Posted on 2/19/126 by Bob Magee

AEW Dynamite Results: February 18, 2026 — Swerve Defeats and
Attacks Omega, Nightingale Retains TBS Title, Multiple
Revolution Challenges, More


AEW Dynamite was LIVE from Sacramento, California, on TBS
and HBO Max! And the fallout from Grand Slam Australia
started us right down the road to Revolution next month in
Los Angeles!

The main event saw Swerve Strickland defeat Kenny Omega in
their first-ever encounter. However, it was Swerve’s post-
match attack on the already-defeated Omega that left the
biggest impression! Speaking of AEW World Champions,
“Hangman” Adam Page went face-to-face with the current AEW
World Champion, MJF, and wants a Texas Death match at
Revolution! And he’s willing to make this his last AEW World
Title shot if he doesn’t win!

Plus, TBS Champion Willow Nightingale withstood three
opponents to retain the TBS Title in a wild 4-Way, the Young
Bucks want the AEW World Tag Team Champions, FTR, at
Revolution, and Jon Moxley will defend his AEW Continental
Championship against Konosuke Takeshita at Revolution with
no time limit after fending off Mark Davis! 

All that and much more went down on Dynamite! Here are your
complete results!


We Hear From Some of the Participants in Tonight’s Top
Matches


Mina Shirakawa said last week, she cut Wheeler Yuta. And
while everyone wants Mina, she wants the TBS Championship.
And she wants it now! 

TBS Champion Willow Nightingale understands what it means to
be a double champion, so if that means defending the AEW
Women’s World Tag Team Championship with Harley Cameron in
Australia on Saturday and defending the TBS Title in a 4-Way
tonight in Sacramento, then bring it on!

“Megasus” Megan Bayne made it simple, “Gold belongs with the
All Elite Goddess.”

Swerve Strickland looked like he was on a different level of
seriousness about tonight’s main event against Kenny Omega
when he said, “I need this. I need this.”

A much more composed Omega said Swerve has gotten in the way
of the AEW World Championship, and tonight, he’ll have to
eliminate Swerve from that path.


Orange Cassidy Calls on Tomohiro Ishii to Replace Roderick
Strong


Renee Paquette was backstage with Orange Cassidy. After
Roderick Strong left Cassidy high and dry in their tag match
last week and no-showed their tag match tonight, what is
Cassidy going to do? Cassidy said the good thing about The
Conglomeration is that there are a lot of us. He motioned
someone in, and Tomohiro Ishii appeared! Cassidy
reintroduced Ishii to Paquette for some reason, and they
walked away. Cassidy and Ishii will take on Clark Connors
and Gabe Kidd in tag team action later tonight!


AEW Continental Championship Eliminator Match: Jon Moxley
(c) def. Mark Davis of the Don Callis Family


Before the match, Paquette ran down the 30 hours of travel
both Moxley and Davis went through around Grand Slam
Australia, and now they’ll have to get in the ring with a
big opportunity on the line. Davis was looking for some
revenge after Moxley cost Davis and Jake Doyle the AEW World
Tag Team Championships last month in retribution for Davis
and Doyle attacking Moxley earlier that night. There is a
recent, but intense, history here with both men coming off a
grueling week.

On commentary, Bryan Danielson expressed disappointment in
not seeing a bald Wheeler Yuta accompany Moxley to the ring.
Davis and Moxley grappled for the opening minutes until
Davis ran over Moxley with his power on a pair of shoulder
blocks and a full body block. Davis stayed on Moxley with
chops until Moxley fired back with some of his own. Mox
tried a sunset flip, so Davis just sat on Moxley’s chest! He
beat Moxley down in the corner and followed with a diving
elbow strike that sent Moxley to the outside. Davis beat
Moxley around the ringside area until he lined him up
against the ring post, but Moxley moved, and Davis punched
the steel! Moxley returned to the ring and dove through the
ropes to send Davis into the barricade! Davis was bleeding
from the hand that hit the post, and Moxley went right after
it by wrenching and biting the fingers! Moxley stomped the
hand into the steel steps! 

