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AEW Dynamite live results: Omega vs. Janela no DQ match

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World Champion Kenny Omega will be in action in a no DQ match against Joey Janela on tonight’s AEW Dynamite. 

Omega and Janela were originally scheduled to face off in the first round of the AEW World title eliminator tournament in October. Janela ended up being pulled from the tournament due to contact tracing. Omega went on to win the tournament, beating Hangman Page at Full Gear in the finals. 

Should Janela win, he will be granted a future title shot against Omega. 

A 12-man tag is also scheduled for tonight’s show. Last week’s battle between MJF and Orange Cassidy for the Dynamite Diamond Ring saw involvement in, or interference from, all fourteen competitors. The match will be Chris Jericho, MJF, Santana, Ortiz, Sammy Guevara & Jake Hager vs. Best Friends, Top Flight & Varsity Blondes. 

As The Dark Order continues to look to add to their ranks, Hangman Page agreed to team with Alex Reynolds and John Silver on tonight’s show. They will face Matt Hardy and Private Party in trios action. 

Cody Rhodes will face Angelico this evening. SCU will also take on The Acclaimed. An appearance by Sting and promos by Dustin Rhodes and Eddie Kingston have also been advertised. 

Our live coverage begins at 8 p.m. Eastern time. 

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Show Report —

Matt Hardy & Private Party (Marq Quen & Isiah Kassidy) defeated “Hangman” Adam Page & Dark Order (John Silver & Alex Reynolds)

Page and Quen started off, but they wrestled to a stalemate, so Hardy tagged in. Hardy forced Page into his corner, but Page escaped a triple team and his team dispatched Hardy and Private Party. Silver celebrated by jumping on Page’s back, so Page dropped him onto Kassidy and covered for two.

Reynolds made a blind tag and he and Silver nailed Kassidy with a double team. Page followed it up with a running Shooting Star Press for two. Kassidy escaped and reached Quen for a hot tag. Quen downed all three opponents and Private Party hit a double team sequence on Silver for two.

Hardy and Private Party maintained control by isolating Silver, who eventually countered a dive and hit a brainbuster, allowing him to reach Page. Kassidy also tagged in, but Page went on a roll with clotheslines and a fallaway slam before landing a plancha on Hardy.

Back in the ring, Page flattened Kassidy with a lariat for a near fall. Hardy made a blind tag and hit the Side Effect for two. Page fought out of the Twist of Fate and reached Reynolds for yet another hot tag. Reynolds ran wild with forearms and a neckbreaker, then he, Silver, and Page hit a nice combination of power moves. Reynolds had it won, but Hardy pulled him out of the ring before the three, and hit Silver with the Twist of Fate on the floor.

Reynolds was isolated in the ring as Private Party hit him with Gin ‘n’ Juice. Before they could cover, Hardy tagged in, and he covered for three.

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The Inner Circle were interviewed about MJF’s New York Times Best Performance award for the Dinner Debonair. MJF began to speak, but Jericho emphasized that he created the Dinner Debonair and was the co-star. MJF said that the Times got one thing wrong: he couldn’t have done it without Jericho. MJF patronizingly said that he sees Jericho as a mentor, the GOAT, and his best friend. Through gritted teeth, all Jericho could say was “congratulations.”

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A video aired of Cody and Brandi Rhodes preparing for Christmas at home. A present arrived at their door, and inside the package was an ornament that read “We’re expecting a new baby, due 2021.”

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Cody was billed as a “future father” from Justin Roberts’ ring introduction.

Cody Rhodes (w/ Arn Anderson) defeated Angélico (w/ Jack Evans)

They performed technical wrestling early on, but neither man could establish any sort of advantage. Angélico was able to match Cody move for move and taunted as Cody sold frustration. Cody took control with a dropkick after a lengthy rope-running sequence as we went to a break. During the break, Evans hopped up on the ring apron, but Arn pulled him off and shoved him down. Angélico controlled the whole way.

Back from break, Cody escaped out of a suplex and downed Angélico with a kick. Cody hit clotheslines and a powerslam for two. Angélico caught the Rhodes drop-down right hand and turned it into a grounded octopus. With his arms trapped, Cody had to use his teeth to get a rope break.

Cody hit a pump kick and went for a backslide for two, but Angélico countered the Disaster Kick into a dragon screw. Angélico locked on the Navarro Death Roll, but Cody was able to reach the ropes. Cody hit the drop down right hand and went for Cross Rhodes, but Angélico fought out. Cody then hit a step-up Cody Cutter from the top rope for the pin.

After the match, Team Taz came out to “congratulate” Cody on he and Brandi’s pregnancy. Starks asked where this congratulations was when he and Cage made Cody and Darby Allin, who was watching from above, their sons. Taz said that Cage would whoop Allin’s ass. Team Taz walked to the ring to attack Cody, but the lights went out and Sting made his entrance, bat in hand. He stared down Team Taz and then the segment just ended.

They advertised Sting’s appearance tonight as “Sting Speaks,” so unless that happens later, that segment will come across as treading water from prior weeks.

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Miro was interviewed. It was revealed that Miro injured three AEW staff members and that he is being fined $75,000. Miro said that his problem with Orange Cassidy is that he doesn’t care about all the important things like subscribers and ratings. He said that he’d face Sonny Kiss on AEW Dark next week, and Kip and Penelope would announce their wedding date on next week’s Dynamite. 

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Eddie Kingston came out to the ring and said he doesn’t care about anyone in attendance. He’s here to address his enemies. Kingston’s first enemy is God, because he’s still living. His second enemy is PAC, who he said went back home to nurse his injuries and that his career is done. He was about to talk about Lance Archer, but Archer immediately ran out to beat him down.

Butcher, Blade, and Bunny ran out to stop Archer’s attack, but then the Lucha Bros arrived alongside PAC. They all beat down Kingston, Butcher, and Blade. Fenix took out Butcher and Blade with a tornillo. Archer was about to chokeslam Kingston, but PAC kicked Kingston out of his grip, and they exchanged words, but they and the Lucha Bros stood tall.

