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Sting reveals that his last match will take place in early 2024

Sting’s final pro wrestling match will be at what historically has been AEW’s first PPV of any calendar year.

AEW has been lucky to have Sting as long as it has. Not only was the Icon already 60 when AEW started, he already retired once before in 2015.

But as the man himself noted when he addressed the fans in Texas on the Oct. 18 episode of AEW Dynamite, there was something about that previous retirement that never sat well with him. He said the most important thing he said during his farewell speech eight years ago is that when it comes to the Stinger, the only thing that’s for sure is nothing is for sure.

This time is different. After reminiscing a bit about the wrestlers he drove up and down the roads with during his WCW days, Sting thanked the generation ahead of him, but particularly Ric Flair for helping to put him on the map.

It sounded like it was leading up to a retirement announcement, and that’s exactly where it ended up. Sting announced that his last match will be at Revolution 2024, putting a bow on an AEW stint that began at Revolution 2021.

Check out his announcement below.

AEW hasn’t announced the exact date for Revolution 2024 yet, and it’s possible it could shift since the company has been adding more pay-per-view events this year. But it has historically been in the first quarter of the year, first in late February 2020 and in early March every year since then.

If that holds true for 2024, it means fans have a little less than five months of the Stinger left, so be sure to savor all of them.

AEW Dynamite results 10/18/23: Juice Robinson earns a shot at the ring, Sting sets farewell date

See how Juice Robinson used his ring to get a shot at a better one, and when Sting said he’ll call it a career.

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Twelve men enter, one man leave. Or something like that. It’s time for a Dynamite Dozen Battle Royale tonight on AEW Dynamite from Rosenberg, TX.

MJF has made the Dynamite Diamond Ring even more securely than Gollum did the One Ring, considering that no one to date has been able to win it from him. Will that change in 2023? First we need to figure out who will face him for it, which tonight’s battle royale will accomplish.

Which 12 men are competing? We don’t know that yet, but Juice Robinson and Dustin Rhodes are among them. Should be a fun time regardless of who else is in the mix.

Like big names in action? Tonight’s Dynamite has some of those too. Kenny Omega will take on Aussie Open’s Kyle Fletcher, while “Switchblade” Jay White battles Penta El Zero Miedo. Also it looks like Hikaru Shida vs. Emi Sakura has been added in a clash between student and teacher.

Plus there’s other potentially good stuff in the pipeline. Sting will address AEW fans, though we hope it’s not for the reason many are speculating. Adam Copeland will finally offer his rebuttal to possibly former friend Christian Cage. And Jim Ross will have a sitdown interview with Nick Wayne and his mom.

All the while, we’re grinding toward Full Gear. So we could see more developments on that front as well. Never hurts to have a few matches booked in advance, right?

We’re looking forward to seeing what’s in store for the peeps in the Houston area, provided they aren’t too concerned with what’s going on with their Astros. Let’s get into it.

AEW Dynamite results from Texas:

