WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.400 --> 00:00:03.279 You know, four years ago, I sat here with all 2 00:00:03.319 --> 00:00:06.919 of you live on YouTube for the very first Winter 3 00:00:07.080 --> 00:00:12.759 Is Coming episode of Dynamite. Nine hundred and thirteen thousand 4 00:00:13.039 --> 00:00:17.239 viewers for that episode of Dynamite, so you could tell 5 00:00:17.519 --> 00:00:21.160 it feels like a lifetime ago. They had nine hundred 6 00:00:21.160 --> 00:00:24.679 and thirteen thousand viewers for a show that took place 7 00:00:24.719 --> 00:00:28.359 at Daly's place in Jacksonville. They were still limited by 8 00:00:28.440 --> 00:00:32.240 the pandemic, so they were running shows out of their 9 00:00:32.240 --> 00:00:37.039 home base. That was the night that Stuing made his 10 00:00:37.119 --> 00:00:41.880 debut in aw Tony Shavanni Stuing. We got the big 11 00:00:42.000 --> 00:00:45.960 Sting announcement every single week, and Sting came out. It's 12 00:00:45.960 --> 00:00:48.159 too bad that Sting couldn't make his debut in front 13 00:00:48.159 --> 00:00:50.759 of like a big arena, in front of actual people, 14 00:00:51.920 --> 00:00:55.320 But there he was, making his debut on the very 15 00:00:55.359 --> 00:00:59.799 same night that Kenny Omega became the aw World have 16 00:01:00.119 --> 00:01:04.040 Weight champion beat John Moxley. You got a world championship 17 00:01:04.120 --> 00:01:09.760 change on that show. So it was a very big episode. 18 00:01:10.799 --> 00:01:13.959 And each year progressively they seem to feel less and 19 00:01:14.040 --> 00:01:17.560 less important, none more so than this year. This one 20 00:01:17.680 --> 00:01:19.760 is just at the bottom of the of the heap. 21 00:01:20.280 --> 00:01:23.359 We did not get anything nearly as important as the 22 00:01:23.439 --> 00:01:27.480 debut of Staying or a World heavyweight championship change on 23 00:01:27.519 --> 00:01:31.400 this show. But they were in front of actual fans, 24 00:01:31.560 --> 00:01:34.920 and one thing I can say that is an improvement 25 00:01:34.920 --> 00:01:37.159 on some of the other places where they've done Dynamite. 26 00:01:38.000 --> 00:01:40.400 And one of these little things that I noticed is 27 00:01:40.439 --> 00:01:44.079 that the Crab was lit up a lot better. You know, 28 00:01:44.239 --> 00:01:46.719 so many of these shows, probably because they're in bigger 29 00:01:46.760 --> 00:01:49.599 buildings with not a lot of people, it's very dark. 30 00:01:50.519 --> 00:01:52.640 And I noticed it really in the opening match that 31 00:01:53.239 --> 00:01:56.040 you could actually see the people in the background. So 32 00:01:56.120 --> 00:01:58.959 that's nice. I like it when we can actually see 33 00:01:59.000 --> 00:02:02.239 the people in the audience, so that much I was 34 00:02:02.599 --> 00:02:06.519 actually happy to see tonight, but we closed the show. 35 00:02:06.680 --> 00:02:09.400 The main event spot went to the women tonight for 36 00:02:09.439 --> 00:02:12.960 the Women's World Championship. Mariah May defending her title against 37 00:02:12.960 --> 00:02:17.599 her former best friend Mina Shirakawa, and they had a 38 00:02:17.639 --> 00:02:21.360 good match. But it was the postmatch where we had 39 00:02:21.439 --> 00:02:26.560 the big return of the former Women's World champion, Tony Storm, 40 00:02:26.599 --> 00:02:30.520 but not timeless Tony Storm. We had the return of 41 00:02:30.599 --> 00:02:35.960 the og Tony Storm. She's no longer timeless. You know. 42 00:02:36.080 --> 00:02:38.000 The great thing about it is she could always bring 43 00:02:38.039 --> 00:02:41.680 it back at some point. She just basically she's like 44 00:02:41.759 --> 00:02:44.240 back to the future where she was stuck in one 45 00:02:44.280 --> 00:02:46.639 time period, and she was able to make it back 46 00:02:46.639 --> 00:02:49.680 to the modern day. But anytime she wants to go back, 47 00:02:49.759 --> 00:02:51.680 all she has to do is jump in the Dolorean, 48 00:02:51.840 --> 00:02:53.639 just hit eighty eight miles an hour, and she can 49 00:02:53.680 --> 00:02:57.800 go back to being