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Dustin Rhodes was inteviewed by Dasha. Regarding Evil Uno’s offer from last week, Dustin said that “7” is still a bad idea. He said that every single member of Dark Order will fall, and next week, he’ll face Uno.

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Inner Circle (Chris Jericho, MJF, Jake Hager, Sammy Guevara, Santana, & Ortiz) defeated Best Friends (Chuck Taylor & Trent?), Top Flight (Darius Martin & Daunte Martin), & Varsity Blondes (Griff Garrison & Brian Pillman Jr.)

This was originally a 14-man tag with Wardlow and Brandon Cutler added, but Wardlow couldn’t make the show due to a family conflict. Orange Cassidy joined commentary for the match, but he didn’t say much.

Trent and Jericho started off, but Pillman wanted in. Pillman surprised Jericho after a strong lockup, so Jericho beat him down with strikes. Pillman fought back with chops and springboard moves. A springboard dropkick sent Jericho to the floor. Pillman dove with a rotating plancha, which nearly missed.

Garrison tagged in and landed a slingshot legdrop for two. Jericho was able to push Pillman into the Inner Circle’s corner and Guevara tagged in. Garrison tagged in Daunte as two of the best athletes in the company faced off. Guevara flipped him off and downed him with a dropkick. Daunte surprised Guevara with a leg lariat and Top Flight tried a double team which didn’t really land like they intended.

Guevara dropped Daunte with a right hand, leading to Trent and Santana tagging in. Taylor and Ortiz faced off as well as the Best Friends interacted with Santana and Ortiz for the first time since their parking lot brawl. Everyone entered the fray, but the face team sent the Inner Circle packing, and they all came together for a six-way hug.

Back in the ring, Santana hit the Three Amigos suplexes, with Ortiz joining for the third. MJF tagged in with a dive onto Trent’s arm. The Inner Circle beat Trent down on the floor as their team complained to the official, and maintained their advantage through a commercial break. 

Guevara cockily went for a Shooting Star Press, but Trent rolled out of the way and hit a bicycle knee, allowing him to tag in Darius. Darius sent the Inner Circle off the apron and hit a Spanish Fly on Ortiz. He went for a dive, but was cut off, so Daunte made a blind tag and immediately dove onto the pile after.

Best Friends hit their half-and-half Soul Food combination and Garrison tagged in. Garrison cleared the ring but was cut off by a bat strike from Jericho. Hager tagged in and hit an awkward-looking F10 in a reference to Wardlow, then MJF tagged in to get the pin.

The teams brawled after the match, but Top Flight were the only ones left standing in the ring when it was all said and done.

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Thunder Rosa was interviewed about Dr. Britt Baker. Rosa said that she’s wrestled all over the world, and that it was Baker’s fault that she lost her NWA Women’s Championship match with Serena Deeb. She laughed at the idea that Baker said Rosa “doesn’t belong.” Rebel arrived and said that Rosa’s laugh is terrible, and Baker attacked from behind. They poured water on Rosa’s face, smearing her face paint, and Baker called Rosa ugly.

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The Acclaimed (Anthony Bowens & Max Caster) defeated SCU (Christopher Daniels & Frankie Kazarian)

The Acclaimed made their Dynamite debuts in this match. Caster’s schtick is that he raps about his opponents before their matches in a very similar manner to Thuganomics-era John Cena, and he did the same to SCU. Kazarian grabbed a mic and returned the favor. I’ll just say he’s a better wrester than rapper.

Kazarian and Bowens started off. A Northern Lights suplex got Kazarian a quick two count. Daniels tagged in, and a double team got another two. Bowens powered out of a move and tagged in Caster, who was met with a diving dropkick from Daniels.

Bowens tagged in but was again met with an attack from Kazarian until Caster knocked Kazarian off the apron, allowing The Acclaimed to beat him down on the floor. The Acclaimed maintained their advantage for a long time, until Kazarian hit a slingshot DDT and tagged in Daniels. 

Daniels hit clotheslines and right hands on Bowens. He hit an STO on Caster and a Blue Thunder Bomb on Bowens for two. Daniels set up for the Best Moonsault Ever, but The Acclaimed cut him off. Bowens and Daniels fought on the top rope, but Daniels pushed Bowens down and landed a diving crossbody for two.

Bowens kicked out of an O’Connor roll, allowing Caster to hit Daniels with their boombox. Bowens followed it up with something similar to a Final Cut for the win, their eighth straight.

After the match, Caster took a mic and rapped about the Young Bucks, who were ringside, saying he and Bowens want the tag titles. Bowens grabbed the mic and laid down the challenge, saying that The Acclaimed have arrived.

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Top Flight were interviewed about why they made the save against MJF and Chris Jericho after the match. Darius said that MJF was the hottest young star until Top Flight arrived. They’re the coldest team in AEW, and they challenged MJF and Jericho to a match next week.

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Big Swole & Serena Deeb defeated Ivelisse & Diamante

Ivelisse & Deeb started off. Deeb downed Ivelisse with a clothesline. Swole and Diamante tagged in, and Diamante was able to hit a German suplex. Ivelisse and Diamante kept up their beatdown on Swole through the break.

Deeb got the hot tag and hit a rope-hang neckbreaker on Ivelisse. She applied a figure-four leglock, but Ivelisse rolled to tag in Diamante. Ivelisse and Diamante flattened Deeb with a combination sidewalk slam for two.

Swole tagged in and laid in chops on Diamante, but missed Dirty Dancing. Ivelisse grabbed Swole’s hair, but Swole was able to fight out of a Sliced Bread and hit a Tiger Driver. She followed it up with the Clearwater Cloverleaf, Deeb controlled Ivelisse, and Diamante tapped out.

Nyla Rose attacked after the match with Vickie Guerrero. They and Ivelisse and Diamante continued their beatdown, but Red Velvet ran out with a steel chair, sending the heels packing.

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After the commercial break that occurred during the previous match, a video aired promoting AEW’s new partnership with Rooster Teeth, headlined by Scorpio Sky.

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The Best Friends and Orange Cassidy addressed Miro outside. They said they’d make an appearance at Kip and Penelope’s wedding.

