Posted on 9/21/125 by Bob Magee
The Scotiabank Arena in Toronto, Canada was the home of the
seventh annual AEW All Out on Saturday, with a jam-packed
lineup of unbelievable matches and shocking events.
In the main event, “Hangman” Adam Page fought through lots
of damage to retain the AEW World Championship over a very
game Kyle Fletcher. Kris Statlander shocked “Timeless” Toni
Storm to win the AEW Women’s World Championship in a 4-Way
Match. Jon Moxley got help from a returning PAC to win the
Coffin Match with Darby Allin, but it was Allin who later
tried to set Moxley ablaze. Christian Cage and Adam Copeland
defeated FTR with some assistance from Beth Copeland,
although a post-match attack saw her hit by a spike
piledriver.
But that was far from all. Eddie Kingston made a triumphant
return to the ring in a hard-hitting battle with Big Bill
and appeared to form some kind of partnership with HOOK.
Brodido retained the AEW World Tag Team Titles in a wild
ladder match, although the post-match was just as newsworthy
with the returning Jack Perry fighting off the Young Bucks
with the help of a returning Luchasaurus. Plus, Mercedes
Moné successfully defended her TBS Championship against
Riho, Mark Briscoe seemingly put an end to his rivalry with
MJF, and The Demand scored a big win over The Hurt
Syndicate.
AEW All Out was everything you’d expect and so much more,
with plenty of fallout to deal with starting this week on
AEW Dynamite! Here is everything that happened at AEW All
Out on September 20, 2025, including your full results and
match recaps.
AEW All Out Recap Recap: Results for Every Match
AEW Tailgate Brawl: Samoa Joe & Powerhouse Hobbs of The Opps
def. The WorkHorsemen (JD Drake and Anthony Henry)
We were underway in Toronto, and here come The Opps,
Powerhouse Hobbs and Samoa Joe, and the crowd was going wild
for two-thirds of the AEW World Trios Champions.
Hobbs decided to explain why he’s calling Powerhouse right
away, as he went to work on Anthony Henry with bodyslam
after bodyslam after bodyslam after bodyslam after bodyslam
… until Henry tagged Drake, who was promptly, you guessed
it, bodyslammed.
Joe got the tag in and took advantage of the downed Drake
with some quick, precise strikes. However, Drake fought back
for a short time. Hobbs tagged back in and started bouncing
Drake and Henry from corner to corner. Henry tried to fight
back but was nearly beheaded by a huge clothesline from
Hobbs.
Joe came back in and tried to set up Drake on the top rope
for a Muscle Buster until Drake got some separation.
Unfortunately, his attempt to hit a senton was for naught,
as Joe simply walked away. Joe locked Drake in the Coquina
Clutch as Hobbs stopped Henry with a huge spinebuster. The
referee called for the bell, as Drake was out cold.
As Joe and Hobbs celebrated, the third member of The Opps
and AEW World Trips Champions, Katsuyori Shibata, made his
way to the ring for his match …
AEW Tailgate Brawl: Daniel Garcia def. Katsuyori Shibata
With new entrance music and a total disrespect for the
camera, Daniel Garcia made his way through the Scotiabank
Arena flanked by Marina Shafir for his first singles match
as a member of the Death Riders.
At the bell, Shibata immediately caught Garcia with a kick
in the corner, but Garcia bailed to the outside before any
more damage could be done. Shibata chased after him and
introduced him to multiple guardrails around the ring the
hard way.
Back in the ring, Shibata locked Garcia in a Figure Four
Leglock until Garcia escaped back outside. Shibata chased
after again but walked right into a DDT on the floor. As
Garcia admired his work, Daddy Magic came off commentary to
level with him, but he was ignored. Instead, Garcia put
Shibata’s head between the corner post and steel steps
before hitting a dropkick to the steps! He walked back
toward Daddy Magic but never looked in his direction.
Garcia brought Shibata back in the ring for a pin, yet
Shibata kicked out! Somehow, Shibata fought back into the
match, and the two traded German suplexes with Shibata
getting the better of the exchange. Shibata went for a
triangle choke, which he locked in for a short time until
Garcia reached the ropes to break the hold.
Both men exchanged forearms on the apron until Garcia took a
page right out of Jon Moxley’s book with a bite to Shibata’s
head! Shibata came right back with a Death Valley Driver on
the apron, sending both men crashing to the floor!
Shibata got back in the ring first, but Garcia was able to
beat the count just in time. The two traded rear-naked choke
reversals, both peppering in downward elbows, although
neither could hold an advantage for long. Garcia seemed to
get the advantage with a Boston Crab until Shibata reversed
it into a heel hook that Garcia fought out of multiple
times.
The two got into a chop battle while their legs were tied up
in the submission and wound up back on their feet in another
strike exchange. Garcia locked in a guillotine choke and
turned that into a piledriver, but Shibata kicked out at
two. Garcia immediately hit another piledriver, but Shibata
kicked out at 1!
Garcia was shocked and Toronto loved it! However, when
Shibata got up, he threw one chop and then crumbled to the
mat. When Garcia went to strike, Shibata hit another chop
across the chest and put Garcia in another rear naked choke
in the middle of the ring. Garcia rolled through for a two
count, but Shibata rolled back into the submission. Marina
Shafir got on the apron to distract the referee as Garcia
tapped, so Shibata broke the hold to confront Shafir. That
gave Garcia the opportunity to hit a double axehandle to the
back of Shibata’s head. Garcia stayed on the head with a
sickening stomp to get the win.
AEW Tailgate Brawl: Hologram & Paragon (Roderick Strong and
Kyle O’Reilly) def. The Frat House (Preston Vance, Griff
Garrison and Cole Karter)
Vance and the Frat House attacked Hologram, Strong and
O’Reilly before the bell, although it didn’t do much to help
them. If you were wondering if Strong and Hologram would
work out as tag partners, we got an early answer when Strong
flip-suplexed Hologram somewhat violently onto Garrison.
