Don Callis joins the gang on special guest commentary for this match, which gets officially off-and-running now as the bell sounds.

After some basic back-and-forth action early on, we see Swerve start to pick things up a bit and take over. As Takeshita slows down his momentum and takes control of the action, with Samoa Joe now out on stage to get a closer look, we head into a mid-match commercial break.

As we settle back in from the break, we hear a loud “Who’s House? / Swerve’s House!” chant from the crowd, while Takeshita continues to follow up on the offensive lead he earned after connecting with a vicious brain-buster. Swerve starts to fight back into competitive form, trading shots with “The Alpha,” before ultimately throwing him out to the floor.

Swerve goes for a high spot from the ring to the floor, but he has a very awkward landing and seems to be hurt as a result. He’s well enough to continue, as he connects with a top-rope flying cross body for a pin attempt, which only gets him a one count from Takeshita, who kicks out almost instantly. Takeshita blasts Swerve with a knockout shot that has Swerve seeing stars.

Takeshita enjoys another few moments in the offensive driver’s seat, but then Strickland comes back to life and takes over again. He heads to the top-rope and connects with a huge sky dive high spot for a close near fall. The fans break out into a loud “This is Awesome!” chant as the two fight on. Takeshita hits a reverse hurricanrana and then a sunset bomb for a close near fall attempt of his own.

After some more back-and-forth action, including Swerve hitting a top-rope Swerve Stomp off the top-rope onto Takeshita on the hard part of the ring apron, we see things come to an end after Swerve hits another Stomp on the way down in mid-air during a pop-up power bomb attempt by Takeshita. This time he gets the pin fall victory and with the win, he gets the AEW Championship shot.

Winner and ADVANCING to AEW World Championship Match: Swerve Strickland

Samoa Joe reacts to the outcome backstage with Renee Paquette and tells him he’s not ready for him, and will realize that when they sign on the dotted line next Wednesday night. Back live inside the arena, we see Swerve celebrating the big win as Excalibur thanks us for tuning in and reminds us to watch AEW Rampage and AEW Collision this Friday and Saturday night. That’s how this week’s show goes off the air. Thanks for joining us!

–– Here is what’s in store for tonight’s show ––

• Will Ospreay vs. Katsuyori Shibata
• Winner Named #1 Ranked Wrestler: Swerve Strickland vs. Konosuke Takeshita
• TBS Championship Number One Contender Match – Mercedes Mone on Commentary: Anna Jay vs. Willow Nightingale vs. Skye Blue vs. Kris Statlander
• AEW World Tag Team Championship Tournament Quarterfinal: Best Friends (Orange Cassidy & Trent Beretta)vs. Undisputed Kingdom (Matt Taven & Mike Bennett)
• AEW World Tag Team Championship Tournament Quarterfinal: The Young Bucks (Matthew & Nicholas Jackson) vs. Private Party (Isiah Kassidy & Marq Quen)

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