WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.680 --> 00:00:03.480 Oh, you may believe that Christmas is a week away. 2 00:00:04.240 --> 00:00:08.080 Doesn't feel like it, but it is, which means New 3 00:00:08.160 --> 00:00:11.679 Year's is right around the corner as well. Tonight was 4 00:00:11.720 --> 00:00:14.759 the Holiday Bash episode of Dynamite. This is the three 5 00:00:14.800 --> 00:00:18.039 hour block that they have been promoting now for a 6 00:00:18.079 --> 00:00:20.920 few weeks. You know how I love these three hour shows. 7 00:00:21.399 --> 00:00:25.679 But they were in Manchester, England earlier today technically, and 8 00:00:25.719 --> 00:00:29.519 they had ten thousand plus in the building. There not 9 00:00:29.719 --> 00:00:34.280 something you see every week for Dynamite, and on this 10 00:00:34.399 --> 00:00:38.200 show it was really all about one thing. Now, if 11 00:00:38.200 --> 00:00:42.119 you are super into the Continental Classic, we got lots 12 00:00:42.159 --> 00:00:44.359 of good wrestling matches tonight. You have a good wrestling 13 00:00:44.359 --> 00:00:46.880 matches up and down the card. You're not into the 14 00:00:46.880 --> 00:00:49.479 Continental Classic. Like I've been saying, this is probably one 15 00:00:49.479 --> 00:00:53.520 of your least favorite periods in AAW because almost everything 16 00:00:53.600 --> 00:00:57.799 revolves around this tournament for the entire month. However, tonight 17 00:00:58.119 --> 00:01:01.840 we have the return of someone very important in AAW 18 00:01:02.520 --> 00:01:06.959 the former AW World Champion, the longest reigning AW World 19 00:01:07.040 --> 00:01:10.480 Champion of all time, MJF, who has been missing now 20 00:01:10.599 --> 00:01:14.280 for quite some time, and he is a welcome addition 21 00:01:14.400 --> 00:01:17.200 to this show. He has been missed and he is back. 22 00:01:17.959 --> 00:01:19.959 Not only is he back, he is back to blow 23 00:01:20.079 --> 00:01:23.040 up the World's End main event. There was a major 24 00:01:23.200 --> 00:01:26.280 change tonight that was made to that pay per view 25 00:01:26.359 --> 00:01:29.040 main event which is coming up on December twenty seventh, 26 00:01:29.640 --> 00:01:32.560 and I will talk about that. Very happy to see 27 00:01:32.680 --> 00:01:36.719 MJF back on my TV. Outside of that, like I said, 28 00:01:36.719 --> 00:01:38.879 we got a bunch of good wrestling matches and not 29 00:01:38.959 --> 00:01:41.959 really a whole lot else to speak of. I saw 30 00:01:42.000 --> 00:01:44.799 somebody in the chat before make a comment that it 31 00:01:44.840 --> 00:01:48.640 was an episode that happened. It was. There were more 32 00:01:48.680 --> 00:01:51.079 people there than usual, but it was very much an 33 00:01:51.120 --> 00:01:53.519 episode that happened. We did get a lot of good 34 00:01:53.519 --> 00:01:56.719 wrestling though, so we will talk about the standings and 35 00:01:56.760 --> 00:01:59.920 whatnot where things stand as far as the Continental class 36 00:02:00.200 --> 00:02:05.359 is concerned. I am the Solemn Monster. This is your 37 00:02:06.040 --> 00:02:11.599 Dynamite Slash Collision Holiday Bash review here for Wednesday, December seventeenth, 38 00:02:12.000 --> 00:02:15.840 twenty twenty five. Thank you for joining me here on 39 00:02:15.879 --> 00:02:19.840 a Wednesday night, our final live stream of the week. 40 00:02:20.520 --> 00:02:22.360 I will not be here on Friday night. I will 41 00:02:22.400 --> 00:02:25.719 be in Jamaica Queen's closing out the year at the 42 00:02:25.719 --> 00:02:29.120 House of Glory show where we have the Hearty's. Everybody 43 00:02:29.120 --> 00:02:31.400 always goes nuts for the Heartys when they show up. 44 00:02:31.439 --> 00:02:35.960 Everybody's coming and doing the Jeff Hardy dance. Everybody's doing it. 45 00:02:36.120 --> 00:02:39.479 That's where I'll be on Friday. So let's have a 46 00:02:39.479 --> 00:02:43.280 good one tonight, like and subscribe. Super chats are open. 47 00:02:43.360 --> 00:02:45.680 I know a whole bunch of them came in earlier 48 00:02:45.719 --> 00:02:48.360 tonight before I went live, so we will go through 49 00:02:48.400 --> 00:02:51.400 all of that and thank you for all the positive 50 00:02:51.400 --> 00:02:53.360 feedback as well. We had a