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Gunn Clubb (Austin, Colten & Billy Gunn) vs Blackpool Combat Club (Bryan Danielson, Jon Moxley & Wheeler Yuta) (w/ William Regal)
The show began with a six-man tag team match, with Yuta and Austin Gunn starting the match. Austin hit a punch on Yuta and went for a Flipping Neckbreaker, but Yuta caught him with a arm-lock and a series of punches. After an elbow, Colten tagged in, but Yuta caught Colten with a modified Figure four before tagging in Danielson. Danielson caught Colten with the Romero Special, but Colten escaped and tagged in Billy Gunn. Billy hit an Irish whip on Danielson and went for a corner splash, but Danielson caught him in the corner with a series of kicks, but he was hitwith a clothesline by Billy.
Austin Gunn tagged back in and hit a series of kicks to the torso of Danielson before tagging in Colten. Colten slammed Danielson's face to the corner before tagging in Billy Gunn again. Gunn hit a side-slam backbreaker on Danielson for a near fall before Colten punched Danielson in the abdominal side. Colten went for a headlock before hitting a dropkick on Danielson for a near fall. Austin Gunn tagged in and exchanged a series of strikes on Danielson. Danielson tagged in Moxley, who took out everyone of the Gunn Clubb before hitting a series of clothes lines and elbows on Colten. Moxley put Colten on the top rope and hit a Superplex before hitting a DDT on Colten and Austin Gunn. Moxley hit a lariat on Billy before tagging in Yuta, who hit a Crossbody for a near fall. Billy Gunn clotheslined both Moxley and Danielson before hitting Yuta with a double-hook slam on Yuta for a near fall. Yuta caught Billy Gunn with a roll-up for the pinfall victory.
Winners: Blackpool Combat Club (Wheeler Yuta, Bryan Danielson & Jon Moxley) (w/ William Regal).
The Butcher vs Barrett Brown
The Butcher got hit with a dropkick by Brown to start the match, but Butcher remained standing before getting hit by a series of forearm strikes by Brown. Butcher hit a forearm strike of his own before hitting a lariat. Butcher did a powerbomb for the pinfall victory.
Winner: The Butcher
- Backstage, Dustin Rhodes told Lance Archer that their issues are yet to be finished. Dustin Rhodes challenged CM Punk for a singles match for the 4/20/2022 edition of Dynamite, saying it was a dream match of his.
Owen Cup Qualifier
Ruby Soho vs Robyn Renegade
The match began with Soho and Renegade locking up before Renegade pushed Soho/s head to the corner. Renegade twisted Soho's arm before Soho escaped by doing a rope-assisted Somersault. Soho hit a series of strikes on Renegade before hitting a Leg-sweep ura nage. Renegade hit a superkick on Soho for a near fall. Renegade got a Camel Clutch on Soho before stomping down Soho's hands. Renegade hit a series of chops on the corner on Soho before slapping Soho in the face. Renegade went for another chop, but Soho escaped and hit a series of chops of her own. Renegade hit a Back-Stabber on Soho for a near fall. Renegade got a side-head lock on Soho before the commercial break.
After the commercial break, Soho did a back-drop Suplex on Renegade. Soho hit a lariat, an elbow strike, a series of slaps, and a mule kick before slamming Robyn Renegade's face to the corner. While the referee was distracted, Charlotte Renegade, Robyn's twin sister, replaced Robyn before getting Soho in a Fireman's Carry position, but Soho countered with the No-Future kick on Charlotte. Robyn Renegade came back to the ring and went for a roll-up on Soho for a near fall. Soho hit Robyn Renegade with a Sister Abigail Slam for the pinfall victory.
Winner: Ruby Soho
- Backstage, Mark Henry interviewed Adam Cole and AEW World Heavyweight Champion, "Hangman" Adam Page. Page told Cole that he was going to end him in the match, and Cole responded to Page by saying that he will the AEW Championship and that Page is a Dead man walking.
AEW Championship Match in a Texas Deathmatch
Adam Cole vs "Hangman" Adam Page (c)
Prior to the match, Hangman throwing multiple chairs into the ring before confronting Cole. The match itself began with Hangman and Cole dueling with chair shots before Hangman hit Cole in the back with the chair. Cole went outside with a chair, but Hangman hit a big boot on Cole onto the chair before punching him down outside. Hangman slammed Cole to the ring stairs before hitting a punch on Cole. Cole hit a boot on Hangman, but Hangman hit a forearm strike on Cole, which sent him over the barricade. Cole and Hangman brawled within the arena, going around the audience section. Hangman hit Cole with a Bud Light bottle on Cole's head. Cole and Hangman went back to the ring, but Hangman hit a series of punches on Cole. Hangman did a Chair-assisted Moonsault onto Cole before slamming Cole's head onto the chair in the turnbuckle corner. Hangman sat down on the chair before the crowd did a standing ovation. Cole was seeing outside, but he stood up at the count of five. Hangman set up a table and went for a Suplex on Cole, but Cole reversed it by hitting a Suplex of his own. Cole slammed Hangman on the stairs before sending him back to the ring. Cole hit the Boom Knee-strike on Hangman while he was sitting on a chair. Cole got a chain and wrapped it in the top rope. Hangman hit a series of punches on Cole before he was clotheslined by the wrapped up chain, held by Adam Cole. Hangman went for a Death-Valley Driver on Hangman, but Cole hit him with an Inseguri kick. Cole went for a Superkick, but Hangman caught it and hit a Death Valley Driver onto two standing chairs. Hangman threw multiple chairs to the ring before being hit with a superkick on the abdomen. Cole went for the Panama Sunrise, but Hangman caught the move with the Deadeye. Both wrestlers stood up at the count of seven. Hangman went for a Moonsault onto the outside on Cole, but Cole caught him with a Superkick. Hangman stood up on the count of six. Cole hit the Panama Sunrise on Page, who landed chest-first on the mountain of chairs. Hangman stood up at the count of nine. Cole went to the top turnbuckle for an Avalanche Panama Sunsrise, but Hangman stopped it before Hangman hit an Avalanche Fall-away Slam on Cole. Hangman stood up at the count of six, while Cole stood up at the count of nine. Hangman sat Cole down on a chair and hit a series of elbows on Cole. Hangman sat down on his own chair before both exchanged strikes while sitting down. Cole and Hangman hit a series of Superkicks on each other. Cole went to grab a chair, but he was caught by Hangman with a Buckshot Lariat. Hangman wrapped Cole on the top rope with his belt before going outside for a steel chair with barbwire. Hangman tried to hit Cole with the barbed wired chair, but retained from doing so by slamming the chair to the ground. Cole hti a low-blow on Hangman before Hangman caught Cole with a lariat. Hangman wrapped barbed wire on his arm, but Cole caught him with a superkick. Hangman hit Cole with a barbed wired strike on Cole before placing the Barbed wire on Cole's head, followed by a Deadeye on two tables. Hangman stood up at the count of six, but Cole could not beat the count of ten. By Last Man Standing Rules, Hangman won the match and retained the AEW Championship to end show.
Winner & Still AEW Champion: Hangman Adam Page.
