WEBVTT 1 00:00:01.159 --> 00:00:05.080 Tonight was the Thanksgiving Eve episode of AW Dynamite. Turkey 2 00:00:05.120 --> 00:00:08.400 Day is almost here. Getting ready for all that food. 3 00:00:09.199 --> 00:00:11.000 I'm getting a headache just thinking about it. I have 4 00:00:11.039 --> 00:00:15.679 two Thanksgiving feasts on Thursday and Friday. I'm already dreading. 5 00:00:16.079 --> 00:00:18.079 I'm already dreading all the food I'm gonna be eating. 6 00:00:18.839 --> 00:00:21.920 But before we got there, we had Dynamite Tonight coming 7 00:00:21.960 --> 00:00:24.960 out of Full Gear, and as we are heading into 8 00:00:24.960 --> 00:00:27.039 the month of December, it is also the beginning of 9 00:00:27.079 --> 00:00:31.000 the Continental Classic. I believe this is the third year 10 00:00:31.000 --> 00:00:33.880 in a row that they are doing this tournament, and 11 00:00:33.920 --> 00:00:38.039 tonight was almost entirely dedicated to the Continental Classic. We 12 00:00:38.079 --> 00:00:41.159 had a whole series of matches here with one women's 13 00:00:41.200 --> 00:00:45.600 tag team titled Tournament Match sprinkled in along with a 14 00:00:45.719 --> 00:00:49.600 Samoa Joe promo. Having just beat Hangman Page to win 15 00:00:49.640 --> 00:00:53.159 the AW World Championship at Full Gear, it only made 16 00:00:53.200 --> 00:00:55.439 sense that we would hear from Joe here on this show. 17 00:00:56.479 --> 00:00:59.479 I don't like how we got no explanation from Hook 18 00:01:00.240 --> 00:01:02.399 why he did what he did, or how far back 19 00:01:02.439 --> 00:01:06.239 this plan goes. Of course, we saw Hook on Saturday 20 00:01:06.840 --> 00:01:10.159 come out and factor directly into the finish, assisting Joe 21 00:01:10.239 --> 00:01:13.640 and winning the championship. We didn't really get much out 22 00:01:13.640 --> 00:01:16.840 of him tonight. We flat out had Eddie Kingston in 23 00:01:16.879 --> 00:01:20.079 a backstage promo say I'm not addressing hook. I'm not 24 00:01:20.159 --> 00:01:23.760 addressing the hook thing tonight. So they didn't get into 25 00:01:23.799 --> 00:01:27.120 any of that stuff, and we have no idea at 26 00:01:27.120 --> 00:01:29.920 all whatsoever as far as what direction they are going 27 00:01:29.959 --> 00:01:33.040 in next. For Chris Statlander, coming off of her Women's 28 00:01:33.079 --> 00:01:36.599 World Championship win over Mercedes Monet, she was on the 29 00:01:36.640 --> 00:01:40.120 show briefly in a backstage segment. They gave no indication 30 00:01:40.400 --> 00:01:44.599 of where she is headed next, So we have no idea. 31 00:01:45.159 --> 00:01:47.159 Now me personally, you know, I'm a fan of the 32 00:01:47.200 --> 00:01:51.120 Continental Classic. I know not everybody is. Typically you're not 33 00:01:51.159 --> 00:01:53.120 going to get a whole lot in the way of 34 00:01:53.200 --> 00:01:56.000 story with it. If you look at the way that 35 00:01:56.200 --> 00:02:01.200 the leagues are put together this year, definitely more story 36 00:02:02.280 --> 00:02:05.319 or more story potential in this year's tournament, probably than 37 00:02:05.359 --> 00:02:08.120 any of the ones they've done so far. So we 38 00:02:08.199 --> 00:02:10.879 know that in the Gold League, we have Darby Allen, 39 00:02:11.000 --> 00:02:15.039 we have Pack, we have Kevin Knight, Speedball, Mike Bailey, 40 00:02:15.319 --> 00:02:19.039 Kyle Fletcher and kazuchko O Kada. We just saw Pack 41 00:02:19.159 --> 00:02:21.840 pick up a win at full gear over Darby, so 42 00:02:21.879 --> 00:02:24.400 it stands to reason that at some point here in 43 00:02:24.479 --> 00:02:28.039 the Gold League Darby will likely get his win back 44 00:02:28.280 --> 00:02:31.840 over Pack. But that's the Gold League. It also means 45 00:02:31.840 --> 00:02:35.800 that Okata is going to have to wrestle Kyle Fletcher, right, 46 00:02:35.840 --> 00:02:38.039 we knew that, and we had that tonight. But as 47 00:02:38.080 --> 00:02:39.639 soon as it was announced, we knew those two we're 48 00:02:39.680 --> 00:02:42.560 gonna have to wrestle Speedball and Kevin Knight, They're gonna 49 00:02:42.599 --> 00:02:44.599 have to wrestle each other as well. Of course they're 50 00:02:44.680 --> 00:02:48.439 tag team partners. On the Blue League side, we have 51 00:02:48.560 --> 00:02:55.319 Kenoski Takeshta, John Moxley, Claudio Cassignoli, Orange Cassidy, Roderick Strong 52 00:02:55.479 --> 00:02:59.240 taking the place of the injured Kyle O'Reilly injured. I'm 53 00:02:59.280 --> 00:03:02.639 not sure it's any sort of legitimate injury, but they're 54 00:03:02.639 --> 00:03:05.599 claiming that coming out of his match with John Moxley, 55 00:03:05.639 --> 00:03:08.879 he's too beat up to be a participant in the tournament. 