When we return from the commercial break, we head back inside Daily’s Place in Jacksonville, FL. where “The Dapper Yapper” Justin Roberts begins his formal ring introductions for our final match of the evening here at the special annual AEW Dynamite: Homecoming show.

The theme for The Don Callis Family hits and out comes Powerhouse Hobbs and Konosuke Takeshita accompanied by Don Callis for our scheduled Texas Tornado Tag-Team main event of the evening. They settle in the ring and their music dies down.

Now the theme for “The Nature Boy” hits and out comes Ric Flair to a huge pop and a ton of “WOOOs!” from the Jacksonville crowd. He waits as his music cuts off and the theme for Sting hits. Out comes “The Icon” for his Jacksonville swan song, as Tony Schiavone does his trademark “It’s STING!!!!” introduction on commentary.

Sting and Darby Allin make their way out and head down to the ring, where the bell sounds and we get this Texas Tornado Tag-Team main event officially off-and-running. WWE Hall of Fame legend and AEW broadcast team member Jim Ross joins Excalibur, Tony Schiavone and Taz on the call for our final match of the evening.

We see Sting and Hobbs fight over to one part of the Daily’s Place venue, duking it out with The Don Callis Family member as they battle through the crowd. Elsewhere in the building, we see Darby Allin and Konosuke Takeshita exchanging rapid-fire shots back-and-forth.

After some more back-and-forth action, Excalibur reminds us that AEW has been granted a special five minute overrun for tonight’s broadcast on TBS and then we head into a mid-match commercial break as our Texas Tornado tag-team main event of the annual AEW Dynamite: Homecoming special continues.

As we settle back in from our final commercial time out of the evening, we see Ric Flair has gotten physically involved in the mix, as he jumps into the ring to help out Sting with the massive Don Callis Family duo. His involvement helps buy Sting enough time to recover and fire back up on offense, as he hits a pair of Stinger Splashes in the corners for big pops from the crowd.

The camera pans up to the top of the entrance ramp, where we see Allin hit with a big shot by Takeshita. Takeshita looks to run and splash onto Allin, but Allin moves and Takeshita hits part of the set with authority. Allin begins climbing up the giant screens at the top of the entrance way. He is way up there.

Without hesitation, he leaps backwards and connects with a Coffin Drop on Takeshita. We hear an insanely loud and very well deserved “Holy sh*t!” chant. Allin barely hit Takeshita and took nearly the entirety of the bump on the stage from way up above — backwards. Insanity.

Now we see Hobbs scoop Sting up and throw him over his shoulder. He walks atop the cat-walk in the building but Sting escapes and connects with a Scorpion Death Drop off the stage to put Hobbs through a table down below.

The fans once again react with an enthusiastic, and very appropriate “Holy sh*t!” chant. Sting covers Hobbs in the pile of rubble that used to be a table and picks up the win in an exciting main event in his final in-ring appearance in Jacksonville.

Winners: Sting & Darby Allin

The Young Bucks Return, Want Darby Allin & Sting At AEW Revolution 2024

Allin is noticeably limping after the match and Sting is super slow to get up. He eventually does and we see Sting, Ric Flair and Darby Allin soaking up the adulation from the Jacksonville crowd. Tony Schiavone heads into the ring to get a quick post-match word from Sting.

He mentions how March is coming up quick. He asks who Sting’s opponent will be for his final match at AEW Revolution 2024. Before he can answer, the theme for The Young Bucks hits and out comes The Elite duo of Nick Jackson and Matt Jackson for the first time since their loss at AEW Full Gear 2023 back in November.

The two come out to the top of the stage and simply stare down Sting and Darby Allin in the ring, making it clear they want to be the ones to share the ring with the duo for Sting’s retirement bout at AEW Revolution 2024 in March. Nothing is said and that is how the annual AEW Dynamite: Homecoming special goes off the air from inside Daily’s Place in Jacksonville, FL. Thanks for joining us!