It’s Wednesday night and you know what that means!
Excalibur, Tony Schiavone and “The Human Suplex Machine” along with Bryan Danielson greets the audiences at home as we head to the ring for Trios Tag Team action.
MATCH #1: Trios Tag Team Match:
Jon Moxley, Claudio Castagnoli and Wheeler Yuta vs. Penta El Zero Miedo, Rey Fenix and Bandido
The Blackpool Combat Club instantly take the fight to their opponents, but they fire back with a trio of superkicks as they look to follow it with a dive outside the ring, but BCC is ready, and they cut them off. After a brawl on the outside Wheeler Yuta and Bandido officially start things off with the BCC star in control only for Bandido to respond with his stalling suplex while Lucha Bros work arm submissions to the other members.
The match then breaks down with one man after the other nailing shots against each other as Claudio Castagnoli gets dropped last with a backstabber from Penta. He manages to make the tag to bring Bandido back in, but Yuta avoids the diving crossbody as Castagnoli hits a spiked piledriver to Bandido on the floor. He then tags in and slowly grinds down Bandido’s face into the mat.
Moxley then comes in and begins focusing on the back of Bandido with a single-leg crab and then a running knee strike, but Bandido kicks out. Bandido fires back with an aerial attack and then Fenix tags in but Castagnoli catches him with several back elbows only for Fenix to respond with a thrust kick. Yuta then tries to get involved but he eats a kick to the jaw as they follow with stereo-thrust kicks after Penta tags in.
He nails Castagnoli with a sling blade and then a DDT to Moxley, but he then turns back into a clothesline from Castagnoli. Yuta and Bandido tag in and they go back and forth with forearm strikes until Yuta bites him, but Bandido then responds with a dropkick and then a cutter. Lucha Bros dives out of the ring to Moxley and Castagnoli as Bandido hits a Frog Splash, but Yuta kicks out.
Bandido follows it with a knee strike to the head, but Moxley blocks the 21 Plex and Bandido is then attacked by Castagnoli from the outside as Yuta then hits a jumping knee before driving in the elbow strikes. He gets the seatbelt check pinfall and BCC gets the victory.
Winners: Jon Moxley, Claudio Castagnoli and Wheeler Yuta
After the match: Bryan Danielson heads to the ring to raise Yuta’s hand and celebrate with the B.C.C. after the big win.
BACKSTAGE: Alex Marvez is standing by with “Hangman” Adam Page and The Young Bucks’ Matt Jackson talks about how the Blackpool Combat Club bring out the worst in them. He uses his attempt to blow another man’s face off with an explosive sneaker at Double Or Nothing as evidence.
As “Hangman” Adam Page goes to continue, in comes The Dark Order making jokes and mocking Jackson’s foot injuries and teases “Hangman” about being too busy to talk right now because he’s living it up with his new crew with The Elite. We head to another commercial break.
Tony Schiavone welcomes Bullet Club Gold to the ring and Jay White says they can agree Double Or Nothing was an amazing night. He bets Ricky Starks is on top of the world after he eliminated both of them in the battle royal, but he reminds Starks that he’s not the International Champion as he lost, just like he did to him. Juice Robinson then asks FTR why they went to the aid of Starks.
It doesn’t make sense to them as there’s no way they’re friends with Starks as he’s got no friends. Starks says it’s safe to assume FTR are a little slow as they’re Southern boys, and they look and sound pretty dumb. He didn’t think they were dumb enough to get involved in their business, but that leads to the champions making their way out. Bullet Club Gold thinks that FTR are here to apologize and to join Bullet Club Gold.
White says if they want to join, they just need to ask, but then he drops the microphone and Robinson takes a cheap shot at Harwood with a hand of quarters while White quickly goes to work attacking Cash Wheeler. Bullet Club Gold leaves the champions laying until Ricky Starks runs down and chases them off. He says next week he and Jay White will finish things themselves in singles action with Robinson kept in the back.
BACKSTAGE: Tony Khan talks about the series premiere of AEW Collision on Saturday, June 17, 2023, at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois. The show will feature the highly anticipated AEW return of “The Best in the World” CM Punk.
