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00:00I don't know what that means!
00:01A.W. Diamond is live from Norfolk, Virginia.
00:04I'm Excalibur, joined by Tony Schiavone,
00:06the Human Suplex Machine, Tez,
00:07and the Dapper Yapper, Justin Roberts.
00:10Ladies and gentlemen, your opening contest set for one fall
00:12with a 20 minute time limit is for
00:16the TBS Championship!
00:17The TBS Championship!
00:25We are just 11 days away from fall in Horn Day,
00:31but we are kicking dynamite off with a TBS Championship
00:34title match.
00:36Introducing first, being accompanied by Camille
00:39from Boston, Massachusetts.
00:41She is the TBS Champion, the CEO,
00:46Mercedes Monet!
00:51Mercedes Monet is scheduled to defend the TBS Championship
00:55against Dr. Britt Baker, DMD, at Wembley Stadium, Tez.
00:59But tonight, the three time former A.W. Women's World
01:02Champion, Hikaru Ishida, could completely upset
01:05that apple cart.
01:05Yeah, big time challenge,
01:08about to happen right now for Mercedes,
01:10but she's got big time back up,
01:13and Camille right there with her.
01:16That says it all, Tez, you are right.
01:18Take a look at Brickhouse Camille,
01:21who's out here looking around the audience.
01:24CEO, CEO, CEO, CEO, CEO, CEO, CEO, CEO, CEO, CEO, CEO,
01:31there's no doubt that Mercedes Monet,
01:34oh, it was, nevermind, go ahead.
01:37Can't you, can't you rear end all that?
01:40No, I'm done, I'm done, I'm done.
01:41No, you're not, no, you're not.
01:42Now, what do we say, Tony?
01:43No, you're not, no, you're not, no, you're not.
01:46Bustin' chops are ready.
01:47All right.
01:51And the challenger, from Kanagawa, Japan,
01:54Hikaru Ishida!
02:01Tony, you were there this past Saturday at Collision,
02:03where Hikaru Ishida picked up a very impressive,
02:06very dominant victory,
02:07and Ishida said she wants some real competition.
02:10She wants her rubber match with Dr. Britt Baker, DMD.
02:14They've met four times in AEW history,
02:17both have taken two matches apiece,
02:19and what better way to get that match with Britt Baker
02:22than to take Mercedes Monet's place
02:24at Wembley Stadium at All-In London?
02:26That's a great point,
02:26and I really think that you're taking a look
02:29at a multi-world champion,
02:31one of the great competitors ever
02:33in the women's division, Hikaru Ishida,
02:36and this is her first chance of becoming TBS champion.
02:39Let's see if she makes the most of it.
02:40Ah, it's all very balanced.
02:42Hikaru, Hikaru, Hikaru, Hikaru, Hikaru.
02:45Okay.
02:46No, I was just putting it over,
02:47saying you're making really good points, Shivani.
02:48It's nice to hear, but the thing is...
02:51Yeah, why don't you start doing that more often?
02:53The thing is, Ishida is legit as legit can be.
02:56Yes.
02:57This is definitely, to the point you're making, Shivani,
02:59a heavy test for Mercedes and her championship.
03:02And folks at home, I don't know if you can tell,
03:03we are excited about tonight,
03:04and Dynamite, we are also excited
03:06about Wembley Stadium, All-In London,
03:08coming up Sunday, August 25th, just 11 days away.
03:13And will it be Dr. Britt Baker, DMD,
03:15challenging Hikaru Ishida for the TBS championship?
03:18We are on the verge of finding out.
03:20Yeah, and that definitely could happen
03:21as you guys laid out the accolades
03:25by Ishida in the championship that she has held.
03:28So, real deal, man.
03:30Not only that, Ishida has become a little bit more,
03:33maybe a lot more aggressive than we've seen her, Excalibur,
03:36and I think that works in her favor.
03:38It certainly has, as Mercedes Manet putting the ropes
03:42between herself and her aggressor,
03:44Hikaru Ishida, the challenger.
03:45I think maybe, just me speculating,
03:47maybe Ishida's just got a little bit more of a chip
03:49on her shoulder as of late.
03:51You know, a lot of new wrestlers coming in
03:53in the female division.
03:55Here into AEW, Ishida's been here from the jump,
03:58so sometimes that builds a chip on your shoulder.
04:00That's right, Hikaru Ishida, an AEW original,
04:02going for the trip there, ducks underneath.
04:05The misdirect turns all around.
