Ladies and gentlemen, we… are on a boat. We open the show with a nice look at the inside of the arena, which in this case, is the Jericho Cruise! And I’m so glad there’s a pool nearby… we start with tonight’s title match! Kenny Omega and Hangman Page going after the tag titles! As Page makes his way out, the wind is actually carrying his sparks a little! That’s kinda scary!
AEW World Tag Team Championships: SCU (c) vs. Hangman Page & Kenny Omega
Chant of “Cowboy Shit” as the bell rings! This is definitely a unique look here, very cool. Kazarian and Page start. Kazarian with a hammerlock, Hangman reverses. Transition to a side headlock, hip tosses from Frankie. Hangman shoots him off but Frankie gets him with a shoulder block, into another side headlock! Page fighting out of it, back suplex but Frankie lands on his feet only to eat a forearm! Frankie fires back! Exchange of charging forearms! Clothesline collisions, neither man going down! Frankie ducks a shot, spin kick leads to a combo capped by a discus clothesline, nailed him! Tag to Scorpio!
Page tries to chop his way into an advantage, Scorpio whips him, shots ducked, Page with a forearm! Shoves as the match gets chippy. Chant of “Kenny”, Page makes the tag a bit reluctantly. Scorpio with a hammerlock, Kenny reverses, arm wringer. Scorpio transitions out, shoulder block with a wrist lock kept in. Kenny reverses, elbows to the shoulder. Headlock cinched. Much slower start than the usual opening tag match. Might be because of the place here, or perhaps just a longer match than typical. Kenny reverses a whip to the corner, charging back elbow, Scorpio evades but Kenny gets the boot up on a charge, Kitaro Crusher for a nearfall!
Page tags in, batters Scorpio around, catches a crossbody for the Fallaway Slam, kip up! Chant of “Cowboy Shit”! Scorpio elbows his way out of a waistlock, tag to Kazarian who comes in with a flying back elbow! Dropkick from Scorpio to Kenny! Chant of “SCU” now as Kazarian body slams Page, springboard legdrop! SCU with a double back elbow.
Kazarian with a Half Dragon on Page, Kenny breaks up the pin before there’s even a count!
Page is being contained now, quick tags. Snapmare from Scorpio, boot scrape across the face. Tag to Kazarian, Page whipped to the corner, fights out of it, lariato to Kazarian! Scorpio with a low dropkick to the leg of Omega takes him off the apron! Kazarian with a backstabber, Unprettier for a nearfall! Clothesline collision, both men down here! Standing ten count! Tag to both sides, Kenny with polish hammers! Knife edge chop, wants a Snap Dragon, Scorpio fights out of it. Whip to the corner, Kenny rolls over him, hurricanrana! Snap Dragon to Kazarian for running in! Fisherman Buster to Scorpio for a nearfall!
You Can’t Escape, Moonsaults from Kenny and Page for a nearfall! Page up top – flies right into the crowd onto Kazarian! Kenny with a Sit-out Spinebuster for a nearfall! “This is awesome” chant! Kenny with a V-Trigger, blocked, German but Kenny lands on his feet, V-Trigger! Wants a One Winged Angel, Scorpio escapes, Kenny up top but Scorpio pops up for a Super Rana! AEW chant! Scorpio gets Kenny onto his shoulders for a TKO but Kenny escapes.
Kenny Omega holds him in place for a Buckshot Lariat but Scorpio escapes and Hangman takes Kenny out!
Scorpio with a TKO… but Hangman baaaaarely breaks up the pin! Commercial break, match continues in the inset! Fight spills out onto the raised ramp! Page takes a hard bump on it. SCU in the ring with Kenny Omega alone now. Setting up SCU Later! But Kenny fights free, Page pulls Kazarian out of the ring, Backslide into a V-Trigger to Scorpio! Everyone is laid out now! Kazarian fights back to his corner, Page does the same! Simultaneous tags, exchange of punches. Page wins out, hits the ropes but eats a huge elbow strike!
Kazarian hits the ropes, ducks a discus clothesline, but on the second attempt the lariat is nailed! Nearfall! Back from break, Frankie with a boot up on the charge, slips up top but Page clips him! Goes up top, Avalanche Fallaway Slam sends Frankie flying across the ring! Standing ten count, Hangman tags Kenny! Dropkick takes Scorpio out of the ring, whips Hangman into a clothesline on Frankie, running back elbow, Discus Elbow from Page, Kenny throws Kazarian into a German Suplex from Page! Kenny with a Snap Dragon on Scorpio, Tiger Driver ’98 on Kazarian! Cover for a very close nearfall!
AEW chant as Scorpio hits a high knee on Omega – SCU Later on Omega! Cover, Page shoves Scorpio onto the pile to break it up! Page pulls Omega over to their corner, tags in! Big shots to both of SCU, Scorpio stops him, but gets dumped out onto the ramp! Pop-Up Powerbomb on Kazarian, Discus Lariat! Buckshot Lariat on the ramp to Scorpio! And another Buckshot on Kazarian… for the win!
Winner: Kenny Omega & Hangman Page
Wow! That is one of the least expected results I’ve ever seen in AEW! In all honesty, I did see the spoilers for this, but in predicting I felt the need to play dumb as I really would never have predicted it otherwise so it seemed the more honest thing.
Crazy stuff though, I guess maybe Hangman’s impending turn was a mislead all along? A lot of people did think it was perhaps a poor idea so hey.
