AEW Worlds End Review – December 30, 2023
Willow Nightingale vs. Kris Statlander (Pre Show)
Willow Nightingale hits a spinebuster for near fall then follows up with 2 of the 3 Amigos and went for a 3rd but Statlander reversed it then she went for 3 Amigos but Nightingale reversed the 3rd.
Statlander got Nightingale in a electric chair position and dropped her face first on the mat.
Nightingale came right back with a Pounce then hits Statlander with a cannonball in the corner and followed up with a Death Valley Driver for another near fall.
Statlander came back with a slam then hit a pair of Scissors Kicks for a near fall of her own.
Statlander went to the ropes and was cut off by Nightingale as she powerbombs her on the ring apron then hits a missile dropkick from the middle rope for another near fall.
Nightingale went for Babe With The Powerbomb but Statlander countered her into position for Saturday Night Fever but Nightingale slips away and counters into a pin for a two count.
Statlander puts Nightingale down with a discus lariat then Nightingale avoided a 450 splash then Nightingale connected with a lariat.
Nightingale hits a 2nd Babe With The Powerbomb and covers Statlander for a near fall then Nightingale hits a 3rd Babe With The Powerbomb for the win.
Winner: Willow Nightingale (13:29)
Rate: 8 (Recommend)
A Serena Deeb video package aired. She was shown in a straight jacket and talked about how she had been isolation. She said it takes 10,000 hours to become a master. She was shown escaping the straight jacket while additional footage showed her training in the ring. Deeb said she is ready.
20 Man TNT Title #1 Contenders Battle Royal
Darius Martin vs. Action Andretti vs. John Silver vs. Alex Reynolds vs. Danhausen vs. Trent Beretta vs Rocky Romero vs Lance Archer vs Killswitch vs Dalton Castle vs. Christopher Daniels vs. The Butcher vs. The Blade vs. Johnny TV vs. Serpentico vs. Matt Menard vs. Angelo Parker vs. Bryan Keith vs. Kip Sabian vs. Lee Johnson (Pre Show)
Lance Archer & Killswitch were left lying at ringside early on before Archer returns to the ring 1st and eliminates Matt Menard & Christopher Daniels then Archer tossed Rocky Romero onto him to eliminate Romero.
Andretti did his water bottle spot before he & Darius Martin were eliminated then the rapid fire eliminations continues until the final 4 were Killswitch, Archer, Danhausen & Trent Beretta.
Archer was eliminated by Danhausen and Beretta then they hugged before Beretta eliminated Danhausen. Beretta hit a kneeling Killswitch with a running knee and a pair of dropkicks.
Killswitch rallied with a chokeslam as Beretta pulls the rope down causing Killswitch to fall over the top rope before he grabbed it to save himself.
Beretta ends up on the apron with Killswitch and hit him with a knee strike before he drops Beretta with an elbow then he fell off the apron for the win.
Winner & #1 Contender To The TNT Title: Killswitch (13:51)
Rate: 5
Before the match Wheeler Yuta heeled on the Long Island crowd.
FTW Title FTW Rules Match
Hook (c) vs. Wheeler Yuta
Hook was dominant to start before Wheeler Yuta pulls a trash can out from underneath the ring and hits Hook with it to take offensive control.
Yuta stops and glared at Taz before Hook caught Yuta with a shot but Yuta quickly regained control and picks up a two count once they were back inside the ring.
Yuta hits Hook with a stop sign then sets up a trash can in the corner then hits a senton on Hook that led to a two count.
Hook reversed a suplex then hits a northern lights suplex for a near fall. Hook went for Redrum but Yuta escaped and hits a German suplex.
Hook shot right up and returned the favor. Yuta shot right up and hit another then Hook pops up and executed another German suplex.
Yuta bites the forehead of Hook before Hook hits a fisherman’s suplex for a two count.
Hook came back with a high cradle suplex onto the trashcan in the corner for another near fall.
Hook went for Redrum but Yuta fell back and slams Hook onto a trash can then hits a DDT and covered Hook for another two count.
Hook rolls to the floor as Yuta rolls to the other side of the ring and returns with a board as Hook pulls a hockey stick out from underneath the ring and used it to trip Yuta.