04:06Mercedes Manet and Ishida lowers the shoulder,
04:09drops the champion.
04:10See, with that, it's the run through your opponent.
04:12Don't stop when you hit them.
04:13You run through, and that's what Ishida did.
04:15Watch out!
04:16And Ishida into the corner.
04:17Mercedes a step quicker, rolls through, rolls her up.
04:20Ishida able to escape.
04:21Mercedes up to the middle, comes back down the arm track,
04:25maintains control, and now into the cross face.
04:30That was a great move that time by Manet.
04:32I didn't expect that at all.
04:33Whoop!
04:33The moneymaker reversed, and now the crucifix.
04:36Reversal to reversal, and Ishida and Mercedes,
04:39both women, the same idea with the drop kick,
04:42and a stalemate here in the early goings.
04:46Well, as you mentioned last week,
04:48you know, Dr. Britt Baker had been suspended,
04:50and it was rescinded by Tony Khan, Christopher Daniels,
04:53and that's great news heading to Wembley.
04:57Absolutely.
04:59Wow, look at that nice forearm shiver.
05:01Another one by Manet.
05:03The striking game is usually
05:05the forte of Hikaru Ishida, but Mercedes,
05:07oh, now, oh, look at that hurricanrana.
05:10She just, yeah, snapped it off,
05:12but Mercedes coming down on her head,
05:14and now Ishida jumping knee in the corner.
05:16Well, to your point, Excalibur,
05:17about the striking ability of Ishida,
05:19those knee strikes will come at a plenty.
05:22L-I-C-E-O, L-I-C-E-O, L-I-C-E-O, L-I-C-E-O, L-I-C-E-O.
05:27Very vocal crowd here in Norfolk.
05:29Split 50-50 between the CEO and the challenger.
05:34It's always been a great wrestling crowd here
05:36in the Tidewater area, and 11 days out.
05:39Snap suplex, lateral press.
05:41What a night we have for us here tonight, Excalibur.
05:44Yeah, great night of action still ahead.
05:46Hangman Adam Page, Jay Lethal after the altercation
05:50that came after Dynamite went off the air.
05:51Wait, Ishida, now the pinning predicament.
05:54Mercedes reverses, Ishida reverses.
05:57Oh, oh, Ishida overcommitted.
05:59Mercedes got to her feet.
06:00Watch a backslide here possibly by Manet,
06:03but no, count it.
06:04One, two, three.
06:07And, oh, the knee strike avoided.
06:09She knows, Mercedes knows about those strikes of Ishida.
06:13Yeah, she's a very, very smart,
06:15very, very well-schooled wrestler.
06:17And we will see the debut of Mariah May's new feature
06:21here tonight as she heads into Wembley.
06:23The Continental champion Kazuchika Okada
06:25goes face-to-face with his challenger, Claudio Castagnoli.
06:28And face-first goes Mercedes Manet.
06:33Three-way match for that number one spot
06:34in the Casino Gauntlet match at All in London.
06:37It's a match that can end at any time.
06:38That's why that number one spot's so important.
06:41And we will hear from Hook, who made his return,
06:42but right now inside the ring, Mercedes.
06:45Oh, she put the foot on the rope.
06:46Referee Stephon Smith caught it.
06:48Good job by the ref right there.
06:49Stephon, way to be on your toes, buddy.
06:51And the Young Bucks will look to make the first defense
06:53of the AEW World Tag Team Championship
06:55against the former champions,
06:56the acclaimed, and Swerve Strickland in our main event
07:00will go one-on-one with Bryan Danielson's protege
07:03in the Blackpool Combat Club, Wheeler Uta.
07:05All of that and so much more still to come tonight.
07:07It's a match that Swerve Strickland won,
07:09and we saw it, we heard it.
07:11Oh, look at Camille.
07:12She understood what she was gonna do.
07:15Well-documented, that running knee off the apron.
07:18And here in the pot for Mercedes and the Meteora.
07:23Well, right there, Camille ran the interference
07:27and Mercedes capitalized.
07:29Not only that, Camille is such an intimidating figure task.
07:32Absolutely, no, absolutely.
07:33She's a large woman.
07:36Mercedes, the far leg hooked.
07:37And I mean that, her height and her power,
07:40meaning the brick house.
07:41She's bigger than you, Shavonni.
07:43Well, she is all that.
07:45Tough, tough lady.
07:47Snap Merritt by Mercedes Menee.
07:50And, oh, low Meteora there too.
07:53And Sheeta able to kick out.
