2022 was the year that finally saw Orange Cassidy become a champion, when he defeated PAC to win the AEW All-Atlantic Championship. Lately, Kip Sabian has been fishing for a title shot – and tried to make the case that he deserves a title shot after eliminating Cassidy from a Battle Royal. However, Sabian was eliminated by Trent Beretta, and he joked that he should get a title shot first. Cassidy agreed, and will face his Best Friends factionmate tonight to end the year with the belt on the line.
Best Friends Don’t Hold Their Punches
Cassidy & Trent would shake hands as this match began, with Sabian on commentary. This handshake kept going, before Cassidy tried to get an irish whip. Trent would hit two arm drags, but Cassidy blocked the third before taking Trent to the mat. Cassidy would be dropped with a shoulder tackle, and come back with a slow-mo tackle of his own.
Trent would send Cassidy from the ring with a hip toss, with Cassidy crashing back first on the apron. Cassidy would throw Trent from the ring next, before rushing him and being sent away. Danhausen would kick Cassidy weakly, before Trent would look for a dive – landing in a hug to Chuck Taylor – before Cassidy nailed the dive onto Trent.
Back in the ring, Trent would hit a heavy running chop to the throat, sending Cassidy back out of the floor for a wrecking ball dropkick through the ropes. Cassidy was thrown back first into the barricade, with Trent looking to follow up with a spear, only to have Cassidy jump over him, causing him to crash into the barricade. Trent would be sent into the barricade a second time with the shotgun dropkick.
Into the ring, Cassidy would be caught on the top rope – with Trent hitting a stalling superplex. Trent & Cassidy would trade blows in the middle of the ring, with Sabian expressing his glee in the ring as they tear each other apart. Cassidy was nailed with a big lariat, before the Half & Half Suplex.
Kip Sabian Tries To Pull Orange Cassidy Away From The Best Friends
Trent would be shocked to see Cassidy roll to his feet, before being spiked with the Michinoku Driver. Cassidy would be hesitant to use the Orange Punch, only to have the Beach Break countered. Trent would get a two count on the mat, before being spiked with a Tornado DDT. Diving DDT would follow, but Trent was able to kick out.
Orange Punch would be set up, but it was blocked into an attempt at the Strong Zero. Cassidy would twist into a Crucifix Pinfall, before Trent would nail the Twisting Tombstone Piledriver. Trent would pull Cassidy out of the corner into another piledriver, with Cassidy able to kick out.
Penelope Ford would walk to ringside, as Sabian pretended to be shocked. She would distract Trent, allowing the Beach Break to land for a two count. Orange Punch would follow, and Cassidy remains the AEW All-Atlantic Champion.
Darby Allin has a chance to start 2023 in a huge way, as he has a second chance to take down Samoa Joe to claim the TNT Championship. Tonight, we hear from Allin & his mentor Sting as 2022 comes to a close. Getting a match against Joe in his hometown of Seattle, a town that doubted his path to becoming a professional wrestler.
He listened to those doubts, and they nearly killed him. Now, he gets a chance to once again be the TNT Champion, prove his hometown wrong, and find out if anyone believes in him. Allin doesn’t even think Sting believes in him, but Sting doesn’t want to answer – as he doesn’t want Allin to lose the chip on his shoulder. Joe is a killer, and having doubts going into that match won’t help Allin win. It doesn’t matter what the fans think, Sting thinks, Joe thinks – it’s about what ALLIN thinks.
Can Darby Allin win the TNT Championship back? Let us know what you think in the comment section down below.
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