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  • Jay White def. Penta El Zero Miedo by pinfall after a timely cheap shot from Juice Robinson
  • After his win, White mocks MJF by suggesting he can’t find anyone to team with him against Bullet Club Gold; meanwhile, Robinson says he’s going to win the Dynamite Dozen Battle Royale in the main event, win MJF’s ring and pawn it for another gold tooth
  • Meanwhile, MJF is backstage with Renee Paquette, explaining why he didn’t rush out there, and he once again turns down Max Caster and The Acclaimed’s offer to team with him — though Caster says he’d entering the Battle Royale so he can win that and defeat MJF to make him “put a ring on it”
  • Hikaru Shida def. Emi Sakura by pinfall
  • Adam Copeland sits down with Paquette to tell some stories about his past with Christian Cage and why things have gone off the rails between them; Copeland says he won’t fight Cage but will be the one to pick him up when Luchasaurus and Nick Wayne leave him high and dry
  • Wardlow def. Ryan Nemeth by referee stoppage, then makes it clear he’s got his sights set on MJF
  • Kenny Omega tells Paquette his record hasn’t been great lately, but he says he’s still the measuring stick in AEW, so he figures he can take out Kyle Fletcher, The Don Callis Family, and then maybe come after the AEW World Championship; MJF comes to shake his hand but also whispers “13 days, bitch” before walking away
  • Adam Cole is still being bossed around by Roderick Strong but agrees to make him and The Kingdom some PB&J sandwiches, which turns into a music video; when Cole finally gets fed up and leaves, Strong tells The Kingdom he may have to be nice to “that scumbag” in order to get his best friend back
  • Don Callis brags about his Family making history, then has an interesting discussion with Kyle Fletcher
  • Kenny Omega def. Kyle Fletcher by pinfall
  • The latest Danhausen promo video suggests everyone will be cursed soon enough
  • Lance Archer def. Barrett Brown by pinfall
  • Prince Nana says Swerve Strickland should be excited about his music video, but Swerve says he’s not because he doesn’t have the TNT Championship thanks to Hangman Adam Page; Strickland delivers an ominous threat: “It’s not always you who pays for your actions.”
  • Sting addresses the rumors and says his retirement match will be next year at Revolution
  • RJ City is cut off by Toni Storm, who does her own introduction for her latest silent picture, “Gone With the Storm”
  • Jim Ross sits down with Nick Wayne and his mom, and while neither J.R. nor his mom understand what Nick has done, he says it’s because Christian Cage is a better father than his dad ever was, and he also tells his mom she’s dead to him; right outside, however, Darby Allin is waiting to attack Cage and Wayne …
  • … and they battle to the ring, where Wayne is bloodied while battling Allin and Sting despite the aid of Luchasaurus
  • Kris Statlander tells Paquette that she wants to give a TBS Championship shot to Willow Nightingale, and Orange Cassidy says he only learned how much he cared about his International Championship once he lost it
  • Juice Robinson wins the Dynamite Dozen Battle Royale, last eliminating Max Caster

AEW All In takeaways: Analyzing the biggest moments from a historic event

AEW All In London was an unforgettable night at Wembley Stadium. Here are the moments that stood out most.

We have heard plenty of times over the years about a major wrestling show being a historic event.

Most of the time, it’s hyperbole, or as the kids say, cap.

But Sunday afternoon (or night for the good folks in the United Kingdom), really was a historic happening not just for All Elite Wrestling but for all of professional wrestling, as 81,305 people packed into Wembley Stadium to witness All In — a world paid attendance record for professional wrestling.

And to think this all started with a challenge to put 10,000 people in an arena.

 

Did AEW deliver on such a monumental event? Here are my takeaways from the show:

What a moment for AEW and professional wrestling

When WWE does well, it usually only benefits WWE and not the industry as a whole. 

Evidence of this was WWE lording over the wrestling industry for nearly 20 years with very little competition before AEW came to be in 2019. WWE became the industry leader, but the industry was helped none. All WWE’s dominance did was make professional wrestling synonymous with the promotion’s three letters.

There is a large group of people in the world who still refer to any form of wrestling as that “WWE stuff.” That doesn’t help any other promotion sell one ticket.

AEW putting more than 80,000 people into a historic venue like Wembley Stadium actually does help the industry, as it shows that there are a lot of people who actually care about the unique sports/entertainment/art hybrid known as professional wrestling — so much so that it packs out football (both the gridiron kind and the pitch kind) stadiums around the world. 

It is a good look for the entire industry, not just AEW.

AEW should be very proud, as it sold a large chunk of those tickets before one match was announced. The novelty of AEW putting on a major show in the United Kingdom obviously helped, but it is a testament to the fan base the promotion has built during its four years of existence.

AEW apparently enjoys the arrangement it has with Wembley Stadium, as it will return to the venue next year for another All In.

More backstage drama

But what would a major AEW show be without some backstage drama? It is like they go hand-in-hand at this point. 

And it involves the promotion’s prominent name, CM Punk, again.

During the opening match on the card Sean Ross Sapp posted on X that Punk had been involved in a “physical confrontation” with Jack Perry prior to walking through the curtain for his match against Samoa Joe.

According to multiple reports (but h/t to Wrestling Inc.), the confrontation stemmed from a comment Perry made during his match against Hook on Zero Hour. Perry took a bump on the windshield of a limo he rode in for his entrance. 

He eventually stood up, looked at the camera and said “It’s real glass, cry me a river.”

This comment was apparently in reference to Perry wanting to use real glass during a match on Collision and Punk (rightly) putting the kibosh on it. This apparently angered Perry, prompting him to speak his mind during his match at All In.

Punk heard Perry’s comment and decided to check him right before he went through the curtain to open up one of the biggest wrestling shows of all time.

