Kyle Fletcher is once more TNT Champion after defeating Tommaso Ciampa on “AEW Dynamite.” The lads pushed one another to their limits, and the bout was fought as much as the wire, almost hitting the 20 minute deadline.
Fletcher told Don Callis to remain out of the match during a backstage segment, and despite sitting on commentary with Lance Archer at his side, with Ciampa attempting to bait him at one point in the course of the bout, Callis obeyed.
Ciampa and Fletcher battled each in and across the ring. Ciampa hit a running hip attack to Fletcher, sending him crashing up against the ring barricade, after which threw him across to the alternative side. Fletcher caught the second hip attack attempt and sent Ciampa crashing to the ground. Fletcher dodged a running knee from Ciampa by the ring steps, however the champion got Fletcher across his shoulders and hit a Psycho Driver to Fletcher on the steps.
The champion almost had Fletcher pinned with a running knee and searched for an avalanche Psycho Driver, but Fletcher dodged the move. The pair then traded big moves and pinfall attempts, including Ciampa kicking out of a Brainbuster and Fletcher one other running knee and a Brainbuster by Ciampa. Ultimately, it was Fletcher to hit a Michinoku Driver and one final Brainbuster for the win.
Following the match, Fletcher was challenged to a seventh match by former champion Mark Briscoe, who said their series was tied at three wins each. Fletcher accepted the challenge, but said it needed to be their final match, on his home turf at Grand Slam Australia on Saturday. In his final demand, Fletcher said it will be a ladder match to finish their story.