WEBVTT 1 00:00:01.439 --> 00:00:05.559 AW was in Norfolk, Virginia tonight, about thirty five hundred 2 00:00:05.639 --> 00:00:09.080 fans in the building, their highest attendance in that city 3 00:00:09.800 --> 00:00:13.960 in about four years. And the Virginia Boy himself was 4 00:00:14.000 --> 00:00:17.399 in the main event tonight, Hangman Adam Page, who I 5 00:00:17.440 --> 00:00:20.719 believe grew up not very far from where they were tonight, 6 00:00:20.719 --> 00:00:24.480 taking on Kyle Fletcher in the finals semifinal round match 7 00:00:24.519 --> 00:00:27.879 in the owen Hart Tournament. These two went out there 8 00:00:27.920 --> 00:00:30.839 to battle for the right to meet will Ospray in 9 00:00:30.920 --> 00:00:34.159 the finals at double or nothing next month. This was 10 00:00:34.320 --> 00:00:37.840 easily the highlight of the show. This was an excellent 11 00:00:38.359 --> 00:00:41.399 main event between these two tonight. That sets up an 12 00:00:41.439 --> 00:00:43.479 excellent match now for the pay per view, and I 13 00:00:43.479 --> 00:00:46.200 think it was the right outcome as well, because what 14 00:00:46.240 --> 00:00:49.039 it sets up now is a match that's a lot 15 00:00:49.079 --> 00:00:52.280 more unpredictable than it would have been if Kyle Fletcher 16 00:00:52.359 --> 00:00:54.240 was going to the finals. In fact, he is not 17 00:00:54.359 --> 00:00:57.880 going to the finals, and hang Matt Adam Page will 18 00:00:57.920 --> 00:01:01.679 be taking on will Ospray. We also know the stipulation 19 00:01:01.799 --> 00:01:04.239 now for the AW World Championship match that's going to 20 00:01:04.280 --> 00:01:07.640 be taking place on Dynamite in two weeks between John 21 00:01:07.680 --> 00:01:13.000 Moxley and Samojo. Samojo making things a little more interesting 22 00:01:13.519 --> 00:01:16.000 by adding a stipulation I'll talk about what that is. 23 00:01:16.760 --> 00:01:19.879 That match is taking place in two weeks on Dynamite 24 00:01:19.920 --> 00:01:21.920 and Double or Nothing is about a month away now, 25 00:01:22.120 --> 00:01:25.079 I guess just under four weeks, and we don't really 26 00:01:25.079 --> 00:01:29.239 have a very clear picture about where they're going with 27 00:01:29.359 --> 00:01:31.519 a lot of the matches on that show outside of 28 00:01:31.560 --> 00:01:34.120 the finals of the men's and women's Owen Heart Tournament. 29 00:01:34.159 --> 00:01:36.480 Now you have to assume they're going to have probably 30 00:01:36.519 --> 00:01:38.519 an anarchy in the arena match, which I think they 31 00:01:38.560 --> 00:01:41.680 do every year on this show, and that's where you'll 32 00:01:41.680 --> 00:01:43.799 see a lot of the names like a John Moxley, 33 00:01:44.000 --> 00:01:47.359 maybe a Kenny Omega or An Okada. We don't know 34 00:01:47.400 --> 00:01:50.959 that for sure. That's really all we know at this point. 35 00:01:51.000 --> 00:01:53.519 There really isn't anything else that's even really been heavily 36 00:01:53.599 --> 00:01:57.439 teased or hinted at for that show. So they're going 37 00:01:57.480 --> 00:02:00.480 to have to start getting there, you know, ducks in 38 00:02:00.519 --> 00:02:02.400 a row and giving us some clarity on that in 39 00:02:02.439 --> 00:02:05.920 these next couple of weeks. Here. I thought this was 40 00:02:05.959 --> 00:02:09.520 a largely average show with a great main event, and 41 00:02:09.560 --> 00:02:12.599 I think that your opinion of this show is likely 42 00:02:12.639 --> 00:02:15.319 going to depend on how you felt about the opening match, 43 00:02:16.120 --> 00:02:18.400 because they had this huge what they called all star 44 00:02:18.599 --> 00:02:21.960 eight man tag team match to open the show. Where 45 00:02:22.000 --> 00:02:24.319 you fall on that spectrum as far as your enjoyment 46 00:02:24.360 --> 00:02:26.639 of that match, which took up a large chunk of 47 00:02:26.719 --> 00:02:30.080 hour one of the show, I think will dictate your 48 00:02:30.120 --> 00:02:33.840 overall feelings on this show. For me, though, nothing grabbed 49 00:02:33.840 --> 00:02:36.759 me like that main event did, and that was the 50 00:02:36.759 --> 00:02:39.280 match I was most looking forward to anyway. So for me, 51 00:02:39.639 --> 00:02:41.639 I got what I wanted to out of this show. 52 00:02:42.560 --> 00:02:45.520 But again, your mileage, I think, will vary. This is 53 00:02:45.560 --> 00:02:49.080 your aw Dynamite review. It is the final live stream 54 00:02:49.120 --> 00:02:52.400 for the month of April and your final Dynamite review 55 00:02:52.400 --> 00:02:56.319 for the month of April as well. It is April thirtieth, 56 00:02:56.360 --> 00:02:59.360 twenty twenty five. 