(Note: There have been conflicting reports about who approached who in this incident. Either way, it’s all bad.)

Enough already.

Is Perry wrong for saying what he said? I think so. There was no reason to do it and it is unprofessional to keep fanning these flames — especially after Punk, who seemingly has limitless power, had allegedly excommunicated multiple people from Collision, including management. If Perry really had something to say about it weeks after the fact, all he had to do was speak to Punk. Don’t go out on television and sneak diss.

Is Punk wrong for confronting Perry right before his own match? Yup, mainly because of the time and the place. Punk fashions himself as a locker room leader. A locker room leader does not try to physically confront anyone who dares speak ill of him, in my opinion.

I’m not saying Punk shouldn’t address these things. What Perry did was honestly childish and should be addressed. But how about we do this the professional way and talk about it? And that conversation does not have to happen right before the opening match. In fact, it doesn’t have to happen that day at all.

(Note: Again, there have been conflicting reports about who approached who in this incident. Either way, it’s all bad.)

The promotion is literally breaking worldwide attendance records. This squabble couldn’t have waited until tomorrow? Could we just cut the nonsense and push the egos to the side for one day? Not one day?

Bottom line: Both Perry and Punk’s actions were selfish and took away attention from the biggest event AEW has ever produced. The other people on that roster have worked too hard to let rubbish like this mar their day.

Smartly, AEW did not have Punk take part in the post-event media scrum, but something has to be done.

MJF and Adam Cole remain brochachos … for now

Fortunately for AEW, the drama right before the show’s opening match did not dampen the mood for the main event, which was the best match on the show by far.

The action in the ring was great, but the storytelling took this match to an even higher level. It was the best storytelling I have seen this year outside of the Bloodline. It was really well done.

And to make things even better, AEW has the rare opportunity to complete a full double turn. Time will tell if Adam Cole will flip to a full heel while MJF flips to being more of a good guy, but even having the opportunity to actually pull it off is pretty cool. Again, they don’t come around often.

I am very much looking forward to what’s next regarding these two.

Saraya wins with her family by her side

In probably the most touching moment of the event, Saraya won the AEW Women’s World Championship in her home country and with her family by her side.

Whether you agree with the decision to give Saraya the title or not, it made for a great moment for the fans in the United Kingdom.

I could not help but think of how much this could mean to Saraya, who has been through A LOT during her professional wrestling career. She was called up to WWE’s main roster and thrust into a top position at a very young age, had explicit photos and videos of her leaked online, was in an abusive romantic relationship with a coworker, and was told her career was over due to a severe neck injury.

Despite all of that adversity, Saraya was on top of the world in her home country Sunday.

Side note: Mercedes Moné was in the building Sunday. Maybe she can help make AEW put more than one women’s match on its major events …

Stadium Stampede was a bloody yet sort of fun mess

I’m not a big fan of the ultra-violent, ultra bloody style of wrestling, especially matches that include skewers being shoved into the top of someone’s head.

However, I was a fan of the end of Stadium Stampede, which saw a bloody Orange Cassidy pull off yet another miraculous win. I’ve written before about why I enjoy watching Cassidy so much, and Sunday was another example of it.

Yes, Cassidy did win after he punched someone in the head with a punch while his fist was covered in glass, but he only landed the move once, and it ended the match.

If you’re going to venture into ultra-violent territory, make the moves mean something.

Will Ospreay picks up another HUGE victory

It’s been quite a year for Will Ospreay with two big matches against Kenny Omega and another against Chris Jericho at Wembley Stadium.

It is one thing to be in the big matches. It is another to win them, and that is what Ospreay has done, starting at Forbidden Door against Omega and at All In against Jericho.

FTR stake their claim as the best in the world

If All In was supposed to determine the best tag team in the world, I believe FTR proved it during their win over the Young Bucks Sunday.

And since The Usos aren’t currently a tag team, I’m OK with giving FTR that honor. Objective rankings aside, all of the participants in this match held up their end of the bargain as this was the second-best match on show, in my opinion.

The Acclaimed hosts the world’s largest scissor party

Isn’t it wild how over The Acclaimed is? I mean, they had 80,000 people at historic Wembley Stadium screaming about scissoring each other, which is both NSFW and hilarious at the same time.

AEW All In London results: MJF, Adam Cole prove friendship the real winner at Wembley

Follow along with one of the biggest shows in pro wrestling history with live AEW All In results from London’s Wembley Stadium.

