Posted on 8/29/124 by Bob Magee
Excalibur, “The Human Suplex Machine” Taz, and Tony
Schiavone were the broadcast team for tonight’s event.
It’s Wednesday night and you know what that means!
Jon Moxley made his return, slowly walking through the crowd
to the ring!
Tony Schiavone got into the ring to interview Mox!
“This is not how we were scheduled to begin our evening.
There is something different, something reserved about
Moxley,” said Excalibur.
Moxley: “I haven’t been doing a lot of talking lately. I’ve
been doing a lot of thinking about some things that need to
get done. I came here tonight looking for a man who’s not
here. To have a conversation. This man is nothing like me
but he’s everything like me. So this conversation is long
overdue and I’m here to let him know. Darby Allin, it’s
about time we had a talk. Trust me, I’m not hard to find.
“It’s going to take some time for everybody to wrap their
brains around this. This is not your company anymore.”
“What is that supposed to mean?” asked Taz.
Renee Paquette interviewed the Conglomeration backstage!
Willow Nightingale picked her stipulation and said she
wanted a Chicago Street Fight against Kris Statlander!
“The Stone Pitbull” Tomohiro Ishii vs. “Hangman” Adam Page!
Hangman and Ishii charged to the center of the ring and
traded elbows, neither man backing down. Hangman got the
better of Ishii but then Ishii blasted Page with a shoulder
block, knocking Hangman off his feet. Page got up and they
traded chops, blistering one another.
Page dropped Ishii with a lariat on the apron. Page drilled
Ishii with a DDT on the apron!
“Exclamation point city right there,” said Taz.
Hangman jumped off the top rope with a leaping lariat for a
near fall on the Stone Pitbull. Page followed up with a back
breaker. Page had Ishii in an inverted Indian death lock,
but Ishii crawled to the ropes to cause the ref to break the
hold.
Ishii jumped up and headbutted Page, who had been perched on
the turnbuckles. Ishii superplexed Page but Page kicked out
at the two-count. Ishii went for the sliding elbow strike,
but Hangman avoided it and connected with a Death Valley
Driver!
Page and Ishii battered one another with elbow strikes and
both men collapsed. Page went for the Dead Eye, but Ishii
escaped. Ishii tossed Hangman with a German Suplex, but Page
landed on his feet! Page nailed Ishii with a German Suplex!
Ishii smacked Page with a massive lariat for a near fall.
Ishii cracked Page with a headbutt, but Hangman answered
with a discus lariat! Hangman spiked Ishii with the Dead
Eye! Page scored with the Buckshot Lariat and pinned Ishii!
“What a firefight! What a match!” said Excalibur.
“These two guys beat the daylights out of each other. That
was wild,” replied Taz.
Former AEW World Champion Swerve Strickland and Prince Nana
came to the ring! Swerve went eye to eye with Page!
Swerve: “You got involved in my championship match at All In
this past Sunday and I came to look you in your face to tell
you I feel sorry for you. You’re the one that’s become a
petulant little child. And with every tirade and tantrum
that you throw, you get further from success, and I get
closer to it.
“Make no mistake, I may not have a championship belt around
my waist right now, but I will always be referred to as a
world champion. And this will always be my house. And you
failed.”
Page: “You’re not a champion of anything. You are a piece of
crap! You broke into my home! You wrestled me three times
and you could never ever beat me on your own! The first time
it took Prince Nana. The second time it took Prince Nana and
Brian Cage. The third time you had thirty minutes, and you
couldn’t do it! You’re not as good as me!
“I want to leave them out of it. I want just you and me.
Like this began. And I want you on your knees!”
Swerve: “How about we lock them out and we lock us in? All
Out. Steel cage match! What kind of man are you going to be
in that cage. Let’s go back to Revolution. You, me and Samoa
Joe. You gave up in the middle of the ring not because you
were beaten but because you didn’t want me to win. That
pissed me off.
