AEW Dynamite Summer Blockbuster Results: June 10, 2026 – Swerve Makes Owen Cup Finals, Moxley Outlasts Taylor to Keep Continental Title, Team MJF vs. Team Briscoe at Forbidden Door, More
- Jun 10
- 22 min read
AEW Dynamite: Summer Blockbuster was LIVE from the Andrew J. Brady Music Center in Cincinnati, Ohio, on TBS and HBO Max, and what a night it was! The path to AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door was paved with more blood, sweat and tears, as we learned about a massive match signed with AEW World Title implications!
Mark Briscoe beat PAC and then called out AEW World Champion MJF, telling him about his clear path to the AEW World Title. Briscoe informed MJF that Tony Khan agreed to sign a six-on-six steel cage match at Forbidden Door, where if Briscoe’s side wins, he gets a shot at MJF’s World Title! MJF later paid Don Callis a large sum for access to the Family and added TNT Champion “The Jet” Kevin Knight to his squad.
The Conglomeration also saw Orange Cassidy battle the Callis Family’s Andrade El Ídolo. Despite an odd appearance from Lio Rush, Andrade came away victorious as he continued to ask Callis about his AEW World Title shot. AEW Continental Champion Jon Moxley beat Shane Taylor to retain his title, but it was Taylor and STP who stood tall in the end with an attack on the short-handed Death Riders!
In the main event, Swerve Strickland used everything at his disposal, including an exposed turnbuckle and Prince Nana wielding the ring bell, to beat Brody King and advance to the Owen Cup Finals against Will Ospreay at Forbidden Door. On the women’s side, Maya World, who was a late substitution for the injured Sareee, upset Skye Blue to move to the semifinals!
All that and so much more went down on a huge night in Cincinnati for Dynamite: Summer Blockbuster! Here are your complete results!
AEW Dynamite: Summer Blockbuster Recap Tonight for Cincinnati
Mark Briscoe of The Conglomeration def. "The Bastard" PAC of the Death Riders
Mark Briscoe’s Six vs. MJF’s Six in a Steel Cage at Forbidden Door!
Will Ospreay and Alex Windsor Face a Wave of Emotions After Last Week’s Dynamite
The Death Riders Want a Street Fight with Shane Taylor Promotions on Collision!
Owen Hart Foundation Men's Tournament Semifinal Match: Swerve Strickland def. Brody King
Jericho Returns for Tommaso Ciampa!
Tony Schiavone welcomed us to Summer Blockbuster by introducing Ciampa! Schiavone tried to bring us back to the events of two weeks ago, but Ciampa cut him off and demanded Schiavone say, “Tommaso Ciampa is better than Chris Jericho.” Ciampa made the same happen on Collision when he threatened to break the back of his beaten opponent, causing Schiavone to relent. Schiavone refused Ciampa tonight, so Ciampa threatened to break his back. When Schiavone started to say it, Jericho’s music hit, and he was back on Dynamite!
Jericho got his usual ovation from the crowd, which caused Ciampa to throw a minor temper tantrum. Jericho said he wondered who he had to talk to so he could face someone with hair. Ciampa tried to kill the bald chants, but it didn’t work. Jericho tried to start fresh and introduced himself. Ciampa wasn’t having it and reminded Jericho that he is the “Psycho Killer,” Tommaso Ciampa, and that he laid Jericho out the last time they were in the ring together. Jericho referred to Ciampa as “Tommy.” That set Ciampa off, and he said even his mom doesn’t call him that. Jericho asked if he was talking about “Tommy’s Mommy?” And to the surprise of no one, the Cincinnati crowd immediately turned that into a chant.
Jericho ran down Ciampa’s reasons for hating him with a few well-placed jabs along the way, but still wondered why Ciampa really didn’t like Jericho. Ciampa said this entire thing was a joke to Jericho, but Jericho changed his tone and said, “No, it’s not. I don’t think it’s a joke that you left me lying two weeks ago. I don’t think it’s a joke that you don’t like me. But I know the reason why. It’s because you’re not Jericho. You came into AEW and got a lot of fanfare, and suddenly I returned, and you realized you weren’t the big fish you thought you were, huh? And that’s made you a very angry man, but I suggest you change that attitude now and pull that stick out of your ass…before I shove it up there even further, Tommy!”
