The Owen Hart Foundation Men’s Tournament Final!
“American Dragon” Bryan Danielson vs. “Hangman” Adam Page
“The Last Outlaw” Jeff Jarrett was the special guest enforcer for this match.
Excalibur notified us that Taz was banned from the building tonight because of the EVPs.
Hangman hammered down with right hands on Danielson. Page chopped Bryan into the corner. Danielson dropped down and grabbed a single leg crab, but Page crawled to the ropes, forcing the ref to break the hold.
Danielson rocketed out of the ring with a tope suicida to Page. The back of Danielson’s head cracked the ring barricade. Danielson clutched his neck. Danielson connected with a dropkick from the top rope to Page. Danielson charged at Page, but Page countered by raising his boot. Hangman clubbed Danielson with a lariat on the apron.
Danielson’s head was busted open, and Page rammed Bryan’s head into the steel ring steps over and over. Back in the ring, they traded strikes. Page blocked a kick from Bryan and applied a swinging sleeper on Bryan. Hangman stomped down on Danielson, as the blood ran into Danielson’s eyes.
Page blistered Bryan’s chest with repeated chops. Danielson stunned Hangman, firing back with chops of his own. Danielson applied a flying cross arm breaker. Bryan went over the top and transitioned to the LeBell Lock, but Page broke the hold by touching the ropes with his boot.
Danielson rocked Page with round kicks. Hangman countered by picking up Bryan with a fireman’s carry. Danielson tried to fight out of it, but Hangman drilled Bryan right on his neck with a high angle suplex.
The fans chanted “Let’s go Bryan! Let’s go Bryan!”
Danielson snapped Hangman back with a spider German Suplex! Danielson tried for a diving headbutt. Page dodged it! Hangman applied a cross face, but Danielson reached the ropes. Page removed the leather cover off the top turnbuckle and then rammed Danielson’s head into the exposed steel. Page moonsaulted off the top, Danielson countered, but Page stuffed Bryan with a tombstone piledriver for a near fall!
Page climbed to the top turnbuckle, but Bryan shoved him off, knocking Page to the arena floor. Danielson jumped with a springboard dive onto Page onto the arena floor, pulling out all the stops. Danielson was clutching his neck once again, potentially suffering a stinger.
Danielson clobbered Page with kicks to the chest. Page ducked the knock out shot and spiked Bryan with a piledriver on the floor! Doc Sampson and Jeff Jarrett checked on Danielson.
Hangman shoved Doc Sampson out of the way and to the floor. Hangman pie faced Jarrett.
“That’s not the integrity that Owen Hart represents. I congratulate Jeff Jarrett for not taking Hangman’s bait,” said Excalibur.
Bryan ducked the discus lariat from Page and Danielson countered with a running knee strike! Page and Bryan traded headbutts. Danielson cracked Page with a roundhouse kick. Danielson went for another charging knee strike, but Page dodged it and Danielson inadvertently smashed referee Paul Turner!
Page rocked Danielson with a discus lariat. Page whipped Danielson with his leather belt! Jeff Jarrett entered the ring and admonished Page. Hangman shoved Jarrett to the mat. Jeff Jarrett removed his t-shirt to reveal he was wearing a referee uniform. Danielson rolled up Page for a near fall!
Hangman escaped a Lebell Lock and nailed Danielson with the Dead Eye, but Danielson kicked out at the two-count! Hangman blasted Bryan with the buckshot lariat! Page went for a second buckshot lariat, but Danielson countered with a rollup pin for a near fall. Hangman transitioned into a cross face submission on Danielson! Jeff Jarrett checked on Danielson, but Danielson’s arm did not drop. Danielson hooked Hangman tight and pinned him!
“We are all stunned, Hangman is stunned, Bryan Danielson will compete for the AEW World Championship at Wembley Stadium at AEW ALL IN: London!”
Dr. Martha Hart and Jeff Jarrett carried the Owen Hart Foundation Cup to the ring!
Dr. Martha Hart: “It’s great to be back here in Calgary during Stampede Week, in Owen Hart’s hometown. And it is with great, great pleasure that I award the Owen Cup to Bryan Danielson. Bryan, we’ll see you at Wembley Stadium at All In: London for your title shot!”
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