Nobby_McDonald Posted May 26 Author Share Posted May 26 11 minutes ago, Dawn said: If that's how it's gonna work, I want to swap my least popular male (except if that's Orange because he's cooking) for Sami! Yes, we're in the transfer/signing window so signings can happen at any time, for any reason, on a first come first served basis (based on the forum time of posts or private messages). When the window closes, we revert back to changes only able to be made if a wrestler becomes unavailable. I've taken the average popularity across USA. Allin 59.5 Starks 54 Cage 59 Cassidy 60 So Sami Zayn has replaced Ricky Starks. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DinoKea Posted May 26 Share Posted May 26 2 minutes ago, Nobby_McDonald said: Yes, though you only signed Page in this window. I may have to introduce a rule for next season so a wrestler can't be signed in a window and then be released in the same window, unless they become unavailable. That's fair. It definitely seems a bit harsh I can do that, so a rule against it is fair Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobby_McDonald Posted May 26 Author Share Posted May 26 6 minutes ago, Dawn said: WAIT, KENNY IS BACK? Can I have his and Sami's pops please lmao Bloody hell Omega 64 Zayn 70ish (they vary quite a bit in the different regions between 66 and 74) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobby_McDonald Posted May 26 Author Share Posted May 26 1 minute ago, DinoKea said: That's fair. It definitely seems a bit harsh I can do that, so a rule against it is fair It will be next season though. I can't introduce now mid window. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobby_McDonald Posted May 26 Author Share Posted May 26 It didn't take long for Galloway and Zayn to be signed to teams. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobby_McDonald Posted May 26 Author Share Posted May 26 VERY IMPORTANT Because of writing the shows in the game, I have paused in game on the morning of Collision, which will allow me to still make changes to that show to allow for new signings and selection changes. The deadline to make any selection changes for Collision is 20:30 UK time 15:30 US East coast time on Monday 27 May. If that is missed, your teams stand as they are, even if the wrestler selected has left your team. This would then be their last appearance for your team prior to leaving. Hope that makes sense. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobby_McDonald Posted May 26 Author Share Posted May 26 I'm going to bed in a few minutes. You can still make changes and signings, I will act on them first come first served when I come back on again tomorrow night (UK time). 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobby_McDonald Posted May 26 Author Share Posted May 26 NEWS Jamie Hayter, Bryan Danielson, Kip Sabian and Samoa Joe returned clean drug tests at Dynamite and Rampage. Lexy Nair has signed a contract extension of 2 years. Elektra Lopez has won the NXT Women’s Championship. Marcela & Skadi have won the vacant CMLL Occidente Women’s Tag Team Championship. Alex Kane has won the MLW World Middleweight Championship. Kento Miyahara has won the AJPW Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship for the seventh time, defeating Katsuhiko Nakajima. Flyer, Magnus & Rugido have won the CMLL World Trios Championship, defeating Atlantis Jr, Star Jr & Volador Jr Soberano Jr has won the NJPW STRONG Openweight Championship. Stephen Wolf and Hyan have divorced. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawn Posted May 26 Share Posted May 26 20 minutes ago, Nobby_McDonald said: Yes, we're in the transfer/signing window so signings can happen at any time, for any reason, on a first come first served basis (based on the forum time of posts or private messages). When the window closes, we revert back to changes only able to be made if a wrestler becomes unavailable. I've taken the average popularity across USA. Allin 59.5 Starks 54 Cage 59 Cassidy 60 So Sami Zayn has replaced Ricky Starks. Beautiful. Please keep Sami as Starks' replacement, and replace Christian with my original pick for the team in Omega! Sorry for the bother. Does the trios match from last time still stand with the original picks or must I switch them now? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobby_McDonald Posted May 27 Author Share Posted May 27 @Dawn Omega has replaced Cage in your team and also in the Collision trios match. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobby_McDonald Posted May 27 Author Share Posted May 27 PRE SHOW Tessa Blanchard beat Anna Jay in 7:58 by submission with a Figure Four Leglock. 46 COLLISION Saturday, week 1, April 2024 Sam's Town, Las Vegas, Nevada (6,000 capacity) Announcers: Kevin Kelly, Nigel McGuinness and Tony Schiavone Collision starts with the AEW World champion Samoa Joe in the ring with his The Big Gamble opponents Swerve Strickland, Bryan Danielson and MJF. Joe says that The Big Gamble tag team match on Dynamite only proved to everybody that nobody is good enough to beat your World champion... Swerve Strickland disagrees, saying he has come so close to winning the World Championship before, it will be his night at The Big Gamble... Bryan Danielson takes his turn, saying he knows he is good enough to beat everybody... before MJF gets his turn saying he is the longest reigning AEW World champion in history and "I'm better than you... and you know it" which sparks a frantic yet brief four way brawl as security and half the locker room rush to the ring to break it up. 83 Strickland benefitted from a hot catchphrase. v AEW LEAGUE Team WooItsNathan (Kip Sabian (with Penelope Ford) & The Butcher) v Team Swerve (Samoa Joe (World champion) & Santana) Samoa Joe stays in the ring for the opening action of the night, while Konnan is again working in Mexico so isn't at Santana's side. The match was decent but one sided, with Team Swerve converting dominance into victory in 6:41 when Santana submitted Sabian. 59 Tony Khan is seen with the four ladies in The Big Gamble match, Women's World champion Toni Storm, Jamie Hayter, Athena and Deonna Purrazzo. Khan says the women have agreed to no physicality while he announces that the men put on a great The Big Gamble tag team match on Dynamite this week, so next week the women have their turn to have their The Big Gamble tag team match on Dynamite. None of them look happy... Toni Storm even says that she won't be in the match if she has to team with Purrazzo... Purrazzo looks like she's ready to hit Storm before Khan announces that any women refusing to compete in the The Big Gamble tag team match forfeits their place in The Big Gamble match and also forfeits their wager... so if that's you Toni Storm you will forfeit the Women's World Championship... Storm storms off. In black and white. 51 Khan and Hayter benefitted from public support. v AEW LEAGUE The Spooky Club ('Very Nice, Very Evil' Danhausen & 'The Icon' Sting (World Tag Team champion)) v The Golden Lion Club (Lucha Brothers, with Alex Abrahantes) A good match, again one sided. The Lucha Brothers were outstanding. While The Big Gamble challengers faced one half of the World Tag Team champions here, come the pay per view when they face them both in the title match, the World Tag Team Championship will be under serious threat. Lucha Brothers took the win for The Golden Lion Club in 8:06 when Fénix pinned Danhausen with an Assisted Fear Factor. 74 - match of the night Danhausen seemed off his game. Danhausen benefitted from public support. In the arena services area, Blackpool Combat Club's Claudio Castagnoli, Jon Moxley and Wheeler Yuta are giving a brutal looking beatdown to the World Trios champions The Acclaimed and Daddy Ass. The fans inside the arena don't take kindly to it and voice their approval... and when the Blackpool Combat Club are satisfied with their work, Moxley stands over the fallen foes and tells them now they should take things seriously and now they know how tough The Big Gamble is going to be. 56 v Jordynne Grace v 'Native Beast' Nyla Rose (with Marina Shafir) This was a hard hitting contest between two power house women. Grace was making her in ring AEW debut and the match between her and the former Women's World champion was decent. Through the match, Grace was attempting body slams on Rose and after three earlier failed attempts, on the fourth try she did it and Rose hit the