Ciampa gathered himself and took a shot at Jericho, but Jericho was ready for it, and the fight was on! Security piled into the ring to separate the two, but both broke free multiple times to continue the fight on the ramp! Security and referees finally got the two apart after an explosive start to Dynamite!
Don Callis and The Jet Run Into Andrade El Ídolo
Renee Paquette caught up with Don Callis and TNT Champion “The Jet” Kevin Knight as they entered the building. Paquette tried to ask Knight about his actions last week, but Callis stopped her and showed her the “right” way to do it. He asked Knight about beating “Speedball” Mike Bailey and calling out AEW World Champion MJF last week. Knight started to answer until Andrade El Ídolo walked up to them. Andrade told Callis to listen. He wants the AEW World Title and said Knight was new to the Family and wants one too? He told Knight, “Tranquilo. Get in the back of the line.”
Andrade asked Callis if he was with Knight or Andrade. Knight stepped in and told Andrade the real champion is here, so watch how he and Callis handle business. Callis said he had to go to the ring, but assured Andrade he’d get a title shot before leaving to follow Knight.
AEW Continental Championship Match: Jon Moxley (c) of the Death Riders def. Shane Taylor of Shane Taylor Promotions
Moxley walked into the building just miles away from where he grew up and got his customary pre-match slaps from Marina Shafir. While Shafir couldn’t join Moxley at ringside because of Continental Rules, he certainly didn’t feel alone entering through his hometown crowd! Taylor, who is from the rival city of Cleveland, made his way to the ring with the rest of STP watching from the ramp until the referee sent them to the back.
Taylor powered Moxley to the corner in their first tie-up, but let him go as he talked trash to Mox and the crowd. Moxley controlled Taylor’s arm, so Taylor pushed him into the corner and choked Mox until the referee broke it up. Moxley and Taylor went head-to-head and then backed off to throw strikes. Moxley got a few shots in without return until Taylor stopped Moxley with some devastating body shots. Taylor charged at Moxley near the ropes, but Moxley moved and sent Taylor to the floor. Moxley hopped back in the ring and dropkicked Taylor to the floor. Moxley dove through the ropes and knocked Taylor off his feet! Moxley was fired up, but Taylor immediately fought back with more body shots and threw Moxley over the barricade into the timekeeper’s area. Taylor broke the count and returned to the floor to strike with Mox until Mox gauged Taylor’s eyes! Taylor fought through it and put Moxley through the timekeeper’s table with a uranage!
That gave Taylor the opening he needed to punish Moxley all over the ringside area. He trapped Moxley on the apron with the ring skirt and dropped a massive leg across Moxley on the hardest part of the ring! Moxley grabbed his throat, gasping for air, but Taylor stayed on him with a splash in the corner. Moxley tried to crawl away, so Taylor splashed him in the opposite corner. Mox got back to his feet and slapped Taylor! He flipped Taylor off, so Taylor forearmed him into the corner. Mox came back with a boot and alternated chops and forearms on Taylor. Mox switched to big boots, but Taylor stopped Mox with a strike to the chest. Moxley shook it off and threw a huge lariat to put Taylor down!
Mox mounted Taylor for punches in the corner and stopped to gouge Taylor’s eyes and bite his head! Moxley put Taylor on the top turnbuckle and raked his back under his singlet. Taylor headbutted Moxley to the mat, so Taylor came off the second rope with a splash! Moxley kicked out at two! 10 minutes elapsed!
Moxley was able to grab a choke on Taylor, so Taylor backed Moxley into the corner to break it up. Moxley ducked under a right hand, so Taylor clobbered Mox with a left-handed clothesline! Moxley kicked out again, but that hurt him! Taylor locked in a grounded Cobra Clutch until Moxley fought back to his feet and broke the grip. Taylor immediately dropped Moxley to a knee with a big body shot. Moxley came back with a desperation shot, so Taylor leveled him with a huge forearm. Taylor continued to trash-talk Moxley and the crowd, which brought Mox back to his feet with a shot that stunned Taylor. Moxley hit a quick flurry and shook off a forearm from Taylor to hit a cutter! Taylor kicked out at two, so Moxley tried to lock in an armbreaker. Taylor once again used his heavy hands to break free and beat Moxley down to the mat.
