AEW Worlds End Results 12/27 - AEW World Championship Four-Way, 2025 Continental Classic Semifinals & Finals

Welcome to Wrestling Inc.'s results for AEW Worlds End on December 27, 2025, coming to you live from the NOW Arena in Hoffman Estates, Illinois!

Samoa Joe of The Opps will be putting the AEW World Championship on the line for the first time since retaining against Eddie Kingston at "AEW Dynamite" Winter Is Coming on December 10 as he defends against Swerve Strickland, MJF, and "Hangman" Adam Page in a Four-Way Match. Page has been looking to regain the AEW World Championship since Page dethroned him as titleholder at AEW Full Gear and Strickland has made it clear he's had his eye on the title since making his subsequent return after Page's loss at the November 22 pay-per-view. MJF joined the fold during the "Dynamite" and "AEW Collision" Holiday Bash special on December 17 when he cashed in his contract he'd won during the Casino Gauntlet Match at AEW All In back in July for a guaranteed AEW World Championship match, confronting Joe, Page, and Strickland during a verbal altercation between all three men.

The 2025 Continental Classic will be coming to an end tonight, as the winner of the Blue League Konosuke Takeshita takes on the runner up of the Blue League, his Don Callis Family stablemate, and reigning Continental Champion Kazuchika Okada in a semifinals match. On the other side of the bracket, the winner of the Gold League and Don Callis Family member Kyle Fletcher will be squaring off with the leader of The Death Riders and Blue League runner-up Jon Moxley in another semifinals match. Not only will the winners of both semifinals matches take on one another in a finals match later tonight and a new Continental Champion be crowned if Okada loses at all, but Takeshita earned a total of 13 points while Okada, Fletcher, and Moxley all earned 9 points.

Kris Statlander will be putting the AEW Women's World Championship on the line for the first time since retaining against Mercedes Mone at Full Gear as she defends against Jamie Hayter. While Hayter has had her eye on the AEW Women's World Championship over the course of the past few weeks, she joined forces with Statlander to score a victory against Skye Blue and Julia Hart during the "Collision" Winter Is Coming special on December 13.

Babes of Wrath's Willow Nightingale and Harley Cameron will be putting the AEW Women's World Tag Team Championship on the line for the first time since defeating Timeless Love Bombs at the "Dynamite" Winter Is Coming special to become the inaugural titleholders as they defend against multi-champion Mercedes Mone and longtime Ring of Honor Women's World Champion Athena. Not only did Babes of Wrath defeat Mone and Athena in the quarterfinals of the AEW Women's World Tag Team Championship on their path to winning the title, but the four women met one another in the ring once again at the "Dynamite" and "Collision" Holiday Bash special when Mone, Athena, Megan Bayne, and Marina Shafir of The Death Riders scored a win against Babes of Wrath and Timeless Love Bombs.

Austin Gunn and Juice Robinson will be challenging FTR's Dax Harwood and Cash Wheeler for the AEW World Tag Team Championship in a Chicago Street Fight. Tensions between Harwood, Wheeler, Austin and Robinson date back to the November 27 episode of "Collision", with the former two men retaining their title against the latter two men in a regular title match at Holiday Bash.

Additionally, Gabe Kidd will be competing in an AEW ring for the first time since himself, the aforementioned Moxley, Moxley's Death Riders stablemate Claudio Castagnoli, and The Young Bucks came up short to Kenny Omega, Kota Ibushi, Will Ospreay, Hiroshi Tanahashi, and Darby Allin at AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door on August 24 when he goes head-to-head with Allin.

We are live! Excalibur, Tony Schiavone, and Nigel McGuinness greet audiences at home as Maya World and Hyan make their way to the ring. Sisters of Sin follow.

Hyena and Skye Blue begin the action. The bell rings and the two lock up. Julia Hart tags in and delivers a double flapjack to Hyan with Blue. World pulls Blue out of the ring and sends her crashing into the ring apron face first as Hyan connects with a leg drop on Hart and pins her. Hart kicks out.

