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AEW Dynamite results 04/17/24: Joe, Ospreay stand tall ahead of Dynasty

A final showdown between Swerve Strickland and Samoa Joe went poorly for the challenger on AEW Dynamite.

You know what they say about pre-pay-per-view momentum being a many-splendored thing? Wait, what? That was love? Are you absolutely sure? Well then OK, but momentum is still a thing that’s worth watching tonight on AEW Dynamite from Indianapolis.

Will Ospreay has all the momentum in the world right now. He’s been tearing through the AEW roster one opponent at a time, mowing through the Don Callis Family in particular. Now he’s moved on the the Blackpool Combat Club, with a showdown against Bryan Danielson waiting Sunday at Dynasty.

Is he taking this Wednesday night off? Heck no, he’s taking on the Swiss Superman, Claudio Castagnoli. Take that, Ospreay grind doubters. We could take about the fun clash of styles here, but you probably already know all about that. The more intriguing part will be seeing if AEW lets Ospreay take his first ‘L,’ even if it’s because of extenuating circumstances, setting up a little more doubt ahead of Sunday.

Pretty much all of the other advertised matches carry with them some kind of Dynasty implications, which is exactly what a good go home show should do. Plus there could even be another match or two added to the Dynasty card tonight, which is something that AEW is not opposed to doing the week of a PPV.

Tony Khan has announced that this show has an overrun already approved, so we’re ready to settle in for more than two hours of action. Let’s get it.

AEW Dynamite results from Indianapolis:

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  • Jon Moxley and his new championship are here, and he makes a challenge to Powerhouse Hobbs
  • Mercedes Moné puts the entire women’s division on notice with a special warning to Julia Hart or whoever attacker her last week

  • Willow Nightingale has clearly been attacked backstage, but she tells Stokely Hathaway and medical personnel then she’s fine; out in the ring, the lights go out and back on to reveal Brody King in place to attack Adam Copeland
  • Brody King and Julia Hart def. Adam Copeland and Willow Nightingale by submission after Nightingale gets laid out by a shot by Hart wielding King’s chain; Moné arrives with a steel chair after the bell to prevent further damage to Nightingale, perhaps, and ends up shaking Copeland’s hand
  • Samoa Joe tells Renee Paquette he once saw Swerve Strickland as a worthy adversary but now sees him as an annoyance or punching bag; Joe also calls Swerve a choke artist but tells him not to worry, as at Dynasty, he’ll be the one choking Swerve out instead

  • The Young Bucks decide the hype video for the Ladder match doesn’t need the part with FTR, flexing their power as EVPs, and Kazuchika Okada tells Pac he won’t make it to Dynasty
  • The Elite (Young Bucks and Kazuchika Okada) def. Daniel Garcia, Penta El Zero Miedo and Pac by pinfall as Okada pins Garcia; after the bell, The Elite continue their assault until Pac produces a bell hammer and chases them off
  • Taz gets Chris Jericho and Hook together to talk, but it doesn’t stay cordial
  • Swerve Strickland admits to Paquette that he has tripped up but he’s always managed to get back up, and when Renee asks him why he’s confident, Swerve says he needs to say that to Joe’s face in the ring tonight

  • Deonna Purrazzo def. Mariah May by pinfall; after the bell, Thunder Rosa and Toni Storm both get involved in the melee, with Rosa eventually smearing Storm’s face with additional lipstick
  • The Bang Bang Gang doesn’t think Paquette is as excited as she should be to be in their presence; Jay White also says his group is going to take the other six-man titles from The Acclaimed and Daddy Ass
  • Speaking of The Acclaimed and Daddy Ass, they’re up for putting the gold on the line and will take on the Bang Bang Gang at Dynasty
  • Orange Cassidy def. Shane Taylor by pinfall; Cassidy is immediately jumped by Lee Moriarty and Anthony Ogogo after the bell, eating a nasty body shot from the boxer, and Trent Beretta ensures that Christopher Daniels and Matt Sydal eat chair shots when they try to save him
  • Will Ospreay def. Claudio Castagnoli by pinfall; after the bell, the rest of the Don Callis Family assaults Castagnoli until Moxley hits the ring and clears it
  • Excalibur runs down the AEW Dynasty card
  • Swerve and Joe face off one last time before St. Louis, and it doesn’t end well for Swerve

There’s only one Jon Moxley, as Powerhouse Hobbs will learn next week

Mox says the first championship of any kind he ever won was right here in Indianapolis. Even then, 20 years, he says he was swimming upstream, but his message to doubters now is the same as it was then: Kiss my ass and watch me.