O’Reilly tagged in and was having his way with both Garrison
and Vance, until he was distracted by Karter and Jacked
Jameson on the outside. A short time later, as he dispatched
some pledges with kicks through the ropes, Hologram got rid
of Garrison with a Spanish Fly. Then, Hologram jumped into a
triple team of kicks on Vance with O’Reilly and Strong. How
Paraglomerate of them!
Hologram hit a huge dive to the outside to take out Jameson
and confused pledges. He immediately returned to the ring
with a huge double stomp from the top rope to Garrison’s
chest to get the win for his team.
AEW Tailgate Brawl: Tailgate Tornado Match – Willow
Nightingale, Queen Aminata, Harley Cameron & Interim ROH
World TV Champion Mina Shirakawa def. Julia Hart, Skye Blue,
Megan Bayne & Penelope Ford
We’ve seen the cohesion of Triangle of Madness, Bayne and
Ford on display often in recent months, but their opponents
came to the ring in coordinated attire and a perfectly-timed
team kick on Willow’s entrance.
The two sides faced off until Shirakawa, Cameron and
Nightingale all got down in a three-point stance (shoutout
Argonauts!) while Aminata threw something over everyone’s
head outside the ring. The distraction worked! Aminata led
the charge with the rest firing out of their stances to
attack.
Bayne got isolated and got low bridged, allowing
Nightingale, Aminata, Cameron and Shirakawa to rip off their
shirts to reveal even more personalized attire!
Unfortunately, the fashion show ended quickly as they were
all attacked from behind. Bayne press slammed Ford over the
top onto Shirakawa, Aminata, and Cameron on the floor!
That left Willow and Bayne in the ring and the two
powerhouses decided to exchange forearms. Bayne got the
better of it only to run right into a Nightingale
spinebuster. All eight women ended up in the ring completely
locked in a suplex with Willow’s side winning the battle by
completing the up and over with precision Dean Malenko would
be proud of!
The match moved to the outside, and all of the legal weapons
in this Tailgate Tornado Brawl were introduced. Ford and
Aminata had a duel of utensils, and back in the ring,
Cameron stapled Blue twice! Trying to keep up with all the
chaos of this brawl brought us to Hart and Blue hitting a
combo powerbomb from the top to coolers on the mat!
Aminata and Shirakawa took everyone out with the coolers,
which was the natural set up to Chocolate Kisses on Hart.
Cameron was then caught in a trash can in a corner only to
have Shirakawa and Aminata stacked in front of her. Ford hit
a beautiful handspring into the trash can followed by a
step-up moonsault onto Cameron, who somehow kicked out at 2!
Nightingale saved Cameron from further punishment with a
huge Pounce on Bayne! As Bayne struggled to her feet,
Shirakawa and Aminata ran through her with a beer pong
table! Shirakawa introduced a charcoal grill to the
festivities and trapped Blue inside it with a little help
from Aminata, as they took Blue out with stereo kicks.
Back in the ring, Nightingale hit Ford with a trash can and
followed it with The Babe with the Powerbomb to get the win
for her team! As the winners celebrated in the ring, we
prepared for the opening contest at All Out, but first...
Christian Cage & Adam Copeland def. FTR (Dax Harwood and
Cash Wheeler)
As they entered the Scotiabank Center earlier today, Adam
Copeland and Christian Cage ran into Leafs legend Wendel
Clark, then … Bubbles?!? A moment later, C&C saw the Green
Bastard, who had strangely familiar glasses. Cage quickly
dismissed him, but Copeland acknowledged his encouragement
in a wonderfully Canadian way to begin All Out!
Toronto sang every word of Copeland’s theme song long after
the music ended. Cage entered with similar reverence, as the
crowd chanted “He’s our asshole!” in the most loving way.
FTR entered to a wall of boos with Dax Harwood notably
wearing thick nose tape as a result of the broken nose he
suffered days ago at September to Remember. While hated,
Harwood, Cash Wheeler and Big Stoke looked defiant in the
moment.
Cage and Harwood started things off, with neither man
gaining much of an advantage until Harwood literally walked
over Cage. That set off Toronto’s Father, as he fired off
with a shot to Harwood’s broken nose. Cage did further
damage sending Harwood flying into the ring post with a
slingshot before hitting a reverse DDT for a two count.
Copeland tagged in and the two hit a double hip-toss on
Harwood, showing muscle memory that never faded. Harwood
brought Wheeler in for the first time, as the two men who
started this friendship battled for the first time in the
match!
A Thesz Press with punches from Copeland shocked Wheeler and
delighted the crowd all at the same time. Cage returned to
the match with a sidewalk slam DDT combo in yet another
example of teamwork never truly going away.
Cage continued to pick apart Wheeler, even going as far as
to bite Wheeler while perched on the top rope. After choking
Wheeler on the second rope, Cage tried to hit his patented
slide uppercut, but the well-studied Wheeler was ready for
it and moved just in time.
FTR quickly snatched Cage in a draping DDT with Harwood now
back in the match. He hammered Cage in the corner with his
jab/chop combo, returning to his corner for a tag after
leaving his opponent in a crumpled heap.
Wheeler hit a textbook suplex and flexed his chest to a
crowd that wasn’t having it. They were mad enough to remind
Stokely of what he lacked in life. Cage hit a back suplex on
Wheeler to find some space, but Harwood held him off long
enough for Wheeler to knock Copeland off the apron. FTR hit
a backbreaker/second-rope elbow combo, and Cage just kicked
out at two.
Wheeler preened to the crowd just a little too long, missing
a Vader splash from the corner, and Copeland was back in! He
ran right through FTR, nearly winning the match with a Cope-
A-Match on Harwood for a two count.
Copeland avoided the stuff piledriver and speared Wheeler
before setting him up for an invisible salute. Copeland
waved his hand in front of his face, bounced off the ropes,
brushed his shoulder off, and hit a fist drop. He finished
off the homage with a Fireman’s Carry Slam! Wheeler overcame
the odds to kick out at two, and this match continues!
