AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door Results: June 28, 2026 – Mercedes Moné & Will Ospreay Win Owen Cups, Team Briscoe Wins Cage Match, Andrade Leaves Callis Family, Jay White Returns, More
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AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door was live from the SAP Center in San Jose, California, and what a night it was with AEW, NJPW, CMLL and Stardom all coming together for this huge international spectacle! The road to AEW All In: London is officially underway after tonight, and we now know who will challenge for their respective World Titles after the Finals of the Men’s and Women’s Owen Hart Foundation Tournaments.
For the second time in three years, Will Ospreay and Swerve Strickland battled in the main event of Forbidden Door, but this time, it was Ospreay who came away victorious in a bloody battle as the Death Riders cheered him on in the final minutes. With his Owen Cup triumph, Ospreay is now that much closer to his dream of being the first British wrestler to win a world championship on British soil, as he’s locked into the AEW World Championship match at All In: London.
In the Women’s Final of the Owen Hart Foundation Tournament, Mercedes Moné outlasted Maya World, ending her Cinderella run to become a back-to-back Owen Cup champion and the first athlete to win the tournament twice. For the second year in a row, she has punched her ticket to All In and the AEW Women’s World Title match.
We expected all the chaos in the 12-man steel cage match between Team DCMJF and Team Briscoe, and we got all that and more, including Lio Rush coming out of an equipment bag and Andrade turning on MJF to announce his exit from the Don Callis Family. That allowed Mark Briscoe to hit MJF with the Jay Driller and pin him to earn himself a shot at the AEW World Title!
In other championship showdowns, Thekla retained the AEW Women’s World Title over STARDOM’s Starlight Kid, Jon Moxley kept the AEW Continental Championship from ROH World Champion Bandido in a violent battle, and Christian Cage and Adam Copeland beat The Dogs to remain AEW World Tag Team Champions thanks to a surprise assist and return by Jay White! Plus, Kenny Omega proved he’s still at the top of his game after defeating Zack Sabre Jr. in an outstanding match!
Here are your complete Forbidden Door results!
AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door Results
The Buy-In: Unbound Co.'s Drilla Moloney def. Death Riders' Daniel Garcia
IWGP Global Heavyweight Championship Match: Shota Umino (c) def. PAC
AEW Women’s World Championship Match: “The Toxic Spider” Thekla (c) def. Starlight Kid
Owen Hart Foundation Women’s Tournament Finals: Mercedes Moné def. Maya World
ROH Women’s World Champion Athena Reacts to Moné’s Win Over World
Owen Hart Foundation Men's Tournament Final: Will Ospreay def. Swerve Strickland
The Buy-In: Unbound Co.'s Drilla Moloney def. Death Riders' Daniel Garcia
We began the evening with a late addition to the card after the Death Riders issued a challenge earlier today, which Drilla Moloney answered. This first-time matchup saw Garcia take Moloney down to the mat and celebrate a little too much, but when Moloney came back at him, Garcia goaded him into the corner and landed a stiff shot to the chest. That was enough to wake Moloney up, as he drilled Garcia with a pair of shoulder tackles that sent Garcia sprawling to the floor to confer with Marina Shafir. Garcia tried to get back in, so Moloney went out and threw him into the barricade. Moloney chopped Garcia over the barricade into the front row! What a tone to set for the night!
Garcia fought back with a dragon screw in the ropes and an elbow strike that put Moloney on the floor. Garcia went out after him and threw Moloney into the steel steps. As Moloney staggered away, Garcia hit another dragon screw on the floor. Garcia put Moloney in a chair and kept him there with some elbow strikes. He backed up and charged at Moloney with a dropkick! Moloney was thrown back in the ring, but before Garcia followed him in, he flipped off Nigel McGuinness on commentary. Garcia drew the referee's attention, so Shafir choked Moloney in the corner and was nearly caught by the referee. Garcia kept the attack on Moloney’s leg with a double stomp to the back of the knees and a dragon screw. He transitioned into an ankle lock, but Moloney got leverage to hammer his way out. Garcia adjusted his grip, so Moloney rolled him into a near-fall. Garcia dropkicked the back of Moloney’s knee and threw him in the corner for mounted punches. Garcia acted like he was going to bring back his dance, but simply dropped back down to the mat.
Garcia and Moloney traded reversals running the ropes until Moloney scored with a dropkick, although he was slow to get up. Moloney won a strike battle and powerbombed Garcia coming out of the corner to get a two-count. Moloney came off the top, and Garcia moved, so Moloney came up limping. Garcia was locked in the Dragontamer, but Moloney was able to get to the ropes to break the hold. Moloney got Garcia up on his shoulders, so Garcia tried to hammerblow his way out of it. Moloney shook it off and flipped Garcia over his shoulder, but Shafir pulled Garcia down. Garcia hit a barrage of strikes and a Twist and Shout with some celebratory air guitar. Perhaps in tribute to NJPW President Hiroshi Tanahashi, who is in the house tonight? Moloney caught a charging Garcia and hoisted him up for Drilla Killa, which connected, and Moloney pinned Garcia for the victory!
The Buy-In: TBS Championship Survival of the Fittest Qualifying Match: Maika def. Triangle of Madness' Skye Blue
As Maika made her way to the ring, we saw STARDOM President Taro Okada in the crowd. Blue, meanwhile, came to the ring with Julia Hart. Blue pushed Maika to the corner at the bell and told her, “This is my ring!” Blue took Maika down, but Maika came right back and knocked Blue to the mat with a shoulder tackle. She nailed a big clothesline in the corner, and another shoulder tackle followed by a basement clothesline for a near-fall. Blue reversed a suplex into a small package for a two-count and followed with a boot. Blue hammered Maika near the ropes, but Maika sent a charging Blue into the ropes with a drop toehold. When Maika tried to rush in, Blue pulled down the top rope, sending Maika to the floor. Blue hit a running kick from the apron and tried a diving hurricanrana, but Maika caught Blue and powerbombed her on the corner of the apron! Maika rolled Blue and covered her for a two-count. Maika was locked in a cross armbreaker, so Blue broke the hold by getting her feet on the ropes.
Maika charged at Blue in the corner, but Blue caught her and drove Maika’s head into the second turnbuckle. Blue backed up and hit a big facewash kick to Maika. Blue covered and got a two-count. Blue mounted Maika for punches and threw her into the corner. Blue choked Maika with her boot and dropped her with a twisting neckbreaker for another near-fall. Blue taunted Maika, so Maika quickly snatched her for a vertical suplex followed by a side suplex. She covered, and Blue kicked out at two. Maika kept wrist control on Blue with three short-arm clotheslines. Maika charged Blue in the corner, so Blue slipped to the apron and blasted Maika with a forearm. Blue went up top, but Maika stopped her and met her for a superplex! Maika covered, and Blue kicked out again!
Maika clotheslined Blue in the corner and put her on the top rope. Blue fought back and slipped underneath to trap Maika’s head in the turnbuckles. A thrust kick landed, and Blue pulled Maika out of the corner with a powerbomb, but Maika kicked out at two! Blue screamed in frustration and got into a strike battle with Maika. Blue hit a tornado DDT for yet another nearfall! Blue slammed the mat in frustration! Maika caught Blue off the ropes with a powerslam for a nearfall. Blue floated off Maika and hit another thrust kick, so Maika rolled to the apron to avoid a pin attempt. Blue tried to bring her back in, but Maika slapped her across the jaw and the two jockeyed for suplex position. Maika lifted Blue over the ropes onto the apron and landed a brainbuster on the apron! Maika brought Blue back in and finished her with a Michinoku Driver to get the pinfall! Maika claimed the final spot in the TBS Championship Survival of the Fittest this Wednesday on Dynamite!