The stick broke in Hook’s hand so Hook brought a piece inside the ring and hits Yuta with it then used it while he applied Redrum for the submission win.
Winner By Submission & Still FTW Champion: Hook (10:18) (STILL CHAMPION!!!!)
Rate: 6
8 Man Tag Team Match
Blackpool Combat Club (Claudio Castagnoli & Bryan Danielson), Mark Briscoe & Daniel Garica vs. Jay White, Jay Lethal, Brody King & Rush
Bryan Danielson was setting up for a finale kick on Jay White when Daniel Garcia tags himself into the match.
Garcia enters the ring and teased doing his dance but he ducked a shot from Brody King as he came back with a Bossman Slam then King & Garcia ends up at ringside.
King got in Matt Menard’s face and pie faces him when Menard stood up and asked if he wanted to go. King said Menard wouldn’t do shit and calls him a b*tch.
Garcia was isolated by White, Lethal, King & Rush before Garcia eventually made the tag to Mark Briscoe & he had a flurry of offense on White.
Danielson roughs up Rush on the floor then Briscoe hits a neckbreaker off the apron on Lethal then returns to the apron and drops a Cactus Jack Elbow on Rush.
Claudio Castagnoli and King were the legal men as Castagnoli hits King with a series of rapid fire uppercuts. Castagnoli went for a suplex that was blocked by King.
Castagnoli escaped King’s suplex attempt and caught him with a boot to the face before hitting a vertical suplex then went for the cover but Rush broke up the pin.
Lethal & Garcia ended up in the ring together as Lethal caught Garcia in a Figure 4 as Briscoe hits Froggy Bow onto Lethal to break it up.
There was a series of rapid fire big moves from the various wrestlers that was capped off by Garcia executing a Saito Suplex on King.
Lethal went for Lethal Injection but Garcia avoids it & rolls up Lethal for the win.
Winners: Blackpool Combat Club, Mark Briscoe & Daniel Garica (17:16)
Rate: 7
After the match Briscoe encouraged Garcia to do his dance and they did it together.
Andrade El Idolo vs. Miro
Miro hits Andrade El Idolo from behind then Miro was dominant and exchanged words with CJ Perry before El Idolo eventually came back and dumps Miro over the broadcast table.
Back inside the ring Miro superplexes El Idolo then El Idolo battled back and hits a moonsault from the middle rope onto Miro on the floor. Andrade ran Miro back first into the ring steps then hugs Perry.
El Idolo went for a moonsault and lands on his feet when Miro moved then follows up with a standing moonsault for a two count. Miro came back with a big kick then yells that it was game over.
Miro applied his Game Over but El Idolo’s arm slips away and he reached the ropes to break the hold. Miro yells at Perry for cheering. El Idolo caught Miro with a dragon screw leg whip over the middle rope.
Miro blocks a kick from El Idolo then hits him with the back elbow for a near fall. El Idolo locks in the Figure 8 but Miro immediately rolls over to reverse it.
El Idolo got back on his back and maintained the Figure 4 before bridging into the Figure 8. Perry reached inside the ring and pulls El Idolo’s arms to break the hold.
El Idolo looks at Perry in disbelief and then took a big boot from Miro then covers him for a near fall then locks in Game Over for the submission win.
Winner By Submission: Miro (15:12)
Rate: 6
After the match Perry blew a kiss to Miro as he just looked down at her before getting his arm raised. Miro left the ring and teased throwing El Idolo’s mask into the crowd but he smiled and set it down again.
Women’s Title Match
Toni Storm (c) vs. Riho
Toni Storm hits an bodyslam and went for the cover but Riho slips out from under her then Riho went for a bodyslam of her own but Storm didn’t budge.
Riho threw a pair of dropkicks instead and follows up with a knee strike in the corner.
Riho hits a bulldog on Storm and covers her but Storm kicks out at 1 before Riho kicks Storm as she ducks out to ringside.
Riho dove off the apron and was caught by Luther as he passed her to Storm then bodyslams her on the floor.
Storm brought Riho back inside the ring and covers her for a two count as Riho sold back pain which Storm exploited by targeting her lower back and then walking on it.
Storm put Riho in a Texas Cloverleaf as Riho reached for the ropes but Luther pulls the bottom rope back. Referee Rick Knox caught Luther and ejected him from ringside.