Davis turned things around on the outside and put Moxley in
a chair near the barricade. He got a full head of steam and
crushed Moxley into the corner with tremendous force! Davis
threw Moxley back into the ring and ascended to the top rope
as blood continued to pour from his right hand. Moxley met
him on the ropes and bit the bloody finger webbing before
nailing a superplex! Moxley tried another sunset flip, but
when Davis tried to sit again, Moxley moved and came back
with a PK to Davis’ chest. Davis kicked out at one!

As we entered the final 10 minutes of the match, the two men
exchanged strikes until Davis got a brief advantage with a
jumping enzigiri, but Moxley came right back with a cutter!
Moxley started to build his own momentum, but Davis kicked
away a lariat and hit a huge one of his own! Moxley escaped
a piledriver and rolled Davis up for a two-count out of the
corner. Davis grabbed Moxley in a gutwrench and turned it
into a piledriver! Moxley kicked out at two! Davis got
Moxley in a rear choke, but Moxley escaped with a finger
poke, only for Davis to answer with a clothesline. Moxley
avoided another jumping enzuigiri and stomped Davis into the
mat only to collapse onto it himself! 

The two went face-to-face in the middle and collided with
three clotheslines, but when Davis tried to lift Moxley for
another piledriver, Moxley floated out of it and locked in a
bulldog choke tight in the middle of the ring, so Davis had
no choice but to tap out. Moxley wins!


“Hangman” Adam Page’s Post-Match Comments from Grand Slam
Australia


We went back to Saturday to hear from the former AEW World
Champion. Page was clearly still hurting immediately after
his victory over Andrade El Ídolo, but said Andrade was
clearly one of the best in the world, although tonight, that
wasn’t enough. And Page hoped MJF was watching, because the
next time MJF tries to kick Page in the balls, Page will end
any future he may have. With MJF’s AEW World Title match
against Brody King not yet scheduled when this was recorded,
Page said MJF should pray to whoever he believes in that he
doesn’t win, because at Revolution, Page is coming for the
AEW World Championship and he will end MJF to take it!

“Look into my eyes and know that I am telling the truth,
Max. I will end you.”


Young Bucks Want FTR at Revolution!


Dax Harwood, Cash Wheeler and Big Stoke came to the ring to
address the Young Bucks. Harwood couldn’t understand why the
Bucks would cheap-shot them last week. In 2016, they were
the best tag team in the world and even coined the phrase
"FTR," but now they are in second place to the absolute
greatest tag team of a generation.

Stokely reminded us of the definition of insanity because
that’s what it feels like they are doing with Matt and Nick
Jackson, and it’s pissing him off. Last week on Dynamite,
the Young Bucks shook hands with the Rascalz and Private
Party after beating them in a 3-Way to earn the shot at FTR.
Stoke wondered why that would happen when a year ago, the
Bucks tried to run Private Party out of the company. But now
everything is all good, because the Bucks are good.

“And that is the fakeness I hate about AEW and the fakeness
that I hate about professional wrestling. If people knew the
amount of hatred that FTR and I have for our co-workers,
they would be overwhelmed. But you know who’s at the top of
that hate list? Matt and Nick Jackson. And you know who’s
under them? Their mother, their father, and you know who’s
under them? Their little badass children who walk around
here like they’re domestic terrorists running in and out of
the locker rooms, popping out of production boxes, doing
whatever they want to do. Finally, finally, finally, you all
appreciate what I’m trying to say…”

The fans were applauding at that point, but it wasn’t for
what was being said. While Stokely continued to run down the
Bucks, they slipped in the ring behind FTR and took them out
with superkicks! But Stokely had no idea until it was too
late, and he tried to beg off from the wheelchair. The Bucks
backed off for a few seconds as the crowd chanted
“SUPERKICK!” They obliged with a double superkick, knocking
Stokeley head over heels out of the chair!

Nick grabbed the mic and said they are officially the #1
contenders to the AEW World Tag Team Championships, and they
challenge FTR at Revolution!  


