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00:00He's already dispatched Jake Doyle, he's already dispatched Machine Brian Cage, but Godzilla March Davis is fighting for more than
00:09just his national championship. He's representing the family here tonight.
00:13You're 100% correct, for sure. And that's what it's about right there, that beautiful national championship. But yeah, I
00:19mean, I'm sure Don Callis is back there watching and just thinking, you've got to pull this out, Mark.
00:26Oh, Andrade! Oh, DM De Los Marcos! One, two! Oh! Narrow, narrow escape for Davis. He feinted the kick.
00:36And looking for the DM there, Davis charges forward. Talk about an explosive start and a smart game plan by
00:44Andrade, the challenger here.
00:46And Davis now behind him in the sleeper. Andrade's been in this position before, but Andrade backing Davis up to
00:53the corner. Elbows.
00:54Well, that Davis, he's a big, strong, raw-boned guy, man. He is a powerful cat.
01:00And, Chance, what about the chin of Davis to absorb a shot like that right out of the gate?
01:05That's a good observation, and I agree, because Andrade brought it. And man, I'll tell you, Davis ate it.
01:13And I've got chops from Andrade Alilo.
01:18Andrade has yet to claim a singles championship in his AEW career.
01:25Tonight very well could be the night, but you never know, Tony, when the Don Callis family's involved.
01:31Their numbers are so great.
01:33Absolutely, and Andrade realizes this.
01:36I think that's one of the reasons.
01:38Big reason.
01:39Sorry, Tony.
01:40That's all right.
01:41Davis.
01:41Oh, not a cover.
01:42Instead of Mount raining down elbow strikes.
01:46Yeah, I think it's one of the reasons he brought the ring out with him.
01:48I mean, you've got to have some sort of equalizer, one would think.
01:54Man, Dunkzilla is something else, isn't he?
01:56Yeah, he is.
01:57He's an excellent athlete for a very big man.
02:00He's extremely quick.
02:02He's just a brute.
02:03And a highly experienced tag team wrestler.
02:06Oh, for sure.
02:06I mean, not just alongside Kyle Fletcher, but we've seen Davis and Doyle have a lot of success.
02:11We saw him as one-third of the AEW World Trios Championship.
02:14Our champions alongside Kyle Fletcher and Kazuchika Okada, but he has adapted very, very well to singles competition.
02:22He has an opportunity tonight, with a victory, to eclipse the high-water mark of defenses in a single reign
02:29that Ricochet set in his inaugural reign as national champion.
02:35Hammer throw.
02:36Oh, no.
02:37Andrade.
02:37Pulse over.
02:38Out into the apron.
02:39Andrade.
02:41All-bar here.
02:42All-bar in the ropes.
02:44Trying to attack the arm.
02:46Trying to perhaps tear at the bicep of Dunkzilla Davis.
02:50Yeah, and realizing he can't, Andrade cannot get a win that way, but just going to soften up the arm,
02:56maybe for him.
02:57Diamond cross body.
02:58Nothing else.
02:58Into a cover.
02:59Davis kicks out.
03:00Not even a one count.
03:02Smart for Davis to get out of bounds here.
03:04Probably should get out of the ring, but I'm not sure he knows where he is right now.
03:08Right.
03:09Andrade caught him flush with that Gamangiri.
03:14Now Andrade, El Idolo over at the top.
03:17Nope.
03:18Lands on the apron.
03:18Aaron Davis thought he took himself out of range, but instead, Andrade comes back.
03:26Andrade is so agile.
03:28He has shown the agility.
03:29And, of course, he loves.
03:32Harkening back to his early days as a luchador in Mascarado.
03:39He competed in Mexico as Andrade dapping up the fans in ringside.
03:44He's been wasting a little bit too much time.
03:46Oh my gosh, we're going to stop the game right there.
03:50That's four girls with him on an entrance.
03:52Tadman, what's a fifth?
03:53He's just taking a photo.
03:54He's all about the fans.
03:55He loves the AEW fan base.
03:57He's a gentleman.
04:03He's going to take selfies with the fans in the ringside tail if he's closing the camera here.
04:07No.
04:07No, I wouldn't do that.