The Buy-In: AEW Women's World Tag Team Championship Match: Divine Dominion ("Colossal" Lena Kross and "Megasus" Megan Bayne) (c) def. Thunder Rosa & Olympia
This was the first of five championship matches tonight and the first shot at the AEW Women’s World Tag Team Championship for Thunder Rosa and Olympia. Rosa attacked Kross at the bell, but Kross pushed her into the corner. Rosa fought back with strikes and chops, but Kross shook them off for a big shoulder block. Bayne tagged in, but Rosa threw strikes at both to stop a double-team. Rosa tagged Olympia, and they hit stereo flying headscissors to send both members of Divine Dominion to the floor. Rosa went to the top rope and took out Bayne and Kross with an impactful tornillo! Olympia came off the top with a springboard crossbody to the floor!
Rosa put Bayne in the corner and followed with some strikes, but when she backed up to charge in, Bayne dropped her onto the apron. Kross grabbed Rosa’s foot so that Bayne could boot Rosa off the apron. Bayne put Rosa in her corner and was relentless with shoulder thrusts. She tagged Kross, who put Rosa on her shoulders and sent her face-first into the top turnbuckle. Kross tagged Bayne back in for more shoulder thrusts and a corner splash. She tagged Kross again, who floored Rosa with a basement clothesline. Bayne covered for a two-count. Rosa hit a jawbreaker on Kross and sent her over the top to the floor with a low bridge. Rosa tried to make a tag, but Bayne grabbed her leg. Rosa kicked free and sent Bayne to the floor. Kross came back in, but Rosa ducked two shots and tagged Olympia!
Olympia hit two big strikes on Kross and dropkicked her to the corner. With Kross sitting down, Olympia charged in and clicked her heels on a headstand before swinging forward with a nasty pair of boots to the face and chest! Olympia put Kross on her shoulder and did some squats before dropping her to the mat to get a nearfall. Olympia tagged Rosa back in, but Kross pulled them into each other and tagged Bayne. Rosa hit Kross with a lungblower, and Olympia dropped Bayne with a fireman’s carry front slam. Olympia sprung off Kross in the corner for a moonsault back onto Bayne! Rosa jumped off Olympia’s back for a shotgun dropkick on Kross! Olympia hit a springboard splash on Bayne for a two-count. Olympia tagged Rosa, but Bayne ran her into the corner and hit a front suplex. Kross tagged in with a big running clothesline, so Olympia broke up the pin. Bayne tagged back in, but she missed a clothesline, and Rosa dropkicked her to the ropes. Kross flatted Rosa with a pump kick, so Olympia put Kross down with a clothesline, only to get taken out by a flying clothesline from Bayne!
Olympia and Kross fought back to their feet until Kross nailed Olympia with a thrust kick. Bayne tagged in and missed a clothesline, so Olympia ran up to the top turnbuckle, where Bayne met her. Bayne came off the top with a hurricanrana to Olympia! Rosa flew off a different corner to nail Bayne with a missile dropkick. Rosa unloaded on Kross, but Kross turned it around and grabbed Rosa for Bayne. But Rosa moved, and Bayne took out Kross with a flying boot! Rosa kicked Bayne into the corner and tagged Olympia, who put Bayne on the top turnbuckle and gorilla-pressed her all the way to the mat. Rosa hit a diving foot stomp from the top, but Kross was there to break up the pin. Bayne got Rosa up for a powerbomb, but Rosa reversed it into a nearfall! Bayne dropped Rosa with Fate’s Decent, but Olympia broke up the pin. Bayne and Kross hit a German Suplex/Big Boot combo on Olympia. Kross tagged in, and Divine Dominion finished Rosa with Divine Intervention for the pinfall victory!
3-Way Tag Match: Young Bucks (Matt and Nick Jackson) def. Unbound Co. (Shingo Takagi and Titán) and El Sky Team (CMLL World Trios & ROH World Tag Team Champions Místico and Máscara Dorada)
We opened Forbidden Door with a tremendous international three-way tag team showdown. Just days after winning the ROH World Tag Team Titles in CMLL, Místico and Dorada got a massive ovation from San Jose. Titán and Místico shook hands at the bell, but Titán immediately dropkicked Místico to the mat. Misticio came off the ropes with a crossbody and then a tejeras to send Misticio into the corner. He hit Titán with a gamengiri and springboard diving hurricanrana. Dorada and Matt tagged in with the two trading reversals in and out of the ring that saw plenty of amazing athleticism, but neither man connected! The fans loved what they saw and chanted “A-E-W!”
Nick made a blind tag, and Matt launched him into Dorada and then into Takagi for a dropkick. Matt powerbombed Dorada into the corner, and Nick came up with a gamagiri to the back of the head. Matt slingshotted Dorada back up into another gamagiri from Nick, who immediately went up top for a foot stomp to Dorada on Matt’s knees! The Bucks sent Dorada to the ropes, but he came back with a springboard crossbody, which they caught. However, Dorada flipped out and sent Matt to the ropes with an armdrag followed by a spinning enzuigiri to Nick. Dorada showed some inventive offense with a double armdrag springboard to the Bucks!
Takagi tagged in and faced off with Dorada. They pushed each other, and Takagi blocked an arm drag by chucking Dorada to the mat and followed with an elbow drop. Dorada came back with a headscissors takeover, but when he came back off the ropes, Takagi dropped him with a stiff shoulder tackle. Takagi tagged Titán, and they double-teamed Dorada with chops on the ropes. Titán tripped Dorada and ran around the ring while Takagi picked Dorada up for a suplex, and Titán followed with a springboard splash to get a two-count. Dorada pushed Titán into Takagi and nailed Titán with a thrust kick. He tagged Místico, who flew off the top with a hurricanrana to Takagi. He took hold of Titán’s arm and used some nifty footwork on the ropes to send Titán to the floor with a spectacular armdrag. The Bucks came in, and Matt launched Nick into a hurricanrana on Místico. Dorada came in, and Nick flipped Dorada into Matt, but Dorada reversed it into a hurricanrana! Nick dropped Dorada on the top rope, and Matt nailed him with a superkick. Matt assisted Nick to the top rope, where he flew off with a hurricanrana to Dorada!
Titán ducked under a pair of superkicks from the Bucks and sent them to the floor with a double hurricanrana! Titán went up top, but Dorada tried to stop him with a gamagiri. Titán knocked him back to the apron and immediately took a pair of gamangiris from Místico. Dorada charged at Místico, who launched him up to Titán for a hurricanrana to the floor that took out the Bucks and Takagi! Dorada was first to his feet!
Místico tagged Dorada, and they isolated Titán in the corner with a pair of clotheslines. Dorada popped up Titán into a powerslam, and Místico flew off the top with a senton atomico! Dorada covered, but only got a two-count. Titán hit Dorada with a jawbreaker and tagged Matt. Dorada sent Matt to the corner, but when he charged, Matt put him on the apron. Dorada knocked Nick to the floor and went up top for a tornillo. Still, Matt caught him and transitioned into Locomotion Northern Lights Suplexes, including a double variation at the end when Titán tried to get involved. Matt tried to lift Takagi, but he wasn’t able to, and Takagi blasted him with a back elbow and a DDT. Takagi dragged Dorada to the corner to officially tag in and immediately threw Dorada to the outside. Takagi held Matt for Titán, who came off the top with a leg drop! Titán covered, but Matt kicked out at two! Takagi tagged Titán, and they threw Matt to the corner, but Matt fought them both off and ran up to Takagi while holding Titán for a Sliced Bread! Matt feigned a superkick on Takagi, who ducked, so Matt dropped him with a DDT. Nick tagged in and took on both Takagi and Titán. He grabbed Titán’s hand and hopped over a charging Takagi, only to nail him with a superkick and run up the ropes to come down with a headscissors on Takagi as he sent Titán to the mat with an armdrag!
