Darius Rucker sings and Balor and Zayn start the show off. Balor is just ungodly shredded and Sami is still hugely over. Aldis is out and says yeah I'm GM again and FOR FAIRNESS, he's adding Gunther to the mix - which is some solid Mid-South logic here. AND ALSO KO IS HERE TO FOREVER FUCK WITH SAMI!
13 years ago, it was TNA's August 1 Warning with Tito Ortiz and now we've got A MONSTER set for Summerslam here. Liv and Iyo have a good-ish match before the Oblivion wins. WACKY SOLO out to PEW PEW PEW and THEN HE DEMANDS YEETING! BABYFACE SOLO RULES! Keys hits a sky high that Cole calls a pop up powerbomb and then UNLOADS RIGHT HANDS THAT COLE SAYS ARE FROM THE SOUTHPAW! Uso splash hits and Knight kicks out at 2. BFT to Jey wins it!
Aldis vs. Gunther is up and Aldis GETS OASIS AND HAS HIS AMAZON JACKET that I bought before he used it on TV and he blocked me for pointing out. Aldis is quick and nimble for up and down sequences and goes up for the elbow and eats a chop. Sleeper by Gunther and he rams him into the buckle before a Gunther lariat sends him down before an Aldis superplex! Aldis gets a "you still got it" chant and Cole calls it a "you still have it". Lordy. Davey Boy powerslam gets 2 for Aldis. Aldis goes up for Aldis PIP and THE CLOVERLEAF IS ON and Gunther gets the rope!
Doomsday Saito and powerbomb get 2! RNC is on by Gunther but Nick fires up! And he quits - JUST LIKE JOHN CENA! He gets to celebrate with his son, Mickie James and "Morning Glory" blaring - so he got a great sendoff if that's his last match. Busted Open crew is shown. Paige and WWE ICONS WWE HALL OF FAMERS THE BELLAS are out with separate intros to face Fatal Influence.
Brie is not good, but eats a stomp on the steps by Laney. Jacey sentons Brie and they play it up like that they're 20 minutes in 2 minutes in. Reed takes down Paige on the apron and SHE WANTS NIKKI. Nikki gets 2 on an X factor to Reed. A GENERATIONAL GREAT Barrett calls Nikki. TKO on Laney gets 2 when Jacy saves. Double flippy fisherman buster thing to Nikki gets 2 before Paige saves. Jayne beats Paige with the rolling encore.
Bellas turn on Paige and I think Brie blew her right shoulder out. Marks paid a bunch of money to have their name on the canvas and the WWE Title is up for the mid-card tentpole match. Cody is out a s the biggest dark ever as Guile WITH HIS THEME! Punk is out and does his kneel and then the theme kicks on with IT'S CLOBBERIN TIME.
Punk is out in North Stars colors and Cole explains for like 5 minutes what they are and how old a reference it is while getting Punk's 20 on the jacket wrong. Cody and Punk have finishers turned on and avoid a bunch before a side headlock. Long nothings on the arm from Cody. Long figure four by Cody and a twirly Alabama slam is avoided by Punk. Punk misses a dreadful moonsault and lordy this is terrible. Punk misses the flying elbow to the announce table. RKO to CODY! But Punk didn't see anything! GTS WINS IT!
We get a preview of Radio WWE with Booker and Vic and the audio quality is worse than Bryan's home studio. UFC MAGA Crypto bullshit ad before Oba and Brock is hyped up for the main event. Oba gets a killer intro and we've probably got Brock's final main event coming up. Brock's out with giant elbow wraps, so maybe we'll get some stuff on top of the cell.
Epic intro from Heyman for Brock. Uppercut and bodyshots to start for Oba! Corner uppercut misses AND GERMANS HIT! A third hits and he just pops up and sends Brock out - and his body control over the top is unreal at his age. He's as old now as Hogan was as Hollywood. It's weird that we'll have a PPV that ends probably by 9:30 when AEW and its post show for Forbidden Door ended at like 2AM. TABLE FOR BROCK! STEPS TO THE HEAD FROM BROCK! Chairs and more Germans! Oba gets a chain of body shots via gut punches! Chokeslam and the atomic toss by Oba! Fall From Grace hits for 2.5 and THREE F5S IN A ROW hit for 2.9!
