Greetings and salutations! We are starting a new era in AEW. AEW will ow simulcast on MAX and the possible eyes on the product is something to be seen. All that said, I hope the product can keep up. This week on the show we have:

  • The Death Riders vs. Rated FTR
  • Jamie Hayter vs. Julia Hart
  • Hangman Page vs. Orange Cassidy
  • The Hurt Syndicate vs. The Acclaimed
  • Swerve Strickland vs. Roderick Strong vs. Jay White
  • Jeff Jarrett addresses his future

With all this and more, let’s get to the show…

We hear from the Death Riders along with Rated FTR hyping tonight’s main event.

Orange Cassidy VS Hangman Page

Page delivers a boot to Cassidy on the outside and dumps him back inside the ring. Cassidy pulls his Cassidy and takes the fight to Page. Cassidy lands three Orange Punches on Page, but Page comes right back with Dead Eyes to get the W.

Winner: Adam Page

The Hurt Syndicate (w/ MVP) VS The Acclaimed

Bowens hits the ropes, but Caster tags himself in. Benjamin delivers four German suplexes to Caster. Bowensis now upset about the tag and what followed. It seems as though this team won’t last too much longer. Lashley tags back in and hits a Spear on Caster before locks in The Hurt Lock for the win.

Winners: The Hurt Syndicate

Julia Hart VS Jamie Hayter

Hayter with a Big boot along with a Backbreaker, but Hart fires comes right backand kicks the living hell out of Hayter. Hart goes up the ropes and looks for a Moonsault, but Hayter moves out of the way and locks in a Heartless. Hayter is able to power out and ends up hitting a huge Clothesline. Hart grabs her arrow, but the ref clearly sees this an takes it away from her. Hart spits mist into Hayter’s eyes and pins her for the win.

Winner: Julia Hart

Mercedes Mone is out and demands that Asheville say hello to their CEO. A video package from Mone plays and it highlights her showing from AEW from 2024. Mone then hypes her upcoming NJPW STRONG Women’s Championship match against Mina Shirakawa at Wrestle Dynasty and then warns all as she says she’s after the RevPro Women’s Championship.

Winner Becomes The First Entrant In Next Week’s Casino Gauntlet Match: Swerve Strickland (w/ Prince Nana) vs. Jay White vs. Roderick Strong

Strickland is in control and hits a huge Backbreaker on Strong and follows that up with a powerbomb. Strong makes a comeback and hits a Tiger Driver, followed by a Back elbow for a nearfall.  Strickland comes back and hits a Flatliner on White. Ricochet shows up from the crowd and hits Strickland with a pair of scissors. White with a Blade Runner for the win.

Winner: Jay White

After the match, Nana tries to stop Ricochet from using the scissors on Strickland. Ricochet  ignores him and hits the scissors on Stricklands face,followed by a chair attack. Adam Cole, Kyle O’Reilly, and Strong are out to help Strickland…

Jeff Jarret Talks…

Jarrett says he is thankful for in his career, but he’s started to think about the end of things. He says his grandmother’s decision to take a second job selling professional wrestling tickets changed  it all and talks about his dad. He then announces that he signed his last ever professional wrestling contract with AEW and says he is all in and wants some gold.

Rated FTR VS The Death Riders (w/ Marina Shafir)

Death Riders control the match until Cope (which is his name now) is able to tags in and clear house. He then hits an elevated DDT to Moxley. Cope and Mox brawl in the crowd, but Moxley tags out to Yuta. Cope and Moxley keep fighting through the arena. Jay White hits a Blade Runner on Yuta. Cope is back in and hits a Back body drop to Moxley on top of the announce table along with sending him through one the barricades. FTR hits the Shatter Machine to Yuta and Cope hits a Spear for the win.

Winners: Rated FTR

And the show is done…