder Rosa! Everyone but TNT has been wanting her on the show and she's here from the NWA to bring the women's division to the next level. At All Out, she's coming to take Shida's title. Tremendous! Veda is out on commentary and puts over Rosa before the Deadly raw finals. They have sloppy action and QT gets bumped and Brandi is tossed onto Dustin and then a stunner into a listo kick ends it and Ivie and Diamante win it! Madusa gives them their medals and flowers - they throw the flowers down and celebrate with their flags. Good stuff!
Next week's show is hyped with Jericho on commentary and ADR with Taz, the gauntlet match and Matt vs. Sammy in a table match, and Dr. Britt vs. Swole in a handicap match is announced. Brodie vs. Cody is up and Arn has the weight belt over his shoulder and Ross talks about Cody being in his own head a bit too much. Perfect stuff with the giant pyro too. They put over 12 straight wins on Dynamite and really make this feel special.
We get a great shot of Mr. Brodie Lee and his record - with Arn staring over his shoulder making the same face. Brodie lands a nice Suzuki-style dropkick early and sends him out and beats his ass around ringside. Superkick hits for 2. TWO POWERBOMBS! Discus lariat with a flip sell ends it! This is EXACTLY what it needed to be. It put Brodie over huge and Ross says it's obvious that Brodie deserved the shot, but he can't believe Cody didn't get any offense in. Cody's down and his arms are up while the Dark Order celebrates.
Brodie gets in the ultimate "fuck you" promo about how people didn't believe in Brodie Lee and NOW he's the man. AEW spent a year and a half building up Cody as THE MAN in many ways and used every bit of that to get Brodie over. This big win for Brodie is Cody's biggest "fuck you" yet to Vince. He made himself a star, made the TNT Title important off of his name, and then used that to help make Brodie Lee into the biggest threat he's ever been. He threatens Tony and says with this comes the power and Dark Order is at the top now. Lee says that he was given a chance and knocked it out of the park. Tony says that Mr. Brodie Lee is the champion. Cody being loaded up is the secondary story here.
Brodie tells Tony to get out of the ring and they give him oxygen and Arn talks to him. They do good stuff AND THEN CODY GIVES THE THUMBS UP. Dark Order bows up to Arn and HE SLUGS A GOON! THEY BEAT UP ARN! They dump Cody on the steps! Cody gets up and Brodie clocks him with a black bag that probably has the old TNT Title in it. Brodie holds the belt high and the Nightmare Family is tossed around with QT and Dustin being beaten up and Brandi shields Cody. Anna Jay attacks Brandi RNCs her! BOOM. They instantly made a star in Anna Jay righ there and then Brodie reveals that he took him out with the sliced-up remains of Cody's prized original TNT Title - so now EVEN THEIR OLD VERSION OF THE BELT has symbolic meaning in the feud. TREMENDOUS show and All Out is set to be a barn-burner.
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