Kazuchika Okada (Continental Champion) w/ Don Callis vs. Kenny Omega (International Champion) w/ Kota Ibushi – Title Unification Match
Jim Ross joins commentary for the rest of the night.
Don Callis joins commentary as well.
Epic entrance for Omega with his Final Fantasy theme performed live by Jason Charles Miller.
They slowly face off and then step back. They lock up and Okada forces him to the ropes. They break clean, then lock up again and go to the ropes once more. Omega breaks, tapping Okada’s chest. Okada lays in a kick and they trade chops. Omega gets a big boot in the corner and then an over-the-top slam on Okada. He then dives onto Okada on the floor. Omega is selling the eye poke from Okada as well. Omega rolls Okada into the ring and goes to the top but misses a leap.
Okada drops an elbow on Omega’s core and then does it a second time after a pause. Omega gets the You Cannot Escape, but Okada gets the knees up. Okada then gets shoulder thrusts. Omega fires back and Okada gets a flapjack on Omega. Okada twists a foot in Omega’s gut. They trade chops, with Omega chopping Okada to the corner. Omega flips over Okada in the corner, but Okada knocks him over the top to the floor.
Okada works over Omega on the floor. Callis leaves commentary to lay in blows, and then Okada takes back over—and it’s Spanish Announce Table time. Omega takes a DDT on the table. Omega makes it into the ring on the count of seven, and Okada gets a DDT in the ring and covers for two. Okada grabs Omega’s head and pulls, and Omega tries to get a juji-gatame, but Okada slips free and drops an elbow on Omega.
Okada gives dismissive kicks, and when Omega gets up, Okada gets a punch and Omega starts to power up. Omega answers strikes with chops. Okada gets a kitchen sink and covers for two. Okada misses a splash, and Omega gets a hurricanrana. Okada rolls to the floor. Omega is really selling the core injury. Omega dives onto Okada and goes after Callis, who takes off. Okada is rolled into the ring, and Omega goes to the top. Omega gets a dropkick from the top for two.
Okada tosses Omega to the corner and hits a fallaway slam. Okada gets a scoop slam and goes to the top. Omega catches him there and they fight on the top. Omega gets a superplex from the top and covers for two. Okada dodges a V-Trigger and hits a suplex, then goes for a Rainmaker. Omega dodges and gets a jackknife for two. Omega gets a snap dragon suplex. Okada gets a dropkick and both men are down.
Okada gets a shotgun dropkick. He follows with a body slam and goes to the top. Okada gets the elbow drop. Omega blocks the gutwrench and fights free. Okada gets a double axe handle to Omega’s back and Omega fights out of the gutbuster again. Okada gets a gutbuster on his shoulder.
Okada goes to the top again and hits another elbow drop. Okada then gives us all the bird. Okada goes for the Rainmaker and Omega covers up, allowing Okada to knee Omega in the gut. Okada gets the Rainmaker and takes his time to pin. Omega gets a series of boots and then jabs at Okada. Omega gets a knee strike and then hits a powerbomb followed by a V-Trigger for one. Omega hits another V-Trigger for two. Omega gets another V-Trigger.
Omega puts Okada on the top and hits an avalanche dragon suplex. Omega crawls to cover for two. Omega gets another V-Trigger and then sets for One-Winged Angel, but Okada reverses it into a tombstone. He follows with a discus lariat for two. Omega sets for One-Winged Angel again, but has to turn it into a German suplex for two.
Rocky Romero gets on the apron and Ibushi takes him out. Callis tries to interfere, but Okada pulls him away. Omega gets the One-Winged Angel and Callis pulls out the ref at two and beats him down. Ibushi tries to revive the ref, and Omega calls for another ref, and Aubrey runs to the ring. Omega gets a V-Trigger and tries for the One-Winged Angel. Okada escapes and hits Rainmaker for two.
Okada and Omega throw hands in the middle of the ring. Okada fires a shot at Omega’s midsection and hits a dropkick. Omega grabs a small package out of a failed Rainmaker. Okada gets a Rainmaker for the pin and the win.
Winner and AEW Unified Champion: Kazuchika Okada
Jon Moxley (AEW World Champion) vs. "Hangman" Adam Page – Texas Death Match
Another live performance opens the segment, this time with The Good, The Bad and The Ugly playing for Page.