mat with a thud. This led to the finish in 9:52 when Grace won by pinfall with a Fall From Grace. Has Timeless Ensemble taken a risk and pulled off a master stroke in signing Grace for their AEW League team? Time(less) will tell... 58 Grace out performed Rose 58-48 Grace is improving at her gimmick. We now have Lexy Nair with her bi weekly AEW League report and tonight she is with TV Network. Johnny TV doesn't really focus on the league, he's more bothered that they all look like stars, especially he and his wife Taya Valkyrie... Will Ospreay takes exception to this, saying their league performance (7th place) is woeful and when some of the team don't seem to be taking it seriously, it's no surprise bruv. 48 v Latin American X-Change (with Santana, Sammy Guevara, Dralistico, Mercedes Martinez, Thunder Rosa & Diamanté) v Best Friends & Colt Cabana (with Orange Cassidy & Danhausen) This was chaotic at ringside as there were more people at ringside than in it, even if you include referee Paul Turner. Colt Cabana became an honourary Best Friend for the night with Orange Cassidy and Danhausen both in other matches and Rocky Romero working in Mexico. With everybody outside there were a lot of distractions and sometimes it was hard to concentrate on what was actually happening inside though amongst it all there was a decent match. Numbers sure helped here and LAX got the duke in 9:15 when Vikingo pinned Taylor with a 630 Senton. 59 Jim Ross conducts a pre recorded sit down interview between the World Tag Team champions Darby Allin and Sting and their The Big Gamble challengers The Lucha Brothers, accompanied by Alex Abrahantes. With it being pre recorded it was taped before the AEW League match earlier in the night... Both champions and challengers talk about their respect for each other... before Abrahantes finishes proceedings by saying there is nobody hotter in AEW right now than the Lucha Brothers and in a couple of weeks they will become the AEW World Tag Team champions for the second time. 70 v Buddy Matthews (with Malakai Black, Brody King & Julia Hart) v 'Absolute' Ricky Starks (with Big Bill) A decent match and one that Starks had gained control off. He was setting up to finish Matthews off with a Roshambo, only for Brody King to climb in the ring, which promted Big Bill to get in as well. This of course led to the two tag teams fighting each other, which meant that referee PauL Turner had to throw the match out for a double disqualification in 10:47. "Let them fight" chants rang up as security and AEW official came down to seperate the teams. 62 Starks out performed Matthews 66-52 Adam Copeland is in the basement of the arena. He looks part psychotic and he has a long case in front of him... He has a glare at the camera as he speaks... he says that Christian Cage has gone way too far with what he said on Dynamite and the only way to get retribution is by getting violent... extremely violent... he opens the case and pulls out a black painted 2x4 with nails protruding out of it... "Meet Spike" says Copeland... before telling Cage that as he got personal about his kids on Dynamite, he will now get personal with Spike. 69 v AEW LEAGUE Timeless Ensemble ('Freshly Squeezed' Orange Cassidy, Darby Allin (World Tag Team champion) & 'Best Bout Machine' Kenny Omega) v The Bryan Danielson Appreciation Society ('American Dragon' Bryan Danielson, Jon Moxley & Wheeler Yuta) A great trios match on paper and it didn't disappoint with some great action. It's a much changed Timeless Ensemble from the start of the season yet they were effective against the slick, hard hitting yet also technical BDAS. It was also notable for the in ring return of Kenny Omega following his absence due to diverticulitis. Yet another notable thing was for some reason, Steve Austin was on commentary for this match. The match could have gone either way, but Cassidy pulled out a win in 11:52 when he pinned Yuta with a Beach Break. 