Brock shatters a chair over Oba's back! BROCK EXPOSES THE BOARDS! VINTAGE BULLY RAY! A TOMBSTONE ON THE EXPOSED BOARDS GETS 2.9! FALL FROM GRACE WINS IT! Goddamn what a spectacle! Cole out of nowhere brings up Brock's finale so...well if that's it, it was perfect.
Brock did that without kneepads, which sure feels odd. Maybe Brock just had the arm guards to hand them over to Oba. He throws them off and says Oba's the future and he's smart in saying he's the past and still THIS GOOD. Smart move to not announce his retirement but basically give Oba his spot - so there's a future there down the road with them as a team.
It's a special Thursday Collision and boy am I grateful for it because it's been just a nutty day. Had to do something I never thought I'd have to do and issue an eviction notice, but his family and case workers all agreed it was the right call to make. Tony, Nigel, and Tall Paul are on the call! AND THE GUNS START US OFF! Rascalz are out to face The Demand for the gold! Bishop runs wild on Dez on the floor with whips back and forth on the barricade and ring. Killer trios dropkick by the Rascalz before a Wyatt-ish splash by Ricochet for 2. Myron gets a crazy over the apron cutter thankfully onto a pile but the GOA High Times wins it! This ruled!
The Conglomeration puts in for the Continental Cup, which we have no idea what it is. Continental Cup is a 16 person tourney and Nigel is in for kinda one last full-time run. "Better to be a lion for a day than a lamb for a lifetime" - hey that's how I felt hitting 1K a week! Ciampa vs. Camorato and the driller knee wins it. Hanger chats with Brodido and they'll go for the trios belts on Dynamite. Hazuki and the Birds are out to face MIT. Athena hits a suplex off the steps to the floor to Hayter - which is a stupid bump to take for Collision with a bad back. Trios babyfaces lariats send the heels out one by one before as hotgun dropkick by Hazuki! English Curse to Diamante and the lariat only gets 2 thankst o Athena saving. Hart attack wins it. Divine attacks them.
Rhino and ICP DO THE ICE BUCKET CHALLENGE FOR THE CONGLOMERATION! The skinny ICP guy put the bucket on Roddy's head! 8-Way Death Riders tag is up against the BBG. Nice double Samoan drop by Austin! CRAZY Fosubry Flop by Ace and Juice gets a cradle reversal to win! Death Riders attack and the GUNS ARE OUT TO SAVE! Ciampa wants the gold and Kris is in for Persephone. Legsweeps aplenty and Staturday Night wins it. Fletcher and Speedball brawl! Lethal vs. Komander is up and Nigel talks about Komander nearly dying at birth and his mother praying to God to save him. Diving elbow gets 2 for Jay and Komander's ropewalk SSP GETS 2! CnC and the Bucks face THE DEATH RIDERS AT GRAND SLAM MEXICO! Double springboard rana by Komander! ROPEWALK SSP WINS IT!
Ospreay and Danny are up and Mox gives Ospreay his due. Nigel COULD FACE MOX in the cup. Tamer into a bulldog choke by Danny! Stormbreaker NO RNC BY DANNY! Oscutter INTO AN RNC! HIDDEN BLADE WINS IT and Davis vs. Ospreay should be killer on Dynamite. Monday has a Youtube special for the Continental Cup. DAVIS GETS A BLIND CHOKEOUT FROM THE FLOOR TO OSPREAY! BALCONY FOREARM!
Davis uses a chair and Ospreay is seemingly cool with weapons in Mexico - and it's a street fight now.
TK is with ICP before the show on MyAEW and we get a long Ospreay video setting up ALL IN and the Death Riders conflict. Will gives them his patch back and Hangman gives him advice. Andrade vs. Perry vs. Nick Wayne is up for the National title. Three amigos hit as they announce the casino gauntlet for ALL IN. Nick hits dickhead Kawada kicks to Jack and Jack overhand chops him. GTR TO WAYNE BY ANDRADE and the DM to Wayne wins.
Brawling Birds want the champs for ALL IN and will face MIT on Collision tomorrow. DCF bicker backage before Cage, Doyle, and Fletcher are out for trios action. Knight has an incredible shirt on and he's being set up for a face run. Fletcher eats a beating from Speedball and Don is shitting peachseeds! Doyle lands a backbreaker after absorbing a Bandido frog splash and kills him with a forearm! Speedball beats Doyle with the C2 cradle!
