Posted on 2/16/125 by Bob Magee
CONTAINS SPOILERS
AEW Grand Slam: Australia was broadcast on TNT and streamed
on MAX live from the Brisbane Entertainment Centre in
Brisbane, Australia!
Tony Schiavone and Nigel McGuinness were the broadcast team
for tonight’s event.
It’s Saturday night and you know what that means! This is
for the Sickos!
“The Aerial Assassin” Will Ospreay
& “The Best Bout Machine” Kenny Omega
vs.
The Don Callis Family’s International Champion Konosuke
Takeshita
& “The Protostar” Kyle Fletcher (with Don Callis & Mark
Davis)!
Ospreay and Fletcher slugged it out. Fletcher hit a shoulder
tackle to knock down Ospreay. Takeshita tagged in, and
Takeshita and Fletcher hit a double shoulder tackle on Will.
Kyle came back in, but Will hit a corkscrew kick. Kenny
grabbed a tag and wiped out Fletcher with a high cross body
press.
Omega used a hurracanrana on Fletcher. Omega face planted
Takeshita. Ospreay and Omega hit Terminator dives, Omega on
Fletcher and Kyle on Takeshita! Fletcher used Ospreay as a
battering ram on Omega. Fletcher held down Omega and
Takeshita connected with a senton splash.
Omega planted Fletcher with a snap dragon suplex. Takeshita
served up an exploder suplex on Omega. Will wiped out Kyle
with a Spanish fly! Will spiked Fletcher with a DDT.
Fletcher blocked an Os Cutter, but Will countered with
another DDT! Don Callis grabbed Ospreay’s ankle, preventing
the Hidden Blade, and Fletcher hurled Ospreay with a half
and half suplex.
Takeshita drilled Omega and Ospreay with a double German
Suplex! Takeshita tried a power bomb off the top rope, but
Omega countered with a hurracanrana. Omega power bombed
Takeshita and then cracked Takeshita with the V-trigger for
a near fall!
Takeshita rocked Omega with a blue thunder bomb! Omega fired
back with a poison rana. Omega was looking for the one-
winged angel on Takeshita from the middle turnbuckle.
Ospreay jumped up with an Os Cutter. Fletcher stopped Omega
with a thrust kick. Ospreay sent down Fletcher with a Hidden
Blade.
Fletcher and Takeshita nailed Will and Kenny with stereo
tombstone pile drivers! Takeshita sprung a running knee on
Omega. Takeshita dropped his knee pad. Kenny blocked an
attempted knee strike. Omega caught Takeshita with a V-
trigger! Takeshita stunned Kenny with a running pump kick.
Omega held up Takeshita for a One-Winged Angel while Ospreay
smashed Takeshita with a Hidden Blade for a devastating
combo. Kenny covered Takeshita and scored the victory!
TBS Championship Match!
“The CEO” Mercedes Moné (c.) vs. Harley Cameron!
Wrestle Dynasty International Women’s Cup Winner Momo
Watanabe was watching the match from the front row.
“Mercedes is 14-0 since arriving in AEW,” said Tony
Schiavone.
Mercedes rag dolled Harley with a headlock and then yanked
her to the mat by the hair. Harley retaliated with a Russian
Leg Sweep. Harley pulled her puppet out from beneath the
ring. Mercedes grabbed the puppet and stomped on it.
Mercedes rocked Harley with the Three Amigos suplex
sequence. Harley blocked a frog splash but raising her knees
into Mercedes’ ribcage. Harley hit a side suplex, but
Mercedes kicked out at the two-count.
Mercedes blasted Cameron with a backstabber. Harley hammered
Mercedes in the head while wearing the Mercedes puppet on
her fist. Cameron connected with a crossbody and then
followed up with an Australian Destroyer for a near fall!
Mercedes planted Cameron with a power bomb. Mercedes smashed
Harley with a meteroa for a near fall. Harley cradled
Mercedes but the champion kicked out. Harley hit an area
code kick on Mercedes. Mercedes moved out of the way from
the top rope dive. Mercedes cracked Cameron with the Mone
Maker and picked up the pin!
After the match, Mercedes pie faced Momo Watanabe with one
of her titles, taunting her and walking off.
Kenny Omega and Will Ospreay were backstage!
Omega: “Listen, Takeshita, you want to prove you’re the
best? I’ve got the time and the place. AEW Revolution!”
Ospreay: “Kyle Fletcher at Revolution, it’ll be me and you
in a Steel Cage match! Let’s see if you’re really that good
because my name is Will Ospreay, and I am on another level!”
Brisbane Brawl!
The Death Riders—AEW World Champion Jon Moxley & AEW World
Trios Champion Claudio Castagnoli (with Marina Shafir)
vs.
“The Rated R Superstar” Cope & “Switchblade” Jay White!
Cope and White took the fight to the Death Riders early on.
Cope and White hit a double clothesline on Moxley and then
back dropped Claudio out of the ring. Jay White DDT’ed
Moxley.
