Posted on 1/08/126 by Bob Magee
Newest Don Callis Family Member Jake Doyle Collects the
Bounty on JetSpeed!
Before Dynamite got underway, Renee Paquette broke news that
apparently the bounty had been collected on “Speedball” Mike
Bailey and “The Jet” Kevin Knight. The Demand and Don Callis
showed up and tried to play dumb about the whole situation
and their parts in putting up the money until Callis
revealed his newest Family member, Jake Doyle, had collected
the bounty! Doyle stood alongside Mark Davis as Callis hyped
up his newest addition and a pair of very dangerous men!
“Jungle” Jack Perry would need to find two new partners to
face The Demand later tonight.
AEW Continental Championship Eliminator: Jon Moxley (c) def.
Shelton Benjamin
Jon Moxley answered a handshake offering from Shelton
Benjamin with a slap to the hand to open the festivities, so
Benjamin threw Moxley around for the first 30 seconds of the
match. Benjamin kept the heat on and nearly put Moxley away
with a knockout shot in the opening minutes. Benjamin
snatched Moxley with a German suplex and continued the
punishment on Moxley in the corner. Moxley fired back with
chops, but Benjamin cut that off and moved Mox back into the
corner with a huge overhand chop to the chest.
Moxley stopped a Benjamin charge with a big boot and
clotheslined Benjamin to the floor. Moxley followed up with
strikes on the guardrail. Moxley tried to send Benjamin into
another barricade, but he put the brakes on and turned it
around on Moxley. Benjamin sent Moxley into the crowd and
followed him into the fans! The two fought up and down the
stairs, but it was Moxley who took control with a headlock
as he returned to the ringside area. As noted on commentary,
referee Paul Turner was lenient with the countout. Just
then, Benjamin came flying off the barricade to take out
Moxley!
After breaking the count, Benjamin threw Moxley to the floor
with another German suplex! He went for another, but Moxley
blocked it, and Benjamin wound up going elbow-first into the
ring steps! Back in the ring, Moxley put Benjamin in a
double wristlock until Benjamin escaped and both men took
each other out with clotheslines.
As the halfway point passed, Moxley went to the top rope,
but in classic Benjamin fashion, he ran up the ropes to meet
Moxley and threw him from the top to the mat! Benjamin
chopped and kicked at Moxley until Moxley cut him off with
an eye gouge. Benjamin came back with a splash in the corner
and tried for another, but missed. Benjamin missed a
corkscrew kick, so Moxley fired off a desperation lariat,
which put both men on the mat!
Moxley tried a piledriver, but Benjamin escaped and went
behind for another German suplex! Benjamin followed with
FIVE more German suplexes, but Moxley kicked out! Moxley
stumbled to his feet and defiantly slapped Benjamin, so
Benjamin kicked him in the side of the head! Benjamin
charged at Moxley, but Mox was ready with a cutter! This
time, Benjamin kicked out at two! Five minutes remain!
Moxley mounted Benjamin in the corner for punches, so
Benjamin answered with a powerbomb out of the corner!
Benjamin tied Moxley up at the legs and wrenched back on his
face until Moxley survived long enough to make it to the
ropes. Benjamin went over the top when Moxley pulled a low
bridge, which Moxley immediately followed with a dive that
connected. Back in the ring, Moxley measured Benjamin, but
Benjamin hit Pay Dirt! Moxley kicked out at two!
Benjamin put Moxley on the top rope, so Moxley struck back
to knock Benjamin to the mat. When Moxley came off the top,
Benjamin avoided him and kicked Moxley in the back of the
left leg, and then another kick to the face! Benjamin got
the cover, but Moxley got out at two!
Moxley fell into the corner, which Benjamin took advantage
of with a running knee to Moxley’s jaw! Moxley blocked
another boot and swung Benjamin into a Paradigm Shift!
Benjamin kicked out at two!
With a minute to go, Moxley tried to capture Benjamin in the
bulldog choke but couldn’t lock it in and got frustrated.
Benjamin took that brief moment to clobber Moxley with a
step-up knee to the face! 1-2-kickout! With 30 seconds to
go, Benjamin put Moxley in a triangle choke, but before he
went down, Moxley went up on his toes to pin Benjamin for a
three count with less than five seconds left in the match!