Brody King’s Post-Match Comments from Grand Slam Australia


King was with ROH World Champion Bandido and talked about
how much they’ve both been through, and he was this close!
King banged the table in frustration, but said he could now
taste it. He told MJF, "Congrats on weaseling your way to
another victory." King isn’t going to sit around feeling
sorry for himself. “Bring the biggest. Bring the baddest.
February 25th, I’m getting myself back into the World Title
hunt, and I’m looking for a fight. WOOF!”


TBS Title 4-Way Match: TBS and AEW Women’s World Tag Team
Champion Willow Nightingale (c) def. Mina Shirakawa,
“Megasus” Megan Bayne and “The Problem” Marina Shafir


Early on, Shafir and Bayne threw Mina from the ring and
double-teamed Nightingale until the TBS Champion sent both
to the floor and followed with a cannonball onto both from
the apron. Shirakawa leapt from the top with a crossbody to
take out all three women on the floor! She threw Shafir back
in and nailed a tornillo splash for a near-fall. Shafir
fired back with shots that sent Mina back to the floor.
Willow and Bayne returned to the ring, and Nightingale hit a
double lungblower to Bayne and Shafir. Nightingale tried to
stack Shafir and Bayne in the corner, but Shafir battled out
and put Nightingale on the top turnbuckle. Nightingale
slapped Shafir away, so Bayne met Nightingale on top and
brought her crashing to the mat with a hurricanrana! Shafir
pulled Nightingale from the ring with a head scissors. Bayne
gorilla pressed Shirakawa onto Shafir and Nightingale on the
outside!

Shafir and Bayne worked together to punish Nightingale, but
when Nightingale avoided Shafir’s charge to the corner,
Shirakawa was there to follow with a strike that sent Shafir
stumbling to the mat. Shirakawa rolled off Bayne with a
splash to Shafir, but when Bayne tried to break up the pin
attempt with a senton, Shirakawa moved, and Shafir ate all
of it! Shirakawa hit a slingblade on Bayne, but Willow broke
up the pin. Nightingale hit spinebusters on Shafir, Bayne
and Shirakawa. Nightingale went for the pin on Shirakawa,
but Shafir broke it up. 

Shirakawa tried to go toe-to-toe with Shafir in a strike
battle and was holding her own until Nightingale and Bayne
took down Shafir and Shirakawa to clear them out of the way.
Bayne and Nightingale took each other out with clotheslines,
and all four women were down! Nightingale put Bayne down
with a Death Valley Driver, only to turn into an impressive
uranage from Shafir. Mina hit Shafir with a DDT, but was
immediately flattened by a flying clothesline from Bayne.
Bayne dove to the floor and took out all three opponents.
She threw Shirakawa in the ring, but Shafir pulled Bayne
out, and the two went at it! They fought to the timekeeper’s
area, where Shafir lit Bayne up with kicks until Bayne
powerbombed Shafir into the timekeeper’s table!

Bayne went to the top rope, but was met by Nightingale, who
sent Bayne crashing to the mat with an avalanche German
suplex! Shirakawa quickly went to the top and hit a shotgun
dropkick to Nightingale. She hit a multi-strike combo
punctuated with a spinning backfist across Nightingale’s
face! Shirakawa called for the figure four, but Nightingale
grabbed a small package to get the pinfall out of nowhere!
Nightingale shook hands with Shirakawa after the match and
celebrated in the ring!

After the match, we took a look back at the amazing weekend
we had Down Under for Grand Slam Australia and House Rules!


MJF and “Hangman” Adam Page Come to a Huge Agreement


MJF spoke first and said he’s not trying to sell anything.

“This is a fact. I hate your guts. I hate everything about
you. I hate the way you look. I hate the way you walk. I
hate the way you talk. I hate the way you wrestle. I hate
your white knight, holier-than-thou bulls***! I hate that
these dumb, ignorant, white-trash hicks actually think that
you are anywhere on my level in any category in this sport.
I hate the fact that they have the gall to call you the
‘Main Character,” when clearly, it’s me! I hate the fact
that these people need to chant ‘Cowboy S***!’ whenever you
walk around. But most of all, you know what I hate? The fact
that you hold two wins over my head makes me wanna puke.
You’re not better than me, not even close. What you are is a
lucky shot. But I see something these idiots can’t. I can
smell it on you. I can see it in your eyes. Something’s off
about you, Hangy.”