56 00:03:09.000 --> 00:03:14.520 So Roddy ends up getting his spot and Mascuroderata. So 57 00:03:14.599 --> 00:03:16.520 you look at the Blue League and the thing that 58 00:03:16.599 --> 00:03:20.800 stands out like neon lights flashing lights, is that Moxley 59 00:03:20.879 --> 00:03:23.879 and Claudio are going to have to wrestle each other, 60 00:03:23.879 --> 00:03:25.520 and now we know that that match is going to 61 00:03:25.560 --> 00:03:29.599 be taking place next week. And I look at these 62 00:03:29.639 --> 00:03:32.120 two leagues, and for me, the Gold League is the 63 00:03:32.159 --> 00:03:34.759 superior of the two leagues. I mean, I look at 64 00:03:34.759 --> 00:03:36.319 the Gold League in the Blue League here, I'm a 65 00:03:36.319 --> 00:03:40.280 Gold League guy. But this tournament we talk about story, 66 00:03:40.439 --> 00:03:44.919 story threads. Here in this tournament, everything is primed and 67 00:03:45.039 --> 00:03:50.719 set up for a finals confrontation between Okada and Takeshta, 68 00:03:51.280 --> 00:03:54.599 which is the story that honestly is my favorite on 69 00:03:54.639 --> 00:03:57.199 aw television now for the past few months, and they've 70 00:03:57.199 --> 00:04:00.680 taken the slow burn approach with it. Everything is building 71 00:04:00.719 --> 00:04:03.599 and building, and it seems to be building. I mean, 72 00:04:03.599 --> 00:04:05.639 I've been saying this for a few months now. Everything 73 00:04:05.680 --> 00:04:08.879 would seem to be building for the finals of this tournament. 74 00:04:09.080 --> 00:04:12.039 Right they're in opposing leagues. We know that the finals, 75 00:04:12.080 --> 00:04:14.960 actually the finals of each league and the finals of 76 00:04:15.000 --> 00:04:18.360 the entire thing are taking place at World's End, So 77 00:04:18.399 --> 00:04:20.680 that's coming up on December twenty seventh, that's about a 78 00:04:20.680 --> 00:04:25.839 month away. Everything needs to be building to Okata and Takeshda, 79 00:04:25.920 --> 00:04:30.199 which makes things very predictable. It does, but that's okay. 80 00:04:30.399 --> 00:04:32.839 If the story is there and you're building up to 81 00:04:32.879 --> 00:04:36.240 a match that people want to see, that's fine. What 82 00:04:36.279 --> 00:04:38.360 we actually got on the show tonight were a couple 83 00:04:38.399 --> 00:04:41.319 of upsets to in my opinion, a couple of upsets 84 00:04:41.319 --> 00:04:43.519 here in this tournament. And it's only the first night. 85 00:04:43.839 --> 00:04:46.439 So we'll get into what those were, and then we'll 86 00:04:46.439 --> 00:04:49.079 get through your super chat questions and get you on 87 00:04:49.160 --> 00:04:51.879 out of here for the holiday. But thank you for 88 00:04:51.920 --> 00:04:56.759 spending your Thanksgiving Eve with me. It is Wednesday, November 89 00:04:56.759 --> 00:05:00.600 twenty sixth, twenty twenty five. This is your aw Dynamite 90 00:05:00.680 --> 00:05:05.399 Thanksgiving Eve review. I am the Solemn Monster, celebrating eighteen 91 00:05:05.519 --> 00:05:08.759 years of the sound off all November long. As we 92 00:05:08.800 --> 00:05:11.759 wind down, we only got one more live stream left 93 00:05:11.759 --> 00:05:14.800 to go, that Survivor series coming up this weekend. Because 94 00:05:14.800 --> 00:05:17.920 I will not be here on Friday, can subscribe. Like 95 00:05:17.959 --> 00:05:19.959 I said, super chats are open. I will be reading 96 00:05:19.959 --> 00:05:23.120 your messages in a little bit, so we're going to 97 00:05:23.160 --> 00:05:25.199 get on into that and then we'll get you on 98 00:05:25.279 --> 00:05:28.480 out of here. So let's start from the top, because 99 00:05:28.480 --> 00:05:32.560 we kicked off the Continental Classic with Gold League Action 100 00:05:32.680 --> 00:05:35.160 here on the show tonight with two members of the 101 00:05:35.199 --> 00:05:39.199 Don Kallis family, we had Kazuchka