Saturday, December 30, 2023

AEW World's End

-Willow Nightingale d. "More Than A Woman" Kris Statlander with the Babe With The Powerbomb(Doctor Bomb); Stokely Hathaway did commentary.
-Killswitchsaurus won a battle royal.  Eliminations:  Serpentico by Trent Berretta, Dalton Castle(w/ Baby Chicks) by "Underrated & Over It" Kip Sabian, Johnny T.V. by Donovan Danhausen, "Big Shotty" Lee Johnson by "Cool Hand" Angelo Parker, Parker by Alex Reynolds, Reynolds by Sabian, John Silver by "The Butcher" Andy Williams, Sabian by "The Bounty Hunter" Bryan Keith, Bryan Keith by "The Blade" Braxton Sutter, "Daddy Magic" Matt Menard by "The Murderhawk Monster" Lance Archer, "The Fallen Angel" Christopher Daniels by Archer, "Azucar" Rocky Romero by Archer, "Air Wolf" Darius Martin by Archer, Action Andretti by Killswitchsaurus, Blade by Archer, Butcher by Killswitchsaurus, Archer by Trent and Danhausen, Danhausen by Trent, and Trent by Killswitchsaurus.
-Hook d. ROH Pure Champion "The Decoder" Wheeler Yuta in an FTW Rules Match to retain the FTW Title via hocket stick-assisted Redrum(ka ta hajime).
-"The American Dragon" Bryan Danielson, Claudio Castagnoli, "The Dragon Slayer" Daniel Garcia, & "The Sussex County Chicken" Mark Briscoe d. "Switchblade" Jay White, "El Toro Blanco" Rush, Brody King, & Jay Lethal when Garcia pinned Lethal with a jackknife cradle; "Daddy Magic" Matt Menard did commentary.
-"The Redeemer" Miroslav Barnyashev d. Andrade El Idolo(w/ "The Hot & Flexible" C.J. Perry) via Game Over(camel clutch).
-"Timeless" Toni Storm(w/ Luther) d. Riho Abe with the Storm One(reverse-headlock DDT) to retain the Women's Title.
-Shane "Swerve" Strickland d. "The Natural" Dustin Rhodes(substituting for the injured "Limitless" Keith Lee) after the top-rope double-stomp.
-Sting, "The Ocho" Chris Jericho, Darby Allin, & "The Spanish God" Sammy Guevara d. "The Alpha" Konosuke Takeshita, Tag Team Champions "Absolute" Ricky Starks & "Big Bill" William Morrissey, & "Powerhouse" Will Hobbs(w/ Don Callis) when Sammy pinned Starks with a shooting star press.
-Julia Hart d. "The Living Dead Girl" Abadon in a House Rules Match to retain the TBS Title; Abadon's chosen stipulation was that biting was legal.  Skye Blue interfered, leading to Julia winning with the moonsault.
-"The Rated-R Superstar" Adam Copeland d. "The Patriarch" Christian Cage(w/ Nick Wayne & Mother Wayne) in a no-DQ match to win the TNT Title, pinning him after his own Killswitch finisher.  Killswitchsaurus attacked Copeland after the match and intended to cash in his earned title shot from the earlier battle royal, but Christian talked him into handing over the contract.
-"The Patriarch" Christian Cage(w/ Killswitchsaurus, Nick Wayne, & Mother Wayne) d. "The Rated-R Superstar" Adam Copeland after a spear to regain the TNT Title.
-Continental Classic Tournament Final:  ROH Heavyweight/NJPW Strong Openweight Champion "The Mad King" Eddie Kingston d. Jon Moxley with the spinning backfist to win the tournament and become the first AEW Continental Champion.  "The American Dragon" Bryan Danielson did commentary.
-Samoa Joe d. Maxwell Jacob Friedman(w/ Adam Cole) via Coquina Clutch(sleeper with bodyscissors) to win the Heavyweight Title.  After the match, the four masked Devil's Henchmen surrounded the ring and held back Cole...Cole pleaded for them to hit him instead of M.J.F., but LIGHTS OFF LIGHTS ON and Cole was seated next to the masked men.  They revealed themselved to be "Mr. Mayhem" Michael Wardlow, "The Messiah Of The Backbreaker" Roderick Strong, and presumably ROH Tag Team Champions The Kingdom("The Trend" Matt Taven & "The Miracle" Mike Bennett).  Strong took out M.J.F. with a jumping knee strike and Wardlow powerbombed him before Cole took out the Devil's mask over the fallen former champion.

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