Taylor went to grab Moxley, but Moxley picked his ankle and tried for an ankle lock. Taylor kicked free, so Moxley bounced off the ropes and stomped Taylor’s head into the mat! He immediately grabbed the Bulldog Choke and Taylor tapped out! Moxley retains the AEW Continental Championship by submission!
After the match, Taylor dropped Moxley with a thunderous cheap shot! Carlie Bravo came out and gave Taylor a belt. He started whipping Moxley with the belt, so Daniel Garcia ran out to make the save, only to be immediately taken out by The Infantry! Shafir tried to get in the ring, but when she got on the apron, Trish Adora blasted Shafir in the back of the knee with a kendo stick! She continued the assault on Shafir on the outside, while Taylor choked Moxley with the belt and then splashed him once again from the second rope! All of Shane Taylor Promotions stood tall, as the Death Riders were outnumbered!
The Successful Return of Mercedes Moné to AEW!
After six months, last week saw the return of Mercedes Moné as the Wild Card in the Owen Hart Foundation Women’s Tournament, where she defeated Alex Windsor. Moné said she’s been watching everything that’s happened in the division since she’s been gone, and now, Hazuki is next!
Darby Allin Returns to Attack The Jet!
Callis came out on stage to give a big intro to the newest member of the Don Callis Family, TNT Champion “The Jet” Kevin Knight! Knight thanked Callis for the introduction in this “weird ass city of Cincinnati, Ohio.” Knight said everyone seems upset with him, but they should be upset with Darby Allin for not getting the job done and letting us all down. Maybe they are mad at “Speedball” Mike Bailey for breaking up JetSpeed. Knight knows they aren’t mad at him linking up with Don Callis and still being the Face of TNT.
Knight said Callis saw him as the “biggest one in the back” and made Knight his number one asset. They are linking up to become Jet2Belts and are working on Knight’s time. He said the signing bonus didn’t hurt either. Knight called out MJF because he had something to say!
Instead, the music of Darby Allin played, and Knight put all his focus on the ramp while Callis ran away. Knight never saw Allin come up behind him, which allowed Allin to blast Knight between the shoulder blades with his skateboard. Allin pounded away on Knight and grabbed the mic.
“I hope New York was worth it! I hope New York was worth it, bitch!”
Allin went up to the top for a Coffin Drop, but reinforcements from the Don Callis Family ran out to stop him. Allin escaped before they could get to him, so the Family regrouped in the ring and helped Knight back to his feet.
Mark Briscoe of The Conglomeration def. "The Bastard" PAC of the Death Riders
As we came back from commercial, Mark Briscoe was engaged in conversation with Tony Khan, who was heard saying something about a great idea Briscoe had, but we heard no more as Briscoe’s music hit for this match!
PAC and Briscoe fought to the corner, where PAC surprisingly gave Briscoe a clean break. They tied up again and reversed each other multiple times until Briscoe flipped PAC to the mat with an arm-wringer. PAC seemed surprised by that, but came back to take Briscoe down multiple times. PAC tried to set up a backdrop, so Briscoe just shoulder-blocked him in the head! That took the match up a notch, as chops were exchanged until PAC hit a pump kick that knocked Briscoe from the apron to the floor. PAC went for a dive, but Briscoe dove back in and came through the ropes with a scissor kick. He slammed PAC on the floor and returned to the apron for the Bang Bang elbow drop in a painful tribute to Mick Foley! Briscoe stayed on PAC with heavy shots on the floor until PAC stopped Briscoe with a stiff kick to the gut and a brainbuster through a chair!
PAC knew he had Briscoe in trouble and picked him apart outside of the ring before bringing him back in to continue the assault. Briscoe turned things around when he fought out of the corner with some Redneck Kung Fu. Briscoe took PAC down with a flying elbow and followed with a clothesline in the corner and an exploder suplex. Briscoe put PAC on the top turnbuckle and ripped him to the mat with an Iconoclasm! PAC kicked out at two! Briscoe hit a brainbuster on PAC and went up top for a Froggy Bow. PAC rolled out of range, so Briscoe got down and went to PAC, who was waiting to hang Briscoe over the top rope. PAC got back in the ring and put a pump kick right on Briscoe’s jaw! Briscoe asked for another and got it! Briscoe shook that off and hit a flurry of shots on PAC. PAC stopped him with a shot to the midsection, only for Briscoe to come back with a high boot. PAC sidestepped the charging Briscoe and caught him off the ropes with a rebound German suplex!