timeless Tony Storm again. But it's 50 00:02:57.840 --> 00:03:01.560 a gimmick that I didn't expect to enjoy as much 51 00:03:01.599 --> 00:03:04.199 as I did. It was very goofy and over the top. 52 00:03:05.159 --> 00:03:07.520 But as time went on, I mean, she was fully 53 00:03:07.599 --> 00:03:11.439 invested in this character, and she after a while became 54 00:03:11.479 --> 00:03:13.639 one of the most entertaining parts of the entire show, 55 00:03:13.919 --> 00:03:16.800 and her and Mariah May together became one of the 56 00:03:16.879 --> 00:03:22.159 most entertaining acts on the entire television show. And she 57 00:03:22.439 --> 00:03:27.840 played that character perfectly. She was as invested as anybody 58 00:03:27.919 --> 00:03:32.240 else in wrestling in their character and their persona. So 59 00:03:32.240 --> 00:03:33.800 she did great with it. But you just get to 60 00:03:33.840 --> 00:03:36.240 a point where it's like, what more can you really do? 61 00:03:37.520 --> 00:03:41.520 She did all she could do, and if you don't evolve, 62 00:03:41.599 --> 00:03:44.879 if you don't adapt, then you die. And so now 63 00:03:44.919 --> 00:03:47.639 we're back to the og Tony Storm. Obviously this is 64 00:03:47.680 --> 00:03:51.319 going to set up for an eventual rematch between her 65 00:03:51.360 --> 00:03:54.560 and Mariah May, which may not be happening so fast. 66 00:03:54.719 --> 00:03:57.840 So anybody's saying, oh, world's end, World's ended a few weeks, 67 00:03:58.199 --> 00:04:01.719 don't be so sure of yourself there. But it was 68 00:04:01.759 --> 00:04:03.840 good to get Tony Storm back on the show tonight. 69 00:04:03.840 --> 00:04:07.159 We had more good action as well in the Continental 70 00:04:07.199 --> 00:04:11.599 Classic tonight. It was Claudio Castagnoli and Will Osprey and 71 00:04:11.639 --> 00:04:15.719 it was Ricochet taking on Brody King. Both Gold League matches. 72 00:04:16.199 --> 00:04:20.839 We now have a three way tie amongst the top 73 00:04:21.560 --> 00:04:27.480 ranked participants in the Gold League after tonight's show. MJF 74 00:04:27.519 --> 00:04:30.040 made his return tonight. You know, one of the things 75 00:04:30.079 --> 00:04:32.120 that I have not liked about Dynamite is the fact 76 00:04:32.120 --> 00:04:34.319 that we've been getting these pre tapes of the MJF 77 00:04:34.360 --> 00:04:37.519 because he's not available. He's not actually on the show 78 00:04:37.560 --> 00:04:40.879 physically every week. So he was tonight and so that's 79 00:04:40.879 --> 00:04:44.040 a step up. But he did nothing. I mean he did, 80 00:04:44.399 --> 00:04:46.199 I mean, he got involved in one of the matches 81 00:04:46.199 --> 00:04:49.319 on the show, but he really didn't do anything. So 82 00:04:49.639 --> 00:04:52.720 as flat of a return for MJF as you will 83 00:04:52.720 --> 00:04:55.800 ever see, and that was very disappointing. We had an 84 00:04:55.800 --> 00:05:00.000 Adam Cole Kyle O'Reilly match that, while the work was fine, 85 00:05:00.120 --> 00:05:02.639 just don't give two shits about what's going on between 86 00:05:02.639 --> 00:05:05.199 these two. This was a means to an end, the 87 00:05:05.319 --> 00:05:08.759 end being let's just get Adam Cole into the match 88 00:05:08.759 --> 00:05:11.639 at World's end with MJF. Please, let's just get to 89 00:05:11.680 --> 00:05:14.680 the match. And that's exactly what we're gonna be getting 90 00:05:14.680 --> 00:05:16.120 at the end of the month a World's end, it 91 00:05:16.160 --> 00:05:18.959 will be Adam Cole against MJF. But not just Adam 92 00:05:19.000 --> 00:05:22.800 Cole against MJF. It'll be Adam Cole against MJF for 93 00:05:23.000 --> 00:05:26.920 a diamond ring. That really doesn't matter in all this 94 00:05:27.120 --> 00:05:30.000 because this is not about a diamond ring. This is 95 00:05:30.040 --> 00:05:33.560 about the issue between Cole and MJF and the history 96 00:05:33.560 --> 00:05:36.360 between them going back to last year. It has nothing 97 00:05:36.360 --> 00:05:38.560 to do with the diamond ring. I don't even know 98 00:05:38.639 --> 00:05:41.879 why there's a need to have the diamond ring on 99 00:05:41.959 --> 00:05:44.519 the line. I'm sure it'll play a factor in the 100 00:05:44.519 --> 00:05:47.920 finish of their match, but the fact that it's for 101 00:05:47.959 --> 00:05:51.399 the diamond ring, who gives a shit, right, it doesn't matter. 