Being great, Moxley says, is about what’s inside and not what other people think. A “you deserve it” chant breaks out as he talks about the IWGP title, which he says he’s been chasing for five years.

After a rallying cry for AEW, Mox turns his attention to the Don Callis Family and the “hit” they put out on Bryan Danielson. If they want to get violent, he’ll be here all night, and he goes beyond that to challenge Powerhouse Hobbs for a match next week at Jacksonville. Moxley says he’ll drag Hobbs to the deepest waters to discover that Callis is feeding him lies.

Oh, and while there are a lot of great wrestlers in the world, but there is only one Jon Moxley.

Taz gets Chris Jericho and Hook together to talk, but not for long

Taz gives Jericho the floor first, asking the fans not to boo him so he can talk. Chris claims he just wanted to get Hook’s attention because he wasn’t listening as much as he could have been.

“I am the learning tree,” Jericho says, mentioning all of the people who have made it to the next level because of him: Orange Cassidy, Jon Moxley and Will Ospreay among them. Uh, sure.

When Jericho asks if Hook will sit under the branches of the learning tree Hook says no, because he doesn’t need Jericho’s help. Taz and Jericho start getting into it a little, which finally turns physical when Jericho shoves Taz.

A “you f–ked up” chant breaks out as Hook is mad now. The FTW Champion says if Jericho wants to see how good he is, they can fight again any time, any place. Hook tells Jericho to get out of his ring, which the fans love.

Will Ospreay passes his last pre-Dynasty test against Claudio Castagnoli

Claudio’s strength is immediately brought to bear on Ospreay, who can’t be the Aerial Assassin if you don’t let him off the ground. Ospreay is able to fire back on the outside, hopping over the barricade and then leaping off of it to land a forearm shot.

His next attempt to fly is less successful, as Castagnoli catches him on a springboard plancha to the floor and smashes him into the apron. As one does.

Castagnoli is able to get Ospreay on the mat to subject him to submission holds while dueling chants break out (though more are for Ospreay). The rally from Ospreay includes a Tiger Driver for a near fall as a “fight forever” chant rings out.

Ospreay even turns an exchange of uppercuts into some cool spots, but Castagnoli is scoring the near falls. Claudio calls for the Giant Swing, but Ospreay counters it with a guillotine and nearly wins it before hitting the Hidden Blade and winning for real.

Swerve gets what he asked for from Joe … and more

As he and Prince Nana hit the ring, Strickland reminds viewers that he was asked earlier tonight why he’s confident he can beat Samoa Joe. Swerve says it was because he’s seen the fear in Joe’s eyes and wants to tell the champ to his face he’s going to lose at Dynasty.

While security tries to hold him back, Joe does indeed head down the ramp. Swerve ends up launching a massive Swerve Stomp that takes out all the security guards, but Joe seizes the advantage and chucks Swerve into the steel steps.

As Joe is occupied with threatening Nana, Strickland flies back in for a House Call. Joe catches Strickland on the top rope a second later, though, and drops him in the middle of the ring with a massive Muscle Buster. Joe stands tall over Swerve to end the show.

AEW Dynamite results 03/20/24: Copeland has grit, friends to make Cage quit

Toronto also saw Kazuchika Okada win gold on AEW Dynamite.

When two former friends from Ontario want to settle their massive, ongoing beef, maybe the only real way to do it is in an I Quit match in Toronto. Wouldn’t you know it, that’s exactly what awaits tonight on AEW Dynamite.

Adam Copeland and Christian Cage have clashed over the TNT Championship before, with Cage emerging victorious thanks to the aid of The Patriarchy. He dismissively sent Copeland to the back of the line, figuring that would be the end of it.

Copeland brushed himself off and jumped into the idea of working his way back to title contention with gusto thanks to his series of “Cope Open” matches. They didn’t really go on as long as he and AEW would have us believe, but it’s a fine narrative regardless.

If you didn’t think we were always headed back here, you must be relatively new to pro wrestling (so welcome!). An I Quit match in front of what is a hometown crowd for both men should be excellent.

It’s not the only title match on Dynamite tonight either. Eddie Kingston actually has several titles that confusingly are sometimes referred to as one. Only one of those three, the still fairly new Continental Championship, is at stake when Kingston faces Kazuchika Okada.

A villainous Rainmaker took some getting used to but seems like a stroke of genius for AEW. Will Okada break through this early in his time in the U.S.? We’ll find out tonight.

