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It’s Wednesday!!!!! AEW 250 is live and on the air. It’s a big night as Tony Sciavone, Taz and Excalibur welcome us to Little Rock, AR.
AEW International Championship: Will Ospreay vs. MJF
MJF bails at the outset. He walks around and flips off the fans. He come back in. Lock up, headlock by Ospreay. Ospreay struts around. Headlock by MJF, trip by Ospreay, he misses a hidden blade. There’s a series of misses and MJF stalls. Lockup, MJF misses a punch. MJF bails but he eats a tope on the floor.
Back in the ring MJF eats a kick and a suplex. MJF to the ropes. He sends Ospreay into the middle buckle and stomps him. Armbar by MJF. Ospreay punches out. Hairpull by MJF. Rear chinlock by the challenger. Shoulderblock by MJF. Stunner for 2 by MJF. Springboard cutter for 2 by MJF. Enziguri and an elbow by Ospreay. Another running elbow by Ospreay. Sasuke Special by Ospreay on the floor as MJF bailed. Standing shooting star and a sky twister for a pair of 2 counts. MJF bails. He eats a phenominal forearm. Ospreay sets up a table. MJF crawls away. Chops by Ospreay. Backdrop and a thrust kick by MJF. Piledriver by MJF for 2. MJF dances like Daniel Garcia. Leglock by MJF. Ospreay fights out and connects with chops.
MJF works the leg and hits a figure 4 leglock. Ospreay eventually reverses it. MJF gets it back.
Ospreay makes the ropes. Chops by MJF. Ospreay crumbles to the mat. Chops by MJF. Ospreay crumbles again. Eye rake by MJF. Ospreay chops back but a chop block for 2 by MJF. Elbow by MJF. Kicks by Ospreay. Double clothesline and both men go down. Kneelift by MJF. Stunner by Ospreay and he hits an Oscutter. MJF rolls out. Ospreay follows and throws MJF back in. Oscutter misses as we go to commercial.
We are back and it’s MJF with a kick to the face into a shoulder breaker. Made in Japan for 2 by MJF. MJF attacks the left arm but a Pele’ kick by Ospreay. Chops by Ospreay into an enziguri. Torture Rack bomb for 2 by Ospreay. Action spills to the floor and into the crowd. Ospreay pounds the chest. I think a fan got involved. Ref is letting this go through the crowd without a count. Beer to the face by MJF. Ospreay throws MJF into the trash can. Back to the ring they go. Ospreay sets MJF on a table. MJF rolls off and come back into the ring. Rollup reversals. Poison rana by Ospreay. Backdrop into a long Island Sunrise for 2.
We’ve got to be 30 minutes in by now.
Ospreay gets laid out on the table. He slides off. Chop by Ospreay and he bites the arm. Into the barricade goes Ospreay. Eye rake by MJF. Running kick by MJF. Oscutter off the barricade. Back in the ring, Cross Rhodes by Ospreay for 2. Eye rake and a stomp by MJF. Guillotine DDT for 2 by MJF. Ospreay thrown MJF off but MJF knocks him off the top rope with a lariat for 2. They counter each others tombstone attempts. Superkick by Ospreay. Styles Clash on the apron by Ospreay. Ospreay scores a 2 count. Powerbomb by Ospreay for 2. We go back to commercial.
We are back, easily 40 minutes in. Ospreay eats an eye rake but nails a back elbow for 2.Kicks by Ospreay. Tombstone for 2 by MJF. Elbow for 2 by Ospreay. Choke by MJF. Whip to the buckle by MJF. He does it again. Chop by Ospreay. Arm twist takedown by MJF. Backdrop to the floor goes MJF. MJF sweeps the legs to the floor. Hidden Blade out of nowhere by Ospreay. Forearm shiver for 2 by Ospreay. MJF knocks Ospreay off the top rope. Ospreay blocks a rana and nails a Styles Clash off the 2nd rope. 2 count by Ospreay, MJF made the ropes. Heatseeker by MJF, action spills to the floor. Ospreay gets laid out on the table. MJF with an elbow off the top through the table. Both men are down on the floor. We go to another commercial.
We’ve got to be 50 minutes as we return. Abdominal stretch by MJF, he keeps grabbing the ropes. Ref finally catches him. Hiptoss by Ospreay. Small package and rollups for 2 by Ospreay. They trade 2 counts. Back breaker by MJF for 2.
