WEBVTT 1 00:00:01.080 --> 00:00:06.719 AUW Dynamite. Tonight was live from Norfolk. It was an 2 00:00:06.719 --> 00:00:10.199 improvement over last week's show. Last week's show was boring. 3 00:00:10.960 --> 00:00:14.480 Tonight a little bit better than last week. Still, though 4 00:00:14.519 --> 00:00:16.640 we are less than two weeks away from their biggest 5 00:00:16.679 --> 00:00:18.760 show with the year, it just feels like there should 6 00:00:18.760 --> 00:00:22.399 be just more of an energy about this show. That 7 00:00:22.519 --> 00:00:25.519 just feels lacking compared to what we had in the 8 00:00:25.519 --> 00:00:28.519 build up to All In last year. And it's not 9 00:00:28.760 --> 00:00:32.960 because of poor build to the key matches. I'm actually 10 00:00:33.000 --> 00:00:36.119 pretty excited about the key matches on this show. It's 11 00:00:36.159 --> 00:00:38.960 just missing something that last year's show seemed to have 12 00:00:39.039 --> 00:00:42.039 when we were headed into Wembley Stadium. But tonight's show 13 00:00:42.079 --> 00:00:44.520 is a lot more focused and I do think that 14 00:00:44.560 --> 00:00:47.079 the build to the key matches tonight was very good. 15 00:00:47.799 --> 00:00:51.240 If you're a fan of video packages, this was the 16 00:00:51.280 --> 00:00:53.920 show for you, and I don't say that as a 17 00:00:53.960 --> 00:00:55.759 bad thing. I actually think it was a good thing 18 00:00:56.479 --> 00:01:00.119 because we got some great videos to hype up the 19 00:01:00.240 --> 00:01:04.359 MJF will Osprey match Darby Allen and Jack Perry, and 20 00:01:04.439 --> 00:01:09.159 a tremendous video set to Green Day for Brian Danielson 21 00:01:09.840 --> 00:01:12.239 at the end of the show, So all of that 22 00:01:12.319 --> 00:01:14.159 was very good. I thought even there was a Mariah 23 00:01:14.239 --> 00:01:17.719 May video as well to build her match with Tony 24 00:01:17.799 --> 00:01:20.879 Storm at Wembley, So on that front, I thought that 25 00:01:20.920 --> 00:01:22.560 was a huge plus, and it's the sort of thing 26 00:01:22.599 --> 00:01:24.200 I would like to see them do more of on 27 00:01:24.280 --> 00:01:27.560 these shows. So many times we get kind of like 28 00:01:27.599 --> 00:01:30.879 the abbreviated versions of a longer package that ends up 29 00:01:30.920 --> 00:01:33.879 on social media they don't air on TV. But I 30 00:01:33.879 --> 00:01:36.959 do think in this case, to try to really push 31 00:01:37.040 --> 00:01:39.680 the key matches, it was something that needed to be done, 32 00:01:40.079 --> 00:01:42.959 So I thought that was good. What was not good 33 00:01:43.519 --> 00:01:49.359 is the fact that four months have elapsed since we 34 00:01:49.480 --> 00:01:54.120 had our last aw World Tag Team Championship match. It 35 00:01:54.200 --> 00:01:57.840 was the Young Bucks winning the titles at Dynasty that 36 00:01:57.959 --> 00:02:01.719 was back in April. It has taken four months for 37 00:02:01.879 --> 00:02:05.840 us to get the Young Bucks on television or anywhere 38 00:02:05.879 --> 00:02:10.159 for that matter, pay per view TV to finally defend 39 00:02:10.159 --> 00:02:13.879 those titles. And it finally happened tonight in a match 40 00:02:14.599 --> 00:02:19.319 with an ending so flat that even aj Styles believes 41 00:02:19.319 --> 00:02:23.439 in it not a great match between the Young Bucks 42 00:02:23.439 --> 00:02:26.680 and the Acclaimed, with a finish that sets up now 43 00:02:26.719 --> 00:02:30.199 the very predictable match coming up this weekend. Between the 44 00:02:30.199 --> 00:02:34.280 Acclaimed and FTR. So yes, we had four months in 45 00:02:34.400 --> 00:02:38.159 between AW tag team title matches, including a team in 46 00:02:38.199 --> 00:02:43.000 the Acclaim that was crowned Number one Contenders two months ago. 47 00:02:43.120 --> 00:02:46.400 We had four months to wait before getting another title match, 48 00:02:46.560 --> 00:02:48.759 and coming out of the title match tonight, it set 49 00:02:48.840 --> 00:02:52.400 up another number one contenders match. This tag team division 50 00:02:52.479 --> 00:02:55.439 right now is in shambles in this company. This tag 51 00:02:55.439 --> 00:02:59.199 team division, the tag team situation right now