Okada. Now this is 102 00:05:39.199 --> 00:05:43.040 where it gets a little messy. So we know that 103 00:05:43.319 --> 00:05:47.160 Okata beat Kenny Omega to become the first ever unified champion, 104 00:05:47.639 --> 00:05:50.959 and in so doing he unified the International title and 105 00:05:51.000 --> 00:05:55.360 the Continental title to form the unified Championship, which we 106 00:05:55.360 --> 00:05:57.680 were told at the time does not mean that the 107 00:05:57.680 --> 00:06:02.120 International title and the Continental title retired. In fact, their 108 00:06:02.160 --> 00:06:06.319 lineage lives on, according to Tony Kahn. So in theory, 109 00:06:06.879 --> 00:06:10.800 all these months have gone by, Okata could defend any 110 00:06:10.839 --> 00:06:16.759 of those championships individually. Now of course he didn't and 111 00:06:16.800 --> 00:06:20.600 he's not going to. So he's had this unified title. 112 00:06:21.439 --> 00:06:25.600 But now the Continental Classic is here, and we see 113 00:06:25.600 --> 00:06:29.920 the Continental Championship is sitting on top of the announced 114 00:06:29.959 --> 00:06:34.240 desk at ringside. So we have Okada and we have 115 00:06:34.319 --> 00:06:38.079 Kyle Fletcher, two members of the Kallus family who are 116 00:06:38.079 --> 00:06:40.680 gonna go one on one here. Don Kallis is on 117 00:06:40.759 --> 00:06:43.519 commentary at ringside. Now, they make it very clear in 118 00:06:43.560 --> 00:06:47.160 these matches there is no outside interference. Managers are not 119 00:06:47.199 --> 00:06:51.199 allowed at ringside. But the loophole is that Callous sometimes 120 00:06:51.240 --> 00:06:55.199 does commentary, so they allow him at ringside to do commentary. Now, 121 00:06:55.199 --> 00:06:57.839 it's less of a concern, I guess here in a 122 00:06:57.839 --> 00:07:00.560 match like this because both men have happened to be 123 00:07:00.600 --> 00:07:03.480 a part of his family, which is not hard to 124 00:07:03.519 --> 00:07:05.800 believe because he's got a million members of his family. 125 00:07:06.279 --> 00:07:09.120 But still it's a little bit of a loophole. That's 126 00:07:09.199 --> 00:07:11.480 kind of dumb, don't you think. I mean, either people 127 00:07:11.519 --> 00:07:13.560 are allowed at ringside or they're not. They should not 128 00:07:13.600 --> 00:07:17.639 be making exceptions for anyone. But the continental title is 129 00:07:17.759 --> 00:07:21.720 sitting right there on top of the announced desk, and 130 00:07:21.879 --> 00:07:25.279 this tournament is not for the Unified Championship, and they 131 00:07:25.279 --> 00:07:28.600 made that clear. It's for the Continental title, which means 132 00:07:28.600 --> 00:07:31.639 that if Okada does not win this tournament, there is 133 00:07:31.680 --> 00:07:36.000 no longer a unified Championship. That belt goes away because 134 00:07:36.079 --> 00:07:39.279 let's say Takeshta wins the tournament, Takesha would be the 135 00:07:39.319 --> 00:07:44.120 new Continental champion. Okada would just be the International champion 136 00:07:44.319 --> 00:07:46.680 because that title still lives on He even walked out 137 00:07:46.720 --> 00:07:49.839 with it to the ring tonight. But the Continental title 138 00:07:50.480 --> 00:07:55.959 and the International title would effectively replace the Unified Championship, 139 00:07:55.959 --> 00:07:58.560 which would be on the back burner at least temporarily. 140 00:07:58.959 --> 00:08:04.959 This is all very convoluted and very unnecessary. And I 141 00:08:05.040 --> 00:08:07.560 said as much when they introduced this championship. I say 142 00:08:07.560 --> 00:08:10.560 it whenever they introduce any new championship in this company. 