The wait is over, Wembley Stadium. London is playing host to one of the biggest wrestling shows of all time as AEW stages its first ever U.K. event in the most grandiose possible fashion. More than 80,000 fans are expected to experience AEW All In London in person, which is quite the accomplishment for a company that is only a few years old.

It certainly helps that AEW has one of the hottest storylines in all of wrestling going right now to fuel the show’s main event. Adam Cole nearly defeated MJF several months ago for a shot at the AEW World Championship. Then the two men got thrown together unwillingly as a tag team.

Instead of being a disaster, it turned into an unlikely bonding experience where MJF embraced his face side, and Better Than You, Bay Bay was born. The two friends have experienced moments of tension at times but always ended up hugging it out.

That ends tonight, when they’ll meet for the world title at Wembley (though not before teaming to try for tag team gold first). Will one of them finally turn on the other with the stakes this high? It should be very entertaining to find out.

The All In card is also loaded to the hilt with other championship matches (four more besides the main event), a Tag Team Coffin match, and the spectacle that is Stadium Stampede. Plus the man who might be the best wrestler on the planet right now, Will Ospreay, will take on an icon in Chris Jericho.

We’re certainly envious of everyone in attendance in London. Here we go.

AEW All In London results:

(click on any match with a link for full details)

Updated AEW All In London card: 1 match added, changes made on Dynamite

Check out all the matches confirmed for AEW All In London, one of the biggest events in pro wrestling history.

Even in the home stretch to AEW All In London, Tony Khan suggested additions and changes would be made. That proved to be the case during AEW Dynamite this week, when one popular match was added to the show at Wembley Stadium and several alterations were made as well.

Billy Gunn made his return to assist The Acclaimed against the House of Black, and revealed that he has one more match in him. He’ll join his “sons” to take on the House for the AEW World Trios Championship in London.

A vicious assault by Blackpool Combat Club put Rey Fenix in an ambulance, taking him off the All In card. But the real surprise was who helped the BCC: a returning Santana and Ortiz, who will join them at All In to make the Stadium Stampede match a five-on-five affair.

Last but not least, Swerve Strickland unceremoniously fired AR Fox from the Mogul Embassy, meaning he needed a new partner for the Coffin match — and found one in Christian Cage.

Adam Cole and MJF will headline All In with their bromance-turned-competitive match, as MJF defends his AEW World Championship. Before that, however, they will join forces on the Zero Hour pre-show to challenge Aussie Open for the ROH World Tag Team Championship. It will be intriguing to see how this impacts their singles match later in the evening, especially if it creates tension that hints at a heel turn.

In two other tag team matches at All In, FTR will defend the AEW World Tag Team Championship against the Young Bucks, and Darby Allin and Sting will face off against Swerve Strickland and AR Fox in a Coffin match.

We’ll update this post if/when more matches are made official. For now, here’s what has been revealed for Wembley Stadium this month.

Latest update: Aug. 26, 2023, 2:00 p.m. ET.

AEW All In 2023 card:

  •  Aussie Open (c) vs. MJF and Adam Cole – ROH World Tag Team Championship match (Zero Hour pre-show)
  • Jack Perry (c) vs. Hook – FTW Championship match (Zero Hour pre-show)
  • MJF (c) vs. Adam Cole – AEW World Championship match
  • CM Punk (c) vs. Samoa Joe – “Real World Championship” match
  • Hikaru Shida (c) vs. Toni Storm vs. Saraya vs. TBD – AEW Women’s World Championship match
  • FTR (c) vs. The Young Bucks – AEW World Tag Team Championship match
  • House of Black (c) vs. The Acclaimed and Billy Gunn – AEW World Trios Championship
  • Darby Allin and Sting vs. Swerve Strickland and Christian Cage – Coffin match
  • The Golden Elite (Kota Ibushi, Kenny Omega and “Hangman” Adam Page) vs. Bullet Club Gold (Juice Robinson and Jay White) and Konosuke Takeshita
  • Chris Jericho vs. Will Ospreay
  • Eddie Kingston, Penta El Zero Miedo and Best Friends (Orange Cassidy, Chuck Taylor and Trent Beretta) vs. Blackpool Combat Club (Jon Moxley, Claudio Castagnoli and Wheeler Yuta), Mike Santana and Ortiz – Stadium Stampede match

AEW Dynamite Fight for the Fallen results 08/16/23: All In takes even more shape

Also on AEW Dynamite Fight for the Fallen, Britt Baker won her way to London against The Bunny.

