Results
- Darby Allin & Orange Cassidy def. Daniel Garcia & Wheeler Yuta (Tornado Tag Match) (11:23)
- Cash Wheeler & Dax Harwood def. Kevin Knight & Mike Bailey, Matt Jackson & Nick Jackson, Jack Perry & Luchasaurus (AEW World Tag Team Championships #1 Contenders) (Four-Way Tag Match) (13:42)
- Kyle O’Reilly vs. Jon Moxley (Double Count-Out) (11:49)
- Skye Blue & Julia Hart def. Queen Aminata & Jamie Hayter (AEW Women’s World Tag Team Championships Tournament Quarter-Finals) (10:02)
- Samoa Joe def. Hook, Bobby Lashley & Ricochet (AEW World Championship #1 Contenders) (Four-Way) (11:56)
Darby Allin, Orange Cassidy hand Death Riders loss in plunder-heavy tornado tag
A special “Fright Night” version of AEW Dynamite from the Bert Ogden Arena in Edinburg, Texas, opened with a match fitting the Halloween theme of the night: A “Trick or Treat Tornado Tag Team Match.” Continuing the recent Conglomeration & Darby Allin feud with the Death Riders, it was Allin teaming with Orange Cassidy to take on Daniel Garcia and Wheeler Yuta in this bout.
Allin and Cassidy got a jump on the Death Riders duo to get things started. It didn’t take long for the wrestlers to take advantage of the no-DQ stipulation that comes with tornado tags: Allin knocked Yuta down with a steel chair at ringside, then sat the Death Rider down onto the chair for a tope suicida.
The fight went into the crowd early on, where Allin did a Coffin Drop off a ten-or-so-foot platform. Back near the ring, Allin ran across the top of a barricade, then came flying off for a high-speed dropkick to Garcia.
Yuta stopped Allin from doing a coffin drop during the break, tripping him up in the ropes and causing a nasty fall to the outside. Cassidy went on a solid run right after the show returned, dishing out DDTs to both Garcia and Yuta.
Garcia used a guillotine choke to help position Cassidy onto a table at ringside, allowing Yuta to come off the top and to the outside with a huge frogsplash. Cassidy was quick to recover, coming off the top with a diving DDT onto Yuta a couple of minutes later. Allin followed with a Coffin Drop to Yuta, causing the first near fall of the night.
Cassidy knocked Garcia off the ring apron with an Orange Punch, then hit Yuta with an Eat Defeat/Soul Food. Cassidy took out Garcia at ringside with a tope suicida through a table, then Allin locked Yuta into the Scorpion Deathlock for the submission win.
A solid, fast-paced opener to get things going tonight. It felt like this match didn’t have too much of a storyline hook in it, as in there wasn’t anything that really got moved forward here, which you’d maybe want to do in the opening spot of the show. But, that’s really the only criticism I have. Otherwise, a fun way to get things started.
Backstage, Hook said that he was aware he entered as the underdog in tonight’s four-way #1 contenders match. He said that a major motivation in the appearance is making sure Samoa Joe doesn’t win due to how he has betrayed him before.
FTR earn shot at tag team titles
The Full Gear opponents for AEW Tag Team Champions Brodido were determined next with a four-way tag team #1 contenders match, featuring former champs in The Young Bucks and FTR, the recently-returned Jurassic Express, and a newer team to the scene in JetSpeed.
Don Callis, always trying to recruit more members of his Family, paid for the Young Bucks to get a special, pyro-filled entrance before this match.
Perry tried to do a dive over the top and to the outside early on but was caught by FTR, who tossed him full-force onto the commentary table. Dax Harwood had an impressive spot just before a break, suplexing Kevin Knight off the top and to the outside, landing on the rest of the competitors in the match.
Luchasaurus neared a win for Jurassic Express, scoring a chokeslam onto both Bucks and then an impressive standing moonsault for a two-count. Bailey prevented a Doomsday Device by taking Perry off the top rope, putting him on their shoulders instead. Knight then dropkicked Perry off Bailey’s shoulders, causing him to fall onto wrestlers at ringside. Bailey did a moonsault to the outside as Knight hit a springboard frogsplash to Luchasaurus in the ring, but that wasn’t enough to end the match just yet.
The Bucks dished out Superkicks to many members of the match then knocked down Knight with a BTE-Trigger. Showing his toughness, Knight kicked out after taking the finisher.
