AEW Redemption live results: Kenny Omega vs. Kevin Knight
AEW heads to Montreal, Quebec, Canada, for tonight’s first-ever AEW Redemption pay-per-view with an earlier start time.
AEW World Champion Kenny Omega defends against TNT Champion Kevin Knight in Omega’s first title defense of his second reign while Thekla defends the AEW Women’s World title against Willow Nightingale with Mercedes Mone waiting in the wings.
Future World title challenger Will Ospreay teams with Jon Moxley against the Young Bucks while AEW World Tag Team Champions Adam Copeland & Christian Cage defend against PAC & Claudio Castagnoli.
Other title matches include International Champion Kyle Fletcher against Bandido, TBS Champion Hikaru Shida against Maya World, and National Champion Mark Davis against Andrade El Idolo.
In a double chain match, Jay White & Juice Robinson take on David Finlay & Clark Connors and in another violent bout, Chris Jericho rematches Tommaso Ciampa under no DQ rules.
A six-way ladder match will determine the next challenger to the International title.
The pre-show will feature a celebration of the Rougeau wrestling dynasty and The Conglomeration defending the AEW Trios titles against The Lethal Twist at 6 pm Eastern.
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The Buy In
Renee Paquette & Mick Foley welcome us to the Buy In before quickly throwing it to Excalibur, Nigel McGuinness & Tony Schiavone ringside, as they run down tonight’s card. Jeff Jarrett joins up with Paquette & Foley, officially welcoming him to AEW as this is the first time they’re on camera together. They throw it to multiple video packages for tonight’s title matches.
Celebrating 80 Years of The Rougeau Wrestling Dynasty
Daddy Magic Matt Menard (who is rocking a sweet Expos jacket) gets a hometown pop and introduces The Rougeau Brothers, as Jacques & Raymond come out to a strong ovation, as they shake hands with virtually everyone ringside. Raymond said this has been an 80-year love story of the Rougeaus and pro wrestling, going over the history of the Rougeau Family in wrestling. Including first generation Eddie Auger, second generation Jean & Jacques Rougeau Sr., third generation Raymond, Jacques Jr. & Armand and the fourth-generation Jean-Jacques, Cedric & Emile Rougeau. He thanks AEW & Tony Khan for giving their family this moment this evening.
Jacques takes the mic and thanks the haters, telling them to kiss his ass before starting a Rougeau chant. He thanks the fans in Australia, Japan, all around the world, who booed them like their haters. He had the crowd turn the lights on their phones, as the lights turn down in the arena and we get an Ole Ole chant.
The Don Callis Family music hits, as out walks Rocky Romero, demanding everyone shut up and stop celebrating the Rougeau’s like they’re something special. The only family that matters is the Don Callis Family. If Romero had a roll of quarters, before he could finish, Jacques slapped the taste out of his mouth, held him, as Raymond wound up for a thrust kick to the ribs. Jacques & Menard double clothesline Romero out and the three stand tall.
-The Demand are announced, as Ricochet will be joining commentary for the upcoming match.
The Conglomeration (Orange Cassidy, Roderick Strong & Kyle O’Reilly) vs. The Lethal Twist (Jay Lethal, Blake Christian & Lee Johnson) for the AEW Trios Titles
Strong (whose birthday is today, happy birthday Roddy) wasted no time chopping everyone in his path before taking Lethal to his corner, as locomotion corner punches were dished out, ending in one solid shot from Cassidy. Lethal Twist escaped a trifecta of corner punches, as multiple do-si-do spots led to Strong using Cassidy as a battering ram, leading to a Snake Eyes double DDT on The Swirl. Cassidy took way too long to decide which rope to jump off of, allowing Christian to fly in and attack. Strong was ready with more chops, but Lethal planted him with a snap suplex, leading to quick tags from The Swirl, as Christian flew in from off camera with a flying clothesline, keeping Strong isolated.
Strong was able to fight off a rebound strike from Christian and make the hot tag to O’Reilly, who ran wild with kitchen sinks and Ankle Lock on Johnson. Lethal flew in with a kick to break the submission, as he & Christian hit an assisted enzugiri, leading to a Johnson John Woo dropkick, only it launched O’Reilly to Cassidy for a tag. Diving cross body connects on Lethal, as he goes to the pockets into a double dropkick on The Swirl. Lethal traps Cassidy (hands still in pockets) in a Tree of Woe before wiping out Strong & O’Reilly with a Tope. Christian comes in with little kicks, as a Tiger Feint Kick hits and Strong was planted with a reverse DDT/splash combo outside. Quickly back inside, springboard 450 from Christian connects for a close near fall, which had Ricochet biting at the false finish. Lethal blocked a boot up from a top rope elbow attempt and sank in a Figure-Four, but O’Reilly broke the hold.
Lethal slowly went for the top rope elbow again, was swept out by Strong, who was met with a wild corkscrew Tope, O’Reilly off the apron with a flying knee, Johnson over the top with a dive, as back inside, Lethal blocked a Stundog, but Cassidy connected with a Satellite DDT. Cassidy signaled for Orange Punch, but flew into a Lethal Combination, as Lethal tried the top rope elbow, but leapt into a crucifix for two. Johnson ran distraction with the Trios Title, as Cassidy hit Lethal with a Stundog, Christian missed a belt shot of his own, as Lethal connected on a Lethal Injection for two. Lethal tried another Lethal Injection on Strong, who dodged and hit a High/Low with O’Reilly before throwing Cassidy on top of him for the pin, as O’Reilly had Johnson locked in an Ankle Lock. The Demand applauded ringside, as they clearly made their intentions known.
Match Result: The Conglomeration defeated The Lethal Twist to retain the AEW Trios Titles when Cassidy pinned Lethal
Since 2022, Ryan has been the Recapper/Reviewer for both AEW PPVs & Dynamite for F4WOnline & the Wrestling Observer. Previously, he recapped AEW Dark from 2021-2022 for PWTorch.