Místico tagged Nick, who came in with a diving crossbody on the Bucks, followed by a double armdrag from the ropes. El Sky Team nailed the Bucks with a stereo swinging pendulum kick in the ropes. Dorada kicked Titán off the apron, and Místico came off the top with a springboard crossbody to the outside. Dorada got on the second rope and hit a shooting star press to the floor! All six men were down, but Dorada got to his feet first. He threw Titán back in, but Titán charged back at him, so Dorada caught him with a shoulder to the midsection. Titán rolled Dorada over back to his feet, and Nick nailed Dorada with a superkick. He hit Titán with a superkick, but Dorada came back with one of his own for Nick! Takagi ate superkicks from Nick and Dorada, but walked through that with a double clothesline. Místico and Matt hit double superkicks on Takagi, but he double clotheslined them, too!
San Jose was loving it!
Finally, El Sky Team and the Young Bucks all superkicked Takagi to take him down, finally! Then, they did the same to Titán. Matt hit a Canadian Destroyer on Místico. Dorada hit a Canadian Destroyer on Matt! Nick came over the top with a Canadian Destroyer on Dorada! All six men were down, and the crowd gave them a standing ovation!
Takagi got up and hit running corner clotheslines on Nick, Matt and Dorada, but when he charged at Místico, he ate the turnbuckle when Místico slipped away and hit a pair of kicks to the head. Místico put Takagi up top and brought the larger Takagi down with an Avalanche Spanish Fly! 1-2-Matt breaks it up with a top-rope elbow! Titán double-stomped Matt from the top! Nick hit Titán with a 450 Splash! Dorada nailed a shooting star press to Titán and Nick! Místico and Takagi started slugging it out, and then he managed to lock in La Mistica! The Bucks broke it up! Titán nailed Místico from behind with a kick to the back of the hamstring.
Takagi popped Místico up into a knee from Titán. Takagi hit a Pumping Bomber on Místico and tagged Titán, who vaulted off Takagi for a tornado DDT and then handed him off to Takagi for Made in Japan! Titán came off the top with a diving stomp to Místico! Nick broke up the pin with a superkick to Titán and then another to Takagi. The Bucks slugged it out with Titán and Takagi until they took Titán down with superkicks. Takagi fought back, but ran into a superkick from Dorada. Takagi caught Dorada’s crossbody attempt and turned into a pair of superkicks from the Bucks. Titán fought out of the corner and dove onto Dorada and Nick. Dorada threw Titán to the Bucks, but Nick handed Titán off to Matt and clobbered Dorada with a superkick! Nick went to the apron and kicked Takagi before flipping through the air to spike Titán on the tombstone piledriver. The Bucks covered Titán for the three-count and won! What a match!
Kenny Omega def. Zack Sabre Jr.
Omega and ZSJ rolled around on the mat at the bell with neither man gaining an advantage. They continued to grapple with clasped fingers until Sabre booted Omega into the corner. He twisted Omega’s neck between his feet and dropkicked Omega in the back. Sabre hit a running uppercut in the corner, but when he tried for another, Omega was ready with a pair of boots to the face. Omega took ZSJ to the floor with a hurricanrana and followed up with a crossbody! Omega tried to continue the damage around the barricade, but ZSJ manipulated Omega’s fingers. Omega chopped back, and ZSJ fell to his knees. Omega slammed ZSJ off the commentary desk multiple times before putting the top of the desk on the downed ZSJ and stomping it from the apron! Omega quickly brought ZSJ onto the Spanish commentary desk, but Sabre fought him off and locked in an octopus hold while standing on the desk! The two spilled to the floor,r and Sabre replaced the top of the desk, much to the chagrin of the San Jose crowd.
Sabre pulled Omega up to the apron and stomped his right arm. ZSJ mockingly kicked Omega’s arm and wrenched it before sending Omega to the corner. He blasted Omega with multiple uppercuts, so Omega chopped him, but ZSJ unloaded to send Omega back into the corner. He hit a running boot and backed up to try another, but Omega followed him in with a boot of his own! Omega slammed ZSJ to the mat with a leg lariat to the back of the head and a hooking clothesline that sent Sabre bailing to the floor. He didn’t have a chance to rest because Omega flew over the top with a tope con hilo, crushing Sabre! Back in the ring, Omega hit Sabre with a missile dropkick to the back and covered him for a nearfall. Omega dropped Sabre’s neck over his knee, which made Sabre grab his trap in pain.
Omega pointed at ZSJ for the V-Trigger, but Sabre grabbed his arm and wrenched it over his own shoulder. The two threw some major strikes in the middle of the ring until Omega floated over Sabre and dropped him with a Snap Dragon suplex! He followed with a second and punished Sabre with a barrage of strikes and knees to the body. Omega covered for a two-count. Omega pulled Sabre up for another Snap Dragon, but ZSJ rolled through for a near-fall! Omega got out of it and tried a choke and then a cross armbreaker, but Sabre got out and hit a couple of PKs to Omega’s chest as Omega asked for more! ZSJ obliged, but Omega caught it and tried another Snap Dragon, only for Sabre to reverse it into a submission on Omega’s arm. Omega broke the hold by getting to the ropes, so Sabre stomped on Omega’s fingers. They exchanged shots in the middle of the ring with Omega seeming to get the better of it, but when he tried to lift Sabre, he couldn’t because of the damage done to his fingers. Sabre hit a pair of kicks, but got blasted by an Omega clothesline on a third attempt! Omega put Sabre in the corner and hit a V-Trigger to send Sabre into the second turnbuckle. Omega brought Sabre to the top rope for an avalanche One-Winged Angel, but Sabre turned it into a rear-naked choke, which Omega broke by falling backwards to the mat! What a brutal landing!
Omega hit a pair of big knee strikes to a kneeling Sabre, but on the third attempt, Sabre caught it and tried for an ankle lock. Omega kicked free, so Sabre came back with a running kick to his bad arm. Omega hit a bicycle knee and sent ZSJ to the ropes for another between-the-shoulder blades. Omega spiked him with a poisonrana! 1-2-Sabre kicked out! Omega called for a V-Trigger, but Sabre avoided it and captured Omega in a pin attempt with a bridge and nearly won the match! Omega chopped Sabre and stuck him with a stump piledriver! Omega connected on a V-Trigger in the ropes! He put Sabre on his shoulders for a One-Winged Angel, but Sabre slipped down and captured Omega’s arms for another bridging pin and another two-count!
Omega ran into a Michinoku Driver, but kicked out at two! Sabre twisted Omega’s fingers, but that quickly devolved into a slap battle until Omega slipped behind for a Snap Dragon and V-Trigger! He pulled Sabre back up for a One-Winged Angel, and the crowd came to their feet, but Sabre slipped down into a cross armbreaker! He tried to turn it into a triangle, but Omega slammed him to break the hold! Omega pulled Sabre into a huge knee strike and lifted Sabre once again for the One-Winged Angel and connected! Omega pinned Sabre for the hard-fought victory!
AEW Continental Championship Match: Jon Moxley (c) of the Death Riders def. ROH World Champion Bandido
Moxley seemed especially fired up as he made his way through the crowd for his custom entrance. Moxley tried to control Bandido on the mat in the early going, but Bandido escaped and aimed his finger at Moxley. Moxley escaped Bandido and flipped him off. Bandido helped the crowd chant towards Moxley, who responded by flipping them off. Moxley shrugged off a shoulder block, and when Bandido dropped down, Moxley rolled through Bandido's legs with a very lucha-like evasion! Bandido seemed impressed as Moxley presented a different aspect of his game. Mox drew an imaginary line in the middle of the ring and told Bandido to hit him. Bandido chopped Mox, so Mox fired back, and the exchange was on! Bandido dropkicked Moxley to the apron and tried for a dive, but Moxley rolled back in and tripped Bandido to the floor. Instead, it was Moxley who hit a huge dive through the ropes! Lucha Mox?