World tags in and looks to land a dive through the middle rope on Blue as Hyan looks to do the same to Hart. Blue and Hart intercept World and Hyan, then land double twisting neckbreakers on them off the ring apron. Hart then dumps Hyan back in the ring and pins her, but Hyan kicks out.

Hart sends Hyan's head repeatedly bouncing off the mat, then whips her into the corner and lands a clothesline on her. Blue tags in, but Hyan catches her with a vertical suplex and runs her over with a boot. World and Hart tag in, and World runs over Hart with a double back elbow. She follows it up with a double stomp to her midsection and pins her, but Hart kicks out.

Hyan tags in and Hart sends World crashing out of the ring. She catches Hyan with a boot and tags in Blue. Blue levels Hyan with a superkick, then exchanges forearms with World before She follows it up with a Code Blue to Hyan and pins her, but World breaks the fall. Hart and Blue then rock Hyan with double superkicks and follow it up with an assisted flatliner for the win.

Winners: Sisters of Sin

Grizzled Young Veterans then make their way to the ring. Eddie Kingston follows. 

The bell rings and Kingston wastes no time going after Gibson and Drake. He clotheslines Drake out of the ring and levels Gibson with a back elbow, but Gibson sends Kingston crashing into the corner and fires off right hands on him. Kingston rocks Gibson with a headbutt and fires off a chop on him, but Drake grabs Kingston's ankle.

Kingston slides out of the ring and goes after Drake, but Gibson flies out of the ring through the ropes to level him and dumps him back inside. He fires off more right hands on him in the corner and jams his boot into his face, then jams his fingers into his face.

Kingston and Gibson exchange right hands with one another, but Kingston fires off rapid fire chops on Gibson. Gibson responds with a codebreaker from Kingston and gets in his face as he slaps him, but Kingston gets fired up and unleashes a series of strikes on Gibson. He follows it up with a DDT to him for the win.

Winner: Eddie Kingston

After the match, Drake immediately goes after Kingston. Kingston tries fighting off Drake, but Drake uses his own scarf to choke Kingston and Gibson follows suit. Ortiz's music hits and he runs down to the ring with the loaded sock in hand to come to Kingston's aid.

Rocky Romero and Mark Davis then make their way to the ring. Bandido, Mascara Dorada, and Alex Abrahantes follow.

Mark Davis and Bandido begin the action. The bell rings and the two lock up. Davis lands a running senton on Bandido and pins him, but Bandido kicks out. Romero then tags in, but Dorada flies through the middle rope on the outside. Davis intercepts him and gets him on his shoulder, and Romero delivers a kick to him off the apron. Bandido then takes out Davis with a hurricanrana.

Romero delivers a shotgun dropkick to Bandido back in the ring, then tags in Davis. He looks to land a running senton on Dorada, but Dorada moves out of the way and tags in Bandido. Bandido delivers a moonsault off the middle rope as Dorada holds Davis and Romero in place.

Davis rocks Bandido with a kick to his face, and Romero follows it up with a standing sliced bread. He goes for a pin, but Bandido kicks out. Dorada delivers a hurricanrana to Davis to send him crashing out of the ring, then delivers a modified GTS to Romero. Dorada follows it up with a moonsault to him off the top rope, and Bandido then assists him in landing a Tornillo on Davis over the top rope on the outside. Back in the ring, Bandido delivers the 21 Plex to Romero and pins him for the win.

Winners: Bandido and Mascara Dorada

After the match, a brief video airs announcing that El Clon will be coming to "Collision" in January 2026. 

Jurassic Express and JetSpeed then make their way to the ring.