Riho battled back with a series of elbow strikes and then hit Storm with her version of the 619. Riho went up top and hits a crossbody.
Storm popped up. Riho picked up Storm and dropped her before selling her lower back, then covered Storm for a two count.
Storm hits Storm Zero and went for the pin but Riho kicks out at the last moment.
Riho picked up a couple of quick two counts. Riho went to the middle rope and was pulled down by Storm then pulls Riho over her back then drops her into a DDT to score the win.
Winner & Still Women’s Champion: Toni Storm (11:45) (STILL CHAMPION!!!!)
Rate: 5
After the match Mariah May walks to ringside carrying a bucket. Once in the ring May pulls rose pedals out of the bucket and showers Storm with them. May held the ropes for Storm as she went to the apron and held up her Women’s Title.
Dante Martin was interviewed by Lexi Nair. Martin said he’s doing good, but he needs to be doing great. He spoke about getting the pin in a Trios Match on Rampage and nearly pinned a champion. International Champion Orange Cassidy showed up said he knew where this was going. Martin said that Cassidy has his respect and he would shake his hand at the end of it but he needs his title. Cassidy told him to try to take it on Wednesday’s Dynamite.
Swerve Strickland vs. Dustin Rhodes
Swerve Strickland dropkicks Dustin Rhodes while he was on the apron before the match. Swerve went to ringside and ran Rhodes into the ring post and the ring steps.
Swerve hits Rhodes with a running knee against the ring steps as Prince Nana pulls out a cinderblock and placed Rhodes’ leg on it.
Strickland went to the apron looks to the crowd and then hits Swerve Stomp on Rhodes’ ankle.
Trainers and a few referees tended to Rhodes & sold it as if he was unable to put weight on his ankle. Rhodes turns back and faced the ring.
Strickland smiled and motioned for Rhodes to get in the ring. Rhodes limped with help from the referee then rolls inside the ring.
Rhodes used the ropes to pull himself up and demanded that they ring the bell to start the match.
Strickland went right at Rhodes once the bell rang. Strickland hits Rhodes with a dropkick to his knee.
Strickland got Rhodes in a seated position on the top turnbuckle then went for a superplex that Rhodes blocks.
Rhodes headbutts Strickland off the top rope and then struggled before hitting a crossbody that got him a two count.
Strickland threw a kick at the back of Rhodes’ knee before Rhodes caught him with a kick, a Destroyer and a powerslam for a near fall.
Rhodes puts Strickland in position for Shattered Dreams. Nana climbs onto the apron and protested.
Rhodes hits Shattered Dreams while the referee was distracted then knocked Nana off the apron. Rhodes puts Strickland down with Cross Rhodes and covered him for a near fall.
Strickland eventually battled back and hooked Rhodes’ bad leg around his neck before throwing punches at him. Rhodes reached the ropes to break the hold. Rhodes got up and got in Strickland’s face while saying Come on, motherf*cker.
Strickland kicks Rhodes’ bad leg then a kneeling Dustin gave him the double bird then spat in his face. Rhodes flips off Strickland then he his him with a couple of House Calls.
Strickland pulls Rhodes’ arm behind him and used his foot to snap it then he went up top and hits Swerve Stomp to score the win.
Winner: Swerve Strickland (9:28)
Rate: 6
After the match as Strickland was headed to the back he turned and looks at the camera. Strickland said not to waste his time with shit like that anymore. He motioned for a title.
8 Man Tag Team Match
AEW World Tag Team Champions Ricky Starks & Big Bill & The Don Callis Family (Konosuke Takeshita & Powerhouse Hobbs) vs. Le Sex Gods (Chris Jericho & Sammy Guevara), Darby Allin & Sting
Konosuke Takeshita & Sammy Guevara starts this match with Guevara tried to tell Takeshita that he didn’t need to be aligned with Don Callis but Takeshita blew him off.
Chris Jericho tags in and La Sex Gods struck their pose then Darby Allin tags in and was hit with an avalanche Blue Thunder Bomb from Takeshita then Powerhouse Hobbs tags in and works over Allin in the heel corner.
Sting took a hot tag and Ricky Starks did his rope strut while holding onto the arm of Sting then jumped off the ropes and hit him.