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A video aired highlighting Jurassic Express, who will face “5” and “10” of the Dark Order next week. FTR and Tully Blanchard came out to commentary to complain, calling Jurassic Express a sideshow. They’re offended that as the greatest tag team in the world, time is being sent on a gimmick like Jurassic Express.

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Lineup for next week’s Dynamite:

  • Young Bucks (c) vs. The Acclaimed for the AEW Tag Team Championships
  • Chris Jericho & MJF vs. Top Flight
  • Dustin Rhodes vs. Evil Uno
  • Jurassic Express vs. Colt Cabana, “5”, and “10
  • PAC vs. The Butcher
  • Hikaru Shida in action

Also, Chris Jericho will be on commentary. Dynamite will air either at its normal time or immediately following the end of NBA on TNT.

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No Disqualification match: Kenny Omega (w/ Don Callis) defeated Joey Janela (w/ Sonny Kiss)

Janela tossed a garbage can in Omega’s face during his entrance as Callis told Schiavone to get out of commentary so Callis could speak. Schiavone told Callis “kiss my ass.” 

Janela landed a tope suicida and set up a chair, but Omega turned it into a Kotaro Crusher onto the chair. Omega hit a baseball slide and his Terminator dive as Callis called the match with a house microphone, calling it “personal commentary.” Omega attacked Janela with a cookie sheet.

Callis handed Omega a microphone and Omega used it to amplify his attack as he and Callis bantered. Omega then landed a moonsault through a trash can. He continued his attack with chops and strikes with the cookie sheet before hitting a springboard stomp through the trash can. Omega set up for the One-Winged Angel, but Janela countered out with a reverse hurricanrana. 

Kiss set up a table on the outside as Janela looked for weapons. Janela set up Omega on the table and put him through it with a diving leg drop. Back in the ring, Omega rolled out of the way of a top-rope moonsault and landed two V-Triggers. The One-Winged Angel followed for the win in about six minutes.

After the match, Callis said that there are no more unanswered questions after the AEW Title eliminator tournament. The Death Triangle came out and PAC said that there was unfinished business, as Fenix never lost to Omega because he couldn’t compete due to injury.

Callis said that wrestlers don’t tell the world champion what to do, but PAC had already spoken to Tony Khan, and on December 30, Omega will defend the AEW Championship against Fenix. Callis and Omega berated them as the show closed.

VIDEO: Being The Elite – ‘Cowboy Day’

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This week on Being The Elite —

The cold open —

  • A segment from Dynamite was replayed where Hangman Page agreed to team with Alex Reynolds and John Silver against Matt Hardy and Private Party on this week’s Dynamite. 
  • After the segment ended, Reynolds said he had an idea on how to make Hangman teaming with them even more special — Cowboy Day. 

Dark Order —

  • Reynolds and Silver brought Hangman to their lair for a meeting. The room was decked out like a saloon and all of the other Dark Order members were dressed in cowboy gear. Reynolds asked Hangman if he wanted to ride 10. 10 then appeared dressed as a horse. Things took a turn when Silver pointed finger guns at Hangman. 
  • Later, a finger gun fight broke out. Page was the last one standing. Once he left, the rest of the group realized that they had forgotten to ask him to join Dark Order. 

The Elite —

  • Footage was shown of The Young Bucks vs. TH2 from last week’s Dynamite. 

BTE Championship —

  • John Silver was set to defend his BTE title against Shawn Dean in a Skittles throwing competition. Brandon Cutler’s camera died and didn’t capture the first game, which Silver won. A second game was filmed with the caveat that if Dean won that round, a third and deciding round would commence. 
  • Silver retained the title. 

Miscellaneous bits —

  • Kip Sabian continued his quest to prove that he is a superior gamer to Leva Bates. He beat Bates in a game. Miro told him after that Bates had let him win. Sabian asked Penelope Ford if it was true. She said no, but Sabian doubted her.
  • Dasha interrupted Alex Abrahantes as he began his Speaking Spanglish segment. She staged an intervention with the Latin contingent over Abrahantes flirting with Dark Order on recent episodes. The intervention was interrupted when someone delivered empanadas.  

VIDEO: Being The Elite – ‘Heel Turn’

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This week on Being The Elite —

  • The show opened with a brief clip of Sting’s Dynamite entrance from a backstage point of view. 
  • Shawn Dean, Aaron Solow, Chuck Taylor, Trent and Evil Uno played the card game Uno to determine the next number one contender to John Silver’s BTE Championship. White Claw in hand, Silver slurred through an introduction for the game. Dean won. 
  • Next week it’s Silver vs. Dean in a Skittles-throwing competition for the BTE title. 

The Elite —

  • The Bucks wished Kenny Omega luck before his AEW title match and promised to get their office ready to celebrate later. After his match, Omega left the building immediately. The Bucks went to the office and explained to Brandon Cutler that Omega turned heel. 
  • The Acclaimed and TH2 attacking The Young Bucks on Dynamite was replayed. A bit followed where Nick Jackson explained what happened in the attack and talked about Wednesday’s ratings. 
  • Brandon Cutler and Fuego Del Sol cut promos on each other ahead of their match on Dark. 

Dark Order —

  • Silver and Alex Reynolds set a trap with whiskey to try to lure Hangman Page to their lair. The entire Dark Order group started drinking whiskey together. 
  • The drinking continued throughout the show. Alan Angels took a shot off Preston Vance’s body. 
  • By the time Page arrived, the entire group was too drunk to recruit him. Page grabbed the whiskey and left as he heard Omega being announced as the new AEW Champion. 

Miscellaneous bits —

  • Dasha Gonzalez, Ortiz and Diamante were looking for Alex Abrahantes backstage. They found him in a storage area watching Dark Order clips from BTE and drinking Dark Order’s purple Kool-Aid. 
  • Frankie Kazarian continued being angry but denying that he needs anger management. 
  • Marko Stunt wished Matt Hardy luck in the Dynamite Diamond Battle Royale and made fun of his gear. Hardy went on a tangent about how iconic his look is. This led to a plug for The Young Bucks book. Chris Jericho made a cameo and told Stunt he should write a book. 
  • Private Party confronted Matt Hardy for his behavior in the Battle Royale. Hardy promised them that everything was just a test and they don’t have any problems with each other. 

