Ross talks about the fans being back to some degree and being distanced in masks...so of course we get guys in goofy AEW body paint. Jericho's out in a leopard-print jacket with the fans singing "Judas". Gauntlet is up with the Natural Nightmares facing off with the Bucks. QT avoids a superkick and tags out with Dustin darting all around with Matt and exchanging armdrags. They've got their talking points on the fans being in the building. That'll get old about 20 minutes in. YOUNG BUCKS chant breaks out and then Dustin legdrops the arm of Matt. Nick lands a pop-up dropkick off his brother to Dustin.
Texas Destroyer by Dustin! QT Special misses, but a superkick party hits QT and Dustin on the apron. More Bang is avoided and QT cradles Matt for 2. BTE Trigger takes QT out! Chuckie T is out with a Bud Bundy goatee. Trent lands a giant spear on the floor to Nick! Busaiku knee hits for 2! Nick lands an apron superkick to Trent and then A GERMAN ON THE APRON! Corkscrew cutter out of the corner by Nick. REVOLVING DOOR NORTHERN LIGHTS SUPLEXES! BUT TRENT GETS A TORNADO DDT!
Matt sunset flips out of strong zero, BUT IT ONLY GETS 2! Nick's tornado kick is ducked and a DRAPING 450 GETS 2 ON TRENT! Hangman holds Nick's leg and MATT GETS CRADLED TO LOSE! PIP ad break with FTR against the Best Friends. They bumrush them and Dax works the knee over for a bit. Dax's style is so great live - but on TV in PIP...nah fam. MJF FAXED SOMETHING IN 2020!? Dax lucks Chucky in a trailer hitch and taps him out.
Darby is shown climbing a bridge and being crazy BY JUMPING OFF IT. He's in the casino battle royal with Archer. Archer beats up a young boy before facing Sean Maluta. Maluta Wahoo chops him, but Archer chucks him down with one. So if Archer is the #2 contender, why is he in the battle royal to get a shot? Big chokeslam, but he pulls him up. Blackout and the EBD claw ends it. Jericho sings horribly "BLACKOUT!"
Jake cuts a promo on the Casino Battle Royal and how 21 men think they can win - but only one man will win AND IT BETTER LANCE ARCHER. THE ONE LOSS HE HAS HAS COST THEM TIME! Team Taz comes out and Jake calls them the Flintstones. DARBY SKATEBOARDS DOWN! Jake tells Lance to leave it alone before he gets just totally winded. MJF comes out with a burberry walker and we get a Vince-Paul London reference with him saying Lee is laughing. I would change the lineup for the battle royal and do Archer vs. Cage and Starks vs. Darby - that's far better than those four guys in the battle royal. We get a Thunder Rosa hype video showing her taking down Jordynne Grace. Corgan talks about AEW giving her a worldwide stage now.
MJF and his walker aren't helping the cheap clownshow aspect of things. TNA-level no buys build for MJF vs. Moxley. Crowd's going nuts for Mox and Jericho puts him over as THE CHAMPION. Mox's top spot in the PWI 500 is put over and they tell Jericho's he's #3. They go over the move itself being banned - not just the name, so no HE DOES THE DEATH RIDER and not the Paradigm Shift. MJF buries Mox's hairline and Mox tells him he'll get ther when he hits puberty.
MJF tells the fans to shut up because he'll take Mox apart with every part of the ring with the precision of a brain surgeon. He says he won't let it become a brawl because Mox idolized the Sandman, New Jack, Zandig, and Onita. HOT GARBAGE. MJF needed a money promo for all this and well, he's delivering one. MJF insults Mox's wife and he gets up and the lawyer threatens to sue, so Mox calls him a dickwad. Mox says he'll agree - and now he'll just be creative and find new ways to hurt MJF. Mox signs and on September 5, he's a dead man. Mox tells him he's glad they read page 17 and Mox mocks the lawyer. MOX FACES THE LAWYER AND THE LAWYER DOESN'T WRESTLE, MJF DOESN'T GET HIS SHOT!
PNP talks shit and the new 4-man unit led by Kingston are out to face Pillman, Janella, Sonny Kiss, and GRIFF GARRISON! Gutwrench/sliding dropkick from Butcher and Blade. Jericho talks about Griff being like Steve Simpson. Way to bury the poor guy! Penta kicks Joey's ass and then basement superkicks him. Package piledriver on the apron for Joey and AIR PILLMAN HITS THE BLADE! Ropewalk into the driver by Penta ends it. Kingston announces that his group will be in the battle royal - giving him a big advantage. Brodie's destruction of Cody is shown.
Ross talks about Brodie Lee being the AEW World Champion. Close. Jericho points out Brodie having more momentum than anyone else. The Dark Order brings out a casket and lawnmowers and slick cars. SIX LAWNMOWERS to be exact. 10 gets out of the casket and he has a temporary American Nightmare tattoo on and they toss away his jacket and say they have taken out the Prince to usher in the era of MR. BRODIE LEE! Tony interviews MR. BRODIE LEE mid-ring.
Brodie says that in December, these men were laughed at while he was at home in prison. Now, he's here and he's the TNT Champion - and he gave him back his belt just like he said he would. They start a CODY SUCKS chant. Brodie nixes the open challenge - no more indy guys get a shot on his watch and Cody will never get it back. So now Cody is fighting for indy guys. Okay, the "you de-serve it!" chant popped me. He brings out Anna Jay and Alan marks out and Brodie bitch slaps him and tells them to pick that little shit up.
Dustin runs out and gets beaten up to possibly set up Brodie vs. Dustin at the PPV. SKY'S OUT! Maybe its Sky and Dustin vs. Uno and Grayson at the PPV? NOW CARDONA'S OUT! So I guess we'll get a giant multi-man tag either on TV or the PPV. The Bucks confront Page about being insecure and they wanted him to be a friend and Nick proved him right by being a jobber tonight. Matt calls him a drunk and throws a shot at him and Matt says they were clinging to this, but Page now has what he wants. He's out of the Elite...after already being out for months? Okay then.
Swole's out to face Britt, Reba, and Ford. Reba's got new gear that looks fantastic. Britt says that if Swole can beat her team, she'll let Swole face her in any match she wants. Swole eats a badly-done Finlay roll by Ford, and Britt pokes her face with the crutch. Reba goes up top and falls BEFORE A SUPER RANA gets a delayed reaction. REBA GETS THE SECOND ROPE MOONSAULT FOR 2. Crutch miscue leads to Ford being pinned and Swole moonwalks Ford out of the ring. PNP vs. the Best Friends and Jericho faces Janela.
The Dark Order is out to offer Tay Conti a Dark Order membership because Anna enjoyed working with her in the tourney. I love Ross saying they should go to a mall and Jericho asking if malls exist. Dark Order vs. Cody's team is made and Sammy's out to face Matt Hardy in a table match. Sammy tosses him into the barricade, which falls over a bit. SIDE EFFECT ON THE APRON! Sammy is sliced up and Matt misses a Cactus elbow and goes through a table.
CHAIR TWISTO! He gets a table with DELETED on it that reminds me of when TNA did one for Lashley and spelled his name as LASHLY! He goes up, but Sammy superplexes him through the table onto a chair to win it. Jericho and Orange brawl!
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