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The show began with a Double or Nothing documentary-style hype video. The top three matches on the show were briefly covered.

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Alex Marvez was then shown in the parking lot. A limo pulled up and The Inner Circle exited it. Chris Jericho told Marvez to shut his rear end. Jericho promised to hurt The Elite tonight.

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Brodie Lee and Dark Order came to the stage. Tony Schiavone called Dark Order a cult on commentary.

Lee cut a promo. His delivery was not strong.

He said he was man, not a god, believe it or not. He asked 10 to kneel and named him a High Knight of Dark Order. Lee said he's come into possession of a special item in the AEW title belt.

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Jon Moxley defeated 10

This was exactly what it should have been. A decisive, quick win for the champ.

Moxley opened hot with a Regal knee strike and a suplex. 10 briefly cut Moxley off with a spinebuster.

Moxley made a comeback after connecting with a DDT. Moxley hit a Gotch-style piledriver.

The finish saw Moxley use a Paradigm Shift and pinned 10.

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After the match, Moxley placed 10's arm in a steel chair. He said he wasn't going to be a geek and chase Lee backstage, but Lee had something of his and he was giving him ten seconds to come to the ring and hand over the belt. If not, Moxley said he would break 10's arm.

Lee cut a promo backstage. He said unfortunately he had to make sacrifices to reach the top. Tonight, 10 was a sacrifice. Lee and Dark Order left the building.

Moxley Pillman-ized 10's left arm and posed with a chair to end the segment.

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There were a couple of dozen wrestlers immediately around ringside and a number of extras sitting in the lower bowl. What is social distancing?

The problem with this, besides the lack of distancing, was that the wrestlers were playing to the corwd, such as it was. The crowd was largely inaudible and there were no crowd shots so this just looked bizarre.

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MJF defeated Marko Stunt

Stunt got a couple of hope spots including a shining wizard. MJF trapped Stunt in the ring skirt. Wardlow interfered as MJF took the referee.

MJF won quickly with a shoulder breaker and the Salt of the Earth submission.

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MJF cut a promo. He said he felt bad for Stunt and thought about offering him one of his "rats" here in Jacksonville for a kiss. He gestured toward the audience.

MJF then said he believed that no one would ever kiss Marko. He said he would give him a different kind of kiss.

He put on the Dynamite ring and punched Stunt.

Luchasaurus and Jungle Boy ran out for the save. MJF and Wardlow bailed.

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Tony Schiavone went to the ring to moderate the face-to-face between Jake Roberts and Arn Anderson. This was a good idea for a segment. In execution, this was a great argument for scripted promos.

Roberts was great at getting himself over. Arn tried to get himself and his guy Cody over.

Roberts spoke first. He said it was surreal to sit across from Arn. He said he was glad Arn didn't bring his dog and pony show to the ring with him.

Roberts said Archer was going to destroy Cody. He said Arn must be out on a day pass from "the home" and that he hadn't seen him in months. He said Arn was looking a little thick.

Arn said this was surreal for him too. He said he and Roberts have credibility. He said the snake in the bag was always just a distraction and the real danger was what he saw in Jake's eyes.

Arn said Jake needed to worry about Mike Tyson at ringside Saturday. He said Tyson will have free reign. Jake said Archer was going to knock Tyson out and he wasn't worried.

Jake said Cody sacrificed his own brother. Jake said he was hoping Brandi the bimbo would be there to present the belt instead of Tyson.

Arn responded that Cody and his crew had turned the business on its ear and he isn't afraid of Archer.

Arn said he heard Jake was doing DDP Yoga. He said that's good, so Jake will be limber when he spinebusts his rear end on Saturday.

Jake stood up and

overturned the table. Three refs ran out and kept Arn and Jake held apart.

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A Darby Allin hype video aired. He was shown playing poker against cardboard cut-outs of his opponents in Saturday's Casino Ladder Match.

Allin flipped them all off.

These Allin video promos are usually excellent. I liked this.

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PAC sent in a video promo where he swore to go after Orange Cassidy and Best Friends. Great intensity from PAC.

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Rey Fenix defeated Orange Cassidy

These guys worked hard and had a hell of a match. I knew Fenix was great, but watching him on Dark the last couple of weeks and again here tonight, I've decided he's the best guy in the business in the current empty arena climate.

Fenix tried to attack Cassidy on the stage during his entrance but Cassidy side-stepped.

The match began and Cassidy did his pockets spot. Fenix cut him off with a springboard legdrop, then worked over Cassidy's head and neck with strikes and a chinlock. Fenix remained in control as the match went through a commercial break.

Cassidy fired up with palm strikes and a Superman punch. Cassidy hit a tope suicida, a high cross off the top and used a tornado DDT for a near fall.

Cassidy hit a diving DDT off the top rope for a two count. Fenix hit a sunset bomb off the top for a near fall.

Fenix went for his spinning muscle buster finisher but Cassidy rolled through into a cradle for a near fall.

The finish saw Kip Sabian come to the ramp with a ladder. This distracted the referee. Fenix hit a low blow, then used a cutter for the pin.

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There was a wild brawl after the match to hype up Saturday's ladder match.