Cage and Wheeler exchanged shots in the middle of the ring
then took each other out with clotheslines. Copeland and
Wheeler did the same to each other with crossbodies.
FTR went for a Hart Attack on Copeland, but Cage cut it off
and snatched Wheeler in a Sharpshooter while Copeland locked
one on Harwood. Stokely saved the match by pushing the apron
skirt to Harwood’s grasp to break the hold.
Stokely quickly became the center of attention, and somehow
avoided disaster, as the two teams slugged it out. With
Copeland on the top rope, Cage tried to twist the fate of
Wheeler, but Harwood made the save, knocking Cage from the
ring. Wheeler went to the opposite corner and FTR hit Power
and Glory, yet Copeland still found a way to get a shoulder
up in time.
Copeland reversed the Shatter Machine into a Killswitch on
Harwood as Cage speared Wheeler. The match should have been
over, but Stokely pulled the referee! Unfamiliar music
played as Stokely looked up the ramp to see Beth Copeland!
She speared the life out of Big Stokely!
Back in the ring, C&C hit the elevated spear and somehow
Harwood kicked out! Beth picked up a still breathless Big
Stoke and carried him to the back. Wheeler tried to hit
Copeland with the ring bell, but Copeland saw him and sent
him through the ropes. Harwood begged off Copeland, which
was met with a well-targeted spit to the face.
As Cage scaled the ropes, Copeland set up Harwood for the
stuff piledriver until Wheeler grabbed Cage and powerbombed
him onto the Spanish Announce Desk. Referee Paul Turner went
out to check on Cage, so he didn’t see Harwood smash the
ring bell over Copeland’s head. FTR quickly followed with
the spike piledriver, and to quote Tony Schiavone, “How in
the world did Cope get out of that?”
FTR went for a Shatter Machine only for Copeland to reverse
it into a pair of Impaler DDTs! Copeland looked for a spear,
but ran right into a Shatter Machine … and kicked out! They
hit another Shatter Machine on Copeland as he staggered to
his feet. Copeland blocked another attempt, giving Cage the
chance to trip Harwood. Wheeler turned around into an
improbable spear by Cope for the victory!
As Scotiabank Arena celebrated, Beth Copeland returned to
the ring to raise the hand of Adam and Christian. Copeland
grabbed Christian for a hug and while he didn’t return the
love, he didn’t break away, either.
All of a sudden, Mother Wayne wheeled Nick Wayne to the top
of the ramp, a distraction which allowed FTR to attack
Copeland and Cage from behind, with Adam crashing into Beth.
Kip Sabian appeared and handcuffed Cope to the ropes as FTR
hit the spike piledriver on Cage. Beth tried everything to
open the handcuffs as Copeland pleaded for her to go, so she
kissed him and started wailing away at FTR until they
snatched her right into a sickening spike piledriver! As
ringside doctors attended to Beth, Cope pleaded to be
released from the cuffs.
Eddie Kingston def. Big Bill
Big Bill, along with Bryan Keith, entered first to an
annoyed crowd chanting for Eddie. Then …
THE MAD KING HAS RETURNED!!!!
Toronto erupted in “EDDIE” chants as Kingston got right in
the face of Big Bill and we were underway! Kingston avoided
a big boot and lights up Bill with chops, but Bill fought
through them and caught Kingston with a Big Boot. Bill began
grinding Eddie down with nothing more than his size and
strength leaning on Kingston. He made a point to encourage
the “Eddie” chants from the crowd.
Kingston started asking for more, cursing on each shot he
absorbed. Bill never relented and pounded Kingston back down
to the mat. Toronto was treated to a Big Bill second-rope
pose and he dropped Kingston with a big clothesline, but
Eddie kicked out. Kingston fired up and unloaded on Bill’s
chest with chops and strikes. With Bill in the corner,
Kingston hit Kojima-like machine gun chops and followed with
an impressive exploder suplex.
As Bill struggled to his feet, Kingston tried to finish him
with a spinning back fist, but Bill was ready for it with
his spinning sidewalk slam. For some reason, Bill opted for
more strikes instead of a pin attempt. He hit another
spinning sidewalk slam, and Eddie kicked out of the lazy
cover.
Bill goozled Kingston only for Kingston to reverse it into a
DDT. Kingston avoided a charge with a high boot only to run
right into a much bigger boot from Bill. Bill missed a big
splash in the corner and hit the post, which allowed
Kingston to roll him up for a two count. Kingston hit the
Uraken right on the lower part of the jaw and Kingston
scored the pinfall!
Bryan Keith ran in the ring to attack Kingston only for the
lights to go out and the signal to go up. HOOK is here and
in the ring! He quickly avoided Bill and sent him to the
outside. Keith tried to attack, and he ate a REDRUM for his
troubles only to be fed right into a stunning Uraken from
Kingston. HOOK and Kingston embraced and left the ring
together, and perhaps a new borough of violence was born.
Tables N’Tacks Match: Mark Briscoe def. MJF
Less than 24 hours after losing his CMLL World Championship
to Mistico in an absolute classic match at CMLL
Anniversario, MJF promised to take it out on Briscoe. He
entered first covered in gloves and tape from fingers to
elbows and wearing all white pants with a white cutoff WHITE
COLLAR WINS shirt.
Briscoe entered and MJF immediately bailed to the floor when
the match got underway, so Briscoe poured tacks everywhere
to invite him back in. Never one to wait, Briscoe met MJF on
the outside and immediately beat him onto a table with a
Bang Bang Elbow on his mind. However, MJF popped up and
stopped it with a low blow. The two battled on the apron
with MJF barely escaping a Jay Driller.
Back in the ring, MJF’s face told the story as he looked
absolutely petrified of the sea of tacks on the mat. The two
exchanged strikes while standing on the tacks and then
traded reversals as the both attempted to put each other
onto the tacks. MJF took a shortcut when he bit Briscoe and
then pulled the referee in the way so he could poke Briscoe
in the eyes and slam him into the tacks! A sickening look
came across MJF’s face as he glared out into the crowd.
