AEW returns home tonight!The Demand vs. The Hurt SyndicateKyle Fletcher (c) vs. Kyle O’Reilly
After a quick word from the parking lot from The Death Riders, we head back inside Daily’s Place for our advertised TNT Championship showdown, the battle of Kyle vs. Kyle! Kyle O’Reilly makes his way out, ready to be the Last Kyle Standing as he challenges for the TNT Championship.
Out next is Kyle Fletcher alongside Don Callis, who joins commentary as this match gets underway. The two go at it off the opening bell, with O’Reilly countering to go after the foot of the champion before Fletcher gets to the ropes for the break.
They trade holds once more, with O’Reilly taking the champ to a knee. Fletcher fights back to land a body slam on the challenger, as the crowd continues booing him. Fletcher continues to take control until he leaves the ring, and gets distracted.
This leads to a running knee off the apron by O’Reilly, but the fight coming back in the ring is all Fletcher as we head to an ad break. On that note, the show shifts gears and settles into a quick mid-match commercial break as this TNT title tilt continues.
When the show returns, the challenger fights back with an elbow on Fletcher sending him to the corner. Forearm in the corner gives O’Reilly an opening for some more strikes, setting up for a guillotine hammerlock, but Fletcher fights back with a headbutt.
O’Reilly transitions to a triangle choke, but Fletcher hits him with a powerbomb to break free. O’Reilly goes for a heel hook on the champ, who reaches the ropes for a break. The fight heads to the apron where the two Kyles trade chops…until O’Reilly drops Fletcher onto the hardest part of the ring.
Fletcher strikes back, however, looking for a powerbomb before O’Reilly sends him into the barricade. He gets onto the apron for a running dropkick that drives Fletcher into the barricade, before bringing him back in the ring. Fletcher dodges a missile dropkick, hitting the ropes for a strike before looking for a sheer drop brain-buster.
O’Reilly fights out and grabs the arm of the champ, who makes him pay by sending him face-first into the turnbuckle. Both men slowly get to their feet to trade strikes. They each look for a suplex before O’Reilly lands a back suplex for a two count.
Seconds later, Fletcher is back up for a thrust kick. O’Reilly picks the ankle before landing a knee to the head, but it’s only good for two as the champ kicks out. From there, Kyle O’Reilly goes for an ankle lock but Fletcher breaks free.
Fletcher hoists O’Reilly up for a sheer drop brain-buster. The damage he’s taken keeps him from capitalizing for a moment, but he runs at O’Reilly with a corner kick followed by another sheer drop brain-buster for the pin and the win to retain.
Winner and STILL TNT Champion: Kyle Fletcher