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Kazuchika Okada (Continental Champion) vs Speedball Mike Bailey
Super cool entrance for Okada.
They lock up and go into the ropes and Okada breaks. They lock up again and Okada forces them to the ropes and gives the chest tap to Speedball when they break. They run the ropes and Speedball gets a tejaris and then to the apron and Okada sweeps the leg. They fight on the floor and goes to kick Okada against the steel steps, but Okada dodges, and Speedball’s bare foot kicks the steps. Speedball gets a crane kick followed by a dive from the ring into Okada.
In the ring, Speedball gets the flurry of kicks, and Okada stops him with a dragon screw. Okada tosses Speedball to the floor and then hits him with a DDT on the floor. Speedball returns to the ring and Okada hits him with a DDT for two. Okada charges into Speedball in the corner with a back elbow. Speedball lays in chops and Okada takes them and gets a snap mare and a running kick to Speedball’s head.
Speedball tries to get into the ring and Okada gets a baseball slide into him. Speedball gets into the ring and dives onto Okada with a springboard moonsault to the floor. Speedball gets a missile drop-kick from top when Okada gets into the ring and hits a series of kicks. Speedball hits a running shooting star press for two. Speedball puts Okada on the top and gets a leaping kick.
They fight in the corner and Okada gets a shoulder breaker. Okada gets a slam and then a stalling elbow drop from the top. Okada flips the Big Bird and Speedball grabs a small package for two. Speedball gets a spinning elbow, a falcon arrow, and a shooting star press from the top, but Okada gets the knees up.
Okada hurt his leg on that move and both men are down. They get to their feet and trade blows back and forth. Speedball gets a big kick and charges to the corner and Okada stops him. Speedball gets a kick and goes to the top. Okada drop-kicks Speedball off the top to the floor. Okada puts Speedball on the apron and Speedball escapes out from Okada. Speedball sweeps Okada’s leg and then gets the backflipping knee drop on Okada on the apron.
Speedball gets a series of knee drops on Okada. He goes for a spin kick and Okada drops him with a drop-kick. Okada goes for the rainmaker and Speedball gets a spin kick. He hits a Time Adventure spin kick for two with Okada grabbing the rope. .
Speedball grabs the wrist and hits kicks to Okada;’s chest. Okada then hits a pair of lariats and misses a rainmaker. Speedball gets a sunset flip for two and then Speedball goes to the top. Bailey tries for Ultimo Weapon, but Okada drop-kicks him out of midair and finally gets the Rainmaker for the pin and the win.
Winner and still Continental Champion: Kazuchika Okada
"Timeless" Toni Storm (AEW Women’s Champion) w/Luther vs Mina Shirakawa
Mina picks the legs and they move to waistlocks. Mina goes after Toni’s legs. Toni escapes and gets a side headlock takedown and Mina changes it to the head scissors. They shake hands and then Mina gets the headlock takedown and Toni gets head scissors. Mina escapes, dances over Toni and drops down for two and then gets a basement drop-kick. Mina jams Toni’s knees into the mar. Toni misses a drop-kick and Mina covers for two and then grabs a figure four.
They slap each other in the hold and Toni gets to the ropes for the break. Toni gets a Thesz press and Mina goes back to the knee. Mina wraps Toni’s leg around the ring post. She tries for a figure four around the post and Toni pulls her face-first into the post. Toni rolls Mina into the ring for a two count. Toni gets a backbreaker and then a fisherman’s buster with a bridge for two.
They trade blows when Toni beats Mina down to the mat. Toni then lays in chops and then shoulder thrusts into the corner. Mina is able to get a spinning rope assisted DDT and then a rolling elbow. Mina gets a dragon screw and is still working on the knee. Toni kicks Mina off and Mina gets a dragon screw in the ropes. On the floor, Luther checks on Toni and then stops Mina from charging into her. Mina nails him and hits a tornado off of him onto Toni on the floor.
Toni and Mina fight on the floor. When they return to the ring, Mina gets another dragon screw into the ropes. Mina gets a figure four and Toni rolls both of them to the ropes. They trade shots until both drop to the mat. They get to their feet at 8 and throw hands. Mina starts kicking the knee and Toni is able to stop Mina and get a back suplex and then a series of German suplexes.
Toni tries for the hip attack, but her leg gives out. They trade blows until Toni gets a sky-high for two. Toni puts Mina on top and goes for a choke slam, but Mina hits a kind of tejaris from the top and goes back to work on the knee. Mina gets a spinning back elbow from the top for two. Mina gets the Glamorous Driver for two.
Toni kicks Mina off into the turnbuckle. Toni is able to get the hip attack and can’t follow up as Mina kicks Toni’s legs. Mina is able to get a casadora into a figure four. Toni gets to the ropes eventually and then gets a big package for two. They trade quick two counts and Toni gets a headbutt into Storm Zero for the pin and the win.
Winner and still AEW Women's Champion: Toni Storm
After the match they have a romantic kiss and then Toni is carried to the back by Luthor.
Kenny Omega, Swerve Strickland, Willow Nightingale, and The Opps (Samoa Joe, Powerhouse Hobbs, and Katsuyori Shibata) vs. Death Riders (Jon Moxley, Claudio Castagnoli, Marina Shafir, and Wheeler Yuta) and The Young Bucks (Matthew Jackson and Nicholas Jackson) - Anarchy in the Arena
Swerve looks like he is in Predator armor and Omega has Captain America inspired gear with a shield. The Death Riders show up in a truck in the back and we have not seen Samoa Joe as of yet. The Death Riders come in through all four corners of the crowd. The Bucks come out to a version of the Gettysburg Address, playing off the Founding Fathers bit. They wear Colonial Gear and they are met on to fight and we see Joe is behind Mox and attacks him in the crowd.