SCU came to the ramp and tossed Sabian off the ladder into the ring. Jimmy Havoc went after SCU.

Fenix under-shot a springboard senton and essentially took a bump on the floor directly on his tailbone.

Colt Cabana ran in and hit an Asai moonsault. Good brawl. I hope Fenix is okay.

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A brawl broke out before the next match began. After all four competitors entered, Nyla Rose swung a kendo stick at Hikaru Shida. Shida ducked the strike. Britt Baker ran into the kendo stick as if it were a limbo bar.

Nyla Rose & Britt Baker defeated Hikaru Shida & Kris Statlander

The match began and Shida and Statlander went for a double suplex on Rose. Rose blocked. Rose took control of the match after a pounce on Statlander.

Rose hit a legdrop for a near fall. Rose and Baker worked over Statlander through an ad break. Baker sold like she didn't want to tag in.

Statlander missed badly on an enzuigiri but Baker had to sell it because it set up the hot tag to Shida.

Shida hit a vertical suplex on Baker. Shida and Statlander suplexed Rose into Baker as she sat in the corner. Baker crawled to her corner and was exained by the ringside doctor, but this appeared to be storyline and not an injury.

Statlander hit Rose with a facebuster. Shida hit a missile dropkick for a two count.

Shida went for a Michinoku Driver but Rose blocked.

Rose hit the Beast Bomb on Shida and pinned her, as Statlander was unable to make the pinfall save in time.

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Rose set Shida up on a table after the match. She teased a splash off the second rope through the table but Statlander saved.

Shida then hit a superplex on Rose through the table.

Why did Shida not win the match if you wanted her to stand tall at the end of the segment? Let's not overthink things. She's challenging for the title.

This was weird booking.

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Alex Marvez interviewed Jon Moxley backstage. This was a good promo.

Moxley explained that everything in sports, business and life eventually reduces to violence.

Moxley said his issue with Lee is no different. He promised to drop all 280 pounds of Lee on his head at the pay-per-view.

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Shawn Spears News interrupted the show.

Spears sat at a news desk and announced Dustin Rhodes had retired. He intimated that Cody is a heel and wanted Dustin gone and got his wish after the Archer match.

Spears said retirement is a tough pill to swallow but Rhodes had no trouble swallowing pills years ago.

Spears said he's about to crack the top five rankings and can't believe he doesn't have a match for Double or Nothing.

He then challenged Rhodes to a match at Double or Nothing.

The production values here were excellent. That's the nicest thing I can say about the segment.

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Shida vs. Rose was made no countout/no DQ at Double or Nothing.

The announcer previewed the rest of the PPV card.

The Stadium Stampede was explained as a no countout/no DQ match with falls count anywhere in the stadium. A ring will be set up on the 50 yard line.

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A battle royal was announced for next week's Dynamite. The winner faces the TNT champ on June 3.

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A video promo aired for the main event. Guevara said Hardy tried to kill him with a golf cart.

The main event is next.

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The main event was next

Matt Hardy vs Sammy Guevara

Matt Hardy did moves early.

Sammy then did moves.

We went to commercial.

After the commercial break Matt Hardy was able to do moves, including a Twist of Fate. Sammy was able to twist out of the ring and avoid a pinfall.

Back in the ring they did more moves including some big ones.

Sammy kicked out of a Twist of Fate.

He did not kick out of the third Twist of Fate.

Matt Hardy won the match.

Chris Jericho revealed he had Kenny Omega! They hit him with an international object.

But the Young Bucks were there! They did dives onto the Inner Circle.

Then the Inner Circle had more people show up.

Then Matt Hardy showed up.

The Inner Circle started to win.

Hangman Page showed up.

The Inner Circle left.

Good show, I liked watching it.

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Alaois posted:

i would also like to shout out the Butcher and the Blade for being in the audience wearing white longjohns and suspenders

IcePhoenix posted:

someone dub you say run over this

is pepsi ok posted:

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IcePhoenix posted:

I did it myself

https://i.imgur.com/RTVpW7l.mp4

I don't think it embedded with sound though

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give the goblin some gold

is pepsi ok posted:

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Shard posted:

Hangman has had more exciting moments in Aew than anyone else

IcePhoenix posted:

I did it myself

https://i.imgur.com/RTVpW7l.mp4

I don't think it embedded with sound though

Cavauro posted:

this week's dynamite poster of the week cheated to become dynamite poster of the week, using a cheat code. the first runner up also cheated but was countered with a stronger code. the remaining runners up did not cheat. i don't know how this happened and i didn't know it could happen. in any case i've installed anti-cheat software and hopefully this won't happen again

1. xbilkis
2. Seth Rollins
3. take the moon
4. Shard
5. Wiltsghost

xbilkis posted:

I am tapping my head to indicate to the rest of the thread how smart I am

IcePhoenix posted:

I did it myself

https://i.imgur.com/RTVpW7l.mp4

I don't think it embedded with sound though

smarxist posted:

the only thing i've yet to see from Adam as a new AEW convert is him on the mic, which i feel is kind of an integral component to your champ

maybe it's time to break up more conceptions about wrestling though, and you can have a soft spoken / more thoughtful / introspective guy with the strap