We’ve got a heck of a card on tap tonight and I’ve stayed away from all spoilers, so let’s get to it!
- Kenny Omega & Will Ospreay vs. Konosuke Takeshita & Kyle Fletcher
- AEW TBS Championship: Mercedes Mone (c) vs. Harley Cameron
- Brisbane Brawl: Jay White & Cope vs. Jon Moxley & Claudio Castagnoli
- AEW Continental Championship: Kazuchika Okada (c) vs. Buddy Matthews
- AEW Women’s World Championship: Mariah May (c) vs. Toni Storm
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AEW Grand Slam: Australia
From the Brisbane Entertainment Centre in Brisbane, Australia! It’s 10:51pm eastern, by the way, so this show started an extra 20 minutes later than AEW had expected. Nobody cares about basketball, but I did just finish watching TEAM USA beat Canada in the 4 Nations Face Off. America. Anyway, let’s start the action!
Tony Schiavone and Nigel McGuinness are on the call and the arena looks fantastic for tonight’s show.
Match #1. Will Ospreay & Kenny Omega vs. Konosuke Takeshita & Kyle Fletcher
All four guys stand across from each other as Fletcher and Ospray start. Shoulder block by Fletcher and a tag to Takeshita, as Don Callis joins the commentary table. Pump kick to Omega on the apron, and Fletcher is back in. Corkscrew kick by Ospreay to Fletcher and Omega gets the tag! Arena erupts! Cross body to Fletcher and a YOU CAN’T ESCAPE but Fletcher does… only to get hurricanrana’d. Omega prepares the Terminator dive but Takeshita cuts him off from behind. Kitaro Crusher to Takeshita after Ospreay makes the save. Ospreay calls the shots… double Terminator dives! Fletcher sends Ospreay into Omega’s midsection and Takeshita gets the tag. Kitchen sink by Takshita. Phenomenal Forearm by Ospreay! Snap dragon by Omega! Exploder by Takeshita to Omega! Cheeky Nandos to Takeshita! Spanish Fly to Fletcher! Back from commercial and it’s a hook kick by Fletcher! Fletcher counters a powerbomb with a powerbomb attempt of his own, but Ospreay counters with a DDT! Fletcher blocks the OsCutter but Ospreay counters with another DDT. Don Callis grabs the foot of Ospreay and that allows Fletcher to capitalize with a half-and-half suplex! Ospreay has to make the tag to Omega, and Takeshita goes low with some hard body shots. Flying clothesline by Takeshita. Ospreay comes in with some Kawada kicks, but gets dumped with a German suplex for his troubles, after a rolling elbow. Takeshita with a double German to both Ospreay and Omega! Fletcher and Takeshita think Superbomb, but Omega counters with a hurricanrana off the top. Sky Twister Press by Ospreay to Fletcher on the outside! Powerbomb by Omega to Takeshita and a V-Trigger! Two count. Omega thinks about another V-Trigger but Takeshita rebounds with a Blue Thunder Bomb. Omega tries a Poisonrana but it doesn’t work, as Takeshita falls straight down and Omega lands on the back of his head. Both guys are down here. Another V-Trigger against the middle turnbuckle, and Omega is thinking about the One Winged Angel. Wait, Omega walks to the middle rope! Takeshita fights off but Ospreay springboards in with an OsCutter off of the top! Omega runs into a thrust kick by Fletcher but Ospreay is back with the Hidden Blade. Ospreay wakes up Omega and sends him into Takeshita with a V-Trigger. Stereo Storm Breaker/One Winged Angel attempts, but Fletcher and Takeshita counter a pair of tombstones! Two count. All four guys are down in the middle of the ring and they’re slugging it out. Fletcher goes to the eyes of Ospreay and it’s a pair of rolling elbows and thrust kicks. Powerdrive knee by Takeshita gets a two count on Omega. Sheer drop brainbuster by Takeshita! Ospreay breaks up the pin and covers Omega, trying to save him. Brainbuster attempt by Fletcher but Ospreay counters with Stundog Millionaire! Hook kick. Ospreay tries the Hidden Blade but runs into a lariat by Takeshita. Omega blocks a Powerdrive knee and fires in some right elbows. Takeshita hits the ropes and runs into a flying knee by Omega. One Winged Angel attempt by Omega but Takeshita runs him into the corner and Fletcher is here with a running boot in the corner. Takeshita sets Omega up on the top turnbuckle but Omega slides out underneath and drops Takeshita on the metal, face-first! Ospreay dives over the turnbuckle and takes out Fletcher on the outside. Omega has Takeshita up in a One Winged Angel, as Ospreay comes off the top with a Hidden Blade! One, two, three!