AEW Dynamite results from Toronto:

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  • Mercedes Moné is here, as is Willow Nightingale, but are they united even against Julia Hart and Skye Blue?
  • Matthew and Nicholas Jackson want Alex Marvez to talk Japanese to Kazuchika Okada, or to learn how by next week, but the Rainmaker knows enough English to tell Eddie Kingston he’s coming for the title
  • Kazuchika Okada def. Eddie Kingston by pinfall to become the new AEW Continental Champion, however …
  • … after his victory, Okada sees Pac come out to the stage, insinuating he’ll be going after the Continental title
  • Renee Paquette speaks with Swerve Strickland, who accuses Samoa Joe of running and ducking him but is in the mood to issue an open challenge for a fight tonight
  • Paquette next speaks with Nightingale and Statlander about their Street Fight on Rampage, with Willow noting that she’s completely different in that environment; Moné stops by and exchanges thanks with Statlander but freezes out Nightingale (and Stokely Hathaway for that matter)
  • Hook def. Chris Jericho by pinfall
  • Adam Cole talks about how disappointed he is in Wardlow, so now the big man’s job is to protect the gold Undisputed Kingdom has, framing it as wanting what’s best for Wardlow
  • Paquette grabs a minute with Jericho backstage, and he says Hook lived up to what he expected from the “future world champion”; next week, Jericho says he has a proposition for Hook
  • Tony Schiavone calls Will Ospreay to the ring, and the Aerial Assassin says he’s changed and is now here for the betterment of AEW but needs some maple syrup from Canada in return; he also addresses Bryan Danielson claiming he couldn’t walk in Bryan’s shoes and tells Katsuyori Shibata he wants to face him next week
  • A hype video is shown for the Adam Copeland-Christian Cage I Quit match later tonight
  • Deonna Purrazzo and Thunder Rosa def. “Timeless” Toni Storm and Mariah May by pinfall
  • Swerve Strickland def. The Butcher by submission, then cuts a promo on Samoa Joe which is answered in the flesh by the AEW World Champion, and then by Don Callis, which apparently sets up a match between Swerve and Konosuke Takeshita
  • Adam Copeland def. Christian Cage in an I Quit match to become the new AEW TNT Champion

Mercedes Moné still has business with Willow Nightingale, which only gets more complicated

Please say hello to your new CEO. Mercedes says she’s still on a high from her debut in AEW last week, and goes on to talk about her near-career-ending injury 10 months ago when she was facing Willow Nightingale.

Cognizant that some people might not know exactly who she is, Mercedes shows a video package to fill them in. No, there are no Sasha Banks highlights in it.

She’s not here to lead a women’s evolution, as she’s done that before. Mercedes says she wants to lead a global revolution, facing the best women all over the world.

For now, it seems she wants to focus on Nightingale, but the lights go out when she does her mic drop, then come back up to find Julia Hart standing on the ramp. Skye Blue attempts an attack from behind, but both heels are easily repulsed.

Hart and Blue go under the ring for chairs but are neutralized by the arrival of Nightingale and Kris Statlander, both carrying chairs of their own. The lights go out and back on again, and it appears Willow was considering hitting Mercedes, which of course ticks off the CEO as she leaves.

Kazuchika Okada makes it rain gold against Eddie Kingston

Kingston has been talking about how Okada has never faced anyone like him, but an argument can be made that he’s as rooted in Strong Style as any current non-Japanese wrestler, so perhaps that’s not 100% true.

It’s also fun to see how some of Okada’s trademark mannerisms and bits still work even now that he’s a heel. We also see Matthew and Nicholas Jackson in the back, working as producers for the match as they promised Okada they would.

OK it’s not all business as usual with Okada as he’s a lot cockier than normal, but he’s bumping like the top level pro he is as Kingston hurls him around with suplexes. Eddie is getting plenty of support from the fans but there are some chants for the challenger as well.

Signature Okada dropkick? Check. But Kingston is able to nail the spinning back fist not long after for a near fall.

A running clotheslines has Eddie pulling down his straps, but Okada is able to gouge the champ’s eyes after a quick ref distraction. A spinning powerslam leads to a Rainmaker, and Okada is golden in AEW already.

Deonna Purrazzo, Thunder Rosa get one over on Toni Storm, Mariah May even though they aren’t completely aligned

The framing here is about how Storm and May are a proven team while Purrazzo and Rosa may not be on the exact same page. It’s not a problem in the opening minutes, and Rosa looks good in one of the longest matches we’ve seen from her on TV since she returned from her long injury layoff.

Ah, but things change when the Virtuosa has things rolling against May and Rosa tags herself in. That proves to be a tactical error as she eats a hip attack from the champ, but Thunder reverses a piledriver and gets the victory out of nowhere.

It doesn’t look like Deonna is 100% happy with things after the match, however.