In terms of putting in work to elevate a “secondary” title, Orange Cassidy has been doing the textbook definition of it for months now. Yet all good things must come to an end, and you can’t help but feel leading into a special Fight for the Fallen edition of AEW Dynamite (with proceeds going to the Maui Food Bank) that the end might finally be approaching for the Freshly Squeezed one.

It’s not so much that Wheeler Yuta is one of the most lively challengers for his AEW International Championship, though he is definitely that. No, the issue is more that Yuta’s group, the Blackpool Combat Club, just seems like a force of nature right now. The BCC has been running roughshod over Dynamite for weeks, so it wouldn’t be shocking if Yuta gets the victory tonight.

There are other matches on tonight’s card with high stakes. Britt Baker seems like she should be in the four-way championship match at All In, but she’ll need to beat The Bunny to do it. You’d expect the good doctor to do exactly that, but there are also women with vested interests in keeping Baker off the London show, and it’s fair to wonder if any of them will intervene.

Because sponsorships make the world go ’round, there’s a new Texas Chainsaw Massacre video game coming out, which is why the Deathmatch between Jeff Jarrett and Jeff Hardy, two gents who are old enough to know better, has that particular theme. Plus Darby Allin and Nick Wayne will try to get some measure of revenge against the Gates of Agony as they await the opportunity to get at Swerve Strickland and AR Fox.

Here we go, with Orange Cassidy starting us off.

AEW Dynamite Fight for the Fallen results:

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  • Orange Cassidy def. Wheeler Yuta by pinfall to retain the AEW International Championship, then gets help from Best Friends and Lucha Bros. to fight off the BCC … as well as Eddie Kingston, back from Japan and anxious for a piece of Claudio
  • Kingston challenges the BCC “and anyone you can find” to a Stadium Stampede match at All In against him, Lucha Bros. and Best Friends
  • Jim Ross sits down with Kenny Omega to talk Don Callis, his childhood and Konsuke Takeshita, but Callis himself interrupts and provides a distraction that allows Takeshita and Bullet Club Gold to attack Omega from behind
  • Hangman Adam Page is outside the hospital and delivers a message about how he and Kota Ibushi will be on hand in London to help fight Takeshita and Bullet Club Gold; also, he gets yelled at for having a beer at the hospital and chugs it
  • Chris Jericho has an answer for Don Callis, but it isn’t what Callis expects, and when he’s caught in a lie, he unleashes Takeshita … and Will Ospreay
  • Jack Perry says he’s going to retire the FTW Championship next week on Dynamite
  • Darby Allin and Nick Wayne def. Gates of Agony by pinfall before Sting reveals he has Prince Nana captive
  • MJF tells Adam Cole they need to get in the minds of their opponents at Zero Hour, so they head to Outback Steakhouse; also, Cole tells Max they can prepare for Aussie Open by watching both Crocodile Dundee movies and they end up getting yelled at by Tony Khan for doing the double clothesline backstage
  • MJF and Adam Cole talk about London, then repulse a sneak attack from Aussie Open
  • A bloody Jericho tells Ospreay he could have just asked for the match at Wembley since it was supposed to happen in 2021, and promises to make Will drink his own blood in London
  • Jeff Jarrett def. Jeff Hardy by pinfall in a Texas Chainsaw Massacre Deathmatch that also drags in about seven other people and … Leatherface?
  • Britt Baker def. The Bunny by pinfall to earn the final spot in the four-way women’s title match at All In
  • A video shoes Billy Gunn retiring and The Acclaimed telling him how much he’ll be missed
  • As The Acclaimed makes their entrance for a squash match, the lights go out, then back up to find the House of Black in the ring; Brody King has a chain wrapped around his fist and uses it to start a monster beatdown
  • Young Bucks def. The Gunns by pinfall, and are bailed out from a post-match attack by Bullet Club Gold by FTR

20 best WWE finishers of all time: The best finishing moves ever

Finishing moves come and go in WWE, but these 20 are the best we’ve ever seen.

There’s something undeniably thrilling about the best WWE finishers. Just the anticipation for an especially great finishing move is a lot of fun, the palpable feeling that ripples through the crowd when a match is about to reach its dramatic conclusion.