hell of an episode 51 00:02:53.439 --> 00:02:57.120 last night of Tuesday Night Titans, especially talking about the 52 00:02:57.599 --> 00:03:00.680 John Cena finale on Saturday Night's event. A lot of 53 00:03:00.719 --> 00:03:03.960 great feedback. People seem to enjoy it. I thought it 54 00:03:04.000 --> 00:03:06.800 was a good discussion slash debate, So you can go 55 00:03:06.919 --> 00:03:09.759 check that out over on JD's channel if you missed it. 56 00:03:09.840 --> 00:03:12.560 But I just wanted to say thank you for that. 57 00:03:13.199 --> 00:03:15.520 So let's get into this Dynamite show here and not 58 00:03:15.599 --> 00:03:17.719 waste any more time. You know, technically they went over 59 00:03:17.759 --> 00:03:21.080 three hours. The show did not end at eleven o'clock. 60 00:03:21.120 --> 00:03:24.639 The tag team Championship match was still going on after 61 00:03:24.719 --> 00:03:29.960 eleven PM. That should never ever happen. There was a 62 00:03:29.960 --> 00:03:32.759 tag team title match on this show. Did you honestly 63 00:03:32.800 --> 00:03:35.039 think the tag team titles were going to change hands? 64 00:03:35.759 --> 00:03:38.560 Neither did I. There was no reason for this show 65 00:03:38.560 --> 00:03:42.319 to go beyond eleven o'clock. But they wasted no time 66 00:03:42.840 --> 00:03:44.960 in kicking things off. As soon as they came on 67 00:03:45.000 --> 00:03:49.280 the air tonight, John Moxley and Roderick Strong, they were 68 00:03:49.280 --> 00:03:52.960 already in the ring for a Blue League match in 69 00:03:53.039 --> 00:03:58.159 the Continental Classic. Now I mentioned before big building tonight 70 00:03:58.199 --> 00:04:00.639 for them to be running Dynamite, and they had legitimately 71 00:04:00.680 --> 00:04:04.039 over ten thousand people, between ten and eleven thousand people 72 00:04:04.719 --> 00:04:08.240 in that venue here, first time in ages that I 73 00:04:08.240 --> 00:04:12.360 can remember Dynamite having an audience that big, and so 74 00:04:12.439 --> 00:04:14.280 you would think they would come on the air tonight 75 00:04:14.319 --> 00:04:16.279 and they would make a big deal about this. They 76 00:04:16.279 --> 00:04:18.600 got three hours, you know, they don't have to rush 77 00:04:18.680 --> 00:04:21.360 into anything. You got three hours here, come on the air, 78 00:04:21.560 --> 00:04:27.079 show the crowd. No, none of that. Literally, John Moxley 79 00:04:27.079 --> 00:04:29.160 and Roderick Strong are in the ring, ding ding ding, 80 00:04:29.199 --> 00:04:33.079 and we're off to the races, and I'm like, dude, like, 81 00:04:33.399 --> 00:04:36.600 you don't get to run big venues like this very 82 00:04:36.639 --> 00:04:39.879 often for Dynamite. It's very impressive that you were able 83 00:04:39.920 --> 00:04:41.600 to pack it in the way that you did. It 84 00:04:41.639 --> 00:04:44.800 wasn't like the entire building was not legitimately sold out, 85 00:04:44.839 --> 00:04:47.360 but they had a great crowd. Why not take the 86 00:04:47.439 --> 00:04:50.240 time to just show the crowd, pan the crowd, do 87 00:04:50.360 --> 00:04:52.439 more of a proper intro this week, so that you 88 00:04:52.480 --> 00:04:56.000 can adequately showcase how many people are there and how 89 00:04:56.360 --> 00:04:59.560 energetic and lively they are. I thought that was a 90 00:04:59.560 --> 00:05:02.399 missed op opportunity to just fucking dive right into the action. 91 00:05:03.040 --> 00:05:04.879 If it was any other week, I would say, Okay, 92 00:05:04.920 --> 00:05:07.399 that's a different way to open the show. This was 93 00:05:07.439 --> 00:05:10.160 not the week to do that. You got to show 94 00:05:10.199 --> 00:05:12.959 this off. You gotta gloat a little bit, because as 95 00:05:13.000 --> 00:05:14.639 soon as you go back to the States, you're not 96 00:05:14.639 --> 00:05:18.120 going to be able to do that. So I was 97 00:05:18.240 --> 00:05:20.439 puzzled by why they felt this week, of all weeks, 98 00:05:20.439 --> 00:05:23.120 they had to just rush right into the show and 99 00:05:23.160 --> 00:05:25.480 not fully acknowledge where they were. But this was a 100 00:05:25.560 --> 00:05:28.199 must win here for these two. That's how they were 101 00:05:28.839 --> 00:05:31.920 couching this whole thing. Neither of these men have been 102 00:05:32.199 --> 00:05:36.120 terribly impressive here in this tournament so far. John Moxley 103 00:05:36.160 --> 00:05:39.040 has had better showings in the past. I think it's 104 00:05:39.040 --> 00:05:42.319 safe to say so they brawled into the crowd early. 