68 Yuta performed worse than everyone else (61, next worst Allin 74) Cassidy benefitted from a hot new move. Jake 'The Snake' Roberts and Jack 'Anaconda' Perry are seeing standing outside a locker room marked Undisputed Kingdom. Jake has a very evil smirk on his face and both hold bulging sacks... a familiar looking sack that Roberts almost always used to carry round... Jake says that snakes have only been banned from The Big Gamble, they haven't been banned yet... so Perry opens the door without knocking and both men tip open the bags... and around a dozen, possibly more, snakes all slither their way into the locker room. Perry shuts the door as soon as they are all in and screams of terror are heard from inside... Wardlow bursts out of the look room, a look of pure anger on his face but Jake and Jack have already gone... then he starts to literally throw snakes out of the locker room. 54 No snakes were harmed in the filming of this segment. v AEW LEAGUE The Peak of Perfection (MJF) v Black Lotus ('Rated R Superstar' Adam Copeland) A good match but one where the crowd probably inflated the match rather than the other way round. Both men refused to give an inch as the match tooed and froed and while both men came close, neither could close out the match. Edge then hit the Spear, only for the bell to ring to signal a twenty minute time limit draw. 69 Show rating: 70 AEW increased popularity in 5 regions. Attendance: 5,670 TV rating: 1.15 (869,512 viewers and 1,228,346 overall) Collisions was AEW's 10th best show in 2024. Danhausen & Sting v Lucha Brothers was AEW's 12th best match in 2024. Collision drew AEW's 2nd highest crowd in 2024 and the biggest for a TV show. Collision drew the 6th highest AEW TV rating in 2024. QUICK RESULTS MJF drew with Adam Copeland (league match) Orange Cassidy, Darby Allin & Kenny Omega beat Bryan Danielson, Jon Moxley & Wheeler Yuta (league match) Buddy Matthews drew with Ricky Starks LAX beat Best Friends & Colt Cabana Jordynne Grace beat Nyla Rose Lucha Brothers beat Danhausen & Sting (league match) Samoa Joe & Santana beat Kip Sabian & The Butcher (league match) 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobby_McDonald Posted May 27 Author Share Posted May 27 The Big Gamble 2024 Sunday, week 3, April 2024 Current card THE BIG GAMBLE - WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP - Samoa Joe (champion) v Bryan Danielson (career) v Swerve Strickland (no title shots against the winner) v MJF (AEW contract) THE BIG GAMBLE - WOMEN'S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP - Toni Storm (champion) v Jamie Hayter (her number one ranking) v Athena (ROH Women's Championship) v Deonna Purrazzo (her hair) WORLD TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP - TORNADO MATCH - Darby Allin & Sting (champions) v Lucha Brothers WORLD TRIOS CHAMPIONSHIP - The Acclaimned & Daddy Ass (champions) v Blackpool Combat Club TNT CHAMPIONSHIP - I QUIT MATCH - Christian Cage (champion) v Adam Copeland TBS CHAMPIONSHIP - Ruby Soho (champion) v Kris Statlander INTERNATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP - Roderick Strong (champion) v Jack Perry OWEN HART FOUNDATION MEN'S TOURNAMENT FIRST ROUND - Will Ospreay v Jay White OWEN HART FOUNDATION WOMEN'S TOURNAMENT FIRST ROUND - Mercedes Martinez v Thunder Rosa Adam Page v Eddie Kingston, Kenny Omega or Drew Galloway (Steve Austin's hand picked opponent) Chris Jericho v Sami Zayn (Chris Jericho's open challenge) Don Callis Family v Latin American Xchange FTR v Kings of the Black Throne 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobby_McDonald Posted May 27 Author Share Posted May 27 LEAGUE TABLE After 12 weeks 1. The Peak of Perfection - 22 matches, 55 points (18-3-1) 2. The Golden Lion Club - 21 matches, 46 points (15-5-1) 3. Timeless Ensemble - 22 matches, 45 points (15-7-0) 4. Black Lotus - 23 matches, 41 points (13-8-2) 5. Team Swerve - 19 matches, 33 points (11-8-0) 6. The Bryan Danielson Appreciation Society - 21 matches, 26 points (8-11-2) 7. TV Network - 22 matches, 19 points (6-15-1) 8. The Spooky Club - 21 matches, 16 points (5-15-1) 9. Team WooItsNathan - 21 matches, 3 points (1-20-0) (wins-losses-draws) The transfer/signing window is open and will remain so for two more game/league weeks. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobby_McDonald Posted May 27 Author Share Posted May 27 NEWS Chuck Taylor, El Hijo del Vikingo and Santana returned clean drug tests at Collision. Mercedes Moné missed the Stardom Cinderella Tournament Night 3 show, having gone “off the grid” and not contacting anybody. La Pareja Toxica has won the AAA World Mixed Tag Team Championship, defeating Abismo Negra Jr & Flammer. Adam Brooks has won the MCW Intercommonwealth Championship for the fifth time, defeating DELTA. Gia Adams has won the NORTH Ultraviolent Championship, defeating Clint Margera. Syuri has won the Stardom World of Stardom Championship for the second time, defeating Maika. Matt Cardona won the MLW Battle Riot. Sarah Stock has started dating somebody outside the wrestling industry. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobby_McDonald Posted May 27 Author Share Posted May 27 WWE WRESTLEMANIA 40 Lincoln Financial Field, Tri State, USA NIGHT 1 SATURDAY Show rating: 86 Attendance: 51,045 Total viewers: 3,578,252 Jey Uso beat Roman Reigns to win the Undisputed Universal Championship Seth Rollins beat Randy Orton to retain the World Heavyweight Championship Cody Rhodes & The Rock beat Terror Rising to win the Raw Tag Team Championship John Cena beat Brock Lesnar CM Punk beat LA Knight Becky Lynch beat Trish Stratus Kevin Owens & Ricochet beat Baron Corbin & Austin Theory Shinsuke Nakamura & #DIY beat Omos & The O.C. Alpha Academy beat The Street Profits Zelina Vega beat B-FAB and Zoey Stark Liv Morgan beat Xia Li NIGHT 2 SUNDAY Show rating: 84 Attendance: 45,388 Total viewers: 3,544,538 Roman Reigns beat John Cena Jey Uso beat AJ Styles to retain the Undisputed Universal Championship Seth Rollins beat Randy Orton, Austin Theory and Brock Lesnar to retain the World Heavyweight Championship Cody Rhodes & The Rock beat #DIY to retain the Raw Tag Team Championship CM Punk beat LA Knight Becky Lynch beat IYO SKY to win the Women’s Championship for the third time Bianca Belair beat Rhea Ripley, Trish Stratus and Raquel Rodriguez to retain the Women’s World Championship Baron Corbin & Terror Rising beat Ricochet & The O.C. Bayley beat Tiffany Stratton in a cage match Liv Morgan beat Jade Cargill Zoey Stark beat Piper Niven 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobby_McDonald Posted May 28 Author Share Posted May 28 WEEK 13 FIXTURES DYNAMITE Team Swerve v Team WooItsNathan - women tag The Spooky Club v TV Network - men tag The Bryan Danielson Appreciation Society v The Golden Lion Club - men singles RAMPAGE The Peak of Perfection v Timeless Ensemble - women singles (This match is on Rampage as both teams have women already in a match on Dynamite) COLLISION Timeless Ensemble v Black Lotus - women singles The Bryan Danielson Appreciation Society v Team WooItsNathan - women tag TV Network v The Peak of Perfection - women tag Team Swerve v The Golden Lion Club - men trios The deadline for selections is 19:00 UK time 14:00 US East coast time on Monday 3 June. UNAVAILABLE Tay Melo (maternity leave) Tenille Dashwood (maternity leave) POSSIBLY UNAVAILABLE - Depends if working elsewhere Emi Sakura (Collision only) Nick Nemeth (Collision only) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawn Posted May 28 Share Posted May 28 FINALLY, a worthy opponent. Our battle WILL BE LEGENDARY! YOUR AEW Women's Champ ''Timeless'' Toni Storm proudly steps up to the plate for the Ensemble to finally defeat this dastardly 1st placed squad! NEWEST addition to the Ensemble Jordynne Grace will destroy Black Lotus' contender! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DinoKea Posted May 28 Share Posted May 28 RAMPAGE I think Thunder Rosa has earned a chance to put away the Women's Champion and bring the title to where it rightfully belongs, at the Peak of wrestling. COLLISION Thunder Rosa & Deonna Purrazzo def. the non-PPV crew 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stratusfaction Posted May 29 Share Posted May 29 DYNAMITE The Spooky Club v Will Ospreay & Matt Cardona (TV Network) - men tag COLLISION Tessa Blanchard & Trinity (TV Network) v The Peak of Perfection - women tag 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrestling Machine Posted May 29 Share Posted May 29 Jamie Hayter vs Timeless Ensemble 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KyTeran Posted May 30 Share Posted May 30 DYNAMITE Rey Fenix COLLISION Claudio Castagnoli and the Lucha Brothers 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
