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It's Wednesday. You know what means! Actually I think it just means that AEW is LIVE and on the air from Milwaukee.
Darby Allin vs. Swerve Strickland w/Prince Nana and Brian Cage
Immediate stunner by Darby. Swerve bails and Darby hits a lope. Senton on to Swerve on the floor by Darby. Leg sweep by Swerve on the apron. Body slam by Swerve into a knee strike. Darby fights back and nails a running back elbow. Darby slides in and out to break the count. Another leg sweep by Swerve, he drags Allin across the ring steps. Swerve sends him back in and scores a 2 count.
Sammy Guevara and Tay Melo are looking on backstage.
Swerve removes Allin's belt and whips away. Allin shakes it off and charges the corener and connects. He misses a second. Roundhouse kick by Swerve for 2. Swerve chokes Darby and hits a switch kick for 2. Darby with a bite and another leg sweep. Double stomp by Swerve as we go to commercial.
Back to live action and Swerve with a flatliner. He goes to the top but Darby stops him and pulls Swerve's boot off and bites his foot. Kneebar by Darby. Swerve with the reversal. They trade punches. German by Swerve. Jungle Boy is watching as well. Darby stomps the foot. Back to a kneebar , Swerve makes the ropes. Swerve blocks Darby's ascent to the top. Darby with a reverse rana to the floor. Darby throws him back in and hits the coffin drop. Nana puts Swerve's foot on the ropes. Darby goes after him and Brian Cage with the block. Allin goes back in the ring and eats a kick and a stomp for 2. Delayed cover by Swerve due to injury. Cage trips Darby and orders the Mogul Embassy to the back. Destroyer by Darby for 2. Last Supper and Darby scores the pin.
WINNER DARBY ALLIN
Here comes the contractually obligated to be here MJF.
Darby sits in the corner as MJF runs down Midwaukee (see what I did, there?) MJF mocking congratulates Allin on the win and reminds us all that he beat Allin in 2021 with the ol headlock takeover. MJF states that Allin is not at the level of the devil.
AllIn asks MJF is he's happy. Darby tells us that he went to therapy and helped his family. That brought him happiness, not the materials MJF seeks. Darby will not lower his morals to get what he wants. MJF says he's sick of the other 3 pillars talking about their good morals. MJF understands that he might die alone and he doesn't care. The AEW title is all that matters. He vows that his legacy will be that as the greatest of all time. Darby will be Sting's female dog.
Out comes Sting, He OWWWWWWWWs for the crowd. Stings says he's not a daycare operator, he's more of a cheerleader. He throws pom poms at MJF. And then somewhere drops Cody Rhodes' name as a former cheerleader for MJF. Sting shouts out Ric Flair. He pays tribute to Hall and Nash as well. Sting says he's not hungry for the world title and acknowledges the show is almost over, but for Darby, it's Showtime.
MJF spits in Allin's face and bails out
TNT Championship: Powerhouse Hobbs w/QT Marshall,Aron Solow and the QTV Woman vs. Silas Young
We see footage earlier today of Hobbs pulling in to the arena in his new car. Spine buster by Hobbs. Torture Rack slam and Hobbs scores the pin.
WINNER AND STILL TNT CHAMPION POWERHOUSE HOBBS
Wardlow shows up in the parking lot and bashes it with a baseball bat. I had 6 minutes as the under/over on the destuction. It lasted 3. Luckily there is a running fork lift right near by. Wardlow flips the car with it.
An angry Hobbs goes to power bomb Silas but Wardlow comes out and they slug it out. The Elevation roster tries to break it out. Solow gets powerbombed through a table by Wardlow.
We see highlights to Jay White's arrival last week. White and Juice Robinson declare themselves Bullet Club Gold.
AEW International Championship: Orange Cassidy vs. Buddy Matthews w/Julia Hart
Toss to the corner by MAtthews. Spinning headscissors by Cassidy after a series of reversals. Hands in pockets, dropkick by Cassidy, he nails a tope and throws Matthews back in. DDT by Cassidy. Cassidy nails the ORange Punch and writhes in pain due to the injured hand. Doc Samson checks the hand. Matthews stomps the hand as we go to commercial.
BTW get well wishes to Cory Strode. Ol Uncle Rat Bastard is a little under the weather.
We are back and Matthews is punishing the hand as Hart looks on sinisterly. Punches by Matthews. Matthews catches the dive and blocks a DDT. Cassidy sends Matthews to the apron and into the buckles. Superkick to the jaw by Matthews, Cassidy responds in kind. Knee strike by Matthews but Cassidy responds with a Beach Break on the apron. Both men are down but make it back in at 9. Forearm exchange. Side kick and a knee by Matthews, Buddy stomps the injured hand. Mock kicks by Matthews. Cassidy puts his hands in his pockets and eats a knee. Cassidy with a stundog. Kick by Matthews. Elbow by Cassidy. DDT by Cassidy off the ropes. He follows it up with a DDT on the floor. A thrid DDT gets him a 2 count. Knww strike by Matthews but a rollup by Cassidy for 2. Orange Punch for 2 by Cassidy.
