Tonight is AEW Beach Break and fans will see Cody Rhodes defend his TNT Championship against the Interim Champion Sammy Guevara and Adam Cole will battle Orange Cassidy in a Lights Out match.
AEW BEACH BREAK
January 26, 2022, Cleveland, OH
Commentary: Jim Ross, Excalibur & Tony Schiavone
MATCH 1
Ladder Match For TNT Championship
Sammy Guevera (c) vs. Cody Rhodes (c)
The two men shake hands after the bell rings. Sammy turns it on with a corkscrew dropkick. “Sammy” chants occur. Mattes get contentious after Sammy goes for a GTH. Cody dumps Sammy from a standing switch and sends Guevara to the outside. Sammy goes for the ladder, but Cody rocks him. He sets up a ladder on the apron and the barricade. Fight spills to the outside in the crowd. Sammy gets to the entryway and pulls in a tall ladder to the ring. Cody enders back in from the crowd and fights with Sammy. Sammy soon nails Cody with the ladder off the apron and to the floor. Sammy starts climbing, but Cody stops him briefly. Cody gets him off with an electric chair and both men collide heads and falls to the canvas.
The real fall to the canvas happens when Cody delivers a crisp stalling suplex from the very top of the ladder and we go to break. Back from it Cody drops Sammy in between the two sides of the ladder and locks a figure four on him inside the ladder rungs. Sammy nails Cody from way up on with a cutter off the ladder. Sammy pins Cody on the ladder and begins climbing it, but Cody shoves the ladder and Sammy takes an awkward tumble. Cody returns the favor with a Cross Rhodes from up top. Cody goes for the belts but Sammy grabs hold of him. The two hand from the belt cable and both fall. Cody gets to the outside with Sammy and out comes Fuego Del Sol. That prompts Sol to get in the ring to argue with Cody and Cody nails him with his pedigree piledriver. Cody tries to do the same to Sammy but the fight goes to the outside. GTH to Cody. Sammy soon puts Cody on the aforementioned tabled ladder between the barricade and apron.Sammy sets up another ladder by that one and climbs it. Sammy indicates that he’s crazy before leaping off with a senton flip onto Cody.
Both men make it back into the ring and to the top of the ladder fora final duel. It’s Sammy who hits Cody with the belts to knock him out. Guevara pulls down both belts and is your undisputed TNT Champion.
WINNER and UNDIPSUTED TNT Champion: Cody Rhodes
Powerhouse Hobbs and Ricky Starks are by a frozen Lake Erie with Tony Schiavone. Hobbs issues another challenge to Dante Martin while Starks makes it known that he’ll fight Jay Lethal next week with the FTW Title on the line
MATCH 2
Handicap Match
Wardlow vs. Elijah Dean & James Alexander
This goes as expected for the hometown boy. Five powerbomb symphonies to both men. 1-2-3.
WINNER: Wardlow
MATCH 3
Trios Match
Santana, Ortiz & Chris Jericho vs. 2point0 & Daniel Garcia
Jericho starts in but Santana & Ortiz take over with a blind tag. Ortiz gets isolated by Garcia until a lariat levels him. Tag to Santana and combination dropkick to Garcia. No attempt to tag in Jericho who tags himself in. Santana tags himself back in. He and Jericho argue and it allows the heels to take over.
Ortiz is isolated once more after break and Santana has to break up the pin. Ortiz finally is able to make the hot tag to Jericho but opts for Santana instead. Jericho, bewildered, drops from the apron. Santana gets a near fall but the numbers games come into play. Jericho hits a well timed Judas Effect on Matt and it leads to the win.
WINNER: Santana, Ortiz & Chris Jericho
We have a Texas Deathmatch in two weeks for the AEW Title: Lance Archer vs. Adam Hangman Page.
Christian Cage is with Jungle Boy and Luchasaurus. The trio is standing on a stairwell with another trio: HFO. Matt Hardy puts over Private Party before it’s revealed that they’ll face the Tag Team Champions on Rampage.
Out comes CM Punk and he’s dressed to fight notes Excalibur. Punk makes it clear he’s ready to fight and wants to fight MJF. He unzips his hoodie to show that he still has MJF’s scarf.