VIDEO: Being The Elite – Sad Hangman

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This week on Being The Elite —

  • John Silver won a mustard packet throwing challenge over Trent to retain the BTE Championship. Silver also won $1000 from Nick Jackson in the challenge.  

The Elite —

  • The Young Bucks plugged their book. 
  • Matt and Nick were playing basketball backstage. Matt Hardy approached and told them about the time that he substituted for Steve Austin after he took his ball and went home. Hardy then chastised Matt and Nick for having a bad attitude towards him of late. 

Dark Order —

  • Dark Order commiserated in their backstage area after John Silver and Anna Jay lost their matches last week. They shared a group hug. Colt Cabana has his face back. Hangman Page saw the group hug and was envious. Sad cowboy music played. 
  • Anna Jay and Tay Conti interrupted a Jurassic Express meeting with Super Panda. The ladies were smitten with Panda once he began singing. Marko Stunt freaked out and accused Panda of stealing his singing gimmick. 

Miscellaneous bits —

  • In the cold open, Private Party tricked Ortiz into eating a spicy chip. Ortiz no-sold it until Private Party was out of sight, then ran for a bathroom to throw up. 
  • Brandon Cutler didn’t know what a hard camera was. Frankie Kazarian called him a mark. Marko Stunt asked Kazarian if he had signed up for anger management classes yet. 
  • We saw Cutler Cam footage from Dynamite. 
  • Kip Sabian threatened Leva Bates for beating him in video games. 

VIDEO: Being The Elite – A Dark Order Thanksgiving

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This week on Being The Elite —

  • Luchasaurus, Trent, Ricky Starks, Aaron Solow and Super Panda participated in a One Chip Challenge to determine the next number one contender for John Silver’s BTE Championship. Trent secured a title shot by eating a second chip. Silver will defend the title in a mustard packet throwing challenge next week. 

The Elite —

  • Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson did an extended plug for their new book while in an airport. 
  • Matt and Nick went to a Barnes & Noble to look for a copy of their new book. They found it there in the romance section. 
  • The Bucks approached Kenny Omega backstage while he was having cupping done on his back. 
  • We got footage of The Bucks vs. Top Flight from Dynamite. Later, Matt and Nick were interviewing Top Flight backstage. Matt Hardy entered and did his new heelish gimmick, making everything about himself. “The truth is the truth” is Hardy’s new catchphrase. 
  • Hardy continued to pop up in various scenarios and spouting the catchphrase. 
  • Brandon Cutler was looking for “spotted monkeys” in the bathroom. Frankie Kazarian got upset with him for not knowing what spot monkeys are. 

Dark Order —

  • Anna Jay entered Dark Order’s locker room and shoved Stu Grayson over a table. 
  • The bullying continued at Dark Order’s Thanksgiving celebration as Jay demanded Grayson’s french fries. Everyone stated what they are most thankful for. 

Miscellaneous bits —

  • In the cold open, Orange Cassidy and Kris Statlander ran towards each other with their fingers extended for a boop while 80s music played in the background. 
  • Leva Bates again effortlessly beat Kip Sabian at a video game. 
  • Michael Nakazawa was seen oiling up the ring ropes in an effort to explain why Trent slipped on the ropes during a recent match with Miro. 

VIDEO: Being The Elite – First BTE title defense

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Video —

This week on Being The Elite —

  • John Silver defeated Trent in a water bottle flip contest to win the BTE Championship. 

The Elite —

  • Matt and Nick had their new nameplates added to the AEW Tag titles. Sammy Guevara ribbed them and pretended that he had destroyed the BTE Championship belt. 
  • Brandon Cutler asked Frankie Kazarian if two wins equal a winning streak. Kazarian flipped out on him and called him a mark. 
  • The Bucks gave signed copies of their book to Chris Jericho, Tony Khan, Cody and Matt Hardy. The book drops tomorrow. 
  • The Bucks met with Matt Hardy in their locker room. Hardy did a new fake sincere gimmick. 

Dark Order —

  • In the show’s cold open, John Silver and Alex Reynolds tried to recruit Frankie Kazarian to Dark Order. Kazarian reminded them that Dark Order beat up SCU and left them laying for seemingly three straight months to start 2020. Jerry Lynn made a cameo and suggested anger management for Kazarian, who snapped and stormed off. 
  • Stu Grayson was arguing with Private Party backstage. Anna Jay approached and shoved Grayson over a table. 
  • The group decided that they needed a bonding exercise. Alan Angels suggested family therapy. Instead, the other members decided to cut all his body hair off. 

Miscellaneous bits —

  • “Pretty” Peter Avalon drank in the Daily’s Place bar with a couple of people represented by gloved hands, one of whom was Kazarian doing his police officer voice, complete with jokes about going to the bathroom in his pants. 
  • Evil Uno, Nyla Rose, Colt Cabana, Kip Sabian, Alex Abrahantes, Leva Bates, Cutler and Allie did an extended Among Us spoof to plug their Twitch channels. 

VIDEO: Being The Elite – The Young Bucks Full Gear celebration

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This week on Being The Elite —

The Elite —

  • SCU threw a big locker room champagne celebration for The Young Bucks after they won the AEW World Tag Team Championships at Full Gear. Kenny Omega joined them. Hangman Page walked past the room but did not join and walked off with sad cowboy music playing. 
  • Shaq made a cameo backstage at Full Gear. 
  • In the cold open, Nick berated Matt the night before Full Gear for adding the stipulation the The Bucks would never challenge for the Tag titles again if they lost. Matt said he had a Plan B and showed Nick a rendering of TNT Tag Team titles. 
  • The Bucks went to a Wal Mart searching for their action figures and still couldn’t find any. 
  • Matt Jackson talked about his injuries. 
  • The Bucks and Brandon Cutler shot some videos backstage. 

