AEW Summer Blockbuster
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 Promotional poster featuring various AEW wrestlers | |||
| Promotion | All Elite Wrestling | ||
| Date | June 11, 2025 | ||
| City | Portland, Oregon | ||
| Venue | Theater of the Clouds at Moda Center | ||
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Summer Blockbuster was a two-part professional wrestling television special produced by All Elite Wrestling (AEW). It took place on Wednesday, June 11, 2025, at the Theater of the Clouds at Moda Center in Portland, Oregon. The event was broadcast live as a four-hour marathon of back-to-back special episodes of AEW's weekly television programs, Dynamite and Collision. Both programs aired on TBS and were simulcast on Max in the United States. Dynamite aired in its normal 8:00 p.m. Eastern Time (ET) slot while Collision, which normally airs on Saturdays on TNT, aired immediately after Dynamite at 10:00 p.m. ET.
The were 10 matches held across the four-hour broadcast, with four on Dynamite and then six on Collision. In the main event of Summer Blockbuster, which was Collision's main event, The Don Callis Family (Hechicero, Josh Alexander, Konosuke Takeshita, and Lance Archer) defeated Daniel Garcia and Paragon (Adam Cole, Kyle O'Reilly, and Roderick Strong) in an eight-man tag team match. In the main event of Dynamite, TayJay (Tay Melo and Anna Jay) defeated Megan Bayne and Penelope Ford in a tag team match. This was Melo's first AEW match since January 2023, after returning from maternity leave the prior week.
Production
[edit]Background
[edit]AEW Dynamite, also known as Wednesday Night Dynamite, is the flagship weekly professional wrestling television program of the American company All Elite Wrestling (AEW). AEW Collision, also known as Saturday Night Collision, is AEW's secondary program that premiered in June 2023. On April 15, 2025, AEW filed to trademark "Summer Blockbuster".[1] On April 17, the company announced that Summer Blockbuster would be a television special, airing live as a four-hour marathon of back-to-back special episodes of AEW's weekly television programs, Dynamite and Collision, with both programs airing on TBS and simulcast on Max. Dynamite aired in its usual 8:00 p.m. Eastern Time (ET) slot while Collision, which normally airs on Saturdays on TNT, aired immediately after Dynamite at 10:00 p.m. ET. The event was scheduled for Wednesday, June 11, 2025, at the Theater of the Clouds at Moda Center in Portland, Oregon.[2]
Storylines
[edit]Summer Blockbuster featured professional wrestling matches that involved different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds and storylines.[3] Storylines were produced on AEW's weekly television programs, Dynamite and Collision.
Results
[edit]| No. | Results | Stipulations | Times[6] |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Will Ospreay vs. Swerve Strickland (with Prince Nana) ended in a time limit draw | Singles match[4] | 30:00 |
| 2 | Místico defeated Blake Christian (with Lee Johnson) by pinfall | Singles match[4] | 4:33 |
| 3 | The Hurt Syndicate (Bobby Lashley, Shelton Benjamin, and MJF) (with MVP) defeated JetSpeed ("Speedball" Mike Bailey and Kevin Knight) and Máscara Dorada by pinfall | Trios match[4] | 9:37 |
| 4 | TayJay (Tay Melo and Anna Jay) defeated Megan Bayne and Penelope Ford by pinfall | Tag team match[5] | 11:01 |
| No. | Results | Stipulations | Times[7] |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kyle Fletcher (with Lance Archer) defeated Anthony Bowens (with Billy Gunn) by pinfall | Singles match[4] | 11:30 |
| 2 | "Timeless" Toni Storm (with Luther) defeated Julia Hart by pinfall | Singles match[4] | 8:00 |
| 3 | The Conglomeration (Mark Briscoe, Tomohiro Ishii, and Willow Nightingale) defeated MxM Collection (Mansoor and Mason Madden) and Taya Valkyrie (with Johnny TV) by pinfall | Mixed trios match | 5:15 |
| 4 | Bandido defeated The Beast Mortos by pinfall | Singles match | 10:50 |
| 5 | Thekla defeated Queen Aminata by submission | Singles match[4] | 10:55 |
| 6 | The Don Callis Family (Hechicero, Josh Alexander, Konosuke Takeshita, and Lance Archer) (with Trent Beretta and Rocky Romero) defeated Daniel Garcia and Paragon (Adam Cole, Kyle O'Reilly, and Roderick Strong) (with Daddy Magic" Matt Menard) by pinfall | Eight-man tag team match | 12:10 |
References
[edit]- ^ Lambert, Jeremy (April 15, 2025). "AEW Files To Trademark 'AEW Summer Blockbuster' And 'Paragon'". Fightful. Retrieved April 15, 2025.
- ^ Russell, Skylar (April 17, 2025). "AEW Summer Blockbuster Announced For June 11". Fightful. Retrieved April 17, 2025.
- ^ Grabianowski, Ed (January 13, 2006). "How Pro Wrestling Works". HowStuffWorks, Inc. Discovery Communications. Archived from the original on November 29, 2013. Retrieved February 8, 2019.
- ^ a b c d e f Lambert, Jeremy (June 4, 2025). "Toni Storm vs. Julia Hart, Hurt Syndicate In Action, More Set For AEW Summer Blockbuster". Fightful. Retrieved June 5, 2025.
- ^ Lambert, Jeremy (June 6, 2025). "Tay Melo To Compete In First AEW Match In Over Two Years At AEW Summer Blockbuster". Fightful. Retrieved June 6, 2025.
- ^ Barnett, Jake (June 11, 2025). "AEW Dynamite results (6/11): Barnett's live review of the first half of the Summer Blockbuster". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved June 11, 2025.
- ^ Barnett, Jake (June 11, 2025). "AEW Collision results (6/11): Powell's live review of the second half of the Summer Blockbuster". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved June 11, 2025.