That’s when he grabbed Briscoe’s head and smeared it into
the thumbtacks. As Briscoe writhed in pain, MJF went to the
outside and started putting away the tables, much to the
chagrin of the fans in attendance. MJF’s handiwork was on
display back in the ring as Briscoe was covered in blood
streaming from his forehead. The pain only got worse when
MJF hit an Alabama Slam right onto the tacks! Somehow
Briscoe kicked out.
MJF dragged Briscoe by the feet around the tacks, as more
and more continued to stay in his body. MJF only made it
worse by stuffing tacks in Briscoe’s mouth and cracking him
across the jaw right a big right. Briscoe got back up and
ran right into a big back bodydrop. Then, he got back up and
MJF did the same thing.
With Briscoe draped over the ropes, MJF called for one more
big back bodydrop and he got it, when Briscoe reversed the
attempt and hit one of his own, as MJF hit the tacks for the
first time in this match in a huge way. Briscoe started to
go to work in the corner with tacks sticking out of his
elbows! He followed with an Enzuguri sending his own body
into the tacks! Unfazed, he got up and dropped MJF with a
spinebuster on the tacks.
With tacks now sticking out of his forehead, Briscoe scaled
the ropes for a Froggy Bow, but MJF bailed to the outside so
Briscoe followed with a cannonball through the ropes. He
reintroduced a table back into the match in front of MJF and
returned to the ring to set up a chair. In a homicidal
tribute to Sabu, Briscoe jumped off the chair and flipped
onto MJF, breaking the table in multiple places!
Briscoe brought MJF to the other side of the ring for the
other table Max tried to hide. With MJF on the table, the
Bang Bang Elbow was successful this time, as the wood fell
into pieces below them. At the request of the fans, Briscoe
retrieved another table while MJF got back in the ring. In
an absolutely desperate act, MJF threw a handful of tacks
into Briscoe’s eyes!
Briscoe fought through the pain and impaired vision to
powerbomb MJF onto the tacks! Back on the outside, Briscoe
retrieved a tack-covered chair, but when he went to use it,
MJF kicked him low. MJF used the chair across Briscoe’s back
and followed with a tombstone on the tacks, and Briscoe dug
deep again to kick out at two.
MJF had to pause to pick thumbtacks out of his hands. He
retrieved two more bags of tacks and spread them on a table
set up in the ring. MJF got Briscoe up for a powerbomb, but
it was reversed with Briscoe firing off 10 punches in the
corner. Briscoe went to the top, but MJF crotched him. MJF
met him up there and went for another tombstone and now it
was Briscoe who fought out. He went for a Jay Driller and
MJF escaped. Then, both men traded bites across the head!
Briscoe skied off the top with a Froggy Bow onto a standing
MJF through the table! He scaled to another corner for a
second Froggy Bow! And now it was time to end this. A Jay
Driller on the tacks was the end for MJF, as Briscoe earned
the three count for an emotional victory!
What’s Going On With Max Caster and Anthony Bowens?
We went to Lexy Nair, who tried to get a word with Anthony
Bowens, Max Caster, and Jerry Lynn after AEW September to
Remember, but they couldn’t stop arguing to answer a
question. Lynn tried to take order and informed the two that
they were the best when they were together, so he pulled
some strings and got them a tag match with The Swirl. He
said if they don’t want to show up for work, they’ll just
get suspended without pay. Lynn left and they argued some
more with Caster putting a finger in Bowens’ chest and
walking away before Bowens could do anything.
The Demand (Ricochet, Toa Liona and Bishop Kaun) def. The
Hurt Syndicate (Bobby Lashley, Shelton Benjamin and MVP)
MVP elected to start things off and asked for Ricochet to
tag in, so Kaun obliged. Ricochet circled the ring and
tagged back out to Kaun, saying he’d do it on his time.
Kaun tried to outpower MVP, but a quick reversal saw MVP hit
a front slam and a big knee drop before tagging Benjamin in
for the first time. Benjamin walked through multiple chops
and then traded clotheslines with Kaun in a vulgar display
of power! Benjamin grabbed a leg lock and rolled through a
counter for a big kick so he could tag in Lashley.
Ricochet also tagged in and mockingly muscled up to Lashley
only to be launched to the skies and land backbreakingly on
the mat. He followed with a delayed vertical suplex and MVP
was back in with a Ballin’ elbow. Ricochet turned things
around with a focus on MVP’s knee, a well-known problem area
in MVP’s career. Kaun tagged in as MVP tried to make it to
his corner, but MVP dropped him with a clothesline so
Ricochet tagged back in and got into it with Benjamin on the
outside. Lashley started to make a move, but Toa Liona came
around to meet him.
MVP escaped Ricochet long enough to make a tag to Lashley.
He went to work on Ricochet and nearly ended the match in
quick fashion with a Dominator, only for Liona to make the
save. Benjamin tagged in and blocked a hurricanrana attempt
only to send Ricochet flying on his tailbone the hard way.
Benjamin then unloaded on Kaun and Ricochet with German
suplexes, including a double variation to both men. Liona
came in and somehow shook off a Benjamin kick only to turn
right into a hitstick spear from Lashley, but Ricochet broke
up the pin with a 450 splash!
Kaun and MVP exchanged strikes in the middle of the ring
with Kaun hitting a backstabber and holding on for a Liona
splash! Outside the ring, Lashley tried to spear Liona, but
ran into a thrown chair! Benjamin wasted no time in hitting
a step up kick on Liona and Kaun was right behind Benjamin
with a huge shot of his own. Ricochet saw the opportunity
and dove over the corner post to the outside!
Kaun and Ricochet whipped Liona into Benjamin and Lashley,
sending all three men crashing into the timekeeper’s area.
MVP briefly fought off Ricochet, but couldn’t handle Kaun
and Ricochet together, as he succumbed to a Spirit Gun from
Ricochet to get the three count for The Demand!
TBS Championship Match: Mercedes Moné (c) def. Riho
Moné got in Riho’s face at the jump, so Riho immediately
went for three pin attempts as Moné seemed to be fighting
for her life. After a fourth two-count, Riho briefly locked
in her half crab, but Moné quickly made it to the ropes.