Dark Order —

  • The Dark Order was trying to cheer up John Silver after his Full Gear loss. They began a derisive chant about Hangman Page. Page walked in and joined in the chant. Evil Uno saw this as an opportunity and the episode ended with Uno rushing off to try to recruit Page. 
  • John Silver and Alex Reynolds tried to recruit Michael Nakazawa to Dark Order. Instead, Nakazawa used his underpants to apply an iron claw on both guys. 

Gator Golf —

  • Trent won the Gator Golf tournament and was crowned the first BTE Champion. 

Miscellaneous bits —

  • Eddie Kingston cut an incredible promo. He vowed to be back on Dynamite Wednesday. 
  • AEW talent was shown signing autograph stickers for an upcoming trading cards set. 
  • There was a running gag where Frankie Kazarian was getting angry and cursing at people backstage, including Cutler and Justin Roberts. 
  • Miro and Kip Sabian were playing video games backstage as Penelope Ford looked on. Leva Bates entered and asked to play. Bates beat Sabian at his own game. 
  • Jurassic Express were in a cold tub. They got out of the tub and Anna Jay approached. The joke here was that Marko Stunt has big genitals.

VIDEO: Being The Elite – Brandon Cutler’s big win

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This week on Being The Elite —

The Elite —

  • In the cold open, Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson limped to the ring to support Brandon Cutler in his match against Peter Avalon. 
  • A Brandon Cutler video promo aired. It showed highlights from his long series of losses. Between singles and tags, Cutler went 0-25-2 in AEW before finally beating Avalon on Dark. The video ended with Cutler’s first win.
  • Cutler and The Young Bucks cut a promo after after the victory. Cutler said wins and losses matter but people get caught up on the wins. Cutler said he proved that losses matter too. 

Dark Order —

  • Alex Reynolds and John Silver approached Darby Allin and tried to appeal to him by talking about how much they love Good Charlotte and skateboards. They also had their faces painted. Silver told Allin they wanted to recruit him. Allin chased them away.

Gator Golf —

  • Eddie Kingston made a putt backstage, but he is not in the tournament. 
  • The three-way Gator Golf final to determine the first BTE World Champion will be held on next week’s episode. 

Miscellaneous bits —

  • Fuego Del Sol was with Sammy Guevara backstage. Fuego said he flew himself in, put himself up in a hotel and showed up at Dynamite in his gear to show that he was ready for an opportunity. Matt walked by. Guevara told Fuego that if he took out Matt he could get back into the Gator Golf tournament. Guevara threw a shoe at Matt but it hit Brian Cage instead. Cage went after Fuego. Fuego ratted Guevara out. Cage chased after Guevara. 
  • Super Panda and Luchasaurus were hanging out at Luchasaurus’s dad’s house. Dad made a cameo. Panda wanted to work on Luchasaurus being able to hit a destroyer. Luchasaurus only wanted to work on big man spots. Luchasaurus hit a dive off a diving board into a swimming pool but splashed his dad with water. 

Speaking Spanglish — 

  • Alex Abrahantes hosted Spanglish Familia Feud. 
  • It was Dasha Gonzalez, Santana, Ortiz, Sammy Guevara & Diamante vs. The Dark Order (Evil Uno, 10, Alan Angels, Stu Grayson, Anna Jay & John Silver)
  • The gag here was that the game was rigged in Dark Order’s favor until Abrahantes showed up as his fortune teller character and tipped the game in the other side’s favor. 
  • The sound quality was awful. The bit was endless. This was a huge miss.

VIDEO: Being The Elite – Dark Order Halloween party

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This week on Being The Elite —

The Elite —

  • Matt Jackson got a new phone that made him paranoid. It caused him to see Nick Jackson having a singles run with the TNT Championship, Christopher Daniels leaving to be head of talent relations for NXT and Brandon Cutler joining Best Friends. 
  • It was revealed that Tony Schiavone was behind the phone as a way of getting revenge on Matt. 
  • There was a Christopher Daniels visa joke in here and multiple Triple H references.
  • Highlights of FTR attacking Matt and Nick on Dynamite were shown. 

Dark Order —

  • Dark Order threw a costume party. Evil Uno was dressed as The Riddler. Alan Angels and Preston Vance were both The Joker. Alex Reynolds was Slutty George Washington. John Silver was Buffalo Bill from Silence of the Lambs. Stu Grayson was Slutty Robin. 
  • “Broken” Matt Hardy, Sammy Guevara, Leva Bates, Nyla Rose and Griff Garrison appeared at the party. Private Party were not allowed in. 

Gator Golf —

  • John Silver defeated Colt Cabana/Michael Nakazawa
  • Matt Jackson defeated Fuego Del Sol
  • Trent defeated Matt Hardy

Miscellaneous bits —

  • Brandon Cutler asked various AEW talent backstage who would win in his match with Peter Avalon on Dark. 
  • Eddie Kingston cut a promo on Halloween

AEW Dark results: Natural Nightmares vs. Dark Order

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This week’s edition of AEW Dark was billed as having a double main event: Nyla Rose vs. Raché Chanel followed by the Natural Nightmares vs. John “4” Silver and Colt Cabana of the Dark Order.

The Big Takeaways: 

The Dark Order continue to struggle to pick up wins as they went 0-2 on this week’s show and showed major dissension in the main event. Shawn Spears staring down Scorpio Sky, Brandi Rhodes confronting Anna Jay, and Brandon Cutler accepting a challenge from Peter Avalon were the show’s other major story developments. 

Show Recap:

Excalibur and Taz were tonight’s commentary team. They were joined by Shawn Spears for the opener, who was then replaced by Ricky Starks for the rest of the show. Spears was awkward and unconvincing like he was simply playing the role of a bad guy, but Starks continued to naturally play off well with his Team Taz leader.

SCU (Scorpio Sky & Frankie Kazarian) defeated Ray Rosas & RYZIN

Spears said that after their confrontation on the Late Night Dynamite special, scouting Sky was the reason for him joining commentary. Sky has quietly been no. 5 in the AEW men’s singles rankings for nearly two months. 