143 00:08:10.560 --> 00:08:14.600 They just introduced the national Championship, which really serves the 144 00:08:14.600 --> 00:08:18.279 purpose that the international title originally served in this company 145 00:08:18.319 --> 00:08:22.439 before they got away from you know, doing defenses overseas 146 00:08:22.480 --> 00:08:26.079 and and other promotions. But this is what happens when 147 00:08:26.199 --> 00:08:28.560 you know, you have Tony Kahan who has a belt 148 00:08:28.560 --> 00:08:32.480 fetish and can't help himself, and he's introducing this belt 149 00:08:32.480 --> 00:08:34.080 and this belt and this belt and this belt. You 150 00:08:34.159 --> 00:08:36.480 end up with a tournament here where things are just 151 00:08:36.480 --> 00:08:39.240 more convoluted than they need to be, you know, and 152 00:08:39.279 --> 00:08:42.480 there's any number of things, namely, you know, you can 153 00:08:42.679 --> 00:08:45.200 have a shot at the World Championship. And when they 154 00:08:45.240 --> 00:08:47.519 first introduced this tournament, I talked about this is three 155 00:08:47.600 --> 00:08:49.600 years ago. This is not new stuff. I'm not going 156 00:08:49.679 --> 00:08:53.879 to relitigate that. But like watching that and listening to 157 00:08:53.919 --> 00:08:56.039 them explain it, like I get what they're saying, but 158 00:08:56.080 --> 00:08:59.279 it's still unnecessarily convoluted. The whole thing is just very stupid. 159 00:09:00.480 --> 00:09:03.039 So anyway, Okada reached out for a handshake at the bell. 160 00:09:03.519 --> 00:09:06.159 They both tried to kick each other during the handshake, 161 00:09:06.200 --> 00:09:09.000 and they ended up holding each other's legs, so they 162 00:09:09.039 --> 00:09:12.559 worked through some counters. In reversals, slapped hands to show 163 00:09:12.639 --> 00:09:16.320 some respect to each other. After some back and forth, 164 00:09:16.360 --> 00:09:19.000 Okada teased a slap to the chest, but he pulled 165 00:09:19.039 --> 00:09:22.679 back and he landed a kick. Fletcher, though very quickly 166 00:09:22.759 --> 00:09:25.919 hit the ropes and fired back with a tackle. Okada 167 00:09:26.080 --> 00:09:29.120 he crouched Fletcher in the corner by shoving the referee 168 00:09:29.159 --> 00:09:31.919 into the ropes with his foot, and then he dropped 169 00:09:31.960 --> 00:09:33.799 kicked him off the ropes and out to the floor. 170 00:09:33.840 --> 00:09:37.039 That took us into a commercial, so Fletcher returned the 171 00:09:37.039 --> 00:09:40.000 favor by shoving the referee into the ropes and causing 172 00:09:40.000 --> 00:09:43.080 Okada to crosh himself. Then he jumped to the top 173 00:09:43.159 --> 00:09:46.440 rope he delivered a superplex. Later on in the match, 174 00:09:46.480 --> 00:09:50.600 Okada rolled to the outside. Fletcher pursued him and got 175 00:09:50.720 --> 00:09:54.320 tripped on the apron, and Okada quickly delivered a DDT 176 00:09:54.480 --> 00:09:57.360 from the apron to the floor. He then took the 177 00:09:57.399 --> 00:10:00.440 action back into the ring. Okada delivered a tombs stone 178 00:10:00.559 --> 00:10:06.039 pile driver. Fletcher recovered, though countered into a Mitchiinoku driver 179 00:10:06.440 --> 00:10:08.320 could not make a cover though, and at this point 180 00:10:08.399 --> 00:10:12.320 we got the time call from Justin Roberts fifteen minutes 181 00:10:13.120 --> 00:10:17.000 five remaining because these matches have twenty minute time limits. Again, 182 00:10:17.039 --> 00:10:20.559 he get three points for a win, no points if 183 00:10:20.600 --> 00:10:24.559 you don't win. So Fletcher picked up Okada. Then he 184 00:10:24.799 --> 00:10:27.399 lawn darted him into the middle turn buckle in the corner. 185 00:10:28.080 --> 00:10:31.000 He followed that up with a lagerbomb, covered for a 186 00:10:31.000 --> 00:10:34.840 close near fall. Fletcher attempted a brainbuster. Okada slipped out though, 187 00:10:35.399 --> 00:10:39.279 and he gouged the eyes. He went for a rain maker. Fletcher, though, 188 00:10:39.320 --> 00:10:41.960 countered into a roll up pin and he got the 189 00:10:42.080 --> 00:10:46.399 wind with the flash pin. Kyle Fletcher picks up the 190 00:10:46.440 --> 00:10:48.799 win here and after the match was over, Fletcher offered 191 00:10:48.799 --> 00:10:52.480 a handshake. Okada was teasing the flip off, but instead 192 00:10:52.559 --> 00:10:55.960 he put the hand in for the handshake and Callous 193 00:10:56.080 --> 00:10:58.320 was all smiles and he got in the ring and 194 00:10:58.320 --> 00:11:01.639 he held up both men's arms celebrated with both of them. 195 00:11:02.159 --> 00:11:05.279 This was a very good match. Hot start here to 196 00:11:05.360 --> 00:11:09.279 the tournament, with Fletcher now beating Okada back to back 197 00:11:09.399 --> 00:11:12.720 years in the Continental Classic because they had a match 198 00:11:12.759 --> 00:11:16.159 on Collision one year ago and Fletcher beat Okada. Then 199 00:11:17.360 --> 00:11:21.120 so here we are in twenty twenty five, history repeats itself. 