 AEW Women's World Champion "Timeless" Toni Storm def. Taya Valkyrie in an AEW Women's World Championship Eliminator MatchStorm vs. Mariah May for the AEW Women's World Championship is obviously already set for All In, so there was no way Valkyrie was winning here, but they had a quality contest in the time they were allotted. Storm cut a passionate promo afterward that the crowd was really into. I like that Storm is basically the same character she was as a heel except she's embracing the audience now.
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 FTW Champion Hook def. Shane TaylorHook has had a few matches as of late against Shane Taylor Promotions alongside Chris Jerico, so it was logical to give Taylor a shot at his (pointless) title shot. I appreciated that it wasn't a squash like a majority of Hook's matches are and that Taylor was able to score plenty of offense before eating defeat. This was good stuff to start the special. Chris Jericho was nowhere to be seen and I'm not complaining.
 AEW World Tag Team Champions Ricky Starks and Big Bill def. Le Sex Gods in a Street FightWait, when was this made a Street Fight? Was it always supposed to be a Street Fight? I must've missed that. Honestly, this probably benefited the stipulation. It was definitely a mess and all over the place, and I can't imagine it would've been any better than it was if it was a standard tag team match. I just can't bring myself to care about almost anything involving Chris Jericho and Sammy Guevara at the moment, but they put forth a commendable effort here, I'll give them that much. Of course, Starks and Bill retaining was the right call. Konosuke Takeshita and Powerhouse Hobbs interfered a few times, so their feud with Le Sex Gods will continue.
 AEW International Champion Orange Cassidy def. John SilverI had totally forgotten that Cassidy and Silver had a match back at Full Gear 2020. I honestly have very little recollection of that. At any rate, Silver was hardly a threat to the title here since Cassidy just regained the gold last week, but it was a well-wrestled affair for what it was worth. Cassidy announced later on backstage that it will be him and Kazuchika Okada vs. Jon Moxley and Claudio Castagnoli in tag team action on Wednesday's Dynamite, which is quite the attraction.
 AEW International Champion Orange Cassidy def. Lance Archer by Count-OutArcher just returned to the ring on AEW TV last night on Rampage, so no one had any reason to believe he'd be the one to end Cassidy's undefeated streak and title reign. They had a well-worked match, but the count-out finish really ruined it. I assume the idea is to keep the feud going, if only for one more match, but it was a weak way of opening the show. Plus, this was a Battle of the Belts special, not an ordinary episode of Dynamite or Rampage. The crowd wasn't happy and I don't blame them.
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