AEW Dynamite Portland, Oregon
The commentators are Taz, Tony Schiavone and Excalibur.
– Tonight it’s AEW Dynamite to kick off the show Tony Schiavone backstage with MJF. Schiavone asks him what happened last week after a three count from Jay White. MJF says it takes three seconds to complete a title reign. Jay White is the only one who did it, but it will never happen again. MJF receives a video call from Adam Cole. Cole says he’s worried about MJF. It hurts him to be absent from Full Gear, but if MJF wants to win the match, he needs to find a partner. MJF says he will keep the ROH titles for himself and will manage Daniel Garcia tonight. Daniel Garcia comes and asks if it’s serious. MJF says he accepted the match not because of Garcia’s record, but because he believes in him and his talent. Will he have Garcia the sports entertainer or the professional wrestler tonight? Garcia says he’ll have a professional wrestler tonight!
The kingdom is coming. Roderick Strong says he’s a wrestling legend and can help. MJF says Strong was a legend, but he was joking. MJF leaves greeting Cole. Strong says MJF is really evil, Cole needs to realize that. Cole ends the call. Strong says it’s time to remind everyone who they are.
– The commentators greet us and the wrestlers enter the ring.
AEW World Championship – Singles Match
Daniel Garcia accompanied by Matt Menard and Angelo Parker against MJF (c)
At the end of the match, MJF manages to block Garcia’s finisher and makes him tap out with his armbar.
Winner: MJF via submission
– After the fight, MJF goes to shake Garcia’s hand, but Menard and Parker push Garcia away. MJF asks Garcia if he really wants to follow Menard and Parker or think about his future. Menard and Parker force Garcia to follow them.
– Back after the break we present a video of Jay White and Mark Briscoe facing off for the first time tonight.
Tag team match
Sting and Darby Allin vs. The Outrunners (Truth Magnum and Turbo Floyd)
At the end of the fight, the Outrunners want to attack Sting, but Sting stops and pushes them away. Sting continues his Scorpion Death Lock on Floyd to make him tap out.
Winners: Sting and Darby Allin
– In a video from today we see Tony Schiavone with Toni Storm and Hikaru Shida for the interview. Strom says it’s true, she’s challenging Shida for the AEW Women’s Title with full gear. Schiavone asks Shida for her comments on the match. Shida says she doesn’t know what happens to Toni Storm. Storm said she should have left Wembley with the title, but Shida kept showing up. So she will take care of Shida at Full Gear. Shida may have the title, but she will still be in the spotlight. Storm signs the contract and Shida signs. Shida says she will defeat Storm like she always does in Full Gear. Storm warns him to be careful with the shoe. The two wrestlers face each other.
Single game
Swerve Strickland accompanied by Prince Nana vs. Penta El Zero Miedo accompanied by Alex
At the end of the match, Strickland pushes Penta back to the apron and stomps him on the outside. Strickland brings him back into the ring for a 450 splash, but Penta dodges! Penta extends Strickland’s arm and uses his Made In Japan to cover him, but Strickland fights back for two. Penta kicks Strickland and takes it for his finisher, but Strickland pushes him away and gets him onto his shoulders for a slam. Strickland extends his arm and follows up with his double stomp from the corner for a three count.
Winner: Swerve Strickland
– After the fight, Strickland goes to take off Penta’s mask, but Adam Hangman Page comes with a chair! Strickland tries to escape to the stage, but Page catches him and hits him with the chair. Two security guards arrive, but Page hits the security guards with the chair too! The referees come to take the chair away from him, but Page eyes him through a table from the stage!
– Backstage, Alex asks Jay White for his comments before his match. Jay White says he’s still here with the world title. He and his clan had taken a little time off, but he still watched Collision. White says he will always be better than MJF because he doesn’t have insecurities like MJF. He is truly elite and will show it tonight against Mark Briscoe.
– Back behind the scenes is Renee Paquette Chris Jericho and Kenny Omega to make their comments a week before their game. Jericho says Don Callis didn’t know they would have Paul Wight and Kota Ibushi as friends. Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson come in and talk about friends. Matt says they’ll spend the evening in the local wrestlers’ locker room waiting for some. Their team name is cool, but Omega should remember the name The Elite. Jericho says they founded AEW together. Matt Jackson says they started the revolution and Jericho came to pick up a big check. Jericho says he and Omega are the best in wrestling, yes the Bucks are a good team but he believes he and Omega can beat them. Nick Jackson says there’s a big show coming up called Full Gear. Why not pit the Young Bucks against Jericho and Omega for Full Gear? Jericho says he likes the idea, but he wants more. If they beat the Bucks, they want their shot at the tag team titles. Matt says he wants to go further, if they win Omega and Jericho they’ll have to split up and regroup the Elite. Omega says the best team in history is the Bucks, so he doesn’t want to play them. But if the Bucks really want to compete and remake this team history, they can do it. And then maybe the Bucks will start acting like adults.