Luchasaurus and Bailey kept the high-flying vibes going with dives to the outside. Back in the ring, Knight scored his massive UFO Frogsplash off the top to Matt Jackson. However, just as he stood up, FTR caught him with the Shatter Machine, causing a pinfall win in 13 minutes. This was a really fun one, full of the hectic action you’d expect from all the teams involved.
It’s official: Brodido will face FTR for the AEW World Tag Team Championships at Full Gear.
Don Callis still can’t get Okada & Takeshita to be friends
The Don Callis Family summit was next. Two tables were set up in the ring, where Callis was joined by El Clon, Kyle Fletcher, Rocky Romero, Lance Archer, Kazuchika Okada, Hechicero, Josh Alexander, and Mark Davis. Absent (other than Andrade El Idolo, obviously) was Konosuke Takeshita. Romero mentioned that Takeshita couldn’t make it due to travel issues.
Romero debuted a new painting, “La Familia,” which shows a nude Callis posing with the rest of his family behind him. Alexander stood up to present a video package about what the Don Callis Family represents. Fletcher got on the mic next, reciting an oath all members of the group had to take before joining:
I, [insert name], of my own free will, do hereby and here on solemnly swear that I will always conceal, never reveal, any of the secrets of the Don Callis Family. I promise to obey the laws of the family, and to aide and assist a brother in distress, regardless of injury to myself or others. I further promise to keep this, my obligation, sacred, and not to viol-
We didn’t get to hear the end of that oath, as IWGP World Champion Takeshita suddenly came out. I guess his travel issues weren’t that severe – maybe just some traffic?
Okada got out of his seat to face off with Takeshita. Callis tried to diffuse the situation, saying the group would succeed by listening to his commands. “I decide what happens here … [Takeshita,] I need you to put your ego aside and shake Okada’s hand.”
Was he going to listen to his leader? Takeshita eventually put out his hand, willing to obey the command. But Okada? He opted to flip off Takeshita instead of shaking his hand. Callis said that he’ll have to find another way to make them work together by booking them for a tag match on this Saturday’s Collision. It was announced later in the program that they’ll face Max Caster and Anthony Bowens this weekend.
It was announced in a video package that CMLL’s Olympia will challenge Mercedes Moné for her CMLL title on Saturday’s episode of Collision. Backstage, Kris Statlander said she’ll be in attendance for the match.
The Conglomeration & Co. vs. Death Riders targeted for Blood & Guts
In a rematch from last week, Kyle O’Reilly will take on Jon Moxley. While O’Reilly beat Moxley quite clean in their past encounter (Moxley intentionally DQ’d himself to avoid having to tap out), we’re running it back.
Moxley caught O’Reilly mid-move just a minute in, using the catch to dump him over the ropes and to the outside just before a break.
Back in the ring, Moxley got a two-count from a piledriver. He followed up with a Fujiwara Armbar, then transitioned into a Crossface, then into a Crucifix. Moxley gouged the eyes of O’Reilly, which didn’t really get stopped by the referee. O’Reilly was let go from the submissions due to a rope break.
O’Reilly took his own crack at a submission win, putting Moxley into an Ankle Lock (same move that he beat him with last week). O’Reilly gave up on the submission, instead stomping on the back of Moxley’s ankle, then dropping him with a running head kick for a two-count.
O’Reilly and Moxley traded Muay Thai knees in the middle of the ring. Moxley tried for a Gotch-style Piledriver, but O’Reilly countered into a triangle choke. O’Reilly got up to his feet and connected with a Penalty Kick. He tried to follow up on the move but instead ate a huge lariat from Moxley.
O’Reilly countered a move from Moxley into another Ankle Lock, but Moxley reached the ropes to escape this one. Moxley rolled to the outside but was followed by O’Reilly with a crossbody over the top, then an armbar on the floor. These out-of-the-ring submission attempts would come back to hurt O’Reilly a little later on.
O’Reilly tried for a move off the ring apron but was stopped by Marina Shafir, who got in the way. O’Reilly caught Moxley in a guillotine choke at ringside. He kept with this submission as the referee continued her count. Seven… Eight… Nine… Ten! This match ended in a double count-out.
A massive Death Riders vs. Conglomeration (and Roderick Strong) brawl kicked off after the match. The heels eventually retreated. The babyface squad, including Darby Allin and Mark Briscoe, got on the mic afterward and challenged the Death Riders to a Blood & Guts match, which is set to go down in two weeks. A lot of people saw that event approaching on the calendar and assumed that’s where this rivalry would eventually culminate – now we know officially that’s the case.