102 00:05:52.360 --> 00:05:56.519 It's just it's incidental. But it's a lot better than 103 00:05:56.519 --> 00:05:59.439 getting Kyle O'Reilly against MJF and then making us wait 104 00:05:59.519 --> 00:06:02.000 another one or two months before we could finally blow 105 00:06:02.040 --> 00:06:04.879 this thing off between MJF and Adam Cole. This brings 106 00:06:04.959 --> 00:06:07.639 us one step closer, I hope at the end of 107 00:06:07.680 --> 00:06:10.920 this month, to the end of this so that these 108 00:06:10.959 --> 00:06:14.040 two men can move on to other opponents and other stories, 109 00:06:14.240 --> 00:06:18.800 because this one, this one's done. I know they're trying 110 00:06:18.800 --> 00:06:20.639 to put, you know, a period on it. They're trying 111 00:06:20.639 --> 00:06:22.480 to give it a proper ending. They want to extend 112 00:06:22.480 --> 00:06:24.560 it out. This story has done. This story was done 113 00:06:24.600 --> 00:06:28.279 six months ago. But at least we're finally going to 114 00:06:28.279 --> 00:06:31.279 get the match. This was not as good as last week. 115 00:06:31.680 --> 00:06:33.680 I thought the show was solid. It was definitely not 116 00:06:33.839 --> 00:06:37.000 as good as last week's show. I'm gonna be honest 117 00:06:37.000 --> 00:06:41.600 with you, it's just very hard right now to care 118 00:06:42.480 --> 00:06:45.519 about a lot of what's going on on this show. 119 00:06:45.639 --> 00:06:48.759 From week to week, you can pick out a wrestler 120 00:06:48.800 --> 00:06:51.360 here and there that you might really like. You know, 121 00:06:51.439 --> 00:06:53.879 Osprey was on the show today, and anytime Will Osprey 122 00:06:53.920 --> 00:06:56.079 is in the ring on the show, you have my attention. 123 00:06:57.000 --> 00:06:59.120 Because he has proven himself to be one of the 124 00:06:59.240 --> 00:07:02.120 MVPs of the company and the in ring MVP of 125 00:07:02.120 --> 00:07:05.759 this company for twenty twenty four. So I will always 126 00:07:05.800 --> 00:07:07.360 tune in if he's got a match. You know, he 127 00:07:07.399 --> 00:07:10.160 wrestled Juice Robinson on Collision a couple of weeks ago. 128 00:07:11.000 --> 00:07:13.000 That's the kind of performer that osprays. So when I 129 00:07:13.040 --> 00:07:15.879 see that he's on the show, I'm interested. Okay, you 130 00:07:15.879 --> 00:07:19.439 have my interest. But there's just very few people like that, 131 00:07:19.560 --> 00:07:22.040 and very few stories and very few things going on 132 00:07:22.160 --> 00:07:26.120 right now on Dynamite from week to week that really 133 00:07:26.160 --> 00:07:29.720 grabs me, and it just makes for a very dull show. 134 00:07:30.600 --> 00:07:33.399 So the wrestling is fine, you know, the Continental Classic. 135 00:07:33.439 --> 00:07:35.600 You know you're gonna get very good wrestling every week, 136 00:07:36.319 --> 00:07:39.240 but there's just not much else there. The Death Riders 137 00:07:39.279 --> 00:07:42.120 story is playing itself out. I can't sit here and 138 00:07:42.160 --> 00:07:45.879 tell you it's very interesting because it's not. It's just not. 139 00:07:46.800 --> 00:07:49.759 Mercedes Monet is going to defend her TVs championship next 140 00:07:49.759 --> 00:07:52.920 week against Anna Jay. Nothing wrong with doing that match, 141 00:07:53.879 --> 00:07:59.000 but you know, slap together in a few weeks and 142 00:07:59.120 --> 00:08:02.120 it tried to communicate the story in the backstage promo 143 00:08:02.160 --> 00:08:03.720 they had on the show tonight and why it's so 144 00:08:03.759 --> 00:08:07.480 important to her and that's great, but not really a 145 00:08:07.519 --> 00:08:13.720 compelling feud here between these two, Mina and Mariah that 146 00:08:14.000 --> 00:08:17.120 seemingly was ended tonight with Mina's loss. Now they're setting 147 00:08:17.199 --> 00:08:19.360 up a rematch with Tony and