Adam Copeland gets help to overcome The Patriarchy and makes Christian Cage quit

The fans enthusiastically sing along with Copeland’s theme a cappella even after the music stops, but the mood changes quickly when Cage makes his ring walk. There’s also a “holy s–t” chant that rings out in the early going.

It doesn’t take long for the two Canadians to fight into the crowd, where Cage dons a Bruins sweater and Copeland wears a Leafs sweater for an additional hometown pop. During picture-in-picture action, they battle out onto the concourse and then back toward the ring.

The crowd starts a “TLC” chant as a ladder comes into play, and both men are hurt when Copeland pulls Cage backward onto the steel. That gets a “this is awesome” chant going as well.

Now Copeland gets out a table, leaning it against the barricade. Cage leapfrogs a Spear and sends Copeland into the ringpost after a quick poke to the eyes.

Copeland ends up getting driven through the table when Cage jumps off the top rope, and he’s busted open as a result. They head back into the ring, where Cage catapults Copeland into a ladder laid across the ropes. The ref asks Copeland for a response but he’s not ready to quit.

Cage’s frog splash finds no one home, and Copeland grabs him in a crossface. The champ also isn’t quitting and gouges the challenger’s eyes to free himself.

During more picture-in-picture, Cage looks like he’s trying to walk out on the match, but Copeland catches up with him and catapults Cage off the stage. The champ also briefly gets thrown into a hockey net, as one does.

While they fight back toward the ring, Mama Wayne runs up and uses a hockey stick to hit a low blow on Copeland from behind. Cage breaks the stick over Copeland’s back and they head back inside the squared circle.

Cage unloads with the blade half of the stick and flexes to a chorus of boos. He jams the stick into Copeland’s throat, and the ref asks him several times if he’ll quit and still gets a quiet no.

Looking under the ring again, Cage slides several chairs into the ring. He produces one with barbed wire around it too, looking for a devastating Con-chair-to. Copeland rolls away at the last second and now he has the barbed wire chair, but Cage kicks it away.

Copeland runs Cage over with the hockey stick and tries choking him out, then takes the drawstring out of his tights to choke the champ. Nick Wayne and Killswitch pick that moment to jump in again, and they invite Mana Wayne to slap him.

Daddy Magic and Daniel Garcia run down to attack The Patriarchy, and Killswitch takes a DDT on the barbed wire chair. They also send Wayne flying to the floor, and Copeland climbs a ladder and dives to the floor onto both of them.

Garcia produces handcuffs, and the faces end up cuffing both Wayne and Killswitch to opposite corners. Mama Wayne sees more handcuffs and decides to make a run for it.

Cage is now left three on one, which makes things look grim for him. He’s handcuffed to another corner, where Copeland kicks him in the junk repeatedly.

Copeland gets in one shot from Spike, his nail-studded 2×4, and threatens another to finally make Copeland say “I Quit.”

AEW Collision results 03/16/24: Danielson downs Shibata in dream match

Christian Cage also revealed what was in his case on AEW Collision and how he’s going to use it on Christian Cage.

How we feeling, AEW fans? The promotion seems to have received a shot in the arm as of late, and that’s no surprise considering Will Ospreay, Kazuchika Okada and Mercedes Moné all arrived within weeks of each other. It’s a crazy talent infusion, but none of it will be part of tonight’s episode of AEW Collision.

Will that matter? Maybe not, as AEW felt a little more focused even in the build-up to Revolution earlier this month. Maybe not quite to the point where it’s restored the peak enthusiasm from a few years ago, but trending upward for sure.

Plus, if there’s one thing Tony Khan can be counted on to do, it’s to book a dream match out of nowhere just because he can. Bryan Danielson vs. Katsuyori Shibata, come on down!

So while the three newcomers are of course all amazing, AEW doesn’t have to rely on only them, and we should see that tonight from Canada’s capital. Let’s see.

AEW Collision results from Ottawa:

  • Bryan Danielson def. Katsuyori Shibata by pinfall; they shake hands, hug and generally show each other respect afterward
  • A highlight package from AEW Big Business is shown, with a special spotlight on the debut of Mercedes Moné
  • Julia Hart def. Trish Adora by pinfall to retain the AEW TBS Championship; as a results, Hart can be ringside for the match between House of Black and The Infantry later tonight, but Adora cannot
  • Lexy Nair asks Zak Knight about fighting Angelo Parker, which he’s happy to do, just not in Canada

  • Daniel Garcia def. Lee Moriarty by submission; Matt Menard was on guest commentary and celebrates with Garcia in the ring afterward
  • Pac def. Aaron Solo by submission; after the bell, Pac says he’s looking for trouble and Solo isn’t exactly what he had in mind, so he tells Tony Khan to find him some trouble or he’ll find it himself

