Location: Fairfax, Virginia
Venue: Eaglebank Arena
Commentary Team: Excalibur, Taz, and Tony Schiavone
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Match 1 – AEW TNT Championship Match
Kevin Knight (c) vs. MJF
MJF kicks Knight in the midsection and tosses him to the floor. MJF throws Knight over the ring steps and powerbombs him into the barricade before kicking him in the face and getting him back into the ring for a one count. MJF applies a rear choke, but Knight gets free. They each go for back suplexes, but MJF delivers a cutter and gets a two count. MJF goes for the Heatseeker, but Knight guillotines him over the top rope and delivers a DDT. Knight delivers a few quick strikes and follows with a dropkick before connecting with a splash for a two count. Knight sets up for the UFO Splash, but MJF rolls to the floor. Knight drops him with a dive over the top and gets him back into the ring. MJF rolls out the other side, but Knight sends him into the barricade with a dive before getting him back into the ring again. MJF rolls out again, and Knight drops him with a flip over the top and gets him back into the ring. MJF rolls out once more, but Knight drops him with a springboard lariat. Knight gets MJF back into the ring and goes up top, but MJF rolls away.
Knight goes after him, but MJF counters and sets up for the Heatseeker. Knight shoves him away, and they exchange roll-ups for two count. Knight goes for a DDT, but MJF counters with a cutter for a two count. MJF goes up top, but Knight goes after him. MJF shoves Knight down and causes him to tweak his knee. MJF goes for Panama Sunrise, but Knight counters and takes him down. Knight goes for the UFO Splash, but MJF dodges and delivers the Panama Sunrise. MJF goes for the cover, but Knight kicks out as the show heads to a commercial.
Back from the break, MJF has Knight in a single-leg Boston Crab, but Knight kicks him away. MJF comes off the ropes, but Knight counters wiht a thrust kick. Knight hits the UFO Splash and goes for a delayed cover, but MJF kicks out at two. MJF goes to the apron and Knight follows, but MJF delivers a dragon-screw in the ropes. MJF works over Knight’s knee and slams him to the mat for a few two counts. MJF grabs the title belt, but the referee takes it away and MJF grabs his diamond ring. Knight delivers a low-blow and gets an inside cradle for the pin fall.
Winner and still AEW TNT Champion: Kevin Knight
-After the match, MJF delivers a chop block to Knight and waits for him to get to his feet, but Draby Allin lowers from the rafters and drops him with a Scorpion Death Drop. MJF goes to the stage and says Allin and Knight are two peas in a pod and a couple of cheaters. MJF says he doesn’t care about Knight and the match doesn’t count because he wasn’t even trying hard. MJF tells Allin to give him his rematch, and Allin says tells him no. Allin says he isn’t giving MJF a rematch until he puts something on the line. Allin says if he survives Brody King tonight, he knows who deserves a shot next week, and offers the shot to Knight. Brody King then makes his way to the ring. King says he has bad news for Allin, because he is not surviving tonight. King tells Knight that he has worse news for him, because he will be facing him next week instead of Allin. A video package then airs, showcasing the history between Allin and King.
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Backstage, Renee Paquette interviews Cage and Cope. Renee asks Cage out his fractured arm, and he says he is fine. She then asks them about FTR wanting to add the “I Quit” stipulation to their Street Fight at Double or Nothing. Cage accepts, and Cope says he accepted quickly for someone with his history of “I Quit” matches in AEW. Cage says he didn’t quit and walks away.
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Match 2 – Tag Team Match
The Brawling Birds (Alex Windsor and Jamie Hayter) vs. Emily Jaye and Jordan Blade
Hayter and Blade start the match. Hayter delivers elbow strikes to both of them and slams Blade into the corner. Hayter and Windsor exchange tags and both chop Blade in the corner. They drop Jaye with a double back elbow, and then do the same to Blade. Hayter takes Blade down and delivers right hands as Windsor goes after Jaye on the outside. Hayter and Windsor hit Blade with Two Birds One Stone and Windsor gets the pin fall.
Winners: The Brawling Birds
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Backstage, Thekla and Skye Blue says there are a lot of dumb bitches in AEW. Blue says joining the Triangle was the best thing to happen to her in AEW, and Thekla tells Hayter and Windsor to stay as a tag team because she handles them one on one.
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Match 3 – AEW International Championship Match
Kazuchika Okada (c) (w/Don Callis) vs. Ace Austin
Okada backs Austin into the corner and stomps him down, but Austin comes back with a drop-toe hold. Austin kicks Okada in the back and gets a one count before dropping him back down with a dropkick. Austin delivers shots to Okada and follows with a Death Valley Driver. Austin delivers an enzuigiri and dropkicks Okada through the ropes. Okada comes back with a kick to the midsection and drops Austin with a DDT on the floor as the show heads to a commercial.
Back from the break, Okada delivers a neck-breaker over his knee and follows with a scoop slam. Okada delivers an elbow drop from the top and goes for the Rainmaker, but Austin counters and sends him to the floor. Austin goes for a kick, but Okda blocks it. Austin comes back with a knee strike and delivers the Fosbury Flop over the top rope. Austin gets Okada back into the ring, but Okada counters and goes for a rolling elbow strike. Austin counters with a few quick strikes to take Okada down, and then delivers a running elbow in the corner.