PAC charged into a high boot, and Briscoe grabbed him for a suplex over the top to the floor! Both men crashed on the apron, but Briscoe was up first and hit a running Blockbuster from the apron on a woozy PAC! Briscoe threw PAC in and covered for a near-fall! Briscoe went to the top rope again for a Froggy Bow, but PAC got his knees up! PAC went up top, so Briscoe got back to his feet, and PAC jumped over him. Briscoe charged at PAC, who threw him overhead into the opposite turnbuckles with a belly-to-belly suplex! PAC went up top again and tried for a Shooting Star Press, but he got a taste of his own medicine when Briscoe got his knees up! Briscoe nailed PAC with a Jay Driller for the pinfall victory!
Mark Briscoe’s Six vs. MJF’s Six in a Steel Cage at Forbidden Door!
Briscoe reminded everyone that he challenged MJF for the AEW World Title, but MJF said no, “because he’s a bitch.” But Briscoe said he has a direct path to an AEW World Title shot, so why doesn’t MJF come out so Briscoe can explain better? MJF’s music hit, but he took the entire commercial break to show up. Finally, the AEW World Champion showed up in the crowd with a microphone. He talked to Briscoe from the crowd and said that while Briscoe keeps challenging him, he keeps saying no.
“I am the law here in AEW. There is no one more important than MJF, and my final word to you regarding getting a title shot is no. No, no, no, no no. Listen to me, they say in this business, a rising tide lifts all ships, and whether schmucks like it or not, I am the rising tide of this company. If you ever came near the Triple B, you’d be nothing more than an anchor, Mark Briscoe. You people wanna boo me, when you should respect me for protecting the world title from him!”
MJF ran down The Conglomeration, saying friends are stupid and a liability. He has the most important thing in the world: money. And money talks! Just as MJF said that, The Lethal Twist attacked Briscoe from behind! Blake Christian and Lee Johnson held Briscoe for a Lethal Injection, but Briscoe kicked Jay Lethal and fought his way free of Christian and Johnson! Briscoe tried for a Jay Driller on Lethal, but Christian and Johnson lit him up with kicks as MJF cheered them on! That brought out Roderick Strong, Kyle O’Reilly, Tomohiro Ishii and eventually, Orange Cassidy. They laid waste to The Lethal Twist, and Briscoe got the microphone again to tell MJF about something the AEW World Champion doesn’t know.
“You think you're the highest power here? Well, Max, you’re not the boss. You’re just an asshole. And you’re gonna need to find some friends, pay some people or whatever it may be, because I talked to THE BOSS, Tony Khan. We need a main event for Forbidden Door. He said, ‘Mark, you find five people. Max, he gotta find five people. We gonna do six-on-six. Mark, if your team wins, you get a guaranteed title shot!’ But that’s not it. That’s not all. You don’t have to agree with it. Tony Khan is the boss, but like the sicko that he truly is, we’re gonna do all that in a steel cage!”
Andrade El Ídolo’s music hit for his match, but he stopped for a face-off with AEW World Champion MJF on his way to the ring.
IWGP Global Heavyweight Champion Andrade El Ídolo of the Don Callis Family def. AEW World Trios Champion Orange Cassidy of The Conglomeration
The Conglomeration exited, and Callis joined commentary for this first-time one-on-one matchup!
Andrade didn’t let Cassidy get into his pockets and immediately grabbed him in a waist lock. The two exchanged reversals until Andrade posed on the ropes. Cassidy went for the pockets again, so Andrade grabbed his hands. Cassidy zipped Andrade’s pockets and messed with his hands, so Andrade backed away into the corner and removed his pants! That earned some cheers from Andrade’s local admirers. Andrade dared Cassidy to put his hands in his pockets, but Cassidy faked him out and had tearaway jeans to reveal…another pair of jeans! Cincinnati was stunned by the unbelievable turn of events! Cassidy put his hands in the backup jeans! Summer Blockbuster is living up to its name!
