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Results
- Jon Moxley def. Claudio Castagnoli (Continental Challenge Cup Semi-Final) (15:51) (Recommended)
Still to come
- We’ll hear from Andrade El Idolo
- We’ll hear from Willow Nightingale
- MJF to appear
- Brian Cage, Jake Doyle & Rocky Romero vs. Adam Copeland, Matt Jackson & Nick Jackson
- Swerve Strickland vs. Jungle Jack Perry
- Maya World, Jamie Hayter & Alex Windsor vs. Persephone, Megan Bayne & Lena Kross
- Kyle O’Reilly vs. Nigel McGuinness (Continental Challenge Cup Semi-Final)
Will Ospreay says final word before All In
The final episode of AEW Dynamite before All In: London, taped at the OVO Hydro in Glasgow, Scotland, kicked off with an appearance by one-half of Sunday’s Wembley Stadium main event, Will Ospreay.
Ospreay reflected on the past year for him, coming back from neck surgery and becoming one of AEW’s top names. He said that, after proving he could wrestle again, he wondered if the surgery gave him a ceiling. “If I ever came back, could I win the big one?” he said.
The Briton talked about how he “made towns” in places like Glasgow when starting his career. The early hustle in his career was working on weekdays and wrestling on weekends to make ends meet. It was “all to show people that the UK is truly where the best wrestle,” he said. Ospreay fired off a list of Britwres legends, some no longer with us, and said he does it for them. After getting the local focus out of the way, Ospreay started to discuss his opponent on Sunday, AEW World Champion Kenny Omega.
Ospreay broke some news to the Glasgow crowd: Omega isn’t in the building. So, Ospreay looked down the camera lens and spoke to Omega, whom he presumed was watching at home.
Ospreay said he had respect for Omega, but that “went out the window” when he mentioned his son. He reminded us that Omega said Ospreay’s son will need a new hero after he loses at All In.
Ospreay said he won’t lose this weekend, as he has promised to everyone that he will deliver a title win. “You don’t want to f*** with a man that’s looking after a boy,” Ospreay said.
Ospreay ended his promo by saying that, on Sunday, he’ll show his son that “Heroes are just ordinary people that can do extraordinary things.”
A short but strong babyface promo from Ospreay here. Feels like a missed opportunity that one-half of Sunday’s main event simply isn’t around for Dynamite, but Ospreay did the best he could as a one-man segment.
The latest – 8:32 p.m. ET: Jon Moxley advances to Continental Cup finals
The first match of the night was a Continental Challenge Cup semi-final showdown between fellow Death Riders Claudio Castagnoli and Jon Moxley. As we know, the tournament finalists will appear as part of the huge Wembley Stadium pay-per-view this Sunday.
A brawl went to the ringside area early on, where Castagnoli swung Moxley around before launching him head-first into a guardrail. The ringside floor seemed way less padded than usual, and thus they were being much more careful with their bumps in the area.
Moxley, still hurt from that guardrail bump, was trying to get back into the match as they returned from a commercial break. After taking eachother out with clotheslines, a back-and-forth striking battle was won by Castagnoli.
An uppercut strike from Castagnoli was countered by Moxley into a cutter. A Death Rider was reversed by Castagnoli into a takedown for a Fujiwara armbar. While putting Moxley in a headlock, Castagnoli swung Moxley around again before taking him to the mat. Moxley was able to escape the submission and transition into a rear naked choke. He tried switching to an armbar.
Castagnoli got out of the submission sequence from Moxley, stood up, then gave the champ another swing in the middle of the ring. Castagnoli scored a near fall after a nasty uppercut put Moxley on his back. Another blow sent Moxley out of the ring.
Moxley kept his title run alive by just narrowly beating a count-out. Castagnoli kept the pressure on Moxley, hitting a Curbstomp then a Neutralizer for an incredibly close two-count. Castagnoli took off an elbow sleeve and set up for another uppercut, but Moxley unintentionally dodged the move by collapsing to the mat.
Moxley reversed a powerbomb into a Paradigm Shift for a two-count. He followed up with a Curbstomp then a Death Rider, but it still wasn’t enough to end the match! Moxley slipped in a headlock. Castagnoli briefly rose to his feet while trying to escape the hold, but eventually crumbled back down to the mat and passed out, giving Moxley the win in just under 16 minutes. Quite a fun showdown between two wrestlers who clearly knew each other’s playbooks.