MJF continued, “Now I don’t know what it is. Maybe it’s your
two boyfriends, Kenny and Swerve, are fighting. Maybe, just
maybe, you’re in your head, you had your opportunity to be
at the top of the mountain, where everybody dreams to be,
twice. You’ve had the opportunity to hold the championship
that everybody dreams of having twice. You’ve had the
opportunity to be ‘The Guy’ twice, and both times, you’ve
crumbled under pressure. Now maybe, you’re wondering, ‘If I
win this title a third time and I crumble again, is everyone
gonna realize I’ve always been nothing more than a fraud?’
Who’s to say? But what I do know is this, the man who I am
looking at in the eye right now is not the man I faced at
Revolution last year, nah, but what I will say, Cowboy. You
are a lucky shot, but I think you’re all out of bullets. And
on March 15, my birthday, I couldn’t think of a better gift
in the world than ending the myth that is Hangman Page and
his Cowboy S***!”

Page took his time to speak, “Between the two of us, I am
the lucky shot? Me? The man who was so undeniable that these
people carried me to the World Championship twice! The man,
who last year, not once, but twice, beat the dogs*** out of
you. No, if there’s a man with a lucky shot in the ring
tonight, it’s the man who had a guaranteed chance at the
World Championship and took it home, sat with it, waited for
it until we were in front of one of the largest crowds we’ve
ever seen, returned with a new head of hair thicker than
Mark Davis, inserted himself into a match between three men
who already hated each other. Who waited on the floor,
picking his ass, until the last second, he slid in the ring,
kicked me in the balls, and collected the spoils of greater
men.” 

“Max, you said you hated me, but I hate you so much worse.
And it’s not because of any of that, Max. It’s not because
of the years of lying, the years of cheating, the depravity
of both your words and your actions. Despite all of that,
when I look at you, I have to admit, I have never met
someone more like me.”

That perplexed MJF, but Page explained, “Your desperation
for love and acceptance. Max, I am no better than that, and
I hate it. And Max, I know how bad you want to make your
mark here, and you’re loyal to All Elite Wrestling. It feels
just like me. And as much as everyone wants that
championship, Max, you and I, we have always needed it. Max,
at Revolution, I want to end this for good. Forever. And I
think you know. I think you can feel it, too. That this
can’t be just a normal wrestling match, can it? I think you
feel it, too. I think you know it. So why don’t you think
about a stipulation? Pitch it. Let me hear it because I have
always known what this match should be, and once we decide,
we should let them decide what this match
should be.”

MJF was beside himself with the idea. He heard people
chanting “Texas Death,” and then he told them to shut up,
because if Page thinks they are doing anything other than a
normal, professional wrestling match for his World Title,
then Page is out of his mind. Page thought he would say that
because he’s scared and he’s a coward. So if MJF agrees,
Page will give him something. 

“Max, if you agree, I will give you my word. I will give all
of you my word. Max, if I don’t win this match, then I will
never challenge for the All Elite Wrestling Men’s World
Championship for as long as I live!”

The crowd was stunned, and MJF got a huge smile on his face.
“You got yourself a deal, Cowboy! But as far as my
stipulation goes, unlike all these morons, I think things
through, so I’m going to need a week to think over my
stipulation because, unlike you, I don’t shoot first and ask
questions later.”

Page responded, “Well do your thinking, Max. Do your
thinking because I already know my answer: Revolution, the
Hangman, MJF…TEXAS DEATH!”

As Page left the ring, he paused in the aisle with the
apparent realization of what he just risked.


Jon Moxley and the Death Riders Challenge the Don Callis
Family


Moxley spoke with the Death Riders by his side and said he
doesn’t like wolves because they are too needy. He likes
coyotes because they are adaptable against all odds, and
they are survivors. PAC addressed the Don Callis Family and
said the Death Riders are different, so if they want to test
this, they like to fight. So, how about this Saturday on
Collision, they gather some together because the Death
Riders won’t be hard to find. Daniel Garcia said “Family” is
just a name and a title in the Don Callis Family, but it’s
not something they are willing to live or die for. Moxley
returned and addressed Konosuke Takshita. He said they
aren’t done, and he’s not walking away from this, so at
Revolution, no time limits. 