200 00:11:22.000 --> 00:11:24.480 Fletcher is also coming off a loss at full gear. 201 00:11:24.639 --> 00:11:28.039 He lost his TNT championship to Mark Briscoe, so this 202 00:11:28.240 --> 00:11:30.480 was a big way to get him back in the 203 00:11:30.519 --> 00:11:33.240 win column with a win over somebody who's not undefeated. 204 00:11:33.279 --> 00:11:36.679 But Okata has been largely protected, you know, in the 205 00:11:36.720 --> 00:11:38.240 time that he has been in this company. I mean 206 00:11:38.240 --> 00:11:40.759 you think he's beginning of next year, he'll be going 207 00:11:40.799 --> 00:11:43.320 on what two years, I think two full years is 208 00:11:43.360 --> 00:11:47.480 a full time performer in this company. And you could 209 00:11:47.480 --> 00:11:50.159 probably count the number of losses that he has taken, 210 00:11:50.440 --> 00:11:53.080 if not on one hand, definitely on two and still 211 00:11:53.080 --> 00:11:56.399 have fingers left over. So he's very well protected. When 212 00:11:56.440 --> 00:11:59.279 he gets beat, it does feel like it means something. 213 00:12:00.480 --> 00:12:03.600 It'll mean more to Fletcher being able to, you know, 214 00:12:03.679 --> 00:12:06.840 pick up a win like that, no harm to Okada. 215 00:12:07.879 --> 00:12:10.799 We know that Okada is going to the finals. Is 216 00:12:10.799 --> 00:12:13.919 he gonna win? Is he gonna lose? We can you 217 00:12:13.960 --> 00:12:16.519 know talk about that. I think ta Kesha this should 218 00:12:16.559 --> 00:12:20.519 be his tournament to lose. But regardless we know what 219 00:12:20.600 --> 00:12:23.480 the final is going to be. Anything other than Okada 220 00:12:23.519 --> 00:12:26.600 and Takesha in the finals. To me, would be ridiculous. 221 00:12:27.200 --> 00:12:31.440 So it's predictable. So what do you do? This is 222 00:12:31.480 --> 00:12:32.919 one of the things that you can do. You could 223 00:12:32.919 --> 00:12:34.960 shake things up a little bit by giving people an 224 00:12:34.960 --> 00:12:38.120 outcome that a lot of fans probably wouldn't be expecting. Now, 225 00:12:38.159 --> 00:12:40.639 all of a sudden, Okada, who's the favorite to at 226 00:12:40.720 --> 00:12:43.759 least go to the finals, is now fighting from behind. Right, 227 00:12:43.759 --> 00:12:46.360 you give him a little bit of adversity. Now he's 228 00:12:46.360 --> 00:12:48.559 got to, you know, fight his way back because the 229 00:12:48.559 --> 00:12:51.159 points went to the other guy. So I like that 230 00:12:51.200 --> 00:12:53.759 they started the tournament with, you know, an upset win 231 00:12:54.519 --> 00:12:56.639 right out of the gate. They gave you what I 232 00:12:56.679 --> 00:12:59.559 would consider to be an upset win. But this was 233 00:12:59.559 --> 00:13:03.799 a very good match. At backstage, Lexi and Air was 234 00:13:03.840 --> 00:13:09.399 talking to Kenny Omegan, who popped out of his dressing room, 235 00:13:10.679 --> 00:13:13.360 and she asked if it's safe to say that after 236 00:13:13.399 --> 00:13:16.000 the events of Full Gear that he and the Young 237 00:13:16.039 --> 00:13:19.440 Bucks have been reunited, and Omega said that we've seen 238 00:13:19.519 --> 00:13:22.559 him do things that he's not proud of, and he's 239 00:13:22.600 --> 00:13:26.600 been fooled by Don Kallus before also right, as have 240 00:13:26.679 --> 00:13:28.919 the Bucks, So he would be a fool not to 241 00:13:28.919 --> 00:13:30.799 take that into account with where he and the Young 242 00:13:30.840 --> 00:13:33.840 Bucks stand, and if his friends are willing to accept 243 00:13:33.879 --> 00:13:36.600 him and the fans are willing to accept him for 244 00:13:36.639 --> 00:13:39.679 who he is after all that he's done, who is 245 00:13:39.679 --> 00:13:42.159 he to say that the Bucks don't deserve a second chance. 