Winners: Kenny Omega & Will Ospreay
Rating: ****1/4. Exactly what you’d expect out of this one. Reminded me of Hangman/Omega vs. Bucks matches. Four of the absolute best in the world right now and the added tag team finisher was a nice touch.
Match #2. AEW TBS Championship: Mercedes Mone (c) vs. Harley Cameron
Roll up by Cameron gets two. Head scissors into a Russian Leg Sweep by Cameron. Arm drag and a bulldog over the top rope. Axe kick by Cameron and it’s allllll Cameron so far, as she pulls out the Mini Mone puppet! Mounted punches in the corner by Cameron, but Mone throws her off and tosses the Mini Mone puppet after stomping on it. Running Meteora by Mone gets two as we go to commercial. Caeron fires back with some right hands and a pair of clotheslines. Mone blocks a third and hits the Three Amigos. Mone tries a frog splash but Cameron gets the knees up. Tear drop suplex by Cameron gets two. Mone fires back with a back stabber and a baseball slide that sends Cameron to the floor. Cameron found Mini Mone! Mone misses a baseball slide and Cameron hammers her with Mini. Diving crossbody off the top and an AUSTRALIAN DESTROYER! TWO COUNT! Powerbomb by Mone. Meteora off the top gets two. Cameron comes back with a series of cradles, getting two counts eveywhere. Drop toe hold into the middle turnbuckle and a 619 by Cameron! Cameron goes up top but misses the Swanton bomb. Mone Maker finishes this one.
Winner and STILL AEW TBS Champion: Mercedes Mone
Rating: ***. This one didn’t overstay it’s welcome at all and of course, the crowd loved Cameron. I would have loved to see AEW pull the switch here, all things considered.
Omega and Ospreay are in the back. Omega wants a shot at Takeshita’s championship (I forgot about that) at Revolution, and Ospreay wants Fletcher in the cage… at Revolution!
Match #3. Brisbane Brawl: Cope & Jay White vs. The Death Riders
Cope is out first to a hero’s welcome, and the fans start singing Cope’s music after it stopped. Super cool moment. FIGHT ON! Claudio and Cope fight through the crowd as White whips Moxley into the guard rail on the ramp. White tries to get a ladder but Marina Shafir interjects herself, allowing Moxley to hit White from behind. White tries a plancha and Moxley blasts him with a trash can lid. On the other side of the arena, Cope jumps off of a balcony somewhere on to Claudio. Moxley chokes White and puts him on a table at ringside. Moxley goes up top but Cope comes out of nowhere to make the save. Cope tries to superplex Moxley from the top to the floor, but Marina Shafir blasts Cope from behind with a kendo stick. White grabs Shafir but Claudio uppercuts him, and then powerbombs Cope through the table! Commercial break. During the commercial, Claudio swung White into a garbage can. Cope is up and off the top with a double clothesline. White has a broken kendo stick and lays in to both Moxley and Claudio. Moxley grabs the stick and Claudio throws him into a chair that was wedged between the ropes. Death Riders think Doomsday Device but White gets free and throws Claudio into Moxley. White now sends Claudio into a chair and Bladerunner! One, two, no! Wheeler Yuta is here out of nowhere to make the save. Yuta lays into White with a leather belt but White is eating it. Bladerunner to Yuta! Moxley is here with a stomp out of nowhere. Cope pulls Moxley out and poosts him at ringside. Cope measures Claudio for a spear and puts him through the table! Spear for Moxley! Copeland heads underneath the ring and finds a barbed-wire covered chair! Copeland lays into Moxley with the chair and sets up a ConChairTo! Marina Shafir is here with a briefcase to the face and Claudio hits the Neutralizer! Two count. Moxley grabs the bulldog choke but Cope refuses to tap… but he goes out!
Winners Death Riders
Rating: ***1/4. Copeland going out before the PPV is… a choice. Lots of plunder in this one, and it was fine for what it was. Something has to happen with the Death Riders, though, and soon.