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Sometimes the Dynamite streams tend to be the 69 00:03:31.080 --> 00:03:33.319 quietest of the week. We'll see if tonight is another 70 00:03:33.360 --> 00:03:35.280 one of those nights we shall find out. We had 71 00:03:35.319 --> 00:03:38.120 a great night on Monday for the raw post show. 72 00:03:38.719 --> 00:03:43.120 So let's get into some AW talk here, because Dynamite opened, 73 00:03:43.159 --> 00:03:45.800 as I just mentioned, with what they billed as an 74 00:03:45.840 --> 00:03:49.560 all star eight man tag team match. It was Kenny Omega, 75 00:03:50.080 --> 00:03:54.800 Mark Briscoe, Speedball, Mike Bailey, and Kevin Knight, who has 76 00:03:54.879 --> 00:03:57.319 been put in some pretty big positions so far. He's 77 00:03:57.360 --> 00:04:01.000 only been full time AW for a handful of weeks 78 00:04:01.759 --> 00:04:04.400 and he's been in some big matches so far. They 79 00:04:04.439 --> 00:04:09.080 took on Kazushka, Okata, Ricochet and the Young Bucks. So 80 00:04:09.199 --> 00:04:12.439 for one night only, I guess you would say Ricochet 81 00:04:12.479 --> 00:04:15.039 was a member of the elite. I honestly wouldn't even 82 00:04:15.039 --> 00:04:17.439 mind it if they wanted to make him a more 83 00:04:17.480 --> 00:04:20.279 permanent member of the Elite, but for one night only 84 00:04:20.319 --> 00:04:23.000 he was part of their crew. Okada started the match 85 00:04:23.040 --> 00:04:27.959 with Omega, but he immediately tagged out to Nick Jackson. Now, 86 00:04:28.000 --> 00:04:31.040 they did a very silly sequence here, and everybody in 87 00:04:31.079 --> 00:04:33.920 the crowd popped for it. I mean, aw, they know 88 00:04:33.959 --> 00:04:36.439 how to cater to their particular audience, and they know 89 00:04:36.480 --> 00:04:39.680 what their audience likes. I just thought it was silly. 90 00:04:39.720 --> 00:04:44.079 It was this whole sequence where every single person went 91 00:04:44.160 --> 00:04:47.000 for an elbow, went to drop an elbow and they missed. 92 00:04:47.199 --> 00:04:49.240 Somebody else went for an elbow and they missed. Somebody 93 00:04:49.240 --> 00:04:51.519 else went for an elbow and they missed. And they 94 00:04:51.519 --> 00:04:53.360 went pretty much down the line with this right in 95 00:04:53.360 --> 00:04:56.040 the middle of the ring until everybody missed, and then 96 00:04:56.040 --> 00:04:58.519 they all got back up and everybody cheered, and that 97 00:04:58.560 --> 00:05:02.079 took us into the first commercial b Ricochet and Matt Jackson. 98 00:05:02.120 --> 00:05:04.639 They landed ten of Northern Light sup plexes on Mike 99 00:05:04.680 --> 00:05:08.079 Bailey and Kevin Knight. Bailey battled back, he crawled for 100 00:05:08.120 --> 00:05:11.879 a tag. Okata, though tagged in shut that down, so 101 00:05:11.959 --> 00:05:15.639 a Kata signaled for a brainbuster. Everybody ended up in 102 00:05:15.639 --> 00:05:17.480 the ring though to break that up, and then we 103 00:05:17.560 --> 00:05:21.639 ended up getting four separate brainbusters. After this, Omega got 104 00:05:21.680 --> 00:05:24.600 isolated in the heel corner, but he managed to flip 105 00:05:24.639 --> 00:05:28.199 on out made a tag. Nobody was home though when 106 00:05:28.199 --> 00:05:30.560 he got there, because everybody else had been yanked down 107 00:05:30.600 --> 00:05:34.040 off the apron. Matt Jackson faked out Omega with a kick. 108 00:05:34.079 --> 00:05:37.800 He hit a DDT instead. Ricochet tagged in for a 109 00:05:37.800 --> 00:05:42.959 springboard four fifty, but he crashed and burned Kevin Knight 110 00:05:43.160 --> 00:05:45.920 Mike Bailey. They dove out onto Ricochet in the bucks 111 00:05:45.920 --> 00:05:49.519 on the floor outside, Brisco landed a Fisherman's buster on Okada. 