It’s Wednesday, and you know what that means …
All Elite Wrestling returns live tonight at 8/7c with AEW Dynamite on TBS and HBO Max from The Pinnacle in Nashville, TN.
TNT Championship
Kevin Knight vs. Darby Allin
Excalibur welcomes us to a Wednesday night, per usual, as we settle inside The Pinnacle. Darby Allin makes his way to the ring, as we’re starting off hot with a big singles match. TNT Champion Kevin Knight comes out next. He is hesitant near ringside, and for good reason, as Allin dives through the ropes and splashes onto him.
The action continues at ringside before the match even officially begins, as Allin throws Knight over the barricade and he begins hitting him with big shots. Darby clotheslines Knight over the barricade and back into the ringside area.
From there, Darby places Knight on the barricade and Darby climbs the top rope. He stands on the top rope and he lands a splash onto Knight. Darby throws Knight into the ring. With that said, the bell rings and we are now officially underway with this one.
With the match now officially in progress, we see the tables quickly turn as Darby holds his left knee in pain. Knight rolls to the outside. Darby to the outside of the ring and Knight with a rake to the eyes. He pushes Darby off the ramp onto the barricade.
Knight slams Darby face first onto the ring steps. He gets Darby under the ring steps and he catapults Darby face first into the ring steps. Back in the ring, Allin is bleeding near one of his eyes. Knight relentlessly goes to work on it and we see more blood.
Allin fights back with a Code Red off the ropes that buys him some much-needed time. Allin brings Knight up the ropes and rips at his face now while letting out a war cry, which elicits a big pop from “The Music City” crowd in attendance. He hits another Code Red to the floor.
On that note, the show shifts gears and settles into a mid-match commercial break as the action continues. The show returns and we see Knight connect with a back breaker for a two-count. In the next sequence, the referee gets bumped and is on the floor.
Now we see Knight with a right hand onto Allin. Knight grabs the TNT Championship and he gets back into the ring. Knight goes to hit Darby but Darby moves out of the way and Darby hits a Scorpion Death Drop. Allin heads up the ropes.
Knight stops him, blasts him with the title belt and hangs Allin upside down He hits a coast-to-cast and follows up with a UFO Splash for the win to retain. After the match, as Knight is celebrating his record-adding 10th TNT title defense, Kyle Fletcher’s theme hits. He comes out and Kazuchika Okada does as well. We head to a break.
Winner and STILL TNT Champion: Kevin Knight
Kyle Fletcher & Kazuchika Okada vs. Brody King & Bandido
We’re all-action tonight thus far, as we go straight from one match to another, with the show returning to tag-team action coming up now. It will be Fletcher and Okada from The Don Callis Family squaring off against former tag-team champions Brodido – Brody King and Bandido.
Not so fast. Despite the commentators sending us into the break hyping the aforementioned tag-team tilt, instead we return to an enormously filled ring, with Renee Paquette standing by with the entire Don Callis Family, which has become quite the swollen faction in recent weeks.
Paquette interviews all of the Don Callis Family members scheduled for title tilts at AEW Redemption this coming weekend in Montreal. This leads to Knight gloating about getting his title without help from The Don Callis Family. Fletcher then speaks up.
He says he’s gonna insist no Don Callis Family members will be allowed at ringside at Redemption during his title defense. He says he doesn’t want them for his upcoming tag bout either. Fletcher and Knight shove each other. The theme for Brodido hits and the crowd erupts as Brody King and Bandido come out.
The ring clears, with everyone heading to the back per Fletcher’s request, except Callis, who joins Excalibur, Tony Schiavone and Taz on commentary for this match. The bell sounds and it will be Fletcher and Bandido kicking things off for their respective teams at the onset.
Fletcher backs him into the ropes. They lock up again, and Bandido backs Fletcher into the ropes this time. They exchange waist-locks and side headlocks, and then Bandido drops Fletcher with an arm-drag and a dropkick. King tags in and they double-team Fletcher in the corner.
Bandido drapes Fletcher over the top rope and King follows with a back suplex. Bandido splashes onto Fletcher from King’s shoulders, and then King follows with a running senton. King goes for the cover, but Fletcher kicks out at two. King chops Fletcher in the corner and tags in Bandido.
Bandido and Fletcher block suplexes, and then Okada tags in. Okada drops Bandido with a hard shot, and then King comes in and chops Okada into the corner. Okada dodges King in the corner, and then he and Fletcher double-team King. Bandido comes back in, but Okada and Fletcher drop him with a flapjack.
