This isn't the most loaded show, but it's got a hell of a main event that should shape up either ALL IN or ALL OUT fairly well. Better Than You BAYBAY hypes up the DOUBLE CLOTHESLINE and oh yeah, Andrade vs. Buddy is a ladder match. Boy those ladder bumps better be worth it. Buddy is ungodly huge and Andrade has picked now to not wear the Black Mask cosplay and instead dressed like Mini-Diesel if he was in the United Empire. Moonsault OFF THE LADDER by Andrade before they just chuck ladders at each other.
Apron warfare teases a big fall before they just hit on the ladder with an Andrade suicide spear on the ladder bridge! Okay, it looks like that was turned into a DDT by Buddy! Andrade hits the goofy Judas Effect and sends him on the ladder bridge on the other side. SUNSET BOMB ON THE LADDER BRIDGE! Julia looks on shocked and the heels handcuff him before a chair kick lets him get the key...well that did a lot of good. Andrade locks Buddy up and Julia GETS BOLT CUTTERS! She leaves them with Buddy, who frees himself while she's up with Andrade. She slaps him a few times and gets shoved off into Buddy through a corner table. Andrade wins and it's TOTHEBACK! Miro brawls with Aaron Solow before Darby's out.
Darby's out to face MINORU SUZUKI IN AN UNHYPED MATCH!? Why is Suzuki coming out and flying across the globe for matches to not at least be advertised? Darby shotgun dropkicks him and dives quickly. Darby slaps him and gets a YOU FUCKED UP chant before eating an overhand Wahoo chop. Chop combo from Darby before a Code Red gets 2. Springboard coffin drop hits, the full-on leads to an RNC, but he Bret counters him and wins it!
Christian calls him out and says he has too much going on. Toni says that Shida was the pandemic champ and like that, we're all glad it's over and they're going to beat the piss out of each other. Joe's busting out black and orange and it isn't even Legally Not Halloween Havoc yet! Why not just have a show called Fright Fest? Joe vs. Gravity is up and Joe just demolishes him quickly and dances while doing so. Muscle buster ends it and wow was that a weird one since Gravity could get a shot via the tourney.
Tony Schiavone brings out CM Punk, who has a new shirt and his red bag. I would laugh if he pulls the WWE Title replica from his fridge out of the bag here. It won't happen - but it would be hilarious. Punk brings up Wembley Stadium and he wants to go there and the bag involves Wembley. Starks beat him in a singles and beat Darby in a tag. He says he's the responsible adult and he pulls out the belt and says that no one has pinned him or submitted him for this title. It's still covered in his blood from All Out. He spraypaints a black X on the main plate and it means HE'S STRAIGHT EDGE AND HE'S BETTER THAN YOU!
Starks comes out and tells them to forget they saw him, so Nigel does just that and feigns shock. Starks does a long intro and Punk looks at his wrist and they bicker and Starks wants a shot. Punk says he doesn't blame the ref - which is logic right out of Mid-South and Punk wants a special ref. Punk says he doesn't blame the ref - which is logic right out of Mid-South with Bill Watts saying that if he blamed the ref for his losses, he might as well credit him with his wins. Punk says he'll give him a shot next week. RICKY STEAMBOAT WILL BE THE REF IN JIM CROCKETT TERRITORY! Ian went overboard talking about Steamboat was always so straight-laced, so he seems pegged for a turn with Punk.
Juice and the Gunns are out to face Vikingo, Andretti, and Darius Martin. Vikingo hits a superkick during a break. Vikingo climbs on his partners' hands for a standing swanton to the floor...as ya do. 3:10 to Yuma ends it for the Gunns! Fun, short match. I love them celebrating with a cutout of Jay White! Keira Hogan's out in super-colorful gear that makes her stand out a lot more to face Mercedes Martinez. Mercedes is a great bitter heel bully. Nice sliding dropkick by Hogan in the corner gets 2. Running...shuffling forearm to the neck sets up the dragon sleeper Romero special for the win. Stat runs down for the save. She leaves the belt laying to attend to Hogan and Martinez takes her out with it. THE HAPPIEST HUMAN ON EARTH WILLOW saves!
If this was Mid-South, Bill Watts would have got a sentence in about MJF passing word that he'll talk about CM Punk next week - tonight's focus is on the tag titles. FTR gets booed and MJF gets a BASH HIS NUTS chant going. MJF goes for a hot tag and gets grabbed and gets a DOUBLE DDT before tagging in. This is the simplest 1986 Memphis tag formula match ever and it's fantastic! Pump Kick and the ushigoroshi gets 2! Dax dives into a superkick for 2.5. Wheeler wants a tombstone, but Cole superkicks him and MJF gets a victory roll for 2!
DOUBLE CLOTHESLINE prevented by Dax and Dash hits a big discus lariat. Panama Sunrise avoided for the Powerplex. Slingshot ligerbomb by Dax on MJF gets 2! Cole puts Dax in a shattered dreams position and MJF kicks him but only gets 2 when Cash saves. Back and forth and MJF LOSES TO AN O'CONNOR ROLL BY DAX! Dax pins the world champ - which should make for a good TV match.
Max grabs the belt. Cole, not an idiot, WATCHES THE TRON TO SEE MJF tease an attack. MJF hugs him!
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