Mariah, so that should 148 00:08:19.399 --> 00:08:21.839 be interesting, you know, whenever we finally get that match 149 00:08:22.519 --> 00:08:26.360 you got Colin MJF. There's just not a whole lot 150 00:08:26.360 --> 00:08:30.000 else going on right now, you know, And that's that's 151 00:08:30.040 --> 00:08:34.600 the problem. This Winter Is Coming episode definitely did not 152 00:08:34.720 --> 00:08:37.559 feel special the way that past Winter is Coming episodes 153 00:08:37.559 --> 00:08:39.639 have felt special. And if I had to rank all 154 00:08:39.679 --> 00:08:41.960 of them, this one would be dead last. This was 155 00:08:41.960 --> 00:08:45.320 the worst of all of them. Was this would be 156 00:08:45.360 --> 00:08:48.200 at the bottom of the pile. But it's just a 157 00:08:48.279 --> 00:08:50.919 it's a reflection of where the product is right now 158 00:08:51.639 --> 00:08:54.759 relative to where it was four years ago when they 159 00:08:54.759 --> 00:08:57.240 had the first Winter Is Coming, relative to three years 160 00:08:57.279 --> 00:09:00.399 ago when we had that hour long Iron Man match 161 00:09:00.480 --> 00:09:05.399 between Brian Danielson and Hangman Page, or MJF and Ricky Starks, 162 00:09:05.399 --> 00:09:08.200 when Ricky was really starting to get going as a babyface. 163 00:09:08.360 --> 00:09:11.480 Right We're just in a very different place right now 164 00:09:11.480 --> 00:09:14.759 with aaw and in many ways it's just not as 165 00:09:14.799 --> 00:09:16.919 good as it was before, and I hope they can 166 00:09:16.960 --> 00:09:19.759 get back there, but they're not there right now, and 167 00:09:19.799 --> 00:09:21.799 so it's just a reflection on where they were and 168 00:09:21.840 --> 00:09:23.960 where they are, and that's just the way it is. 169 00:09:25.559 --> 00:09:28.799 But this is your aaw dynamite Winter is Coming twenty 170 00:09:28.879 --> 00:09:32.600 twenty four review. I am the Solemn Monster. Thank you 171 00:09:32.639 --> 00:09:36.919 guys for hanging out with me here on a Wednesday night. 172 00:09:37.240 --> 00:09:40.360 I've been here with you for every single Winter is coming. 173 00:09:40.399 --> 00:09:43.120 It's very cold in here, you see, the snow is 174 00:09:43.159 --> 00:09:50.039 falling here. I got my flee son. Make yourself a 175 00:09:50.080 --> 00:09:53.720 cup of hot cocoa and pull on up and get 176 00:09:53.759 --> 00:09:58.720 ready to talk some aaw here. We'll keep each other warm. 177 00:09:59.480 --> 00:10:02.120 It may be cold in here as the snow falls, 178 00:10:02.159 --> 00:10:04.440 but we'll keep each other warm. Right It's a lot 179 00:10:04.440 --> 00:10:06.799 of ninety eight point sixes that are in here right now, 180 00:10:08.360 --> 00:10:10.919 like and subscribe super chats are open. 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We 193 00:10:41.759 --> 00:10:45.000 didn't have any World Championship title defenses as far as 194 00:10:45.039 --> 00:10:48.759 the men. We did not have a world championship change 195 00:10:49.399 --> 00:10:52.080 on this show like we did that first Winter Is Coming, 196 00:10:52.639 --> 00:10:54.679 but we did have the AW World Champion. In a 197 00:10:54.720 --> 00:10:59.240 tag team match to open the show, John Boxley and 198 00:10:59.480 --> 00:11:05.120 Pac taking on Orange Cassidy and Switchblade J White. They 199 00:11:05.159 --> 00:11:10.879 showed Christian Cage, Nick Wayne, Mother Wayne, and Kip Sabean 200 00:11:10.960 --> 00:11:14.759 sitting up in one of the luxury boxes. Early in 201 00:11:14.799 --> 00:11:16.480 the match, you could see them all sitting up there, 202 00:11:17.600 --> 00:11:21.919 and after a commercial break they cut back up there 203 00:11:21.919 --> 00:11:24.679 and they showed Christian he was talking to the other 204 00:11:24.720 --> 00:11:30.440 members of the Patriarch and he sent them off, and 205 00:11:30.519 --> 00:11:33.639 so Mother Wayne and Nick Wayne and Kip sabe and 206 00:11:34.679 --> 00:11:37.440 they all left and Christian stayed behind and he had 207 00:11:37.480 --> 00:11:39.120 a big smile on his face and we didn't know 208 00:11:39.120 --> 00:11:41.840 where