Moxley threw Bandido back in, but he took too long to follow, and Bandido flew over the top with a tope con hilo that nailed Moxley! Bandido threw him back in and sent Mox to the corner, but when he charged after, Moxley lifted himself to hit a pair of boots on Bandido’s skull. Moxley threw Bandido to the floor and pulled out the steel steps. He hit Bandido with a piledriver on top of the steps! Bandido appeared to hit the corner of the steps on the way down! Moxley returned to the ring to break the count and returned to the floor, where Bandido was bleeding from his scalp and forehead! Moxley bit at the wound and ripped at Bandido’s mask. He threw Bandido back in the ring and ripped a piece of the mask off! Moxley waited for Bandido to get up and kept kicking him back to the mat. Bandido threw a weak chop, so Moxley flattened him with a short-arm clothesline. Mox unloaded on Bandido with a barrage of elbow strikes to the cut and then mounted him in the corner for punches. Bandido fought out of it and threw Moxley across the ring with a powerbomb!
They exchanged strikes, and Mox bit the wound, which sent Bandido into the corner. Moxley followed after and ate a boot. Bandido jumped to the top rope and came off with a tornillo to Mox! Bandido hit a pair of flying forearms and mounted Moxley for 10 punches in the corner and then a dropkick. Bandido connected on a Shining Wizard for a two-count! Moxley came off the ropes right into a gorilla press slam from Bandido! He went up top and shimmied, but came down on Moxley’s knees on the frog splash attempt. They exchanged boots until Bandido hit a snap German Suplex and Moxley crawled to the ropes. Bandido tried for a 21 Plex, but Mox was ready for it and clobbered him with a lariat! Moxley picked up Bandido and nailed a Death Rider, but Bandido kicked out! Moxley took aim at Bandido and dragged him to the top rope, but Bandido fought free of his grasp and bit Moxley in the head! Bandido brought Moxley off the top with a Super Revolutionary Fly! 1-2-Moxley kicked out!
Bandido tried for a 21 Plex, but Moxley launched him over the top rope and grabbed a choke on the apron! Moxley pulled him back in the ring, but Bandido rolled over him for a near-fall! Moxley held on and transitioned into the Bulldog Choke. Mox added some crossface shots, but Bandido stood up and tried to fall back on Moxley to break the hold. Moxley didn’t let go, and Bandido was forced to submit! Moxley did some push-ups to show he still had plenty in the tank and then laid the AEW Continental Championship on the mat and shook Bandido’s hand. Bandido bowed his head, and Moxley left through the crowd, passing Marina Shafir, Claudio Castagnoli, Wheeler Yuta and Daniel Garcia on the way out. That’s because PAC was up next!
IWGP Global Heavyweight Championship Match: Shota Umino (c) def. PAC
PAC had a brand new look with a short singlet and boots, as he slapped hands with the Death Riders on his way to the ring. At the bell, PAC quickly kicked Umino into the corner and threw him to the outside. He threw Umino into a couple of barricades, then slammed him to the floor before throwing him into another barricade. They returned to the ring, where PAC hit a dropkick from the top rope for a two-count. Umino fought out of a headlock and shook off a boot from PAC to hit a big dropkick. Umino and PAC exchanged blows in the corner with Umino getting the better of it before sending PAC to the opposite corner. He followed with a running uppercut and a fisherman’s suplex to get a near-fall.
PAC backdropped Umino, who rolled through it into a pin attempt for a two. Umino sent PAC into the second rope and jumped over the top to slam PAC’s head into the apron! OUCH! Umino took the time to slap hands with fans while PAC remained down. Umino threw PAC in, so he rolled out the other side. Umino fired up the crowd and ran around the ring to dropkick PAC into the barricade. He put PAC on the barricade and dropped him with a draping DDT! Umino threw PAC in and hit a powerbomb for a two-count! PAC looked out of it. Umino rushed at PAC, but PAC was ready and sent Umino into the turnbuckles with a dangerous overhead throw! PAC stomped Umino in the corner and went outside to get a table. Umino stopped him and set up the table himself.
Umino turned into a thrust kick from PAC, who then went up to the apron and came flying back down with a springboard moonsault! PAC threw Umino back in and brought him to the top rope. PAC threw Umino all the way to the mat with an avalanche, overhead belly-to-belly suplex! Umino kicked out at two! PAC was not happy that it didn’t get the job done. PAC taunted the crowd and then Umino, asking him to hit him. PAC shook off Umino’s shots and threw much bigger shots to knock Umino down. PAC taunted Umino with more kicks, and each one seemed to anger Umino more. Umino got back to his feet and stayed with PAC on a big strike exchange until PAC hit a kick to the gut. Umino fired back with a forearm that staggered PAC to the mat. PAC pulled himself up on the ropes, so Umino charged, but PAC moved and used the momentum of the ropes to throw Umino over his head with a German Suplex. Umino shook it off with fighting spirit! He charged at PAC again and again and was dropped with a German Suplex. Umino tried to fight through again, but collapsed. PAC picked up Umino, and Awesome Bombed him over the top rope to the floor through the table!
PAC threw Umino back in and hit a 450 Splash! Umino kicked out, but PAC immediately locked on The Brutalizer! Umino got his foot on the ropes to break the hold,d and PAC held on until the referee nearly made it to five. PAC went up top again and jumped over Umino, who came back with an elbow to PAC and then a headbutt! Umino waited for PAC to get back up and connected with a Strike Knee! That could do it! PAC kicked out at two! Umino called for a lariat, but PAC reversed it into a poisonrana! Umino blocked one kick, but not the second. PAC ran at him, so Umino shoved him into the air and bounced off the ropes for a huge lariat! 1-2-PAC kicked out! Umino hit a Paradigm Shift! He picked PAC back up and hit Second Chapter to get the pinfall victory!
After the match, Jon Moxley got in the ring, and Umino backed into his former mentor. They stared each other down until NJPW President Hiroshi Tanahashi started making his way down the aisle! Moxley decided to leave before Tanahashi got into the ring. Tanahashi gestured at Umino and Moxley, indicating he was proposing a possible match. Moxley and the Death Riders left, and Tanahashi strapped the IWGP Global Heavyweight Championship onto Umino and raised his hand in celebration!
AEW Women’s World Championship Match: “The Toxic Spider” Thekla (c) def. Starlight Kid
The champion had a very special entrance, complete with firebreathers! Starlight Kid used her quickness to send Thekla to the outside at the jump, so Thekla collected herself and came back in to pound and kick her to the mat. Thekla pulled at Kid’s mask, but Kid came back and hauled off on Thekla with a barrage of punches. Kid choked Thekla on the mat and kicked her to the ropes. Thekla turned it around and hung in the ropes, but Kid didn’t let her stay there long and kicked her to the floor. Thekla backed away when Kid charged to the ropes, so Kid adjusted and went to the apron. Thekla saw it and pulled Kid down to the floor in an awkward landing. Thekla threw Kid into the barricade on her knees! Thekla mounted Kid between the barricades and unloaded with punches. Thekla ran Kid into another barricade in front of STARDOM President Taro Okada! Okada stood up, and Thekla got in his face, grabbing him by the tie! She went to hit him, but Kid grabbed her hand. Kid hit an open-handed shot, which angered Thekla, who unloaded on Kid with kicks and threw her back in the ring.