“Either you get me, or I get you, but there must be a
winner. As long as it takes!”


The Conglomeration (Orange Cassidy and NJPW Strong
Openweight Champion “The Stone Pitbull” Tomohiro Ishii) def.
Clark Connors & Gabe Kidd


After some early mind games, Kidd looked like he was facing
off with Ishii, but Connors attacked Ishii from behind and
tagged back in the match. He tried to chop Ishii, but Ishii
handled all the shots and chopped Connors into the corner.
Ishii and Cassidy took turns chopping Connors at different
speeds, as Cassidy re-entered the match. Cassidy went to the
top and nailed Connors with an elbow and followed with a
dive to the outside on Kidd, but Kidd caught him and sent
Cassidy into the apron before dropping him with a chop. He
picked Cassidy up for an Exploder, but as Cassidy stumbled
back up, Connors ran right through him! Kidd ran to Ishii
and threw him to the floor with a body block!

Cassidy was in major trouble until he fought back against
Connors and finally made the tag to Ishii! Ishii and Kidd
collided in the middle of the ring to reignite a rivalry
that goes back to battles in NJPW. After a strike battle,
Ishii took a brief advantage until they reverted to a slap
fight that ended with a massive lariat from Kidd! He tagged
Connors, who tried to get a head of steam to take out Ishii,
but Ishii couldn’t get back up, so Connors stood him up and
nailed a running lariat. Connors covered, but Ishii kicked
out at two, although he was clearly in pain. Ishii battled
back with a side suplex out of nowhere, but he could barely
walk! 

Kidd came in, but Ishii put him down with a lariat only to
run into a powerslam from Connors. Cassidy came in and put
Connors down with a swinging DDT before a dive onto Kidd on
the outside! Connors raked Ishii’s eyes to get out of a
brainbuster. Back on the outside, Kidd and Cassidy fought
near the guardrail, where Kidd ended up in the crowd. With
Kidd’s attention on Cassidy, he didn’t see Darby Allin come
from behind to attack with his skateboard! Allin took Kidd
away through the crowd, as Connors fell victim to an Orange
Punch from Cassidy and a brainbuster by Ishii, who pinned
Connors to get the win! 


The Don Callis Family Responds to the Death Riders


With Lance Archer, Rocky Romero and El Clon destroying
random people in the background, Josh Alexander held someone
else in an ankle lock. He accepted the Death Riders'
challenge for Collision. Callis said he heard everything
Moxley said, and while Takeshita isn’t here tonight because
he’s celebrating in Australia with his good friend, TNT
Champion Kyle Fletcher, Callis is here tonight and on behalf
of Takeshita, he accepts Moxley’s challenge for Revolution.
AEW International Champion “The Rainmaker” Kazuchika Okada
showed up. He said he is Fletcher’s best friend and would
love to celebrate with him, but he showed up to do his job
because he’s a champion, unlike Takeshita. Okada introduced
Andrade El Ídolo, whom he called the uncrowned World
Champion. Andrade said his eyes are still on the AEW World
Title. Callis said he sees Claudio Castagnoli parading
around with the CMLL World Heavyweight Championship, and
that would look pretty good on the mantle of the Don Callis
Family!


HOOK’s First Order of Business for The Opps is to Recruit


As the new boss of The Opps, HOOK’s first order of business
is recruitment. Katsuyori Shibata wasn’t with him because
HOOK sent him to Japan for international recruiting. HOOK
will handle domestic recruiting because all the top schools
recruited him. He’s the greatest second-generation wrestler
of all time. He’s also the boss of The Opps. 