Out comes MJF. He’s not out to fight, but he says next week in Chicago he will. He wouldn’t waste a match in Cleveland. He starts to trash Punk’s past including legal issues, being on a certain infamous podcast and bailing on Cleveland like LeBron James. Punk notes that MJF listens to said podcast cause he’s a fan. He says he’s always been honest with the fans. Punk made his decisions and he doesn’t go back on them. It’s not long before the Pinnacle comes out to attack him. Spears comes from behind to start it. FTR holds Punk by his limbs and as Spears smacks his back with a chair. MJF starts screaming at him on the mic and Punk grabs him by the scarf. Punk gets nailed and MJF tells Wardlow to powerbomb him. Wardlow stands there with Punk between his legs and the chair is laid down. Wardlow powerbombs him. MJF literally sits cross-leggedd on Punk’s chest. He says it’s going to be so fitting he ends Punk’s journey where it started: in Chicago!
Mark Sterling tries to get Julia Hart to sign a match contract against Jade Cargill but Griff Garrison warns Julia about her eye.
MATCH 3
Leyla Hirsch vs. Red Velvet
Velvet charges in and goes for her Final Slice, but Leyla powders. The fight goes to the outside. We head to break.
Back from it, RV hits a stunner in the corner. Leyla was in command during the break but RV has changed the momentum. RV hits double knees to the back of Leyla and RV favors her left arm due to Hirsch working it. RV lays Leyla out with a spear. Leyla hits a powerbomb and a knee strike. Leyla covers but pulls up at two and locks an armbreaker. RV gets a rope break. The two go back and forth until Leyla rolls Velvet up with the tights in hands for the 1-2-3.
WINNER: Leyla Hirsch
Post-match, Leyla locks in the armbreaker on Velvet until Statlander gives pursuit to chase Hirsch off.
We see Malakai Black as he puts over his “brother.” Enter Brody King from the darkness. He makes clear his thoughts on PAC and The Death Triangle. The House of Black is like death…inevitable.
After break, out come Pittsburgh’s Britt Baker and she gets a sour reception from Cleveland. She’s even wearing her Pittsburgh jacket and has Pro Wrestling Illustrated Awards set up on a table in ring. She runs over her accolades. Since she won the title, she has nine singles victories. Nine is a magic number for Pittsburhg and Cleveland cause Baker Mayfield was sacked nine times. SHe wants to talk about the Baker that’s worth a shit. She said she became the face of the AEW women’s division. Finally Cleveland will have a Baker they can count on.
Nyla Rose and Vickie Guerrero come out. Rose is irate and she wants Ruby Soho next week. This Friday however, Jade Cargill will indeed defend her TBS belt against a half-blinded Julia Hart.
MAIN EVENT
Lights Out Match
Orange Cassidy vs. Adam Cole
The fight indeed is just that as it’s not long before OC’s glasses are busted. He shotgun dropkicks Cole into the barricade. Cole fights back and attempts to pull a weapon out from under the ring. He grabs a chair and on the other end of it is Danhausen. This allows Cassidy to hit his tornado DDT. He goes for a Beach Break, but Cole turns the tides and goes for a Panama Sunrise on the outside, but Cassidy tackles him into the timekeeper’s table. Orange goes for the Orange Punch but accidentally punches the ring bell. Cole slams Cassidy’s hand between the ring steps and post. More weapons are pulled from underneath the ring as we go to break.
Back from it, we have Cole get a near fall. He sets up two chairs and goes for a brainbuster, but Cassidy hits a Stundog Millionaire. Michinoku Driver to Cole through the chairs. Cole beckons Brandon Cutler down to the ring as Orange crawls under it. Soon the Best Friends and The Super Kliq come out to fight (including RedDragon). Cassidy capitalizes. Cole goes for a low blow, but OC pulls out a cup with thumbtacks on it. He nails Cole with a Panama Sunrise. 1-2-Cole kicks out. “This is awesome” chants. OC wraps his hand with a chain and it causes Adam to powder. He exits through the entry way and Cassidy gives pursuit. They’re in the “go” position (Gorilla) and Cole shoves Jerry Lynn in the way of Cassidy to hit Orange with a DVD through the table. OC kicks out. The fight goes back on the ramp and Cole goes for the Boom, but OC superkicks him. Orange charges with the chain, but Cole hits him with a stage light. Cole climbs the truss of the main stage. He’s considerably high up above the ring entry and Orange meets him up there for a low blow. Orange “hugs” Cole before taking him through the stage. Ref counts: 1-2-3!
WINNER: Orange Cassidy