112 00:05:49.560 --> 00:05:52.040 He covered him for an ear fall and then he 113 00:05:52.079 --> 00:05:55.680 fired back. Olkada did with a neck breaker, took to 114 00:05:55.720 --> 00:05:58.759 the top rope, landed an elbow drop, and now he 115 00:05:58.879 --> 00:06:02.519 signaled for the rain maker. Bailey, though, blasted him with 116 00:06:02.560 --> 00:06:05.279 a back heel kick. So then we had a breakdown 117 00:06:05.360 --> 00:06:11.120 and it led to Kenny Omega and Kazuchka Okada as 118 00:06:11.199 --> 00:06:16.199 the last men, last men standing in the ring. Here 119 00:06:16.240 --> 00:06:19.720 we go, are they going to actually get into it 120 00:06:19.759 --> 00:06:23.160 and actually do some wrestling here, because this is the 121 00:06:23.160 --> 00:06:26.040 first time that we you know, if it were to happen, 122 00:06:26.120 --> 00:06:27.759 this would be the first time that we've seen it 123 00:06:28.439 --> 00:06:32.800 in about seven years, and they teased it and then 124 00:06:32.800 --> 00:06:35.079 they started going at it, so we did get their 125 00:06:35.399 --> 00:06:39.360 first interaction here since twenty eighteen. Little preview of what's 126 00:06:39.399 --> 00:06:42.920 to come in Texas at all. In Omega nearly landed 127 00:06:42.920 --> 00:06:45.639 a one winged Angel, but Okada slipped out hit a 128 00:06:45.680 --> 00:06:49.160 Snapdragon sup plex the heels. They set up a double 129 00:06:49.199 --> 00:06:53.720 Meltzer driver and landed them both. Okada covered Mark Briscoe, 130 00:06:53.759 --> 00:06:56.480 but he kicked out the Bucks set up for a 131 00:06:56.519 --> 00:07:00.360 BTE trigger. Briscoe moved though and their knees collise I did. 132 00:07:00.800 --> 00:07:04.639 Briscoe then delivered to Jade Riller to Okada. Ricochet broke 133 00:07:04.720 --> 00:07:08.079 up the fall. Kevin Knight delivered a Doomsday device drop 134 00:07:08.199 --> 00:07:12.279 kick to Ricochet on the floor. Omega then dove on 135 00:07:12.319 --> 00:07:15.879 to Ricochet in the bucks at ringside. Briscoe now sets 136 00:07:15.959 --> 00:07:19.600 up for a froggy bow on Okada, but Ricochet recovered 137 00:07:19.720 --> 00:07:23.800 enough to knock him off the turnbuckle and Okada followed 138 00:07:23.800 --> 00:07:26.279 that with a rain maker and he picked up the 139 00:07:26.279 --> 00:07:30.839 wind for the heels. Almost half an hour they gave 140 00:07:30.879 --> 00:07:33.439 this match. It was just shine, maybe like around twenty 141 00:07:33.439 --> 00:07:36.680 seven to twenty eight minutes, which it did not need 142 00:07:36.720 --> 00:07:39.519 to be that long. Uh, it was fun enough for 143 00:07:39.600 --> 00:07:41.040 what it was meant to be and what it was 144 00:07:41.079 --> 00:07:45.240 meant to be. Here was the usual fast paced spot 145 00:07:45.319 --> 00:07:47.639 you know, spotfest match that you see with the young Bucks, 146 00:07:47.959 --> 00:07:49.639 you know when we see them in these matches, and 147 00:07:50.199 --> 00:07:52.279 sometimes it works better than others. I mean, this was 148 00:07:52.319 --> 00:07:55.000 all action. It was NonStop, you know, no time to breathe. 149 00:07:55.040 --> 00:07:58.319 Boom boom boom, big spots, big sequences. That's really what 150 00:07:58.360 --> 00:08:02.439 the match was. Again, your mileage will vary, I think 151 00:08:02.480 --> 00:08:04.319 on this show depending on how you felt about this 152 00:08:04.399 --> 00:08:06.680 opening match. I thought it was fun for what it was. 153 00:08:06.720 --> 00:08:09.040 I didn't go gaga over there were some silly stuff 154 00:08:09.079 --> 00:08:11.399 in there, but it was good. Yeah, it was a 155 00:08:11.399 --> 00:08:14.839 good opener. I didn't think that they would actually have 156 00:08:14.920 --> 00:08:17.360 Okada and Omega do even as much as they did, 157 00:08:18.079 --> 00:08:20.399 and they didn't do too much, but even that little 158 00:08:20.439 --> 00:08:23.800 bit that we got here because the novelty of it. 159 