“I drove ten minutes up the road that morning and I went to
your home because it’s a place I know very well. And I
parked out in front and that morning I saw you escorting
your pregnant wife down the stairs and to the car. You were
driving her to the hospital so she could have her baby. And
that’s the kind of man you were meant to be. You were meant
to be a father.
“I was meant to be the AEW World Champion. And mark my
words, it will happen again. But you, you’re so focused on
me you can’t win the Owen, you can’t win the Casino
Gauntlet, and you let your team down at Blood & Guts because
all you can do is focus on me. Instead of burning my career
to the ground, yours is the one going up in flames. So
again, in that cage, what kind of man are you going to be?
Better yet, what kind of man are you going to show your kids
that you’re going to be?”
“Hangman” Adam Page walked out of the ring without saying
anything.
The In-Ring Return of Jamie Hayter!
Jamie Hayter vs. The Outcasts’ Harley Cameron (with Saraya)!
Harley blindsided Jamie. Jamie stomped a mudhole in Harley.
Harley hit a jawbreaker. Hayter wiped out Harley with a pump
kick.
Hayter nailed Harley with three consecutive Hate-Breakers!
Hayter dropped Harley with the Hayter Ade and pinned Harley
Cameron, making short work of Harley.
Saraya wanted no part of Jamie Hayter and left through the
crowd.
MJF walked to the ring in a suit and in pain!
MJF: “I am in a tremendous amount of pain right now. I have
a splitting headache so I am going to politely warn you all,
if you do not pipe down, so help me God I will hop this
guardrail and beat up every one of you.
“After the events that transpired at Wembley I have lost my
ring, I have lost my championship and I now have two
herniated discs in my spine, and yet where were all of you
when I was defending this country and this company, none of
you had my back.
“I hereby denounce my American citizenship. The only part of
this country that matters is the most magical place in the
world known as Plainview, Long Island, New York. I also
denounce all of you so-called fans who show me no respect
after everything I have done for you and this company. We
all know that this company without MJF is a circus.
“And speaking of circus acts, Will Ospreay, I’m speaking to
you and you alone. The whole world knows I had you beat. So
what did you do? You cheated like a gutless little worm.
This ain’t over boy, not by a long shot. Billy boy, you best
keep your head on a swivel. I have no doubt that one day you
are going to come this close to winning the greatest prize
in this sport, and just before you etch your name in the
history books, I am going to cut you out at the knees with a
smile on my face.
“And now I’m going to talk about Daniel Garcia, you bum! If
you show your face in my company again, I am going to—”
Daniel Garcia stormed in and battered MJF with right hands.
Garcia locked in the guillotine and choke out MJF! Garcia
picked up MJF for a piledriver, looked at the turnbuckles,
and then stopped.
Garcia hoisted MJF up onto the turnbuckles and went for a
piledriver, but security jumped into the ring. Garcia
manhandled the security until MJF blindsided Garcia! But
Garcia was determined, rallied back, and went back for the
top rope piledriver on MJF. Christopher Daniels and more AEW
security jumped into the ring, prying Garcia away from MJF!
Garcia: “Maxwell, you thought it was going to be that easy?
I know you’re looking for that Dynamite diamond ring of
yours, but I pawned it off in Buffalo, NY for a plane ticket
to All In to ruin your night. You know what’s bad? Having
your mother watch you get stretchered out, like you did to
me. Max, ruining your life is my fetish. I talked to Tony
Khan. And right down the road it’ll be MJF against Daniel
Garcia at All Out!
“And Max listen to me. Beating you in a match is not enough
for me. I won’t feel fulfilled until I pick you up and drop
you on your neck!”
MJF screamed “You got it!” as security held MJF back!
All-Star Eight-Man Tag Match!
FTW Champion HOOK & The Conglomeration—ROH World Champion
Mark Briscoe, Kyle O’Reilly, & “Freshly Squeezed” Orange
Cassidy
vs.
Roderick Strong, “The Learning Tree” Chris Jericho, “The
Redwood” Big Bill,
& “Bad Apple” Bryan Keith!