  • Danielson is meditating backstage but stops to talk about how grateful he is that he got to wrestle Shibata tonight and that he’s got a match coming up with Will Ospreay coming up; Danielson suggests that Ospreay doesn’t understand what he and Shibata have gone through and isn’t ready for what the American Dragon is willing to do

  • Claudio Castagnoli def. Lance Archer by DQ after he’s attacked by The Righteous; Danielson tries to make the save but is outnumbered, so Shibata also flies down with a chair and sends the heels running
  • Nair talks to Parker, who was ready to fight Knight tonight, but he agrees to “leave it alone for tonight” after Ruby Soho suggests that if he tries to start something tonight, he’ll have to do it without her

  • Kyle O’Reilly def. Bryan Keith by submission; after the match, Undisputed Kingdom comes out to celebrate with O’Reilly
  • Nair speaks with Deonna Purrazzo and Thunder Rosa, who may have some differences in opinion on the world championship but certainly seem like they’ll put them aside to get back at Toni Storm and Mariah May

  • The Infantry def. House of Black (Brody King and Buddy Matthews ) by pinfall in an AEW Tag Team Tournament Wild Card Match, in large part due to interference by Mark Briscoe
  • Adam Copeland sits down to recap his take on the whole Christian Cage situation, saying he never came to AEW to take his old friend’s spotlight away and finally revealing what’s in his box: Spike, a nail-studded 2×4; Copeland says he and Spike will make Cage say “I quit” and take away Christian’s pride

PGA Tour announces 16 names for the 2024 Player Advisory Council

The PAC advises and consults with the PGA Tour Policy Board.

Voting ended on Jan. 12 and on Sunday, the 2024 Player Advisory Council was announced.

There are 16 members of the PGA Tour who will serve on the PAC, with eight elected and eight more appointed by the player directors.

In alphabetical order, the 16 are:

Sam Burns

Lanto Griffin

Nick Hardy

Brian Harman

Max Homa

Mackenzie Hughes

Keith Mitchell

Grayson Murray

Seamus Power

Scottie Scheffler

Adam Schenk

Kevin Streelman

Nick Taylor

Josh Teater

Justin Thomas

Camilo Villegas

Streelman and Villegas were selected by the Player Directors to run for PAC Chairman via election on Feb. 27. The leading vote-getter there will replace Jordan Spieth on Jan. 1, 2025, as a Player Director on the PGA Tour Policy Board.

Those are three-year terms (2025-27). The other Player Directors and they terms are Patrick Cantlay (2024-26), Peter Malnati (2023-25), Adam Scott (2024-26), Webb Simpson (2023-25) and Tiger Woods.

The PAC advises and consults with the PGA Tour Policy Board (Board of Directors) and Commissioner Jay Monahan on issues affecting the Tour. The PAC also serves as a feeder system for future board members, with the PAC Chairman being elected to fill future openings on the board as player directors complete their term.

AEW Dynamite results 07/26/23: Orange Cassidy is up in the BCC’s business

AEW Dynamite from Albany also featured an appearance by MJF and Adam Cole and a response from FTR.

For a guy who would prefer to work as little as possible, Orange Cassidy sure does defend his AEW International Championship a lot. And that makes for a totally relevant segue, because he’s going to be doing it again tonight on AEW Dynamite.

He’s already taken on quite the diverse group of challengers, but he’s getting a completely different test in Albany from high-flying AR Fox. The story AEW is telling with him is a good one: When will he simply wear out, and will he feel pressure to take more shortcuts to stave off the inevitable?

We’ll also see the latest comedy stylings from Adam Cole and MJF, and there are some other fun matches on the card too, so let’s jump right into it.

AEW Dynamite results from Albany:

Darby Allin narrates a video that tells us more about AR Fox, who not only helped him when he was just getting started in wrestling, he actually let Darby live with him for free. Respect.

Orange Cassidy def. AR Fox by pinfall to retain the AEW International Championship

Even with his hands in his pockets, Cassidy is able to go move for move with Fox right off the bat, but he ducks out to the floor to slow the pace as soon as he’s able.

That only stops Fox momentarily, and the challenger has several good chances to win it. He also hits a cool somersault senton on the apron before returning to the ring, where Cassidy hits none of his big finishers but still is able to outwrestle Fox on the mat to get the pin.

After the bell, Cassidy offers a handshake, then his sunglasses to Fox. But AR destroys the sunglasses and then smashes Orange with  a right hand. Allin, who advocated for Fox to get this shot, runs down the ramp for an angry confrontation.