they were off to, but he was up there 209 00:11:41.879 --> 00:11:46.279 all by himself. Moxley and Cassidy they ended up tagging 210 00:11:46.320 --> 00:11:49.960 into the match at the same time. Cassidy threw a 211 00:11:50.559 --> 00:11:56.440 p que didn't exactly connect flush and there was enough 212 00:11:56.519 --> 00:12:01.559 light there in between Boxley and the kick, and even 213 00:12:01.639 --> 00:12:04.879 Nigel McGinnis on commentary tried to cover for it and say, well, 214 00:12:04.919 --> 00:12:08.559 you just kind of grazed him. It was a grazing shot, yes, 215 00:12:10.279 --> 00:12:14.840 So Cassidy hit a spike DDT to Pack and then 216 00:12:14.919 --> 00:12:17.720 followed up with another one to Moxley that got him 217 00:12:17.759 --> 00:12:24.559 in near fall. You could tell that it's winter because 218 00:12:24.639 --> 00:12:31.240 I I'm a little under the weather, So you'll have 219 00:12:31.279 --> 00:12:35.080 to bear with me here. If I am, I am 220 00:12:35.120 --> 00:12:37.919 not at my best. How are you doing, by the way, 221 00:12:37.960 --> 00:12:39.919 I hope you I hope that none of you are 222 00:12:40.000 --> 00:12:42.279 under the weather. I hope that you're doing just just 223 00:12:42.320 --> 00:12:50.000 peachey here on a Wednesday night. Just bear with me. Well, 224 00:12:50.279 --> 00:12:55.320 we'll try to get through this here. Moxley though, after 225 00:12:56.679 --> 00:13:00.759 the spike DDT to pack, Moxley got one as well, 226 00:13:00.799 --> 00:13:04.000 but then he sat up and he got Cassidy in 227 00:13:04.039 --> 00:13:07.360 a sleeper hold, Cassidy escaped though he had another DDT. 228 00:13:08.600 --> 00:13:12.360 White took out Pack with the dragons suplex. Cassidy hit 229 00:13:12.440 --> 00:13:16.840 beach break on Moxley for a near fall. Now Wheeler Dah, 230 00:13:17.039 --> 00:13:20.720 the little bastard, he jumps up on the apron, tries 231 00:13:20.720 --> 00:13:23.879 to distract the referee Cassidy, though he shakes off Marina 232 00:13:23.919 --> 00:13:29.799 Shaffer's interference attempt, and Cassidy hit orange punches to Wheeler 233 00:13:30.000 --> 00:13:34.879 Dah and to John Moxley, and then wouldn't you know, 234 00:13:35.480 --> 00:13:40.000 Hangman Page shows up and Hangman Page runs into the 235 00:13:40.080 --> 00:13:43.559 ring and he attacks John Moxley and the referee calls 236 00:13:43.679 --> 00:13:49.440 for the bell. We have ourselves a disqualification to end 237 00:13:49.440 --> 00:13:58.879 this match. He always fun disqualification finish. Here we got 238 00:13:58.879 --> 00:14:01.799 ourselves a DQ. Yes, it was the lame finish to 239 00:14:01.879 --> 00:14:04.639 a long match because these guys went about fifteen minutes, 240 00:14:05.639 --> 00:14:09.000 but they didn't want to beat Death the Death Riders, 241 00:14:09.480 --> 00:14:12.440 and in the very next match, Claudio Castignoli was losing, 242 00:14:13.759 --> 00:14:15.639 so they didn't want these guys to lose back to 243 00:14:15.679 --> 00:14:17.639 back matches. So this is what we ended up with here. 244 00:14:17.679 --> 00:14:21.240 That and they're trying to establish a story among the 245 00:14:21.320 --> 00:14:24.799 challengers who were all at each other's throat going into 246 00:14:25.159 --> 00:14:27.120 World's End, So that's why they did the finish that 247 00:14:27.159 --> 00:14:31.519 they did here. So after the match, Cassidy impacted, they 248 00:14:31.519 --> 00:14:35.759 start fighting. Cassidy went for an orange punch on Hangman, 249 00:14:36.080 --> 00:14:40.279 but he ducked and Cassidy hit Jay White by accident. 