SCU controlled the early portion. Rosas regained advantage with a missile dropkick and he and RYZIN took turns distracting the referee and performing illegal moves. Kazarian escaped for the hot tag to Sky and after a slingshot cutter, SCU performed their assisted knee strike for the win. 

Post-match, Spears sarcastically clapped from the commentary desk. He and Sky exchanged glances as SCU made their way to the back.

– Backstage, 4 (Silver) of the Dark Order was asked how he felt about teaming with Cabana. He complained to Evil Uno about having to team with him as Mr. Brodie Lee has had problems with him. After a pep talk, Cabana arrived but wasn’t clued into the team’s issues.

– Starks then joined the commentary team.

Penelope Ford (w/ Kip Sabian) defeated Alex Gracia

This was Gracia’s AEW debut and despite being only two years into her career, she’s well-traveled, making stops in Japan’s STARDOM as well as CMLL. Unfortunately, this wasn’t the most impressive debut as this quick match was mostly sluggish and indecisive.

A running dropkick sent Ford to the outside, but Ford took advantage when they re-entered the ring. A fireman’s carry lungblower from Ford got two, and a fisherman’s suplex got three.

Best Friends (Chuck Taylor & Trent?) defeated M’Badu & BSHP King

M’Badu showed great athleticism in this one. Best Friends controlled the early goings after a double shoulder tackle. They isolated King in the corner and beat him down with frequent tags. King escaped after a powerslam, but missed a swanton bomb.

Trent hit a Saito suplex on M’Badu before hitting a swinging DDT out of the corner. Taylor tagged in and Best Friends hit Soul Food into a half-and-half suplex followed by a double stomp into Crunchy to pick up the win.

– Brandon Cutler addressed Peter Avalon. Neither of them were happy with their double countout draw from a couple weeks ago, so they will continue to fight until there is a victor. I know that being a nerd is Cutler’s gimmick, but he sounded rather flimsy in this promo.

Jurassic Express (Jungle Boy & Luchasaurus) (w/ Marko Stunt) defeated Dark Order (5 and 10)

This was a very solid back-and-forth tag match. 5 (Alan Angels) and 10 (Preston Vance) are both talented wrestlers; they just need wins. Evil Uno and Anna Jay came out for the entrance. Luchasaurus and 5 started out, presenting a humorous image of their massive height difference. Luchasaurus roared and 5 fled to tag in 10. He and Luchasaurus wrestled around before the latter nailed an overhead belly-to-belly suplex.

Jungle Boy and 5 tagged in and performed some back-and-forth technical wrestling. Luchasaurus tagged back in and hit a huge buckle bomb followed by Jungle Boy’s assisted flipping senton, but 5 took advantage by sweeping out Jungle Boy’s legs after he had tagged in 10.

Dark Order continued to attack Jungle Boy. He eventually made a comeback with a rebound lariat, followed by the hot tag to Luchasaurus. Luchasaurus ran wild with strikes, concluding with the Tail Whip heel kick and a fireman’s carry slam. 

Luchasaurus and 10 fought outside, but the former was sent into the ring post which allowed the Dark Order to take advantage once again. 5 hit a frog splash for a super close near fall as they teased the major upset. Dark Order missed a double team move on Jungle Boy which allowed Luchasaurus to take control with a chokeslam. An assisted cutter followed to give Jurassic Express the win.

– Serpentico & Luther, known as Chaos Project, cut a completely inscrutable promo. They take on Brian Pillman Jr. and Griff Garrison later on in the show and they have been praying for blood.

Gunn Club (Billy & Austin Gunn) defeated Cezar Bononi & Shawn Dean

This match was rough going; Austin’s green, Billy’s old, and Bononi still just hasn’t developed as a wrestler. This was Bononi’s AEW debut; he’s a former WWE developmental wrestler in NXT. He’s also huge, as he was clearly taller than Billy, and pretty shredded to boot.

After Austin and Dean performed some technical wrestling at the bell, the two giants tagged in. They fought back and forth for a moment, but Dean distracted Billy and Bononi took advantage with a big boot. After a long heat segment, Billy hit a spinning slam and reached Austin for the tag. He ran wild with offense, concluding it with a DDT for two. Billy hit the Fameasser on Dean to pick up the victory.

– QT Marshall, Dustin Rhodes, and Brandi Rhodes were backstage. Marshall said that the Dark Order is only strong in numbers while Brandi said Anna Jay isn’t here tonight (which didn’t make sense considering Jay joined the other Dark Order tag team for their entrance earlier and then both women participated in an angle in the very next segment). Dustin promoted their upcoming main event against 4 and Colt Cabana. 

Tay Conti defeated Red Velvet

Conti, another former NXT talent, picked up her first AEW singles win in this short showcase. She hit a pump kick in the early going which got two and then laid in ground and pound. Velvet fought back with clotheslines, a dropkick, and double knees to the back for two. Conti countered strikes into Kawada kicks and locked on a leg-assisted choke for the submission win. 

Post-match, Anna Jay hit her Dangerous Jay kick on Velvet, but Brandi ran out to make the save. She checked on Velvet as Conti and Jay fled, appearing to set up a tag match.

Chaos Project (Serpentico & Luther) defeated Brian Pillman Jr. & Griff Garrison

Serpentico attacked with his streamer gimmick before the bell. Unfortunately, he seemed to get tangled in it and had to wrestle the first minute or so completely covered in streamers. Back in the ring, Garrison and Pillman hit power moves on Serpentico, but Luther allowed Chaos Project to take advantage with a strong right hand.

Chaos Project’s offense is based around Luther literally throwing Serpentico into opponents. They beat down Pillman, but a crossbody allowed him to tag in Garrison. A lariat and a facebuster almost gave Garrison the win, but Luther broke it up. Serpentico avoided a double team and Chaos Project hit a doomsday meteora for the victory.

Nyla Rose (w/ Vickie Guerrero) defeated Raché Chanel

This was a very brief squash. Rose would have gotten the win with a double-hand chokeslam, but she picked Chanel up during the cover. Chanel fought back with a dropkick and a running knee, but Rose hit a uranage. Chanel attempted a last gasp at offense, but Rose turned it into the Beast Bomb for three.