246 00:13:43.480 --> 00:13:45.440 That's all he had to say. And he retreated back 247 00:13:45.440 --> 00:13:49.080 into his dressing room, and maybe five seconds go by 248 00:13:49.679 --> 00:13:52.039 and the door swings open again, and who comes out 249 00:13:52.080 --> 00:13:56.799 but the Young Bucks, and Lexi has a very confused 250 00:13:57.279 --> 00:13:59.799 look on her face as the Bucks say, oh, excuse me, 251 00:14:00.559 --> 00:14:03.519 and they just walk away. I'm not sure why she 252 00:14:03.639 --> 00:14:07.120 was so confused in this moment, because she literally led 253 00:14:07.159 --> 00:14:11.360 the interview off by asking Kenny Omega, is it safe 254 00:14:11.360 --> 00:14:13.639 to assume that you guys are reunited and back on 255 00:14:13.679 --> 00:14:16.399 the same page. So I'm not sure why she had 256 00:14:16.399 --> 00:14:20.039 this confused expression on her face. But that was the 257 00:14:20.080 --> 00:14:22.360 extent to which we had any sort of, you know, 258 00:14:22.480 --> 00:14:26.200 follow up to what we saw on Saturday, where we 259 00:14:26.240 --> 00:14:28.080 did have an elite reunion at the end of that 260 00:14:28.159 --> 00:14:31.720 million dollar match, which ended up being by the way, 261 00:14:31.759 --> 00:14:33.840 the million dollars that they made such a big deal 262 00:14:33.879 --> 00:14:37.039 about in that match that technically you know the Bucks 263 00:14:37.080 --> 00:14:40.879 won and then you know Hatchisaro was walking it. They 264 00:14:40.919 --> 00:14:42.960 stole the money back at Hetches. Sarah is walking around 265 00:14:42.960 --> 00:14:44.399 with the money at the end of the pay per view. 266 00:14:45.360 --> 00:14:48.200 Total non factor. We'll see if it gets brought up 267 00:14:48.200 --> 00:14:51.960 on Collision because they're taping Collision, which is airing tomorrow night. 268 00:14:52.759 --> 00:14:54.840 But the million dollars, which is supposed to be a 269 00:14:54.840 --> 00:15:00.320 big deal, was a total non factor. So we got 270 00:15:00.399 --> 00:15:03.320 highlights of the TNT title match of Full Gear with 271 00:15:03.399 --> 00:15:10.559 Mark Briscoe finally beating Kyle Fletcher, and we go to 272 00:15:11.240 --> 00:15:14.799 Briscoe who is sitting in a chair backstage, still bloody, 273 00:15:15.240 --> 00:15:18.480 fresh off the match. He's got his brand new TNT 274 00:15:18.720 --> 00:15:23.279 Championship and he says that he lost the most important 275 00:15:23.279 --> 00:15:27.679 thing to him, his brother, his other half. It's been 276 00:15:27.720 --> 00:15:30.480 a long road since then, not knowing if he would 277 00:15:30.480 --> 00:15:32.840 want to continue wrestling without him, should I even keep 278 00:15:32.919 --> 00:15:36.200 doing this, But he realized that he had to do 279 00:15:36.240 --> 00:15:39.639 it for family. Says this title is for not only 280 00:15:39.639 --> 00:15:43.080 his real family, but his road family as well, the conglomeration. 281 00:15:44.080 --> 00:15:46.960 It's also for Delaware and then he looks up but 282 00:15:47.000 --> 00:15:50.639 he says that this is for Jay and you know 283 00:15:50.720 --> 00:15:52.360 he have a little bit more to say to it 284 00:15:52.399 --> 00:15:54.000 than that, but that was kind of the gist of it. 285 00:15:54.039 --> 00:15:55.559 I thought this was the hell of a promo, just 286 00:15:55.679 --> 00:15:59.440 very heartfelt. He wasn't acting all wacky and goofy and 287 00:15:59.519 --> 00:16:03.399 crazy like he normally does and over the top. They 288 00:16:03.480 --> 00:16:06.039 shot this immediately after the match on Saturday, and it 289 00:16:06.080 --> 00:16:11.200 was just a very short, to the point, heartfelt Babyface promo. 290 00:16:11.279 --> 00:16:13.840 So I thought this was good. And again, where he 291 00:16:13.919 --> 00:16:16.399 goes from here, we don't know. There's a lot we 292 00:16:16.440 --> 00:16:19.080 don't know as far as where certain champions and certain 293 00:16:19.159 --> 00:16:22.240 people are going coming out of full gear. They didn't 294 00:16:22.240 --> 00:16:24.720 have time to address all of it. I think they 295 00:16:24.759 --> 00:16:26.879 still should have addressed some of it more than they did, 296 00:16:27.440 --> 00:16:29.559 given that this was the first big show coming out 297 00:16:29.600 --> 00:16:33.200 of the pay per view. But again, they're taping Collision, 298 00:16:33.200 --> 00:16:35.840 which is airing tomorrow and we'll see if they shed 299 00:16:35.879 --> 00:16:39.799 any more light on that. We had a semi final 300 00:16:39.879 --> 00:16:44.159 round match and the women's tag team title tournament, two 301 00:16:44.279 --> 00:16:48.000 tournaments at once. We have here, we have a women's