After the match, Moxley offered Benjamin a respectful
handshake, which Benjamin accepted.
Darby Allin is on the Hunt!
Darby Allin appeared in the back on his skateboard, clearly
looking for PAC behind every door.
We took a look back at the events of Wrestle Kingdom, where
“The Ace” Hiroshi Tanahashi wrestled the final match of his
legendary career, a last classic with his longtime rival,
“The Rainmaker” Kazuchika Okada. Okada was victorious, as
Tanahashi waved goodbye to end his in-ring journey.
Congratulations to New Japan Pro-Wrestling President Hiroshi
Tanahashi on a fantastic career!
Kenny Omega Returns Next Week at Maximum Carnage!
We saw a recap of Kenny Omega’s comments from last week
towards AEW World Champion MJF ahead of the announcement
that Omega will return next week at AEW Dynamite Maximum
Carnage!
Trios Match: “Jungle” Jack Perry & The Young Bucks (Matt and
Nick Jackson) def. The Demand (AEW National Champion
Ricochet, Toa Liona and Bishop Kaun)
After JetSpeed was taken out earlier in the night, Perry
needed new partners and got them in the form of the
returning Matt and Nick Jackson, the Young Bucks, who seem
to have reverted to beloved Superkick Party days in both
music and attire!
The three charged the ring at Ricochet, Liona, and Kaun, and
we are underway! Perry and Ricochet immediately spilled to
the floor. The Bucks hit a double dropkick to send GOA to
the outside, and Nick followed with a dive through Matt’s
legs to take out GOA. Perry went to the top and nailed a
moonsault to take out GOA, as they continued to get the
brunt of this offense. Perry got back in the ring with a
spear on Ricochet, which turned into Perry and the Bucks
triple-teaming Ricochet in the corner, followed by a triple
dropkick to Ricochet!
The Bucks and Perry completely isolated Ricochet in their
corner with quick tags and their classic offense. Perry hit
a diving DDT, but Kaun broke up the pin attempt. GOA got
sent to the outside, so the Bucks followed with stereo
dives. Perry hit a draping DDT to Ricochet while the Bucks
hit a double-team senton to Kaun on the outside. Ricochet
kicked out at two!
Perry got sent to Kaun, who whipped him all around the
ringside area between the barricade and apron before Liona
sent Perry into the timekeeper’s area onto the doctor! Perry
was in dire straits, as The Demand celebrated by posing on
the apron.
After Perry got dominated for several minutes, Perry hit a
desperation lariat on Ricochet to finally open the door for
a tag to Nick! Nick was on fire, taking out all three
members of The Demand until Liona got back in, but the Bucks
turned that around into a pair of superkicks followed by
synchronized elbows from the top onto GOA!
Matt hit a running kick to Liona off the apron, and Nick
followed with an inside-out stunner! Nick came back in the
ring with a destroyer on Ricochet, who was then draped over
the top for a stomp from Nick right into a powerbomb from
Matt as Perry moonsaulted from the apron to GOA on the
floor! Ricochet somehow kicked out!
GOA battled back to stop the Bucks and Perry before another
aerial attack, and Liona put all three on his back for a
triple Samoan drop! Kaun hit a superplex on Perry, which
Liona followed from the other corner with a headbutt.
Ricochet came back in with a springboard 450, but Perry
kicked out at the last possible moment!
Perry escaped Vertigo and then ran up the turnbuckles to
avoid Ricochet and hit a German suplex! Kaun splashed Perry
in the corner and nailed a brainbuster! Liona stopped
superkicks from the Bucks and Perry with headbutts to take
them all out before Ricochet hit Perry with Vertigo! The
Bucks made the save!
Ricochet called for a Spirit Gun, but Perry ducked, and
Ricochet recovered with a running knee strike! He put Perry
on his shoulder, so Perry turned it into a poisonrana! The
Bucks came back with superkicks on Ricochet and then Kaun
and then Liona, although it took seven superkicks from Perry
and the Bucks to put him down.