Riho expertly reversed a wrist lock through the ropes and
hit The CEO Dance! Mercedes responded by attacking her from
behind and hitting the authentic version of the dance.
Riho was able to send Moné into the second rope and hit a
running sidewinder kick. She took her time walking to the
apron and then stomped a downed Moné on the outside. She
asked the announcers if she could use their desk, and hit
another stomp on Moné’s ribs.
Sensing victory could be near, Riho hit the running low
dropkick on Moné and quickly jumped on her back for the
crucifix bomb, but Moné kicked out! That seemed to surprise
Riho. Moné found a way to trap Riho in the ring skirt to
take her down and followed with a meteora from the same
announce desk that Riho jumped from minutes earlier.
In the ring, Moné tried to slow down the pace with a double-
arm lock and Riho fought back only to catch a dropkick to
the jaw. As Riho lay helpless on the mat, Moné picked her up
for a pendulum swing and dropped her face-first, but it was
only good for a two count.
Moné mocked the crowd with another dance and put Riho in a
surfboard, but Riho escaped and started stomping away before
ripping on Moné’s ankle with a grotesque half crab. Moné
broke it with a hair pull, only for Riho to capture Moné in
her own version of the Statement Maker. Moné was able to
roll through and Riho stomped her in the ribs yet again, as
both athletes collapsed in exhaustion and pain.
They fought back to their feet with strikes and Riho hit a
dragon suplex but couldn’t hang on to hold it for a three
count. The two battled to the top rope with Mercedes coming
out on top with a superplex! She hung on for Three Amigos to
complete the suplex quad! Moné called back to her idol once
again with a frog splash but came up empty!
Riho trapped Moné in the corner and stomped through her,
which looked like it would be enough, yet somehow Moné threw
just enough power into her shoulder to kick out.
Moné turned things around with a sunset bomb into the corner
followed by running knees into the downed Riho. Moné whipped
Riho around the ring, but Riho turned a double knee attack
into another deep leg lock. However, Moné was close enough
to the ropes to escape.
Riho came back with a bridging German suplex for a two count
and stayed on the attack with a Northern Lights Suplex for
another two count, as the frustration started to show. As
Riho went back on the attack, Moné grabbed the referee’s
pocket so she could rake Riho’s eyes. That gave her the
chance to hit a lungblower and a Moné Maker for the victory.
AEW Unified Championship 3-Way Match: “The Rainmaker”
Kazuchika Okada (c) def. Máscara Dorada and Konosuke
Takeshita
All three men faced off to start things, but Dorada was able
to send Takeshita to the outside and ended up doing the same
to Okada for the early advantage. Takeshita came back in and
immediately ate a boot from Dorada, although he was able to
fight through another flurry to beat Dorada down. In a very
smart move, Takeshita tried to slow down the pace by
methodically whipping Dorada to the corners. Okada got back
in, as Dorada and Takeshita battled on the top rope, but he
was knocked away by Dorada only for Takeshita to put Dorada
to the floor. Okada gave Takeshita no time to breathe, as he
immediately met him with a picture-perfect dropkick.
On the outside, Okada and Takeshita caught Dorada on a dive,
but Dorada escaped with an armdrag. Takeshita started back
with Dorada in the ring, not letting Okada back in the ring.
Dorada escaped a blue thunder bomb by Takeshita and looked
for a dive, but was tripped by the AEW Unified Champion.
Okada took his time with Dorada, hitting a neckbreaker
before going for his mask! Dorada escaped and hit a couple
chops on Okada, but got dropped, only for Okada to go for a
lazy pin that was unsuccessful.
Takeshita was back in to face off with Okada, likely making
Don Callis squirm in his seat on commentary. That didn’t
last long, as Okada gouged him in the eyes, bringing the
match back to Okada and Dorada. Okada went back to work on
Dorada with a big elbow in the corner and Takeshita returned
to the ring.
Dorada took control with a tornillo to Okada on one side of
the ring and another to Takeshita on the other side! With
Okada back in the ring, Dorada hit an innovative neckbreaker
for a two count. Okada battled back, as we’ve seen him do so
many times before, including a big elbow from the top. He
hit his new middle finger version of the Rainmaker pose only
for Takeshita to get in his face.
The two went back and forth with some quick strikes until
Takeshita shocked Okada with a blue thunder bomb that nearly
won him the AEW Unified Title. Dorada got back in with Okada
down on the outside and hit an ugly Canadian Destroyer on
Takeshita. He followed with a 450 Splash, but Okada pulled
him out on the pinfall attempt.
Takeshita and Okada dangerously battled on the top rope,
allowing Dorada time to recover and hit a leaping double
hurricanrana to Takeshita and Okada!!! But he couldn’t get
the pinfall!
Bryan Danielson couldn’t get enough. “That deserves two
replays! Maybe five replays!”
Dorada ran into a pair of boots from Okada and Takeshita.
They finally got back to trading shots and Takeshita put
Okada down with a huge shot. Okada went for a tombstone, but
Takeshita reversed into a crunch followed by a wheelbarrow
slam. Moments later, with both his opponents down, Dorada
came flying off the top trying to hit Takeshita, but he
moved, so Dorada adjusted and hit a standing moonsault. He
followed that with a double splash.
Takeshita recovered with a big knee to Dorada, yet when he
went for it on Okada, the Rainmaker caught it and hit his
patented dropkick on Takeshita. The commentators questioned
if Takeshita was wise for focusing on Okada when he had
Dorada down.
All three men battled from their knees with strikes, with
Takeshita firing up first to unload on his opponents. Dorada
tried to fight back, but Okada dropped him with one shot.
Takeshita tried a double german suplex and got Okada, but
Dorada landed on his feet! He nearly finished off Takeshita,
but wound up hitting a jumping DDT to Okada on the apron!