105 00:05:42.360 --> 00:05:44.759 Moxley was sent back into the ring. Roddy, though it 106 00:05:44.759 --> 00:05:47.480 took too long to follow up. That gave Moxley a 107 00:05:47.600 --> 00:05:50.439 chance to hit a toe pay, which left both men down. 108 00:05:50.480 --> 00:05:54.000 Heading into a break. Moxley he tried to gotch style 109 00:05:54.160 --> 00:05:57.600 pile driver. Strong though backdropped out of it. Moxley landed 110 00:05:57.639 --> 00:06:00.879 hard on the outside back inside, Roddy dropped him with 111 00:06:00.879 --> 00:06:05.040 an angle slam. Moxley rolled out of a stronghold to 112 00:06:05.120 --> 00:06:07.920 the floor. Strong though again went out after him and 113 00:06:08.000 --> 00:06:11.800 set up the ring steps and he picks up Moxley 114 00:06:12.399 --> 00:06:14.600 and he drops him down on the flat part of 115 00:06:14.639 --> 00:06:17.800 the steps back first, and actually the way Moxley planted 116 00:06:17.800 --> 00:06:20.279 his elbow looked like his elbow got the brunt of 117 00:06:20.399 --> 00:06:23.560 that blow. When he landed on the stairs. Back inside, 118 00:06:23.639 --> 00:06:26.319 Roddy hit a superplex, got a near fall out of that. 119 00:06:27.360 --> 00:06:30.279 So we got a slugfest here between these two men. 120 00:06:31.360 --> 00:06:33.720 Roddy spun out of a death rider into a tiger 121 00:06:33.800 --> 00:06:38.240 driver before looking for the stronghold. Moxley escaped. Both men 122 00:06:38.279 --> 00:06:41.279 went up where Strong tried to throw a knee. Moxley 123 00:06:41.360 --> 00:06:45.199 hit a perfect leaping cutter for a two count, so 124 00:06:45.279 --> 00:06:48.959 he quickly plants him with a pile driver. That didn't work, 125 00:06:49.360 --> 00:06:51.879 So Moxley at this point he scrambles for a rear 126 00:06:51.959 --> 00:06:56.199 naked choke and forces Roddy to roll to the ropes 127 00:06:56.399 --> 00:07:00.800 Strong through a desperation knee for a near fall. And 128 00:07:00.879 --> 00:07:02.839 the crowd was biting on some of these near falls 129 00:07:02.839 --> 00:07:05.680 here near the end, and he got the stronghold, and 130 00:07:05.680 --> 00:07:07.959 they were yelling for Moxley to tap because in the 131 00:07:08.079 --> 00:07:11.240 last few months they have established that Moxley has tapped 132 00:07:11.240 --> 00:07:14.480 out before. It is possible now that he might actually 133 00:07:14.519 --> 00:07:17.199 tap out. See that's the importance of setting up all 134 00:07:17.240 --> 00:07:19.519 of those spots and the stuff with Kyle O'Reilly and 135 00:07:19.560 --> 00:07:22.160 all the teases that he's going to tap out, and 136 00:07:22.279 --> 00:07:24.399 you know what happened in Blood and Guts and him 137 00:07:24.439 --> 00:07:27.399 tapping out to Darby at Russell Dream. You know, that's 138 00:07:27.399 --> 00:07:29.279 the benefit in it that when you have this guy 139 00:07:29.319 --> 00:07:32.399 in a situation like this, some fans anyway can actually 140 00:07:32.439 --> 00:07:34.800 buy into the possibility that, hey, this guy might actually 141 00:07:34.800 --> 00:07:39.120 tap out. So they had the fans believing in that 142 00:07:39.279 --> 00:07:43.600 Moxley spun out. He sent Roddy outside Strong quickly returned 143 00:07:43.600 --> 00:07:46.639 to the ring, only to get spiked with a paradigm shift, 144 00:07:47.560 --> 00:07:49.439 but there was a little bit of a delay in 145 00:07:49.439 --> 00:07:52.160 going for the cover that allowed Roddy to kick out Moxley. 