With Ricochet on Matt Jackson’s shoulders, Perry ran to the
top while Nick took out GOA on the outside. Perry hit a
Doomsday Device to Ricochet, which the Bucks followed with a
BTE Trigger! They propped up Ricochet for Perry, who hit his
running knee to get the pinfall victory!
Mark Davis and Jake Doyle attacked Perry and the Bucks from
behind as they were celebrating, with Davis and Doyle
handling the Bucks in the ring while Don Callis shouted
orders, with Lance Archer and El Clon standing by at
ringside. Despite being clearly injured, JetSpeed ran out
with hockey sticks to help even the score! They took out
Archer and Clon, but when they got in the ring, the lights
went out!
When they came back on, a masked man in a suit appeared and
attacked Knight and Bailey! He unmasked to reveal Andrade El
Idolo! He is back with the Don Callis Family, as they stood
tall over the Bucks, Perry, and JetSpeed! As The Demand
looked on from the aisle, AEW World Tag Team Champions FTR
appeared on top of the ramp with Big Stoke in a wheelchair.
Mercedes Moné Goes Through It at Willow Nightingale’s TBS
Championship Celebration
Renee Paquette welcomed the new TBS Champion and one-half of
the AEW Women’s World Tag Team Champions, Willow
Nightingale! Nightingale was accompanied by the other half
of the Babes of Wrath, Harley Cameron, and AEW Women’s World
Champion Kris Statlander.
Nightingale knew it was time to stop and smell the roses
because she’s here with her tag team partner, Harley
Cameron, and is reunited with both her TBS Championship and
her friend, the AEW Women’s World Champion, Kris Statlander.
Statlander walked over and kissed Nightingale on the cheek!
Nightingale said it was time to celebrate with cake, but
wanted to address her challengers, whether they are coming
for the AEW Women’s World Tag Team Titles or the TBS
Championship. She’ll fight twice in one night! She also
knows that someone will likely come down and crash this, so
Willow invited Mercedes Moné to the ring. Moné came looking
very solemn behind a veil.
Nightingale said they have so much to celebrate, and she ran
down all of Moné’s accomplishments around the world, winning
championships in company after company, which made her
Ultimo Moné. Because of that, Nightingale had to dig deep to
get her TBS Championship back, and once again, she is the
Face of TBS! Willow said it was time to cut the cake and
celebrate!
Moné ripped off her veil and began screaming as she flipped
the table covered with celebratory desserts. She pushed
Cameron and charged at Nightingale, who moved, sending Moné
face-first into a cake held by Statlander. Moné turned
around into a Babe with the Powerbomb by Nightingale into
the cake! Everyone celebrated with a conga line!
Mark Briscoe Addresses his Collision Opponent, Hechicero
After beating Komander with some help from El Clon on
Collision, Hechicero has a TNT Title shot against Mark
Briscoe this Saturday on Collision back in Arlington, Texas.
Briscoe came to us from his farm in Delaware and wanted to
wish Willow Nightingale congratulations on winning the TBS
Title. He said it’s a new year, but he’s been TNT Champion
since November, and he only has one defense because he’s
been sitting back watching, recuperating, regenerating. But
it’s been too long since he whooped a man’s ass.
He’s tickled that Hechicero has the shot this Saturday
because it brings it back to where it all started with this
reign and the Don Callis Family. Briscoe said it was time to
tell the future, and this Saturday, the TNT Championship
ain’t going anywhere, just like the TBS Championship ain’t
going anywhere. The Women’s World Tag Team Titles aren’t
going anywhere. The phrase of the day is “reign and defend!”
Triangle of Madness vs. Kris Statlander & Babes of Wrath Set
for Maximum Carnage!
Thekla mockingly clapped for Kris Statlander for finally
finding some friends, but she, along with Julia Hart and
Skye Blue, wondered when Statlander would hit Willow with a
light tube or spit in Harley’s face. Thekla challenged
Statlander, Nightingale and Cameron to face Triangle of
Madness!
ROH World Champion Bandido def. ROH World Tag Team Champion
Sammy Guevara; MJF Confronts Bandido
Bandido offered Guevara a handshake, which Guevara responded
to with a middle finger. Guevara took a brief advantage
before Bandido forced Guevara to the outside to avoid
further damage. Bandido sent Guevara back to the outside and
hit a kick from the apron. Guevara spat something into the
eye of Bandido and followed with a DDT from the steel steps!