Maya vs. Persephone for the TBS title is up! But first, we get Renee chatting with the Bucks and CnC in an echo chamber bar and Cope points out that they were retired for 17 years overall and haven't held gold for 25 years. Well Jesus thanks you seem 200 years old now. Maya vs. Persephone is up and Maya gets a 2 off a cradle. Kris prevents Shida from getting involved and Maya wins it and Kris gets some blep and sideboob.
Davis wants a match at Grand Slam Mexico against Ospreay. Sharky dances it up with Taz, who digresses and Willow is out! Willow gives her mom a shoutout and MOM gets a chant. She says the comeback can be greater than the dream before Mercedes comes out to nuclear heat despite her new theme sucking. DD attack at Mone's demand and the Birds save. Mox emerges from AN ELEVATOR to unleash hell on Komander. Surprisingly, he does a TEST OF STRENGTH. Ropewalk dive hits for Komander but Mox beats him and then Mix gets drowned out for an interview by Mox's theme and the Bang Bang Gang makes a challenge for Collision.
Trios title time for Demand and they got a quick win. BRODY KING AND HANGER SAVES THEM FROM A BEATING! Mox announces the Continental Cup which...okay cool. Kenny is out and Will interrupts. Kenny is DISAPPOINTED in Will and Will says he's disappointed in himself after losing at the PPV. We get a lot of lore that will make for a great video package. Kenny slaps him over and over and says he can't pull the trigger. Will slaps him down and says he'll kick the shit out him and he filled in for Kenny.
It's their first Montreal PPV and it's definitely an odd lineup. There's no killer marquee match on the card, but there's no bad matches either. We get a cool Fletcher-Bandido video before a shot of the crowd shows a ton of empties. Mick hypes up Claudio was a world title-level guy and Cope and Cage are more versatile. JJ is hyped for the Owen tourney bringing folks to Wembley. The Rougeaus come out and Raymond is loved and Jacques is booed. Rocky interrupts and he sells for the Rougeaus and Raymon hit a savage kick!
Trios title time with the Demand on commentary. Strong runs OC into everyone in the corner before OC bonks everyone's heads into the buckle. Blake is maximizing his minutes in this one. OC turns Jay's diving elbow into a crucifix for 2. LETHAL INJECTION HITS OC FOR 2.9! Another attempt eats a high/low from KOR and Roddy and the Orange Punch wins it. Jeff says no one does AEW PPVs like them - thanks Jeff. Ladder match opens things up.
Nick Wayne and Bailey do cool shit for a bit and Clon HITS PERRY WITH A GTS as a nothing move. Ha! Perry hits a moonsault on the pile on the ramp. Apron destroyer by Jack to Mortos before a rana to the floor through a table onto a ladder. Clon hits a foot-grabbing Made in Japan off a ladder to Kommander to the mat. Perry with a nasty destroyer off a ladder to Wayne into a ladder bridge that doesn't budge. Fuck. Bailey with an Ultima Weapon to Mortos in the corner and he wins after 20 minutes.
Bucks vs. Mox and Ospreay is up. Cool garage door intro for the Riders before a lock-up AND A MERCH AD really now? You have all this recap video time and do THAT during a match!? Matt runs wild with a superkick block, DDT to Will and then a plancha to Mox on the floor. Mox and Will double team in the corner with a foot choke to bring out an edge in Will. Will wants a deathground, but it gets kicked away. Wheelbarrow facejam to Will! Mox piledrive rand a Will Clash gets 2.5 and Mox wants an RNC but Nick avoids. Superkicks to Mox and more bang hits! EVP TRIGGER TO MOX BUT THE HIDDEN BLADE HITS! Mox can't stand Ospreay not going for the kill so he tags in and hits a stomp for 2.9 and the RNC! Mox does the elbows to the neck! Nick eats a paradigm and another! DEATH RIDER HITS! And he gets a chair! Mox opens the door to Will eating a superkick with a chair and Mox eats a BTE trigger and absorbs that with a bird before eating a ton superkicks to end it.