The Demand blindsides Jurassic Express from behind on the entrance ramp, and Ricochet sends "Speedball" Mike Bailey crashing into the barricade. Kaun lands a running cutter on Jack Perry on the entrance ramp, then carries Luchasaurus to the back along with Toa Liona as Alexander joins Ricochet on the outside. Speedball and Kevin Knight then fly over the top rope to level Alexander and Ricochet on the outside.

Speedball and Knight dump Alexander in the ring and run him over with a double boot, then clothesline him out of the ring. They use Ricochet to land a Tornillo on Gates of Agony and Alexander on the outside when Ricochet charges at them.

Knight delivers a standing UFO Splash to Alexander in the ring and tags in Speedball. Kaun tags in and continues wearing down Speedball before Liona tags in and follows suit. Ricochet tags in and wrenches back on Speedball's face before Kaun tags back in and fires off forearms on Speedball in the corner. He fires off stomps on him, but Perry tags in and levels Kaun and Liona. He dumps Liona onto the apron and lands a jawbreaker on him using the top rope when Liona grabs onto him, then runs over Ricochet with a clothesline and spikes Alexander (who has tagged in) with a DDT.

Perry pins Alexander, but Kaun breaks the fall. Ricochet then tags in and delivers a running moonsault to Perry. He goes for a pin, but JetSpeed breaks the fall. Perry then rolls up Ricochet twice, but Ricochet kicks out both times and calls for the Spirit Gun. Luchasaurus reemerges at ringside with his shoulder taped up, levelling Kaun and Alexander on the entrance ramp with a pair of clotheslines.

Luchasaurus connects with a chokeslam, then tags in Perry. Luchasaurus then assists Perry in delivering a running forearm to Ricochet for the win.

Winners: Jurassic Express and JetSpeed

We are live on the main show! Excalibur, Tony Schiavone, and Bryan Danielson greet audiences at home as Kazuchika Okada and Konosuke Takeshita then make their way to the ring. Don Callis takes a seat at the announce desk. 

The bell rings and Okada extends his hand to Takeshita. Takeshita slaps it away, and the two take turns wearing down one another with submission holds. Takeshita levels Okada with a clothesline and drives him into the mat, then tangles him up in a full body submission. Okada gets his foot on the bottom rope to break the hold.

Okada spikes Takeshita with a DDT on the outside, but Takeshita responds with a vertical suplex to Okada and follows it up with a hurricanrana to him. He connects with a running boot to him in the corner and delivers a suplex, then goes for a pin but Okada kicks out.

Okada responds with a shoulderbreaker to Takeshita, then flips off the crowd and Takeshita directly. Takeshita responds with a forearm to Okada, but Okada delivers one of his own to Takeshita and the two go back and forth with one another. Takeshita then looks to land a Tombstone on Okada, but Okada reverses it. Takeshita reverses it once again and delivers a belly-to-back piledriver to Okada, then follows it up with a German suplex and sets up for a running knee. Okada moves out of the way, but Takeshita manages to catch him with a Blue Thunder Bomb.

Okada lands a Rainmaker on Takeshita, then follows it up with a German suplex. Takeshita then delivers a running knee to Okada and pins him, but Okada kicks out and grabs a screwdriver (which we later find out was actually meant for Kyle Fletcher later on in the show). He hits Takeshita with it twice and pins him for the win.

Winner: Kazuchika Okada

Kyle Fletcher then makes his way to the ring. Jon Moxley follows.

The bell rings and the two lock up. Fletcher sends Moxley's arm bouncing off his shoulder, but Moxley blindsides Fletcher from behind and sends his arm bouncing off the barricade. He then sends Fletcher crashing into the announce desk face first, but Fletcher catches Moxley with a bodyslam back in the ring.

Fletcher connects with a chop on Moxley, but Moxley runs over Fletcher with a boot on the outside. Fletcher then traps Moxley into the ring steps and jams them into his leg before he gets him back in the ring and wrenches on his leg using the middle rope. He cinches in a Half Boston Crab on Moxley, then sends him crashing into the mat and charges at Moxley.