I will only hit the highlights, since it’s going to be everyone fighting all over the place.
Willow and Shafir right at ringside, Joe and Claudio fight out of the building, Mox and Hobbs brawl in the crowd, and everyone else fights in the ring. Omega calls for the music to be changed to “I’m So Excited”.
Claudio and Joe fight in the concourse around the merch stand. Omega calls for a mic and after they have cleared the ring, he asks for some 2000s Alt Rock music. “Let the bodies hit the floor” fires up. Hobbs and Mox still are fighting in the crowd with Mox having a Fork. Willow and Shair are fighting near an ambulance. Shibata and Yuta fight in the crowd as Joe and Claudio fight past them.
Every time we see the Bucks, they are getting their asses kicked. Omega goes to a balcony and Yuta meets him there. Security is down below as they fight and Hobbs meets them. Hobbs tosses Yuta onto security and the music starts over. Omega then moonsaults onto Yuta and security from the balcony.
Swerve and Mox are fighting as Joe and Claudio fight at ringside. Mox and Hobbs get into the ring and Mox takes the fork to Hobbs’s forehead. Swerve slams Nick onto a chair at ringside. Matt wraps Omega’s leg around the ringpost. Hobbs drives Mox through a table set up in the corner of the ring. Kenny and Swerve beat down the Bucks in the ring.
In the back, Willow and Shafir brawl by one of the travelling trucks. Shibata and Yuta fight in the back and Yuta is put in a trash cart. Shibata wraps barbed wire around his knee pad and gets a round kick on Yuta. The Bucks get a super kick and a double DDT on Swerve on the stage. Omega then takes them out with a garbage can. They all brawl on the stage handing out finishing moves.
Joe is down and Claudio gives Swerve the big swing on the floor into a big speaker. Hobbs then spears Claudio into the travel cases. The music has stopped and everyone is going back to the ring slowly. Shafir and Willow fight to the ring. Omega is in the ring and does the Terminator dive. He runs into a kick from Nick. Omega is put through a table. Willow is chained to the ringpost by her ear by Shafir.
Shibata takes a spike pile driver from the Bucks. The Death Riders and Bucks are in control. The crowd is ALL OVER Yuta. Shafir and Mox work over Shibata. They then go after Omega. A table is set up in the stage as Hobbs is the target. Hobbs is laid out on the table and Nick goes to the top of a screen and hits a swanton through Hobbs.
The Bucks call “That’s it!” Hobbs fires up when Mox shows up and they fight on the stage. Hobbs takes a chair to the face and then another chair shot. The Bucks set for a EVP trigger, but Swerve shows up on pallets on a forklift driven by Nana. Swerve gets a Swerve Stomp on the Bucks from the forklift.
The Bucks are brought to the ring. Nana frees Willow. Mox and Shafir hit Hobbs’s back with chairs and he just gets angry. Everyone is grabbing rear chokes in the ring and the ref are checking to see who goes out first. The chokes are broken up with dives.
Nick has a staple gun and uses it on Hobbs, which makes him mad. He tosses Nick to Swerve who gets a spinning back breaker. Hobbs starts to use the staple gun on anyone who comes at him. Matt gets a super kick and has a staple gun of his own and Swerve uses a staple gun on Matt’s swimsuit area. Shafir hits Swerve with a low blow and then uses his staple gun on Swerve’s tongue.
Willow hands our spears for everyone and it’s time for the last person in the ring to take a big move. Omega hands out dragon screw and then a snap suplex on Shafir after she spits at him. The Bucks get superkicks on him and it’s time for the super kick party. Even Rick Knox takes a superkick. Willow escapes a Meltzer Driver as Swerve breaks it up and she holds Nick for Swerve to hit the same more for two.
Joe drops Mox and as Claudio is looking to attack, Hook shows up and takes out Claudio with a golf club. He leaves and Joe gets a muscle buster on Mox and grabs the coquina clutch, broken up by Gabe Kidd. Kidd drops Omega and Yuta stops an EVP trigger to put thumb tacks in Omega’s mouth before they hit it. Claudio gets a big swing on Omega.
Mox gets a bulldog choke on Omega. Joe breaks it up and the Death Riders stomp him down. Joe is taken to the ambulance but Mark Briscoe dives onto the Death Riders and throws hands with Kidd. Everyone is brawling around the ambulance. The Death Riders are all shoved into the ambulance and the doors are shut, leaving the Young Bucks in the ring.
Omega and Swerve are in the ring with them and they hit a V Trigger and a House call on the Bucks. Nana brings a pair of shoes for Swerve with Thumbtacks on the soles. Omega gets a One Winged Angel on Nick through an electronics table and Swerve gets the Stomp with the new shows on Matt for the pin and the win.
Winners: Kenny Omega, Swerve Strickland, Willow Nightingale, and The Opps (Samoa Joe, Powerhouse Hobbs, and Katsuyori Shibata)
That was utter insanity and a crazy brawl. It’ll be hard for them to top that if they have the match again, and you know they will.
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