Natural Nightmares (Dustin Rhodes & QT Marshall) (w/ Brandi Rhodes & Allie) defeated Dark Order (Colt Cabana & 4) (w/ Evil Uno)

4 and Cabana had never appeared as a two-man tag team before this match. The Nightmares dominated early on before Marshall and Cabana exchanged words, allowing 4 to take advantage. 

Marshall made a comeback with a backbreaker/flatliner combination, allowing him to reach Rhodes for the tag. He hit his signature offense, capped off with a powerslam for each of the Dark Order members. Cabana and 4 fled to the outside, but Rhodes took them out with a cannonball senton.

Marshall tagged in, but 4 held onto his leg which allowed Cabana to hit a strike and 4 to hit a gamengiri. They set up for a double team move, but there was miscommunication which led Marshall to hit the Diamond Cutter for the win.

Final Thoughts:

AEW Dark was a much more focused and streamlined show this week. Even though I feel like they could do even more to distill the show into its best aspects, there were fewer squashes and more of an emphasis on advancing storylines this week.

Excalibur works far better on commentary with Taz than Tony Schiavone did and the addition of Starks is a consistent highlight. Commentary used to be one of the lowlights of the show, but it was very enjoyable with the crew we had tonight. The two Dark Order matches were the best performances on the show.

Dark Order, Darby Allin, Lucha Bros part of Friday’s AEW Dark

Posted on by Josh Nason

AEW has released the lineup for their special Friday night edition of Dark with the Dark Order a major part of the show leading into Saturday’s All Out.

In a preview for an eight man tag Saturday, the Natural Nightmares (QT Marshall and Dustin Rhodes) will face 5 (Alan Angels) and 10 (Preston Vance) of the Dark Order in a featured match. This will Vance’s first match since May as he underwent undisclosed surgery on his arm in June. The Nightmares will team with Scorpio Sky and Matt Cardona to face Dark Order members Mr. Brodie Lee, Colt Cabana, Evil Uno, and Stu Grayson on the pay-per-view.

The stable will also be part of two other matches as Alex “3” Reynolds and John “4” Silver will face the team of Shawn Dean and Brandon Bullock, and the aforementioned Cabana will face Zack Clayton in singles action.

The rest of the lineup:

  • Darby Allin will face Luther for the first time ever.
  • Lucha Bros will take on Angel Perez and Ryzin.
  • Butcher & The Blade will face Faboo Andre and D3.
  • Ivelisse will take on KiLynn King who is still looking for her first AEW win.
  • Allie (w/QT Marshall) will face Red Velvet who is still looking for her first AEW win.

Mr. Brodie Lee wins TNT title on AEW Dynamite

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Mr. Brodie Lee is the new AEW TNT champion.

Lee defeated Cody on tonight’s episode of Dynamite, pinning him with a discus lariat in a short match. Lee cut a promo putting over himself and the Dark Order as medics came to stretcher out Cody, who hadn’t moved since being pinned. Lee said that with the TNT title, he now had all of the power in AEW.

As Cody was being stretchered out on the ramp, he gave a thumbs up signal to say he was okay. The Dark Order then intercepted the medics, blocking their path to the backstage area. Arn Anderson, Cody’s manager, decided to fight back, but was quickly taken out.

The rest of the Dark Order arrived, dragging QT Marshall and Dustin Rhodes out on stage. Lee laid out Cody with a loaded stachel. Brandi Rhodes came out to shield her husband from any further attack, but Anna Jay of the Dark Order choked her out.

The show ended with Lee dumping out the contents of the satchel, which was revealed to be the remnants of the old TNT championship.

Cody, the first TNT champion, had held the championship for 91 days, defeating Lance Archer in a tournament final to become the first champion back at Double or Nothing on May 23.

VIDEO: Being The Elite – Chili’s joins Dark Order

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Being The Elite’s cold open this week saw Nick Jackson trying to fire up Matt Jackson to find a new way to engage with the 50-plus demo. Nick had the local jobbers beat Matt up. They got in several digs at NXT here, spoofing Dexter Lumis and the use of crash pads. 

Ultimately, Matt decided to do a picture framing segment for this week’s 50-plus seconds for 50-plus. 

Other highlights from the episode included: 

  • Brandon Cutler confessed to Matt and Nick that he saw Best Friends and Orange Cassidy murder Colt Cabana last week. Matt and Nick explained that he must have hallucinated the whole thing. 
  • They replayed Sammy Guevara hitting Matt Hardy with a chair on Dynamite. They said that Hardy needed nine stitches to close the cut. Hardy spoke to Matt and Nick in their office. All of his personas came out during the conversation as though he no longer has control over them after the chair shot. 
  • Alex Reynolds and John Silver used candy to lure Marko Stunt into the Dark Order dressing room. Stunt was about to drink the Dark Order Kool-Aid when Luchasaurus made the save. 
  • A TH2 promo aired. Angelico and Jack Evans said that their comeback tour has begun and they’re the greatest. 
  • Alex Abrahantes, Santana and Ortiz hosted the Speaking Spanglish segment. “Chisme” was the Spanglish word this week. 
  • Dark Order had a meeting. Brodie Lee gave Evil Uno the honors of hitting Silver with a stack of papers. 
  • Christopher Daniels did a  commercial for copper coins. 
  • Matt, Nick, Cutler, Kenny Omega and Hangman Page had a meeting after their loss to Dark Order on Dynamite. Omega was upset that they lost the match. Nick said he thought they were getting the NJPW Cleaner Omega but they actually got the DDT Omega. 
  • The Elite’s meeting was interrupted by a commercial for Chili’s featuring The Dark Order. The Elite freaked out at Matt for blowing their chance at the Chili’s deal on a previous episode. 

The Exalted One’s identity to be revealed on next AEW Dynamite

Posted on by Josh Nason

Next Wednesday’s edition of AEW Dynamite from Rochester, NY, will give fans the answer to a storyline question they have asked for weeks as the identity of the Dark Order’s Exalted One will be revealed.

