The Blackpool Combat Club and The Elite have each revealed their fifth member for Blood & Guts.
This evening’s show saw former International Champion PAC make his return to AEW and join sides with the Blackpool Combat Club, where he helped the group beat down Kenny Omega to gain the upper-hand ahead of next week’s showdown in Boston. The BASTARD got on the microphone and told Omega that this was revenge for breaking his nose during the Death Triangle’s AEW Trios title feud with The ELite last year.
However, Omega told the BCC that they still had a fifth member to reveal as well, and directed everyone’s attention to the titantron. A video played revealing that former NJPW superstar Kota Ibushi, who is Omega’s longtime tag team partner in Japan, will be joining the Elite at Blood & Guts. This led to the Young Bucks and Adam Page coming out and fighting off the BCC to end the show. Ibushi did not appear in person.
The 5th man on the side of the #BlackpoolCombatClub has been revealed: it is none other than The Bastard PAC, and he is OUT FOR REVENGE against Kenny Omega!
Watch #AEWDynamite LIVE on TBS!@BASTARDPAC | @KennyOmegaManX pic.twitter.com/VMjURNbn5s
— All Elite Wrestling (@AEW) July 13, 2023
He's coming! Heart, Passion, Soul, Friendship & Love: with the addition of @ibushi_kota, it will be #TheGoldenElite against the #BCC at #BloodAndGuts NEXT WEDNESDAY at #AEWDynamite LIVE from the @TDGarden at 8pm ET/7pm CT on TBS! pic.twitter.com/4j2T9infr3
— All Elite Wrestling (@AEW) July 13, 2023
A graphic later referred to the group as the Golden Elite, a name that they dawned while competing in NJPW. Full results to this evening’s Dynamite can be found here.