Sisters of Sin advance in women’s tag title tourney, Penelope Ford announces injury
A camera backstage found Mercedes Moné attacking AEW Women’s World Champion Kris Statlander. Their brawl went all the way to the ring, where it looked like Statlander was going to possibly get the upper hand. But coming in for the save was Moné’s newfound tag partner Athena, making it a two-on-one beatdown. Harley Cameron and Willow Nightingale, who will meet Moné and Athena in the women’s tag tournament next week on Dynamite, came in to help Statlander and end the beatdown.
The AEW Women’s Tag Team Championships tournament, crowning the first-ever duo to hold the belts, kicked off in the next segment. Battling in quarter-finals action, Queen Aminata and former world champ Jamie Hayter took on the Sisters of Sin (Julia Hart & Skye Blue). Hayter and Aminata entered as the favorites here, as they got to choose their first-round opponents after winning a four-way last week.
Aminata and Hayter might be a new group, but they had tons of double-team chemistry early on. The babyface duo scored stereo German Suplexes at one point in the match. Blue and Hart answered back with thrust kicks, but Aminata and Hayter were able to drop them moments later with stereo lariats.
As the referee was watching action between Aminata and Blue in the ring, Thekla emerged from under the ring to attack Hayter at ringside with a spear. This gave Blue and Hart the chance to take down Aminata in a two-on-one fight, scoring a double-team slam in the ring for the pinfall in 10 minutes.
When looking at the bracket, commentary teased that Penelope Ford might be injured and thus unable to compete. In a backstage segment after the match, Ford announced that she was “out indefinitely” with a “torn UCL.” Her teammate, Megan Bayne, laid out the open challenge for a new teammate in the bracket. Marina Shafir of the Death Riders went face-to-face with Bayne and expressed her interest in filling Ford’s spot. This duo got the Jon Moxley stamp of approval (“These two? Whew, look out.”).
Samoa Joe wins four-way, sets up rematch with Hangman Page at Full Gear
The final match of the night saw AEW determine its next #1 contender for the men’s world title with a four-way singles bout. Those fighting for a crack at Hangman Adam Page were: Samoa Joe, Ricochet, Hook, and Bobby Lashley.
Joe, in the hunt for another chance at Page, went flying early, taking out both Lashley and Ricochet with a tope suicida to the outside just before the show went into its final break.
Joe got a two-count after the break by scoring a big powerslam to Hook. The pin was broken up by Ricochet, who tried for a crossbody off the middle rope, but Joe nonchalantly avoided it. Lashley pounced Ricochet out of the ring then went face-to-face with Joe (cue “Meat!” chants).
Lashley picked up Joe for a spinebuster then caught Ricochet coming off the top rope for a huge slam. After Lashley was thrown out of the ring, we got another duel between rivals Hook and Joe. Hook scored an impressive Uranage onto Joe, but was taken out moments later by a top-rope dive by Ricochet.
Ricochet took out Joe and Lashley with dives to the outside, then climbed to the top rope to hit a Shooting Star Press. Surprisingly, Hook kicked out to keep the match alive. Hook countered a Spirit Gun from Ricochet into a Redrum choke. Joe got back into the ring and broke up the hold with a senton onto both men.
Joe picked up Hook for a Muscle Buster, but was hit with a spear by Lashley in the process – great exchange. Lashley went for the pin but had it broken up by a springboard 450 splash by Ricochet. Bonkers stuff here.
Ricochet hit Lashley in the back with a steel chair at ringside. This agitated Lashley, who ignored the match and instead started to chase Ricochet toward the stage. Joe capitalized on Lashley’s distraction, locking in a Coquina Clutch in the ring against Hook, forcing a submission in just under 12 minutes. Joe has earned himself another chance at the AEW World Champion.
Joe celebrated with The Opps afterward with a few beers. Tony Schiavone was behind them in the ring… Or so we thought. The man in the ring wearing a suit and a Phantom of the Opera mask, closely resembling the Schiavone we saw earlier in the night, was actually Hangman Page!
Page attacked The Opps and Joe, giving the #1 contender a beatdown of punches until they were separated by AEW staff. Using the Halloween theme of the show to his advantage, Page sent a message to his upcoming challenger just before the show went off air.