christmas_ape Posted May 31 Share Posted May 31 Looks like I've missed some big stuff! Look at everyone, scrambling to ditch their AEW stars for the incoming WWE'ers. TUT TUT. No I'm going to stay loyal to my team of AEW originals like... Satnam Singh? The Spooky Club: Sting & Singh 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrestling Machine Posted May 31 Share Posted May 31 On 5/29/2024 at 12:31 AM, Dawn said: NEWEST addition to the Ensemble Jordynne Grace will destroy Black Lotus' contender! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobby_McDonald Posted June 3 Author Share Posted June 3 SHOW PREVIEWS DYNAMITE Team Swerve (Mercedes Moné & Rosemary - default selection) v Team WooItsNathan (Anna Jay & Diamanté - default selection) The Spooky Club (Sting & Satnam Singh) v TV Network (Will Ospreay & Matt Cardona) The Bryan Danielson Appreciation Society (Bryan Danielson) v The Golden Lion Club (Rey Fénix) WOMEN'S THE BIG GAMBLE TAG TEAM MATCH - Toni Storm & Athena v Deonna Purrazzo & Jamie Hayter OWEN HART FOUNDATION MEN'S TOURNAMENT FIRST ROUND - El Hijo del Vikingo v Nick Wayne OWEN HART FOUNDATION WOMEN'S TOURNAMENT FIRST ROUND - Yuka Sakazaki v Kris Statlander The EVPs & Adam Page v Kenny Omega, Eddie Kingston & Drew Galloway LAX v FTR & Mark Briscoe RAMPAGE The Peak of Perfection (Thunder Rosa) v Timeless Ensemble (Toni Storm) LAX v Hikaru Shida & Riho Marina Shafir v Willow Nightingale Dalton Castle & The Boys v Top Flight & Action Andretti COLLISION Timeless Ensemble (Jordynne Grace) v Black Lotus (Jamie Hayter) The Bryan Danielson Appreciation Society (Hikaru Shida & Serena Deeb (random selection) v Team WooItsNathan (Anna Jay & Diamanté - default selection) TV Network (Tessa Blanchard & Trinity) v The Peak of Perfection (Thunder Rosa & Deonna Purrazzo) Team Swerve (Santana, Nick Nemeth (if available) & Swerve Strickland - random selection) v The Golden Lion Club (Claudio Castagnoli & Lucha Brothers OWEN HART FOUNDATION MEN'S TOURNAMENT FIRST ROUND - Malakai Black v Trent Beretta Big Bill & Ricky Starks v House of Black Jack Perry & The Righteous v Undisputed Kingdom 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobby_McDonald Posted June 3 Author Share Posted June 3 PRE SHOW Brian Cage beat Bandido in 7:43 by pinfall with a Weapon X. 51 DYNAMITE Wednesday, week 2, April 2024 Buffalo RiverWorks, Buffalo, New York (5,000 capacity) Announcers: Excalibur, Taz and Tony Schiavone v AEW LEAGUE Team Swerve ('CEO' Mercedes Moné & Rosemary) v Team WooItsNathan (Anna Jay & Diamanté (with Konnan)) A decent opener to a stacked card and one where Moné was a class above. Her superiority led her team to three points in 5:46 though it was Rosemary who scorred the pin on Jay with a Red Wedding. 58 Moné far out performed everybody else (70, next best Rosemary 47) Diamanté seemed off her game. Rosemary is getting better at her gimmick. Earlier today is seen in the bottom corner of the screen as we see a Smoking Skull black pick up arrive at the arena. No surprise that Steve Austin gets out and he is met by his trio tonight of the returned Kenny Omega, the fiery Eddie Kingston and new acquisition Drew Galloway. They exchange fist bumps but they are then met by over a dozen arena security staff and behind them stand Adam Page and the EVPs Matthew and Nicholas Jackson... The EVPs disinengiously welcome their foes to the Buffalo RiverWorks where they say they have arranged a private locker room for them to prepare for such a big night tonight... and security will escort them there. None of the group are stupid, they know it's bull shit and Steve Austin says so... but the EVPs insist... or else they will be banned from the arena tonight... and just then two police squad cars arrive on the scene to provide further back up... Outnumbered about twenty to four, Austin, Omega, Kingston and Galloway have no choice but to go to their 'special' locker room... cameras follow and sure enough it's in the basement with only a table and four steel chairs to give them any comfort and a curtain on a rail to give them 'privacy'. The group immediately trash the place once security and police have left. 68 v OWEN HART FOUNDATION MEN'S TOURNAMENT FIRST ROUND El Hijo del Vikingo (with Konnan) v Nick Wayne A really good match between two quick athletes. Vikingo advanced in 6:45 by pinfall with a 630 Senton. 