Guevara almost taunted Bandido too much instead of taking
advantage of the damage he already did on the outside, which
is why Bandido was able to battle back with a clothesline in
the corner, followed by a jumping heel kick. He hit a
tornillo and then lifted Guevara with one hand for a
powerful press slam! Bandido pump-kicked Guevara to the
floor and glided over the top with a huge dive to Guevara!
Guevara avoided Bandido, and then monkey-flipped Bandido to
the outside. Guevara scaled the ropes and hit a shooting
star press onto Bandido on the floor! Guevara is bleeding
from the nose, but is fired up! Bandido reversed two GTH
attempts and tried a 21 Plex, but Guervara turned that into
a cutter! Bandido kicked out at two! Bandido came back with
a cutter and went for the 21 Plex, but Guevara landed on his
feet and flipped off Bandido! He hit a flying knee, struck
and dumped Bandido on his head, but Bandido was able to kick
out again. Guevara took too much time talking trash, so
Bandido blocked his kick attempt and nailed Guevara with a
knee of his own before a 21 Plex to get the pinfall. Bandido
had no time to celebrate before the music of AEW World
Champion MJF hit. He came down to the ring with Jonathan
Cruz and a microphone.
MJF told everyone to give Bandido a round of applause. MJF
said if anyone knows anything about Lucha Libre, it’s him.
He’s sold out Arena Mexico, he was the CMLL Heavyweight
Champion, and he even beat Místico. He’s a Lucha Libre
legend. He’s even bigger than Mísitico.
Then, MJF had Cruz translate for Bandido and then insulted
Tulsa. MJF said he has six Dynamite Diamond Rings, so
Bandido should hand over the Dynamite Diamond Ring he has,
and they can cancel the match because everyone knows MJF is
gonna beat him anyway. Bandido reminded MJF he can speak
English and called the AEW World Champion, “a stupid son of
a bitch!” MJF ended up kicking Bandido low and took the
ring, but when he went to hit Bandido again, he ducked, and
Cruz got nailed instead. Bandido took that opportunity to
hit a 21 Plex on Cruz and then another on MJF! He picked up
the AEW World Championship in what could be a preview of
next week!
Brody King Says Violence is the Answer
We took a special look at Brody King, who said he uses
violence in the ring and in his music because sometimes,
violence is the answer. He doesn’t yell and scream, but
would rather let his violence speak for itself. He’s coming
for the world!
“Timeless” Toni Storm def. “The Problem” Marina Shafir by
disqualification
Shafir worked multiple submissions from the jump, although
Storm never let her get into anything for very long. Storm
knocked Shafir to the apron and hit a running hip attack to
send Shafir to the floor. After dragging Shafir around the
ring, Storm threw her back in and stopped to yell at Daniel
Garcia and Wheeler Yuta. Shafir used her legs to drag Storm
back in by her head, but Storm reversed it into a pin
attempt. Shafir picked up Storm and dropped her with a
uranage.
Shafir kept the advantage for a few minutes and kept the
heat on by putting a headscissors on Storm over the ropes,
followed by a kick to the head. Shafir stacked Storm for a
two-count and then mockingly danced Storm around the ring
before throwing her to the mat. Shafir ripcorded Storm into
multiple strikes to the back and head before Storm came
flying out of the corner with a big boot. Storm fired up for
a hip attack, but Shafir broke it up with a big boot of her
own. Storm came back with an up kick and used The Big
Package, but Yuta pulled out the referee, and he called for
the disqualification!
Shafir didn’t care and knocked out Storm, which brought out
Mina Shirakawa, whom Shafir also dropped as soon as she hit
the ring. With Luther pleading for Shafir to stop, Orange
Cassidy and Roderick Strong came out, and the Death Riders
left until Claudio Castagnoli nearly came back after Cassidy
before exiting. Back in the ring, Cassidy picked up both
Storm and Shirakawa, clearly having his hands full.