Moxley sees Fletcher coming, then turns him inside out with a clothesline and lands a shotgun dropkick on him. While he grabs onto his injured leg immediately after, he rains down right hands on Fletcher in the corner and looks to land a stomp on him on the ring apron. Fletcher sees Moxley coming and sends him crashing into the ring apron with a Brainbuster.

Fletcher catches Moxley with a sit-out powerbomb inside the ring and goes for a pin, but Moxley kicks out. Fletcher cinches in another Half Boston Crab on Moxley and wrenches back on his leg, but Moxley manages to transition into a Bulldog Choke on Fletcher. Fletcher escapes by pulling on Moxley's leg, but Moxley grabs onto the bottom rope to break the hold.

Fletcher fires off stomps on Moxley's head in the corner, and the two men teeter on the ropes before Moxley cinches in a rear chokehold on Fletcher. Moxley sends Fletcher crashing into the mat off the ropes with a suplex as he still has the rear chokehold cinched in on him, then goes for a pin. Fletcher transitions into a fall of his own, but Moxley kicks out.

Fletcher delivers a running knee to Moxley and pins him, but Moxley quickly kicks out and gets fired up. Fletcher lands a kick on Moxley in the corner, then delivers a Brainbuster to him and goes for another pin. Moxley kicks out.

Fletcher levels Moxley with a forearm and flips off the crowd, then exposes the middle and bottom turnbuckles of one corner as the referee checks on Moxley. Moxley then rolls up Fletcher, but Fletcher kicks out and Moxley cinches in a submission on him. Fletcher counters into a pinfall, but Moxley kicks out and drops Fletcher with a DDT. He goes for a pin of his own, but Fletcher kicks out.

Moxley delivers a Death Rider to Fletcher and cinches in a chokehold on him. Fletcher fades.

Winner: Jon Moxley

Juice Robinson and Austin Gunn then make their way to the ring. FTR and Stokely follow. 

The bell rings as all four men stare one another down and begin brawling. Dax Harwood sends Robinson crashing into the ring steps face first and looks to hit him with a chair, but Robinson moves out of the way. Robinson and Harwood brawl through the crowd as Cash Wheeler lands a running knee on Austin on the entrance ramp. Harwood sprays water into the face of Robinson in the crowd as Wheeler sends Austin crashing into opposite barricades.

Robinson ascends up the ropes, but Wheeler trips him and delivers a suplex to him off them. Harwood places a garbage can on Austin's head, and Wheeler hits him using a kendo stick. FTR send Austin crashing into the garbage can set up in the corner and Wheeler hits Robinson with it on the outside before ascending to the top and setting up for a spike piledriver on Austin.

Robinson comes to Austin's aid, then lands a Frog Splash on Harwood off the top rope and goes for a pin. Harwood kicks out, but Robinson levels him with a clothesline and a lariat. He follows it up with a spinebuster and pins him, but Harwood kicks out once again. Wheeler sends Austin crashing into the ring steps once again on the outside, then tells Stokely to grab a kendo stick. Stokely does so and Wheeler grabs hold of the kendo stick, but Austin sees him coming and grabs a garbage can lid.

Wheeler cinches in a Figure Four Leg Lock on Robinson as Harwood repeatedly hits him with a chair in his midsection. He hits his knee using the chair, then cinches in a Figure Four Leg Lock of his own on Robinson. Austin grabs a fire extinguisher, but Wheeler intercepts him with a kick and sends both himself and Austin crashing through a table on the outside.

Robinson grabs the fire extinguisher and sprays it into Harwood's face to break the hold he has locked in on him. Robinson gets hold of a chair and hits Harwood and Wheeler with it. Stokely looks to grab the chair from Robinson, but Robinson fights him off and sends him bouncing off a table on the outside. Back in the ring, FTR delivers the Shatter Machine to Robinson. Harwood pins him, but Austin breaks the fall and sets up for a Famouser on Harwood. Harwood sees Austin coming and sends him crashing into the mat with a piledriver. Harwood pins Austin, but Austin kicks out before FTR then land a pair of assisted piledrivers on Austin and Harwood pins him for the win.