00:08:24.639 --> 00:08:28.279 First of all, this is not the Okada and even 160 00:08:28.279 --> 00:08:31.720 the Omega necessarily, although Omega is still great, but it's 161 00:08:31.759 --> 00:08:34.879 been a very long time since we've seen that series 162 00:08:34.919 --> 00:08:38.200 of classic matches between these two, and I think it 163 00:08:38.240 --> 00:08:41.320 would be unrealistic for anybody to expect that in twenty 164 00:08:41.399 --> 00:08:45.600 twenty five, Kenny Omega and everything he's been through and 165 00:08:45.679 --> 00:08:48.639 Okada are going to go in there and have, you know, 166 00:08:48.799 --> 00:08:52.080 exactly the same type of match they had back in 167 00:08:52.120 --> 00:08:58.320 twenty eighteen twenty seventeen. So I think the novelty of 168 00:08:58.360 --> 00:09:00.799 it is you want to keep them up and really 169 00:09:00.799 --> 00:09:03.039 not have them touch, or at least not touch very 170 00:09:03.039 --> 00:09:07.159 often until you get to Texas. The novelty of it 171 00:09:07.200 --> 00:09:09.960 is the idea of ding ding ding. Here we go 172 00:09:10.960 --> 00:09:12.799 and we got these two guys back in the ring 173 00:09:12.879 --> 00:09:15.159 together and they're finally locking up, you know, for the 174 00:09:15.200 --> 00:09:17.480 first time in seven years. So that's why I was 175 00:09:17.519 --> 00:09:20.039 surprised when they actually started going at it. I thought 176 00:09:20.080 --> 00:09:22.240 they would kind of tease it and then somebody would 177 00:09:22.240 --> 00:09:26.000 interfere and we wouldn't get it. But you know, again, 178 00:09:26.039 --> 00:09:28.759 they gave us a little bit of that here. But 179 00:09:28.799 --> 00:09:30.639 you don't want the novelty to wear off too much. 180 00:09:30.679 --> 00:09:33.879 So between now in July, I really wouldn't do too 181 00:09:33.919 --> 00:09:36.480 much between these two, you know. I wouldn't put them 182 00:09:36.480 --> 00:09:39.679 in too many situations, and they probably will because I 183 00:09:39.679 --> 00:09:41.720 would imagine these two were going to be involved in 184 00:09:41.879 --> 00:09:45.000 anarchy and the arena if they do a blood and 185 00:09:45.080 --> 00:09:48.480 guts match in advance of all In, I could see 186 00:09:48.480 --> 00:09:51.480 them both being involved in that, and I just sincerely 187 00:09:51.519 --> 00:09:53.879 hope we don't get too much interaction between them, because 188 00:09:53.879 --> 00:09:55.759 I don't want it to get to a point where 189 00:09:55.799 --> 00:09:58.120 we get to Texas and it's just like, well, I 190 00:09:58.200 --> 00:10:00.960 kind of feel like I've already seen it, right, Although 191 00:10:00.960 --> 00:10:03.600 in that case, you'll have titles on the line. I'm 192 00:10:03.639 --> 00:10:06.120 sure it'll be, you know, champion against champion. There's been 193 00:10:06.159 --> 00:10:09.200 talk of maybe the titles being unified, which I think 194 00:10:09.200 --> 00:10:12.480 they should be. The continental title is pretty fucking useless 195 00:10:12.480 --> 00:10:15.759 at this point. I would unify them, have one singular 196 00:10:15.879 --> 00:10:19.879 international title. I think that's the way to go. Have 197 00:10:19.960 --> 00:10:23.240 Omega hand Ocotta his first, you know, big Law. I 198 00:10:23.240 --> 00:10:25.000 mean that wouldn't be his first loss, but his first 199 00:10:25.039 --> 00:10:30.159 really major loss in an aw ring. So we'll see. 200 00:10:30.159 --> 00:10:32.559 But we got our first little taste of what's the 201 00:10:32.600 --> 00:10:35.600 come between these two. Yeah. The other thing about Dynamite 202 00:10:35.639 --> 00:10:37.759 that will I will give it a check mark in 203 00:10:37.799 --> 00:10:40.840 the win column tonight and why I think the show 204 00:10:40.919 --> 00:10:43.080 was more a little more enjoyable than a lot of 205 00:10:43.080 --> 00:10:46.320 the other shows were earlier in the year. Not a 206 00:10:46.480 --> 00:10:50.519 very heavy focus on the death Riders because the death 207 00:10:50.600 --> 00:10:53.159 Riders are no good. And so whenever you have a 208 00:10:53.240 --> 00:10:56.480 Dynamite