Jon Moxley, Bryan Danielson & Claudio Castagnoli vs. Volador Jr., Hechicero & Mascara Dorada
Backstage, Orange Cassidy is interviewed with The Best Friends standing behind him. Renee Paquette asks him about his upcoming AEW International Championship defense against Tomohiro Ishii. She also mentions him having a match 24 hours before the Collision title defense, as he’ll also be in action on Friday’s Rampage.
We head to another commercial break after the backstage interview wraps up. When we return, “Wild Thing” plays and out comes the Blackpool Combat Club trio of Jon Moxley, Bryan Danielson and Claudio Castagnoli. The three make their custom ring entrance through the crowd and head to the ring to a loud pop from the Phoenix fans.
Out next are their opponents, the trio from CMLL consisting of Volador Jr., Hechicero and Mascara Dorada. The six men are all in the ring and ready to rock and roll. The bell sounds and we’re officially off-and-running with this one. Kicking things off for their respective teams are Danielson and Hechicero. The commentators talk about their recent match on AEW Collision.
Hechicero takes Danielson down, but Danielson comes back and takes Hechicero down. Hechicero counters out and goes for a bow-and-arrow submission, but Danielson gets free. They shove each other away, and then Hechicero drops Danielson with a shoulder tackle. Hechicero applies a crucifix hold and rolls around the ring with him.
Now we see Hechicero go for the cover, but Danielson kicks out at the count of two. Castagnoli and Dorada tag in and Dorada delivers a chop. Dorada delivers more chops, and then stomps on Castagnoli’s foot. Castagnoli comes back and takes Dorada down. Dorada comes back with a hurricanrana, and then Moxley and Volador tag in.
They exchange elbow strikes and Volador takes Moxley down with a hurricanrana. Volador sends Moxley into the barricade with a dive through the ropes, but then Castagnoli and Danielson attack Volador on the floor. Hechicero and Dorada make the save, and then Moxley gets Volador back into the ring.
Volador goes after Moxley, but Moxley sends him to the floor and takes him out with a dive. Hechicero and Dorada attack Moxley this time, but then Castagnoli and Danielson make the save. The referee separates everyone as the show heads to a commercial. When we return, we see Mox dominating the offense in the ring.
Things build to a spot with Mascara Dorado hitting a Shooting Star Press off the top-rope to a giant pile of bodies on the floor. The fans react with a loud “This is Awesome!” chant as Danielson and Hechicero go back to work as the legal men in the ring. After some more back-and-forth action, we see Castagnoli pick up the win for the BCC in an excellent match. We head to another break.
Winners: Jon Moxley, Bryan Danielson & Claudio Castagnoli
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