MATCH #2: Triple Threat Match:
Trent Beretta vs. Big Bill vs. Swerve Strickland
When the match begins, Swerve Strickland immediately gets out of the ring while Trent Beretta aims to use his agility to try and avoid him, but Bill takes control with splashes to both men as Strickland gets thrown out and Beretta eats a big boot. Bill then takes the fight to Strickland as he just launches him up the stage before nailing Beretta with a huge right hand. He continues slowly picking off both men around the ringside area, but Strickland manages to push him into the ring post as Beretta then Spears him.
This allows the smaller wrestlers to shine as they brawl on the ring apron which ends as Beretta pulls Strickland to be booted by Big Bill. He follows that up by sending the big man to the floor and then moonsaulting off the middle turnbuckle down, but he then walks into a big kick from Strickland. All three men then end up on the second ropes as Beretta and Strickland work together to hit a huge suplex double team.
Beretta then gets dropped with a sidewalk slam by Big Bill but Strickland breaks it up and then hits Beretta with a Flatliner. However, he misses with his finish and Beretta hits a knee strike and then a stalling piledriver, but Bill breaks that pinfall attempt up. Bill then slams Beretta to the mat but that allows Strickland to hit him with the Swerve Stomp. With Bill taken down, he gets into the ring and gets the pinfall on Beretta.
Winner: Swerve Strickland
We shoot to a video package featuring an emotional Kris Statlander talking about her surprise return at AEW Double or Nothing and how she defeated Jade Cargill to end her undefeated streak and capture the TBS Championship. She vows to make this the best TBS Championship reign ever.
Now we head back to the entrance ramp where we see Renee Paquette, who introduces her guests at this time, The Acclaimed and “Daddy Ass” Billy Gunn. Their theme hits and out they come to a big pop from the San Diego crowd.
Paquette talks about how they came up short in their attempt to capture the AEW Trios Championships from The House of Black at AEW Double or Nothing. Gunn seems to take the blame for the loss, but Max Caster tells him not to, noting “we win as a team, and we lose as a team.”
Anthony Bowens takes over from there, leading the crowd in showing “Daddy Ass” some love and hyping up their mission to ensure Billy Gunn gets to capture championship gold at least one final team in his career. They have the Trios titles still in their sights.
We head to a commercial break after The Acclaimed and Billy Gunn segment. When we return from the break, we see Tony Schiavone in the ring. He introduces his guests at this time, Don Callis and Konosuke Takeshita.
The two settle in the ring and Callis tries to talk, but is getting nuclear heat, being booed out of the building by the San Diego crowd inside the Viejas Arena. This is literally Dominik Mysterio levels of heat.
Callis goes on to hype Konosuke Takeshita as the new and improved version of Kenny Omega. He blames Omega for tearing apart his family and vows to create a new family that takes he and The Elite out for good.
We shoot to a vignette that features new comments from “The Enforcer” Arn Anderson and TNT Champion Wardlow. The two talks about getting past Christian Cage in the ladder match at AEW Double Or Nothing and mention to Luchasaurus to bring it on if he’s got next.
MATCH #3: Tag Team Match:
Kaun and Toa Liona vs. Orange Cassidy and Darby Allin
Gates Of Agony take the fight to their opponents immediately as Toa Liona throws his opponents about before running straight through Darby Allin. Bishop Kaun then comes in and the two of them work together to crack the back of Allin as they then launch Cassidy to the floor. Liona then throws Allin into his corner and he dives and elbows Kaun and begins mounting a fight back with several kicks, but Kaun pulls him out of the ring and launches him repeatedly into the apron and barricade as Liona runs around and wipes out Cassidy.
Gates Of Agony continue to dominate Allin, dropping him from the top turnbuckle with a backbreaker and then a senton on the apron. However, Allin tries to fight back by throwing some chops at both men as he reaches out for Cassidy. It doesn’t happen but he then avoids both men and shoves them into each other as Cassidy tags in. He uses his speed as well to avoid them and send the partners into each other before dropping Kaun with a DDT.
Despite that, Liona drops him with a Samoan Drop, and Gates Of Agony hit a double team with Allin making the save afterward. Allin tags in and then starts charging into each man and he then cannonballs himself into them. Kaun gets dropped by a Stundog Millionaire and then the Code Red. Cassidy dives out to Liona while Allin hits the Coffin Drop.