Darby Allin Forces PAC to Give Him a Rematch
Renee Paquette was in the back with PAC and asked when he
would give Darby Allin a rematch. PAC said he beat Allin
twice, so there’s nothing left to do. Allin showed up and
demanded the match, which PAC denied multiple times. PAC
went to walk away, so Allin sprayed him with a fire
extinguisher and threw him into a garage can before nailing
PAC with his skateboard. Allin put PAC’s ankle in the door
frame and threatened to break it if he didn’t agree to the
match. PAC agreed, so Allin left the scene as the Death
Riders arrived to run him off.
Lights Out: “Hangman” Adam Page & Swerve Strickland def. The
Opps’ HOOK & Powerhouse Hobbs
This match is unsanctioned, and the referee is only there to
call for the decision. With the lights out and flickering,
the match got underway! Hobbs saved HOOK from Swerve on the
apron, but Swerve was able to avoid Hobbs’ attack with a
chair.
Hangman hit a top-rope moonsault to Hobbs on the floor,
while Swerve dropped HOOK on the apron with a Death Valley
Driver! Swerve threw HOOK into the ring, where Page was
waiting with a chain. HOOK quickly bailed to the outside, so
Page followed, but was flattened by Hobbs. Swerve took Hobbs
down, but HOOK went after Swerve. HOOK hit Swerve with a
nasty head-and-neck suplex on the apron!
HOOK and Hobbs isolated Page in the ring, with HOOK putting
Page through a table with a Northern Lights suplex. Page
kicked out at two! HOOK brought a chair into the ring and
stuffed it in the corner, but Page fought away from Hobbs
and sent him into the chair! Page got a staple gun and
stapled HOOK in the back and chest before putting him down
with a pop-up powerbomb! Page tried to staple Hobbs, but was
blocked and swatted to the outside. Hobbs put up Swerve for
a vertical suplex, but Swerve kept stapling Hobbs to get out
of it. Finally, Page came in with a piece of drywall to nail
Hobbs before stapling Hobbs in the lower extremities. Page
dropped Hobbs with a tornado elbow strike!
On the outside, Page and Swerve pulled a pallet of cinder
blocks from under the ring and put it on the mat. HOOK
escaped before Page and Swerve could do any damage, but
Hobbs cleared Page away with a chair. Swerve hit a German
suplex, but Hobbs shook it off to clothesline Swerve. He had
Swerve’s head on the cinder blocks and was ready to swing
the chair, only for Prince Nana to run in and steal the
chair. Hobbs squished Nana in the corner, so Swerve nailed
Hobbs. Swerve hit Hobbs with three chair shots and went to
the top, but Hobbs caught him and hit a world’s strongest
slam into the cinder blocks! Page made the save on the pin
attempt!
Page tried to set up Hobbs for the Buckshot Lariat, but HOOK
pulled Page off the apron, and members of The Opps Dojo ran
out with weapons to attack Swerve and Page. The assault
continued in the ring, as Page and Swerve had the chain
wrapped around their necks. Before anything else could go
down, Nana got back up and threw hot coffee in Hobbs’ face.
Swerve and Page fought off The Opps Dojo while HOOK suplexed
Nana. Hobbs went for Page, but nailed HOOK off the apron by
mistake. Page tried a Buckshot Lariat only for Hobbs to turn
it into a spinebuster! Swerve broke up the pin attempt with
a House Call! Swerve went to the top and took out all the
dojo members with a Swerve Stomp to the floor! Page grabbed
Hobbs for a Deadeye, and Swerve came off the top with a
stomp to Hobbs onto the cinder blocks!
HOOK came back in and pushed Page into Swerve and rolled up
Page for a two count. HOOK put REDRUM on Page, but Page
broke it up by ramming HOOK into the corner. HOOK tried to
hit Swerve with a pipe, so Page grabbed it, and HOOK ate a
headbutt from Swerve. Page hit an elbow strike on HOOK with
his arm wrapped in a chain. Swerve followed with a House
Call, and Page hit a Buckshot Lariat. He hanged HOOK over
the top rope by the chain, and HOOK tapped out! That will do
it from Tulsa!
Catch AEW Collision on Saturday, 8 p.m. ET/7 p.m. CT on TNT
and HBO Max from Arlington, Texas, as we continue our
residency from Esports Stadium Arlington!
And remember… We are AEW—Where The Best Wrestle!