Andrade had enough of the antics and put Cassidy on the top turnbuckle while his hands were still in his jeans. Cassidy kicked Andrade away and hit a diving hurricanrana! Cassidy hit another from off the ropes and then sent Andrade to the floor with a dropkick. Cassidy prepped for a dive, but Andrade saw it and got back in the ring. He caught Cassidy’s dropkick and called for a figure four, but Cassidy kicked him into the corner. Cassidy caught Andrade with a back elbow and hopped on the second turnbuckle, so Andrade shoved him hard over the top rope and to the floor!
With Cassidy hurting, Andrade kept him on the outside for further damage, with Callis even getting a cheap shot by gouging Cassidy’s eyes. Back in the ring, Cassidy finally fought back by bouncing Andrade off the turnbuckle and following with a diving elbow from the top. Cassidy tried for a spinning DDT, but Andrade turned it into Three Amigos. On the third attempt, Cassidy countered into a Stundog Millionaire! Andrade went to the outside, so Cassidy tried to dive after him only for Andrade to catch him! Andrade turned that into a suplex on the floor! He took plenty of time to get a picture with an admirer, so Cassidy was able to recover and dive onto Andrade!
Cassidy looked towards the barricade where Andrade’s admirer was, but Lio Rush appeared and took the camera for selfies. Cassidy slowly moved towards Rush and cautiously took a selfie with him. Andrade came out of nowhere to nail Cassidy, but then Rush wanted a selfie with him. After wondering how Rush knew what was going on, they eventually took a picture. Cassidy came from behind and spiked Andrade with a DDT! Cassidy threw Andrade back in and went to the top, so Andrade ran into the top rope, and Cassidy came down hard. Andrade crushed Cassidy with a Meteora in the corner and went for the pin, but Cassidy kicked out!
Andrade went for The DM, but Cassidy reversed it into a near-fall! Andrade hit a back elbow, but charged into a desperation right hand from Cassidy, and both men were down! They fought from their knees, although Cassidy threw his lazy strikes with no impact while Andrade hit a pair of big strikes. However, Cassidy was just luring Andrade in, as he connected with a thrust kick out of nowhere! Cassidy jumped on the ropes for a springboard, but Andrade jumped right behind him, and they jockeyed for position on the ropes until Cassidy pushed Andrade onto the ramp. Cassidy slowly climbed over the ropes to be on the outer side and hit a diving DDT to Andrade on the ramp!
Cassidy went to the top rope and connected with another diving DDT! Andrade kicked out at two! Cassidy called for the Orange Punch, but Andrade countered it with a devastating discus back elbow! He picked up Cassidy and hit The DM for the three-count and hard-fought victory!
After the match, Andrade said he had one question for Ohio. Before he could say anything, they began to chant…
Andrade simply said, “How you know?”
Will Ospreay and Alex Windsor Face a Wave of Emotions After Last Week’s Dynamite
Last week after Ospreay beat AEW National Champion Mark Davis to reach the Owen Cup Finals, cameras caught up with him to get his reaction. He said nothing is stopping him from going to Wembley Stadium. Nothing is stopping him from going to the main event of All In and becoming the AEW World Champion.
“I can’t believe I’m saying this, but I do owe something to the Death Riders.”
As he said that, his wife, Alex Windsor, showed up and almost collapsed into his arms as she cried into his chest. While Ospreay won his match, Windsor lost her Owen Cup match to Mercedes Moné. Ospreay pushed the camera away to shield Windsor.
Thekla and Her Toxic History With STARDOM
AEW Women’s World Champion Thekla has a major problem with STARDOM, so it was time to take a look at her history with the fantastic Japanese promotion and how she was fired. Now, Thekla wants to kill STARDOM.
The Death Riders Want a Street Fight with Shane Taylor Promotions on Collision!
As he struggled to get the words out because of immense pain, Moxley said, “Shane, you could have walked away with your pride.” He wasn’t able to say anything else, so Shafir continued, “Trish, you’re gonna need that kendo stick, a hammer, a crowbar and it’s still not gonna be enough because I’m gonna rip you and your boys in half!” Daniel Garcia challenged Shane Taylor Promotions to a five-on-five street fight in Cincinnati at Summer Blockbuster Collision! Garcia said he hopes Taylor chooses his friends wisely, as they are leading him straight to hell.