tournament, 302 00:16:48.720 --> 00:16:52.639 we have the Continental Classic. Wouldn't shock me, by the way, 303 00:16:52.639 --> 00:16:57.320 if next year we get a women's Continental Classic. I'm 304 00:16:57.360 --> 00:17:01.279 gonna make that prediction. Now, but we had Willow Nightingale 305 00:17:01.960 --> 00:17:05.519 and Harley Cameron against the sisters of Sin Julia Hart 306 00:17:05.519 --> 00:17:08.640 and sky Blue Heart and Blue. They delivered a double 307 00:17:08.680 --> 00:17:12.440 team pancake to Harley Cameron, but Willow pulled Julia to 308 00:17:12.480 --> 00:17:15.920 the floor and then tossed her into the barricade. While 309 00:17:15.960 --> 00:17:19.960 Harley regained control inside the ring, Julia created a distraction 310 00:17:20.119 --> 00:17:23.119 so sky Blue could deliver a neck breaker, and that 311 00:17:23.160 --> 00:17:25.559 took us into a commercial break. Now, after the break, 312 00:17:25.720 --> 00:17:29.359 Julia walked the rope. She delivered a flying forearm. Harley 313 00:17:29.480 --> 00:17:32.680 desperately reached for the tag. She got the tag to Willow. 314 00:17:33.400 --> 00:17:35.920 Sky Blue made a blind tag. She waited for Willow 315 00:17:35.920 --> 00:17:40.480 to land a spinebuster to then make a surprise ambush 316 00:17:40.640 --> 00:17:43.359 Heart and Blue. They delivered double kicks front and back 317 00:17:43.400 --> 00:17:46.440 to Willow, and sky Blue covered only for a two count. 318 00:17:46.799 --> 00:17:49.480 Willow fired back with a double suplex and then Harley 319 00:17:49.480 --> 00:17:52.839 tagged in and she ended up down as Julia went 320 00:17:52.960 --> 00:17:57.880 up for her moon saw. Now, Julia Hart has a 321 00:17:57.880 --> 00:18:01.960 great looking moon saw. It's very smooth as she's sailing 322 00:18:01.960 --> 00:18:04.559 through the air. The problem in this case was she 323 00:18:05.799 --> 00:18:09.599 came down for the moon salt and she completely overshot 324 00:18:09.720 --> 00:18:13.680 Harley Cameron. There was nobody there, so Harley is laying 325 00:18:13.759 --> 00:18:17.799 here and Julia went a little past her, and then 326 00:18:17.839 --> 00:18:20.880 she tried to compensate because she realized she fucked up, 327 00:18:21.720 --> 00:18:24.000 so she kind of pops up, not even to her feet, 328 00:18:24.039 --> 00:18:28.440 almost to like her knees, and she immediately pops up 329 00:18:28.519 --> 00:18:32.160 and then sort of flopped onto her with a with 330 00:18:32.400 --> 00:18:35.559 like a little diving elbow, just to try to salvage 331 00:18:35.599 --> 00:18:40.319 the spot. This was very embarrassing. I mean, look, shit happens, 332 00:18:40.359 --> 00:18:43.960 but this did, this did not This did not look 333 00:18:44.000 --> 00:18:46.799 good here. So Willow ends up getting a blind tag. 334 00:18:47.240 --> 00:18:51.759 Harley lands a backstabber on sky Blue, while Willow delivers 335 00:18:51.799 --> 00:18:55.680 a doctor bomb to Julia for the wind. I don't know. 336 00:18:55.720 --> 00:19:00.440 Maybe Julia saw somebody, maybe you know John cenasted in 337 00:19:00.480 --> 00:19:02.960 a few weeks, maybe he's making the rounds. Maybe she 338 00:19:03.039 --> 00:19:07.200 saw John Cena laying there, and I don't know. She 339 00:19:07.319 --> 00:19:11.079 overshot her target, but Willow and Harley pick up the win. 340 00:19:11.880 --> 00:19:14.160 It got a little messy, and not even just the 341 00:19:14.160 --> 00:19:17.799 moon salt spot, like in the immediate aftermath of the 342 00:19:17.799 --> 00:19:21.119 Moon salt spot. It just got a little messy here 343 00:19:21.160 --> 00:19:23.720 at the end. I thought it was solid enough though 344 00:19:23.799 --> 00:19:26.680 on the whole, so Willow and Harley. They advanced to 345 00:19:26.720 --> 00:19:29.240 the finals, they're going to face either Tony Storm and 346 00:19:29.319 --> 00:19:34.200 Mina Shirakawa baby Faces against Babyface, or they'll be wrestling 347 00:19:34.200 --> 00:19:38.359 Megan Bain and Marina Shafir. I could see this going 348 00:19:38.599 --> 00:19:40.799 either way. Now. I made a prediction on my end 349 00:19:40.960 --> 00:19:43.759 at the beginning of all this that Tony Storm and 350 00:19:43.839 --> 00:19:46.720 Mina shira Cow would win the women's tag team titles. 