At AEW Revolution, a hooded figure emerged from the back following the Dark Order-SCU tag team match only to be revealed as Christoper Daniels. Daniels was suspected by some to be the leader, but he attacked Evil Uno and joined in a beatdown on Dark Order alongside his SCU teammates.

Matt Hardy has also been rumored as the leader of the group and his recent “Free The Delete” videos have pointed to his imminent arrival in AEW.

Also announced for the show:

– The Inner Circle will face The Elite in a six-man tag where the winner will have the advantage for the upcoming Blood & Guts War Games-esque double cage match in Newark, NJ. It wasn’t specified what three members of the Inner Circle will be in action.

– Lucha Bros (with PAC) will take on the Best Friends (with Orange Cassidy) in tag team action. The new Death Triangle trio were successful in their debut on Wednesday’s show with a win over Joey Janela and Private Party. After they continued to have their way following the win, Cassidy, Trent, and Chuck Taylor came out to run them off. This continues an angle that started with PAC’s win over Cassidy at Revolution.

AEW Dark results and video: Dark Order vs. Jurassic Express

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The Big News: The Dark Order, once again, didn’t make a move to attack Christopher Daniels when SCU ran out for the save following the main event.

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Did everyone miss me during my week off? Did you even notice? A shoutout to Ethan Renner for filling in for me and doing an awesome job. Of all the people who ever reviewed AEW Dark for this site, he’s the one that isn’t me.

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Tony Schiavone was standing outside to introduce the show. No Dasha Gonzalez this week, but she will be back next week.

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AEW Women’s Champion Riho defeated Shoko Nakajima in a non-title match

Nakajima has had one match for AEW, back at Fight for the Fallen, where she pinned Riho in a tag team match. Riho has only lost two matches so far and both were tag team bouts. For the first time in a singles match, Riho had the height advantage. And that’s not because Riho is terribly tall, Nakajima is approximately 4’10.

We had a suicide dive from Nakajima early, but she managed to hook her toe on the middle rope. Thankfully Riho was standing close enough, so there was no danger and Nakajima didn’t land on her head. Nakajima later ducked out of a Tiger Feint Kick and went for one of her own. Riho went to the bottom rope to avoid it, so Nakajima gave her the kick on the bottom rope.

We got the “Boo/Yay” spot with forearms, where the crowd chanted for Riho, even though Nakajima isn’t a heel.

Nakajima kicked out of a diving foot stomp, then a series of roll-ups got each wrestler two counts. Riho moved out of the way of a senton and pinned Nakajima with double knee strikes to the face.

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Jimmy Havoc defeated Sonny Kiss

Havoc hasn’t been on AEW all year so far and it’s been a while since he’s been around. The last time we saw him he was paying his fines for using his staple gun. I have to admit, this is one match I didn’t imagine AEW ever booking.

The two sportsmen exchanged holds and attempted to find out who the better grappler was. Then, ladies and gentlemen, right here on AEW Dark, we saw the biggest betrayal since Benedict Arnold sold the plans to West Point to the British. They shook hands and then Havoc punched Kiss right in the face!

After a corner dropkick, we ended up outside the ring and Kiss crashed into the barricade. Kiss got a tiny comeback and went for a chop, but Havoc moved and Kiss smacked the post. Havoc worked over the shoulder while they were outside the ring for a full two minutes and referee Aubrey Edwards made it to a four count.

Back in the ring, Havoc gave Kiss both a hip toss and a suplex into the corner.

Kiss kicked out of a rolling Death Valley Driver and then fought out of a Fujiwara armbar. He ducked the Acid Rainmaker and made a comeback. We got a one-armed belly-to-belly suplex and a cartwheel axe kick for a near fall. Kiss went for the splitting leg drop, but Havoc got his knees up and locked on a cross armbreaker for the submission win.

Dr. Luther took over the video screen at this point, calling himself the dealer. He said he loves baseball and barbed wire and then told Havoc to be ready because it will soon be time to play ball.

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Hikaru Shida defeated Cassandra Golden

Golden was playing the heel during her entrance. She has several inches on Shida and on multiple occasions grabbed Shida’s hair to maintain the advantage, so Shida returned the favor.

Though she looked green at times, Golden was composed and some of her moves looked good. She hit a Vader Bomb for a two count, which nearly made her cry when Shida kicked out.

Shida rolled out of a full nelson and hit a brutal corner knee strike. She used a judo throw and a missile dropkick for another near fall, but Golden came back and dropped the big leg. Finally, Shida hit a pair of running knees for the pin.

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The Dark Order (Stu Grayson & Evil Uno) defeated Jurassic Express (Marko Stunt & Jungle Boy)

The Dark Order had all their minions at ringside, while Luchasaurus did not come out with the Jurassic Express. Still no hints on who The Exhausted One…I mean The Exalted One is.

Evil Uno ran over Jungle Boy to get the heat. Jungle Boy tried to lift Uno up, but Uno raked his nails on his back. Grayson rolled him to the apron and hit a slingshot senton while Jungle Boy was on the ring apron, which is the hardest part of the ring.

Stunt got the hot tag and immediately got booted right in the face. However, the power of momentum compelled him, so he briefly ran wild before immediately tagging out to the man who was beaten on for five minutes.

Jungle Boy hit a suicide dive on Alex Reynolds and John Silver, then gave Uno a Samoan drop for a two count.

Jurassic Express got Grayson on the middle rope, so Stunt did a dive off Jungle Boy’s back, which he turned into a senton. Uno broke up the ensuing cover by giving a body slam to Stunt on top of Jungle Boy. Jungle Boy got sent to the outside and Dark Order took back over on Stunt and pinned him after hitting Fatality.

The minions jumped in the ring after the match and put the boots to Stunt. Luchasaurus decided now was the best time to come out. He took out all four of the nameless minions and then took out both Reynolds and Silver. Uno and Grayson eventually attacked Luchasaurus from behind and stomped the dinosaur into the ground.

Out ran SCU, which sent the Dark Order scattering. Christopher Daniels demanded they come in and fight, but again, they won’t do anything when it comes to attacking Daniels.

So, that does it for this week. See ya tomorrow night for Dynamite!