Owen Hart Foundation Women's Tournament Quarterfinal Match: Maya World def. Triangle of Madness' Skye Blue
This match was originally scheduled to be Blue vs. Sareee making her AEW debut, but AEW doctors did not clear Sareee to compete ahead of tonight’s Dynamite. Before the match, we heard comments from Triangle of Madness, who addressed the tournament change due to Sareee’s injury. Blue said World needs to prepare for this violent little devil. As World made her entrance, Renee Paquette reported from ringside about the heartbreaking and tragic week World had following the unexpected loss of her younger brother. While World was happy to have the opportunity tonight, obviously, everyone is thinking of her and her family.
Blue and World didn’t take long before they started laying into each other with some pointed elbows. World created some separation with a spinning heel kick to knock Blue to the mat. World used a fling kick on Blue near the apron, but when she tried to come off the turnbuckles, Blue was ready and put World down with a clothesline. Blue pounced on World with strikes and worked her into the corner with repeated kicks to the face. Blue hit a suplex out of the corner and covered World, but only for a count of one. Blue toyed with World, which allowed World to elbow her way free. Blue charged at World in the corner, so World rose and stomped Blue to the mat. Blue rolled to the ramp, and World went after her, but Blue cut that off with a knee lift in the ropes. Blue spiked World into the ramp with a hanging neckbreaker!
A confident Blue knew she had World in a heap of trouble, so while she continued the offense with intensity, she also took her time to make everything count. World hit a flurry of kicks and reversed Blue’s momentum off the ropes into a leglock takedown and a double stomp! Blue escaped World’s grasp with a back elbow and then a stiff knee. World turned things around and put Blue down hard with a Bridging German suplex for a near-fall! World tried to climb the turnbuckles, so Blue followed with a shot to the back and a thrust kick to the face! She brought World out of the corner with a high-angle Liger Bomb, but somehow World kicked out!
World blocked a knee and grabbed Blue for a bridging fallaway slam pin, but Blue kicked out to stay alive! World hit a Shining Wizard and covered, but Blue managed to kick out again. World looked frustrated, so she tried to pick up Blue, which turned into a big exchange of strikes. A thrust kick from Blue seemed to put her in the lead, but World came back with an enzuigiri and a release German suplex, only for Blue to land on her feet. Blue laid World out with a running knee and collapsed to the mat.
Blue got up first and tried for Code Blue, but World reversed it into a pin attempt for a one-count. She did it again for another one-count, so Blue came back with a pair of thrust kicks and a fireman’s carry cutter! World kicked out at two! Blue tried another Code Blue, so World dropped down and rolled up Blue with a jackknife pin to get the three-count! MAYA WORLD ADVANCES TO THE SEMIFINALS! World will face ROH Women’s World Champion Athena!
Zack Sabre Jr. vs. Kenny Omega Set for Forbidden Door!
Last year, ZSJ beat the legendary Nigel McGuinness at Forbidden Door, so now he wants more. He wants to face a man he hasn’t fought in over eight years. A man he’s never faced in the United States of America. A man who is one of the greatest wrestlers of an entire generation.
“So what’s the frequency, Kenneth? Zack Sabre Jr. is the best technical wrestler in the entire world, but Kenny Omega, are you still the best, d***head?”
Omega will be in action this Saturday at Collision Summer Blockbuster against Bad Dude Tito!
Kevin Knight Joins Team MJF for Forbidden Door
With the Don Callis Family together in the back, AEW World Champion MJF tried to talk to Callis, but Kyle Fletcher immediately got in MJF’s face. Callis calmed him down, and MJF told Fletcher he was great. MJF said he had to talk to Callis. He explained the 6-on-6 steel cage match at Forbidden Door against Mark Briscoe’s team, so he was going to need five of Callis’ guys. Callis started to protest until MJF produced a briefcase full of what Callis immediately said was “a lot of money.” Callis said it sounded like a great deal and that the Family would have a great party with all this money. MJF said he was just going to pick five of them and thought he’d need a week to mull it over.