episode where the main focus is not John Moxley 209 00:10:56.519 --> 00:11:00.240 and the death Riders, that's automatically a green check mark 210 00:11:00.519 --> 00:11:04.799 right there, that automatically makes the show more enjoyable just 211 00:11:04.840 --> 00:11:08.720 by not having the primary focus on the Moxley's crew. 212 00:11:10.480 --> 00:11:13.600 But they showed the Hurt Syndicate. They arrived and they 213 00:11:13.639 --> 00:11:17.559 were walking in the back as some Jabrons were chanting, 214 00:11:17.799 --> 00:11:21.440 we hurt people, We hurt people, right, they're just doing 215 00:11:21.480 --> 00:11:24.840 that in the back, and so they get disposed of 216 00:11:25.039 --> 00:11:27.440 very quickly. MVP says, well, you know what's even better 217 00:11:27.480 --> 00:11:30.399 than chanting, it's when we actually do it. So they 218 00:11:30.440 --> 00:11:33.480 all got their asses kicked, and MVP says, look, let's 219 00:11:33.519 --> 00:11:36.919 discuss the elephant in the room here, which of course 220 00:11:37.000 --> 00:11:40.240 is MJF. But Shelton Benjamin says, look, this isn't about me. 221 00:11:41.039 --> 00:11:44.480 He's talking to Lashly now, and it tells Lashley, you know, 222 00:11:44.519 --> 00:11:49.360 this isn't about me. It's about MVP, and you got 223 00:11:49.360 --> 00:11:52.360 to trust the MVP. MJF is real and he's a 224 00:11:52.360 --> 00:11:56.799 funny guy. And MVP says, look, Max could be beneficial 225 00:11:56.840 --> 00:12:00.440 to us, and if MJF screws them over the end, 226 00:12:00.559 --> 00:12:02.960 we're gonna hurt him like he's never been hurt before. 227 00:12:03.960 --> 00:12:06.600 And Lashly smiles and it looks like maybe he's finally 228 00:12:06.759 --> 00:12:09.200 coming around, and you know, when the time comes to 229 00:12:09.200 --> 00:12:12.000 give thumbs up or thumbs down, maybe we'll finally get 230 00:12:12.000 --> 00:12:15.039 a thumbs up. We'll get back to them a little 231 00:12:15.039 --> 00:12:17.759 bit later on. What they did though, was they followed 232 00:12:17.799 --> 00:12:21.120 an eight man tag team match with a six man 233 00:12:21.159 --> 00:12:25.279 tag team match. I don't know why Tony Kah made 234 00:12:25.320 --> 00:12:29.000 that decision, but that was a little odd. But we 235 00:12:29.039 --> 00:12:31.440 went right from the eight man tag to a trios 236 00:12:31.480 --> 00:12:37.519 match with the aw Trios champions, the Ops Samoa, Joe Katsiori, 237 00:12:37.600 --> 00:12:43.120 Shabada and Powerhouse Hobbs taking on Nick Camarado, Rhett Titus 238 00:12:43.759 --> 00:12:48.440 and Miles Hawkins. Yeah. I have to say the Ops, 239 00:12:48.519 --> 00:12:52.240 they do look more menacing with Hobbs standing there beside 240 00:12:52.240 --> 00:12:55.960 them on stage than Hook, like it's it's night and day. 241 00:12:56.399 --> 00:12:59.799 In terms of them just looking like badasses. He really 242 00:12:59.799 --> 00:13:02.519 does fit the bill better than Hook does. Now I 243 00:13:02.559 --> 00:13:04.960 should mention because I don't think they mentioned this on commentary, 244 00:13:05.000 --> 00:13:10.919 but this was Camarado's first match since last August, and 245 00:13:10.960 --> 00:13:13.919 it was after that that he underwent what's called a 246 00:13:14.039 --> 00:13:17.759 hip resurfacing surgery. So this guy was basically working on 247 00:13:17.759 --> 00:13:20.240 one good leg for the last couple of years, so 248 00:13:20.279 --> 00:13:22.440 he's been gone this entire time. This was his first 249 00:13:22.440 --> 00:13:24.799 match back. It did not last very long. He didn't 250 00:13:24.840 --> 00:13:27.399 have a lot of time here to test out the 251 00:13:28.080 --> 00:13:33.240 surgically repaired hip. Recked Titus kick things off with Joe, 252 00:13:33.279 --> 00:13:37.480 who lit him up with strikes. Tagged in Shabata, Titus 253 00:13:37.559 --> 00:13:40.879 was tossed to his corner where Camarado tagged in, took 254 00:13:40.960 --> 00:13:43.919 part in a chop battle, which he lost, and then 255 00:13:43.960 --> 00:13:47.440 he quickly tagged in Hawkins and Hobbs made the tag. 256 00:13:47.519 --> 00:13:50.759 Tas brought up how Hook is recuperating more and more 257 00:13:50.799 --> 00:13:55.440 with each passing week, each passing day, and he will 258 00:13:55.519 --> 00:14:00.759 take care of business when the time is right. Am 259 00:14:00.759 --> 00:14:04.840 I the only one I said this last week? And 260 00:14:05.120 --> 00:14:08.000 I don't know if I'm the only one reading into 261 00:14:08.200 --> 00:14:12.480 Taz's comments about Hook coming back when the time is right, 262 00:14:12.639 --> 00:14:15.960 doing what he needs to do, taking care of business. 