All Elite Wrestling held their first ever house show on Friday night in Jacksonville, FL headlined by Darby Allin defending the TNT Championship against the winner of a battle royal that took place earlier in the show.

The co-main event of the evening saw a huge 10-man tag team match featuring AEW World Champion Kenny Omega, Michael Nakazawa and the Young Bucks teaming up with DDT Pro’s debuting Konosuke Takeshita.

AEW The House Always Wins
April 9, 2021
Jacksonville, FL

1. TNT Title #1 Contender’s Battle Royal: The Butcher def. Austin Gunn, Colt Cabana, Colten Gunn, the Dark Order’s 10, Dustin Rhodes, Ethan Page, Lance Archer, Powerhouse Hobbs, Ricky Starks and Scorpio Sky.
2. The Pinnacle def. Jurassic Express & Dante Martin
3. Jade Cargill def. Reka Tahaka
4. Street Fight: Cody Rhodes def. Aaron Solow
5. Best Friends def. Max Caster & TH2
6. Eddie Kingston def. Cezar Bononi
7. Hikaru Shida & Red Velvet & Ryo Mizunami & Tay Conti def. Britt Baker & The Bunny & Nyla Rose & Rebel
8. Death Triangle & The Sydal Brothers def. Kenny Omega & Konosuke Takeshita & Michael Nakazawa & The Young Bucks
9. TNT Title Match: Darby Allin (c) def. The Butcher

#theButcher (@AndyComplains) wins #theHouseAlwaysWin Battle Royal in 8 minutes 48 seconds, and will face @DarbyAllin in the main event for the TNT Championship pic.twitter.com/6B7fONbIaA

— All Elite Wrestling (@AEW) April 9, 2021

#Pinnacle's @the_MJF, @DaxFTR & @CashWheelerFTR pick up the win tonight over Jurassic Express (@boy_myth_legend & @luchasaurus), @lucha_angel1 and @facdaniels in 14 minutes and 30 seconds #TheHouseAlwaysWins pic.twitter.com/uMCO37FLFN

— All Elite Wrestling (@AEW) April 9, 2021

#theHouseAlwaysWins – @Jade_Cargill picks up the quick win in 3 minutes and 30 seconds over #RekaTahaka pic.twitter.com/roJV23NjWN

— All Elite Wrestling (@AEW) April 9, 2021

.@CodyRhodes defeats @aaronsolow in the #DUUUVAL Street Fight in 15 minutes 47 seconds and then is attacked by #Factory member #Olympic Boxer @AnthonyOgogo #theHouseAlwaysWins pic.twitter.com/QEXDJGfVHn

— All Elite Wrestling (@AEW) April 10, 2021

Best Friends & @orangecassidy pick up the win in six man action against @AngelicoAAA, @JackEvans711 & @PlatinumMax in 11 minutes and 10 seconds #theHouseAlwaysWins pic.twitter.com/CNFDhW95D9

— All Elite Wrestling (@AEW) April 10, 2021

.@Thee_Red_Velvet, @TayConti_ @mizunami0324 & @AEW Women's World Champion @shidahikaru scored the hard fought win over @NylaRoseBeast, @RebelTanea, @AllieWrestling & @RealBrittBaker in 14 minutes, when Conti pinned Rebel following the #DDTay pic.twitter.com/8CU0hL7m3s

— All Elite Wrestling (@AEW) April 10, 2021

Matt & Mike Sydal & Death Triangle – Pac, Penta El Zero Miedo & Rey Fenix defeated Konosuke Takeshitaa, MT Nakazawa and the Elite – Kenny Omega, Matt & Nick Jackson in 12 minutes and 25 seconds #theHouseAlwaysWins pic.twitter.com/Jodj5y0jYs

— All Elite Wrestling (@AEW) April 10, 2021

In the main event of @AEW's #theHouseAlwaysWins @DarbyAllin defeated #theButcher (@andycomplains) to retain the #TNTChampionship pic.twitter.com/nsXxNTou5z

— All Elite Wrestling (@AEW) April 10, 2021

Christian Cage recently spoke about joining AEW, comparing it to when he left WWE to join TNA back in 2005.

The new AEW star spoke with ET Canada’s Shakiel Mahjouri, where he compared the two, discussing the importance of him betting on himself in both those scenarios.

“When I left in 2005, it was more to bet on myself and to prove a point. I felt like I was stuck in a rut. I felt like I needed to get away in order to come back and be better than I was. I needed to step away and prove that I can work at and wrestle at the top of the card and carry a show. I felt like if I just stayed in WWE, I wasn’t necessarily going to get that opportunity no matter what reactions or the quality of matches that I was putting on. So I needed to kind of bet on myself, get out of their face for a little while, go and prove that even if it was on a smaller scale that I could do that. I feel like I did. then I came back. This time is a little bit different. I didn’t leave WWE because I wasn’t under contract with WWE. I hadn’t been under contract for WWE in probably six, seven years at this point in time. So it was a choice that I made. I needed the best platform for me at this stage of my career where I felt like I could go out and do my best work and also elevate the next generation that is coming up behind me.”

Christian was also asked what is on his bucket list for his career, where Cage made it clear that right now it is to simply just be back and be able to write the final chapter of his career on his own terms.

“Yeah, I mean, right now, just to come back and to compete at a high level. If I couldn’t come back and be what I was, if not better, I wouldn’t even attempt this and for me, the only goal that I have is to put on quality matches and to be able to write this final chapter myself. It never sat well with me that I was told that this was done. So now that I’ve been kind of gifted this opportunity to rewrite this final chapter on my own, I don’t take that lightly. So I’m going to go out there and whether I’m working in main events, I’m working for championships, whether I become the champion, that’s all icing on the cake. But for me just to go out there and have quality matches and, at the same time, elevate and help teach the younger generation coming up and make sure that they’re set up for success in the future.” (H/T to Fightful.com for the transcriptions)

You can check out the full interview below:

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