Andrade started to move towards MJF, but Kevin Knight stepped in between them. He said he knows MJF has been ducking him, so he’ll play his little game at Forbidden Door if he gets a shot at the AEW World Title after the cage match. MJF admitted Knight was one of his top picks, and if Knight wanted to lose again, he’s got his shot at the AEW World Title. But if Knight loses, there won’t be another rematch. Knight and MJF shook on it. Callis said Knight just needed to take care of Darby Allin and then instructed everyone to spend the money. Andrade grabbed Callis by the shoulder and asked about his AEW World Title shot. Callis said there are many talented members, but Andrade will have his shot. He has Callis’ word. Callis walked away, as Andrade shook his head in annoyance.
Owen Hart Foundation Men's Tournament Semifinal Match: Swerve Strickland def. Brody King
Our main event was a rematch from AEW Revolution, where Swerve beat King, though King came in with even more motivation after Swerve attacked and beat Bandido, knocking him out of the Owen Cup.
King splashed Swerve in the corner almost out of the gate and tried the same in the opposite corner, but Swerve evaded him on the ramp. King grabbed Swerve in a choke over the ropes and brought him onto the ramp. Swerve ran King into the ropes to break the hold. When Swerve charged at King, he threw Swerve into the ring post and to the floor. King followed with a cannonball off the ramp onto Swerve! He threw Swerve into the barricade and continued to chop away while Swerve was struggling to stand. King sat Swerve in a chair and backed up for a running crossbody, so Prince Nana got in his way to stop him. King tried to continue, but Swerve hit a drop toehold onto the chair! Swerve put King in the chair and got on the apron to hit a running Swerve Stomp to King on the floor!
Swerve had King in major trouble, and he knew it. He started to kick King’s head at the steel steps with vicious precision. As Swerve continued to work over King in the corner, he started getting a little cocky, which allowed King to fight his way back with chops. He hit a running senton on Swerve and put him on the top turnbuckles. Nana tried to hold Swerve’s leg to save him, but King scared him away. That gave Swerve enough time to break free of King and drop to the apron for a powerbomb attempt. King held onto the turnbuckle and ripped off the pad. Swerve adjusted and pulled King’s arms through his legs to trap King’s head under the exposed buckle. Swerve hit a short-range pump kick to the prone King. Swerve went back up top to bring King down with a side suplex, and both men crashed hard.
Swerve tried for a House Call, but King ducked it and elbowed Swerve into the corner. King ran into a pair of boots from Swerve, which allowed Swerve to jump up for an impressive stomp to the chest of King! What height by Swerve! King somehow kicked out! King rolled out in front of the commentary desk, so Swerve followed with a handspring over the ropes to the floor. King immediately grabbed Swerve and slammed him on the commentary desk with a choke bomb! As both men struggled to their feet, we saw AEW World Champion MJF watching on a monitor in the back.
By the time King rolled Swerve in, he was only able to get a two-count. Swerve tried to trade strikes with King, but got chopped hard three times and kept trying to fight back. Swerve got into a quick kick flurry, but King pulled him back into a huge back suplex. Swerve came back with a House Call! King hit a desperation lariat! Swerve kicked out at two! King grabbed Swerve in a choke, so Swerve ran him into the corner to get out of it. King charged at Swerve, so Swerve moved and sent him head-first into the exposed turnbuckle! King was busted wide open across his forehead! Swerve called for a House Call and connected! King didn’t go down! Swerve went to the top and hit another House Call! 1-2-KING KICKED OUT! Swerve tried for a Vertebreaker, but King countered out of it. King grabbed Swerve on his shoulders and hit a diving Death Valley Driver into the exposed turnbuckle!
King fired up the crowd, but Nana got on the apron to distract him, so King grabbed him in a choke! He let go and charged back towards Swerve in the corner, and a cannonball connected! King nailed a piledriver, but Swerve kicked out! King tried a Gonzo Bomb, but Swerve slipped out of it and pushed King towards the ropes. Referee Aubrey Edwards had to move out of the way, so she didn’t see Nana hit King with the ring bell! Swerve dropped King with a Vertebreaker to get the three-count and victory! Swerve is going to the Owen Cup Finals!
Catch AEW Collision: Summer Blockbuster this Saturday at 8 p.m. ET/7 p.m. CT on TNT and HBO Max from right back here at the Andrew J. Brady Music Center in Cincinnati, Ohio!
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