Dasha chats with Jericho in an AMAZING all red suit and pants before MJF interrupts him and Jericho says something's missing from MJF. Jericho says they all have killer instinct, but MJF doesn't - he's soft. Jericho gets his full intro and the fans sing "Judas". Jericho needs to be like the AEW Legends Champion on something because he's incredible. Ortiz and Santana face off with MJF and Wardlow here.
MJF mocks Sammy and bites Ortiz. SAMMY SUPERKICKS WARDLOW AND HE TAGS IN MJF WHO JUMPING KNEES MJF! Back and forth flip dives by Sammy! GTH BY SAMMY! They're doing a great job setting up Ortiz, Sammy, and Jericho as a babyface group post-MJF takeover of the Inner Circle. TOWER OF DOOM TO MJF with it being put over as Wardlow sending all of them down with a powerbomb. SPINNING F10 ON ORTIZ! SPRINGBOARD AXEHANDLE BY SAMMY! Matt throws a chair at Sammy in a Serpentico match. Salt of the Earth on Ortiz ends it.
Based on how snake-bitten the Hardy-Sammy feud has been, I assume that Sammy suffered a concussion off that chairshot or Matt sprained his wrist. MJF JUMPS JERICHO! Now this is great because hey, JERICHO WANTED A KILLER INSTINCT, but now they made this personal. We get a Kenny Omega interview with Tony with him saying that he's relocated to Jacksonville to train for this match and he thought hey, he could have some byes AS A SPORTSMAN with TK, but he chose to go on. Kenny says it wasn't obvious like folks thought because he thought Wardlow might go into it.
Miro vs. Trent is up and we get a video of Ex interviewing them with Trent saying Miro was his youngboy in FCW before Jericho says that it was BARETTA who was driven around by Miro. Miro insults TRENT'S MOM SUE and Trent hits a busaki knee. Chuckie beats up Kip Sabian and Jericho calls Penelope trash. Corner avalanche by Miro! Waterwheel takedown by Miro and then he just gets chucked into the post! Dark Order beats up OC on the floor. Bearhug and a big forearm by Miro leads to Trent forearming him back. Jericho says he can't believe it's been over a year since he's been champion or almost a year or whatever.
Well, this is the year for that. GERMAN BY TRENT! Game Over kick misses for a schoolboy for 2. Trent flip dive and a tornado DDT! BUSAIKU KNEE HITS HARD FOR 2! Game Over kick and the Game Over camel clutch ends it. I love how he makes the camel clutch look like a killer move. Chuckie makes a save! ORANGE DROP TO THE HEELS!
Ross chats with Page in a goddamn echo chamber. Ross calls him out on drinking...what looks like bourbon and says it's not his first one today. He should be nervous and Page says he is - he didn't become AEW Champion and everyone who doubted him...was right. Saturday will be the closest he's gotten since then. If he doesn't win it, all he's got is the whiskey. We get a video package that ALMOST salvages the Bucks-FTR match. They have Tully, Arn, and Ex in a Sweet and Sour shirt putting the match over and making the Bucks over as the character babyfaces.
Taz cuts a promo on TK in the role of Vince trying to get TWO MINUTES OF HIS TIME and now he's got a live mic. Taz says Cage is 10-1 and he really didn't lose - AND HE'S RANKED NUMBER 1 - WHO BETTA THAN CAGE TO GET A SHOT!? Starks has won 10 of his last 11 - HE'S NOT EVEN IN TEH TOP 5 WHAT KINDA HORSESHIT IS THIS!? Great stuff.
SHOTS! SHOTS! SHOTS! SHOTS! SHOTS! SHOTS! SHOTS! Matt Hardy's out with Private Party and gets jumped by Sammy before a PIP. Bucks are out as pure faces and Kassidy gets headscissor run-up into a gamenguri by Quen. STEREO SUICIDE DIVES TO THE BUCKS! Meltzer driver is avoided and they eat a flatliner/inverted DDT instead. I like that this match isn't just being used as enhancement for the Bucks since hey, they lost to these guys before - so keep them credible.
Outside-in stunner by Kassidy AND A FLIP DIVE! GIN AND JUICE HITS FOR 2.9! This is amazing - they're KEEPING PRIVATE PARTY strong here. This is fantastic - they're keeping Private Party strong, or if anything, making them stronger here in defeat than they were before the match. PK by Nick gets 2! The finish of the past TWO MATCHES plays out and it only gets 2! SUPERKICK PARTY! BTE TRIGGER ENDS IT! Fantastic stuff. This ruled! FTR JUMPS THEM! GOODNIGHT EXPRESS! They go to break the leg but PAGE IS OUT and then Kenny comes out to make sure he doesn't steal his spotlight. LOL @ Jericho calling Page a lush.
Eddie's out and tells Tony to HOLD THE MIC UP. Mox is in and Kingston says this isn't a game - he's going to take him out on the 7th on Saturday and he's gonna take the title and give the belt is CUZ OF THIS. THE REASON SHE DOESN'T HAVE A GRANDKID IS THIS! Goddamn is he ever captivating. Mox says that he'd rather have four quarters than a hundred pennies - that's a nice parable for life in having stronger bonds. HE BROKE HIS PROMISE TO KINGSTON'S MOTHER because he always wanted to look out for him and the loudest one in the room can be the weakest - and that's not Eddie! YOU MADE A PROMISE TO YOUR MOTHER THAT YOU CAN'T KEEP!
The PAC video isn't live - it's a pre-tape of him saying he's been isolated for seven months before. THEY wanted him to crumble, but with each months, he gets more pissed, stronger and obsessed. Dustin and QT's hair plugs swear vengeance on Butcher and Blade with the Bunny saying she maxed out his cards and then they kick the babyfaces' asses. "Vicious Vixens" ISN'T A NICKNAME FOR A SINGLE PERSON. Nyla destroys Red Velvet and chokeslams her off the mat. SPINNING DOCTOR BOMB! Then the PK ends it. Vickie buries Red Velvet and says Brandi is the CHIEF BULLSHIT OFFICER. Vickie insults Shida and says Nyla will break her bones - enjoy your last 3 days as champ before Nyla beats her up when Vickie says "Excuse Me" in Japanese according to Jericho.
We get a nice Page and Omega video ala the Bucks video with some odd director cut-ins to cue it up. Weird production issues on this show tonight. We get DON CALLIS IN A PROM SUIT FROM 1972 and "You Don't Know What You Got Til it's Gone" for Kenny and Page. Oh my God, this is incredible!
Penta vs. Fenix 2 is next week and the Natural Nightmares face Butcher/Blade too. Darby gets hit by a car to hype up the Cody match on PPV. Of course. Gunn Club's out with Cody, who has to be mindful that there's a PPV in 3 days before his intro. Shocked Billy isn't gassed from the leapfrog. Cutter by 10 for 2 on Billy. Cody tosses Silver into the crowd. AUSTIN GUNN HITS A CROSS RHODES and quickdraw hits and ends it! Hey, they tried to make a star-ish here and there are worse ways to do it. ORANGE PUNCH TO SILVER!
Cody says that Darby says that TNT doesn't want him as the face of the network - but that's false. TNT would love Darby as its champion, and he'd love it too. He was the one who floated his name out there and wrestled him himself to give him a shot in AEW. Cody putting himself over. And putting himself over more. And putting himself over more. And Darby, don't forget you owe everything you have to me. Darby wants the Ace Belt - but HE ISN'T THE ACE! Okay, that's...a story to tell. Good chapter 1 - the problem is the PPV is Saturday.
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