Mox and the Death Rider crew arrive in a pickup truck.
There is plunder all around the ring.
They start off with Mox landing a kick and Page firing back with punches. They exchange strikes, speeding up as they go. Page peppers Mox with blows and stomps him down in the corner. Shafir grabs at Page’s leg, allowing Mox to attack from behind. Mox grabs a fork. He misses a jab, and the fork sticks into the turnbuckle pad. Mox tries ground-and-pound, but Page counters with a triangle choke and uses the fork on Mox, busting him open first.
Page grabs barbed wire, but Mox brings Page down and tries to pull the wire into Page’s mouth. Page escapes, but Mox wraps the wire around Page’s head. Mox lets go and Shafir bites Page. Mox stands on Page’s head and exits the ring to yell at fans.
Mox grabs a chair wrapped in barbed wire and slams Page onto it. He applies a camel clutch and delivers crossface strikes. Mox wedges the chair in the corner. Page fights back with a flurry of strikes. They both hesitate before the chair, but Mox kicks it into Page’s face. A table is set up by Mox and Shafir. Back in the ring, Mox puts Page on the top rope. They fight, and Page bites Mox. Mox falls, and when Page joins him, he hits a cutter and pours a bucket of broken glass bottles on the mat. Mox grabs some glass and rubs it into Page’s face.
Mox tries to piledrive Page onto the glass and eventually slams him down before dragging him through it. Mox then hits a piledriver on the glass. They trade slaps and knees before Mox hits another piledriver. Shafir shoves chairs into the ring. Mox sets them up and pulls Page to the top. Page lands a series of headbutts, and Mox rakes the barbed wire on Page’s back. Page drops to the mat and rearranges the chairs, then slams Mox onto them.
Page hits a rolling elbow with barbed wire wrapped around his arm. Yuta enters the ring but eats a barbed wire lariat. Page hits the Angel’s Wings into the glass. Shafir climbs on Page’s back on the apron, but he hits a Death Valley Driver through the table. Page then hits a Deadeye on Mox into the glass. Claudio storms the ring and pummels Page. Yuta joins the attack at ringside. Claudio pulls out another table and they set it up.
Will Ospreay runs down with a chair and fights back, but Gabe Kidd appears and chokes Will out. They set up to Pillmanize Will’s arm, and Claudio stomps the chair. Medical staff arrive for Will. In the ring, Mox lifts Page. They go back and forth. A stretcher is brought for Will. Mox puts Page in a sleeper, then suplexes him into the barbed wire-covered tables at ringside.
Page is the first to stand, and they return to the ring. Will is stretchered out. Mox and Page throw hands again. Mox bites Page and delivers a lariat. He hits a Gotch-style piledriver and locks in a bulldog choke. Mox releases the hold and the referee begins a ten count. Page beats it at nine. Mox sets up a chair and hits a Death Rider onto it.
Page gets up again at nine. Mox hits a clothesline and calls for the plastic bag from Yuta. Just then, thunder rumbles—and we hear Darby Allin from Mount Everest, saying he's coming to take everything from Mox. Bryan Danielson enters and clears the ring with kicks. From the rafters, Darby Allin rappels down.
Page hits a Buckshot Lariat while Mox is distracted. Darby hits a Coffin Drop on the Death Riders, and Page hits a second Buckshot. Darby and Danielson fight the Death Riders into the crowd. Page hits a Deadeye from the apron through a table. The referee begins a count. Shafir picks up Mox and screams a word that will get her fined at nine.
The Bucks show up and hit a superkick on Page followed by an EVP Trigger. Mox pulls out a bed of nails and hits a Curb Stomp on Page. He sets up for a Paradigm Shift into the nails.
Page barely rises at ten. Mox asks Shafir for the key to the briefcase, but when she returns, she’s handcuffed—by Prince Nana. Swerve arrives with a chain-wrapped fist and beats down the Bucks. He hands the chain to Page, who nails Mox repeatedly before wrapping it around Mox’s neck and hanging him over the top rope. Mox drags himself back into the ring, and Page hits a Buckshot, sending Mox onto the bed of nails.
Page hangs Mox again over the top rope—and Mox finally taps out.
Winner and NEW AEW World Champion: “Hangman” Adam Page
Page opens the briefcase and pulls out the title to a huge ovation.
Fireworks and searchlights fill the skies of Texas.
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