Hook suplexed Bryan Keith. Cassidy grabbed a tag and sent
Bryan Keith into the turnbuckles. Kyle tagged in and took
Keith off his feet with a leg kick. Briscoe suplexed Bryan
Keith and then kicked him in the spine.
Big Bill entered the match. Briscoe was looking for redneck
kung fu, but Big Bill countered it with massive overhead
chops! There was a four-way standoff until both teams began
to brawl, the match breaking down into a hockey fight!
Roddy rocked Briscoe with a back breaker. Bryan Keith
grounded and pounded Briscoe. Bryan Keith showed off his
striking prowess, connecting with wicked kicks to Briscoe.
Kyle grabbed a blind tag and booted Bryan Keith, then swept
out Keith’s legs. Big Bill entered after a blind tag and
dropped a massive elbow on Kyle. Big Bill flattened Orange
Cassidy with a spinning side slam!
Hook entered the fray and cleaned house on the opposition.
Strong booted Hook in the back. Hook t-boned Big Bill. Roddy
grabbed Hook but Hook countered with a Northern Lights
Suplex. Mark Briscoe was taken off his feet with a lariat by
Jericho. Hook popped Jericho in the face with a right hand
and followed up with a T-Bone. Roddy smashed Hook with a
lung blower. Orange rocketed out of the ring with a tope to
Bryan Keith. Mark Briscoe launched himself off the chair and
flipped onto Big Bill outside the ring!
Roddy tried for End of Heartache on Hook, but Hook vaulted
over. Hook locked Roddy in the RedRum and Roddy tapped out.
His foot was under the rope, but the ref never saw it. Mike
Bennett and Matt Taven attacked Hook after the match! Roddy
grabbed the FTW belt and Bennett and Taven held Roddy on
their shoulders as they taunted Hook!
TBS Champion & NJPW STRONG Champion “The CEO” Mercedes Moné
was backstage having a party to celebrate her victory
against Dr. Britt Baker at AEW All In: London this past
Sunday!
Private Party interrupted and said she can’t have a party
without them! Brother Zay said he was single, and he knows
Mercedes is single...Kamille stepped in to push Zay away.
Okada walked in and Mercedes asked Okada how to say, “Bye
bitches.” Okada told her, she repeated it, and Private Party
left as Mercedes and Okada danced. Okada smiled and said,
“Dream come true!”
Next it was time for the Championship Celebration for AEW
Women’s World Champion Mariah May!
Tony Schiavone introduced her, bringing her out onto the
ramp.
Mariah May: “I am the new AEW Women’s World Champion.”
Tony: “Yes, you are.”
Mariah: “But I regret to inform you that the championship
celebration has been postponed. I’m not doing it in this
town. What you desperately need is some glamour. And luckily
for you, that’s everything I am. In case you don’t
understand, I’m going to take my robe off now and show you
exactly what I mean. Look now and never forget this is your
new AEW Women’s World Champion Mariah May!”
Footage played of The Grizzled Young Veterans backstage at
Wembley when they were approached by AEW World Tag Team
Champions The Young Bucks—EVPs Matthew and Nicholas Jackson.
The GYV said they were coming for the titles and anyone in
their way should grit their teeth!
The Grizzled Young Veterans will be facing one unlucky team
this Friday on Rampage!
The Dynamite Debut of Ricochet!
Don Callis Family’s “The Protostar” Kyle Fletcher
vs.
Ricochet!
Don Callis joined the broadcast booth for this match.
The fans chanted for Ricochet.
Fletcher hit a shoulder block on Ricochet. Ricochet hit a
beautiful dropkick on Fletcher. Fletcher flew out of the
ring with a tope suicida on Ricochet. Fletcher smashed
Ricochet with a running boot, knocking Ricochet over the
barricade. Ricochet fired back with a meteora from the
barricade!
Ricochet cracked Kyle with forearms and then headbutted
Fletcher, knocking him to the mat. Ricochet followed up with
a springboard clothesline. Ricochet hit a springboard back
elbow on Fletcher. Ricochet connected with a running
shooting star press for a near fall.