64 Vikingo out performed Wayne 65-55 As soon as the match finishes, cameras cut backstage to Christian Cage sneaking into Adam Copeland's locker room, followed by Killswitch. He sees the box labelled Spike on the floor and goes to it... He pauses, perhaps thinking about opening it... then instead goes to pick it up when Adam Copeland appears and Cage looks like he has seen a ghost... and Copeland is not alone as Daniel Garcia and Matt Menard are with him so numbers aren't a factor... Cage quickly makes his exit, as if he is afraid of what Copeland might do... Killswitch glares at Copeland, Garcia and Menard as he follows Cage out. 69 v AEW LEAGUE The Spooky Club ('The Icon' Sting (World Tag Team champion) & 'One in a Billion' Satnam Singh (with Sonjay Dutt)) v TV Network ('Aerial Assassin' Will Ospreay & Matt Cardona) Not the best match, and The Spooky Club's cause was not helped by Sting and Singh having zero chemistry and ending up working poorly tonight. This led to an easy win for TV Network in 6:49 when Cardona pinned the giant Singh. 52 Ospreay performed better than everybody else (65, next best Cardona 55) Singh performed far worse than everybody else (21, next worst Sting 41) Cardona is improving at his gimmick. Alex Marvez is backstage with Lucha Brothers and Alex Abrahantes. They talk about The Big Gamble, where Lucha Brothers will challenge Darby Allin and Sting for the World Tag Team Championship... Alex talks about the respect they have for Sting and everything he has done in his career... and the respect they have for Darby Allin and everything he has done in AEW... but when the bell rings at The Big Gamble it will be all business and on that Sunday night there will be new AEW World Tag Team champions. 46 v OWEN HART FOUNDATION WOMEN'S TOURNAMENT FIRST ROUND Yuka Sakazaki v Kris Statlander A really good match and one where Sakazaki performed above most people's expectations. Despite her impressive showing, she came up short though as Statlander prevailed in 7:16 by pinfall with a Big Bang Theory. 60 Sakazaki out performed Statlander 63-53 Statlander benefitted from public support. Lexy Nair is backstage with Black Lotus, minus Kris Statlander who is in the ring celebrating her win. To nobody's surprise she asks them their thoughts on the AEW League season so far. Adam Copeland says it's going OK... 4th place and more wins than losses is OK in a very competitive league... Jamie Hayter says she is happy with how she has performed since her return from injury... Dustin Rhodes says they have a great mix of styles, youth and experience... Konosuke Takeshita stares somewhat blankly at the camera... Skye Blue flutters her lashes and pushes out her chest... and Miro stands there looking like he wants to hurt anyone who crosses him. 60 v Latin American X-Change (with Konnan, Sammy Guervara, El Hijo del Vikingo & Dralistico) v FTR & Mark Briscoe A good, hard hitting match, LAX have been riding a wave of momentum since Konnan both reformed the group and expanded them in one fell swoop back at Revolution. They continued this when they just about got the better of their opponents in 9:50 when Rush pinned Briscoe with a Rush Driver. 64 Briscoe benefitted from public support. Rush has completed his face turn, a complete success. Renee Paquette is seen with the World Tag Team champions, Darby Allin and Sting. Darby says he heard what Alex Abrahantes said earlier and he's glad he has their respect, but it's not going to change the Darby Allin that shows up at The Big Gamble... it will be the same Darby Allin that gives everything and puts everything on the line... Sting says he is glad he has their respect, he has a lot of respect for Lucha Brothers, they are a great tag team... but come The Big Gamble it's show time... and when it's show time that when Sting is at his best... and his most dangerous. 