The Acclaimed are backstage, they’re going to get back to where they belong by beating LFI and making the four-way tag match. Max Caster starts asking where LFI’s ballsacks are, but the Hurt Syndicate is here now. MVP is asking them why they’re talking about ballsacks. MVP asks how long it’s been since they held gold. Anthony Bowens reiterates that they’re not interested and walks away, but MVP stops Caster and says “I know you still got the card.” Caster brushes him off and leaves.

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Roderick Strong is here to try and get his second win, ultimately attempting to get into the match with MJF at Full Gear. The Beast Mortos comes out second; neither man has any of their stablemates at ringside. Strong starts off trying to talk to Mortos but Mortos won’t look at him. Strong still trying to talk to “Beast,” but Mortos clotheslines him, then drives him into the corner with big knees. Mortos poses and slaps Strong in the face. He tosses Strong against the ropes but Strong catches himself and hits a leg lariat. Strong drags Mortos up but Mortos knocks him right back down, then hits another slap and poses again. Mortos throws Strong from corner to corner, hits a running elbow strike and an enzuguiri. Mortos slams Strong to the ground, but Strong fights back with strikes. Mortos shoves Strong away and locks in a brief nerve pinch. Mortos looking conflicted about hurting Strong. He picks Strong up but Strong floats over and hits a jumping knee strike followed by a Fallaway Slam. Strong makes the cover but only gets two.

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Mortos fights to his feet and his a headbutt on Strong before posing again. Mortos with chops to Strong in the corner, Strong stumbles to another corner. Mortos still looks conflicted but hits a running splash. Mortos with a knee to the gut, then an Irish Whip, but Strong counters in the corner with a boot. He then hits a flurry of chops and knees, tries an Irish Whip but Mortos is too strong. Strong comes off the ropes but Mortos pops him up into a crucifix slam! Mortos roars and poses once again as we go to break.

Back from commercial, Strong is fighting out of a surfboard stretch but Mortos knocks him into the ropes. Strong fights back with a back elbow and a few kicks, then a few fists. Strong bounces off the ropes, ducks a lariat and hits a running lariat of his own. Strong gets Mortos to his feet and goes for a side suplex but can’t get him up. Strong does manage to come off the ropes and hit the Sick Kick, but only gets two. Strong again tries to get Mortos up, this time in a fireman’s carry, but can’t. Strong off the ropes, Mortos catches him and drops him with a tilt-a-whirl backbreaker. Mortos with the cover but Strong kicks out.

Mortos continues to grab his head but goes for a powerbomb and drops Strong over his knee with it. Mortos hits a discuss lariat and makes the cover, but Strong kicks out again. Mortos signals that it’s over with a hand across his throat, but then walks away grabbing his head again. Mortos picks up Strong but he floats over and hits the jumping knee. Strong rolls into the cover and gets the three-count!

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Winner: Roderick Strong

Strong doesn’t have much time to celebrate as he’s picked up and dropped by Lance Archer from behind. Brian Cage is out here as well, commentary reminds us that MJF has hired the Don Callis Family to stop Strong from getting to Full Gear.

A video recaps the match last week between Mariah May and Anna Jay. May is backstage and says she hates women’s wrestling. She says she used to be all for women supporting women and making history, but then she won the AEW women’s title, and she realized she’s surrounded by pathetic little s***s. She says they can’t even look her in the eyes, because they know the truth: May isn’t in their division, they are in hers, and if she was them, she would thank May for standing on their necks. May says her prime is being wasted because no one can touch her, and it’s lonely being the only. She says years from now, people will wonder who killed women’s wrestling. She says it was her, she did it.

Now Anna Jay is backstage with Lexy Nair who asks for her reaction. Jay tells Mariah that she’s done more than touch May, she’s beaten her. And the next time she gets her hands on May, she’s going to choke her out until she p***es herself. Jay challenges May to a third match, no disqualification. If Jay doesn’t win, she’ll never challenge May again. Jay says every woman here wants the title and her head. On Wednesday she’s going to bring back both. Just try her.

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