The theme for “The Natural” hits and out comes Dustin Rhodes for his “nothing to lose, everything to gain” opportunity. He settles in the ring to a good reaction from the Charleston crowd, looking all business ahead of our main event of the evening.

Samoa Joe’s tune hits next and out fresh off of his attack at the hands of Swerve Strickland to start the show comes a beaten up Joe, who has Swerve’s chain with him. He settles in the ring for our main event of this week’s show as fans chant “Joe! Joe!” to the beat of his theme music.

After that, the final formal ring introductions get out of the way and the bell sounds to get this one officially off-and-running. Rhodes gets off to a good start, but it isn’t long before Joe is dominating the action. As we head to a mid-match commercial break, we see Joe beating on Dustin at ringside, as Dustin’s head is busted open and bleeding after being sent into the steel ring post.

When we return from the break, we see Dustin connect with a super-fast power slam as Joe was coming off the ropes. This allows “The Natural” to get his first prolonged offensive run of the bout. He hits a Code-Red for a close near fall attempt. He hits a Cross-Rhodes for another close pin attempt as he has blood flowing from his own dome.

Joe takes back over and then grabs Swerve’s chain from the corner that he brought to the ring. The ref stops him from using it, but as he is getting rid of the chain, Joe grabs the AEW World Championship and nails Dustin with it behind the ref’s back for the win. After the match, Joe puts his choke on Dustin. Swerve runs out to make the save.

Swerve hits Joe with his House Call finisher. He grabs his chain and wraps it around his fist and then blasts the world champ with a knockout punch. He whips Joe with the chain, leading to Joe scrambling out of the ring. Swerve goes out after him but is held back by a ton of security.

Prince Nana hands Swerve the AEW World Championship, which he takes a close look at as Nana does his goofy dance and Joe’s eyes bulge out of his head seeing this. Swerve holds the title up in the air and poses with it as Excalibur runs down the lineups for other AEW programming later this week. That’s how this week’s show goes off the air. Thanks for joining us!

Winner: Samoa Joe