That gave Takeshita enough time to recover, as he met Dorada
on the top with a superplex and tried to hit Raging Fire,
but it was briefly blocked and he finished the move! Okada
stopped the pin and fought through two big Takeshita strikes
to knock him from the ring with a dropkick. Okada hit Dorada
with The Rainmaker for the successful AEW Unified Title
defense.
Okada and Takeshita had a short face-off after the match in
front of Don Callis, but left in frustration.
Coffin Match: Jon Moxley def. Darby Allin
Moxley made his way through the Scotiabank Arena with Marina
Shafir and they didn’t get very far before Allin attacked
and the bell rang! The battle had begun on the arena floor!
Allin immediately climbed the floor entrance high above and
nailed Moxley with a Coffin Drop out of the sea of fans! A
massive risk paid off!
Moxley hit a big boot on Allin just to get a little
separation, although that only bought him a few seconds as
the two continued to fight up the steps. Allin took a
painful risk with a dropkick on the cement steps to Moxley,
which connected but also created a brutal landing for Allin.
That gave a chance for Moxley to crotch Allin on a railing,
although Mox made a rare mistake talking trash to the
camera. Allin was able to throw water in Moxley's face to
surprise him, as they fought back towards ringside. While
Allin dug away at Mox, they spilled back into the ringside
area, although it appeared as if Moxley was trying to get
something out of his pocket.
Allin tried to stay on Moxley, but Mox fought back and
somehow cut open Allin’s ear. Moxley pushed over a coffin
and then stood another up. He didn’t have a chance to do
anything else, as Allin came barreling out of the ring,
knocking both men into the casket!
Moxley escaped to the other side of the ring and Allin
followed, looking for the same dive – and Mox knew it with a
counter into a cutter. He hit a release suplex onto a coffin
and Claudio Castagnoli, Wheeler Yuta and Daniel Garcia made
their way to ringside. They all tossed a coffin in the ring
and then surprisingly, Moxley dismissed them, including
Shafir, to the back. Moxley almost certainly shattered
Allin’s fingers by smashing them in a coffin.
He then berated Allin on top of the casket and told him he
loves him before putting a kiss on Moxley’s forehead. Allin
fought out of a choke by pulling a fork from the turnbuckle
area and stabbing Moxley in the ear and head. He continued
the assault on the outside, as blood poured out of Moxley’s
head.
Allin hit a Coffin Drop to Moxley onto the coffin and then
slammed Moxley’s fingers in the same coffin. Moxley came up
with dislocated fingers, as he tried to put them back into
place. Allin went outside for a pipe, but Moxley was waiting
for him in the ring with a boot and then tried to use a fork
himself. Allin countered with more disgusting attacks on
Moxley’s ear.
Moxley battled back with an elevated DDT on top of the
coffin and seemed to have the match won when he chucked
Allin into the coffin, except for the fact that Allin threw
his hand out with the pipe to continue the match.
Allin choked Moxley with a pipe, sending both to the
outside. With Moxley down, Bryan Danielson pushed a duffel
bag to Allin, which contained a plastic bag! As Danielson
encouraged him, Allin got the bag on Moxley’s head and tried
suffocating him. He hit a Code Red and went back to the bag
before stopping to stomp Moxley’s face through the bag. He
threw Mox into the coffin, but before he could close it, PAC
made a shocking return!
He crushed Allin and threw him from the ring to the coffin
on the floor. PAC then pulled out a bodybag and put Allin
inside. He shoved the bag in the coffin and Mox kicked the
lid close to win.
The Conglomeration Gets Reinforcements? Whatever.
Mark Briscoe was in the back with Harley Cameron, Willow
Nightingale, Hologram, Roderick Strong and Kyle O’Reilly,
who was on the phone. Briscoe challenged The Don Callis
Family to a six-man tag team match this Wednesday on
Dynamite. He said it would be himself, Hologram, and then
when Willow asked who the other member was, Briscoe asked
Kyle if “he was back”? O’Reilly relayed the message he got
from the other side of his call, “Whatever.”
And then we saw a bunch of lazy thumbs-up from everyone
because they knew what that meant.
AEW Women’s World Champion “Timeless” Toni Storm introduced
us to all her opponents in a special presentation of the
upcoming championship match. But now it was time to go live
and in color…
AEW Women’s World Championship 4-Way: Kris Statlander def.
“Timeless” Toni Storm (c), Jamie Hayter and Thekla – NEW AEW
Women’s World Champion
As Storm was finishing her entrance, Wheeler Yuta once again
appeared to provide encouraging words to Statlander and once
again, Statlander didn’t seem interested.
All four women collided at the bell, with Hayter and
Statlander remaining in the ring. Statlander got a brief
advantage and saw the chance to go for a pin, but Hayter
kicked out and rolled to the outside. Statlander tried to
follow until she was cut off by a huge kick from Thekla.
Storm immediately followed with a hip attack and a tornado
DDT.
Thekla dropped Storm on the floor and seemed to be in
control as the only one to not take any major offense. She
got back in the ring and took her belt off, as it was legal
to use in this 4-way match. She didn’t get much time to use
it, as it turned into a three-way battle with Statlander and
Hayter. Thekla fought to the corner and was able to hit
Spider Suplexes on all three of her opponents.
With Statlander and Hayter in the opposite corner, Thekla
spiderwalked until Storm squashed her … like a bug. Storm
hit Thekla with a hip attack in the corner and then it was
Hayter’s turn to take over. She used her power to take down
all three opponents, but Statlander fired back with a
forearm to Hayter only for Hayter to bounce off the ropes
with a clothesline to take them both down.
All four women fought back up and Thekla found herself on
the wrong end of three boots to knock her out of the ring.
Storm and Hayter worked together to clothesline Statlander
out of the ring and appeared destined to revisit their
championship past until Thekla hit a chop block on Hayter’s
knee.
Thekla trapped both Storm and Hayter in her web on the
ropes, but Statlander immediately broke it up and hit
Staturday Night Fever. Storm grabbed Statlender and hit a
Storm Zero, but Hayter broke it up and we were back to Storm
and Hayter.