Winners (and still): FTR

Mercedes Mone and Athena then make their way to the ring. Babes of Wrath follow. 

Willow Nightingale and Mone begin the action. The bell rings and Nightingale fires off clotheslines on Mone in the corner. Harley Cameron tags in and continues wearing down Mone before Nightingale tags in and Babes of Wrath deliver a double DDT to Mone. Athena gets in the ring, then lands a basement forearm on Cameron as Mone lands a meteora on Nightingale.

Nightingale powerbombs Mone into the ring apron, then drags Athena back into the ring and tags in Cameron. Mone trips Cameron as the referee has her back turned, then tags in and delivers a backstabber to Cameron. She follows it up with a meteora and pins Cameron, but Cameron kicks out.

Nightingale tags in and lands a spinebuster on Mone, but Athena makes the blind tag in. Nightingale rocks her with a back elbow and looks to land a Death Valley Driver on her, but Athena lands on her feet and sends Nightingale crashing into the mat off her shoulders with an enzuigiri.

Cameron tags back in and rains down right hands on Athena, then ascends to the top rope. Mone catches her with a kick and joins Cameron and Athena on the ropes, but Nightingale pulls off both Athena and Mone. Cameron lands a crossbody on Mone and Athena off the top rope, and Nightingale then delivers a swinging neckbreaker to Athena.

Nightingale pins Athena, but Athena kicks out. Nightingale looks to send Athena crashing into the mat, but Athena lands on her feet and delivers an Eclipse to Mone. She tags in Mone, and Mone lands a backstabber on Nightingale. She locks in the Statement Maker on Nightingale, but Nightingale escapes and sends Mone crashing into the mat with a Death Valley Driver. She goes for a pin, and while Athena looks to break the fall, she accidentally lands on Mone. Mone then accidentally hits Athena with a forearm as she aims for Nightingale.

Athena uses Mone to land a Gory Bomb on Nightingale, but Mone lands the Mone Maker on Cameron. Nightingale gets Mone up in position for a Razor's Edge, but Mone escapes. Nightingale then manages to roll up Mone for the win.

Winners (and still): Babes of Wrath

After the match, a frustrated Athena begins chewing out Mone as Cameron and Nightingale celebrate with the fans. 

Darby Allin then makes his way to the ring. Gabe Kidd follows.

The bell rings and Allin lands a shotgun dropkick on Kidd. The pair exchange strikes with one another in the corner of the ring, but the action spills out of the ring and Kidd sends Allin crashing into the ring steps. Kidd then sends Allin crashing into one of the barricades and charges at him, but Allin moves out of the way and delivers a tope suicida to Kidd that sends him crashing into the barricade.

Kidd turns the ring steps on their side and catapults Allin into them, then dumps Allin back into the ring and sends him crashing into the top turnbuckle face first. He sends Allin bouncing off the ring post, but Allin bites him and ascends to the top rope. He lands a missile dropkick on Kidd as Kidd sits on a chair, and the pair return to the ring before Kidd sends Allin crashing into the bottom turnbuckle.

Kidd bites Allin, then sits him on the top rope and slaps him. Allin connects with a Coffin Drop on Kidd inside the ring, then lands a second one on him on the outside and cinches in a Boston Crab on him. Kidd escapes, but Allin rolls him up for the win.

Winner: Darby Allin

The Death Riders then make their way to the ring. Toni Storm, Mark Briscoe, Roderick Strong, and Orange Cassidy follow. 

The bell rings and Storm lands a shotgun dropkick on Marina Shafir. She rains down right hands on her, but Wheeler Yuta dumps Storm out of the ring. Mark runs over Yuta and lands a clothesline on him in the corner, then rains down right hands on him.