Thekla put a knee on Kid for a cocky pin, but Kid kicked out at two. Thekla taunted the crowd and threw Kid across the ring by her hair. Kid cartwheeled out of Thekla’s grasp for a moment, but Thekla stomped her to the mat. Thekla snapmared Kid to the mat and thrust-kicked her in the head to get a near-fall. Thekla ripped at Kid’s mask as Kid ripped at Thekla’s hair in desperation. Thekla sent Kid to the ropes, but she jumped off the middle and hit a crossbody! Kid put a foot on Thekla in her own cocky cover, but Thekla kicked out. Kid hit a standing moonsault for a near-fall. Kid picked up Thekla’s leg and legdropped her knee! Kid wrenched Thekla’s knee on the ropes and hit a dragon screw. Kid tried to lock in the Numero Dos, but Thekla broke it by pulling at Kid’s mask. Kid rushed at Thekla at the ropes, but ran right into a boot, and Thekla pulled her over the ropes in a painful submission. She let go and went up top, but Kid ran up and brought her down with an arm drag.
Kid went up, but this time, Thekla met her with a big right hand. Thekla dropped Kid hard with a Spider Suplex, although she celebrated for too long, and Kid hit a springboard dropkick that knocked Thekla to the floor! Kid grabbed Thekla on the apron and tried for a Tiger Suplex, but Thekla broke free with a strike. Thekla rushed at Kid for a spear, but ran into a knee instead! That was nasty! Kid dropped Thekla neck-first on the apron with Divine Punishment! Back in the ring, Kid trapped Thekla in a Fisherman’s Suplex for a near-fall. Kid went up top and missed a moonsault, as Thekla barely got out of the way in time. Thekla nailed a spear! She tried for a stomp, but missed and collapsed in pain because of the previous damage done to her knee. Kid came off the ropes with a kick to Thekla’s lower back.
Kid and Thekla stood up from their knees, although they were clearly feeling the effects of this hard-hitting affair. Kid unloaded on Thekla with forearms and slapped her across the face. Kid charged at Thekla but took a big forearm strike. Thekla hit a running boot to Kid near the ropes and another from the apron. Thekla went up and nailed a diving crossbody for a near-fall. Thekla went into her spider walk and tried for a spear, but Kid kicked her in the bad knee. Kid pulled Thekla into Numero Dos to target the knee and added a swing for good measure! Kid kept the submission locked in and even captured the head until Thekla finally made it to the bottom rope to break the hold. Kid hit another Divine Punishment in the middle of the ring, but Thekla kicked out to stay alive! Kid went back up top and connected with a second moonsault attempt! 1-2-Thekla kicked out!
“THIS IS AWESOME!”
Starlight Kid tried for another Tiger Suplex, but Thekla rolled out of it and into a bridging pin that nearly won the match out of nowhere. Kid rushed at Thekla, who matrixed out of the way and hit a spear! 1-2-Starlight Kid kicked out! Thekla couldn’t believe it! Thekla hit a nasty stomp on the back of Kid’s neck, but got in her face and said it’s not over! She pointed at Okada in the front row and stomped Kid again before pinning her for the victory! Thekla retains her AEW Women’s World Championship!
Skye Blue and Julia Hart joined Thekla in the ring and gave her a pair of scissors! Thekla cut off and took Starlight Kid’s mask! The referee quickly covered up Kid, and Thekla spat on the mask! She took the mask to the outside and shoved it in Okada’s face before slapping him across the face with it until he fell to the floor. Thekla posed with the mask and the rest of Triangle of Madness.
AEW World Tag Team Championship Match: Christian Cage & Adam Copeland (c) def. The Dogs (Clark Connors and David Finlay)
The Dogs had their own paparazzi, who photographed their five-second poses with a disposable camera until they beat them all up on the way to the ring. Cope got his usual serenade from the crowd for his entrance, and Cage was his usual surly self.
Cage and Connors opened the match, and Cage escaped an early cheap shot from Connors in the corner and responded by flipping him off. Connors unloaded on Cage in the corner and sent him to the opposite side. Cage put on the brakes and hit a back kick before springboard sunset flip nearly got him a three-count on Connors. Cope and Finlay tagged in, with Cope controlling Finlay with a headlock on the mat. Cope seemed to be a step ahead of Finlay and tagged Cage. They hit a double-team reverse DDT on Finlay, and Cage sent a rushing Connors right into Finlay’s groin. Cage mounted Connors in the corner for punches, then turned his attention to Finlay, who begged off. Connors tried to attack from behind, but Cage was ready for it and nailed him and then Finlay.
Cage charged at Connors in the corner, but missed and hit the ring post before crashing to the floor. Connors targeted Cage’s fractured arm and threw him into the ring post on the outside. Finlay brought Cage back in and tried for a pin, but only got a one. He continued the attack on Cage’s arm and kicked him to the mat in the corner. Connors tagged in and hit a kick to the bad arm. Cage tried to break free of Connors’ relentless attack on the arm, but only did when Finlay tagged in and Cage backdropped him. Finlay stopped Cage’s tag attempt and wrenched Cage’s arm into the mat.
Finlay stepped on the bad arm and brought Cage to the corner, with Cage down on the turnbuckle. Finlay distracted the referee so Connors could burn Cage with a lit match! Cage fought out of the corner and nearly made the tag, but Connors pulled Cope off the apron. Finlay pulled Cage to the outside and slammed his arm on the steel steps. The Dogs trapped Cage’s bad arm under the stairs, and Finlay stepped on it while Connors ran down the apron to try to inflict more damage, but Cope knocked him off the apron to the floor and then nailed Finlay! Cope threw Cage into the ring and returned to the corner for a tag, but Finaly grabbed Cage’s leg so Cage raked his eyes and tagged Cope! He unloaded on The Dogs and nailed Finlay with an elevated DDT for a near-fall! Cope measured Finlay for a spear, but missed and ran into the second turnbuckle. The Dogs ran through him with a double shoulder block.
The Dogs measured for a high/low attack, but Cage pulled Connors out of the ring and threw him into the announce desk. Back in the ring, Cage stopped Finlay with a kick and sent him into the ropes, where Cage stood on Finlay's back. Cope followed up with a crossbody to Finlay’s back, but when Cage tried to leap down to hit Finlay from the floor, Connors grabbed him and ran him into the barricade. Cope chased Connors back into the ring and walked right into a spear/chop block combo. Finlay covered for a near-fall. Connors went up top for the Full Clip, and Finlay lifted Cope for a suplex, but Cope blocked it and suplexed Finlay into the turnbuckles, which knocked Connors to the floor!
Cope lined up Finlay for a spear, but Finlay got his knee up and stunned Cope. Finlay ran at Cope, who launched him into a spear from Cage! Connors shoved Cage into the referee to stop his count. The referee stayed down as Cope and Connors measured each other from opposite corners. They collided in the middle of the ring with spears! Finlay smashed his shillelagh across Cage’s skull and measured Cope to do the same, but the lights went out!
A spotlight came back up on Bang Bang Gang on top of the ramp! But then we heard a familiar switchblade sound go off, and when all the lights came back on, JAY WHITE WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE RING! The crowd came unglued!
Finlay turned around and charged at White, but ended up on the mat thanks to a Blade Runner! Cope smiled as White exited the ring with “HOLY SHIT” chants ringing throughout the arena! Cope speared Finlay, and White rolled the referee back in to make the three count! Cage and Cope retain! White brought the AEW World Tag Team Titles into the ring and handed them to the champs. Cope was happy, but White and Cage had words until Cope got between them. White left and celebrated with Bang Bang Gang, with Cage and Cope celebrated in the ring!
Owen Hart Foundation Women’s Tournament Finals: Mercedes Moné def. Maya World
World was accompanied by her tag partner, Hyan, to the top of the ramp before continuing to the ring by herself. Moné made her way to the ring in appropriate pink-and-black attire, as she looked to be the first person to repeat as tournament champion.