146 00:07:52.199 --> 00:07:54.839 They'll follow it up with a proper death rider, and 147 00:07:54.879 --> 00:07:58.319 he won the match and the points. And that means 148 00:07:58.319 --> 00:08:02.279 that Roderick Strong, Ladies and Ja Gentleman has been mathematically 149 00:08:02.920 --> 00:08:07.959 eliminated from the Continental Classic. And really, let's be honest, 150 00:08:08.240 --> 00:08:10.879 as soon as he was announced for this tournament, he 151 00:08:10.959 --> 00:08:14.920 was mathematically eliminated. And don't tell me, don't tell me 152 00:08:15.000 --> 00:08:18.560 I'm wrong, because you know I'm right. So they told 153 00:08:18.600 --> 00:08:20.879 the story of both men being desperate for the points 154 00:08:20.879 --> 00:08:23.240 here and the fans were, like I said, they were 155 00:08:23.279 --> 00:08:24.759 biting on some of the near falls. So it was 156 00:08:24.759 --> 00:08:27.160 a good opener. I just wish they would have taken 157 00:08:27.199 --> 00:08:31.000 the time to really just showcase where they were. Honestly, 158 00:08:31.040 --> 00:08:34.320 it just it felt like another dynamite. That's the problem, 159 00:08:34.440 --> 00:08:38.519 Like you really need to lean into where you are. 160 00:08:38.840 --> 00:08:42.080 You know, you're in a unique setting. You're overseas. Aw 161 00:08:42.120 --> 00:08:45.080 has a lot of fans overseas, you know. Now if 162 00:08:45.120 --> 00:08:48.559 they were based overseas, you know, that would probably peter out. 163 00:08:48.639 --> 00:08:50.639 The reason I think they're so popular over there, in 164 00:08:50.679 --> 00:08:52.840 part is because they don't run that many shows, so 165 00:08:52.879 --> 00:08:55.399 when they go, people are like, oh, aw's coming to town, 166 00:08:55.440 --> 00:08:58.120 we got to go. So it's it's still a very 167 00:08:58.120 --> 00:09:00.559 big market for them. But I just think that was 168 00:09:00.600 --> 00:09:03.559 a mistake, you know, not leaning even more than they 169 00:09:03.600 --> 00:09:05.320 did into the fact that hey, we have all these 170 00:09:05.360 --> 00:09:09.080 people here, were packed in in Manchester, and I don't know, 171 00:09:09.879 --> 00:09:12.320 it just felt like another opening to any dynamite that 172 00:09:12.320 --> 00:09:15.840 you would see on any given week. So Eddie Kingston 173 00:09:15.960 --> 00:09:18.720 was backstage quick promo here from him. Of course, he 174 00:09:18.840 --> 00:09:22.080 lost to Samoa Joe last week at Winter is Coming. 175 00:09:22.159 --> 00:09:26.000 Winter has come, Winter has come and gone. Actually no, 176 00:09:26.080 --> 00:09:28.039 that's not true. It's been cold as fuck here in 177 00:09:28.039 --> 00:09:30.399 New York and yet at the end of the week 178 00:09:30.519 --> 00:09:34.000 it's going to be almost sixty degrees sixty and rain, 179 00:09:35.919 --> 00:09:37.679 and then the next day it'll probably drop down to 180 00:09:37.840 --> 00:09:42.320 like thirty. Go figure. But Eddie said that you either 181 00:09:42.399 --> 00:09:45.639 win or you learn. You never lose. Last week he 182 00:09:45.720 --> 00:09:48.960 tapped out to the world champion. Yeah, but he learned 183 00:09:48.960 --> 00:09:52.200 from it, says everyone else he faces going forward, they're 184 00:09:52.200 --> 00:09:54.240 going to see what he's learned. He goes, one loss 185 00:09:54.279 --> 00:09:58.679 doesn't mean anything to him and he'll move forward, maybe 186 00:09:58.720 --> 00:10:06.039 on collision. Then we had the million dollar trios match. 187 00:10:07.600 --> 00:10:11.120 Oh yeah, only this time. And if you're thinking to 188 00:10:11.159 --> 00:10:14.440 yourself again, yes again for the same money, by the way, 189 00:10:14.440 --> 00:10:17.240 that they competed for last time. It's the same money 190 00:10:17.240 --> 00:10:19.279 that was in the bag that they competed for at 191 00:10:19.279 --> 00:10:21.440 full gear. But this time the difference is that Kenny 192 00:10:21.480 --> 00:10:24.960 Omega and the Young Bucks now they're reunited. So you 193 00:10:25.000 --> 00:10:27.720 had the Elite all together on the same side, and 194 00:10:27.759 --> 00:10:30.080 on the opposing side you had the Don Kallis family, 195 00:10:30.120 --> 00:10:37.440 which was Kozuchka, Okata, Kenoski, Takeshta, and Hetchi Sero YoSoy Hetchisaro, 196 00:10:38.840 --> 00:10:43.399 typically the fall guy in these matches. Don Kallas came out. 197 00:10:43.559 --> 00:10:46.639 He gave his over the top introduction for Takeshta and 198 00:10:46.679 --> 00:10:49.639 then for Hetchisero. They made their way to the ring. 199 00:10:49.799 --> 00:10:53.519 Okata got his own entrance because he's the superstar here. 200 00:10:56.080 --> 00:11:01.559 So the Elite crew they did the Terminator bit terminator 201 00:11:01.639 --> 00:11:04.720 dive