To add injury to insult for Cassidy, Jon Moxley hits the ring and lays out the champ with a Death Rider. Ouch.

Renee Paquette says Don Callis has requested time to speak with Chris Jericho, and he proposes a tag team match with Konosuke Takeshita as a test run for joining the Family. Oh, and it’ll be against Daniel Garcia and Sammy Guevara. Jericho ponders it for a second but then says he’ll do it.

Callis also commemorated some artwork that shows the two of them together in the ’90s, and … yeah.

Claudio Castagnoli and Wheeler Yuta have a PSA: Don’t mess with the Blackpool Combat Club. That goes for Pac in particular, and Mox says the tag team they are facing tonight will pay for it too.

Tony Schiavone heads to the ring to talk to the new FTW Champion, Jack Perry, who scoffs at how Hook went home after one loss. But when he said he was going to win a championship, Perry clarifies that it wasn’t going to be one “created in a second-class company.”

Doubling and tripling down, Perry says he’d run circles around Taz and all of his dirtbag friends back in the day. Jerry Lynn comes out to take exception to all of this and defend the honor of ECW. When Lynn tells Perry he’ll get his ass kicked if he keeps running his mouth, Jack challenges him to a match next week.

Britt Baker tells Paquette she was surprised when Taya Valkyrie called her out on Collision, but she’s also excited about the opportunity to remind everybody that TBS = The Britt Show. Not sure that’s what it formally stands for, but we’ll roll with it.

Pac vs. Gravity

The announcers remind us that one of Pac’s nicknames used to be “The Man That Gravity Forgot,” and now he’s wrestling someone named Gravity, and you see where this is headed.

This is a pretty fun Dynamite debut for Gravity, but you know he’s not winning, and Pac is able to get him to submit. He hangs onto the hold after the bell, because he’s a bastard and all.

MJF and Adam Cole look a lot more serious tonight, with the World Champion cutting a very serious promo on FTR. Cole says to his partner that it’s become about friendship, which means the world to him. Adam tells Max that he’s becoming one of his best friends, but MJF says he’s going to give Cole a rematch since it means so much to him. Roderick Strong rushes in and starts a ruckus, so Cole tells MJF he’ll handle it, and he does it by telling Roddy he’s being too possessive and weird.

FTR is asked about the team they’ll have to face Saturday, and Cash Wheeler says he like and respects Cole but he hates MJF. Dax Harwood, who was the target of most of Max’s barbs, and says he will beat the s–t out of MJF for talking about his family. Sorry, Adam.

Swerve Strickland def. Darby Allin by pinfall

Allin has already had a bit of a night, what with the AR Fox business, so he might have some extra angst to channel here. A Code Red on the floor seems like it would hurt eve without that, but Strickland kicks out so the match can continue.

The steel steps come into play as well, and Swerve uses them as a launchpad for a jumping head kick that is truly impressive. He gains control after a commercial break and looks for a Swerve Stomp, which hits but isn’t enough to keep the resilient Allen down.

Up top they go, with Allin able to flip over Strickland to pull off a stunner, and Swerve slumps out to the apron. That ends up being bad news for Darby, who take a Death Valley Driver off the top onto the apron.

AR Fox comes down and slams Allin into the ringpost, leaving him easy pickings for the JBL Driver that gives Swerve the win.

Nick Wayne tries to come down and confront Fox, but he ends up getting laid out as well, and Fox takes off his hoodie to reveal a Mogul Embassy shirt.

Paquette is outside the locker room where Jericho has called a meeting of the Jericho Appreciation Society. Angelo Parker turns pretty serious while saying that the group means the world to all of them but he’s not sure it does to Chris. Anna Jay calls Jericho selfish and says they can’t give him 100%. Matt Menard tells him to “figure it out … fast.”

A replay is shown of Daddy Ass taking off his boots and leaving them in the ring on Collision.

Dr. Britt Baker, D.M.D. def. Taya Valkyrie by submission

Taya just smiles as she smashes home strikes on Britt, and there’s no doubt that it doesn’t look fun to be hit by her. So it looks like the good doctor is going to need to make a heroic comeback of some kind, but happily she’s pretty good at that.

Indeed, once she starts building momentum and getting her glove out, she appears to be headed that way. A Valkyrie spear derails her plans for a second, but Britt is able to counter the Road to Valhalla into the Lockjaw, and Taya taps out fairly quickly.

A series of promos for matches on this week’s episode of AEW Collision airs, with Jeff Hardy doing his best impression of The Rock. Yes, really.