in AAW 52 00:02:59.520 --> 00:03:02.280 is a fuck mess, and it's sad because at one 53 00:03:02.360 --> 00:03:05.360 time it was the It was really, in many ways 54 00:03:05.439 --> 00:03:07.759 the pillar of this company. They had the best tag 55 00:03:07.759 --> 00:03:11.120 team division in the world. And to see the way 56 00:03:11.120 --> 00:03:12.759 that it has been booked, in the way that it 57 00:03:12.840 --> 00:03:15.439 has been handled over the last several months, really this 58 00:03:15.639 --> 00:03:21.599 entire year has been a disgrace. Swerve Strickland, he was 59 00:03:21.599 --> 00:03:24.319 in the main event tonight, as he should be because 60 00:03:24.319 --> 00:03:27.639 he is, of course the AW World champion. Non title 61 00:03:27.719 --> 00:03:30.879 match against Wheeler Dah doesn't matter. Wheeler Uda was in 62 00:03:30.919 --> 00:03:33.560 there to be a punching bag. It was Swarve Strickland 63 00:03:33.639 --> 00:03:36.879 sending a message to Brian Danielson heading into their match 64 00:03:36.919 --> 00:03:38.879 at all in where Brian Danielson has said that if 65 00:03:38.879 --> 00:03:42.719 he does not win, he will retire, and not just well, 66 00:03:42.759 --> 00:03:44.919 you know, I'm going to retire from full time competition. 67 00:03:45.400 --> 00:03:49.479 He has said that he will retire legit for real, 68 00:03:50.120 --> 00:03:53.639 once and for all. That's it, career over if he 69 00:03:53.680 --> 00:03:57.919 does not win the championship at Wembley State and Swarve 70 00:03:57.960 --> 00:04:00.560 Strickland went out there tonight and sent him the message 71 00:04:00.560 --> 00:04:03.000 to him loud and clear, saying, not only am I 72 00:04:03.039 --> 00:04:06.319 going to retire you, but I'm gonna have your little 73 00:04:06.319 --> 00:04:08.439 girl in the front row. If your family's gonna be there, 74 00:04:08.439 --> 00:04:10.680 she's gonna be in the front row like Brian was tonight, 75 00:04:11.080 --> 00:04:13.199 to get a front row seat to watch her daddy 76 00:04:13.919 --> 00:04:16.759 fulfill his promise to her because he had told, I 77 00:04:16.800 --> 00:04:20.240 guess it was Bertie that when she turned seven he 78 00:04:20.279 --> 00:04:23.560 would stop wrestling, and so Swerve wanted to make it 79 00:04:23.639 --> 00:04:26.639 very clear he intends to make sure Brian follows through 80 00:04:26.680 --> 00:04:29.040 on that promise. And they did it in a way 81 00:04:29.079 --> 00:04:30.839 where you would almost watch it and think the wait, 82 00:04:31.040 --> 00:04:33.240 was this a healed turn for Swerve Strickland. It wasn't 83 00:04:33.279 --> 00:04:35.519 a heel turn. What we saw tonight was Swerve going 84 00:04:35.560 --> 00:04:39.519 out there and doing what needed to be done. He's 85 00:04:39.560 --> 00:04:42.000 going into the biggest match of his life at Wembley 86 00:04:42.040 --> 00:04:46.240 Stadium and his intent, his goal is to put this 87 00:04:46.360 --> 00:04:49.879 man down and add another feather in his cap. Not 88 00:04:49.920 --> 00:04:52.439 only is the man who beat Brian Danielson in his 89 00:04:52.480 --> 00:04:57.560 final match, but retired Brian dangleson. It's a side of 90 00:04:57.639 --> 00:04:59.439 swerve that we saw a lot of when he was 91 00:04:59.480 --> 00:05:02.759 a heel. But it's a side of swerve that we 92 00:05:02.879 --> 00:05:04.680 should be seeing. It's a side of swerve that we 93 00:05:04.759 --> 00:05:07.199 need to be seeing. So I like what they did 94 00:05:07.199 --> 00:05:08.879 with those two In the main event. We had one 95 00:05:08.920 --> 00:05:12.600 new match tonight added to the Wembley card, a championship match. 96 00:05:13.480 --> 00:05:16.720 We also had another match already announced that now has 97 00:05:16.759 --> 00:05:20.120 a new stipulation added to it, and we know the 98 00:05:20.199 --> 00:05:22.839 first entrant. We know who the first man will be 99 00:05:23.120 --> 00:05:26.519 entering the Casino Gauntlet match at all in for a 100 00:05:26.560 --> 00:05:29.720 future shot at the AW World Heavyweight Championship. Like I said, 101 00:05:29.800 --> 00:05:35.079 a very focused episode tonight focused on the things that mattered, 102 00:05:35.120 --> 00:05:38.199 which really was the key matches coming up in less 103 00:05:38.240 --> 00:05:41.879 than two weeks in front of the fifty thousand people 104 00:05:41.879 --> 00:05:45.680 that they are expecting maybe a little less at Wembley Stadium. 