early on here in this match. Then they hit 202 00:11:04.759 --> 00:11:09.480 stereo suicide dives. Matt tried to return to the ring. Ocada, 203 00:11:09.519 --> 00:11:12.720 though held his legs that allowed Hetchisara to grab Matt 204 00:11:12.840 --> 00:11:17.039 Jackson and hit a hammer lock into a backbreaker. Matt 205 00:11:17.080 --> 00:11:19.559 got isolated before he tagged in his brother, and he 206 00:11:19.600 --> 00:11:22.320 got the better of all three heels, including a nice 207 00:11:22.799 --> 00:11:27.679 simultaneous takedown of Okata Antakeushta. Nick followed up by jumping 208 00:11:27.679 --> 00:11:30.320 off the apron and taking Hetchsaro down with the head scissors. 209 00:11:30.840 --> 00:11:34.159 A little while later, Nick avoided Hetchesaro's hammerlocked backbreaker, he 210 00:11:34.240 --> 00:11:37.840 hit him with a destroyer. Okata tagged in. He called 211 00:11:37.879 --> 00:11:42.759 for Omega, who also tagged in, and the two of 212 00:11:42.799 --> 00:11:45.519 them traded punches and forearms in the middle of the ring. 213 00:11:46.240 --> 00:11:49.440 Now there was a spot in here where Okata tagged in. 214 00:11:49.480 --> 00:11:52.799 He called for Hetchisara to come take part in a 215 00:11:52.879 --> 00:11:58.159 double team maneuver. Ta Qushta, though opted to do it instead, 216 00:11:58.600 --> 00:12:02.919 which displeased Okada. So Takesha shoved Okada out of the 217 00:12:02.919 --> 00:12:05.240 way so that he and Hetchasaro could hit a double 218 00:12:05.279 --> 00:12:09.360 sup plex on Omega, and Okada looked very annoyed about this. 219 00:12:10.600 --> 00:12:14.879 Later on, Takeshda signal for a power drive knee. Late 220 00:12:14.919 --> 00:12:17.480 in the match, Okada those stole it. He tried for 221 00:12:17.519 --> 00:12:21.440 a rain maker Takeshtan Okada. They argued, Hetchesara now is 222 00:12:21.440 --> 00:12:23.840 standing in between them. He is trying to play peacemaker. 223 00:12:24.600 --> 00:12:27.320 He is trying to keep the piece between these two men. 224 00:12:27.399 --> 00:12:30.919 Not having a lot of luck, Takeshta sent Okada outside. 225 00:12:31.279 --> 00:12:35.200 Omega then comes in. He hit Snapdragon suit plexes on Takeshta, 226 00:12:35.960 --> 00:12:40.320 Hetcha Sero, and then Okada and the Elite Trio. They 227 00:12:40.399 --> 00:12:44.360 hit a kneeling Hetcha Sara with a triple superkick. Omega 228 00:12:44.440 --> 00:12:47.120 hit Hetchesara with a V trigger and then held him 229 00:12:47.200 --> 00:12:50.759 up while the Bucks helped out with the assisted one 230 00:12:50.759 --> 00:12:52.919 winged Angel, and that led to the three count to 231 00:12:53.480 --> 00:12:57.159 not just win the match, but to win the million dollars. 232 00:12:57.279 --> 00:12:59.320 This should be like a game show where you win 233 00:12:59.360 --> 00:13:05.320 a million dollar. Sirens go off, confetti falls, balloons. No, 234 00:13:06.039 --> 00:13:08.480 they just won the match. It's just like any other match. 235 00:13:09.440 --> 00:13:12.279 Nothing means anything. I mean, if you're gonna put a 236 00:13:12.320 --> 00:13:14.399 million fucking dollars on the line, Look, I know that 237 00:13:14.440 --> 00:13:17.919 the Elite are probably multi millionaires all the money that 238 00:13:17.919 --> 00:13:20.200 they've been paid by Tony Kahan over all these years. 239 00:13:20.600 --> 00:13:23.200 But still it's a million dollars that you put on 240 00:13:23.240 --> 00:13:25.279 the line in this match. You could at least make it, 241 00:13:25.360 --> 00:13:27.480 make it feel like it's going to actually have an 242 00:13:27.480 --> 00:13:31.000 impact on their lives, as it would everybody watching the 243 00:13:31.039 --> 00:13:34.480 television show. So when the match was over, Callous he's 244 00:13:34.519 --> 00:13:38.000 holding onto the bag of money and Takesha and Okada. 245 00:13:38.039 --> 00:13:41.159 They attacked the Bucks and Omega. We got a raging 246 00:13:41.240 --> 00:13:43.799 fire and a rain maker that connected on the bucks 247 00:13:44.759 --> 00:13:49.600 and Okada then shoves Takeshta and Takeshta returns the shove. 