The former AEW Women’s World Championship opponents finally
exchanged shots in the middle of the ring with the more
powerful Hayter winning out. She hit a Hayterade and had it
won until Thekla broke it up with a stomp.
Thekla trapped Storm in a leglock choke, but Hayter was able
to break it up to keep the match alive. Hayter and Thekla
exchanged strikes on the apron until Thekla drove them both
to the ground with a spear!
With Statlander and Storm left in the ring, out of nowhere,
Statlander trapped Storm in the Seatbelt Pin for the three
count! We have a NEW AEW WOMEN’S WORLD CHAMPION, KRIS
STATLANDER.
Storm had a dumbfounded smile on her face as she left up the
ramp, looking back at Statlander celebrating with fireworks,
as Harley Cameron came out to continue the celebration.
Congratulations to Kris Statlander on her first AEW Women’s
World Championship!
AEW World Tag Team Championship 4-Way Ladder Match: Brodido
(c) def. JetSpeed (“The Jet” Kevin Knight and “Speedball”
Mike Bailey), Young Bucks (Matt and Nick Jackson) & Josh
Alexander and Hechicero
Alexander and Hechicero, arguably the most out of their
normal element among the teams in a ladder match, took
control from the get go with some impressive tandem offense.
JetSpeed were able to isolate Alexander and took him out of
the mix. That brought a face-off between Brodido and
JetSpeed, with each side holding ladders until JetSpeed
threw theirs away and dropkicked the ladder being held by
Brodido.
Despite their monetarily-enhanced entrance, Matt and Nick
Jackson didn’t get any offense until they were able to go to
work on Bandido. Before they could really get cooking,
Bandido tried to hit a 21-Plex and Brody King somehow hit a
triple German suplex! Unreal power from King!
King didn’t get a chance to inflict much more damage, as the
Bucks fought back by kicking a ladder into his face. They
turned right around into Kevin Knight flying off the ropes
onto them, but King had recovered. However, Speedball
quickly turned things around by squashing Bandido on a
ladder.
As the chaos continued, Alexander went into the ladder in an
awkward way, sending him to the outside. Hechicero got in,
but Bandido handled him only for the Bucks to hit an
assisted German suplex to Bandido into a standing position
later. The Bucks punished Bailey on a ladder but Knight came
flying in again! However, he was neutralized, and it seemed
as if the Bucks and the Don Callis Family came to some kind
of understanding.
They began decimating the other teams around the ring, as it
became clear they were trying to strengthen their odds.
Alexander bridged a ladder on the apron and steel steps set
up in front of the commentary desks. First, they ran King
into it face first, and while Hechicero held King down
across the ladder, Nick Jackson hit a swanton from the top
to King’s lifeless body on the steel!
While Alexander and Hechicero moved on to Knight, the Bucks
realized they could go for the titles in the ring. They were
caught and stopped by Alexander and Hechicero, although a
pair of superkicks and two ladder shots took care of them.
JetSpeed came in and avoided a ladder by going high and low
at the same time. Knight went to the air again, taking out
the Bucks, opening the door for JetSpeed to climb the ladder
together!
King stopped them for a brief time until they sent him back
to the outside. Bandido came to his partner’s aid to stop
their climb and still no one has touched the titles. After a
big dive to the outside, Knight was alone in the ring but he
was stopped by Jackson, who then sprung off the ropes to a
host of opponents outside.
The Bucks and JetSpeed got into a bit of a chicken fight,
but with mixed up partners. Brodido got back in the mix with
Bandido on King’s shoulders, although it was a push from
King that knocked everyone off the ladder. Alexander and
Bailey wound up alone in the ring, as Alexander stopped
Bailey from scaling the ladder, but took too much time
setting another one up. Bailey recovered enough to fight
Alexander off only for Hechicero to capture him in a
surfboard submission on the bridging ladder in the ring.
Speedball slipped out and he crushed Hechicero with a
reverse cannonball on the ladder, leaving Hechicero
clutching his head and fingers! Bandido and Alexander then
wound up on the two ladders and instead of Bandido grabbing
the titles, he decided to hit a jumping destroyer. The Bucks
spiked Bandido on his head right after that and then put
Josh Alexander and Hechicero through tables from opposite
corners to the outside. Knight then splashed Bandido through
a table and King finished off the chaos with a tombstone to
Bailey from the apron onto another bridging ladder on the
outside.
Everyone except Knight was down, and he realized, setting up
the ladders to scale by himself. Unfortunately, he took too
long and was stopped by Matt Jackson, but he fought him off.
Alexander was the next to slow Knight on the ladder, sending
him to the mat. Nick Jackson hit a springboard onto the
ladder and took Alexander off, although he was immediately
attacked by Hechicero who knocked Nick off the ladder. King
got back in and the damage he suffered throughout the match
was wearing on him, so Alexander was able to hoist him up
The Young Bucks came back together with the Family to launch
Knight from the ladder to tables below. Alexander and
Hechicero threw the Bucks out of the ring and tried to go
get the titles, but they returned with Superkicks and
started to scale the ladder only for King to send off. King
gave Bandido a ladder and he hit a moonsault with it over
the post onto Alexander and Hechicero. With King watching
out, Bandido pulled both titles down to retain the AEW World
Tag Team Titles in a wildly impressive performance!
As the Bucks tried to figure out what went wrong, Jack Perry
returned to confront them in the ring. He gave them the
middle finger and attacked, but was pulled off by Rocky
Romero, who he quickly dropped. Perry turned into stereo
superkicks, but smiled as the Bucks set up the BTE Trigger.
The lights went out and we saw Perry digging out a coffin,
which he dragged down a highway. We then saw Perry
administering some medicine in a similar scene from
Killswitch’s comeback, but it wasn’t Killswitch – it was
Luchasaurus!
When the lights came back on, Luchasaurus was behind the
Young Bucks! He took them out with a double chokeslam as
Perry smiled at him. Luchasaurus removed his Killswitch belt
and threw it into the crowd. The two embraced and the crowd
enjoyed the return of Baltimora!