Strong fires off chops on Claudio Castagnoli in the corner and dumps him out of the ring, but Daniel Garcia tosses out Strong. Cassidy meets Garcia in the ring and mocks him by doing Garcia's signature dance, then connects with a Stun-Dog Millionaire on him and lands a right hand on him in the corner.

Shafir stares down Cassidy in the ring and puts her hands in her back pockets as Cassidy puts his hands in his front pockets. Shafir lands a couple of kicks on Cassidy, but Cassidy dumps her out of the ring. Castagnoli and Yuta then beat down Cassidy in the ring and deliver alternating clotheslines on him in the corner along with Garcia and Shafir.

Castagnoli, Yuta, and Garcia beat down Strong in the middle of the ring, then begin landing clotheslines on him alongside Shafir. Garcia and Yuta then begin to rain down right hands on Mark and fire off uppercuts and clotheslines on him in the corner as well along with Shafir. Shafir delivers a kick to Mark's spine, then fires off back elbows on Storm in the ring. Storm responds with a Hip Attack to Shafir that sends her crashing off the apron, but Castagnoli grabs Storm. Mark comes to Storm's aid and delivers a double shoulder tackle to Castagnoli along with Mark. Storm then whips Mark across the ring, and Mark lands a dropkick on Castagnoli.

Cassidy and Storm tango with one another in the ring, then land a double arm drag on Yuta and continue to tango with one another. Storm sets up for a Hip Attack on Shafir in the corner, but Shafir gets out of the way and Storm sends her crashing on top of a chair. Cassidy delivers a Tornado DDT to Castagnoli, and Mark follows it up with an elbow drop to him off the top rope. He goes for a pin, but Yuta and Garcia break the fall.

Yuta and Garcia rain down right hands on Mark and Cassidy, but Storm lands German suplexes on both of them. Shafir whips Storm into the corner, but Storm rolls up Shafir. Castagnoli pulls Storm off Shafir before everyone begins brawling with one another. Storm delivers Storm Zero to Garcia, but Yuta grabs her. Cassidy lands an Orange Punch on Yuta, and Storm delivers a Hip Attack to Yuta. Mark follows it up with a piledriver to Yuta for the win.

Winners: Toni Storm, Mark Briscoe, Roderick Strong, and Orange Cassidy

After the match, Mina Shirakawa and Luther join Storm, Mark, Strong, and Cassidy in the ring to celebrate their win with them. Storm hugs Shirakawa, Luther, and Cassidy. 

We then head backstage to Lexy Nair. Mercedes Mone brushes right past her, and we can hear her screaming and destroying her dressing room before she joins Nair for a few words. 

Back at ringside, Jamie Hayter makes her way out. Kris Statlander follows. 

The bell rings and Statlander rolls up Hayter. Hayter kicks out, but Statlander levels her with a shoulder tackle and the two stare one another down. Statlander and Hayter then level one another with a double shoulder tackle and exchange right hands with one another, but Statlander delivers a Stunner and a DDT to Hayter using the middle rope for assistance.

Statlander catapults Hayter into the ring steps, then delivers a bodyslam to her back in the ring and looks to fly off the ropes. Hayter runs over Statlander with a kick to her face, then clotheslines her out of the ring. Statlander sends Hayter crashing into the ring apron when the action spills back out of the ring, but Hayter lands a dropkick on Statlander off the announce desk.

Hayter dumps Statlander back in the ring and delivers a dropkick to her off the middle rope, then follows it up with a Fallaway Slam and goes for a pin. Statlander kicks out, but Hayter runs over her with a big boot and connects with an off the shoulder shoulderbreaker on Statlander. She goes for a pin, but Statlander kicks out.