And those occasions where a wrestler unexpectedly kicks out of a top finisher — provided they don’t happen too often — produce some of the loudest crowd reactions in the business.

Thanks to its position as the No. 1 pro wrestling company in the world for decades (even during times it didn’t want to admit it), WWE has seen more than its fair share of amazing finishing moves. But we wanted to dive in and find the ones that were truly the best, the crème de la crème of match-ending maneuvers.

To do that, we consulted a number of lists of this type that are already out there, including the WWE’s own rankings of the 50 best finishing moves of all time. Like our list of the top WWE PPVs ever, that makes this list pseudo-crowdsourced and not just our own opinions — though we slid some up or down where we felt it was warranted.

So what makes a truly great finishing move? The answer varies from fan to fan, but we considered the following:

  • Recognizability/cultural impact – Is a finisher so famous that even casual or non-wrestling fans know what it is or who does it?
  • Believability – If pro wrestling wasn’t scripted, does the move look like it would really end a fight?
  • Uniqueness – Does the move stand out on its own, or does a certain performer elevate it by adding more atmosphere to it?
  • Sellability – Does it offer the person on the receiving end the opportunity to play it up even more?
  • Legacy – Has it passed the test of time, even if others don’t use it as a finisher?

Now that that’s out of the way, let’s dive in and check out what we found to be a bit of a consensus on the 20 best WWE finishers of all time, starting at 20 and working down to No. 1.

AEW Dynamite results 06/28/23: MJF, Adam Cole play odd couple, Sting takes flight

Tonight’s AEW Dynamite from Hamilton will also see Chris Jericho and Sting in the ring together again, plus The Elite in action.

The “can they coexist?” bit has become so well-worn in storylines by the biggest U.S. wrestling promotion that it’s almost self-parodying at this point. Not so much for AEW, but it’s leaning into that vibe hard for what should be one of the more notable parts of tonight’s episode of Dynamite from Hamilton, Ontario.

MJF successfully made it out of Forbidden Door with the AEW World Championship still around his waist. Adam Cole would like to change that status quo, and is seeking a title rematch after taking MJF to a time limit draw a few weeks ago.

The problem is that AEW is also having a tag team tournament where the pairings are decided by a blind draw (wink, wink), and wouldn’t you know it, the first two names picked were MJF and Cole. The two men can’t stand each other and would love nothing less than to rearrange the other’s facial features, but for the time being, they need to work together.

OK, need is a strong word. They can certainly throw down if they want, but the guess is that if they do, it will prevent them from getting what they truly desire. We should find out more on that score tonight.

Elsewhere, there’s going to be a strong Forbidden Door fallout vibe in Hamilton. Tomohiro Ishii is still in Canada, and will tangle with Jon Moxley. The Young Bucks and Hangman Adam Page, or the Hung Bucks if you like that kind of humor, will be in action. Plus Chris Jericho and Sting will be in the ring on opposite sides of a match for the second time in less than a week after somehow not doing that for decades.

Time to dive into Dynamite.

AEW Dynamite results from Hamilton:

Jon Moxley def. Tomohiro Ishii by pinfall

No fooling around for these two gents, who just go right at each other, smash-mouth style. The Blackpool Combat Club is ringside to support Mox, but Eddie Kingston shows up before the picture-in-picture segment wielding  chair to deter any hijinks.

Ishii takes a nasty shot later that still probably isn’t quite as ridiculous as the one he took from Konosuke Takeshita at Forbidden Door. Kingston and Claudio Castagnoli aren’t taking their eyes off each other on opposite sides of the floor.

They eventually end up head butting each other bloody, because of course. Moxley finally wins with a Death Rider, but it took a huge effort.

Renee Paquette catches Adam Cole on his way into the arena, but he’s soon joined by an enthusiastic MJF, who says he thinks they got off on the wrong foot. To that end, he asks Cole if he wants to hang out this weekend, and even presents some “tag merch.” Heh.

Paquette asks Moxley what is going on and tries to play peacemaker when Kingston comes looking for him. It’s a serious yelling match, and Renee gets in the last word, telling Kingston he better fix this.

Orange Cassidy, El Hijo del Vikingo and Keith Lee def. Daniel Garcia, Matt Menard and Angelo Parker by pinfall when Lee pins Menard

There’s a peek at how this particular face trio came together, but honestly, does it matter? It’s just a fun trio. Also, Garcia teases his dance but doesn’t do it, but since fans dislike his dance, wouldn’t the heel play be to do it? Please ponder that.