Moné piefaced World, so World responded with one of her own, but when Moné took a wild swing, World caught her for three quick pin attempts. World kept escaping Moné’s offense with cartwheels and even did the CEO dance to mock Moné. Moné charged, and World sent her to the mat with a drop toehold. World avoided Moné near the ropes and Moné spilled to the floor. World flipped off the apron with a cannonball that nailed Moné! World tried to throw her back in, but Moné swung back around with a kick. Back in the ring, World nearly put the Statement Maker on Moné! Moné didn’t like that and threw World to the outside. Moné threw World back inside and tried a pin, but World bridged out of it, so Moné threw her right back on the mat by her hair.
Moné got caught by World in the corner and brought her to the opposite side for a small package into a suplex for a two-count! That’s some innovation! World went up top, so Moné followed, and they exchanged blows until Moné knocked World to the apron and came down with a meteora. Moné ran down the apron with a second meteora to World on the floor. Moné threw World back in and came off the middle rope with a third meteora for a near-fall! Moné used a pair of snapmares to position World for another meteora, which connected, but World escaped again. Moné threw World to the floor and taunted her from the ring. Moné counted along with the crowd until nine and threw World back in the ring. She taunted the crowd some more with a victory lap before returning to the ring. Moné hit a straightjacket backstabber and held on for extra pressure. World tried to block it by running Moné into the corner, but Moné threw World into the turnbuckles and choked her with a boot. Moné tried to springboard her way into a dropkick, but World kicked free and rolled up Moné for another near-fall!
World threw Moné to the corner, and the two traded reversals until Moné rolled through a tombstone attempt to stomp World on the chest! Moné covered for a two-count. Moné yelled at World, “You’ll never be me!” That fired World up, and she unloaded on Moné with forearms. Moné caught one, so World dropped down for an upkick. World stomped Moné in the chest! World hit a quick three-kick combo and a flying boot before a springboard bulldog got her another near-fall! World laid out Moné with a Shining Wizard, but was too close to the ropes for a pin attempt. Moné kicked World away, and when World came back at her, Moné tripped her into the ropes.
Moné began the Three Amigos and connected with all of them! She stepped over World and went up top for a Frog Splash, but World got the knees up and tried a small package for a two-count! World missed a big right hand, andMonée snatched her to the mat with the Statement Maker! World got to the ropes with her foot, but pushed off and swung back over Moné for a surprise nearfall! Moné missed a wild swing, and World hit a discus elbow. World grabbed Moné for a fallaway slam, but hung on and did it three times with the third sending Moné through the ropes to the floor! World dove through the ropes and connected with Moné! World went up top and nailed a senton bomb for yet another near-fall!
Moné came out of the corner with an upkick and sat on the top turnbuckle. She switched positions and tried to pull World into the top turnbuckle with her feet, but World blocked it and trapped Moné’s head for a thrust kick. World backed up and charged up the ropes to bring Moné down with a springboard sunset flip powerbomb, but Moné held on to the top rope to block it. Moné tried to lift World twice, but World stopped it, so Moné just threw her into the turnbuckles. Moné charged across the ring and nailed a sunset bomb into the corner, followed by another meteora! Moné covered, and World kicked out at two!
Moné picked up World for a lungblower and started kneeing World in the head and shoulders, but World reversed the momentum into a hurricanrana! World andMonée rolled through pin attempts until Moné picked up World and hit the Moné Maker! 1-2-World kicked out! Moné was angry and stunned! Moné tried for another Moné Maker, but World escaped and bridged back to trap Moné for a pin, but she kicked out at two. World blocked Moné’s backstabber attempt by holding onto the ropes and then flinging Moné to the apron. World ran down the apron and planted Moné on the floor with a sunset flip powerbomb! World hit a second-rope moonsault on Moné and threw her back in the ring. World connected on a moonsault from the top, but Moné kicked out just in time!
World charged at Moné, but Moné rolled her into a pin attempt, and World kicked out to transition right into her own Statement Maker! Monée clawed for the ropes, but World rolled her back to the middle only for Moné to roll through that into her own Statement Maker! World fought for the ropes, and when she got close, Moné rolled her back into a pin attempt that got a two-count. World switched that into a pin attempt of her own, andMonée kicked out at two!
World tried for another fallaway slam, but Moné escaped and hit a backstabber into a Statement Maker! World tapped out! Moné is the first athlete to win TWO Owen Hart Foundation Tournaments and has done so in back-to-back years! Moné grabbed the Owen Hart Foundation Championship Belt and celebrated in front of the Owen Cup as pyro went off with Moné displayed on the video board as the official challenger for the AEW Women’s World Title at All In: London in August!
ROH Women’s World Champion Athena Reacts to Moné’s Win Over World
After the match, Renee Paquette caught up with ROH Women’s World Champion Athena and asked for her reaction. Athena said it was clear the better woman won, and she’s not surprised. It’s all because of this paradox: she’s the greatest champion of all time, but when it comes to her pupils, they are filled with constant disappointment and regret. Athena brought up World and said World thinks she’s championship material because of the fluke victory over Athena. Athena blamed a lapse in judgment for anyone knowing who World is. She told World to keep fighting the good fight and be the “It Girl” because when it comes to Athena, “It” belongs at the back of the line!
12-Man Steel Cage Match: Team Briscoe (Mark Briscoe, AEW World Trios Champions The Conglomeration’s Orange Cassidy, Roderick Strong and Kyle O'Reilly, AEW International Champion Konosuke Takeshita and Darby Allin) def. Team DCMJF (AEW World Champion MJF & Don Callis Family’s TNT Champion “The Jet” Kevin Knight, Kyle Fletcher, Jake Doyle, Kazuchika Okada and Andrade El Ídolo)
Before the team made their way out, the circular cage was lowered around the ring all the way to the floor! There will be no disqualifications and no escape because 12 men are about to enter Death’s Door!
MJF entered first and waved out Don Callis, who tore off the Team DCMJF shirt over his suit – or tried, anyway. Amazingly, the rest of the team did wear the obnoxious shirts featuring MJF and Callis. Team Briscoe came out next, with Allin out first and Takeshita to follow and then Briscoe with The Conglomeration. Everyone had a backpack of some kind, although it looked like Roderick Strong had a hockey bag full of who knows what? Allin went right to the top of the cage with his own bag of danger. Allin climbed down, and the door was shut and locked as Don Callis forced Walker Stewart off commentary.
All 12 men faced off at the bell and immediately brawled in and out of the ring! Takeshita went right for Fletcher and threw him into the cage. Back in the ring, Briscoe and O’Reilly isolated MJF, who bailed to the floor. Briscoe followed with a scissor kick through the ropes to Knight. MJF came back in to nail Briscoe from behind. Doyle pulled Allin off the cage and powerbombed him on the apron and against the cage! Team DCMJF pulled out tables and began setting them up on the floor, including one with the Team DCMJF T-shirt logo of Callis and MJF. That’s madness!
MJF posed in the middle of the ring while all this was going on, so Andrade stepped in front of him to a big cheer. MJF didn’t like that and stepped back in front. Andrade got on the ropes in front of MJF and started to take his pants off. MJF pulled him down, and they got in a shoving match. The rest of the team came to break it up, but didn’t see Strong come in with the giant bag he brought into the cage. He started swinging it at all of Team DCMJF until Okada knocked him to the floor. Brisco and O’Reilly took Okada down and retrieved their backpacks. O’Reilly had an NES! A winner is him! He handed Briscoe a controller and kept one for himself to whip Knight and Okada. Those old controllers have some sharp corners, and Okada didn’t like it!
Fletcher got clotheslined by the controller cords! O’Reilly picked up the NES and smashed it on Fletcher’s head! Game over, ProtoStar!