Matthews blocks another punch and nails a knee strike. Cassidy plays possum but eats a curb stomp. Rollup by Cassidy and he scores the pin.
WINNER AND STILL AEW INTERNATIONAL CHAMPION ORANGE CASSIDY
WE see a video on Christian Cage and Luchasaurus
Backstage Orange Cassidy and Best Friends are together. Trent and Chuck want a shot as Aussie Open for the IWGP tag team titles. Luckily, Aussie Open happen to be in Milwaukee when Rampage is taped.
Ethan Page in the ring complaining about the Firm's fortunes as of late. He runs down Milwaukee. He wants to know why Matt Hardy hit him. Kassidy and Matt Hardy come out and they run down Page. Turns out, the contract Page signed said that if he lost to Hook, Hardy would get a match with Page with the stip that Hardy and Kassidy can leave the firm. Big Bill and Lee Moriarty attack. Hook makes the save. The numbers game gets to Hook.
Here comes Jeff Hardy with a chair. He clears out the ring and finishes off Moriarty with a Swanton.
We see what's been going on with the Blackpool Combat Club and The Elite. Omega is now taking this personally after what happened to Don Callis.
Jon Moxley and Claudio Castignoli vs. Michael Nakazawa and Brandon Cutler
Do we really need to go into a description? A mugging, as one might expect. Nakazawa is bleeding. Cutler is bleeding. Moxley and Claudio are doing their best to make this credible. Ref finally has to stop it.
WINNERS JON MOXLEY & CLAUDIO CASTIGNOLI
Moxley has the mic. He wants The Elite but they are a bunch of babies. Kenny Omega comes out. The Bucks come in from behind and attack the BCC. Now the mugging favors the Elite. BTE Trigger to Moxley. Out comes the tool box. Matt Jackson pulls out a screwdriver. Moxley wants Omega to attack him with it but Claudio pulls him from the ring.
The Mogul Embassy is backstage, unfazed by Sweerve's loss. Swerve says he still has scores to settle.
Riho and Skye Blue and Riho vs Toni Storm and Ruby Soho w/Saraya
The Outcasts attack at the bell. Storm uppercuts Blue. Headscissors by Blue, both women tag out. Stomp and a punt kick by Soho, Riho counters with a dropkick. Riho and Blue with a double dropkick. Riho with a diving cross body to the Outcasts on the floor as we go to commercial.
We are back and it's Soho rolled up for 2 by Riho. Blue tags in and nails elbows. Leaping knee strike by Blue, blind tag to Storm. Storm nails her from behind but misses hip attack and falls to the floor. kick and a diving rana by blue. Back in the ring, Blue with a cross body for 2. All 4 battle it out. Superkick assisted crucifix by Riho and Blue. Soho makes the save and Storm nails a hip attack and Storm Zero for the pin.
WINNERS RUBY SOHO & TONI STORM
Out comes the green spray paint and they paint a big L on Riho. The Outcasts celebrate and out come Jamie Hayter. She gets swarmed by the outcasts. Dr. Britt Baker makes the save.Soho and Strom pull Saraya out of harms way
I just feel like there's something missing from Baker lately. WE WANT REBEL!!!!!!
Chris Jericho w/Daniel Garcia vs. Keith Lee
Remember a little earlier when Swerve Strickland said he still had old scores to settle? Cory always tell me to remember little things like that. The crowd basks in Lee's glory. Chops by Jericho. Jericho falls after an ill advised shoulder block. Lee with punches. Jericho blocks a chop with a headbutt and drives Lee back. Huge chop by Lee. Body punches by Lee. Lee with a splash in the corner. Lee with a body slam. Lee tries a Vader Bomb but JEricho makes it to his feet and pushes Lee to the apron. Dropkick by Jericho as we go to commercial.
We are back, Lee is down and Jericho preens to the crowd. Jericho with punche. Boot to the face a top rope dropkick by Jericho. Lionsault by Jericho for 2. Kicks by Jericho. Lee with shoulder blocks and a splash in the corner. Lee with a bear hug into a clothesline. Jericho escapes a pop up powerbomb and rolls Lee up for 2. Pounce by Lee. Lee with a moonsault, Jericho got his knees up. Lee seems unfazed and scores a 2 from a choke slam.
Jericho with an eye rake and applies the Walls. Lee makes the rope. Big beel toss by Lee. Garcia tries to interfere but gets slammed into the ring. Lee clotheslines them both. Lee misses a splash and then blocks a code breaker. He nails a sit out power bomb. Garcia is still in the ring diverting the ref. From the crowd, Swerve Strockland nails Lee with a big radio. Jericho rolls over and scores the pin.
WINNER CHRIS JERICHO
Adam Cole comes out. He checks on Lee and walks back with him, looking back a bit at Jericho.
We go to credits.
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