MJF poses and misses a kangaroo kick. Thrust kick by Ospreay. Ospreay tries a rana but MJF lands on his feet. Lariat by Ospreay. Rana by MJF, Ospreeay lands on his feet. Side kicks by Ospreay Rolling elbow by MJF. They trade rollups. Side kick by MJF. Stunner by Ospreay. Spanish fly for 2 by Ospreay for 2. Punches by Ospreay.
We are 57 minute in.
Springboard cutter into a hidden blade for 2 by Ospreay. Ospreay misses a hidden blade. MJF spits on Ospreay. Headbutt by Ospreay. Ospreay hesitiates using a tiger driver. MLF throws Ospreay into the ref. Dynamite Diamond Ring punch by MJF and he scores the pin at the 59:58 mark.
WINNER AND NEW AEW INTERNATIONAL CHAMPION MJF
Wow! Just freaking wow!
The Acclaimed and Mark Briscoe are backstage. The Acclaimed volunteer to join Blood and Guts. Briscoe says yes but Swerve needs to give the OK as well. Swerve says yes as well. The Acclaimed are in Blood & Guts.
Big Bill introduces Chris Jericho for the Learning Tree. Brian Keith accompanies Jericho. Jericho says hi to the crowd and tells them they can do better than the high crime rate in Little Rock. He vows to be on every Dynamite from now on. He asks who would be crazy not to listens to his teachings. Minoru Suzuki comes out. He’s got an envelope. He wants Jericho next week. The envelope has a contract for an FTW title match next week. No Learning Tree at ringside.
THe Young Bucks and Okada are backstage bragging about having all the power. Mercedes Mone’ walks by and thanks them for banning Dr. Baker from the building tonight. Okada wants to see the CEO dance. He seems flabbergasted.
TBS Championship: Mercedes Mone’ vs. Nyla Rose
Lockup, Rose back her up into the corner. Go behind by Mone’, Rose throws her off. Kicks in the corner by Mone’. Suplex by Rose, MErcedes counters. Rose blocks a DDT. Kneelift on the rope by Rose. Flying guillotine by Rose for 2. We go to commercial.
We are back and it’s Mercedes with a choke. Nyla gets to her feet and applies a snap suplex. Running elbows by Rose. Splash in the corner by Rose and she nails a cannonball for 2. Kick by Mercedes. Splash by Mone into a running knee. Meteora for 2 by Mone’. Elbows by Mone’. Avalanche bulldog by Mone’. Mone pulls out a glove and nits the lockjaw. Rose bites the fingers. Mone with the bank statement for the tap.
WINNER AND STILL TBS CHAMPION MERCEDES MONE’
A fan in a Sting mask attacks. It’s Dr. Baker. Security separates the 2.
We see footage of what Mariah May did last week.
Jack Perry backstage has beaten up Brandon Cutler, showing Darby Allin that he doesn’t care.
Mariah May comes out dressed as Toni Storm. She walks casually to the ring and takes the mic. She says we all saw it coming except Toni Storm. She question shouldn’t be why, but rather what took so long. It was easy for her and fun stringing Storm along. She mockingly says she still loves Toni. She mocks Toni begging for mercy last week. She says AEW is all about Mariah.
We see video from Collision where the Bang Bang Gang were stripped of the Trios Titles. Juice and the Gunns vs. The Patriarchy for the vacant titles on Collision.
Swerve Strickland vs. Kazuchika Okada
Headlock takeover by Okada. Swerve blocks a 2nd one. Kick by Okada. Swerve misses a house call. Arm drag by Swerve. Kick by Okada. Swerve slips out of a slam. Headscissors takedown by Swerve. Forearm by Swerve. We have a forearm exchange. Kick to the gut by Swerve. Flapjack by Okada. DDT by Okada as we go to commercial.
As we return, it’s another forearm exchange. Headbutt by Okada. Kick by Swerve. Dropkick by Okada and Swerve goes to the floor. They fight on the apron. Clothesline by Swerve into a gut buster. Suplex by Swerve. Okada catches him in the corner. Neckbreaker by Okada for 2. Bodyslam by Okada, he nails a top rope elbow drop. Rollup by Swerve for 2. Strikes by Swerve and a dropkick by Okada.
Backbreaker by Swerve into a powerslam. Okada gets out of the way of a stomp. Swerve Stomp counter to the rainmaker. The Young Bucks run in and attack. The Acclaimed come out to the rescue.
WINNER BY DISQUALIFICATION SWERVE STRICKLAND.
Jack Perry and Mark Briscoe join the brawl. Adam Page comes out to confront Swerve. Team AEW is outnumbered. Darby Allin comes out from the ceiling. He’s the 5th man. Another brawl breaks out.
We go to credits.
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