67 v THE BIG GAMBLE TAG TEAM MATCH 'Timeless' Toni Storm (Women's World champion, with Luther & Mariah May) & Athena (Ring of Honor Women's World champion) v 'The Virtuosa' Deonna Purrazzo & Jamie Hayter A decent match and one where all four women showcased their skills really well and one where all four women seemed evenly matched, which bodes for a very intriguing four way title match at The Big Gamble. Tonight though, Storm just about edged the victory in 10:39 when she pinned Hayter with a Storm Zero, though the match up until then could easily have gone either way. 65 Athena benefitted from being in amazing form. Hayter benefitted from public support. Renee Paquette is backstage, now with Jordynne Grace. Renee says Grace picked up an impressive debut win last week against former Women's World champion Nyla Rose... Grace says she is delighted with her debut and to beat a former champion is the best start she could have... and then Saraya and Harley Cameron appear... Saraya says she too is a former Women's World champion and she will have no trouble beating Jordynne Grace and challenges her to a match next week... Grace accepts and gets in Saraya's face... who tells her to back off, she only wanted a match... Saraya leaves and Grace asks Renee if you always get interrupted in AEW... Renee says it does happen quite a lot. 56 v The EVPs & 'Hangman' Adam Page v 'Best Bout Machine' Kenny Omega, 'The Mad King' Eddie Kingston & Drew Galloway (with Steve Austin) A good, intense match and new signing Galloway made an impressive in ring debut. Steve Austin's trio got cheated out of the win though in 10:58 when Page pinned Kingston by illegally using the ropes for leverage. A fuming Kingston got straight up and started to swing wildly at Page, who was already retreating and as Steve Austin grabbed a chair, The EVPs and Page made a hasty exit back up the ramp as Austin was cursing and giving them the middle finger in the ring as Omega, Kingston and Galloway also look pissed off beside him. 71 Page turned heel, a complete success. Following a commercial break for Burberry, MJF is in the ring with Swerve Strickland. The two start verbal sparring about The Big Gamble... Swerve saying the World Championship is coming to Swerve's House... MJF saying he is the longest reigning AEW World champion and he's getting his title back... as he is better than you and you know it... Samoa Joe meanwhile has made his way out and is watching proceedings from the stage, with a smile on his face... Once MJF and Strickland have stopped their verbal duel, they spot Joe... Joe holds up the World Championship belt, saying it's his and noone will take it from him. 73 Strickland benefitted from a hot catchphrase. v AEW LEAGUE The Bryan Danielson Appreciation Society ('American Dragon' Bryan Danielson) v The Golden Lion Club (Rey Fénix (with Alex Abrahantes)) A match between arguably the best technical wrestler in AEW and arguably the best high flyer in AEW. It was hotly anticipated and promised much... It delivered. The action was superb with Danielson's technical wrestling and Fénix's high flying proving a great and very good contest and one where both performers delivered a top notch performance. It was a shame there was a loser, with Danielson getting the win in 13:31 by pinfall with a Busaiko Knee. Rey's big day will surely come. It's a matter of when and not if. 80 - match of the night Danielson's performance 82, Fénix 81 Show rating: 75 AEW increased popularity in 24 regions. Attendance: 5,000 (sell out) TV rating: 1.48 (1,111,364 viewers and 1,872,240 overall) Dynamite was AEW's best show in 2024. Bryan Danielson v Rey Fénix was AEW's best match in 2024. Dynamite drew AEW's third biggest crowd in 2024. Dynamite drew AEW's highest TV rating in 2024 (beat the previous best by 0.17) QUICK RESULTS Bryan Danielson beat Rey Fénix (league match) The EVPs & Adam Page beat Kenny Omega, Eddie Kingston & Drew Galloway Toni Storm & Athena beat Deonna Purrazzo & Jamie Hayter LAX beat FTR & Mark Briscoe Kris Statlander beat Yuka Sakazaki in Owen Hart Foundation Women's Tournament First Round Will Ospreay & Matt Cardona beat Sting & Satnam Singh (league match) El Hijo del Vikingo beat Nick Wayne in Owen Hart Foundation Men's Tournament First Round Mercedes Moné & Rosemary beat Anna Jay & Diamanté (league match) 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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