Lucha Bros. def. Best Friends and Claudio Castagnoli and Jon Moxley by pinfall

This one turns wild right off the bat, with the teams brawling all the way up toward the stage, where Chuck Taylor somersaults onto multiple targets from the ramp.

The match does eventually settle enough to get in the ring, but the ref is still pretty liberal about how many people are in on the action at once, and we naturally end up with all six facing off.

With the BCC members sent to the floor, the Best Friends hit tandem piledrivers on the Lucha Bros. for a two count. Rey Fenix and Penta end up applying simultaneous submissions but can’t get them to stick. Penta hits the Made in Japan, forcing the BCC to break up the pin.

Mox and Claudio are back and wrecking shop now. But Cassidy comes down the ramp, hitting Wheeler Yuta with an Orange Punch and scrapping with Moxley. Trent nails Claudio but learns he’s not the legal man and can’t make the pin. Penta takes advantage with a Fear Factor on Trent, which is enough to get them a dub.

The violence doesn’t end after the bell, with everyone involved in the match, plus Yuta and Cassidy, all brawling. Orange hits Claudio with an Orange Punch as the show fades out.

AEW Dynamite preview 07/26/23: MJF, Adam Cole are now the hottest thing going

This week’s AEW Dynamite will also see Orange Cassidy defend his International Championship yet again, this time against AR Fox.

Sometimes it’s OK to know all about the destination as long as the journey is plenty of fun, and we’re about to see more evidence of that tonight on AEW Dynamite from Albany.

We’re talking about MJF and Adam Cole, a.k.a. Better Than You, Bay Bay. There was a little bit of eye-rolling when they were paired together in the Blind Eliminator Tag Team Tournament right after Cole wrestled MJF to a draw in an effort to get an AEW World Championship title shot.

Of course, the Devil was going to cozy up to his new partner in order to keep him from the rematch he wanted. That only made sense. And this particular tale is almost certainly going to end with the two men feuding over AEW’s biggest prize.

But in the meantime, MJF and Cole have taken the ball and run with it. Their merch is flying, with a shirt that’s the top seller for the week and the month and another one coming up fast. Audiences can’t get enough of the “double clothesline” battle cry. They’ve been legitimately good TV throughout, and that should continue in Albany.

Alas, they aren’t wrestling tonight, but there’s plenty of that to go around. A three-way tag team bout will see Claudio Castagnoli and Jon Moxley against the Lucha Bros. against Best Friends. Darby Allin will battle Swerve Strickland in a feud that just seems to be heating up. The women’s division will finally start blending some separate storylines as Britt Baker takes on Taya Valkyrie.

Orange Cassidy will defend his title — again — against AR Fox. And Pac will see if Gravity really did forget him or not.

Sounds like a good time, no? We think so too, which is why we’ll be anxiously awaiting 8 p.m. ET, and invite you to either tune in on TBS, join us back here at Wrestling Junkie for our live results post, or both.

AEW Dynamite Blood and Guts preview 07/19/23: Will BCC or Golden Elite triumph?

Blood and Guts is the draw, but this week’s AEW Dynamite will also have a title bout and a tag team tournament final.

If given the choice, The Elite and the Blackpool Combat Club might just do what the name of AEW’s video game suggests and fight forever. Alas, the conventions of pro wrestling demand that even the most baked-in grudge eventually gets settled, preferably in the most spectacular way possible. In AEW, that generally means Blood and Guts, which is taking place between these two teams tonight on Dynamite in Boston.

Taking its inspiration from the classic WarGames match of years gone by (and thus not making it a ripoff of WWE’s current version of the same), Blood and Guts features two groups facing off inside two rings covered by a roofed steel cage. Weapons and pretty much everything else are legal, and the match can only win with a submission or surrender.

Both sides in this particular bout have some fun additions. The Elite has morphed into The Golden Elite with the arrival of Kenny Omega’s friend and former partner, Kota Ibushi. The BCC was dealt a blow when Bryan Danielson hurt his arm, but has recovered nicely by teaming with a man whose perpetually foul temperament seems perfect for Blood and Guts, Pac.

And while Blood and Guts is the obvious centerpiece and should get plenty of time, it’s not like it’s the only match on the card in Boston. The final of AEW’s silly but strangely compelling Blind Eliminator Tag Team Tournament will see Adam Cole and MJF square off against Daniel Garcia and Sammy Guevara, with the winning duo assured a title shot. And the not official but still defendable FTW Championship will be on the line when Hook faces Jack Perry.

Add it all up and this is a Wednesday night you’ll want to be tuned in to TBS, just as we will be starting at 8 p.m. ET. If you can’t watch Blood and Guts, our apologies, but we’ll have live updates for you here at Wrestling Junkie so you can keep up with the carnage.

