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- Tony Schiavone starts the show by thanking the fans for supporting AEW.
Joey Janela vs. Brandon Cutler
The match begins with both wrestlers locking up and nobody gains any control, Janela and Cutler take turns working over each others arms. Janela then gets Cutler in a headlock and he eventually takes him down, Cutler gets free and he gets Janela in a head scissors. Janela gets free and he wrenches away on the arm of Cutler, Cutler gets free and he trips up Janela before eating a shoulder tackle. Janela follows that up by nailing a charging Cutler with a back body drop, Cutler goes to the ring apron and he gets back in the ring while kicking Janela in the face. Cutler then cracks Janela with a flying forearm strike for a one count, Cutler slams Janela before landing a bottom rope elbow drop for a near fall. Cutler slows things down further by holding Janela in a chin lock, Janela gets free and he exchanges strikes with Cutler. Cutler ends the exchange by dropping Janela with a head kick for a near fall, Cutler misses a leg drop attempt against Janela. Janela fights back and Cutler nails him with a reverse DDT for a near fall, Cutler then drops Janela with a hard Irish whip into the corner.
Cutler follows that up by sending Janela face first into the middle turnbuckle, Janela recovers and he sends a charging Cutler into the middle rope before landing a lariat. Cutler rolls out of the ring and Janela takes him out with a suicide dive, Janela then leaps off the ring steps and he lands on Cutler. Janela gets Cutler in the ring and he gets a near fall on a pin attempt, Cutler fights back and he drops Janela with an enzaguri. Cutler looks for a springboard move and Janela trips him up, Janela then hits Cutler with a top rope brain buster for a three count.
Winner: Joey Janela
- Undesirable To Undeniable with Cody is next, QT Marshall is the guest and Cody says they met during their time at Ring Of Honor. Cody talks about how Marshall helped AEW behind the scenes and about his film The Wrestler, Marshall talks about getting a job with ROH and immediately felt undesirable. Marshall talked about wrestling in ROH while dealing with a serious neck injury that eventually ended his career, Marshall talks about opening a wrestling school and helping Brandi Rhodes train. Cody reveals that Marshall is going to be wrestling tomorrow night on AEW Dynamite.
- Peter Avalon gets on the microphone before the match to bash the city of Philadelphia, Leva Bates takes the microphone and she tells Avalon to be quiet.
Nyla Rose vs. Leva Bates w/Peter Avalon
The match begins with Avalon trying to distract Rose by throwing books near her, Bates jumps Rose from behind and she nails her with a drop kick followed by multiple avalanches. Rose catches a leaping Bates and she nails her with a slam, Rose misses a leg drop and Bates nails her with a thrust kick. Bates then hits Rose with a DDT for a near fall, Rose recovers and she nails Bates with a power slam. Bates looks for a roll up and Rose blocks it, Bates then nails Rose with a short arm super kick. Rose gets angry and she nails Bates with a death valley driver while Avalon distracts the ref, Bates rolls up a distracted Rose before eating a clothesline. Rose picks Bates up and she dumps her out of the ring onto Avalon, Rose leaves the ring and she throws Bates into the ring steps. Rose gets Bates in the ring and she follows her in there, Rose stands on the back of Bates while pulling back on her leg. Rose picks up Bates and she drives her into the corner, Rose nails Bates with a Beast Bomb for a three count.
Winner: Nyla Rose
- Tony Schiavone is back and he talks about tomorrow’s edition of AEW Dynamite.
- A video package airs highlighting the Dark Order.
- Highlights are shown of The Lucha Brothers attack on Christopher Daniels.
- Alex Marvez interviews SCU, Scorpio Sky says he doesn’t know about the status of Christopher Daniels and Frankie Kazarian says he doesn’t know how ready SCU is going to be for the Dark Order.
- A bloodied Pac appears and he blames Jon Moxley for attacking him, Pac says he has been helping Moxley during his time in AEW. Pac says Moxley is going to regret attacking him.
- Highlights are shown of AEW World Heavweight Champion Chris Jericho defeating Darby Allin from last weeks AEW Dynamite.
Cody, Dustin Rhodes & The Young Bucks (Matt & Nick Jackson) w/Brandi Rhodes & MJF vs. The Private Party (Marq Quen & Isaiah Kassidy) & Strong Hearts (CIMA & T-Hawk)
The match begins with CIMA scores a takedown on Cody and he rolls him up afterwards for a one count, Cody leaves the ring for a few moments to regroup. Cody gets back in the ring and he nails CIMA with a few strikes, CIMA fights back and Dustin hits the ring. Everybody from both teams eventually come in the ring and cooler heads prevail, T-Hawk and Dustin are tagged into the match. Dustin eats a chop from T-Hawk before nailing him with multiple shoulder tackles and a clothesline, Nick tags in and The Bucks triple team T-Hawk with Dustin. T-Hawk fights back against both of The Bucks, T-Hawk then nails a leaping Nick with a sit out power bomb. Matt stays in the ring and T-Hawk nails him with chops, Cody interferes and T-Hawk attacks him with a chop. Kassidy tags in and the Private Party double teams Matt, Quen stays in the ring and he quickly tags CIMA in. CIMA nails a downed Matt with a slingshot swanton bomb, CIMA holds Matt down while applying a modified abdominal stretch.
Quen tags in and he nails the arm of Matt with a top rope axe handle smash, Kassidy tags in and he nails teh arm of Matt with a top rope double stomp. Quen tags back in and Matt fights both of the Private Party, Matt eventually nails Quen with a northern lights suplex onto Kassidy. Nick tags in and he starts cleaning house against the opposing team, Nick then hits Quen with a springboard double stomp. Nick also takes out all of the remaining opponents on the arena floor, Nick goes to the top rope and Quen kicks him in the head. The Private Party then hit Nick with the Gin & Juice, Quen then hits Nick with a shooting star press for a near fall. T-Hawk tags in and he accidentally chops CIMA before eating a super kick from Nick, Dustin tags in and he nails T-Hawk with multiple clotheslines. Dustin also knocks CIMA off of the ring apron before nailing all of his opponents with power slams, Dustin then takes out two opponents with a top rope moonsault. Cody domes in and he takes out CIMA with a dive, Private Party then takes out Dustin and Cody with dives.
Nick then takes out private Party with a suicide dive, Brandi interferes and takes a few people out with a dive of her own. MJF sets up for a dive and he just flips the crowd off before getting attacked by CIMA, everybody hits the ring and they all take each other out. The Bucks and The Private Party have a brawl in the middle of the ring, The Bucks attack Private Party with super kicks. The Bucks knock Private Party out of the ring before the Rhodes Family goes after Strong Hearts, Private Party attacks Cody and Dustin. The Private Party are then hit with a four way super kick, Dustin nails T-Hawk with a Final Reckoning for the three count.
Winners: Cody, Dustin Rhodes & The Young Bucks (Matt & Nick Jackson) w/Brandi Rhodes & MJF
