The show starts off with Danielson coming out for commentary on the first C2 match of the night. Jay White vs. Swerve is the main event and Lethal vs. Mox is up first and Lethal in a match with no interference allowed should be a great showcase for him. Danielson points out that Lethal was the longest-reigning ROH World Champion ever and they start off with a lot of headlock takeovers.
They exchange dives and Mox lands weird. "Jon Moxley may have said an expletive for the first time in his life!" Kneebreaker into a back suplex by Lethal into a knee snap. Lethal turns a Death Rider into the Lethal Combo and a Mox cradle gets 2. Lethal gets a figure 4 but Mox escapes into a king kong lariat, piledriver and an RNC is locked on! Mox sells the leg and they're setting him up as the wounded leader of the pack so far.
Kingston does a promo after Collision saying he's gotta heal up for Danielson on Saturday. Danielson says he's coming into this tourney to win and be the first AEW Triple Crown Champion. STING AND FLAIR ON TBS AGAIN! Sting will retire at Revolution in Greensboro, NC! Mark Briscoe vs. RUSH is up and this should be a riot. They start off with back and forth forearms fast! Corner dropkick by Mark! Back suplex on the barricade by Mark and Danielson loves him on commentary so much. "Taz, I didn't know you did an Aberdeen, Washington accent!"
EXPLODER BY MARK! PELE BY MARK! Rush gives him the horns and wins it. MJF comes out with a cane and hypes up how great TNA was with Samoa Joe as the man. MJF says that he's a pillar of AEW and helped build it brick by brick. MJF says he doesn't care of his left knee pops in and out or his left hip pops in and out and doesn't care if Joe's King Kong and Godzilla, because he's going to beat him in NY! The Devil's Henchmen take out Max and Joe saves! Everything just goes black and we get a Lupin III typewriter crawl asking them for a tag match next week.
MJF accepts it and it's made against The Unknown. Wardlow vs. AR Fox is set up quickly with a deadman dive by Fox before a moonsault is met with a powerslam on the apron! Powerbomb symphony before the swanton! Last Ride ref stoppage ends it. Fun stuff! Top Flight returns with Dante returning after his horrific leg break to face the Hardys and Brother Zay with Darius and Action Andretti.
Matt headlock and then a hiptoss leads to Jeff coming in. Dante hits a corner Miz lariat and flies around. Matt hits a neck snap leading to a Jeff apron legdrop. Dante and Zay come in to fly around a bit before Darius eats a big bump on the steps! Triple Impact dropkick by the Hardy Party gets 2. Dante gets a swinging side effect for the win.
Julia's out to face Emi Sakura in a no submissions match. So the moonsault should finish this one off. Chops aplenty by Sakura before Julia grabs the arm and slams her down. Whip into the steps by Emi before a crossbody on the steps! Cross Rhodes by Sakura and a knee pin gets 2, Hartless is locked on but no tap - so the blind forearm and moonsault end it. It's a bit botched, but still works out. RJ is
Christian's countdown now has an ethos attached to each number and he has goons - including THE MAN SCOUNT. He says he's sorry AND IT'S TOTALLY NOT BECAUSE HE HAS NO ONE. The crowd chants at Cage. WILL THIS CROWD SHUT UP THE FATHER OF THE YEAR IS TRYING TO APOLOGIZE TO HIS BEST FRIEND OF 40 YEARS! He says Luchasaurus' name and talks about taking a trip - a ROAD TRIP OF REFLECTION! Christian says that Adam is like his brother and when they grew up, Adam was family on their trips. He talks about how when Adam's mother passed, she wanted them to be a team one last time - DO IT FOR JUDY - THE JUDEMEISTER! Christian goes for a hug and gets kneed in the balls and says he's taking the title next week!
WHOSE HOUSE!?/SWERVE'S HOUSE! is over huge. Nana doing the dance with a crutch is fantastic and Danielson is great using Jay's G1 history to hype this up. Swerve back suplexes him onto the barricade and into the front row! The fan grabs him and a guard tells him to knock that shit off. Low Saito suplex by Jay! Rolling flatiner hits and then a big suplex gets 2. Short discus lariat hits hard from Swerve and he nails Jay with some basement headbutts. DOUBLE ARM SNAPPER BY SWERVE!
Leg trap backbreaker by Swerve! Win, lose or draw, Swerve is looking better-in-class than a more well-known world-class talent in Jay White. Impressive booking in this match alone. BLADERUNNER BUT SWERVE ROLLS TO THE FLOOR! Attempt 2 but Swerve wants a JML Driver with five minutes left! Blade Runner countered into a spladle gets the win! This was an easy 4 and a half-star match.
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