Briscoe opened his backpack and emptied it, revealing thumbtacks! Doyle came in to stop Briscoe and O’Reilly from suplexing Fletcher onto the tacks. Briscoe threw Doyle to the outside, and Strong tried to follow with double boots, but when he continued to the floor, Doyle swung him back and forth off the cage. Briscoe dove through the ropes onto Doyle! Back in the ring, a blood-covered Fletcher lawn darted O’Reilly into the middle turnbuckle. Briscoe went up top, but Fletcher stopped him and threw him into the tacks! Allin immediately attacked Fletcher with a skateboard. MJF raked Allin’s eyes from behind, but Allin came back to knock MJF towards the tacks. MJF backdropped Allin face-first onto the tacks! MJF immediately covered, but Allin kicked out. MJF kicked Allin out of the ring and then swept the mat clean of tacks, which was definitely the first time MJF ever helped clean a ring. He put the broom down to pose, and Cassidy grabbed the broom from behind and lifted it straight up into MJF’s Dynamite Diamonds.
Cassidy pulled out a bunch of orange slices from his bag with a note that said, “Good luck Tonight! Love, Willow!” Team Briscoe each enjoyed some mid-match oranges to revive their energy, but Fletcher slapped the bag away. Everyone grabbed Fletcher and held him down as Cassidy squeezed the citric acid into Fletcher’s open wounds. Full Pulp! Andrade and Okada came in to clear the ring until Okada faced off with Takeshita! Takeshita won a battle of strikes and reached deep into his backpack to pull out a middle finger for Okada! Okada swung at Takeshita but missed, so Takeshita knocked him down with a big forearm. Fletcher took Takeshita down with a half-and-half suplex and nailed a running boot in the corner. He tried for a brainbuster, but Takeshita floated over, so Okada grabbed Takeshita for a Rainmaker. Takeshita ducked, and Okada pulled up before nailing Fletcher. Takeshita pushed Okada into Fletcher, and then Okada floated over Takeshita, as the two traded tombstone reversals. Okada held Takeshita, and Fletcher tried to kick him, but Takeshita ducked, and Fletcher nailed Okada instead! Takeshita grabbed Fletcher from behind, and he tried to get help from Okada, but Takeshita wound up German Suplexing both at the same time!
Knight came into the ring, but Allin entered on the other side. They came to blows until Knight hammered Allin into the corner. Allin fought back with a shotgun dropkick into a Code Red! Allin went up for a Coffin Drop, but Doyle knocked him off with a steel chair. With Allin down in the corner, Doyle held the chair in front of him so Knight could hit a coast-to-coast dropkick into the chair! 1-2-Briscoe makes the save! Briscoe hit Knight with an exploder suplex to send him from the ring, but MJF immediately threw a chair at Briscoe’s head! MJF posed in the middle ropes and cleared the ring of weapons. He ground his nails into Briscoe’s bloody forehead and called for Okada to open up Strong’s giant bag. Lio Rush was inside!
Rush bit Okada’s hand and got in the ring, where Okada followed and was knocked back down by a handspring kick. Knight hit the ring, and Rush kicked him away. Fletcher rushed at Rush in the corner, but Rush ducked, and Fletcher went flying over the top to the floor. Andrade came in and argued with Rush before throwing him to the ropes, but Rush rebounded with a stunner! Rush dove through the ropes with a dive that knocked Knight into the cage. Rush got back in the ring and saw MJF had put on the Dynamite Diamond Ring, which completely drew his attention. That allowed Okada to come from behind and nail Rush with a Rainmaker! They threw Rush to the floor, and MJF told Knight and Doyle to put Rush back in the bag. They did, and Doyle got a chain to wrap around it, which they then shoved under the ring.
Briscoe took out anyone who ran at him in the ring with ring hands and then put a ladder around his neck to swing into all his opponents, except MJF. Briscoe threw the ladder to the floor and called MJF into the ring. They brawled, and Briscoe had MJF hooked for the Jay Driller, but Doyle broke it up. He fought with O’Reilly to the apron, where Strong grabbed Doyle for a fireman’s carry slam, and O’Reilly booted Doyle off to give Strong some help in putting Doyle through the table!
Andrade stopped O’Reilly’s combo with a chair and kicked him into the corner. Andrade put a chair in O’Reilly’s face and crushed it with double knees, which only made O’Reilly’s crimson mask worse. Takeshita spiked Andrade with a poisonrana! Okada dropkicked Takeshita to the apron and tried to pick him up for a tombstone, but Takeshita backdropped him, and Okada landed hard! Takeshita nailed Okada with a Power Drive knee, but turned into a thrust kick from Fletcher. Fletcher tried for a brainbuster from the apron through the table on the floor, but Takeshita reversed it into a Blue Thunder Bomb through the table! That got Callis off commentary to check on his Family.
Back in the ring, Briscoe had MJF hooked for another Jay Driller attempt, but MJF escaped and kicked Briscoe low! MJF measured Briscoe with the Dynamite Diamond Ring, but Cassidy stepped in front and put his hands in his pockets. MJF just knocked him out! Allin came from behind and hit a Scorpion Death Drop on MJF! Allin followed with a Coffin Drop and connected! Knight went up for a UFO Splash to break it up, but Allin moved, and Knight nailed MJF! Knight tried to get away from Allin and leapt from the turnbuckles to the cage and climbed to the top! Allin climbed after him, and the chase was on from the top of the cage. Knight got to Allin’s bag on top of the cage, but it blew up in his face, literally, and he fell off the cage through a stack of DCMJF tables! Allin boobytrapped the bag! Allin threw himself off the cage onto everyone below with a Coffin Drop! There are bodies everywhere!
Back in the ring, MJF backed up into Briscoe and was dropped with a Jay Driller! Doyle makes the save in the nick of time! Doyle ripped at Briscoe’s bloody face and smashed him across the back with a chair. He tried to revive MJF, then slammed Briscoe again. Doyle propped MJF up in the corner and held Briscoe for him. MJF demanded that Andrade hold Briscoe for him, but Andrade balked. He reluctantly held Briscoe for MJF, but when MJF charged, Andrade let go of Briscoe and dropped him with Día de los Muertos! Doyle argued with Andrade and pushed him, so Andrade kicked him low! He tore off the Team DCMJF shirt and revealed his own creation: a shirt that read “F*** DON F*** MJF,” sending the crowd into a frenzy. Callis called him a “turncoat piece of trash” on commentary.
Briscoe got in the ring, and Andrade pointed him at MJF! Briscoe hit the Jay Driller on MJF! Briscoe pinned MJF and got the pinfall! Team Briscoe wins, and Mark Briscoe will get a shot at MJF’s AEW World Championship! Team Briscoe celebrated in the ring as Andrade left alone up the ramp. It appears his time in the Don Callis Family is over. Cassidy and Strong pulled the bag from under the ring and dragged him up the ramp, being careful not to let him out.
After seeing another comeback update on Willow Nightingale, Lexy Nair caught up with a bloodied, but victorious Mark Briscoe in the back. She asked how it feels to secure his shot at the AEW World Title. Briscoe said he’s not wasting any time, and he wants MJF for the AEW World Title this Wednesday on Dynamite!
Owen Hart Foundation Men's Tournament Final: Will Ospreay def. Swerve Strickland
Before the main event, we saw a video package on Ospreay’s return and training narrated by Jon Moxley. When it was over, security removed a hood from a kneeling figure at the top of the ramp. It was Ospreay in a Bane-inspired mask and attire. Perhaps a message to Swerve for what he can expect in this match. Swerve entered on a motorcycle from the side of the stage and was accompanied by Prince Nana. After the Tournament Final introductions, the bell rang, and both men met in the middle of the ring in a flurry of strikes as the crowd went wild!