248 00:13:49.840 --> 00:13:52.200 Callous is on the apron. Now he is jumping up 249 00:13:52.240 --> 00:13:54.720 and down. He's scrambling trying to get them to just 250 00:13:55.320 --> 00:14:01.519 stop and behave themselves. Omega returns with a broom and 251 00:14:01.639 --> 00:14:06.399 chases them from the ring. The cleaner is back. I 252 00:14:06.399 --> 00:14:08.759 don't know that the crowd really picked up on that. 253 00:14:10.159 --> 00:14:11.960 The money was a non factor in all of this, 254 00:14:12.159 --> 00:14:15.320 A complete and total non factor. It is a stupid 255 00:14:15.360 --> 00:14:18.559 gimmick and Tony needs to give it a rest. I mean, 256 00:14:18.559 --> 00:14:21.080 it's now we joke about all the titles and all 257 00:14:21.080 --> 00:14:23.159 these things he loves to do, and the money stuff 258 00:14:24.440 --> 00:14:28.559 like enough, especially when it comes to like a million dollars, 259 00:14:29.279 --> 00:14:31.759 like it doesn't mean anything. It's such an arbitrary thing 260 00:14:32.360 --> 00:14:34.720 that they don't do anything to make the million dollar 261 00:14:34.759 --> 00:14:37.639 match feel any differently than the four hundred thousand dollars 262 00:14:37.639 --> 00:14:40.879 tag team match. It's just stupid. It's stupid. It has 263 00:14:40.919 --> 00:14:43.679 no effect on anything. Please, for the love of God, 264 00:14:44.039 --> 00:14:47.000 put it on the shelf. I know he is overflowing 265 00:14:47.039 --> 00:14:48.840 with money. He just doesn't know what to do with it. 266 00:14:49.720 --> 00:14:56.240 Please save your money. Please. I beg of you enough 267 00:14:56.240 --> 00:14:59.000 with the money. But I will say, anytime we get 268 00:14:59.039 --> 00:15:02.759 Omega and Okada the ring together, I mean, you have 269 00:15:02.840 --> 00:15:06.279 my attention. They had that great match obviously in Texas 270 00:15:06.320 --> 00:15:09.080 at all in so we got a little bit of 271 00:15:09.120 --> 00:15:11.639 Okada and Omega for the first time ever on Dynamite 272 00:15:11.639 --> 00:15:14.360 here tonight, and I'm here for it. And of course 273 00:15:14.399 --> 00:15:16.600 in this match, And really the main reason why this 274 00:15:16.679 --> 00:15:20.360 match was even booked in the first place was to 275 00:15:21.080 --> 00:15:25.360 further the conflict between Takeshta and Okada. And there really 276 00:15:25.399 --> 00:15:27.559 is nothing else at this point that they could possibly 277 00:15:27.600 --> 00:15:31.320 do with these two outside of continuing to do angles 278 00:15:31.360 --> 00:15:34.000 like the one they did tonight. And at this point 279 00:15:34.080 --> 00:15:37.000 we have seen it so many times. There's only one 280 00:15:37.000 --> 00:15:39.679 thing left to do. Get them in the finals of 281 00:15:39.679 --> 00:15:42.759 the Continental Classic. I will be stunned if the finals 282 00:15:42.879 --> 00:15:46.559 ends up being anything other than Okada and Takeshta, and 283 00:15:47.039 --> 00:15:49.399 if they do it, hopefully it's just match number one 284 00:15:49.399 --> 00:15:51.320 and we get a second one somewhere along the way. 285 00:15:52.320 --> 00:15:55.080 But I just don't see how it could be anything else. 286 00:15:55.480 --> 00:15:58.399 I only say that because would Tony Kahan want to 287 00:15:59.039 --> 00:16:02.240 continue to tease and drag it out just a little 288 00:16:02.240 --> 00:16:05.840 bit longer? I don't think so. I mean, you can't 289 00:16:05.840 --> 00:16:09.399 discount the possibility. But like again, there's no aw pay 290 00:16:09.399 --> 00:16:12.639 per views after World's end until Revolution, and Revolution I 291 00:16:12.639 --> 00:16:17.440 think is March fifteenth. And if you're not going to 292 00:16:17.480 --> 00:16:19.840 do it at World's end, and again I'm sure he will, 293 00:16:19.840 --> 00:16:22.519 but if you didn't do it at World's end, there's 294 00:16:22.559 --> 00:16:25.320 really no other appropriate place to do it that first 295 00:16:25.360 --> 00:16:29.039 meeting but on a pay per view. Can't have another 296 00:16:29.039 --> 00:16:32.480 three months of this stuff? Yeah, I mean they have 297 00:16:32.600 --> 00:16:37.360 done a very I think admirable job of building up 298 00:16:37.360 --> 00:16:40.639 to this point where people now are hungry to want 299 00:16:40.679 --> 00:16:43.519 to see these two in the ring and just knock 300 00:16:43.559 --> 00:16:46.960 each other's blocks off. You got to give it to him. 301 00:16:47.559 --> 00:16:49.960 It's the only match that makes sense in the finals 302 00:16:49.960 --> 00:16:52.840 of this tournament. Now you can debate the winner, like 303 00:16:52.960 --> 00:16:55.120 if he wanted to extend this out to two matches, 304 00:16:55.159 --> 00:16:59.360 three matches. Does he want Ocatta to win the first one? Look, 305 00:16:59.399 --> 00:17:02.000 there is absolute lutely a chance that Okada wins that match. 