On that note, the show heads to a commercial. When the show returns, Fletcher tags back in and delivers elbows to Bandido and King. Fletcher slams Bandido with a scoop slam and tags Okada back in. Bandido comes back with a kick to Fletcher and makes it to King for the tag.
King delivers chops to Fletcher and Okada and follows with a clothesline to both of them. King delivers a Death Valley Driver to Fletcher on the apron and follows with more clotheslines to Okada for a two count. Okada counters the Gonzo Bomb and goes for the Rainmaker, but King counters out as well.
Okada delivers a neck-breaker over his knee and Fletcher tags back in. Fletcher delivers a kick in the corner, but King comes back with a side slam for a two count. Bandido tags in, and he and Fletcher exchange strikes. Bandido connects with kicks.
After that, he comes off the ropes, but Fletcher counters with a kick of his own. Fletcher picks Bandido up, but Bandido counters and goes for the cover, but Okada breaks it up. Bandido goes of the 21 Plex, but FLetcher counters and hits a half-and-half suplex. Fletcher runs the ropes, but Bandido catches him.
Bandido slams him face-first for a two count. King tags in and delivers a cannonball senton to Fletcher. Bandido comes back in and connects with a frog splash, but only gets a two count. Okada comes in with a dropkick to Bandido, but King ducks under and causes Okada to drop Fletcher with the Rainmaker.
King delivers a rolling elbow to send Okada to the floor, and then sends him into the barricade with a dive. Bandido delivers the 21 Plex to Fletcher and gets the pin fall. Fletcher yells at Okada and says he lost because of him. Okada backs up the ramp as Brodido stares down Fletcher from the ring. Callis sends Mark Davis to the ring, but Andrade El Idolo comes and backs him down.
Winners: Brody King & Bandido
Mick Foley Moderates Thekla, Willow Nightingale Face-To-Face
After a video package looking at the Chris Jericho and Tommaso Ciampa rivalry, we head back to the ring where Mick Foley will moderate the face-to-face between Thekla and Willow Nightingale. But first, we head to a commercial break.
When the show returns, we see Mick Foley on the ramp. He welcomes us AEW Sickos back, and he introduces Thekla to the ring first. Thekla arrives with both Skye Blue and Julia Hart as they pose and Hart and Blue take off. Thekla tells his girls to kill it, and she introduces herself to Mick.
She is Thekla two belts. We don’t have a lot of time, so let’s cut this short and bring out our home girl. Mick wants to introduce someone very near and dear to his heart and out comes Willow Nightingale. She hugs Mick and he says it’s great to see her.
Willow says it is great to not only see Mick, but everyone here tonight. Even Thekla. Willow says that there is only one match standing between her and achieving her dream, and she will take the World Title from Thekla. Thekla mocks this proclamation and she says Willow is just full of rainbows and smiles, but she knows it is a face.
She puts on a brave face and smiles, but she knows that Willow has venom inside. And she is going to beat that out of her and she’ll see who is really behind the mask. Willow says that Thekla and her Toxic gimmick is a facade. She makes fun of Thekla’s accent and says she talks so big because she is so small.
But it’s gotten you two belts, but she is only worried about the Women’s Title. And you are just a shortcut to me winning that. Mick has to keep the ladies separated. He says that Willow and her have all lot in common; they’ve been Champions on TBS, they have been beaten up and smiled through it anyway.
He says although he is sure Willow’s smile had more teeth than his did. Thekla tells Mick to shut the hell up, and Willow says Thekla is talking like the dumb b*tch now. Willow says Mick did some sick and twisted things in the ring, and so can Willow.
She is putting all of her blood, sweat, and tears into this match. Thekla wants to know if Willow just stole her line. She says that Willow can keep smiling after she has pissed on her clouds and made her stop smiling. Thekla strikes at that point.
She hits Willow in the ear with the mic around Mick’s back. She hits her again, causing Willow to roll down the ramp and into the ring. Thekla takes both of her titles off and mocks Mick. She takes her actual belt off, but Willow hits her with the pounce to end the segment.
Jay White vs. Clark Connors
After a Hikaru Shida vs. Maya World video package and plug for Willow Nightingale and Maya World will team up on Shida and Thekla on AEW Collision later this week, we head to the ring for our next match of the evening. It will be “Switchblade” Jay White taking on Clark Connors of The Dogs.
Straight out of the gate, Connors ducks to the outside, but White follows him. Connors gets back in, as does white, and then Connors ducks out again. Connors comes back in and applies a waist-lock, but White backs him into the corner. Connors delivers a shot to White’s back, but White applies a side headlock.