Austin delivers a leaping leg drop from the top and goes for the cover, but Okada kicks out at two. Okada comes back with a roll-up for a two count, and then delivers a double sledge. Okada goes for a dropkick, but Austin hangs onto the ropes and gets a roll-up for a two count. Okada kicks Austin in the face, but Austin comes back with an elbow strike. Austin comes off the ropes, but Okada counters with a dropkick. Okada goes for the Rainmaker, but Austin ducks and gets a back-slide for a two count. Okada delivers another dropkick, and then delivers a Tombstone Piledriver. Okada delivers the Rainmaker and gets the pin fall.
Winner and still AEW International Champion: Kazuchika Okada
-After the match, Callis delivers a few cheap shots to Austin, but Juice Robinson runs out to make the save. Mark Davis gets into the ring, as well, and then Konosuke Takeshita comes to the stage and motions that he is taking the title from Okada at Double or Nothing.
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A video package airs, which looks to be for Bandido, but it turns out to be for Swerve Strickland, who is going after him.
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The Death Riders are in their dojo when Will Ospreay shows up. Jon Moxley asks him if he got cleared, and Ospreay say no and he is going to support his boys in Japan for their big title match. Moxley tells Ospreay to drop everything in his mind, body, and soul, even his feelings about Moxley. Moxley says when he starts something, he sees it all the way through to the end, and he asks for the same in return. Ospreay walks further in and asks where the ring is, and Moxley says they start from the ground up and kicks the camera crew out.
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FTR and Stokely make their way to ringside for the next match.
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Match 4 – Tag Team Match
Cage and Cope vs. RPG Vice (Rocky Romero and Trent Beretta)
Cage and Romero start the match with a lock-up. Cage backs Romero into the corner, but they have a clean break. Romero goes after Cage’s arm, but Cage comes back with shots and delivers a reverse DDT for a two count. Cope tags in, and he and Cage double-team Romero before Cope gets a two count. Romero kicks Cope in the chest and tags in Beretta. Beretta drops Cope with a double knee drive and goes for the cover, but Cope kicks out at one. Beretta chops Cope in the corner, but Cope sends him across the ring and drops him with a right hand. Cope trips Beretta into the ropes and tags in Cage, who stands on Beretta back to choke him over the middle rope. Cope delivers a cross-body, and Cage slams Beretta into the barricade. Cage delivers a right hand to Romero, and then grabs Cash Wheeler, but Beretta slams Cage’s arm into the ring post.
Kyle O’Reilly, Orange Cassidy, and Roderick Strong appear at ringside, and then Cassidy hits Stokely with his popcorn bucket. FTR and The Conglomeration go at it and brawl through the crowd. Beretta drops Cage with an elbow strike as the show heads to a commercial.
Back from the break, Cage drops Romero with a back suplex in the ring. Beretta tags in and knocks Cope to the floor, and then Romero tags back in. RPG Vice double-team Cage and Romero goes for the cover, but Cope breaks it up. Romero delivers chops and kicks to Cage and puts him up top. Romero takes Cage back down and applies a cross arm-breaker, and then Beretta tags back in. Cage delivers shots to both of them, and then Romero tags back in. Cage delivers a back elbow, but Cage gouges his eyes and drops him with a spinning DDT. Cope and Beretta back in, and Cope delivers a back-body drop and a flapjack. Cope throws Beretta down and follows with an Impaler DDT. Romero tries to break up the cover, but Cope dodges and Romero hits Beretta. Romero and Beretta double-team Cope, but Cage shoves Beretta into the ropes. Cope goes for the cover, but Beretta, but Romero breaks it up. Cage knocks Romero to the floor, but Beretta dodges a Spear and gets a roll-up with his feet on the ropes.
The referee catches him, but he kicks Cope in the face. Beretta charges out, but Cope tosses him into the air and Cage drops him with a Spear. Cope hits a Spear of his own and gets the pin fall.
Winners: Cage and Cope
-After the match, Cope applies a cross-face to Beretta with a piece of a steel chair, and Cage tells Beretta to say it. Beretta says, “I Quit” as Cope keeps the hold applied, and then Cage calls him a “little bitch.”
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Backstage, Renee interviews Jericho. Jericho says imitation is the sincerest form of flattery and Ricochet has been following his career closely, but not close rnough. The Demand attack Jericho and Ricochet asks him if this is what he wanted. Jericho tells him to “eat shit,” and they continue beating him down before slamming him into a table. Ricochet fakes a Ricosault and lands on his feet before telling Jericho that he isn’t even worth it.
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Match 5 – AEW Women’s World Tag Team Championship Match
The Divine Dominion (Lena Kross and Megan Bayne) (c) vs. Hikaru Shida and Kris Statlander
Shida dropkicks Kross into the corner, and then delivers forearm strikes to both of them. Kross comes back with a strike, and then drives her shoulder into Shida numerous times in the corner. Kross throws Shida across the ring and drops her with a shoulder tackle. Bayne tags in and they drop Shida with a double shoulder tackle. Bayne throws Shida down, but Shida backs her into the corner and delivers a knee strike. Shida delivers a kick and goes for another knee strike, but Bayne catches her and slams her down. Shida comes back and goes after Bayne’s eyes. Shida grabs her kendo stick, but Statlander stops her from using it. Statlander pulls Shida out of the way as Bayne goes for a cross-body in the corner, and then Shida suplexes Statlander into Bayne. Bayne comes back with a shot and tags in Kross. Dominion double-team Statlander, but Statlander comes back with a kick to Kross and low-bridges Bayne to the floor. Kross delivers an elbow strike, but Statlander delivers a shot of her own and goes for Wednesday Night Fever. Kross sends Statlander into the ropes, and Bayne kicks her in the head. Kross keeps Statlander grounded as the show heads to a commercial.