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FTR & AEW TNT Champion Wardlow vs. The Motor City Machine Guns & Jay Lethal with Sonjay Dutt and Satnum Singh.

The Guns came out to their Impact theme song.  Dutt came out mocking Dax Harwood with a t-shirt that said "Fight like an eight-year old brat."

Dax's daughter came out with FTR on stage.

Lethal and Wardlow started out.  Sabin and Harwood tagged in and showed some nice exchanges.  Sabin offered a hand but pie-faced Harwood.  It broke down with everyone facing off.  The crowd chanted for FTR.  The Machine Guns took control on Dax.  Dax nailed a back suplex on Shelley.  FTR nailed a series of double-team maneuvers.  The Guns took control on Dax and began whipping out all their synchronized tag team offense.  Dax finally kicked Sabin off, making him crash into Shelley.

Cash tagged in and and drilled Shelley with a series of moves.  Shelley battled back and went for Sliced Bread #2 but Cash caught him and slammed him down for a two count.  Lethal and Sabin broke it up.  Shelley dropkicked Cash in the knee.  Lethal grabbed Cash's leg and slammed it into the ring post.   Team Lethal began working over Cash's leg while the referee made Dax and Wardlow return to their corner when they tried to intercede.  Lethal cinches in a figure four leglock.  Cash was worked over for a long time but finally nailed Sabin with a backdrop and tagged Wardlow in.

Wardlow began manhandling everyone.  He nailed a F5 on Lethal and covered him for a two count.  The Guns pulled FTR off the apron and drilled them with thriust kicks.  Satnam Singh nailed Wardlow.  Lethal rolled him up for a two count.  Sabin nailed a tope on FTR.    The Guns and Lethal tied Warlord to the tree of woe, where they nailed a series of dropkicks.  Lethal nailed a flying elbow off the top for a two count.  Wardlow came back and nailed a monster lariat.  He nailed a big powerbomb in the center of the ring.  The crowd called for another.  Wardlow nailed it.  The crowd asked for another.  STOP LISTENING TO THEM.   Wardlow nailed TWO more and finally scored the pin.

Your winners, FTR & Wardlow!

Far more of a traditional tag match for a lot of it and that part was really good.  I'm hoping we get Guns vs. FTR in the future either in AEW or Impact. 

Sonjay and the others entered the right looking to attack but ROH TV Champion Samoa Joe returned to join the fight and attacked Satnam, beating him with the title belt.  He tossed Sonjay into the ring, where he was trapped.  Dax's daughter ran to the ring and they gave her Sonjay's pencil.  She snapped it in half.  They drilled Sonjay and she put her foot on him as they all counted three.  A cute monent.  You can buy her shirt and raise money for The American Heart Association at this link.

Powerhouse Will Hobbs vs. Ricky Starks

Starks charged the ring and began belting Hobbs with some really good, intense shots until being clubbed with a lariat while rebounding off the ropes.  Hobbs stomped away at Starks in the corner.  The crowd went back and forth with chants.  Starks fired back but was again taken down. Hobbs went after the neck and then sent him hard shoulder-first in the ring post.

On the floor, Hobbs sent him hard into the barricade.  He brought Starks back into the ring and pummeled him across the top rope.  Hobbs twisted his neck on the mat, trying to wear him down and force a submission.  Starks fought his way back but was caught with a spinebuster and pinned.

Your winner, Powerhouse Hobbs!

Good, physical fight.  There needed to be an intensity for this to work and they brought it.

Tony Schiavone went to the back and Jim Ross joined the announcing team.

AEW Tag Team Champions Keith Lee & Swerve Strickland vs. The Acclaimed with Billy Gunn.

The crowd was having WAY TOO MUCH FAN singing "Scissor me Daddy."

Bowens and Strickland started and went back and forth.  Caster and Lee tagged in.  Caster evades his power moves early.  The crowd loved Caster.  Caster put the brakes on when he knew he was about to get shoulderblocked into oblivion.   He was tossed into the corner but kicked off a Lee charge.    The Acclaimed nailed dropkicks to knock Lee and Strickland to the floor and scissored each other to a big pop.  I can't believe I just got paid to write that sentence.

Back in the ring, Caster offered Lee a shandshake but was beaten with body shots.  The crowd booed Lee.  Lee controlled him and covered Caster for a two count.  Strickland tagged in and came off the ropes with an uppercut to the back for a two count.  The champs controlled and worked over Caster for some time.  

Bowens finally gets the hot tag and nails some clotheslines and a neckbreaker on Strickland.  The crowd loved all over this.  He nailed a brainbuster for a two count.  Bowens went to come off the ropes but his knee buckled.  Given his history, that's scary.  Strickland attacked him but was caught with a kneelift.  Bowens was checked by Billy Gunn and the referee.  He got to his feet and went to kick at Strickland, who flipped him over the top to the floor.

Strickland attacked him on the floor.  Billy Gunn got in his face but the referee backed Gunn up.  Bowens was stomped and kicked on the floor.  He was tossed back into the ring, where Strickland continued to attack the knee.  So, the injury was part of the story.  Lee tagged in and manhandled Bowens.  He nailed him with an Avalanche in the corner and then hit a massive Beel toss out of the corner.  

Bowens pulled himself up and psyched himself up and went at Lee.  He kicked Lee away and nailed a neckbreaker off the ropes.    He made the hot tag to Caster, who nailed a scary backdrop on Swerve and attacked Lee.  He nailed a pescado on Swerve and a big bodypress on Lee for a two count.    Lee accidentally took his own partner out with a Pounce.  Acclaimed double-teamed Lee with a knee strike for a close two count.  The crowd chanted for AEW.

Bowens worked over Lee until his knee gave out again, allowing Lee to wipe him out.   The Acclaimed caught Lee on the top and worked him over, trying to go for a double superplex but as they hit the move, Shane tagged himself in.  Shane nailed the stomp on Bowens from the top but Bowens kicked up at the last second.  Strickland locked in a one-legged crab on Bowens while stomping on his head but Caster came off the top with a big missile dropkick.  This has been great.

Caster and Strickland battled.  Swerve was nailed by Bowens while going for a springboard move.  The Acclaimed wiped him out on the floor with a flying Caster elbow off the ropes, driving him to the floor.  Lee had words with Gunn.  That allowed Caster to nail him and hit a DVDR, which got a massive pop.  The Acclaimed drilled Strickland with their finisher but Lee made the save.  They got me with that one, as I thought it was the finish.

Strickland nailed Caster with a DVDR on the apron.  Bowens and Strickland battled.  Bowens nailed a backbreaker.  Lee tagged himself.  Strickland accidentally nailed his own partner with a superkick.  Bowens rolled him up for aother two count.  The champs finally nailed a powerbomb/stomp combo that looked awesome and scored the pin on Bowens!

Your winners and still Tag Team Champions, Keith Lee & Shane Strickland!

This was absolutely awesome and well worth going out of your way to see.  Easily my favorite match on the show so far.  Everyone busted their asses and told a great story.  This was the best performance from any of them thus far in AEW.  I would book the rematch for Grandslam in NYC.  That said, the crowd hated the finish and that The Acclaimed lost.

Coverage continues on Page 4!

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