Jay White jumped over the top rope to the outside, but
Moxley cracked White with a trash can lid. Copeland
connected with a double ax handle, jumping off the concourse
onto Claudio. Marina hammered the back of Cope with a kendo
stick. Claudio power bombed Cope off the apron through a
table, breaking the table in half!
Mox spiked Cope with a Paradigm Shift. Jay White broke a
kendo stick on Claudio. Claudio grabbed Jay White and bashed
him headfirst into a steel chair that was wedged between the
turnbuckles. Jay White fired back with a Blade Runner. Jay
White covered Claudio but Wheeler Yuta jumped into the ring
out of nowhere and began to whip Jay White with a leather
belt! Jay White smashed Yuta with a Blade Runner but Moxley
curb stomped Switchblade.
Cope speared Claudio through a table! Cope speared Moxley!
Cope grabbed a steel chair that was wrapped in barbed wire.
Cope whacked Moxley over the back with it! Yuta jumped into
the ring to grab the steel chair. Marina smacked Cope with
the steel briefcase. Moxley locked on a bulldog choke. The
ref stopped the match as Cope was unconscious!
AEW Continental Championship Match!
“The Rainmaker” Kazuchika Okada (c.)
vs.
Buddy Matthews of the Hounds of Hell!
Matthews offered his hand at the start of the match, a sign
of good sportsmanship, but Okada flipped him off. Okada
dodged a curb stomp. Buddy avoided the rainmaker lariat. It
was a stalemate early on.
Okada and Matthews traded forearm shots. Buddy dropped a
knee on Okada. Buddy planted Okada hard on the ring apron.
Okada nailed Buddy with a flatliner and followed up with a
beautiful dropkick.
Buddy flipped over the top rope and crashed onto Okada,
wiping him out! Buddy followed up with a meteora off the top
rope for a near fall! Okada retaliated with a neck breaker.
“Okada clearly in his wheelhouse now,” said Nigel.
Okada landed an elbow drop from the top rope. Buddy dodged
the rainmaker and stunned Okada with a knee strike. Okada
rocked Buddy with the rainmaker, but Buddy kicked out at the
two-count!
“No one in my recollection has kicked out of the rainmaker
in AEW!” said Nigel.
Buddy curb stomped Okada but Okada kicked out. Buddy rocked
Okada with Matthews’ Law and went for the cover, but Okada
put his foot on the rope to break the pin count. Okada
spiked Buddy with a DDT on the arena floor!
Buddy superplexed Okada. Buddy hit the jackhammer! Buddy
applied a submission hold in the center of the ring. Okada
escaped and while the ref was distracted, Okada hit a low
blow. Okada finished off Buddy with the rainmaker, stealing
the pin!
“Hats off to Buddy Matthews, an incredible showing. Okada,
nonetheless, leaving with the Continental title tonight,”
said Nigel.
AEW Women’s World Championship Match!
“The Glamour” Mariah May (c.)
vs. “Timeless” Toni Storm (with Luther the Butler)!
They began with a collar and elbow tie-up and then Toni
quickly grounded and pounded Mariah May! Toni stomped Mariah
in the corner. Mariah pounced back with a sling blade,
followed by a shotgun dropkick.
Toni hurled Mariah with a German Suplex, followed by
another.
“Toni Storm gives the fans what they want!” said Schiavone.
The final count was six consecutive German Suplexes, as Toni
was dominating the match. Mariah ate a lariat from the
challenger. Toni applied a version of the STF! Mariah
escaped and rocked Toni with the May Day on the arena floor!
Mariah blasted Toni with a big shotgun dropkick from the top
rope! Mariah smashed Toni in the corner with a running hip
attack. Toni retaliated with the May Day for a near fall!
“They say imitation is the greatest form of flattery,” said
Nigel.
Toni ran into Mariah with a hip attack. She landed a second
hip attack, and then a third hip attack against the
champion. Toni spiked Mariah with the Storm Zero, but Mariah
kicked out at the two-count!
Mariah hurled Toni with a gut wrench suplex, followed by the
May Day! Mariah landed a second May Day, but Toni kicked
out!
“Mariah with a pair of May Days but the match goes on!” said
Schiavone.
Toni stunned Mariah with a running power bomb and then a
Storm Zero. Mariah rolled out of the ring, a display of
brilliant ring awareness. Mariah crunched Toni with a Storm
Zero. Toni cradled Mariah out of nowhere and pinned the
champion!
And new AEW Women’s World Champion… “Timeless” Toni Storm!
“The Glamourous Era is over!” said Nigel.
“Ladies and gentlemen, ‘Timeless’ Toni Storm is the first
four-time AEW Women’s World Champion!” added Schiavone.
Catch AEW DYNAMITE live on TBS and streaming on MAX next
Wednesday at 8/7ct from the Arizona Financial Theatre in
Phoenix, AZ!
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And remember… We are AEW—Where The Best Wrestle!