04:09Okay.
04:11Taking a sip and some refreshment.
04:13Oh, he's spitting the eyes of Ducksville Davis.
04:15Actually, if Davis is like any Australians I know, that'll wake him up.
04:18It might.
04:19Yeah.
04:22Andrade.
04:23Swinging DDT.
04:24No.
04:25Davis blocks it.
04:26Ducks underneath.
04:27Uh-oh.
04:27Trouble for Andrade here, I do believe.
04:29Oh, no!
04:30Oh, God!
04:32Is that power of Mark Davis, and that's the national champ for a reason.
04:38Andrade taking Davis a little too lightly, having too much fun at the expense of the national champion.
04:43Yeah, let's remember what Mark Davis did to Will Ospreay.
04:48He almost ended Will Ospreay's career after he came back from surgery.
04:52So we know how dangerous he is.
04:53You're right, Siobhan.
04:54It's an excellent point.
04:55He put it on Ospreay for sure.
04:58Had to stop the match.
04:59Boom!
05:02Yeah, and Ospreay is a super resilient athlete.
05:05Could take a lot of punishment.
05:06That shows you how nasty Davis can and will be.
05:10Yeah, it was a referee stoppage that night when Davis defeated Will Ospreay.
05:15And since then, Donzilla Mark Davis has been unstoppable as he's building up momentum.
05:21Here!
05:22Lunging elbow strike.
05:24Caught Andrade.
05:26Square on the jaw.
05:28He's checking his teeth right there.
05:29I thought it would have been a knockout punch.
05:31Now Davis, lateral press.
05:32Andrade kicks out.
05:33Yeah.
05:34And Davis right back on the attack.
05:36Smart to clasp right along that jawline that he just blasted Andrade.
05:42Good way to dislocate someone's jaw with that shot and then hook this hole.
05:46Here we're complimenting the toughness of Davis' chin a few moments ago, Taz.
05:52Doesn't seem to be said for Andrade Alidolo.
05:54Yes.
05:55True.
05:55True.
05:56He's fighting out right here as Andrade.
05:59Swift knee strike to the midsection.
06:01Andrade backs up to the ropes.
06:02Davis.
06:04Oh, Davis took a moment to compose himself and paid the prices.
06:08Andrade.
06:09Oh, now look at this.
06:10Andrade over the top on Davis.
06:12A version of a knee bar across that kneecap there.
06:15Almost like a single leg crab with Andrade in the ropes.
06:20And having that rope underneath your knee, Taz, that could...
06:24Oh, that really pushes everything forward.
06:25It pushes your patella forward while a guy has the bar on it.
06:29Davis kneeling on Andrade.
06:31You can see Andrade grabbing that lefty, the back of it to your point ex, Calvary.
06:35That's what he's grabbing.
06:39Trying to get blood in there.
06:40When you see athletes moving their leg up and down or their elbow, whatever,
06:43you want to get blood in there to hopefully quickly heal it and get it going because it gets numb.
06:49Oh, good Lord.
06:50That was nasty.
06:51Spinning toehold.
06:52Wow.
06:53From Doug Zillow, Mark Davis.
06:54He blew his knee out.
06:55That was nasty.
06:57When an athlete the size of Davis does that.
07:00Yeah.
07:00Big man.
07:01He's bottom heavy, too.
07:03So that's like...
07:06I mean that complimentary.
07:07Well, it's a big rear end.
07:09Oh!
07:12Oh, man.
07:14Heavy-handed guy is the national champion.
07:23Davis.
07:24He's taking an abdominal stretch here.
07:26Yes, he is.
07:27Davis, as a tall guy, has a very wide base and allows him to apply even more torque and pressure
07:35on not just the abdomen, but the neck of Andrade Elidolo as well.
07:39And those intercostals in your ribcage area that pulls it apart on your opponent this deep
07:44in a match.
07:45It's tough to breathe when someone does that to you.
07:49Andrade was just about to slip free.
07:51Davis felt the move getting away from him.
07:54Oh!
07:55Whipped it.
07:56Yeah.
07:56Whipped Andrade to the ground, but then the knees were up on the sentine.