The Brawling Birds (Jamie Hayter and Alex Windsor) def.
B3CCA & Viva Van


It was time for the television debut of the Brawling Birds
following weeks of Hayter and Windsor coming together to
build chemistry as a team. Windsor quickly worked Van over
and beat her to the mat with power. Van came back with
strikes, but never saw Hayter make a blind tag to hit a
sunset flip/big boot combo. Hayter hit a snap suplex and
tagged Windsor back in for the Birds to light Van up with
chops from both sides. Van hit a couple of kicks to slow
Windsor down and then escaped a double suplex attempt to
make the tag to B3CCA. She threw forearms at the Birds until
they sandwiched her with a pair of big elbows. B3CCA
reversed the momentum with a springboard stunner to Hayer
and Windsor before nailing Windsor in the corner. She tried
to follow up, but was caught by Windsor, who slingshotted
B3CCA into Hayter for a backbreaker followed by a running
lariat from Windsor. Hayter and Windsor sandwiched B3CCA in
the middle of the ring with lariats. Windsor picked up B3CCA
for Hayter to hit their version of the Hart Attack, which
they call Two Birds with One Stone! The Brawling Birds win
their Dynamite debut!


Thunder Rosa and Kris Statlander Are Coming for Thekla


Renee Paquette was backstage with two former AEW Women’s
World Champions, Thunder Rosa and Kris Statlander. Paquette
started with Statlander, who won’t be cleared for 1-2 weeks
after losing the AEW Women’s World Championship to Thekla in
a strap match last week. Statlander said she doesn’t want to
wrestle; she wants to fight, as long as Thekla isn’t too
scared to hide from Statlander. 

Paquette said Rosa was cleared today after being out since
All In Texas last year. Thunder said after seeing what they
did to Statlander and knowing she can’t wrestle, that
Thunder Rosa will have to come for Thekla. Statlander warned
Thunder that even though she’s just coming back, be careful
of Thekla because she’s dangerous. 

AEW World Trios Champion “The Jet” Kevin Knight def. The
Beast Mortos of LFI


Before the match, Knight said if Beast Mortos beats him
tonight, he’ll give LFI a shot at the AEW World Trios Titles
this Saturday on Collision! This match went right to the
floor with Knight landing the first blow with a jumping
clothesline from the apron. Back in the ring, the two
avoided each other until Mortos knocked Knight into the
corner. Mortos charged in, so Knight sent him over the top
to the floor and followed with a springboard over the
turnbuckles! What an innovative attack!

Mortos turned things around and was in control. Back in the
ring, Mortos fought out of a body slam attempt and caught
Knight’s clothesline attempt before sending him head over
heels to the floor! Mortos followed with a tornillo through
the ropes to the floor onto Knight! Back in the ring, Mortos
hit a lariat in the corner, followed by a pop-up Samoan drop
that got him a two-count! Knight tried to fight back, but
was floored by a massive headbutt. Mortos rushed in to
follow up, only for Knight to hit a skywalking dropkick!
Knight stayed a step ahead with a leaping clothesline and
showed off his strength with a body slam to the bigger
Mortos! Knight hit a standing UFO splash for a two-count!
Knight ran into a boot from Mortos in the corner, so Mortos
sat on the top turnbuckle. Knight jumped up and brought him
down with a leaping hurricanrana to the mat! Knight put
Mortos down with a pendulum DDT and finished him off with a
UFO Splash from the top to get the pinfall victory!

After the match, we saw the latest in Will Ospreay’s journey
back to the ring, as he continued to psyche himself up for a
return.


The Demand Want Jet Set Rodeo for the AEW World Trios Titles
on Collision!


AEW National Champion Ricochet said that he’s finally put
“Jungle” Jack Perry behind him, and he can focus on getting
GOA some gold. Bishop Kaun and Toa Liona addressed Knight’s
victory over Beast Mortos, but said ever since JetSet Rodeo
won the AEW World Trios Titles, they haven’t defended them.
Liona accepted Knight’s challenge to defend this Saturday on
Collision. Ricochet said they won’t have that stupid name
for much longer because on Saturday, they are taking the AEW
World Trios Titles. As The Demand walked away, they saw a
knife in their locker room door. Ricochet laughed it off,
and Liona shoved the camera away.


Swerve Strickland def. Kenny Omega


With AEW World Champion MJF watching from the back, it was
time for our main event! The crowd exploded with a “Holy
S***!” at the bell for this first-time dream match!