250 00:14:40.840 --> 00:14:44.320 Cassidy then put Hangman down with an orange punch. Jay 251 00:14:44.360 --> 00:14:47.879 White then dropped Orange Cassidy with a blade runner. So 252 00:14:48.000 --> 00:14:50.480 with White, Cassidy and Page down on the mat and 253 00:14:50.480 --> 00:14:54.720 they're all bickering, Moxley packed Shaffir and Wheeler. You do. 254 00:14:54.759 --> 00:14:56.360 They all get back into the ring and they start 255 00:14:56.360 --> 00:14:59.519 working them over, and then the death Riders leave the ring. 256 00:14:59.559 --> 00:15:04.120 They hop barricade while White, Cassidy and Page were all 257 00:15:04.279 --> 00:15:07.879 down on the inside. I would say this is probably 258 00:15:07.960 --> 00:15:11.679 longer than it needed to be, but the point of 259 00:15:11.720 --> 00:15:15.720 this was to create tension. They wanted to create tension 260 00:15:15.720 --> 00:15:18.480 among the challengers who were all vying for the World 261 00:15:18.559 --> 00:15:22.399 Championship right now. These were all the different challengers that 262 00:15:22.440 --> 00:15:26.279 they've set up for John Moxley's title. There are no friends, right, 263 00:15:26.600 --> 00:15:28.960 it's either royal rumble, it's every man for himself, and 264 00:15:29.000 --> 00:15:32.519 that works to Moxley's advantage. If they're at each other's throats. 265 00:15:33.519 --> 00:15:35.720 So then after this in the back they made it official. 266 00:15:35.759 --> 00:15:38.440 We had a death writer's promo. Moxley was back there 267 00:15:38.480 --> 00:15:40.559 with his crew and he said that he's a mark man. 268 00:15:40.840 --> 00:15:42.879 He said, heavy is the head who wears the crown 269 00:15:43.840 --> 00:15:46.360 with a knife tier throat. He wouldn't have it any 270 00:15:46.399 --> 00:15:50.120 other way. And everybody is all about their ego, wanting 271 00:15:50.159 --> 00:15:53.600 the next title shot. Their egos run their lives, and 272 00:15:53.639 --> 00:15:57.440 their egos run all elite wrestling. None of this is 273 00:15:57.440 --> 00:16:01.000 about Moxley. He says, it's about the people, his people, 274 00:16:01.879 --> 00:16:04.200 and he said that he'll give them an early Christmas gift, 275 00:16:04.480 --> 00:16:10.240 World's End fatal four way for the AAW World Heavyweight Championship. 276 00:16:10.399 --> 00:16:12.679 So there you go. I mean, we all knew this 277 00:16:12.799 --> 00:16:15.080 was coming, but now they've made the match official. It 278 00:16:15.159 --> 00:16:18.440 will be a fatal four way for the AW World Title. 279 00:16:19.279 --> 00:16:27.039 On December twenty eighth, we got part two after last 280 00:16:27.080 --> 00:16:30.720 week's vignette. If you remember, I talked about Bandido is 281 00:16:30.759 --> 00:16:33.080 on his way back to AAW and we had a 282 00:16:33.159 --> 00:16:38.279 vignette last week where they dressed up this little small 283 00:16:38.360 --> 00:16:40.159 town like it was the Old West, and we had 284 00:16:40.159 --> 00:16:42.720 a couple of cowboys walking around talking to each other, 285 00:16:43.080 --> 00:16:45.799 and they showed a wanted poster and the man on 286 00:16:45.840 --> 00:16:49.960 the wanted poster was Bandido. And Bandido has not been 287 00:16:49.960 --> 00:16:52.600 seen a very long time. He has not been in 288 00:16:52.639 --> 00:16:56.360 a match since June of last year. Broke his wrist, 289 00:16:56.399 --> 00:16:59.399 had surgery, didn't heal right, had a second surgery, so 290 00:16:59.480 --> 00:17:02.240 he's been gone for a long time. But now he's back. 291 00:17:02.279 --> 00:17:05.680 So this was part two, and this time Bendido rode 292 00:17:05.720 --> 00:17:10.400 into town on horseback and the other cowboys told him 293 00:17:10.440 --> 00:17:12.359 that he was under arrest. We could do this the 294 00:17:12.440 --> 00:17:14.680 easy way, or we could do this the hard way. 295 00:17:16.319 --> 00:17:20.759 Guess which way he chose. Bandido got down off his horse, 296 00:17:20.839 --> 00:17:23.599 he took off his cape. He was wearing a cape, 297 00:17:24.359 --> 00:17:28.480 and he ended up laying all four men out and 298 00:17:28.519 --> 00:17:31.359 then he left. And again this is very straightforward, but 299 00:17:31.559 --> 00:17:33.400 I like this a lot, you know. I think it's 300 00:17:33.440 --> 00:17:37.359 a great way to reintroduce someone, make him feel special. 301 00:17:37.559 --> 00:17:39.559 I mean, they do vignettes for other people. We've seen 302 00:17:39.559 --> 00:17:42.240 the Julia Hart vignettes over the last several weeks, and 303 00:17:42.319 --> 00:17:43.960 I think, by the way, all of these are great. 