Sting went for a Hot Shot on Starks but he drops him in front of the ropes instead and then tags out. Jericho tags in and hits a Codebreaker on Big Bill but he no sold it.
Bill picks up Jericho and awkwardly slammed him to the mat then mounted him and threw punches at him. Jericho caught Bill with boots in the corner.
Hobbs tags in and hits a spinebuster on Jericho and followed up with a powerslam.
Hobbs hoisted up Jericho again but Allin ran in and springboarded onto Jericho which drove him onto Hobbs. Takeshita tags in and hits a double German suplex on Allin & Guevara.
Sting tags in and puts Takeshita in Scorpion Death Lock as Don Callis ran in with a bat which caused Sting to release the hold. Callis fled the ring without doing anything.
Jericho put Hobbs in Walls of Jericho then Sting reapplied the Scorpion Death Lock on Takeshita but Starks broke up both holds.
Starks caught Guevara with a spear and covered him for a near fall. Starks set up for Rochambeau but Guevara slips away and superkicks him.
Guevara hits Starks with GTH then went up to the top rope & hits a Shooting Star Press to get the win.
Winners: Le Sex Gods, Darby Allin & Sting (15:42)
Rate: 6
After the match Jericho, Guevara & Allin and points at him then the Long Island crowd applauded him. Sting left the ring and visited Vladimir.
TBS Title Match
Julia Hart (c) vs. Abadon
Julia Hart battled back and suplexes Abadon at ringside as Hart smiled then rolls back inside the ring. Hart remained in offense control until Abadon bites her arm twice.
Abadon threw a couple of clotheslines then hits double knees in the corner then hits a Codebreaker style move then Hart cuts off Abadon as they were on the ropes.
Abadon bites Hart as she backs away and was checked on by the referee as Skye Blue ran out and threw Abadon off the ropes.
Abadon got right up and then went to ringside and pulls Blue out from underneath the ring and roughed her up then hits Blue with a knee to the face.
Hart went to the floor and hits Abadon from behind. Hart slammed the back of Abadon’s head against the side of the ring steps repeatedly.
Hart rolls Abadon back inside the ring & she went up top and hits a moonsault to put away Abadon.
Winner & Still TBS Champion: Julia Hart (11:57) (STILL CHAMPION!!!!)
Rate: 6
TNT Title No DQ Match
Christian Cage (c) vs. Adam Copeland
Adam Copeland rushed the stage when Christian Cage made his entrance then Copeland ran Cage into the video wall on the stage.
Copeland brought Cage to ringside and ran him into the barricade. Cage took a canned drink from a fan drank some then slams the can on his forehead.
Copeland tried to stomp Cage’s head on the ring steps but Cage moved as Cage hops the barricade and walked up the steps in the crowd. Copeland followed Cage.
Nick Wayne follows them and went after Copeland but he puts Nick down with ease before Copeland went to the top of a section and jumps off the guard rail onto Cage & Nick below.
Copeland brought Cage back to ringside and then jumped off the barricade and clotheslined him. In the ring Copeland mounted Cage in the corner and threw punches at him.
Copeland went for a spear but Cage sidesteps him and shoved him through the ropes and into the ring post causing Copeland to tumble to the floor.
Cage had Copeland’s head on the ring steps when he stomped the back of his neck. Cage rolls Copeland inside the ring and covers him for a two count.
Cage pulls out a kendo stick from under the ring & once he was back inside the ring Cage hits Copeland with multiple kendo stick shots then Cage used the kendo stick to choke Copeland.
Cage stood over Copeland and drove the kendo stick onto his neck then covers him for a two count. Cage looks into the camera and blew a kiss. Nick was back at ringside.
Cage had Nick slide 2 chairs inside the ring then Cage places chair over Copeland’s back and neck and posed then sat on the chair while performing a Boston Crab.
Copeland powered up and then Cage released the hold and kicked his back to slow him down. Cage got a metal rod and swung it at Copeland but he ducks then took Cage down.
Copeland slams a kendo stick over the back of Cage’s head then works him over with it.
Copeland locks in a crossface as Cage reached for the rod then Copeland took it away and used it while applying the crossface.
Copeland pulls out a ladder from underneath the ring then Copeland placed the chair in the corner over the middle turnbuckle and then catapulted Cage’s face into it.