Darby Allin Tries to Make Jon Moxley Burn
Marina Shafir grabbed a cameraman and demanded he film what
was happening. We saw the Death Riders standing around the
coffin with Darby Allin inside, as Jon Moxley gave what
sounded like a short eulogy. He then told the group he
needed some alone time, so they left in a pickup truck.
Moxley told the camera to leave and then Allin popped out of
the coffin to attack Moxley with a pipe. He escaped the
bodybag and put Moxley inside and zipped it up. He was about
to smash Moxley’s head with the pipe until he saw something
else. He grabbed some flammable aerosol spray and put it all
over the bodybag. Then he LIT IT ON FIRE! Allin was dragged
away by security as the fire was put out, but he continued
to yell.
AEW World Championship Match: “Hangman” Adam Page (c) def.
TNT Champion Kyle Fletcher
It was time for our main event, where Kyle Fletcher would be
disqualified and stripped of his TNT Championship if the Don
Callis Family interfered, although Don Callis accompanied
Fletcher to the ring and was on commentary for the match.
After the championship introductions by Justin Roberts, the
bell rang and the AEW World Championship was on the line!
With a long match ahead of us, there was a feeling out
process with both men having short bursts of offense. After
a chop from Hangman, Fletcher asked for more, and the two
exchanged chops until Fletcher faked another and scored with
a thrust kick to Hangman’s jaw.
Fletcher jumped right on Page, wrenching his neck on the top
rope, continuing to target the area he damaged with a
brainbuster through a table to Page days ago at September to
Remember. However, Page came firing back with punches in the
corner and sent Fletcher out to the apron. Page hit a
springboard clothesline knocking Fletcher to the outside,
but when he followed with a plancha, Fletcher moved and ran
down the apron with a kick right to Page’s chest.
Page blocked a powerbomb attempt and got separation with a
forearm. Fletcher fought back and sent Page into the crowd.
He set up a chair and tried to dive, but Page reversed it,
slamming Fletcher into the floor.
Hangman brought Fletcher back into the ring for more
punishment, although it was pointed out on commentary that
Hangman started using his left side, even though he hit the
Buckshot Lariat with his right hand. Perhaps the punishment
Fletcher had put on Page in recent weeks was starting to
catch up with the champion. And when he gave Fletcher a
moment to breathe, Fletcher came firing back beating Page to
the outside.
Fletcher flipped the match in a big way with a powerbomb on
the apron, as Page openly favored his right arm and
trapezoid. Fletcher sensed the blood in the water, and tried
to rip the Kinesio tape off Page’s neck. In a replay of an
image we’ve seen on Dynamite in recent weeks, Fletcher set
up a table on the floor and tried to hit Hangman with
another brainbuster through the table, but Page reversed it
and clotheslined him back in the ring. When Page went for
the Buckshot, Fletcher was ready with a kick and then a
draping DDT for a two count.
Fletcher nearly won the AEW Title with a spinning Michinoku
Driver and even though Page kicked out, more damage was done
to the neck. Fletcher came off the top with a beautiful
elbow drop and Page kicked out again!
With Page propped up in the corner, Fletcher worked his way
across the ring with two high speed velocity kicks, but when
he went for a third, Hangman came firing out of the corner
with a clothesline! Both men were down and were slow to get
up. Page was up first and fired away on Fletcher before
putting him down with a back drop and then a fallaway slam.
However, Fletcher got up behind him, but Page was ready and
hit another fallaway slam into the ropes. Fletcher still
managed to kick out at two.
As Page banged the mat in frustration, the crowd started to
get behind him, bringing him to his feet. Fletcher reversed
a Deadeye, but Page sent him over the top with a big
clothesline and plancha that hit every bit of Fletcher. The
damage done to Page was clearly slowing him down, as
Fletcher tried to stop him from scaling the ropes, but Page
pushed him back down and hit a moonsault to the floor! A
pair of pop-up powerbombs from Hangman looked devastating
and yet Fletcher still kicked out again!
Fletcher grabbed the top rope to avoid a Dead Eye, so Page
kicked him in the chest. The two traded reversals until
Fletcher kicked Page out of the air and followed with a
powerbomb only for Page to get his shoulder up at the last
moment!
The tape was finally ripped off Page’s neck as he lay on the
apron. Fletcher took too long going for a draping DDT and
Page quickly reversed it into a tombstone on the floor. Page
tried another moonsault to the floor, but Fletcher moved and
landed a big kick on the AEW World Champion. Fletcher hit a
sickening brainbuster into the timekeeper’s table and it may
be a matter of getting back in the ring to crown a new
champion.
After another big kick in the corner, the sheer drop
brainbuster was right on the money in the middle of the
ring, and Fletcher still couldn’t keep Page down for the
win. Fletcher brought Page back to the apron for another
brainbuster attempt through the table but Page reversed it
into a Deadeye with wood shattering everywhere!
In the ring, Hangman went for a Buckshot Lariat, but
Fletcher simply collapsed out of exhaustion and both men
remained down. Page got back up and hit a V-Trigger in an
homage to Kenny Omega! He went for the One-Winged Angel, but
the two traded reversals until another Deadeye! Page dug
even deeper going in Swerve’s playbook for a Big Pressure,
and STILL Fletcher kicked out despite major damage to his
neck.
Fletcher came flying back into the match with another
brainbuster and Hangman kicked out as Danielson and Callis
were shocked on commentary. When they got back to their
feet, Page threw weak shots with his damaged arm and
Fletcher kicked him away, laughing at the champion. A short-
arm lariat from Fletcher dropped Page hard, but then he
ripped off the turnbuckle pad. Page was able to fight back
on the top rope, smashing Fletcher’s head into the exposed
metal, and hit another Deadeye, this time from the top, but
he couldn’t get to Fletcher in time for the pin.
As Fletcher struggled to his feet, Page slid to the outside
and hit a Buckshot Lariat to retain the AEW World Title! He
gave some words to Fletcher before exiting up the ramp
triumphant, as our night came to a close in Toronto!
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