08:01But you see Andrade still clutching the knees.
08:03I think that hurt Andrade more than it did Davis.
08:05I think there was no question about that.
08:10Andrade attempting to get up to a vertical position.
08:13Davis, though they're ready for him with the elbow strikes, but now these two teeing off
08:18on one another.
08:19Yeah, I think Andrade is waking up from all his physicality.
08:23He's feeling it now.
08:24You can see his eyes.
08:26He's getting super intense.
08:27Is Andrade.
08:29Davis, Davis is just intense all the time, but oh.
08:32This is a slugfest, gentlemen.
08:34Oh, God.
08:36Well, it smokes.
08:39Andrade went for the lariat.
08:40Davis, though, absorbed the contact, stayed on his feet.
08:45Andrade stepped back.
08:47Another shot for Davis.
08:53Oh, Andrade turned his back on his opponent to have the Cardinals in.
08:56The worst chops of the ones you don't see.
08:59Nice for him.
09:00Flying punch there.
09:05Andrade paying the price.
09:06You can see just by the wince on his face how much that big hand of Davis stung.
09:12Still grabbing that knee.
09:13Yeah, man.
09:14That's going to.
09:15Yeah, it's going to be there the whole match.
09:18Oh.
09:19How about that?
09:20I'm surprised he did that, but it's part of what makes him feel as machismo.
09:25But he gets deeper in a match, I feel, I guess.
09:31Davis down in the corner.
09:33Andrade likes to use the running knees.
09:38It could be given Davis a little too much time to recover.
09:40We shall see.
09:42Nope.
09:43Davis up to his feet.
09:44Oh, did he ever.
09:45And levels Andrade.
09:46Did he ever.
09:49Davis, gut wrench.
09:51And, oh, no.
09:52Andrade finds his feet behind Davis.
09:55And Andrade.
09:57Here it goes.
09:57Here it goes.
09:57Oh.
09:58Two.
09:59Four.
10:02Hammers down on Davis.
10:05It's a neckbreaker with the elbow dropping as well.
10:07And Andrade.
10:09Well, I've got this big, you've got to sink your hips deep on a suplex, and that's what Andrade's doing.
10:14Going for these three amigos here.
10:17Respect towards the late, great Eddie Guerrero.
10:20Everybody knows worldwide what he means.
10:24How you know?
10:26You're on cover.
10:27If I don't press, two.
10:33Hey.
10:35Watch that.
10:43Davis, after three consecutive suplexes, is able to survive, at least for the moment,
10:48continue his reign as AEW national champion.
10:53He's had a lot of punishment put on him as the challenger here, Andrade.
11:00Andrade.
11:03Andrade.
11:04And he's in the corner.
11:07Brings Davis out.
11:08One, two.
11:13Boy, Davis is just so tough to keep down, man.
11:16Just rising up each and every time.
11:19Look at him in the background there.
11:25Davis.
11:26And he's beleaguered.
11:28Trying to get up to his feet, but Andrade ready for him.
11:32Andrade for the DM.
11:34Oh, nice counter out.
11:35There he was.
11:36Davis is ready for that.
11:37Oh, God.
11:39Another lunging elbow strike.
11:41Really testing the chin of Andrade Alito.
11:43Davis, deep cover, but Andrade able to kick out.
11:47Yeah, both these guys are exchanging a lot of blows shows you how important the AEW national championship is to
11:55the champion and the challenger here because Andrade wants that title.
11:59It was back at AEW fairway to hell, and we were there where Davis captured this title.
12:06Oh, what a colossal lariat that was.
12:10Captured the title, and he has been virtually unstoppable since then.
12:14Oh, no!
12:16Leaping.
12:17The pile driver, the lateral press, and Andrade.
12:21Oh, what a narrow escape.
12:24Taz, I think the only thing that saved Andrade was how he was able to tuck his chin at the
12:28last possible second.
12:29I think you're exactly right.
12:30He's still feeling it, though, because when you land, even if you're pulling your chin in, all that impact from
12:35a guy, the size and strength of Mark Davis, it really jacks your neck.
12:39Yeah, that Davis pile driver, one of the most dangerous moves in all of AEW.