07:55Mercedes didn't have both feet captured, Taz.
07:57Yes, correct.
07:58Sorry to interrupt you there,
07:59but going back to where Camille got in the middle,
08:03kind of got in front of Sheeta,
08:06because she knew Sheeta was gonna probably do
08:07a knee strike while Mercedes was hanging off that apron.
08:11But that little opening where Camille got involved
08:14really helped Mercedes.
08:16And now she is just capitalizing since then.
08:18And I misspoke earlier,
08:19the crossface submission that Mercedes uses is on the map.
08:23It's the statement maker, not the moneymaker.
08:25But now this is in service of that statement maker, Taz.
08:27I'm gonna Twitter and let you know you did it wrong.
08:30Just so you know.
08:33We do have, as you ran down the lineup earlier,
08:35a huge lineup tonight.
08:36And what a way to start it with a championship match
08:39for the TBS title here.
08:42And Mercedes.
08:43Huge implications for London.
08:45Yeah, absolutely.
08:4611 days away, we're so excited.
08:48We got the world champion Swerve Strickland in action
08:51here 11 days away before he and Bryan Danielson go at it.
08:55We're gonna vie for the World Tag Team Championship
08:57later on tonight.
08:58And the knees in the corner from Mercedes Mane
09:00as she pulls the car seat out, pinning for Dick Amanden.
09:04Yeah, it's a loaded card and we're kicking it off
09:06with this great championship match.
09:08Very exciting time right now, guys, here in AEW.
09:11We're 11 days away from all in London, Wembley Stadium.
09:13But we are seven days away from our debut
09:16in Cardiff, Wales as well.
09:18Absolutely, yes.
09:19We're gonna be in the UK next Wednesday.
09:22Sheeta has so much to fight for here.
09:24We talked about it earlier
09:26that she's never been the TBS champion.
09:28She is three times Women's World Champion
09:31and she has made it her mission
09:33to get back in the title picture.
09:35She wants Britt Baker again, like you said, Excalibur.
09:37She gets her chance if she can win it tonight.
09:40Yeah, that rubber match so important to Hikaru Sheeta
09:42and that Enziguri very important as well.
09:44But Mercedes maybe playing possum in the corner.
09:47Now peppering the challenger with those elbow strikes.
09:50And Sheeta puts on the brakes, though.
09:55Hanging on to that top rope.
09:56Ooh, that forearm will definitely loosen things up.
09:59Hikaru Sheeta gets reversed
10:01into the corner of the hammer throw,
10:02but comes out with a drop kick.
10:06Perfectly placed right there by Sheeta.
10:09Now the challenger building momentum.
10:13As Sheeta, now we see those elbow strikes
10:15holding on to Mercedes.
10:17She was rotating that shoulder.
10:19I thought maybe she hit the shoulder the wrong way.
10:21She's just getting warmed up.
10:23Could be.
10:24Big time blow there.
10:27And Sheeta jumping knee!
10:29Oh, that might be it for the new champion.
10:31Two and oh!
10:33Big time kick out there by Mercedes.
10:35Yeah, Mercedes avoided the knee earlier, Taz,
10:38but couldn't that time.
10:39Correct, yeah.
10:40I thought Sheeta had it lined up and nailed it,
10:42but like I said, excellent kick and oh!
10:45Backstabber by Mercedes.
10:48But slow to capitalize the punishment
10:51from those strikes by Hikaru Sheeta.
10:53Evident on the champion, Mercedes Benet.
10:55You can tell that Sheeta is up looking at it.
10:57Let's see what happens here.
10:59And the knees into the corner.
11:01No, Sheeta avoids.
11:03Oh, knee to the lower back.
11:05Yeah, right above the tailbone.
11:07Those knees have been so dangerous
11:09by the former world champion here.
11:11She's in trouble.
11:12Mercedes is in trouble here, guys.
11:15Hikaru Sheeta on the ropes.
11:18Mercedes, though, her feet are positioned
11:20inside the ropes, Taz.
11:21Yeah, it's tough to pull off that.
11:22Oh!
11:23But it's great from the Meteora,
11:27but Sheeta able to kick out.
11:29What a match, man.
11:30You can't believe it, Shibata.
11:31Look at her face.
11:32Absolutely.
11:33These two women are giving us everything
11:36for the TBS Championship.
11:37What a match.
11:38Because, again, only one leg hooked by the champion.
11:41It's crucial, hooking the leg.
11:43I mean, it's a fundamental part of professional wrestling,
11:46but it gives you leverage.