304 00:17:44.000 --> 00:17:46.319 These are all great. They might be a little hokey, 305 00:17:46.440 --> 00:17:49.920 but in a way. They kind of remind me of 306 00:17:49.960 --> 00:17:52.680 Luca Underground. These don't have the production value that Lucia 307 00:17:52.720 --> 00:17:55.319 Underground had, and it's not I'm not saying it is 308 00:17:55.440 --> 00:17:58.200 Lucia Underground. I fucking love Lucia Underground. But it's got 309 00:17:58.200 --> 00:18:00.359 that vibe to it, and I think that it's fine 310 00:18:00.440 --> 00:18:03.279 to put together, you know, vignettes and segments like this. 311 00:18:04.119 --> 00:18:06.799 It kind of breaks up all the wrestling on the show, 312 00:18:07.519 --> 00:18:10.319 but it's a great way to reintroduce Bandido as someone special. 313 00:18:10.359 --> 00:18:11.720 I don't know if this is the last one or 314 00:18:11.720 --> 00:18:13.759 they're going to do more of these. This felt to 315 00:18:13.799 --> 00:18:16.359 me like it would probably be the last one, but 316 00:18:16.400 --> 00:18:20.960 I'm looking forward to seeing him back in action. Christian 317 00:18:21.000 --> 00:18:24.279 Cage had a microphone. He was still up in the suite. 318 00:18:25.000 --> 00:18:27.039 Actually he was kind of sitting in the stands just 319 00:18:27.079 --> 00:18:30.079 outside the suite. But he's up there in the stands. 320 00:18:30.079 --> 00:18:33.160 He's got a microphone. He's all by himself, and he 321 00:18:33.240 --> 00:18:37.359 says that he's got a problem with this fatal four 322 00:18:37.359 --> 00:18:40.079 way match now that's been set up for World's End, 323 00:18:41.440 --> 00:18:43.680 and he has issues with all four men in the match. 324 00:18:43.680 --> 00:18:47.440 They said John Moxley has what he wants. Orange Cassidy 325 00:18:47.559 --> 00:18:51.200 is a little piss ant. Jay White has unfinished business 326 00:18:51.279 --> 00:18:53.319 with him, and hangman Page didn't do what he was 327 00:18:53.359 --> 00:18:56.519 supposed to do when they made their little deal a 328 00:18:56.519 --> 00:19:00.559 few weeks ago. Cage said he's going to drive Oxley 329 00:19:00.799 --> 00:19:03.000 to drink again and then he'll have to go back 330 00:19:03.039 --> 00:19:07.799 to rehab while he, being Christian, will have to rehab 331 00:19:07.880 --> 00:19:12.119 the AW World Heavyweight Championship when he wins it. So 332 00:19:12.240 --> 00:19:14.960 he turned to go leave, because you leave on a 333 00:19:15.000 --> 00:19:17.839 high note, you know, when you talk about driving a 334 00:19:17.839 --> 00:19:20.720 man back to drinking and sending him back to a 335 00:19:20.839 --> 00:19:24.000 rehab into AA. I mean, it's like, all right, we've 336 00:19:24.039 --> 00:19:26.480 done our job here. It's time to leave. So he 337 00:19:26.559 --> 00:19:29.279 turned to go leave. Now he's in the suite, but 338 00:19:29.319 --> 00:19:32.599 then he turns back around to address the crab. What 339 00:19:32.720 --> 00:19:34.920 we can see behind him, and he can't see this, 340 00:19:35.839 --> 00:19:39.000 but we can see behind him because there's a door, 341 00:19:39.079 --> 00:19:42.039 and through the glass you see Hook standing outside the 342 00:19:42.079 --> 00:19:47.119 door to the suite. Eventually Christian turns around and he 343 00:19:47.160 --> 00:19:50.720 sees Hook. Hook takes his arm which was wrapped I 344 00:19:50.759 --> 00:19:55.680 assume a towel, and he busts the window out. See 345 00:19:55.680 --> 00:19:57.319 it does what Bill Goldberg should have done. When he 346 00:19:57.359 --> 00:20:00.680 put his fucking hand through the limousine window on Nitro 347 00:20:00.839 --> 00:20:04.039 all those years ago, or thunder whatever it was might 348 00:20:04.039 --> 00:20:06.720 have been thunder, But I don't think he I don't 349 00:20:06.759 --> 00:20:09.880 think he wrapped his arm or his hand than anything. 