AEW was lucky to have a gorgeous-looking venue to run all the time during COVID and now they're coming back to the home of many of the company's earliest memories. Gorgeous shots of the venue start off before Hangman comes out to even-cooler looking stuff before Claudio comes out for a first-time banger! They start off strong with uppercuts and forearms on the floor!
Swinging lariat sends Claudio into the barricade and Excalibur says that JR will call Sting's match tonight! More mid-ring forearms and uppercuts get the crowd hot until a Hangman backslide gets 2. VINTANGE HANGMAN GRABBING A BEER FROM A FAN! Tony - THAT TAKES ME BACK - WHAT A THROWBACK! TO THE EARLY DAYS OF AEW! Taz - Oh I thought you meant to middle school - they didn't have beer then! Tony - Most of the wrestlers' parents weren't born back then! OH GOD THESE TWO!
Nasty press slam over the top to the floor before Hanger gets a RAMP-RUN LARIAT SENDING CLAUDIO INTO THE RING! Buckshot leads to a counter into the pop-up uppercut! MID-RING SLAPFIGHT! Claudio goes for a deadlift into a suplex then wants a tombstone, but HANGER GETS A TOMBSTONE OF HIS OWN! CORNER RUNNING JUPPERCUT LEADS TO A GIANT UPPERCUT SERIES IN THE CORNER BY CLAUDIO!
Neutralizer attempt but it's countered into a Deadeye for two! Back to back buckshots get the win! Wow what a fantastic match - easily mid-4 star affair there. Mr. Brodie Lee gets a highlight reel and a runthrough of the two multi-person tags in his honor tonight. So beautiful! This kind of match has the ability to really make a star out of Preston Vance. A legend like Copeland coming out for a match like this helps everyone in the match as well.
These matches paying tribute to Brodie Lee are a nice way to spotlight a guy like Preston Vance, who doesn't get a lot of big chances to shine, but can go between the ropes. A regular Workrate Jones. Leone pounces OC out of the ring. Archer gets a couple of corner lunges before Jose grabs the foot and JAKE ROBERTS PUNCHES HIM! Preston tags in and runs wild on the Gates of Agony! Vince gets a runthrough cutter for 2! ORANGE PUNCH PAIR! BUT A BLACK HOLE SLAM BY ARCHER SENDS HIM DOWN! Miscue between the heels leads to Archer setting up Cage for a spear and PRESTON WINS WITH THE BRODIE DISCUS LARIAT!
BANG BANG GANG buries folks before the Acclaimed and Billy come out and also bury the Undisputed Kingdom. Acclaimed offers them a chance to be a big faction and Colten tells Billy to stand by the fax machine and Taz says he still has one. YAY JOE JOE JOE JOE JOE IS HERE! He just strolls down in a suit looking like a killer with his giant belt on his shoulder. Joe says that you don't have to come out here and whine on the mic or GO ON TWITTER AND MAKE YOUR HOE-ASS COMMENTS - YOU SUBMIT YOUR DEMANDS AND YOU WALK THE AISLE TO HAVE THE CHAMP STOMP YOUR ASS OUT IN FRONT OF EVERYONE WHO'S EVER CHEERED FOR YOU!
AND HERE COMES SWERVE! Swerve hypes up Duval and says it's his first time here but it's already Swerve's House! Swerve says it's not personal and it wasn't with Hangman, but Joe can make it personal when he beats him. AND HERE'S THE HANGMAN! Hangman says he beat Mox, he reunited with the Elite, and he beat Swerve! But he lost sight of that title and he wants it back! He stares Joe down and Joe just stares back.
THE HOOK SIGNAL HAS BEEN SENT! Two Taz proteges go at it! Hook goes in and calls the champ weak - and their match is next week! Deonna and Mariah are hyped up with a recap of last week. Sammy's out in Buzz Lightyear gear to face Ricky Starks. Starks wins a tackle war and poses. ROSHAMBO ON THE APRON! OH GOD WHAT A NASTY LANDING! STACKING LAST RIDE GETS 2 FOR STARKS! GTH by Sammy countered into a jacknife gets 2 for Starks. Flash cradle ends it with a Sammy win!
Starks and Sammy shake before Bill jumps Sammy and we get a giant brawl with Jericho and Floyd and "Judas" playing! I hope they have "Judas" play throughout the tag title match - the brawl had a New Jack feel with it. 8-woman tag is up with the HAPPIEST BABYFACE IN HISTORY WILLOW, Kris, Anna Jay, and Rosa. Outcasts are out with Skye Blue and THE CHAMPION OF TBS, JULIA HART!
Ruby eats offense from EVERYONE ELSE while trying to just sit up. Tremendous! This is a nice, basic house show match formula - play the hits, get them over and get reps in. Perfect match for Julia and Skye and a fantastic showcase for Ruby as the foil. CARTWHEEL OF HAPPINESS THROUGH THE HEELS BY WILLOW! Michinoku driver by Statlander gets 2 on Saraya. OCTUPLE BABYFACE SUPLEX! Julia and Anna go at it! Anna gets the qneen slayer on Skye Blue and wins the Brodie Tribute Match!
Yuta hype video sets up Yuta vs. Kingston for the Continental Crown on Rampage since he's Mr. Rampage. Roddy Strong is out to face Bryan Keith and Taz wishes he had his poncho since he's freezing! Tony puts over how good Keith looked at Final Battle while Ex says the chops from Roddy hurt even more on a cold night like this. Keith gets a Diamond Dust! END OF HEARTACHE ENDS IT but Keith gets over in defeat.
IT'S STORY TIME WITH ADAM COLE and he says he promised change and delivered it. He says Roddy is one of the best of the past 20 years and says he's got the International Title written all over him while his boys Bennett and Taven are the best tag team and Wardlow finally has people who respect him, he'll be the champion and they'll all hold it. One good thing about this injury for Cole is that he will get better on the mic because there's a difference between what he's done and being THE mouthpiece of a main event-level group.
Deonna will face Red Velvet on Collision. Big dapper yapper intro for the Stinger's final match in Jax! Walk and brawl to start and I love Sting getting these big reactions with Flair for the end. Sting throws Hobbs onto a road case and throws him into some trash cans. STINGER SPLASH TO HOBBS BUT STING EATS THE FLYING KNEE! FLAIR CHOPS HOBBS. CRAZY DIVE FROM DARBY ONTO THE HEELS! BLEACHER COFFIN DROP!
God what a riot this is! Hobbs carries Sting across the stage tron and then Sting smacks him against the wall and deathdrops him off the balcony through a double table setup! What a great visual to get Hobbs over with the carry before falling in defeat to a legend. Tony Schiavone is mid-ring with Sting and wow what a cool moment this is.
Tony puts Sting over and wants to know who his final opponent will be...AND IT'S THE BUCKS! They want it, Darby wants it and Sting seems down! What a fantastic showcase for Sting's final match and it's a totally fresh match too.
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