Ricochet chopped Fletcher but Fletcher rallied back with a
running clothesline. Ricochet flew out of the ring, knocking
Fletcher into the barricade with a flying shoulder block.
Fletcher blocked a diving splash with both boots. Fletcher
rocked Ricochet with a brain buster for a near fall!
Fletcher was stopped in his tracks by a pump kick. Ricochet
drilled Fletcher with a Death Valley Driver. Ricochet nailed
Fletcher with Vertigo and picked up the pinfall victory!
“Congratulations on the Dynamite debut to Ricochet. A hell
of a fight,” said Taz.
AEW International Champion “The Aerial Assassin” Will
Ospreay walked onto the ramp!
Ospreay was about to say something in the microphone to
Ricochet when “The Bastard” PAC snuck up with a reverse
hurracanrana to Ospreay!
PAC: “Willy, don’t forget about the bastard. And Ricochet,
get to the back of the line with the rest of them. Ospreay
belongs to me!”
A cameraman approached Moxley backstage, looking for
answers!
Moxley: “You know what we could really use around here? A
lesson in humility!”
Moxley took down some AEW security with the help of…Marina
Shafir!
AEW World Champion “American Dragon” Bryan Danielson came to
the ring and addressed his future!
Danielson: “You know, after trying and failing and trying
and failing and trying and failing and trying and failing,
finally Bryan Danielson, the “American Dragon,” is the AEW
World Champion! When I got to the back, my daughter said,
‘Daddy, this was the best day of my life.’
The fans chanted “Thank you Bryan! Thank you Bryan!”
Danielson: “But then when I got to the press conference at
the end of the show, they asked ‘What’s next?’ My contract
with AEW expired on August 1st, I’m going to be needing neck
surgery sooner rather than later, and my family is ready for
me to come home.
“So I’ve had a lot of thinking to do since Sunday and when I
first got to AEW one of the first things I said was ‘Thank
you’ to the people who started this place. If you’re in the
building tonight, you probably agree with me that AEW is
awesome! I have loved pro wrestling my entire life and the
fact that AEW exists makes pro wrestling better and has made
my life better!
“When I think of all my peers who wrestle for AEW and think
of all of the people who will wrestle for AEW in the future,
I realized it’s probably time for me to go home, but not
yet! I am not going to retire as AEW Champion. I am going to
fight as much as I can possibly can. Don’t get it twisted.
When I lose this, my full time career will come to an end
but that’s not going to happen any time soon!
“So in two weeks in Chicago, we’ve got a young, hungry
locker room back there, so who wants it?! First come, first
serve!”
TNT Champion “The Scapegoat” Jack Perry appeared from
backstage on the big screen above the ramp!
Jack Perry: “Bryan Danielson addresses his future. You don’t
know your future, but I know mine. Let me connect the dots
for you. Nobody wanted me back here. Nobody believe in me.
You could have. But you didn’t. I created my own path. My
future is to retire the “American Dragon” Bryan Danielson.
My future and the future of AEW are one and the same. Your
future is behind you!”
Jack Perry blindsided Bryan Danielson in the ring! Jack
Perry blasted Bryan with a running knee strike! Jack Perry
held up both championships, taunting Danielson, calling his
shot for All Out in two weeks!
“Wow, what did we just witness?” asked a shocked Excalibur.
This Friday tune in to AEW RAMPAGE at 10/9c on TNT!
Don’t miss AEW COLLISION on Saturday on TNT at 8/7c from the
Denny Sanford Premier Center in Sioux Falls, SD!
Catch AEW DYNAMITE on TBS next Wednesday live at 8/7ct from
the UW Panther Arena in Milwaukee, WI!
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The tradition continues so mark your calendar! One week from
Saturday! AEW ALL OUT—Saturday, September 7, 2024—is taking
place at the NOW Arena and live on pay-per-view! Secure your
tickets now!
And remember… We are AEW—Where The Best Wrestle!