105 00:05:45.959 --> 00:05:48.759 It did what it needed to do. I can't sit 106 00:05:48.800 --> 00:05:50.639 here and tell you again that it was a terribly 107 00:05:50.680 --> 00:05:54.199 exciting show. It was certainly better than last week, but 108 00:05:54.319 --> 00:05:57.959 it is still missing something. There's just something that it's missing. 109 00:05:57.959 --> 00:06:00.000 You know, there was a period of time earlier this year, 110 00:06:00.160 --> 00:06:04.480 I want to say, maybe February into March where Dynamite, 111 00:06:04.519 --> 00:06:07.560 I mean Tony Kahan was banging these episodes out. They 112 00:06:07.560 --> 00:06:10.040 were rocking and rolling man Dynamite was on a roll 113 00:06:10.199 --> 00:06:12.079 quality wise. I don't know why. I don't remember what 114 00:06:12.279 --> 00:06:15.680 the numbers were, but quality wise, this show was banging 115 00:06:15.720 --> 00:06:18.079 out great episode after great episode, So I know they 116 00:06:18.120 --> 00:06:21.040 still have it in them to do that. We're just 117 00:06:21.120 --> 00:06:23.600 not getting it right now at a time when they 118 00:06:23.600 --> 00:06:25.519 are heading into their biggest show of the year. And 119 00:06:25.519 --> 00:06:30.600 that's too bad. But again, little victories. I enjoyed this 120 00:06:30.639 --> 00:06:32.920 show more than I did last week, so I'll take it. 121 00:06:33.519 --> 00:06:37.600 This is your aw Dynamite review. It is Wednesday, August fourteenth, 122 00:06:37.600 --> 00:06:40.439 twenty twenty four. I am the Solemn Monster. Thank you 123 00:06:40.480 --> 00:06:44.160 all for joining me here on a Wednesday night. Tony 124 00:06:44.240 --> 00:06:48.720 Kahan got machine Head by Bush as the official theme song. 125 00:06:48.759 --> 00:06:51.519 It looks like for all In again. They used it 126 00:06:51.639 --> 00:06:57.279 last year as well. Jim Johnston actually made a pretty 127 00:06:57.360 --> 00:07:02.040 bitchin cover of that many years ago that they used. 128 00:07:02.040 --> 00:07:04.040 If you remember, it was the official theme song for 129 00:07:04.120 --> 00:07:07.079 No Way Out back in two thousand and one, and 130 00:07:07.480 --> 00:07:10.000 WWE used it for some of their UK only pay 131 00:07:10.079 --> 00:07:13.480 per views back then. I guess they never got sued 132 00:07:13.519 --> 00:07:15.800 for it because it was pretty clear what the inspiration 133 00:07:15.879 --> 00:07:20.079 for the song was. So the show kicked off tonight 134 00:07:20.279 --> 00:07:24.399 with the TBS champion, Mercedes Monet defending her title against 135 00:07:24.480 --> 00:07:28.920 Hikaru Shida, who her all in opponent Britt Baker defeated 136 00:07:28.959 --> 00:07:32.160 only a few weeks ago on TV. I thought it 137 00:07:32.199 --> 00:07:34.879 was a good way to open the show. You opened 138 00:07:34.879 --> 00:07:37.560 with a championship match, so I thought that was smart. 139 00:07:38.000 --> 00:07:40.399 And no commercials as well to interrupt. I think they 140 00:07:40.399 --> 00:07:44.600 went the first twenty minutes of the show uninterrupted, so 141 00:07:44.680 --> 00:07:49.199 that was a welcome change. Late in the match, Mercedes 142 00:07:49.240 --> 00:07:52.040 went for the three Amigo. She got two out of 143 00:07:52.079 --> 00:07:57.720 the three, she'da countered the final one into a falcon arrow. 144 00:07:59.199 --> 00:08:02.439 Camille pulled Monette outside to safety because of course, she 145 00:08:02.519 --> 00:08:05.399 got her insurance policy watching her back in her corner. 