Winners: Orange Cassidy and Darby Allin
After the match: We see Prince Nana, Brian Cage and Swerve Strickland head to the ring to join The Gates of Agony in confronting Orange Cassidy and Darby Allin. This leads to “The Icon” Sting running out with his baseball bat and chasing them off for a big pop.
From there, we shoot to pre-recorded footage that shows MJF backstage after his successful AEW World Championship victory over Darby Allin, Sammy Guevara and “Jungle Boy” Jack Perry in the Four Pillars co-main event of AEW Double Or Nothing this past weekend.
He boasts beating Darby with something as simple as a head-lock take-over once again as proof that he’s running out of competition in All Elite Wrestling. We head to another commercial break after this.
We shoot back to the ring when we return from the break, and we see Tony Schiavone introducing his guest at this time when all of a sudden, the theme song for HOOK plays. The commentators play the surprise as he heads to the ring.
LFI comes out and they surround the ring and threaten him. “Jungle Boy” Jack Perry’s theme hits and out he comes to run off the LFI guys. He heads in the ring after and gives HOOK a pound and the two share a moment of mutual respect.
BACKSTAGE: Renee Paquette is joined by The Outcasts. Toni Storm gloats about being head-and-shoulders above everyone in the AEW women’s division.
She vows to be a fighting champion and talks about how lucky fans will be this weekend to see her at AEW House Rules non-televised events.
MATCH #4: TBS Championship Match:
Kris Statlander © vs. Nyla Rose
Kris Statlander attempts to lift Nyla Rose early but it doesn’t work as the challenger is able to slam the champion instead and she then suplexes Statlander into the corner as she remains in control. Rose then stomps down on Statlander in the corner before working on the knee as she then delivers a lariat as Statlander struggles to get any offense in herself. Rose then misses with a splash and Statlander follows it up with a rolling lariat and a series of strikes as Rose staggers to the corner.
She follows that with a running forearm and then a boot to the face before hitting a Blue Thunder Bomb, but Rose kicks out. However, as Statlander goes to the top turnbuckle Rose swats her down and then hits a splash, but the champion is quick to avoid the cannonball into the corner, yet Rose manages to hit it from the apron to the floor. Rose then delivers another cannonball as Statlander leans on the barricade.
Back inside the ring and Rose Chokeslams the champion, but she manages to kick out. However, the champion connects with a jawbreaker and then a 450 Splash to pull out a win.
Winner: Kris Statlander
MAIN EVENT: Mixed Tag Team Match:
Saraya and “The Ocho” Chris Jericho vs. Britt Baker and Adam Cole
Chris Jericho and Adam Cole immediately get into things as they go back and forth with punches and chops, but Jericho takes control after raking the eyes as he then launches Cole into the barricade. However, back inside the ring Cole nails a clothesline which leads to him tagging out and the ladies come in. Britt Baker immediately throws a series of forearm strikes at Saraya as she then throws her across the ring before planting her on the mat once again.
Saraya responds with her brutal knee strikes while Baker hangs on the second rope, and she follows that with a snap suplex. She dumps Baker outside the ring but with the official then distracted the rest of The Outcasts appear and attack Baker. However, Hikaru Shida turns up and attacks them with a kendo stick, Jericho comes into the ring and talks trash to Baker but she slaps him and tags in Cole who drops him several times with clotheslines and a pump kick.
Jericho hits a chop but Cole instantly responds with an enziguri only for Jericho to hit the Lionsault as Baker and Saraya come back in. Saraya eats a big boot, but as Baker climbs to the top turnbuckle Saraya cuts her off. However, whatever she has planned doesn’t work and Baker sends her to the mat and Jericho tries to stop Baker from attacking her, he puts his body on the line but Baker dives anyway and lands on both.
Cole then hits the ring with a backstabber to Jericho, but as he aims for the Panama Sunrise he gets caught in the Walls of Jericho. Saraya knocks Baker off the apron, however, she gets back up and puts on her glove, putting in the Lock Jaw on Jericho until Saraya breaks it up. Jericho then hits Cole with the Codebreaker but kicks out just in time. Baker and Saraya then come in again with a flurry of shots, but Saraya plans for Baker only for her to kick out. Jericho then aims to use the bat but he gets superkicked and so does Saraya. The couple then hit Jericho with stereo superkicks as Cole delivers the Boom.
Winners: Britt Baker and Adam Cole