Vikingo’s craziest dive to the floor hits only Lee, who picks him up and uses him as a weapon, then hurls him to the turnbuckles. He misses whatever he was going to try as he slips, but still launches into a moonsault.

Poor Daddy Magic ends up alone with Lee a little later, and welp.

The Elite wants to do a trios open challenge, and Hangman Adam Page is caught off guard when the Dark Order is upset that he ghosted them and wants to be their opponents tonight.

Chris Jericho says he and Sting in the ring together should be on TBS and should be commentated by Tony Schiavone. He also says it’s time to get into the “primordial ooze” of Jericho and summon the Painmaker. Sammy Guevara looks less enthused about the whole thing.

The Elite def. Dark Order by pinfall when Hangman Adam Page pins John Silver

Page looks conflicted, saying “we don’t have to do this.” No one does that emotion in pro wrestling like he does. When he finally becomes the legal man, he has a discussion with John Silver but finally gets hit in the face, and instead of punching back, he tags Matt Jackson in.

But Evil Uno finally pushes Hangman too far, and he comes in firing. The announcers note that Dark Order has no issues taking it to their friend as they’re trying to get the win. Page hesitates again when he has a chance to hit the Buckshot on Silver and nearly gets pinned. But he pulls it together to hit the Deadeye, and after a BTE Trigger by the Bucks, he finishes Silver with a Buckshot … and looks like he’s apologizing afterward, but …

… the Blackpool Combat Club invades the ring with chairs after the bell, and the Dark Order doesn’t stick around to help. Eddie Kingston tries, but he’s soon in as much trouble as The Elite. Page is bloodied as Konsuke Takeshita arrives to assist.

Moxley gets on the mic and says it’s time to end this: July 19, Boston, Blood and Guts.

A video package shows the contestants in the Men’s Owen Hart Cup Tournament talking about their first round opponents.

Cole tells a concerned Roderick Strong that he’s just playing along with MJF, who comes to scoop him up for “party time.”

“JungleHook was special because of me.” Jack Perry is now definitely a heel since he’s running down the fans and bragging about his bedroom exploits. Perry asks if he turned on Hook or everyone turned on him, and I think we know where he’s headed with this.

He calls Hook an entitled, second-generation prick and mocks the FTW Championship. Hook finally has enough and heads down the ramp, so Perry flees for the back.

With Hook in super hot pursuit, Perry leaps headfirst into the back of a waiting SUV, barely escaping what is almost certainly going to be an ass whooping.

Ruby Soho def. Alexia Nicole by submission

This was supposed to be Soho’s Owen Hart Cup Tournament match against Britt Baker who is out with illness. This … is not that, and Soho gets a quick tapout by using Baker’s own Lockjaw.

The Outcasts spray paint the ‘L’ on poor Nicole, and Soho blames Canada like South Park once did for Baker getting sick. Ruby mocks Baker and Adam Cole a bit more and vows to leave Britt nothing after defeating her.

QTV touts the arrival of Johnny TV, and Hayley Cameron does a poor impression of Brother Zay.

Darby Allin and Sting def. “The Painmaker” Chris Jericho and Sammy Guevara by submission in a Tornado tag match as Sting makes Jericho tap out to the Scorpion Deathlock

Guevara enters separately and to his own music, something he teased last week. Jericho has a special entrance and what looks like glow in the dark makeup as the Painmaker, and before anything too crazy starts going down, he and Sting have a duel with their respective baseball bats.

Sting and Allin slowly gain the advantage, setting up two tables on the floor as both of the faces scale a ladder in the ring. It’s not Darby but Sting who makes the jump, and he barely makes it to send Guevara through the first table but looks like he lands hard in the process.

Despite Allin using his skateboard, Jericho is able to send Darby to the floor with a Judas Effect. Sting tries sneaking up on the Painmaker form behind, but Jericho puts him in the Walls of Jericho. There are no rope breaks, but Sting crawls and gets his bat, using it to break the hold.

A bloody Painmaker takes a Stinger Splash but answers a second with a Codebreaker. But the Judas Effect is countered with a Scorpion Death Drop that somehow only gets two.

