Roderick Strong and Orange Cassidy picked up a win at Revolution alongside Darby Allin and they’ll team up again tonight when they take on Jay Lethal and Lee Johnson.

JetSpeed and Mistico defeated Kazuchika Okada, Kyle Fletcher and Mark Davis to become Trios champions one week ago. Tonight, they’ll defend the titles against the Don Callis Family’s Josh Alexander, El Clon, and Konosuke Takeshita.

Cassidy & Strong come to the ring. Lethal Swirl is ringside, along with Blake Christian.

Strong and Lethal start us off. Lethal stops Strong to strut. Strong worked his arm and took him to the mat twice before sweeping his leg. Strong chopped him several times until Lethal connected with a knee. Strong tagged in Cassidy and threw Cassidy into him before they took turns chopping Lethal. Strong landed a backbreaker and Cassidy did a standing elbow drop. Lethal sent Cassidy to his corner and tagged in Johnson. They double teamed Cassidy and Lee pinned him. They reversed each other’s moves, but Johnson pinned him for one. They do stand and switches repeatedly. Cassidy blocked a full Nelson to get his hands in his pockets and took him down with a dropkick.

Lethal blocked a dropkick and attempted a Figure Four, but Cassidy kicked him out of the ring. Strong did a baseball slide, but Christian and Lethal moved. Strong was blindsided by Lethal. Cassidy knocked Lethal off the apron. Johnson turned Cassidy inside out and followed with a vertical suplex and covered him for two.

After the break, Lethal Swirl double teamed Cassidy. Strong got in the ring as Lethal put Cassidy in the Tree of Woe. While the ref was distracted, Christian hit Cassidy. Lethal covered Cassidy for two. Lethal took him to his corner and tagged in Johnson. They put him on the turnbuckle, but he fought them off and kicked Christian off the apron. Lethal stopped him from tagging Strong several times before finally kicking Lethal in the chest, sending him into Johnson.

Strong double team Lethal Swirl. Strong kicked Johnson twice before slamming him down and covering him for two. Cassidy tagged in as Strong had Johnson on his shoulders. Johnson escaped and sent Strong into the turnbuckle, causing Cassidy to fall down. Strong fell to the outside and Lethal connected with a tope suicida. Johnson blocked a Stundog Millionaire and sent Cassidy into the corner. He connected with a running boot and brainbuster. Lethal followed with an elbow drop. As Johnson was pinning Cassidy, Strong pushed Lethal into him to break up the pin. 

Lethal sent Strong to the outside and picked up Cassidy. Cassidy reversed into a Stundog Millionaire. Strong did running elbow shots on Lethal. He tossed Cassidy onto Lethal and then Cassidy connected with Beach Break. Christian choked Strong from behind while the ref was distracted. Strong moved out of the way, so Cassidy could knock Christian off the apron. Strong hit Johnson with a running knee while Cassidy landed a tope suicida on Lethal. Strong landed End of Heartache and threw Cassidy onto Johnson so he could get the pin.

Winner: Orange Cassidy & Roddy Strong

After the match, Strong officially joined The Conglomeration. David Finlay and Clark Connors challenged them. 

Hulk Hogan might have paved the way for pro wrestlers to transition into Hollywood, but even the “Hulkster’s” success was limited to cameos, minor roles, B-movies, and television series, as things like Roddy Piper’s starring turn in “They Live” were essentially an oddity. It wasn’t until Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson broke into cinema and both Dave Bautista and John Cena followed in his footsteps to all establish themselves as actors in roles not associated with pro wrestling. 

Because of this, AEW World Champion sees Johnson, Bautista, and Cena as the Actor-Wrestler Mount Rushmore, but proclaims that the fourth spot will be his someday. 

“I love wrestling and I love acting equally,” he noted during an interview on “TMZ’s Inside The Ring.” “I feel I should, and can, and will be that fourth head on that Mount Rushmore of Professional Wrestlers Turned Actors.”

Notably, all three wrestlers turned actors only transitioned to Hollywood after already achieving success in WWE, while MJF seems to be building his acting chops alongside his AEW career and at a much younger age. 

“I want to do both, and I know for a fact I can do both successfully, and I’m excited to do so,” he said.

At the time of writing, MJF has already starred in “The Iron Claw,” “Happy Gilmore 2,” and “Violent Night 2,” which is currently in post-production and set for release later this year. Currently, it’s unclear what his role will be in the movie, but as a sequel to the first “Violent Night,” it’ll undoubtedly be another Christmas action black-comedy film.

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