263 00:14:17.000 --> 00:14:19.519 Hasn't said anything about going after the death Riders. He 264 00:14:19.639 --> 00:14:23.240 just says when he's ready. Hook will come back and 265 00:14:23.279 --> 00:14:26.039 he will take care of business. And I hear that, 266 00:14:26.320 --> 00:14:28.679 and I maybe I'm reading too much into it, but 267 00:14:28.720 --> 00:14:31.039 I think he's going to be a little upset that 268 00:14:31.120 --> 00:14:34.519 he was replaced so easily by Hobbes, the way they 269 00:14:34.600 --> 00:14:36.879 just slid Hobbs in there, and now he's a champion 270 00:14:36.919 --> 00:14:40.320 and Hook is not. And I'm just wondering if that 271 00:14:40.559 --> 00:14:43.440 plays a part in Joe's downfall and that match he's 272 00:14:43.480 --> 00:14:46.879 going to have with Moxley in two weeks. You know, 273 00:14:46.919 --> 00:14:53.600 we could be getting a heel hook. I'm going to 274 00:14:53.679 --> 00:14:57.039 leave the jokes to duffspids. We could be getting a 275 00:14:57.120 --> 00:15:01.559 heel hook though soon in aw anyway, this match didn't 276 00:15:01.600 --> 00:15:03.960 last very long. Hobbs lowered the straps, he hit a 277 00:15:04.000 --> 00:15:06.600 spinebuster on Hawkins and he got the quick win. This 278 00:15:06.639 --> 00:15:09.840 went maybe three minutes after the match to the Death Riders. 279 00:15:09.879 --> 00:15:13.279 They sprinted into the ring, attacked the Trios champions. Joe 280 00:15:13.320 --> 00:15:17.200 though he got the Cookina clutch sunk in on John 281 00:15:17.279 --> 00:15:19.799 Moxley on the ramp or you know, in the aisleway, 282 00:15:20.759 --> 00:15:23.879 I should say. But when Joe's attention turned back in 283 00:15:23.919 --> 00:15:26.440 the ring, Claudio Castagnoli he set up a chair in 284 00:15:26.480 --> 00:15:30.440 the ring upside down, so with the legs facing up, 285 00:15:30.759 --> 00:15:34.279 and he delivered a neutralizer to Shibata onto the chair, 286 00:15:34.679 --> 00:15:37.080 so the same thing they did to Hook all those 287 00:15:37.080 --> 00:15:41.159 weeks ago. Death Riders bailed as Joe ran back to 288 00:15:41.200 --> 00:15:47.039 the ring, and Joe was not happy, and so Samoa, Joe, 289 00:15:48.240 --> 00:15:52.440 fire pandia. I should have given myself a little rim 290 00:15:52.440 --> 00:15:55.080 shot there. There you go. I got one in me 291 00:15:55.120 --> 00:16:01.399 every now and then, you know. But Joe took the 292 00:16:01.440 --> 00:16:06.320 microphone and he screamed Mox's name. He says, it seems 293 00:16:06.320 --> 00:16:08.720 to him, John Moxley likes to come out and act 294 00:16:08.799 --> 00:16:11.759 like a boss, but when they start throwing hands, he 295 00:16:11.799 --> 00:16:15.200 acts like a little bitch. Mox came out here weeks 296 00:16:15.200 --> 00:16:18.320 ago and begged for him, and all he's trying to 297 00:16:18.360 --> 00:16:20.120 do is give him what he wants. But it seems 298 00:16:20.200 --> 00:16:23.720 like Moxley really doesn't want that. But John's already made 299 00:16:23.720 --> 00:16:26.240 his request. So let's give John and let's give the 300 00:16:26.279 --> 00:16:29.679 people what they want. So if he's gonna fight John 301 00:16:29.720 --> 00:16:34.519 Moxley for the aw World Championship, then Moxley, you cowardly 302 00:16:34.639 --> 00:16:38.679 son of a bitch, let's do it inside the steel cage, 303 00:16:40.120 --> 00:16:42.320 and so that match will be taking place in two 304 00:16:42.360 --> 00:16:47.000 weeks at Beach Break May fourteenth in Chicago. Uh. I'm 305 00:16:47.080 --> 00:16:51.200 sure the cage will absolutely positively keep