AAW United We Stand Recap: 5-Way TLC Match, Kimber Lee vs Su Yung, Callihan Invades Everything… EVERYTHING!

AAW United We Stand
July 21, 2018
115 Bourbon Street, Chicago, IL

Live reports from Mike Killam and Doug Enriquez for ProWrestling.com. 

(1) CONNOR BRAXTON vs. CLAYTON GAINZ was ruled a No Contest. After about two minutes Sami Callihan, who has been banned by management from appearing at this event, rushed the ring and nearly murdered both guys. Obviously they didn’t get much to work with, but Gainz made his entrance by spearing Braxton through the ropes in a really cool spot.

— Callihan got on the mic and called out Brody King. Both King and Jimmy Jacobs came out with AAW owner Danny Daniels and a bunch of security. Jacobs mocked Sami for not being allowed to compete, and had security take him away kicking and screaming. Dave and Jake Crist with the surprise attack from behind, which led right into the next bout.

(2) OVE vs. JIMMY JACOBS & BRODY KING was ruled a No Contest. The entire match was a giant brawl in the crowd. At one point Brody even slammed Dave on top of the bar (there’s a huge bar in the back of the venue). I couldn’t see what the other two were up to, but the crowd in that area kept going nuts, so I assume it was equally as insane. Sami Callihan came back out and they set up a stack of four chairs in the ring. He tried to powerbomb Jacobs through the chairs, but Brody saved him and the two escaped through the crowd to the back. Instead, Sami powerbombed the referee the chairs, and the match was ruled a No Contest for excessive violence against an official. Danny Daniels came back out with more security, some trainees and wrestlers, this time armed with steel chairs. There was a staredown between both sides, Sami spit in the owner’s face and eventually OVE all left together through the crowd. This whole thing, from the opening match, to all the interference, to the double No Contests, was an absolute blast.

(3) DJ ZEMA ION def. TREY MIGUEL [8:21]. This was awesome. Trey surprised his veteran opponent with some explosive offense early on, then told the sound guy to hit DJZ’s signature airhorn, to add insult to injury. DJ had an incredible series of big moves including reversing a hurricanrana into a powerbomb on the apron, a dive into the crowd, and I believe a 450 splash while Miguel was hung up in the ropes. Trey came back with an enzuigiri, a hurricanrana off the top rope, and a springboard moonsault for a nearfall. In the end DJZ hit his rolling DDT to score the win in an ultra-fast-paced match with non-stop crazy spots.

(4) CURT STALLION & JAKE SOMETHING def. AARON SALOW & RICKY STARKS [13:34]. The wrestling here was great and they had enough time to really build up to a solid tag team match, but there were enough small oddities that really threw me off. Stallion & Something are pure heels but were getting mostly cheers (espeically Something). The crowd chanted “Essa Rios” at Salow at one point, and he had no idea how to handle it. Instead of ignoring them or embracing it, he tried to shush them and told them to cut it out, and it just made them chant louder. Something hit a gigantic Black Hole Slam for the win, but Stallion jumped through the ropes with a headbutt on Starks, and the ref stopped his count so the finish was really awkward. Something hit two more Black Hole Slams just for good measure in an attempt to salvage the end. Like I said, a good albeit awkward match.

(5) KIMBER LEE (c) def. SU YUNG to retain the AAW Women’s Championship [9:53]. The crowd was almost fully behind the challenger for this one. She was popular before going to Impact but in the last few months has just exploded in popularity at the shows I’ve been to. This was a straight up brawl, and man were they laying their hits in. A lot of stuff on the outside including Su diving off the apron and getting caught out of the air. Kim played heel and used tried to use a pair of brass knucks, but Yung had it scouted. I can’t remember exactly how this ended but Kim retained and Scarlett Bordeaux interfered, laying out Su with a Dudebuster.

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(6) MYRON REED def. SHANE STRICKLAND, AR FOX, PACO and STEPHEN WOLF in a five-man TLC match to become the new #1 contender to the AAW Heritage Championship [18:19]. This was… exactly as absurd as you would expect it to be. Everyone looked great. Paco took about a million bumps and was, once again, the best underdog babyface on the entire card. Strickland was probably the star of the match hitting a double foot stomp off the top of a ladder, through a table. Fox also powerbombed Paco over the barricade, into the crowd, through a table. There were about a dozen different cutters including an RKO Outta Nowhere catching Paco out of the air, as he was coming off a ladder. This is an absolute must-see match. Go out of your way to check out the VOD when it becomes available.

–INTERMISSION–

(7) REY FENIX def. DEZMOND XAVIER [10:23]. Another really good, fast-paced match once things really got going. Dez seemed a little bit off his game here, and I’ve never seen him have an even remotely disappointing performance before. It also didn’t help that even with intermission, the crowd was still dead from the TLC match. Near the end once they started busting out the big guys everybody got into it though. Dez hit a Phoenix Splash, which is an absolute thing of beauty live. I missed how Fenix got the win because someone started talking to me, but Doug said it was a “spinning piledriver”.

(8) MJF def. ACE ROMERO [9:13]. This was a really fun, wild brawl. I’m not sure if it was as good as their dog collar match in LaSalle recently, but I thought it was close. MJF did a dive off the apron through Acey Baby, who was sitting in a chair. Ace came back and smashed him with a trash can to the head, multiple times. MJF hurt his knee really badly and I believe they went to the finish early. He had to be helped to the back, and when he got up the fans all clapped, and he told them to screw off because he didn’t need their sympathy. What a pro!

— Backstage MJF was screaming, and in a ton of pain. They had to help him sit down and prop up his knee, and I believe they took him to the hospital because when I came back a few minutes later he was gone.

(9) DAVID STARR, EDDIE KINGSTON & TREVOR LEE def. ACH, DAVEY VEGA & MAT FITCHETT in a six-man tag team match [13:03]. Another ridiculous, wild brawl. It’s sort of becoming AAW’s signature calling card that they’re really good at putting together giant multi-man tag team brawls. I blame the Ohio boys for starting this trend, and that’s not a bad thing. WRSTLNG were the ultra heels throughout, to the point where Kingston called Scarlett Bordeaux a c**t at one point. In the end ACH spit in Kingston’s face and took a brutal spinning back fist for his trouble I believe it was Starr who picked up the victory with a bridging suplex on Fitchett.

Another great show for AAW’s return to 115 Bourbon Street, which is by far my favorite of their regular venues (Logan Square is louder, but there’s room to breath here and multiple bars). The crowd was hot for pretty much everything, the five-man TLC match stole the show with a nod to DJZ and Trey Miguel for taring down the house as well. Nothing was even remotely bad, ranging from good-to-great with a few minor hiccups here and there.

RATING: Buy the DVD or VOD when it comes out. This show was super fun from top to bottom, with a little bit of everything for everyone. It’ll be well worth the purchase.