Excalibur runs down the updated lineups for next week’s AEW Dynamite and AEW Collision shows and then we switch gears and head into the pre-match video package to tell the story leading up to our headline bout of the evening, which features the AEW World Championship on-the-line.

Once the package wraps up, the theme for Samoa Joe hits and out he comes to loud chants of “Joe! Joe! Joe!” Excalibur points out how the hometown fans of MJF are chanting Joe’s name despite his recent actions with their hometown hero heading into tonight’s highly-anticipated title tilt.

Joe settles into the ring and then his music dies down. A special pre-entrance video plays showing “Salt of the Earth” people talking about their hometown guy MJF, including a chick who talks about sleeping with him years ago in the back of a car. They all call him “our scumbag” and then the video wraps up.

We return in the building and MJF’s theme hits and fans immediately break out into loud “He’s our scumbag!” chants. The AEW World Champion emerges in a white robe with yellow and blue trim that reads, “The King of Long Island” on the back of it. He makes his way down to the ring and settles inside, soaking up the adulation from his adoring home town fans.

Before the bell can sound again for “The Dapper Yapper” Justin Roberts to begin his formal ring introductions, we hear the familiar sounds of Adam Cole’s theme music. Out comes MJF’s best friend on crutches. The commentators point out how Samoa Joe’s facial expression didn’t change one tiny bit when Cole’s theme hit to come out.

Now “The Dapper Yapper” Justin Roberts handles the final formal ring introductions with the lights down low, as it’s time for our AEW World Championship main event of the evening here inside Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Long Island, New York for the final All Elite Wrestling pay-per-view of the year, AEW Worlds End 2023.

The bell sounds and we’re officially off-and-running with this one, which features an insanely loud and pumped up crowd full of MJF’s hometown fans. Early on we see MJF playing to the crowd a lot, but once things get going for real, we see Joe settle into a prolonged comfortable offensive lead, where he focuses the majority of his attack on the heavily wrapped injured shoulder of the champ.

Joe knocks MJF out to the floor with authority where he lands awkwardly on his hurt shoulder. Back in the ring, Joe continues to pummel MJF in the corner until he slumps down in the corner and “The King of Television” taunts him. Adam Cole looks discouraged as he watches on as his best friend continues to get destroyed by the challenger here in our main event of the evening.

Friedman starts to fight back and he does the ten-punch spot on Joe in the corner as the fans count along with each shot that lands. He starts biting Joe in the corner and the fans begin to roar in Long Island as the champ comes to life and settles into his first comfortable offensive lead of the night. MJF goes for Joe’s own finisher, as he tries hitting a Muscle Buster on him but his legs give out and his shoulder does as well.

On that note, we see Samoa Joe take back over on offense and quiet the crowd down a bit in the process. Adam Cole is shown once more looking super nervous at ringside as Joe takes back over. The fans try and rally behind their hometown hero and Adam Cole leads the charge trying to get them to make some more noise in attempt to revive MJF. Friedman looks for his Heatseeker finisher in the ropes but Joe counters it.

From there, we see Joe take back over and he locks MJF in his own “Salt of the Earth” armbar finisher on the injured arm of the champ, right in front of Cole at ringside. MJF eventually escapes but then Joe slaps his own submission finisher on, as he sinks in a choke on a standing MJF and brings him to the ground, where he squeezes the life out of him. Again MJF avoids being put away.

The ref gets bumped and MJF stops Joe on the top-rope in the corner. He hits his Muscle Buster on him and now both guys are down along with the ref, who is still out of it. We see Cole come to life at ringside, thinking MJF has a chance to put Joe away. Joe ends up coming to life and getting his choke on MJF once again. This time he gets the win. Joe is the new AEW World Champion and the fans are stunned. Joe walks off with the title.

After the match wraps up, we see Adam Cole gets in the ring and check on MJF. The Devil’s Masked Men appear and beat down MJF as one of them holds Cole back. One of them goes to hit MJF with a chair as Cole tells him to hit him instead. MJF insists they hit him, and the guy turns toward Cole. The lights go out in the arena.

When they come back on and we see the masked men behind Cole. They unmask to reveal themselves as Roderick Strong, The Kingdom, and Wardlow. Cole sits in the chair as the rest of them beat MJF down. Cole throws the Devil mask down at MJF and kneels down beside him as the show wraps up on that note. Thanks for joining us!

Winner and NEW AEW World Champion: Samoa Joe