ROH World Television Championship – Singles Match
Keith Lee vs Samoa Joe (c)
At the end of the fight, Lee knocks Joe back with a powerbomb and covers him, but Joe fights back for two. Lee puts Joe on his shoulders, but Joe converts it into a coquina clutch. Lee wants to resist. But he runs out of breath and the referee stops the game.
Winner: Samoa Joe via submission
– After the fight, Samoa Joe takes the microphone. Joe says we’re looking at the best ROH TV Champion in history. But he didn’t come here to be our TV champion. He said hunger was best. So tonight he’s officially hungry as he relinquishes the ROH TV title. The next target on his shoulder will be the AEW World Title, whether we like it or not.
– Behind the scenes we find Orange Cassidy and HOOK. Cassidy says Jon Moxley is wrong when he says he has no respect. He still thinks about Moxley as he made him bleed while winning his international title. When the opportunity arose, he claimed the International title, but Moxley dropped it. Now he has to beat Jon Moxley to become the international champion he truly is. And at Full Gear he will beat him.
Tag team match
Austin and Colten Gunn accompanied by Juice Robinson against The Bollywood Boyz (Gurv Sihra and Harv Sihra)
The match begins and the Gunns attack the opponents. They quickly slap Gurv into the flapjack and count to three.
Winner: The Gunns
– After the match, Colten gets on the mic and says that MJF has been lying to people for years. MJF is not a generational talent. Unlike MJF, they never said they were never ready. They are the next ROH Tag Team Champions. Gunn Austin says MJF is a disgrace to the fans, he defended the ROH titles once a month. At Full Gear, the ROH Tag Team Titles return to the hands of a real team. Gunn’s Up!
– Behind the scenes, Samoa Joe finds MJF with a big smile. MJF leaves.
– Behind the scenes we find this Blackpool Combat Club. Jon Moxley says he heard what Cassidy said. Cassidy knew exactly what he was doing when he picked up his match. It’s more than a title, it’s the law of nature. Here is the jungle. What example does he show young Wheeler Yuta if he doesn’t defeat Cassidy? What example does Cassidy leave for HOOK by showing that he can say whatever he wants without consequences? Cassidy doesn’t deserve to reach Full Gear. Wheeler Yuta says HOOK met the wrong person, they will meet again at Full Gear.
– Back we present a video about Wardlow. Wardlow says his first few years in AEW were hell. He felt pressured and unimportant. The moment of the devil in AEW comes at the end.
Single game
Julia Hart vs. Red Velvet
At the end of the match, Julia kicks Red Velvet and follows with her moonsault out of the corner for a three count.
Winner: Julia Hart
– After the match, Julia Hart applies the Hartless Lock on Red Velvet, but Skye Blue enters the ring. Skye and Julia face off, but Kris Statlander enters the ring with Willow Nightingale to separate them.
– Behind the scenes is RJ City Mariah May announces her signing with AEW. He asks about his intentions here. Mariah May says she can’t wait to compete and become champion. She was in Japan because of Toni Storm and wants to find her today. RJ says he can introduce him to Toni. Mariah May is very happy.
– Back, the wrestlers are coming.
Single game
If Mark wins, he will take Jay’s place at Full Gear.
Jay White accompanied by Bullet Club Gold against Mark Briscoe
At the end of the match, Mark performs his elbow drop from the corner on Jay and covers him, but he resists two. Jay manages to push Mark away and gives him an STO. Jay follows with a Kiwi Crusher to cover Mark, but he fights back for two. Jay thinks it’s his finisher, but Mark turns it into an exploder suplex. Mark charges at him, but Jay blocks him and Mark comes back with a clothesline. Mark thinks it’s his finisher, but Jay pushes him away. Jay hits a sleeper suplex and then a brain buster on Mark to cover him, but he fights back for two. Jay brings Mark in for his finisher but Mark blocks it with punches but Jay hits him with another sleeper suplex. Jay follows with a DDT and his Blade Runner for a three count.
Winner: Jay White
– After the match, Bullet Club Gold celebrates the victory, but MJF’s music starts. MJF comes through the crowd on the other side and hits the Bullet Club members one by one with his ring. Only Jay White remains in the ring, but White escapes to the stage. MJF takes the mic. MJF hopes Jay White enjoys his role as Top Guy, but his time for acting is coming to an end. Jay White has to face him in the ring. When he won the title, he was promised that he would go down in history as the greatest champion of all time. Jay White has to kill him to defeat him. For the first time in his life he will fight with everyone who followed him. He will fight for Adam Cole and all the fans. Because he’s not just a bastard, he’s the fans’ bastard. So he has a question: Will the leader of Bullet Club Gold be the first to shoot the bullet? The lights go out. We see masked men attack The Acclaimed behind the scenes at the TitanTron! They throw Anthony Bowens through a window and we see the face of the devil.
MJF decides to leave the ring and go backstage to race. MJF finds The Acclaimed, but the masked men are no longer there. MJF is shaken by the events. Samoa Joe comes in and says it looks like MJF is losing his friends, where has he been? The show ends like this.
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