Copeland & Cage ended up fighting on the ladder once it was set up near a corner of the ring. Cage slams Copeland’s face on a run and then performed a sunset bomb off the ladder that led to a near fall.
Cage pulls a pair of tables out from underneath the ring and set one up on the floor.
Cage tried to suplex Copeland from the apron but Copeland fought out of it. Copeland ran the ropes for a spear.
Nick pulls Cage off the apron to spare him as Copeland went to the floor and hits Cage with a kendo stick and a chair.
Back inside the ring Copeland slams a chair over the back of Cage then hits an Impaler DDT onto a chair. Copeland puts Cage in position for a Conchairto.
Copeland wound up with the 2nd chair but Nick ran in and took it away. Cage low blows Copeland then rolls him up for a near fall.
Cage set up a table in a corner of the ring. Cage tried to spear Copeland but he leapfrogs him then threw a chair at Cage twice before spearing him through the table.
Copeland covers Cage and had him beat but Shayna Wayne pulls the referee out of the ring.
Copeland left the ring to go after Shayna but Nick hits him from behind then hit Wayne’s World before rolling him back inside the ring Cage hits Killswitch and covers Copeland for a good near fall.
Cage & Nick doused a table on the floor with lighter fluid then Cage told Copeland to go f*ck himself. Nick lit the table. Copeland avoided whatever Cage had in mind then spears him.
Copeland got the better of Nick but the flames on the table went out so Copeland poured lighter fluid on it and reignited the flame.
Copeland powerbombed Nick & his ass hits the burning table as Shayna cried out for her son.
Copeland returned to the ring as Cage ran over to hit Copeland with the TNT Title but Copeland kicks him in the balls then hits Killswitch for the win.
Winner & New TNT Champion: Adam Copeland (24:48) (NEW CHAMPION!!!!)
Rate: 8 (Recommend)
After the match Copeland celebrated with the TNT Title in the ring then Killswitch enters the ring behind him. Killswitch clotheslined Copeland from behind then chokeslams him onto the TNT Title then sets up a chair then chokeslams Copeland onto the seat.
Killswitch pulls out his contract for his TNT Title shot and was about to give it to the referee. Cage returned to the ring and told Killswitch to give it to him. Cage whispered into Killswitch’s ear. Killswitch hung his head like a dog and handed over the contract which Cage signed and handed to the referee.
TNT Title Match
Adam Copeland (c) vs. Christian Cage
Cage use Killswitch’s TNT Title shot.
Cage speared Copeland to win back the TNT Title.
Winner & New TNT Champion: Christian Cage (0:11) (NEW CHAMPION!!!)
Rate: N/A (Under a min)
Finals Of The 2023 Continental Classic
Gold League Winner Jon Moxley vs. Blue League Winner Eddie Kingston
Eddie Kingston went for an early suicide dive and went over the top of Jon Moxley before his head hit the barricade then Kingston got back in the ring and Moxley hits him with a German suplex.
Kingston came up holding his head as he rolls to the floor as Moxley follows and puts him down with a Paradigm Shift. Kingston sold his head and neck while shaking his hand before returning to the ring.
Moxley threw a kick that Kingston stuffed as Kingston stood up and fired chops at Moxley in the corner. Moxley blocks a forearm strike with his arms.
Kingston sold forearm pain and Moxley pounced on him then hits a piledriver for a two count then both men traded chops in the middle of the ring.
Moxley got the better of it and flips off Kingston as he fired back with another chop then flips off Moxley. Kingston eventually knocks Moxley down with a backfist but Kingston was too weary to cover him.
Kingston got Moxley in the corner and threw rapid fire chops at him while calling him a mofo. Kingston hits a DDT then plays to the crowd. Moxley came right back with a cutter but Kingston hit him with another backfist.
Moxley bounced off the rope and hit Kingston with a lariat before Kingston came right back with a Northern Lights Bomb for a near fall then puts Moxley in a choke and then released it to throw elbows at his head.
Kingston reapplied the choke hold but Moxley slips away and caught Kingston in a choke then grapevine him. Kingston slips away momentarily then Moxley reapplied the hold.