They each tried some of their strongest moves, but knew each other well enough to avoid everything until Swerve bailed to the floor to regroup. Swerve tried to get in the ring, but Ospreay attacked right away, so Swerve backed off. Ospreay had had enough and went outside to throw Swerve back in, but it was a mistake as Swerve immediately stomped Ospreay in the back of the head. Ospreay came back with a headscissors takeover and then knocked Swerve off the top turnbuckle before dropkicking him to the floor. Ospreay wound up the crowd before connecting on a springboard crossbody to Swerve on the floor. He threw Swerve back in and remained in control with stiff strikes. Ospreay hit a Snake Eyes on Swerve and bounced off the ropes only to run into a boot from Swerve, who followed with a rolling flatliner. That got just a one-count.
Swerve targeted Ospreay’s neck in the corner and stayed on him with a pair of neckbreakers. Ospreay fought out of the third attempt, but Swerve still dropped him with a high-angle neckbreaker. Swerve controlled Ospreay’s head and tossed him to the mat, but Ospreay sprang right back with a kick that stunned Swerve. Ospreay hit a corkscrew kick and went up top for a springboard forearm to get a near-fall. Ospreay hit a boot in the corner and went back up top with a forearm to the back of Swerve’s head.
Ospreay tried for a Hidden Blade, but Swerve stopped it with a Pele kick. Swerve dropped Ospreay on his knee with a devastating backbreaker. Swerve took his time to recover and started trash-talking Ospreay while mockingly pushing him. Ospreay responded by clocking Swerve with three forearms. Swerve nailed a kick, but Ospreay shook it off and ran up to Swerve with a kick and enzuigiri. Ospreay came off the ropes, and the two exchanged reversals until Ospreay tried for a Styles Clash, but Swerve turned it into a powerslam for a near-fall!
Ospreay fell to the floor, so Swerve followed and kicked him from the apron. Swerve pulled the protective cover off the turnbuckle connector and tried to throw Ospreay into it, but Ospreay reversed it and threw Swerve shoulder-first into the ring post. He wrenched Swerve’s arm over his back and stomped it from the barricade. Ospreay was locked in Death Ground on the floor, but the referee came out to break it up. He didn’t see Nana throw his coffee at Ospreay, who immediately went after Nana. Ospreay turned back around to put his focus back on Swerve, but Swerve powerbombed Ospreay onto the corner of the apron! Swerve positioned Ospreay’s neck under the exposed turnbuckle, connected and slingshotted him right into it from a very short range! Ospreay could be in dire straits! Ospreay came up pouring blood!
Swerve went out and threw Ospreay back in the ring. As Swerve took his time, Ospreay flailed around trying to figure out where he was. Swerve went head-to-head with Ospreay and trash-talked him again, so Ospreay threw a desperation shot. Swerve shook it off and deadlifted Ospreay off the mat for a suplex that got a near-fall. With Ospreay seemingly out of it in the middle of the ring, Swerve measured him for a House Call, but Ospreay turned it into a Spanish Fly out of nowhere! Both men struggled to get up, but Ospreay connected a few wild shots. Swerve pulled him down by the hair and tried to roll through into a suplex, but Ospreay turned it into a stunner! Ospreay rolled through Swerve and picked him up for a Styles Clash that connected! Swerve kicked out!
Ospreay hit a Hidden Blade on a standing Swerve, but Swerve didn’t go down and threw his own back elbow at Ospreay to deck him! Swerve pulled Ospreay towards the corner for a Swerve Stomp, but Ospreay knocked Swerve back onto the top turnbuckle. Ospreay went up to meet him, but Swerve tried an avalanche powerbomb only for Ospreay to reverse it into a hurricanrana! Ospreay connected on a spin kick to the back of Swerve’s head! Swerve kicked out at two! Ospreay hit a pair of kicks and came off for an OsCutter, but Swerve caught him and hit a Dead Eye! 1-2-Ospreay kicked out!
Ospreay rolled to the apron, and Strickland tried a Swerve Stomp, but missed, and Ospreay quickly got back in the ring to charge at Swerve for a sunset flip powerbomb to the floor. Swerve held onto the ropes to avoid it, so Ospreay pulled Swerve into a Styles Clash position just to swing Swerve into the steel steps. Now, Swerve was busted wide open! Ospreay cleared the English commentary desk and dragged the steel steps next to it. He brought Swerve up the steps, but Nana swatted at his leg, and that gave reason for Ospreay to get down and grab Nana. He swung at Nana, who ducked, and Ospreay turned into a House Call from Swerve from the steel steps!
With both men covered in blood, the steel steps started to turn from silver to red as Swerve pulled Ospreay up and measured a Vertebreaker. Ospreay fought out of it and hit a Styles Clash into the desk, which didn’t break! A sickening thud left both men down, but Ospreay got back in the ring first. Swerve just beat the count, but dove right into a diving dropkick from the top from Ospreay followed by an OsCutter! 1-2-Swerve kicked out! Ospreay hit a trio of hook kicks and two big elbow strikes before a third elbow to the back of Swerve’s head. The referee began to count Swerve out, but he beat the 10 count and immediately ate a Hidden Blade! Swerve kicked out to save the match!
Ospreay kicked Swerve back to his feet and into the corner, where he lifted Swerve up on his shoulders from the middle rope. Swerve punched his way free and went after Ospreay’s neck. Ospreay collapsed forward, but was still stuck in the ropes, so Swerve stomped him in the back of the neck! Swerve couldn’t get to Ospreay to cover, so he lifted him for a Vertebreaker, but Ospreay escaped and trapped Swerve for a near-fall. Swerve bounced up and hit a House Call! Ospreay kicked out at one! Ospreay hit a Hidden Blade! Swerve kicked out at one! Both men got up and knocked each other right back down, as they collapsed in a heap! The fans were on their feet as both men struggled to beat the 10-count. They did and found themselves barely able to stand and drenched in blood. Both men took off their gloves and backed into opposite corners. They charged at each other, but Ospreay was quicker and connected with a Hidden Blade! He nailed Swerve with a Stormbreaker! Swerve kicked out at two!
Ospreay tried for a Hidden Blade again, but Swerve ducked, and Ospreay missed a kick, so Swerve shoved him towards the referee. That allowed Swerve to hit Ospreay with an undetected low blow! Swerve finally hit the Vertebreaker! 1-2-OSPREAY KICKED OUT! Swerve hit his own Hidden Blade and picked up Ospreay for Big Pressure, which connected! Ospreay kicked out at two again! The Death Riders were now at ringside cheering Ospreay on! With Ospreay on his knees, Swerve delivered a House Call that turned Ospreay’s head right at the Death Riders. They fired him up, and he shook it off as he got back to his feet! Ospreay nailed a Hidden Blade! He went for the apron and connected with a Buckshot Hidden Blade Swerve kicked out at two! Ospreay picked up Swerve and hit him with a Paradigm Shift and then a Death Rider! He held on and finished Swerve with a Tiger Driver! Ospreay fell on Swerve and got the three count! Ospreay has won the Owen Cup and will fight for the AEW World Championship at All In: London!
Ospreay shared some words with Swerve before Swerve left with Nana. The Death Riders came in the ring and put the Owen Hart Foundation Tournament Championship on Ospreay’s waist and handed him the Owen Cup. As pyro went off, Castagnoli and Moxley lifted Ospreay on their shoulders while the rest of the Death Riders applauded, including PAC, who had been tough to win over. The Death Riders directed Ospreay to go celebrate up the ramp, while they exited through the crowd. Ospreay’s wife, Alex Windsor, came out to celebrate with him, and they walked up the ramp hand-in-hand before Ospreay had a final moment with the crowd as Forbidden Door came to a close!
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