146 00:08:05.439 --> 00:08:08.759 Now pulled Mercedes out of the ring, but Camille ate 147 00:08:08.800 --> 00:08:12.040 a dropkick through the ropes by Chita, who smashed her 148 00:08:12.040 --> 00:08:16.399 with a kendo stick. Chidah reared back with the kendo 149 00:08:16.480 --> 00:08:19.680 stick for another shot. Mercedes, though, reached out of the ring, 150 00:08:19.759 --> 00:08:23.759 grabbed the kendo stick out of her hand and she 151 00:08:24.000 --> 00:08:26.759 was threatening to use it. She was arguing with the 152 00:08:26.800 --> 00:08:29.000 referee who was telling her, you know, in the ring, 153 00:08:29.079 --> 00:08:33.039 to drop the stick. While this was going on and 154 00:08:33.080 --> 00:08:37.639 the referee was distracted, Camille blasted Chida right in the 155 00:08:37.679 --> 00:08:41.039 face with a big boot and then back inside, Mercedes 156 00:08:41.120 --> 00:08:45.480 hit her monet maker to put the finishing touches on 157 00:08:45.679 --> 00:08:49.679 Shida to retain the TBS title. They had what I 158 00:08:49.720 --> 00:08:52.960 thought was a good match. But yeah, again I have 159 00:08:53.000 --> 00:08:57.440 to say it, Mercedes needs a new finish. This monet 160 00:08:57.600 --> 00:09:01.919 maker it ain't working. It's sucks. It just fucking sucks. 161 00:09:03.039 --> 00:09:06.240 It never looks good. It's always clunky, it just looks awkward. 162 00:09:06.279 --> 00:09:08.120 I don't know part of it. I think it's just 163 00:09:08.159 --> 00:09:12.320 the move itself. But she's also I think in some cases, 164 00:09:12.440 --> 00:09:15.360 just maybe not big enough. She's too small maybe to 165 00:09:15.440 --> 00:09:17.279 hit the move in a way that makes it look good. 166 00:09:17.519 --> 00:09:19.399 Whatever it is, she's got to find a new finish. 167 00:09:19.679 --> 00:09:23.440 It's just very awkward. It never looks good. And for 168 00:09:23.559 --> 00:09:26.120 somebody in her position, who they are positioning as one 169 00:09:26.159 --> 00:09:29.600 of the top faces in the company and top faces 170 00:09:29.799 --> 00:09:32.919 in that division, she just needs to find a more 171 00:09:34.120 --> 00:09:36.759 impactful move, something that's a little bit easier for her 172 00:09:36.759 --> 00:09:39.879 to execute, because again, even the setup for it, it's 173 00:09:39.919 --> 00:09:42.759 just very clunky. I hope that she will find a 174 00:09:42.799 --> 00:09:47.159 new move. Brit Baker's music hit and Camille was ready 175 00:09:47.159 --> 00:09:49.480 to go. She's outside the ring, she's at the foot 176 00:09:49.480 --> 00:09:51.600 of the ram. She's waiting for Brick to come out. 177 00:09:51.600 --> 00:09:54.519 There's no Britt Baker. Camille then looks over to her 178 00:09:54.600 --> 00:09:56.679 right and she sees in the front row there is 179 00:09:56.720 --> 00:10:01.279 a fan, a fan dressed up in a mask, hoodie 180 00:10:01.320 --> 00:10:04.559 over the head sting mask. We've seen this before, I think, Britt, 181 00:10:04.679 --> 00:10:08.240 I believe a few weeks ago, may have dressed up 182 00:10:08.279 --> 00:10:13.159 that way. So Camille pulls the fan over the barricade 183 00:10:13.200 --> 00:10:15.039 and begins to beat the hell out of this person, 184 00:10:15.480 --> 00:10:18.679 never pulling off the mask. You would think, you know, 185 00:10:18.759 --> 00:10:21.279 she would want to confirm who this person is, that 186 00:10:21.320 --> 00:10:24.519 it is in fact Britt Baker, but does not pull 187 00:10:24.600 --> 00:10:27.720 the mask off, and as she is just beating up 188 00:10:27.759 --> 00:10:30.440 on this person. Mercedes is in the ring and she's 189 00:10:30.480 --> 00:10:32.480 got the kendo stick and she's got her back turn 190 00:10:32.960 --> 00:10:36.159 and she's watching this all play out. Then we hear 191 00:10:36.200 --> 00:10:39.000 the crowd, you know, commotion, and we see Britt Baker 192 00:10:39.080 --> 00:10:42.240 is coming through the crowd, very casually, walking through the 193 00:10:42.240 --> 00:10:44.480 crowd to the ring, in no great rush to get there, 194 00:10:45.399 --> 00:10:49.200 which I didn't understand. So eventually she makes her way 195 00:10:49.600 --> 00:10:51.600 down to the ring, and now she's going to take 196 00:10:51.639 --> 00:10:54.480 time to put her glove on her hand. Well, by 197 00:10:54.519 --> 00:10:57.200 this point, she's wasted so much time. Mercedes has turned 198 00:10:57.240 --> 00:11:01.879 around and sees her. Brit gets into the ring. Mercedes 199 00:11:01.919 --> 00:11:04.240 takes a swing at her with the kendostick. She avoids 200 00:11:04.279 --> 00:11:08.360 the shot and she gets Mercedes down for lockjaw, but 201 00:11:08.519 --> 00:11:11.360 Camille pulls Mercedes out of the ring to safety before 202 00:11:11.399 --> 00:11:14.759 she could get the hold applied. So this was Britt 203 00:11:14.799 --> 00:11:19.559 Baker's return. This was her big return post suspension, both 204 00:11:19.919 --> 00:11:24.200 storyline suspension and real life suspension, and she got a 205 00:11:24.200 --> 00:11:27.320 superstar reaction, you know, coming through the crowd down to 206 00:11:27.360 --> 00:11:30.759 the ring. The problem is, it just feels to me 207 00:11:31.200 --> 00:11:35.039 like this feud peaked after that first segment in the 208 00:11:35.120 --> 00:11:40.279 ring where they traded promos, and after that there really 209 00:11:40.279 --> 00:11:43.639 hasn't been much of anything. Now. I know Britt got suspended, 210 00:11:43.679 --> 00:11:46.639 so she's been off television for the last few weeks, 211 00:11:47.159 --> 00:11:49.960 not including her little via satellite promo on the show 212 00:11:50.039 --> 00:11:52.879 last week, so that may have hurt things a little bit, 213 00:11:53.879 --> 00:11:56.480 but there just has not been anything compelling here really 214 00:11:56.519 --> 00:11:58.799 since that first segment between the two of them. Now, 215 00:11:58.799 --> 00:12:01.639 I like the addition of Commie. I think that's great, 216 00:12:02.200 --> 00:12:04.039 and I think that we are going to get Jamie 217 00:12:04.039 --> 00:12:06.639 Hayter at Wembley Stadium. I hope that if she's coming back, 218 00:12:06.679 --> 00:12:08.720 they save it for Wembley and they don't throw her 219 00:12:08.720 --> 00:12:10.960 out there on TV next week. I don't think they will. 220 00:12:11.720 --> 00:12:15.120 That should be a Wembley surprise. But they got one 221 00:12:15.159 --> 00:12:18.720 more week, so maybe we get a contract signing. I 222 00:12:18.759 --> 00:12:21.480 know those are played out, but just something that gets 223 00:12:21.480 --> 00:12:23.840 them in the ring together, and maybe they could do 224 00:12:23.840 --> 00:12:27.000 the whole no physicality thing and just go back to 225 00:12:27.080 --> 00:12:29.279 what brought them to the dance here, the first thing 226 00:12:29.320 --> 00:12:31.960 that really kicked this thing off, which was the in 227 00:12:32.120 --> 00:12:34.120 ring promo. Let's get them in the ring, Let's get 228 00:12:34.120 --> 00:12:37.000 them cutting promos on each other. Now, I know that 229 00:12:37.159 --> 00:12:42.360 is not mercedes strongsuit. She has not had any real 230 00:12:42.480 --> 00:12:46.200 great promos so far in aw Britt Baker has been 231 00:12:46.240 --> 00:12:50.360 actually pretty good, I think on the stick. So I 232 00:12:50.360 --> 00:12:52.240 don't know what we'll get out of Mercedes if they 233 00:12:52.279 --> 00:12:54.120 do that, but I think we need something like that, 234 00:12:54.279 --> 00:12:55.879 all right. We don't need any more of this cat 235 00:12:55.879 --> 00:12:59.279 and mouse bullshit. I'd like to see them in the ring, 236 00:12:59.320 --> 00:13:01.960 actually in an acting one last time before their big 237 00:13:02.000 --> 00:13:04.600 match at Wembley. I think that's the way to go. 238 00:13:05.480 --> 00:13:07.759 But Britt has really outshined her, I think in that 239 00:13:07.840 --> 00:13:10.519 regard so far. I don't think that there's any real 240 00:13:10.639 --> 00:13:14.480 question about that. But it really does feel like they peaked. 241 00:13:15.279 --> 00:13:17.240 They peaked in week one and it's almost as if 242 00:13:17.279 --> 00:13:20.440 they just didn't have any other good ideas to get 243 00:13:20.480 --> 00:13:22.960 from where they were then all the way to the 244 00:13:23.000 --> 00:13:25.360 twenty fifth at Wembley. But thankfully now we're not that 245 00:13:25.440 --> 00:13:30.120 far away now. They aired footage of the chaos that 246 00:13:30.279 --> 00:13:35.679 unfolded after Dynamite went off the air last week, with 247 00:13:35.919 --> 00:13:38.720 Hangman Page going at it with Jeff Jarrett. This led 248 00:13:38.759 --> 00:13:41.399 to a live promo here with Rene in the back 249 00:13:41.399 --> 00:13:45.879 with Jay lethal Sonjay Dutt, Jeff and Karen Jarrett. She 250 00:13:45.960 --> 00:13:48.759 said Hangman has been a thorn in their side since returning, 251 00:13:48.840 --> 00:13:52.360 and just as Jeff started to get all riled up, 252 00:13:52.720 --> 00:13:57.759 Hangman ran in. He attacked Jarrett and Sanjay before brawling 253 00:13:57.759 --> 00:14:01.000 with Jay. Lethal to the ring to start their match, 254 00:14:01.039 --> 00:14:05.120 which was Hangman Page one on one with Jay Lethal. 