Match #4. AEW Continental Championship: Kazuchika Okada (c) vs. Buddy Matthews
Matthews offers a handshake but Okada gives him the finger instead. Both guys trade head locks and hammer locks. Okada misses a dropkick early as Matthews misses a stomp. Tieres by Matthews and we reset. Okada tries to leave and Matthews calls him a wanker, forcing Okada back in the ring and right into a kitchen sink and a big knee drop. Okada slides outside again and Matthews follows up, throwing him into the barricade and then back in the ring. Big boot by Matthews but Okada is back with a flap jack. Matthews goes up top and Okada dropkicks him off the top to the floor. Commercial time. Back from break and Matthews comes off the top with a Meteora. Two count. Okada catches Matthews charging… Air Raid Crash neckbreaker! RAINMAKER F U POSE. Body slam and a lazy elbow drop by Okada. Matthews grabs the finger! Hard elbow by Okada but Matthews counters with a GTS! Matthews misses a curb stomp… RAINMAKER! One, two, no! Okada rolls outside to grab the belt, but gets stomped when he comes back in the ring! Two count. Murphy’s Law by Matthews! One, two… NO! Okada gets the boot on the rope… somehow. Okada rolls outside and Matthews follows, only to get DDTd on the floor! Okada takes his time rolling back in the ring and decides to go up top instead. Matthews is there with a rising knee. Superplex by Matthews, who holds on.. Jackhammer! Standing Clover Leaf a la Rhea Ripley by Matthews! Okada fights out, barely, and sends Matthews into the referee. Okada goes low behind the referee’s back and finishes this one with the Rainmaker!
Winner and STILL AEW Continental. Champion: Kazuchika Okada
Rating: ***3/4. Excellent showing here for Buddy Matthews, who continues to prove he doesn’t need The House of Black and the man is a star on his own. Okada has settled into this role, and he plays it well. Again, they should have pulled the trigger on this one.
A video package for the main event, voiced over by Renee Paquette, is shown.
Match #5. AEW Women’s World Championship: Mariah May (c) vs. Toni Storm
Luther is in crowd and welcomes… “Timeless” Toni Storm! HOCKEY FIGHT TO START. Slingblade by May and a shotgun dropkick. Back suplex by Storm. German suplex by Storm. The crowd wants one more time… and they get it! Make it four! Five. Six. May rolls to the apron and Storm follows, feigning a German on the floor, but May counters with a leg trip. Shotgun dropkick by May sends Storm into the guard rail. Comercial. Back from break and Storm fires out of the corner with a pair of clotheslines. Sky High by Storm! Two count. Storm locks in the STF but they’re too close to the ropes, but instead… May bites her way out of it. Both women on the apron now and Storm misses a running hip attack, hitting the ring post. May hits MayDay on the floor! Back in the ring, May comes off the top with a shotgun dropkick and Storm is seated in the far corner. Running hip attack by May! May wants Storm Zero but Storm counters with MayDay! Two count. Running hip attack by Storm! Well… make that two! Three! Storm Zero! One, two, no! May is dead weight and Storm picks her up, but May counters with a back drop driver. MayDay. A second one. Two count! May with some paint brushes in the corner but Storm runs out of the corner with a powerbomb. Storm Zero! May rolls out of the ring! Storm pulls May back in the ring but May drags her into the middle turnbuckle. Storm Zero by May. May thinks about MayDay, but Storm cradles her and gets the win!
Winner and NEW AEW Women’s World Champion: Toni Storm
Rating: ***1/4. I didn’t love the back and forth finishers here, but that made the finish make all the more sense. Glad one of the hometown heroes got to win the big one in front of them, and this was the right call. Match was entertaining, but it seemed like the crowd was just waiting for the finish.
Final Thoughts: Now this… this is a Grand Slam. Five matches on this show that all felt important in their own way. Yes, this show was a bridge to Revolution, but the wrestling was top notch from start to finish. Cope losing was… a choice, but again, we’ll have to see where the Death Rider’s thing goes because right now.. it needs something to freshen it up. May I recommend Eddie Kingston? Toni Storm winning was a really nice moment, and good on AEW to showcase all of the hometown talent on such a big stage. Hopefully next year we can watch it live. 9.0/10.