12:44It does a lot of damage.
12:46It's done a lot of damage right here.
12:48Just ask Will Ospreay about that, but Davis again.
12:50Right.
12:51The sleeper is cinched in tight.
12:54Andrade doing some hand fighting, trying to prevent the right arm of Davis from clasping, and Andrade was able to
13:01do so.
13:05What's he looking for here?
13:07Looking over his shoulder.
13:08Looking for the ring post, maybe?
13:11I guess so.
13:12Oh, God.
13:13What's he thinking?
13:14He's going to try to throw him on top of the ring post?
13:18I don't.
13:20Davis.
13:21Knees to the midsection.
13:23It looked like Andrade was trying to catch the knee instead of just putting a short clothesline.
13:27The clothesline sends Andrade careening back into the ring.
13:32Davis, though, bringing him back out.
13:34Dangerous territory for both men.
13:39Oh, brother.
13:40There's this pile drop you've been talking about, Shivani.
13:42Yeah.
13:44Oh, no.
13:45Andrade.
13:46First.
13:47Oh, Davis went face first.
13:49What a counter.
13:50That was the turnbuckle, not the pad.
13:53The turnbuckle.
13:53Yeah, it was over the pad.
13:55You're right, Tony.
13:56I caught that, too.
13:57Could be a match-saving counter, actually.
13:59Could be a title-winning counter for Andrade Alito if he's able to capitalize here.
14:07Thanks, Jenny.
14:08How you know.
14:09Yeah, loudly.
14:14Andrade calling out there are fans here.
14:17Wait a second to the top.
14:18Oh, my God.
14:19Steady's upset.
14:20Whoa!
14:21A moonsault to the floor!
14:26Over top of the ring post!
14:28Super hard and super dangerous, man.
14:31Andrade nailed it.
14:33Yeah, what a risk for Andrade Alito.
14:35Will it have paid off?
14:38God, there's so much danger in those moves.
14:41But over top of the ring post, even more!
14:45Tell you, if Davis would have hit that pile driver on the apron, this match might have
14:48been over and he would have retained.
14:49But now, Andrade has some momentum going here.
14:52Sometimes it's a mistake.
14:54Sometimes you see an opening.
14:55Another moonsault.
14:56Oh, no.
14:57Davis out of range.
14:58Oh!
14:58Andrade catches him the second time around!
15:01And Davis able to kick out.
15:07These guys are battling hard here for this national title.
15:15Andrade may be looking to shed a few pounds, or ounces at least.
15:22But aren't we all, Tony?
15:23Yes, we are.
15:25But not looking like that, brother.
15:29He's got to get the ones with the Velcro gimmicks.
15:32He's having a match with his pant leg and his boot.
15:39So he's the best color guy in the business.
15:41Yeah, true.
15:43The Velcro gimmicks didn't work.
15:45Hey, the fans got what they wanted.
15:47Yeah, they did.
15:47He ripped his britches off!
15:54Andrade.
15:55Something else in store for Dunsville Davis.
15:58How you know!
16:06As Andrade ascends to the top.
16:11Frog splash!
16:12Davis, though!
16:13The knees were up.
16:15Andrade burned too much daylight.
16:18Now Davis, the gut wrench.
16:20Uh-oh.
16:20Into the pile driver.
16:22No Andrade counters.
16:24Head pork on Rana!
16:25Oh, deep cover, but Davis able to free himself.
16:29Oh!
16:30Dio de los Santos!
16:32Might be it despite you!
16:33Dio Andrade!
16:36One, two, three!
16:38Andrade did it!
16:39Here is your winner and new AEW national champion, Andrade El Edo!
16:58Andrade El Edo captures the first championship of his AEW career, and how much sweeter is it
17:07that he did it at the expense of the Don Callis family?
17:10Absolutely.
17:11What a win for Andrade El Edo.
17:14I just want to say, I mean, I don't care if you like Mark Davis or not, you've got to
17:19tip your cap to that guy.
17:20He was a hell of a champion.
17:21Yes.
17:21And he fought a hell of a fight right there against Andrade.
17:24He sure did.
17:25It was 78 days ago.