Adam Scott voted chairman of PGA Tour’s Player Advisory Council

The other players on the ballot for PAC chairman were Maverick McNealy and Kevin Streelman.

Adam Scott has been named chairman of the PGA Tour Players Advisory Council, the Tour announced Tuesday. The decision comes after a vote from PGA Tour membership.

Scott will serve as PAC chairman for the remainder of 2023 and replace Charley Hoffman as one of the player directors on the PGA Tour policy board on Jan. 1, 2024, serving a three-year term.

The other players on the ballot for PAC chairmen were Maverick McNealy and Kevin Streelman. The PAC advises and consults with the policy board and commissioner Jay Monahan on issues affecting the Tour.

In 2024, the four player directors will vote to appoint a fifth player director to serve a three-year term. That position is currently occupied by Patrick Cantlay. The other player directors are Peter Malnati, Rory McIlroy and Webb Simpson.

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PGA Tour announces 2023 Player Advisory Council after Paul Azinger’s ‘colossal waste of time’ comment

Maverick McNealy, Adam Scott and Kevin Streelman have been selected to run for PAC Chairman.

The PGA Tour announced its 16-member Player Advisory Council on Monday morning, as well as a handful of future leaders.

Maverick McNealy, Adam Scott and Kevin Streelman have been selected to run for PAC Chairman, with the election set to end Feb. 13. The winner will replace Charley Hoffman as a Player Director on the PGA Tour Policy Board (board of directors) starting Jan. 1, 2024, and will serve at three-year term (2024-26). The current Player Directors are Peter Malnati (2023-25), Rory McIlroy (2022-24), Webb Simpson (2023-25) and Patrick Cantlay (2023).

The release comes less than 24 hours after Paul Azinger said serving on the PAC – a group of players who advise and consult the PGA Tour Policy Board and Commissioner Jay Monahan on issues affecting the Tour – was “a colossal of waste time” during the Sony Open in Hawaii broadcast.

Meet the players serving on the PAC in 2023 (alphabetical order):

  • Ryan Armour
  • Sam Burns
  • Corey Conners
  • Rickie Fowler
  • Brice Garnett
  • Brian Harman
  • Max Homa
  • Mackenzie Hughes
  • Shane Lowry
  • Maverick McNealy
  • Keith Mitchell
  • Henrik Norlander
  • Scottie Scheffler
  • Adam Scott
  • Kevin Streelman
  • Will Zalatoris

Streelman was up for chairman role in 2021 but McIlroy prevailed in that vote.

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AEW Rampage results: Orange Cassidy retains again

Get quick AEW Rampage results for the November 11, 2022 episode, featuring Orange Cassidy vs. Lee Johnson for the All-Atlantic Championship.

Who would have imagined that Orange Cassidy would be the hardest working champion in AEW? It doesn’t really fit his personality at all, but Freshly Squeezed is back at it again on AEW Rampage, defending his All-Atlantic Championship after several tough defenses just last week.

This time out, it’ll be Lee Johnson getting a shot at the gold. And speaking of gold, the AEW World Title Eliminator Tournament was supposed to have all three of its remaining first round matches on tonight’s show. However, Ricky Starks isn’t cleared to compete, kicking his match with Lance Archer into next week.

We’ll still see two other tourney matches as Brian Cage takes on Dante Martin and Rush collides with Bandido. The winners of those matches will join Ethan Page in the semifinals after his victory on Dynamite.

Let’s check out what’s going down as we wrap up the week in AEW on TV.

AEW Rampage results in 30 seconds:

  • “Jungle Boy” Jack Perry wants to challenge Luchasaurus to a Steel Cage match face to face, but it doesn’t go so well when he ends up getting slammed onto a steel chair
  • Pac lectures the rest of Death Triangle again for not cheating like he does, saying they need to defend their trios titles by any means necessary
  • Brian Cage def. Dante Martin by pinfall in an AEW World Title Eliminator Tournament match
  • Lee Moriarty says he wants any champion in AEW … but even Stokely Hathaway loses some of his bravado when Hook shows up
  • Another promo video airs for the House of Black
  • Bandido def. Rush by pinfall in an AEW World Title Eliminator Tournament match after John Silver helped counteract interference from Jose The Assistant
  • Jake Hager made a challenge of some sort to Claudio Castagnoli
  • Nyla Rose def. Kayla Sparks by pinfall, but gets dropped by a pump kick from an angry Jade Cargill
  • Orange Cassidy def. Lee Johnson by pinfall to retain the AEW All-Atlantic Championship