306 00:17:03.360 --> 00:17:06.160 I would prefer it be you know, Takeshta. But if 307 00:17:06.160 --> 00:17:08.039 the idea was that Okada goes on to win the 308 00:17:08.160 --> 00:17:13.039 entire thing and then they extend it out to Revolution Dynasty, 309 00:17:13.440 --> 00:17:17.079 you know whatever, fine, Like, I'm okay with that, and 310 00:17:17.119 --> 00:17:19.480 then ultimately turning with the goal of turning to Kesha 311 00:17:19.559 --> 00:17:22.880 full babyface and bouncing him out of the callis family, Like, 312 00:17:22.960 --> 00:17:28.000 that's fine, but I I just I'm ready for the match. 313 00:17:28.119 --> 00:17:30.799 There's really not a whole lot left to do. It's 314 00:17:30.920 --> 00:17:33.599 very repetitious at this point. The pay per view is 315 00:17:33.599 --> 00:17:35.799 a week from Saturday, so we're not too far off. 316 00:17:36.480 --> 00:17:39.920 And yeah, it's like the one main story that they 317 00:17:39.960 --> 00:17:42.160 have been building now for months that I'm I'm really 318 00:17:42.279 --> 00:17:45.200 I'm invested in. I'm fully into it, and I'm genuinely 319 00:17:45.240 --> 00:17:48.240 excited for the payoff. I'm excited for the match. This 320 00:17:48.359 --> 00:17:54.240 really is the one. Now after this, it was time 321 00:17:54.240 --> 00:17:59.079 for the contract signing for the AEW World Championship match 322 00:17:59.119 --> 00:18:02.440 coming up at the World's End on December twenty seventh. 323 00:18:03.920 --> 00:18:07.400 Now it was seemingly going to be Samoa Joe defending 324 00:18:07.400 --> 00:18:12.160 the AW World Championship against Hangman, Adam Page and then Swerve. 325 00:18:12.160 --> 00:18:16.000 Strickland be Josh Alexander on Collision last week and laid 326 00:18:16.000 --> 00:18:19.799 his claim to wanting a shot at the AW World Championship. 327 00:18:20.359 --> 00:18:22.200 So this was going to be a contract signing for 328 00:18:22.240 --> 00:18:26.759 a triple threat match. And if there was any physicality 329 00:18:26.799 --> 00:18:30.319 between these men, we were told before this that they 330 00:18:30.359 --> 00:18:33.640 would lose their spot in the match next Saturday. So 331 00:18:33.720 --> 00:18:35.759 that is how they got around the whole Like, how 332 00:18:35.799 --> 00:18:37.920 come they're all standing around in the ring together and 333 00:18:38.000 --> 00:18:41.920 not going after each other? No physicality. So Hangman was 334 00:18:41.960 --> 00:18:46.559 out first, then Swerve and then the champion getting the 335 00:18:46.559 --> 00:18:48.759 final entrance as he should. He came out with his 336 00:18:48.839 --> 00:18:52.559 fellow OPS members. So Hobbs was out there. I don't 337 00:18:52.559 --> 00:18:54.400 know what Shabbata out there. I don't know if Shabata 338 00:18:54.519 --> 00:18:57.519 was out there. Shabbata doesn't say anything. Shabbada just sort 339 00:18:57.519 --> 00:19:00.640 of he just sort of fades into the background sometimes. 340 00:19:01.799 --> 00:19:03.799 I don't know that he was there, But Hobbs was there, 341 00:19:03.839 --> 00:19:07.000 and Hook was there. I know that. So Joe had 342 00:19:07.039 --> 00:19:12.319 his World Championship slung over one shoulder, his Trios title 343 00:19:12.359 --> 00:19:15.240 slung over the other, draped in gold is Samoa Joe, 344 00:19:16.240 --> 00:19:19.279 and he cut Tony Shavanni off right away. He said 345 00:19:19.279 --> 00:19:21.480 that he brought his boys with him because things are 346 00:19:21.519 --> 00:19:26.039 always very volatile when Hangman and Swerve are in the 347 00:19:26.119 --> 00:19:28.480 ring together, so he just wanted to make sure that 348 00:19:28.519 --> 00:19:31.359 everybody was safe and nobody was going to be triggered 349 00:19:31.519 --> 00:19:35.240 enough to do something stupid. Now, he said this with 350 