Jericho tries another Codebreaker, but Sting sees it coming and applies the Scorpion Deathlock, and since the show is now in an overrun, the Painmaker taps and Dynamite quickly says peace.

AEW Dynamite preview 06/28/23: Painmaker returns amid Forbidden Door fallout

The fans in Hamilton will also hear from MJF and Adam Cole on Dynamite in Ontario.

Forbidden Door was once again a sight to behold this past weekend in Toronto. But AEW isn’t done with Canada yet, and it may not be completely done with Forbidden Door either on tonight’s episode of AEW Dynamite in Hamilton, Ontario.

That’s because if there’s a big wrestling card, there must be fallout. Chris Jericho and Sammy Guevara were on the losing side of their match Sunday night, and they’re looking for some payback. Did they take the ‘L’ because Jericho wasn’t in his Painmaker persona? Maybe, maybe not, but he’ll at least rectify that tonight by becoming the Painmaker once again in a Tornado tag match against Darby Allin and Sting.

(Also, Jericho and Sting never appeared in a match together during decades in the business until Sunday, now they’re facing off twice in four days, not too shabby.)

NJPW stalwart Tomohiro Ishii also suffered defeat at Forbidden Door, though most of the chatter where he was concerned was taking one hell of a shot from Konosuke Takeshita. He’ll try to put that behind him when he battles Jon Moxley in Hamilton.

Want one more man who failed to seize victory on Sunday? We present “Jungle Boy” Jack Perry who came up short in his open challenge bid for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship. There’s no shame in that. What was shameful was the way Perry turned on tag team partner Hook, which may turn out to be a mistake. We’ll see if it bites him in the rear right away on Dynamite.

Plus we’ll hear from MJF, breaking up this streak of sob stories since he won his match, and Adam Cole, who didn’t compete at Forbidden Door due to illness but finds himself MJF’s tag team partner.

Add it all up and we’ve got the makings of something explosive in Hamilton. Fitting for Dynamite, eh?

Tune in and find out on TBS at 8 p.m. ET, or come back to Wrestling Junkie for full results.

Forbidden Door 2023 results: Naito, Sting combine to get a fun win

A fun six-man tag featured some AEW and NJPW icons at Forbidden Door.

Sting is in full Joker makeup for this one, the first time he’s done that in a while. The announcers mention the choice of Tetsuya Naito as a partner is partially to get in the head of Chris Jericho, which it definitely is.

Naito starts the match against Sammy Guevara, matching trademark poses early on. Naito manages to hit a couple moves in quick succession, then tags in Darby Allin. Guevara gives way to Minoru Suzuki, but Allin decides to stand and trade with him. That might be a mistake, so he switches to wrestling instead.

Sting gets a big reaction as he steps in against Suzuki. Minoru shakes off requests for a tag from Jericho but relents so the two icons can stand across from each other for the first time. Before they can throw down, Suzuki rushes in and all six men follow.

The ring clears so Sting and Jericho can trade punches for the first time in the same match. Jericho misses a corner charge and ends up in the Scorpion Deathlock. Guevara tries for a top rope stunner from the far side of the ring and basically smashes Sting’s head into the canvas.

Sammy and Chris hit a double shoulder tackle, and all three heels pose. Guevara hands out corner punches to Sting, who escapes and tags Allin back in. He hits a Code Red on Guevara for a near fall, but Sammy answers with a Spanish Fly for two.

Guevara tries his own take on the Stinger Splash and mostly misses, and now he and Darby are both down. Naito and Jericho tag in to face each other, with Naito hitting a swinging neckbreaker as the announcers mention their battles in 2018-19.

All three heels grab sleepers at once, but Sting and Darby escape and Allin launches into his cannonball tope to Suzuki. He tries one on Jericho too, but The Ocho counters with a well-timed Judas Effect.

Jericho gets a table out and sets it up on the floor. Sting ends up on that table, but Jericho and Guevara argue about what’s next. Sammy relents and hits  630 splash that puts the Icon through the table.

Naito and Jericho battle it out, and somehow Sting is already back up. Jericho hits a Codebreaker amidst the chaos, but Naito kicks out at two. He’s in trouble and Sting looks gassed.

Not for long, however, as he comes in and gives Naito the break he needs to do a running rollup and pin Suzuki.

Jericho goes after Naito with his bat, Floyd, but Sting disarms Jericho and the heels limp away.

Click here for full Forbidden Door 2023 results from Toronto.