The road to AEW ALL IN: London begins tonight with AEW Dynamite live at 8/7c on TBS and HBO Max from San Diego, CA.
The Sum 41 “You Wanted War” theme hits and Excalibur welcomes us to the show as the camera pans the arena.
Backstage With Will Ospreay, Jon Moxley, Kenny Omega & MJF
He then sends us to a digital exclusive from backstage at AEW Forbidden Door. Renee Paquette approaches a bloody Will Ospreay, with Alex Windsor, fresh after his Owen Hart Cup win. He sees Jon Moxley and asks for a minute. Mox tells him he doesn’t give these out often, and offers him a full spot in The Death Riders.
Mox walks off. Ospreay sees Kenny Omega. Omega looks at what Mox gave him and doesn’t seem thrilled. Ospreay cuts him off and says Omega is not his dad. He tells him that he can see how he’s looking at it and just because he’s given up on himself, doesn’t mean Ospreay has, too.
Omega goes to take exception to that, but before he can say anything, out from a door pops MJF with his AEW World Championship. He mocks them for their “cute lovers quarrel.” Omega tells him he’s so funny, but he’s got a title defense against Mark Briscoe in just a couple of days.
He says if he gets past that, he’s already got someone knocking on his door. MJF smirks, leans past Omega disrespectfully, and says to Ospreay, “I’ll see you at Wembley, BRUV!” He walks off. Omega tells Ospreay he loves him and their friendship is bigger than any Death Rider drama. He says he’s proud of him and walks off. Ospreay looks at Mox’s Death Rider gift as the intense scene ends there.
AEW World Championship
MJF (c) vs. Mark Briscoe
Inside the arena we return live, where we hear, “Reach for the sky, boy!” Out comes Redneck Kung Fu’s highest-ranking black belt, Mark Briscoe, for his big title opportunity in our first match of the evening. MJF makes his way out next and we’re about to get our high stakes opener started.
MJF kicks Briscoe in the midsection and applies a side-headlock. Briscoe sends him off the ropes and delivers a spine-buster before stomping him down in the corner. Briscoe sends MJF across, but MJF leapfrogs and tweaks his knee. Briscoe goes after it.
However, MJF counters with a quick piledriver for a two count. MJF rips the bandage off of Briscoe’s head and busts him open before delivering a back-body drop. MJF delivers another back-body drop and goes for another toss, but Briscoe lands on his feet and delivers palm strikes.
Briscoe follows with a corner clothesline and an exploder suplex before dropping MJF with a Death Valley Driver. Briscoe goes up top, but MJF hits the ropes and climbs as well. Briscoe delivers right hands and bites MJF’s head before delivering a headbutt.
Briscoe connects with the Froggy Bow and goes for the cover, but MJF kicks out at two. Briscoe sets up for the Jay Driller, but MJF wrenches Briscoe’s arm and slams him to the mat. Briscoe comes back with an elbow shot and sends MJF to the floor. Briscoe drops MJF down with a cannonball through the ropes.
He then tosses a chair into the ring. Briscoes launches off the chair to drop MJF on the outside again, and then he grabs a table. Briscoe slams MJF into the ring steps and puts him on the table. Briscoe goes for the Froggy Bow, but MJF cuts him off and throws him onto the apron
MJF puts the table back down and sends it back under the ring. On that note, the show shifts gears and settles into a mid-match commercial break as the action continues. When the show returns, we see this title tilt still in progress, with the crowd energy picking up.