00:19:35.319 --> 00:19:38.839 his arm around hook as they were smiling at Hangman 351 00:19:39.960 --> 00:19:41.960 after what happened in the main event of Full Gear. 352 00:19:42.920 --> 00:19:45.480 So Joe signed the contract straight away, and he said 353 00:19:45.480 --> 00:19:46.960 that he hopes the two of them make it to 354 00:19:47.039 --> 00:19:50.599 World's End in one piece, short and sweet from the 355 00:19:50.599 --> 00:19:55.599 AW World Champion. Then it was Swerve's turn, and he 356 00:19:55.640 --> 00:19:57.720 said that he came back to AW four the World 357 00:19:57.799 --> 00:20:01.240 Championship and if the outcome was different at Full Gear, 358 00:20:01.359 --> 00:20:04.480 he would be coming after Hangman right now. But after 359 00:20:04.519 --> 00:20:06.759 all that they've been through, there is now a mutual 360 00:20:06.880 --> 00:20:10.839 respect there between them and a mutual hatred there for 361 00:20:10.880 --> 00:20:14.519 Samoa Joe. Now, the last time we had a contract signing, 362 00:20:14.559 --> 00:20:17.359 he looked at Joe and he said, you put me 363 00:20:17.440 --> 00:20:20.319 down badly. So badly that I had to sign the 364 00:20:20.359 --> 00:20:23.880 contract in a pool of my own blood, and he 365 00:20:23.920 --> 00:20:28.079 paid Joe back by taking away his aw World championship, 366 00:20:28.440 --> 00:20:32.000 just like he's going to do at world's end, he's 367 00:20:32.039 --> 00:20:34.599 going to leave a boot print. He's going to stomp 368 00:20:34.680 --> 00:20:37.759 him and leave a boot print on Joe's face so 369 00:20:37.880 --> 00:20:40.240 bad it's going to be uglier than the face tattoo 370 00:20:40.319 --> 00:20:43.400 he had on his face in two thousand and seven. 371 00:20:44.839 --> 00:20:49.160 We do not need to refer back to Russo's creative 372 00:20:49.960 --> 00:20:52.960 when it comes to Samoa Joe. We can leave that 373 00:20:53.000 --> 00:20:56.279 in the past where it belongs. No need to dig 374 00:20:56.359 --> 00:21:00.640 up all the dead bodies from back then. So with that, 375 00:21:00.759 --> 00:21:04.920 Swerve signed the contract, and then it was Hangman's turn, 376 00:21:05.640 --> 00:21:09.480 and he wanted to remind both of them that here 377 00:21:09.480 --> 00:21:13.799 we are in December, but back in July we were 378 00:21:13.799 --> 00:21:17.559 fighting together. We were not fighting against each other. We 379 00:21:17.559 --> 00:21:21.119 were fighting together to end the tyranny of the Death Riders. 380 00:21:21.759 --> 00:21:23.839 And Joe, it could just as easily have been you 381 00:21:23.920 --> 00:21:27.079 beating John Moxley to win the world title, and Swerve 382 00:21:27.680 --> 00:21:30.920 if the two of them had figured things out before 383 00:21:30.960 --> 00:21:33.759 he fought John Moxley, it could have just as easily 384 00:21:33.799 --> 00:21:37.720 been swerve in that match. But when they figured it out, 385 00:21:37.920 --> 00:21:40.200 it was left to him. Now what did he do? 386 00:21:40.279 --> 00:21:43.240 He went in there and he became the aw world champion, 387 00:21:45.119 --> 00:21:47.839 and he knew that his world champion. One by one, 388 00:21:47.920 --> 00:21:49.920 each of them would find their way across the ring 389 00:21:50.000 --> 00:21:52.160 from him, and he would give them that opportunity. He 390 00:21:52.240 --> 00:21:54.599 gave it to Joe, he said, he gave it to 391 00:21:54.680 --> 00:21:59.079 Joe at Wrestle Dream and he failed. So instead of 392 00:21:59.160 --> 00:22:02.359 accepting that, he turned to Shabata, and he turned to Hobbes, 393 00:22:02.440 --> 00:22:06.160 and he turned to hook. Joe turned into what he 394 00:22:06.200 --> 00:22:09.519 fought against. He is worse than the Death Riders on 395 00:22:09.599 --> 00:22:13.279 their worst day. Now, let's not exaggerate. Okay, let's not 396 00:22:13.359 --> 00:22:17.799 get carried away here. Samoa Joe's as bad or worse 397 00:22:17.880 --> 00:22:20.079 than the Death Riders on their worst day. Okay, you 398 00:22:20.200 --> 00:22:22.559 lost me there, hangman, Okay, you lost me there. I 399 00:22:22.599 --> 00:22:27.400 cannot endorse that statement. Joe has no self respect, he 400 00:22:27.480 --> 00:22:30.319 has no dignity left, and in the twilight years of 401 00:22:30.319 --> 00:22:32.680