350 00:20:09.960 --> 00:20:11.680 He's like an idiot. He just put it through the 351 00:20:11.720 --> 00:20:15.960 window and he fucked himself all up. But he busts 352 00:20:15.960 --> 00:20:19.279 out the window and now Hook enters the suite and 353 00:20:19.319 --> 00:20:22.160 he attacks Christian, beats the hell out of him. He's 354 00:20:22.160 --> 00:20:23.680 got his arm in a cast, by the way, maybe 355 00:20:23.720 --> 00:20:27.680 that's what it was. I'm talking about a towel. I 356 00:20:27.720 --> 00:20:31.200 think it was a cast. Again. I'm look, I got 357 00:20:31.240 --> 00:20:33.519 one hundred and eighth degree fever. You got to excuse me. 358 00:20:34.519 --> 00:20:36.799 So now he's beating the hell out of Christian cage 359 00:20:37.000 --> 00:20:41.759 and he puts red rum is applied. He tries to 360 00:20:41.759 --> 00:20:48.200 send Christian flying off the balcony down below. So nothing 361 00:20:48.319 --> 00:20:53.440 like a good old the fashion act of attempted murder here. Christian, though, 362 00:20:53.480 --> 00:20:57.519 manages to fight free, and he retreats back into the suite. 363 00:20:57.559 --> 00:20:59.720 Hook follows him beats him up some more. Now Nick 364 00:20:59.759 --> 00:21:03.079 Wayne is there, Kip Saban is there. They try to 365 00:21:03.480 --> 00:21:07.400 fight off hook Hook fights them off Christian. Meanwhile, he 366 00:21:07.519 --> 00:21:09.799 bolted out of there, so Hook leaves the sweet and 367 00:21:09.839 --> 00:21:11.960 goes after him, and that's how the segment ended. So 368 00:21:12.880 --> 00:21:15.559 this was fine. It was Christian being slimy little worm, 369 00:21:15.759 --> 00:21:18.640 and at least we didn't have Hook cutting a promo 370 00:21:18.759 --> 00:21:23.759 this week. Hook is not a very good promom and 371 00:21:23.839 --> 00:21:25.960 every time he has a microphone and he comes out, 372 00:21:26.000 --> 00:21:28.519 unless it's something very short and sweet where he's saying, 373 00:21:28.519 --> 00:21:30.559 you know so, and so get your ass out here, 374 00:21:30.599 --> 00:21:35.440 like that's that's fine. Anything more than that, and it's 375 00:21:35.480 --> 00:21:38.079 a little dicey. So Hook is at his best one 376 00:21:38.119 --> 00:21:41.160 he's just going around beating people up, and that's what 377 00:21:41.240 --> 00:21:46.200 we got here. So that was fine. Now he had 378 00:21:46.240 --> 00:21:50.160 another Gold League match in the Continent's Classic, and this 379 00:21:50.240 --> 00:22:00.240 one was between Will Ospray and Claudio Castignoli. As soon 380 00:22:00.279 --> 00:22:04.480 as the bell sounded, Ospray sprinted into a standing Spanish 381 00:22:04.519 --> 00:22:07.240 fly and he took Claudio over with it. I mean, 382 00:22:07.279 --> 00:22:09.319 you knew the match wasn't going to end then and there, 383 00:22:09.440 --> 00:22:12.440 but they tried to get you with that quick near fall, 384 00:22:12.480 --> 00:22:15.400 but he kicked out. So Osprey was in control for 385 00:22:15.440 --> 00:22:18.359 a little bit until Claudio he wrenched the arm and 386 00:22:18.440 --> 00:22:23.759 he sent Ospray outside. Claudio tried sending Ospray into the steps. Ospray, though, 387 00:22:23.799 --> 00:22:27.799 cleared the steps and then drop kicked them into the legs. 388 00:22:27.799 --> 00:22:31.799 He tried to leap off Claudio, though caught and slammed 389 00:22:31.839 --> 00:22:35.119 him into the barricade. Then he delivered a giant swing 390 00:22:35.160 --> 00:22:39.359 into the steps, so as Claudio tipped the stairs over, 391 00:22:40.160 --> 00:22:43.759 he trapped Osprey's arm in them, and then he stood 392 00:22:43.759 --> 00:22:45.480 on top of the steps, and then he stomped on 393 00:22:45.559 --> 00:22:50.839 Osprey's wrist and Claudio had control. During the commercial break, 394 00:22:51.920 --> 00:22:55.200 he got a sharpshooter, replied Osprey, though sprung out of 395 00:22:55.200 --> 00:22:58.480 it into a springboard hurrican Rana and then a handspring 396 00:22:58.519 --> 00:23:01.799 corkscrew kick. Ospray missed the hidden blade, but he was 397 00:23:01.839 --> 00:23:06.240 able to avoid the recola bomb into an octopus. Castignoli 398 00:23:06.319 --> 00:23:08.400 got the ropes, went back to the arm, hit a 399 00:23:08.400 --> 00:23:11.759 double stump to the back, and then both men battled 400 00:23:11.799 --> 00:23:14.599 in the corner. Ospray fought off a superplex attempt and 401 00:23:14.599 --> 00:23:17.240