White drops Connors with a shoulder tackle, and then applies a wrist-lock on the mat. Connors gets up, but White takes him right back down. White delivers a few kicks and slams Connors down by his hair again. White chops Connors and goes for the cover, but Connors kicks out at two.
White sends Connors into the commentary table and gets him right back into the ring to deliver a body shot in the corner. White gets Connors back into the ring, but Connors causes the referee to get in the way and guillotines White over the top rope.
Connors delivers a Spear through the ropes as the show heads to a commercial. The show returns and Connors rakes White’s eyes on the apron and follows with a body check. Connors slams White into the barricade and then extinguishes a match on his shoulder.
Connors charges at White again, but White trips him into a chair and the barricade. Connors charges at White in the corner, but White dodges him and sends Connors into the turnbuckles. White delivers uppercuts and chops, and then follows with a back-body drop.
White chops Connors in the corner a few times and follows with a DDT for a two count. White goes for the Blade-runner, but Connors rakes his eyes and slams White’s head into his knee. Connors delivers a Spear and follows with an uppercut.
Connors runs the ropes, but White catches him and delivers an elbow strike. White slams Connors to the mat and goes for the cover, but Connors kicks out at two. Connors backs White into the corner and delivers left hands before delivering a suplex.
Connors follows with an overhead throw and sets up for another Spear, but White counters and goes for the Blade-runner. Connors escapes, but White delivers a kick and follows with a cut-throat suplex. White goes for the Blade-runner, but Connors rolls him up for a two count.
Connors follows with a powerslam and goes for the cover, but White kicks out at two. Connors goes for a Spear, but White catches him in a guillotine and chokes him out on the mat. After the match, Connors tries to attack White, but it doesn’t work out.
Instead, White drops him with the Bladerunner. David Finlay hits the ring and lays White out with the shillelagh. The rest of the Bang Bang Gang hits the ring and chases Finlay and Connors out. Finlay drags Connors through the crowd in a chair as he stares down the Bang Bang Gang.
Winner: Jay White
Backstage With Cope & Cage
Backstage, we see Cage and Cope. Cope says they finally got on the same page as the BBG last week. Cope says they also challenged Claudio Castagnoli and PAC, and then Castagnoli and PAC run in and attack them.
Castagnoli and PAC beat them down and PAC says he cannot believe they had to audacity to challenge them. PAC says have bitten off more than they can chew, and they will remind them what the Death Riders are capable of on Sunday.
AEW Women’s World Tag Team Championship (No DQ)
Divine Dominion (c) vs. Sisters of Sin
Now it’s time for championship action, as Divine Dominion defend their AEW World Women’s Tag-Team Championships in a No Disqualification match against The Sisters of Sin. Straight out of the gate, The Sisters attack Dominion with kendo sticks during their entrance and then send them to the floor.
Hart connects with a senton, and then the Sister get various weapons into the ring. They set up a table on the floor, but Dominion come back with body shots. Sisters deliver thrust kicks, and then Blue hits Bayne with the kendo stick as Hart puts Kross in a modified tarantula hold in the ropes.
Hart accidentally drops Blue with a shot with a screwdriver after Bayne ducks. Bayne goes after Hart, but Hart sends her to the outside and walks the ropes before dropping onto Kross. Hart goes for a hurricanrana, but Kross catches her and slams her onto a chair.
Blue kicks Kross in the face, and Blue has been busted open from the screwdriver shot. Bayne comes back and suplexes Blue back into the ring. Bayne and Kross double-team Blue as the show heads to a commercial. The show returns and the Sisters powerbomb Bayne through a table on the stage and then go after Kross in the ring.
From there, the Sisters deliver shots and kicks and Hart goes for the cover, but Kross kicks out at two. Kross comes back with kicks and shots in the corner as Bayne crawls back to the ring. Bayne drops Hart with a suplex and goes for the cover, but Blue shoves Kross into the cover to break it up.
Kross and Blue exchange elbow strikes and Blue connects with a thrust kick. Bayne drops Blue with a kick, and Hart does the same to Bayne. Kross kicks Hart in the face to finish the sequence. They all grab their respective tag belts and swing them, but Dominion gain the advantage.
Now the Sisters counter with DDTs and Blue goes for the cover, but Kross kicks out at two. Bayne and Hart go at it on the outside, and Kross gets Blue up top. Blue counters out with a few shots and delivers a thrust kick before climbing back up. Bayne makes the save and chokeslams Blue through the table on the outside.