255 00:14:06.200 --> 00:14:09.960 So right as the bell sounded, Lethal hit not one, 256 00:14:10.279 --> 00:14:17.919 not two, not three, not four, five consecutive suicide dives 257 00:14:17.919 --> 00:14:21.000 that had the people reacting. Big. Lethal brought Page to 258 00:14:21.039 --> 00:14:24.120 the apron. Hangman, though, immediately countered into a dead eye 259 00:14:24.279 --> 00:14:26.519 and dropped him right on top of his head on 260 00:14:26.600 --> 00:14:30.799 the ring apron, right on the edge, and then he 261 00:14:31.279 --> 00:14:35.960 sent Lethal hurdling over the timekeeper's table. As they cut 262 00:14:36.000 --> 00:14:40.480 the commercial, Lethal tried stringing together some offense, but this 263 00:14:40.600 --> 00:14:42.759 was mostly all Hangman, as it should have been. Death 264 00:14:42.840 --> 00:14:45.679 Valley Drivers spiked Lethal for a near fall. Page, though 265 00:14:45.720 --> 00:14:48.559 noticed he was bleeding from the mouth. That only pissed 266 00:14:48.600 --> 00:14:52.080 him off even more. That made him more enraged. Page 267 00:14:52.159 --> 00:14:54.399 kicked free from a figure four leg lock and applied 268 00:14:54.399 --> 00:14:57.799 a cross face, but Lethal countered into a roll up 269 00:14:57.799 --> 00:15:01.120 for a two count. Lethal again went for four page, 270 00:15:01.159 --> 00:15:04.559 They'll rake the eyes, and then hit a huge discus lariot, 271 00:15:05.039 --> 00:15:08.480 referee was checking on lethal. He slowly rose back to 272 00:15:08.519 --> 00:15:12.600 his feet ended up eating a Buckshot lariat to give 273 00:15:12.679 --> 00:15:15.960 Hangman the win. This was a much needed win for 274 00:15:16.080 --> 00:15:18.919 Hangman page coming into this, he had lost his last 275 00:15:19.039 --> 00:15:24.080 three straight. He lost to Brian Danielson in the Owenhard Tournament, 276 00:15:24.600 --> 00:15:27.559 he was on the losing team in Blood and Guts, 277 00:15:28.080 --> 00:15:30.720 and he lost to Darby Allot a few weeks ago. 278 00:15:30.799 --> 00:15:32.879 So he needed to get back to his winning ways 279 00:15:32.879 --> 00:15:35.600 and that's what he did here. Hangman has no match 280 00:15:36.279 --> 00:15:41.480 announced for Wembley Stadium, which is ridiculous, but there is 281 00:15:41.519 --> 00:15:44.840 a casino Gauntlet match on this show with the winner 282 00:15:44.879 --> 00:15:48.360 getting a guaranteed shot at the AW World Heavyweight Championship 283 00:15:48.399 --> 00:15:51.679 at a later date. Hangman should absolutely be in that match. 284 00:15:51.759 --> 00:15:54.440 I do not want to see him against Jeff Jarrett 285 00:15:54.960 --> 00:15:58.200 at Wembley Stadium, and it could happen. It could be 286 00:15:58.240 --> 00:16:00.200 a late addition to the card next week, or they 287 00:16:00.200 --> 00:16:02.679 could throw it on the pre show. Hangman should be 288 00:16:02.840 --> 00:16:04.480 and you want to put Jared in there too, be 289 00:16:04.559 --> 00:16:07.799 my guest, but Hangman should be in the Casino Gauntlet 290 00:16:07.799 --> 00:16:12.000 match and he should win because clearly they don't have 291 00:16:12.039 --> 00:16:15.159 anything else better than that plan for him. But the 292 00:16:15.240 --> 00:16:18.240 fact that the winner gets a future AW World Championship 293 00:16:18.279 --> 00:16:21.759 match is perfect because right now, the man that he 294 00:16:21.840 --> 00:16:24.600 hates the most, the man that he hates more than 295 00:16:24.639 --> 00:16:28.000 anything else in the entire world, is the AW World 296 00:16:28.039 --> 00:16:30.960 Heavyweight Champion at least for another two weeks, and so 297 00:16:31.159 --> 00:16:33.480 he should want to be in that gauntlet, and he 298 00:16:33.519 --> 00:16:36.879 should win that gauntlet. Now he's got a guarantee championship 299 00:16:36.919 --> 00:16:39.559 match in his back pocket and he could use it 300 00:16:39.600 --> 00:16:43.519 as soon as all out two weeks later. Assuming that 301 00:16:43.559 --> 00:16:46.360 Swerve comes out of Wembley as the champion, you could 302 00:16:46.360 --> 00:16:51.200 potentially do that match as early as September seventh in Chicago. 