11:47It does.
11:48It makes it tighter.
11:49It makes the pin tighter.
11:50You know, I don't think you have to,
11:52but if you nail someone hot enough with something,
11:54but in most cases, to your point,
11:55yeah, you gotta hook a leg and hook it deep and tight
11:58to keep your opponent down for the three.
12:00We are watching two of the best wrestlers
12:01in the women's division in the world go at it
12:04and leaving nothing to chance.
12:05Look at this.
12:07She's going for a Three Amigos,
12:09and she's got such a love and respect
12:11for the late, great Eddie Guerrero.
12:13Absolutely.
12:13And that's what this is about.
12:16But it's no secret that Mercedes likes to employ
12:18that Three Amigos.
12:19Hikaru Shida.
12:20Cognizant of it.
12:21And counters!
12:22The Falcon Arrow!
12:23She's got the game!
12:25She's got it!
12:25Oh!
12:27I don't see how Mercedes got out of that.
12:28That was a hell of an effort.
12:30Super flexible and super tough.
12:32But now the Shining Samurai looking to unshoot the katana,
12:35but Camille pulling Mercedes out of harm's way.
12:38Again, the second time this match,
12:40Camille was super important.
12:43It really helped Mercedes,
12:44even though she just got blasted there.
12:47And Hikaru Shida found her mark
12:49with a drop kick on Camille, and now...
12:53Oh!
12:55Oh my God.
12:56Oh!
12:56That'll leave it up the sides, I can tell you that!
12:59Kendo Stick Jones.
13:01Oh wait, Mercedes!
13:03Grabbing the Kendo Stick away from Hikaru Shida,
13:05and now...
13:06Stephon Smith intervening.
13:08It'd be disqualification if Mercedes used...
13:10Oh!
13:11Camille!
13:13What a shot!
13:14Camille, the high pull into the face,
13:17and now, Mercedes, center of the ring.
13:20There's the Moneymaker!
13:22The leg is hooked!
13:24The cover is made!
13:26And the champion retains!
13:28And still, TBS champion,
13:32the CEO, Mercedes Money!
13:36What a battle by these two ladies, Shibata,
13:38but give a massive assist to Camille.
13:40Yeah, I'm telling you, the Kendo Stick,
13:43which was introduced by Hikaru Shida,
13:45worked against her because it turned the attention away
13:49from the big girl outside.
13:51Well, Camille, very effective.
13:54Wait a minute, wait a minute, speaking of effective...
13:58Cloudlight City, huh?
14:01Well, Dr. Britt Baker, DMD, the music's playing,
14:04and Camille, ready to meet the doctor
14:07at the top of the ramp.
14:10Where's she at?
14:12Oh, wait a second!
14:13Yeah, but last time...
14:15Camille, the last time we stopped Dr. Britt Baker,
14:17she had that slot!
14:18She had that match!
14:19It might have been a lot smarter than all this.
14:20Is that Britt?
14:23Camille, putting the boots to this mass figure.
14:27I mean, we have seen Britt pull that off before.
14:29Oh, wait a minute!
14:31Here she comes!
14:32It's not Britt!
14:33Through the sands!
14:34Well, that's that corrected.
14:36The doctor's in the house!
14:38Doctor, and Mercedes doesn't realize
14:40that her back is turned!
14:42Oh my God, Mercedes, turn around, CEO!
14:45Breakers, putting the glove on!
14:49It's time for a minute watch hour!
14:51Oh, the kick to that midsection, Mercedes,
14:55gets dropped down!
14:57Britt's looking for the lockjaw!
14:59Camille finally realizes what's going on!
15:03She's got that overhook!
15:04It's tough to Camille LeBritt,
15:06and that's the right thing Camille did
15:07to push the body of Britt off of Mercedes.
15:11Otherwise, that overhook is super tight that Britt had on.
15:14And now Britt with the kendo stick!
15:16Camille!
15:18Easy, Camille!
15:20Camille, thinking better of it
15:21when she saw that kendo stick coming her way!
15:25The match is official for all in London.
15:28Sunday, August 25th, Mercedes Menet,
15:32in 11 days' time, will defend her TBS championship
15:35against Dr. Britt Baker, DMD.
15:38And will that be what we see in London?
15:42A new TBS champ, look at Britt with that title!
15:46Well, last Wednesday night,
15:48after Dynamite went off the air,
15:51Hangman Adam Page and Jeff Jarrett
15:53involved in an altercation.
15:55Let's take a look at the footage of what went down.