Hart gets Bayne in a standing octopus hold, but Bayne powers out and delivers a Tombstone. Dominion deliver From Heaven to Hell to Hart and Bayne gets the pin fall. With the victory, the Divine Dominion duo of Lena Kross and Megan Bayne retain the AEW Women’s World Tag-Team Championships.
Winners and STILL AEW Women’s World Tag Team Champions: Divine Dominion
Backstage With The Bang Bang Gang
Now we shift gears and head backstage, where we see The Bang Bang Gang. Juice Robinson challenges the Dogs to a Double Chain tag Team Match against him and Jay White. White says the Dogs can’t run at Redemption, and they will make men of them yet.
Kenny Omega, Will Ospreay & Jon Moxley vs. Brian Cage, Hechicero & Jake Doyle
It’s main event time!
It will be Kenny Omega and The Death Riders duo of Will Ospreay and Jon Moxley teaming up to take on The Don Callis Family team of Brian Cage, Hechicero and Jake Doyle in trios action. After the ring entrances, the bell sounds and we see it will be Ospreay and Hechicero starting things off at the onset.
Hechicero takes Ospreay down, but Ospreay gets free. Hechicero applies a side headlock, but Ospreay sends him off the ropes. Hechicero takes Ospreay down again, but Ospreay comes back with a quick strike and tags Omega in. Omega works over Hechiero and tags Ospreay right back in.
Ospreay does the same, and then tags Moxley in. Moxley continues the pattern and tags Ospreay, then Ospreay tags Omega. Omega applies a wrist-lock and tries to tag Ospreay, but Ospreay refuses and tells Omega to tag in Moxley. Omega doesn’t want to, but eventually gives in.
Hechicero gets free during this and tags in Doyle. Doyle stomps Moxley down in the corner, but Moxley comes back and sends him to the floor. Moxley sends Doyle into the commentary table with a dive through the ropes, but Doyle comes back and sends him to the corner.
Doyle drives his shoulder into Moxley in the corner, but Moxley whips him across and tags in Ospreay. Ospreay delivers a few kicks to Doyle, but Doyle comes back with an elbow strike. Ospreay delivers an enzuigiri, but Cage tags in. Cage goes for a delayed suplex, but Ospreay counters with a knee strike.
Ospreay runs the ropes, but Doyle cuts him off and then hits Omega as well. Hechicero pulls Moxley to the floor, and then the heel trio triple-teams Ospreay and Omega. On that note, the show shifts gears and settles into a mid-match commercial break as the action continues.
When the show returns, we see Ospreay tag Omega in. Omega with right hands onto Cage. Omega lifts Cage up and he slams him onto the mat. Omega with a moon sault off the second rope. He goes for the cover but Cage kicks out. He grabs Cage but Cage gets out of it and he slams Omega onto the mat.
Hechicero is tagged in and Hechicero with a knee to the face. Hechicero with a leg submission. Jon gets in the ring and he breaks it up. In comes Cage and all six men fight in the ring. Jon and Omega with right hands onto Hechicero. They triple team Hechicero and Jon with a cutter.
Cage drags Jon to the outside. Will with a splash onto Doyle on the outside. Cage gets in the ring. Omega with a German suplex onto Cage. Jon grabs Hechicero, Omega goes for a knee but Hechicero moves and Omega hits Moxley on accident.
This leads to Hechicero with a guillotine onto Omega. He goes for the cover but Omega kicks out. Cage with a knee to the face onto Omega. Doyle with a right hand onto Omega. Hechicero goes for the cover but Will breaks it up. Cage with kicks onto Ospreay.
Now, Hechicero climbs the top rope but Jon trips him up. Ospreay and Omega with hurricanrana’s onto Doyle and Cage. Ospreay with a super kick onto Hechicero. We then see Ospreay with the Hidden Blade and Omega with the V Trigger for the win. Exciting main event.
Once the match wraps up, Omega and Moxley go face to face. Ospreay tries to break it up but Omega pushes Ospreay away. Ospreay and Omega are face to face but out come The Young Bucks to try and keep the peace. Unfortunately, things don’t go that way for long.
Instead, Moxley pushes them and a fight breaks out. The Young Bucks with right hands onto Mox and Ospreay until more members of The Don Callis Family enter the mix. As they do, Omega begins doling out dragon suplexes. Omega goes for the V Trigger.
That doesn’t work out as he had planned, though. We instead see Kevin Knight jump over the top rope and hits Omega with the AEW title belt. Knight raises both titles in the air as the AEW Redemption “go-home show” wraps up. Thanks for joining us!
Winners: Kenny Omega, Will Ospreay & Jon Moxley