351 00:19:47.480 --> 00:19:50.720 A couple of big names, especially Tony. I mean, Tony 352 00:19:50.799 --> 00:19:54.039 is the biggest name in the women's division. You put 353 00:19:54.079 --> 00:19:55.720 those titles on the two of them. They don't have 354 00:19:55.759 --> 00:19:57.799 a whole lot going on right now. I'm not saying 355 00:19:57.839 --> 00:19:59.519 they need it. They don't need I mean it's not like, 356 00:19:59.559 --> 00:20:01.440 oh they don't win these titles, My god, what are 357 00:20:01.440 --> 00:20:03.839 they gonna do? But right now they don't have anything 358 00:20:03.880 --> 00:20:06.720 going on right They had championships of their own, they 359 00:20:06.759 --> 00:20:11.039 both lost them. They found each other, So it stands 360 00:20:11.079 --> 00:20:14.000 to reason that they would stand tall at the end 361 00:20:14.079 --> 00:20:16.839 of this tournament, right two big names in that division 362 00:20:17.680 --> 00:20:21.000 be the first women's tag team champions, and then whoever 363 00:20:21.039 --> 00:20:23.559 they drop those titles to, whoever they feud with and 364 00:20:23.559 --> 00:20:26.799 they drop those belts to later on whenever they lose them, 365 00:20:27.119 --> 00:20:29.799 would hopefully, you know, be better off for having beaten 366 00:20:29.839 --> 00:20:33.400 Tony Storm and Mina Shirakawa. That's kind of my logic 367 00:20:33.480 --> 00:20:38.440 behind them winning this tournament. Willow Nightingale and Harley Cameron 368 00:20:38.440 --> 00:20:41.680 could very easily win this tournament because the fans like them. 369 00:20:41.720 --> 00:20:45.880 I mean, Willow is Willow's awesome. Harley is great, right, 370 00:20:46.039 --> 00:20:49.599 very likable, very charismatic, so is Willow. I don't have 371 00:20:49.640 --> 00:20:55.240 any issue with any of them winning this tournament. I'm 372 00:20:55.240 --> 00:20:58.400 gonna stick with my prediction. Even though Tony Amina they 373 00:20:58.480 --> 00:21:01.039 won the four way at full gear, so they won 374 00:21:01.079 --> 00:21:04.119 the right to pick a stipulation for their match against 375 00:21:04.119 --> 00:21:06.279 Megan baineam Marina Shafir, which I'll get to you later, 376 00:21:07.440 --> 00:21:09.799 and that makes it a little less likely that they're 377 00:21:09.799 --> 00:21:11.480 gonna come out on top of that match, But I'm 378 00:21:11.480 --> 00:21:16.759 sticking with them. I'm still picking them to win the tournament. Now. 379 00:21:16.799 --> 00:21:20.559 After this, Tony Shavanni was in the ring. Wait, by 380 00:21:20.559 --> 00:21:22.559 the way, wait until we get to the stipulation for 381 00:21:22.599 --> 00:21:26.079 that match. Gee, I wonder what kind of stipulation they're 382 00:21:26.119 --> 00:21:29.400 gonna pick for that match. In this tournament. I'll give 383 00:21:29.440 --> 00:21:31.680 you a hint. If you've been watching AW television for 384 00:21:31.680 --> 00:21:34.759 the past two weeks, it should be pretty easy to 385 00:21:34.799 --> 00:21:38.240 figure out what kind of match it's gonna be. Tony 386 00:21:38.240 --> 00:21:41.279 Shavanni was in the ring after a break to introduce 387 00:21:41.359 --> 00:21:46.880 the brand new two time AW World Champion and still 388 00:21:46.920 --> 00:21:51.319 one third of the Trios Champions. He's a double champion. 389 00:21:51.359 --> 00:21:55.160 He had gold over both shoulders. Samoa Joe out to 390 00:21:55.200 --> 00:21:59.960 the ring with Powerhouse Hobbs and Katiori Shabaham. Joe immediately 391 00:22:00.039 --> 00:22:03.359 swipes the microphone away from Shavanni, tells him tonight is 392 00:22:03.400 --> 00:22:06.039 his celebration, so don't ruin it and take your He'll 393 00:22:06.119 --> 00:22:09.400 billy ass out of here. So before Joe could say 394 00:22:09.400 --> 00:22:14.599 anything else, they cut to outside the venue and we 395 00:22:14.680 --> 00:22:19.319 see Swerve Strickland. He pulls up. I don't think he 396 00:22:19.359 --> 00:22:23.039 was driving. It was Prince Nana who was driving. He 397 00:22:23.119 --> 00:22:26.559 pulls up in an suv outside and Nana tells him 398 00:22:26.559 --> 00:22:29.440 go get him boss, and he's got a staple gun, 399 00:22:30.519 --> 00:22:35.640 his favorite weapon of choice. So Swerve is walking into 400 00:22:35.680 --> 00:22:37.599 the building and that's when all of a sudden, you 401 00:22:37.680 --> 00:22:41.599