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Dudes With Attitudes (Sting, Darby Allin, & Shingo Takagi) vs. Bullet Club (The Young Bucks, El Phantasmo & Hikuleo)

We are NOT going to get a breather between matches!

• Sting does not come out to his music. Why wasn’t Darby with him backstage?

• The lights go out. They come on and Sting leaps off the entrance tunnel onto the Bullet Club.  It was a PLOT, that's why!

• Hikuleo is taken out by Darby with a skateboard

• Takagi and Phantasmo start out and Takagi keeps control

• STING tags in and gets a body drop and tags in Darby

• Matt tags in and it’s time for Young Buckery on Darby

• Darby is stuck in the ring to take the beat down

• Strange that they haven’t had a program with Darby and the Bucks before

• Hikuleo recovers enough to pull Sting off the apron

• Darby is finally able to tag in Takagi who cleans house

• Takagi’s snap suplex is incredibly fast. Makes it look super brutal.

• Sting tags in and clean house as well.

• Hikuleo distracts the ref so that Phantasmo can hit Sting in the yam bag

• The Bucks hit a super kick on Sting and he drops after a delay

• Darby tags in and coffin drops into Matt, who gets his knees up

• Bucks hit more bang for your buck and Phantasmo hits Thunderkiss for a two count broke up.

• Phantasmo hits a beautiful leap onto everyone.

• Sting runs into a triple super kick

• Bucks miss a BTE trigger and Phantasmo celebrates until Sting nails him in the yam bag.

• Takagi nails Phantasmo with a ton of strikes and then hits a clothesline that turns Phantasmo inside out for a two count.

• Takagi hits last of the Dragon for the pin

Winners: Dudes with Attitudes

 

In the back, Jericho throws a fireball at Shota Ubeno. Because he’s a wizard

Thunder Rose (AEW Women’s Champion) vs Toni Storm

They lock up and trade arm bars and the crowd is thunderously loud. They are3 starting with hold/counter hold. They then trade quick roll ups. Storm takes control of the match with a snap suplex and then working an arm hold. After a near fall, Rosa loses her temper and them trade blows in the middle of the ring. Rosa ends it with a kick to the midsection and a stunner.

Rosa gets a series of leaping attacks into Storm in the ropes. Rosa hits a Northern lights suplex for a two count. Rosa then gets a series of near falls. Rosa locks up Storm into an arm and leg bar until Storm gets to the ropes. They battle to the outside and then back into the ring. When Rosa tries to get in the ring, Storm knocks her to the floor. This leads to a fight on the apron and Storm gets a German Suplex on the apron and then a DDT to the floor.

Storm rolls Rosa into the ring and hits the hip attack. She hits another DDT and covers Rosa for a two count. Rosa escapes a DDT and hits a slam, a Fire Thunder Driver, a slam, and covers for a two count. Rosa goes for a kick and Storm grabs her and hits a German suplex. Storm goes for a move and Rosa escapes and hits the Final Reckoning and covers for the pin.

Winner and still AEW Women’s Champion, Thunder Rosa

 

We get a video about the build to Orange Cassidy vs Will Ospreay.

Jim Ross joins the announce team. When Jim retires, Kevin Kelly is more than ready to step in from his work tonight.

Will Ospreay (IWGP Champion) vs. Orange Cassidy for the IWGP United States title

Cassidy attacks with hands in his pockets and they do a quick series of leaps and near falls. Cassidy takes his hands out of his pickets and then run the ropes again. When Casidy gives Ospreay the thumbs up, he has a smirk on his face, showign he does those moves to get under his opponant’s skin.Cassidy does a Deja Vu spinning around Ospreay and Ospreay leaves the ring. Cassidy leaves the ring, and Ospreay runs around the ring and then is tossed into Cassidy by Aussie Open.

Cassidy is tossed into the ring and start breaking down Cassidy with chops and strikesd. Ospreay showboats with sit ups as Cassidy recovers and then he hits a spinning back breaker on Cassidy for a two count. After each move, Ospreay taunts the crowd. Cassidy gets a flurry and Ospreay is able to simply toss him to the mat. Ospreay is able to leap into the air after being tossed into the ropes and takes own Cassidy. He follows with a leaping elbow to Cassidy’s head from the top. Ospreay holds Cassidy’s head and nails him with a series of kicks and then holds him down with a foot on the face.

Cassidy starts to work his way up and then Cassidy puts his hands in his pockets. Ospreay goes for an attack and Cassidy hits a drop kick. Both men are down and Cassidy is up first. He then holds Ospreay’s head and gives a series of soft kicks, mocking Ospreay, then Cassidy hits the serious kicks. Ospreay goes for an Oz Cutter and Cassidy simply gets out of the way. Cassidy hits a DDT and an Michinoku driver for a two count.

Cassidy goes up top and hits a spinning DDT, and then then leaps on Ospreay out of the ring. As the ref is checking on Ospreay, Aussie Open tries to attack Cassidy and he is able to leap onto them as well. He then goes to the top for a diving DDT and a two count. They get up slowly and Ospreay hits a Spanish Fly. They struggle to get up. Ospreay tries to get Cassidy on his shoulders, but Cassidy locks his arms around the ropes, so Ospreay drops Cassidy with a blow. He pulls Cassidy to the top and Cassidy nails Ospreay into the camera on the turnbuckle.

Cassidy falls to the mat and looks like he is hurt, Cassidy then dodges Ospreay’s leaps and is able to get knees up for the next leap. He hits the Beach Break and covers for two. He goes for the Orange Punch and Ospreay gets a DDT and an Oz Cutter for a two count. They then counter each other’s finishers for two counts.

The crowd is going nuts for this series of near falls.

Ospreay hits the storm breaker and finally gets the three count.

Winner and still IGWP US Champion: Will Ospreay

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