The referee checked Kingston’s arm which drops twice and then he held it up the 3rd time. Moxley applied the choke while Kingston was on his feet as Bryan Danielson calls for Moxley to drop back but Kingston fell forward into the ropes.
Moxley gave the crowd double birds then approached Kingston as he hits him with another spinning backfist. Moxley stared at the referee and kicks out when Kingston went for the pin.
Kingston puts Moxley down with another Northern Lights Bomb for a near fall then both men got up and traded strikes. Kingston connected with another spinning backfist that drops Moxley for the win.
Winner Of The 2023 Continental Classic: Eddie Kingston (17:16)
Rate: 10 (Recommend)
After the match Kingston & Moxley got to their feet and hugged. Moxley left the ring then Kingston went back to celebrating with the ROH World, NJPW Strong Openweight & Continental Classic Titles. Kingston looked into the camera and said Mad Kurt respect. Kingston went to the stage put the titles down then looks at them for a moment before heading to the back.
AEW World Title Match
MJF (c) vs. Samoa Joe
MJF pokes Samoa Joe’s eyes early and put the boots to him in the corner before Joe quickly regained control and hits a leg drop on MJF’s bad shoulder.
MJF fired back with right handed chops but then winced after throwing one with his left hand. Joe went right back on the offensive.
Joe went for Muscle Buster but MJF escaped and lands on his feet. Joe charged MJF but he moved and pulls down the top rope causing Joe to tumble to ringside.
Joe returns to the ring and was caught in an inside cradle for a two count then MJF went for other quick pin attempts and continued to get two counts.
MJF played to the receptive crowd and signaled for Kangaroo Kick as he went for the move but Joe stuffed it and sends MJF over the top rope.
MJF tried to skin the cat but Joe boots him off the ropes and down to ringside.
Joe hits MJF with a suicide dive as MJF grabs his left shoulder after tumbling on the floor.
Back inside the ring Joe hits a Death Valley Driver and covered MJF for a two count before Joe hits 3 suplexes and covered MJF but he put his foot over the bottom rope to break the pin.
Joe stood over MJF and shook his head while smiling as Joe set up for a move on the apron. MJF stuffed it but Joe headbutted him. Joe hits a Muscle Buster that drops MJF on his back shoulder on the apron.
MJF rallied once they returned to the ring and threw punches at Joe while standing on the middle rope. MJF bites Joe’s forehead.
MJF jumped off the middle rope and double stomped Joe’s wrapped left elbow then follows up with Heatseeker for a near fall. MJF locks in Salt Of The Earth on Joe’s bad arm and used some wrist tape.
Joe slips out and then wrenched MJF’s bad shoulder with a submission hold as Adam Cole encouraged MJF to reach for the ropes. MJF eventually did to break the hold.
They got to their feet and Joe applied a sleeper hold. MJF shoved Joe into the referee so MJF low blows Joe as he was on the middle rope & follows up with an F5.
MJF made the cover and the referee slowly crawled over and counted but Joe kicks out so MJF asked Cole for the Dynamite Diamond Ring.
Cole struggled to find it and eventually passed it to MJF but Joe caught him in the Coquina Clutch. The referee checked MJF’s arm, which fell 3 times the ref calls for the bell.
Winner & New AEW World Champion: Samoa Joe (17:52) (NEW CHAMPION!!!!)
Rate: 8 (Recommend)
After the match Joe celebrated briefly then heads to the back with the AEW World Title. Cole rolls inside the ring and tried to give MJF a pep talk. MJF got back to his feet. The Devil’s crew showed up at ringside. Cole held up his crutch but he was quickly taken down by one of the masked men then two men took down MJF. Another masked man held up a chair then Better Then You Bay Bay pleaded to take the chair shot for the other. The lights went out.
When the lights turned on Cole was seated in a chair with 4 men standing behind him. The masked men removed their masks to reveal Roderick Strong, Wardlow & The Kingdom. MJF got up and spoke to Cole but he was hit with a knee to the face by Strong. The Kingdom joins Strong in putting the boots to MJF. Wardlow powerbombed him. Cole pulls The Devil mask out of his jacket. Cole stood up and drops the mask on MJF then looks to the crowd and smiled. Cole knelt over MJF while The Kingdom, Strong & Wardlow stood behind Cole.