the death Riders 306 00:16:51.279 --> 00:16:54.159 out of this match, because that's what the cage is 307 00:16:54.200 --> 00:16:57.519 meant to do. And as we all know, the cage 308 00:16:57.519 --> 00:17:02.759 of course, prevents everybody possibly getting involved. Nobody can penetrate 309 00:17:02.879 --> 00:17:07.680 the steel Cage of Doom, so I'm sure that cage 310 00:17:07.680 --> 00:17:13.279 will keep everybody out. Now, we went to Renee who 311 00:17:13.440 --> 00:17:17.720 did a sit down interview in the back with the Well, 312 00:17:17.759 --> 00:17:20.240 I mean, she's more than just the TBS champion, she's 313 00:17:21.119 --> 00:17:25.519 how many belts four belts? Monette, Mercedes Monette, and she 314 00:17:25.599 --> 00:17:27.960 brings up the Owen Hart Foundation Finals a double or 315 00:17:27.960 --> 00:17:30.799 nothing against Jamie Hayter. Mercedes said that she could go 316 00:17:30.839 --> 00:17:33.200 on about the legacy of owen Hart, but this is 317 00:17:33.240 --> 00:17:36.720 about her legacy. She won the TBS title a year ago, 318 00:17:36.759 --> 00:17:38.720 a double or nothing, so what makes you think this 319 00:17:38.799 --> 00:17:42.279 year is going to be any different? And Renee mentioned 320 00:17:42.279 --> 00:17:47.000 that Mercedes possibly underestimating Jamie Hayter, who I think she 321 00:17:47.039 --> 00:17:51.279 says she's eleven and two since coming back, she's physically 322 00:17:51.279 --> 00:17:55.039 bigger and stronger, than Mercedes. Mercedes said, look, she's been 323 00:17:55.079 --> 00:17:58.240 undefeated since arriving in AW a year ago twenty five 324 00:17:58.319 --> 00:18:03.079 and oh, Renee pointed out she's beaten the best from 325 00:18:03.200 --> 00:18:06.079 all over the globe. Every time she steps into the ring, 326 00:18:06.160 --> 00:18:09.160 she makes history. And she puts over hater for being 327 00:18:09.200 --> 00:18:13.559 scrappy and tough, but insults her Scooby Doo style, and 328 00:18:13.640 --> 00:18:17.759 she says a cartoon character cannot be DAW Women's World Champion. 329 00:18:19.279 --> 00:18:22.839 We'll get back to her a little bit later. After 330 00:18:22.880 --> 00:18:25.720 a break, Renee was back again. She was in the back, 331 00:18:25.799 --> 00:18:29.240 this time with the patriarchy. She wants to know what 332 00:18:29.279 --> 00:18:31.799 it means for Nick Wayne to represent AW in the 333 00:18:31.880 --> 00:18:36.200 upcoming New Japan Best of the super Juniors. Jay Lethal 334 00:18:36.279 --> 00:18:38.799 was also there. The camera panned over and there's Jay 335 00:18:38.880 --> 00:18:43.720 Lethal just standing there, and Lethal says, Wayne still has 336 00:18:43.759 --> 00:18:47.079 a lot to prove. So how about tonight, the longest 337 00:18:47.079 --> 00:18:50.880 reigning Ring of Honor television champion of all time steps 338 00:18:50.920 --> 00:18:55.880 into the ring with the youngest champion in history. Nick 339 00:18:55.920 --> 00:18:58.400 makes excuses. He's saying, well, you know, I haven't had 340 00:18:58.400 --> 00:19:00.359 time to get warmed up, and I'm getting ready for 341 00:19:00.359 --> 00:19:04.799 the Super Juniors is coming up soon. Christian cage, he 342 00:19:04.839 --> 00:19:10.720 snatches the microphone away and he accepts on Nick's behalf 343 00:19:11.400 --> 00:19:15.599 says Nick accepts. So Nick was caught off guard by this, 344 00:19:15.680 --> 00:19:17.559 and Christian told him, you want to be a champion, 345 00:19:18.160 --> 00:19:21.599 get your damn head in the game. So we had 346 00:19:21.599 --> 00:19:23.440 a brand new match made for later in the show. 347 00:19:24.240 --> 00:19:27.119 Speaking of champions, after this, it was on to the 348 00:19:27.160 --> 00:19:33.640 AW Women's World champion, Timeless Tony Storm, who issued a 349 00:19:33.759 --> 00:19:37.720 challenge an open challenge this past weekend, and that open 350 00:19:37.799 --> 00:19:41.720 challenge to an eliminator match for the AW Women's World 351 00:19:41.720 --> 00:19:47.799 title was accepted by Tokyo Joshi Pro's Miu Yamashka, so 352 00:19:47.839 --> 00:19:51.880 we had Miu Yamashta answering the challenge tonight. Yamasha