Hayter and Statlander teeter on the ropes, but Hayter delivers a superplex to Statlander. Statlander responds by sending Hayter crashing into the mat off the ropes, but Hayter runs over Statlander with a running knee. The two women then exchange right hands with one another, but Hayter delivers a belly-to-back piledriver on Statlander. Hayter then gets Statlander up on her shoulders, but Statlander responds with Saturday Night Fever to her for the win.

Winner (and still): Kris Statlander

Jon Moxley then makes his way to the ring. Kazuchika Okada follows. 

The bell rings and the two lock up. Okada flips off Moxley, then delivers a DDT to him on the outside of the ring. Moxley fires off right hands on Okada back in the ring, but Okada lands a sliding kick on his spine and connects with a shoulderbreaker on him.

Okada flips off the crowd, but Moxley catches him with a clothesline and fires off chops on his chest. He looks to land a shotgun dropkick on him, but Moxley sees him and hangs back for a second. He cinches in a Figure Four Leg Lock on Okada, but Okada crawls over to the bottom rope to break the hold.

Okada cinches in a Half Boston Crab on Moxley, but Moxley escapes and Okada fires off forearms on him in the corner. Moxley then catches Okada with a modified piledriver and pins him, but Okada kicks out at the last second. Moxley then transitions into the Bulldog Choke, but Okada escapes and connects with the Rainmaker on him. He goes for a pin, but Moxley kicks out as Okada looks at him stunned.

Moxley levels Okada with a clothesline, then connects with a DDT on him and goes for a pin. Okada quickly kicks out, but Moxley manages to deliver a Curb Stomp and a Death Rider to him for the win.

Winner of the 2025 Continental Classic and new AEW Continental Champion: Jon Moxley

Swerve Strickland and Prince Nana then make their way to the ring. "Hangman" Adam Page, MJF, and Samoa Joe follow.

The bell rings and Joe begins brawling with Page as Strickland and MJF brawl with one another. Page connects with a Fallaway Slam on MJF and kips up, then flies over the top rope to level Joe on the outside and lands a clothesline on MJF from the middle rope as MJF stands on the ring apron.

Strickland rocks Joe with a jumping knee strike to the side of his head, but MJF begins brawling with Strickland. Strickland delivers a boot to the side of MJF's face, then ascends to the middle rope and lands a forearm on the back of his neck. Strickland then flies off the ring apron to level MJF with a knee and comes face-to-face with Page in the ring.

Strickland and Page stare one another down, but Strickland lands a Dead Eye on Page. Page runs over Strickland with a lariat and follows it up with the Buckshot Lariat, then goes for a pin but Joe breaks the fall.

Page lands a sit-out powerbomb on Strickland before setting up for the Buckshot Lariat on MJF. MJF sees Page coming and catches him with a cutter as Page flies over the top rope. He cinches in the Fujiwara Armbar on Page as Joe has the Coquina Clutch locked in on Strickland. MJF breaks Joe's hold (and inadvertently his own) as a means of ensuring Strickland won't tap out first, but Joe cinches in the Coquina Clutch on MJF. Strickland breaks the fall, but MJF slaps him.

Joe sends Page crashing off the apron with a forearm, but Strickland sends Joe crashing into the mat with a Tornado DDT. Joe then responds with a Muscle Buster to Page, but Powerhouse Hoobs, Katsuyori Shibata, and HOOK emerge at ringside. HOOK distracts the referee as Hobbs sends Strickland crashing into the ring steps. Strickland delivers the House Call to Shibata and Hobbs, opening the door for Joe to cinch in the Coquina Clutch on Page. Strickland lands a House Call on Joe off the middle rope to break the hold, but Strickland and Joe then teeter on the ropes in the opposite corner. Strickland fights off Joe, but MJF pushes Strickland off the ropes. Page sends MJF crashing off the apron with a big boot, then delivers a trio of Buckshot Lariats to Joe in the ring. On the third Buckshot Lariat, MJF pushes Joe out of the way and connects with a Heat Seeker on him. He then pins Joe for the win.

Winner (and new): MJF