303 00:16:51.360 --> 00:16:54.279 I would actually hold off. I would hold off on 304 00:16:54.320 --> 00:16:56.679 that even if Swerve comes out of this show with 305 00:16:56.840 --> 00:16:59.600 the world Championship, I still would like to see them 306 00:16:59.600 --> 00:17:03.000 maybe whole off a little bit longer before doing that match. 307 00:17:04.039 --> 00:17:07.519 But if Swerve does not come out of Wembley as 308 00:17:07.599 --> 00:17:10.279 the World Heavyweight Champion, and right now I would say 309 00:17:10.279 --> 00:17:13.400 the betting odds are on that being the case and 310 00:17:13.480 --> 00:17:17.160 Brian Danielson walking out as the AW World Champion, then 311 00:17:17.200 --> 00:17:20.079 you could save the match for Full Gear because Full 312 00:17:20.119 --> 00:17:21.920 Gear is going to be the one year anniversary of 313 00:17:21.920 --> 00:17:24.839 their Texas Deathmatch, the most violent match that I have 314 00:17:24.920 --> 00:17:28.240 ever seen, and it would be appropriate if one year later, 315 00:17:28.319 --> 00:17:31.519 on that same show, we have Swerve and Hangman again, 316 00:17:31.559 --> 00:17:35.039 but this time the World Championship is on the line. 317 00:17:35.279 --> 00:17:37.559 And it's incredible too, because this feud kicked off a 318 00:17:37.680 --> 00:17:42.000 wrestle dream Okay in October of last year, and we 319 00:17:42.039 --> 00:17:44.839 had the first ever match between Hangman and Swerve, and 320 00:17:44.880 --> 00:17:46.640 I didn't know what to expect going in, but I 321 00:17:46.680 --> 00:17:49.240 remember at the time, I'm like, this is great because 322 00:17:49.279 --> 00:17:51.960 this could be a real launching pad for Swerve and 323 00:17:52.000 --> 00:17:55.039 it's a fresh match, so I was excited going into it. 324 00:17:55.119 --> 00:17:57.119 I had no idea that not only would it be 325 00:17:57.160 --> 00:17:59.480 a launching pad for Swerve, but what we would have 326 00:17:59.640 --> 00:18:02.960 out of this is this blood feud between these two 327 00:18:03.000 --> 00:18:08.039 that almost a year later, is still ongoing, and it's great. Honestly, 328 00:18:08.079 --> 00:18:11.880 It's my favorite thing right now about aaw and I'm 329 00:18:11.920 --> 00:18:14.599 liking what they're doing with Hangman since he came back, 330 00:18:15.160 --> 00:18:19.480 always pissed off, kind of the New Evil theme music, 331 00:18:20.359 --> 00:18:23.559 and no matter what he's doing, no matter who he's 332 00:18:23.599 --> 00:18:25.960 in the ring, with it always comes back to Swerve. 333 00:18:26.079 --> 00:18:29.039 He is obsessed with this man for what he did 334 00:18:29.079 --> 00:18:32.240 to him last year. He has not been able to 335 00:18:32.319 --> 00:18:34.279 let go of what happened as far as we know 336 00:18:34.400 --> 00:18:37.319 in storyline. His family's all busted up now, he had 337 00:18:37.359 --> 00:18:40.079 to move out of his home. He's got good reason 338 00:18:40.160 --> 00:18:41.839 to be upset with this man. So if they could 339 00:18:41.839 --> 00:18:43.880 find a way to run this back in November at 340 00:18:43.880 --> 00:18:48.200 full gear, I think that would be very appropriate that way, 341 00:18:48.960 --> 00:18:52.680 If let's say that's how it happens. Tony Kahan gives 342 00:18:52.680 --> 00:18:57.200 Brian Danielson a solid month as the AW World Heavyweight Champion. 343 00:18:57.240 --> 00:19:00.160 He'll defend the title against Darby Allen a Grand Slam 344 00:19:00.240 --> 00:19:02.960 later next month because Darby's got the shot all banked 345 00:19:03.000 --> 00:19:05.480 and ready to go. And when we get to Wrestle 346 00:19:05.559 --> 00:19:08.440 Dream and Tacoma, you run it back one more time 347 00:19:08.519 --> 00:19:13.599 Brian Swerve. Swerve gets a big win, gets the championship back, 348 00:19:13.640 --> 00:19:17.480 and guess what, hangman, hey there he is, I'm cashing 349 00:19:17.559 --> 00:19:21.119 in full gear and you did the title match one 350 00:19:21.160 --> 00:19:24.759 on one. I like that now. If it were me, 351 00:19:24.839 --> 00:19:27.640 of course I would have Swerve win at Wembley, But 352 00:19:28.240 --> 00:19:31.720 in this case, I'm fine with either one of these ideas. 