is 353 00:19:51.920 --> 00:19:55.680 one of only three women in AW history to beat 354 00:19:55.680 --> 00:19:59.599 an AW Women's World Champion in an eliminator match to 355 00:19:59.640 --> 00:20:01.640 then go on to earn a shot at the AW 356 00:20:01.720 --> 00:20:05.279 Women's World title that came three years ago against thunder 357 00:20:05.400 --> 00:20:11.880 rosa cheat plug. We also have Yamashta next Friday making 358 00:20:11.920 --> 00:20:14.519 her House of Glory return. She'll be going one on 359 00:20:14.519 --> 00:20:19.599 one with Indy Heartwell, both women shook hands before Tony 360 00:20:19.640 --> 00:20:23.920 worked over the arm Yamashta, though responded with kicks, backbreaker 361 00:20:23.920 --> 00:20:26.319 and a snapsuitplex led to Tony going up top, but 362 00:20:26.440 --> 00:20:28.279 she got cut off with a high kick to the 363 00:20:28.279 --> 00:20:31.759 face that sent her to the floor. Outside. Storm blocked 364 00:20:31.759 --> 00:20:34.200 a PK, she swept out the leg on the apron, 365 00:20:34.839 --> 00:20:37.119 and she tried a hip attack but she missed, and 366 00:20:37.160 --> 00:20:41.680 so when she missed, she got wedged. Her ass got 367 00:20:41.720 --> 00:20:46.319 wedged in between the ropes, and so Yamashta is on 368 00:20:46.359 --> 00:20:50.039 the floor and she's got Tony's ass right in her face, 369 00:20:50.799 --> 00:20:55.640 and she literally begins kicking this woman's ass. So Luther 370 00:20:55.799 --> 00:20:59.480 comes over and he's trying to step in and he 371 00:20:59.559 --> 00:21:02.960 ended up effering the same fate. So it was all Yamashta. 372 00:21:03.079 --> 00:21:07.480 During the break, Roundhouse decked Storm, who dodged a second 373 00:21:07.480 --> 00:21:11.119 one into a snap released German. Storm charge for sweet 374 00:21:11.160 --> 00:21:13.880 cheek music, but ran right into a skull kick for 375 00:21:13.920 --> 00:21:17.319 a close two count. Fisherman suplex with a high bridge 376 00:21:17.359 --> 00:21:21.480 got Tony a near fall. She wanted Storm zero. Yamashta, though, 377 00:21:21.519 --> 00:21:24.720 spun out into an attitude adjustment the buzz saw kick 378 00:21:24.799 --> 00:21:28.359 follow that. Tony, though dodged a running knee into another 379 00:21:28.440 --> 00:21:31.799 snap German that sent Yamashta into the corner, sweet cheek 380 00:21:31.920 --> 00:21:35.920 music connects and following that we had storm zero and 381 00:21:35.960 --> 00:21:39.599 that was it. That was all she wrote for MEU. 382 00:21:39.759 --> 00:21:44.640 This was fine, it was good even But they do 383 00:21:44.759 --> 00:21:47.720 these random eliminator matches like this from time. They don't 384 00:21:47.720 --> 00:21:50.200 do what every week, but they do these random eliminator 385 00:21:50.240 --> 00:21:52.720 matches with people they bring in from outside the company. 386 00:21:53.279 --> 00:21:57.240 And Yamasha's made a few appearances before an AAW and 387 00:21:57.319 --> 00:22:00.519 I believe ring of honor, but you know, she's she's 388 00:22:00.559 --> 00:22:03.640 not an active member of the AW roster, and she's 389 00:22:03.680 --> 00:22:06.160 not established even as much as someone like a like 390 00:22:06.200 --> 00:22:08.720 a Mina Shiri Kawa right who is coming in full 391 00:22:08.720 --> 00:22:11.359 time now. But there are people that will come in 392 00:22:11.519 --> 00:22:14.839 for long stretches of time, almost like they're on excursion 393 00:22:15.039 --> 00:22:17.880 before they disappear, and she's not one of those people. 394 00:22:17.960 --> 00:22:21.839 So they bring her in and she's a great wrestler, 395 00:22:23.319 --> 00:22:27.000 but I'm not sure that it necessarily, you know, resonated. 396 00:22:27.039 --> 00:22:28.680 I mean, she got a good reaction from the crowd, 397 00:22:28.680 --> 00:22:31.440 I'm not sure it resonated though in any kind of 398 00:22:31.480 --> 00:22:33.480 major way. At least, they did give us a video 399 00:22:33.640 --> 00:22:36.720 package before the right before the match, we got a 400 00:22:36.799 --> 00:22:40.720 video package narrated by ian Rick Abani, who was speed 401 00:22:40.759 --> 00:22:44.200