A stalemate early on led to a shoving match before Omega
knocked Swerve to the floor. Omega fired up for a dive, but
Swerve met him back in the ring with a running clothesline
followed by a head-scissors to take Omega to the floor.
Swerve hit a twisting dive to Omega on the floor and landed
on his feet! Swerve kept the pressure up by sending Omega
into the steel steps, but Omega turned it around and threw
Swerve into the front row. Omega took his time gathering his
footing on the barricade and nailed Swerve with a moonsault!
The fight continued into the crowd!

Back in the ring, Swerve took control back until Omega
fought back out of the corner. Swerve ran into a boot and
came back with a hip toss, but when he tried to roll it into
a suplex, Omega reversed it into a suplex of his own! Omega
hit Swerve with a basement dropkick followed by a bulldog to
put Swerve on the mat. He followed with a punt to Swerve’s
ribs and slammed his head to the mat. That got a nearfall,
so Omega picked up Swerve for You Can’t Escape and the
moonsault, but Swerve kicked out again. Swerve hit a stiff
strike in the corner and put Omega on the top turnbuckle. He
went up to meet him with a hurricanrana, but posed too long,
which allowed Omega to sneak under him and drop him face-
first on the turnbuckle! Omega hit a snap dragon and a knee
strike under the knee for another nearfall.

Omega nailed two short-range knee strikes to Swerve’s chest,
but Swerve caught the third attempt and knocked Omega to the
apron with a backbreaker/dropkick combo. Swerve drove Omega
into the top and middle turnbuckles and tried to lift him
for a Vertebreaker, so Omega floated out and ran Swerve into
the buckles. Omega followed with a sickening snap dragon on
the apron! Swerve pulled himself back to the apron, although
he was struggling to move. Omega grabbed Swerve for a suplex
from the apron to the floor, but Swerve held onto the ropes.
Omega switched to strikes and headbutts before throwing
Swerve to the floor with a German suplex, but Swerve landed
on his feet while Omega crashed to the floor! Swerve quickly
rolled into a suplex and put Omega down on the floor! 

Swerve threw Omega back in and nailed a 450 splash from the
top rope! Omega kicked out, and Swerve looked frustrated. He
picked Omega up for Big Pressure, but Omega got out of it
and hit a kick to the back of Swerve’s head. With Swerve’s
head resting on the middle turnbuckle, Omega connected with
a knee strike to the back of the head! Omega put Swerve on
the top and connected with an avalanche suplex! Swerve
kicked out! Omega had Swerve on the ropes for a V-Trigger,
but Swerve complained about his shoulder, so referee Aubrey
Edwards went to check on him, and he pulled her into the
path of the V-Trigger!

Omega tried for a One-Winged Angel, but Swerve punched his
way out of it and hit a House Call! There’s no referee to
count! Prince Nana tried to wake up the referee, but in the
meantime, Swerve stomped Omega from the top to the apron!
Swerve pulled the protective pad off the turnbuckled
connector and slingshotted Omega throat-first into it!
Swerve went to the top and nailed another Swerve Stomp as
referee Paul Turner came in to make the count, but Omega
kicked out! Swerve looked angry and stunned! As Omega
grabbed at his jaw, Swerve tried for another House Call, but
Omega ducked! Omega hit a snap dragon on Swerve, followed by
a knee between the shoulder blades and a poisonrana! Swerve
broke free of a One-Winged Angel, but ate a huge knee, and
Omega lined up for the V-Trigger. Swerve got up and hit a
House Call! Swerve followed with Big Pressure to get the
victory! What a match!

After the match, Swerve attacked Omega and threw referee
Paul Turner from the ring. He took the chain from Prince
Nana and hung Omega over the top rope! Nana looked on in
disbelief as Swerve began dismantling the announce table and
pulled the steel steps beside it, all while Bryan Danielson
begged Swerve not to do it, saying he was better than this.
Swerve pulled Omega onto the steps and put him through the
table with a Vertebreaker! Swerve looked into the camera and
yelled, “I needed this! I needed this!” What a violent end
to the night in Sacramento!

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