353 00:19:31.519 --> 00:19:34.880 That's how I would kind of map this whole thing out. 354 00:19:35.039 --> 00:19:36.920 As long as we get to Swerve and Hangman in 355 00:19:36.960 --> 00:19:42.640 the next few months, then it's all good. Now. They 356 00:19:42.640 --> 00:19:48.880 aired a long, really good video package promoting MJF against 357 00:19:48.880 --> 00:19:50.960 will Ospray It all in. This is the first of 358 00:19:51.039 --> 00:19:54.160 several video packages on this show, hyping up the key 359 00:19:54.200 --> 00:19:57.160 matches on that pay per view. In this video, they 360 00:19:57.200 --> 00:20:00.519 included footage of MJF defending his American champ and ship 361 00:20:00.519 --> 00:20:04.640 against Michael Oku in Rev Pro this past week I 362 00:20:04.720 --> 00:20:08.440 believe where will Ospray made an appearance. After the match 363 00:20:08.519 --> 00:20:10.880 was over. He came to the aid of Oku's wife 364 00:20:11.400 --> 00:20:14.240 who was about to eat a tiger driver from MJF 365 00:20:14.839 --> 00:20:18.599 and MJF was able to escape. This then led into 366 00:20:18.680 --> 00:20:22.440 them in this video highlighting will Osprey's rise over his career, 367 00:20:22.480 --> 00:20:24.880 and they included footage of him from the indie scene 368 00:20:24.880 --> 00:20:26.680 back in his early days when he was just a 369 00:20:26.720 --> 00:20:30.640 skinny kid. You know, he's a little less skinny now, 370 00:20:30.680 --> 00:20:33.759 but you know, pretty much looks the same. Put out 371 00:20:33.759 --> 00:20:36.480 a little bulk, but you know, for the most part, 372 00:20:36.519 --> 00:20:40.920 still looks the same. And I just thought this was 373 00:20:40.960 --> 00:20:43.680 excellent This was a long video package that we're not 374 00:20:43.799 --> 00:20:46.599 used to seeing here on this show. It was several 375 00:20:46.640 --> 00:20:49.519 minutes long, but it was very, very good, and it 376 00:20:49.599 --> 00:20:52.039 got me excited to see these two go at it 377 00:20:52.079 --> 00:20:54.960 again at Wembley Stadium. So to that end, I think 378 00:20:55.000 --> 00:20:57.319 could achieved what it was supposed to achieve. As I 379 00:20:57.359 --> 00:20:59.519 said earlier, so many times on this show we get 380 00:20:59.519 --> 00:21:02.599 a lot of fruncated videos because they just don't want 381 00:21:02.640 --> 00:21:05.240 to dedicate three or four minutes to a video package. 382 00:21:05.279 --> 00:21:08.279 So we'll get a minute, or we'll get ninety seconds 383 00:21:08.480 --> 00:21:09.960 and then you have to go on YouTube and you 384 00:21:09.960 --> 00:21:13.880 can see the full version of it. But tonight, not 385 00:21:13.960 --> 00:21:16.319 a problem tonight, and this was such a good video. 386 00:21:16.400 --> 00:21:21.960 I'm glad they aired the entire thing on TV. We 387 00:21:22.039 --> 00:21:26.759 go backstage to our old friend Pack who asked the 388 00:21:26.799 --> 00:21:30.400 cameraman to tell him who is the number one contender 389 00:21:31.319 --> 00:21:36.519 for the American Championship. He said, it's not well, Osprey, 390 00:21:37.480 --> 00:21:40.720 it's him because he did he won a match to 391 00:21:40.839 --> 00:21:44.160 earn the right to challenge for the International title as 392 00:21:44.200 --> 00:21:46.039 it was then. It's been so long now that the 393 00:21:46.039 --> 00:21:51.079 title has been renamed. Now it's the American Championship, he said, 394 00:21:51.119 --> 00:21:54.279 he's sick and tired of being constantly overlooked and treated 395 00:21:54.440 --> 00:21:59.319 like a bum. Anythink Wardlove Feels says that was his 396 00:21:59.359 --> 00:22:03.920 ticket to win moment or to his Wembley moment. But 397 00:22:03.960 --> 00:22:06.319 it's okay because he said he's going to be challenging 398 00:22:06.319 --> 00:22:08.599 the winner of the match at Wembley between MJF and 399 00:22:08.640 --> 00:22:13.680 Will Osprey for that championship in Chicago two weeks later 400 00:22:14.519 --> 00:22:18.680 at all Out, and he said that that is going 401 00:22:18.720 --> 00:22:21.480