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AEW Dynamite live results: Jon Moxley returns to action

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-1’s birthday celebration will take place on tonight’s AEW Dynamite.

In the official -1 birthday celebration match, The Dark Order’s John Silver, Alex Reynolds and Colt Cabana will team with Hangman Page against Chaos Project (Luther & Serpentico) and The Hybrid 2 (Jack Evans & Angelico). 

It was teased on this week’s Being The Elite that Page would decide whether or not to join Dark Order permanently tonight. 

AEW World Champion Kenny Omega will appear on the show to “reflect on his dominance.” Omega pinned Impact Wrestling World Champion Rich Swann in a six-man tag match on Saturday’s Impact Hard to Kill PPV.  

Sting is set to make an appearance on tonight’s show, congratulating Darby Allin on his successful TNT Championship defense last week. 

Chris Jericho & MJF vs. Santana & Ortiz vs. Sammy Guevara & Jake Hager  will be held to determine which Inner Circle tag team will get to represent the group in an effort to claim the AEW World Tag Team titles. 

Cody Rhodes vs. Peter Avalon, Matt Hardy & Private Party vs. Top Flight & Matt Sydal, Penelope Ford vs. Leyla Hirsch, Jon Moxley in action, plus an update from Miro and Chuck Taylor have also been advertised for tonight’s show. 

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

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Brodie “-1” Lee, Jr. came out on Preston “10” Vance’s shoulders with the rest of the Dark Order for his celebration. A birthday cake was set up on the ramp. They showed -1’s mother and brother in the crowd.

John Silver grabbed the mic and said tonight was a special night: first, because they were about to get a new recruit in Hangman Page, and second, because it’s somebody’s birthday. The cake was making him “Johnny Hungie.” He led the audience in a rendition of “Happy Birthday.”

Chaos Project (Luther & Serpentico) interrupted. Luther said that they didn’t care about the party, and that AEW had become nothing more than a daycare center. He couldn’t believe that -1 could say that he (Luther) could possibly look stupid. He called -1 a doofus and said that Chaos Project doesn’t like children, and that they would ruin -1’s birthday.

It broke down into a brawl with TH2 entering the fray, but Hangman Page’s music played and he ran out and dove onto the pile.

Dark Order (John Silver, Alex Reynolds, & Colt Cabana) & Hangman Page defeated Hybrid2 (Jack Evans & Angélico) & Chaos Project (Luther & Serpentico)

The match began with the heels beating down Silver. Luther displayed some signature offense, using his teammates as weapons. A flapjack allowed Silver to reach Page for a tag.

Page ran wild on all of his opponents, catching a dive from Serpentico and nailing a suplex. The match broke down and Cabana landed the Flying Apple on Serpentico. Page missed a dive on the outside, but Silver made up for it with a cannonball senton before Reynolds hit a flip dive of his own. Page concluded the sequence with an Orihara moonsault onto everyone.

Reynolds and Silver both hopped onto Page’s back, so Page fell backwards onto Serpentico for two. Luther cut off a dive and Reynolds fell victim to a series of offense, concluding with a springboard 450 from Evans for two. Page powerbombed Evans into the crowd.

Luther set up to powerbomb Cabana onto the birthday cake, but -1 hitting Luther with a kendo stick allowed Cabana to power out and send Luther face-first into it. Back in the ring, a Buckshot Lariat into a German suplex followed by a jackknife pin from Reynolds on Serpentico got Dark Order the win. That’s a great trios finisher.

– After the match, -1 hit Serpentico with the kendo stick before scolding everyone because “his birthday was three days ago.” He then tossed papers into Serpentico’s face, just like his dad.

Silver preceded his offer for Page to join the Dark Order by complimenting him like it was about to be a marriage proposal. Page said “I can’t,” but they had prepared for dancers to come out in a comedy moment. Page was very apologetic, but he said that he had already been in a group, and it didn’t work out. He grabbed a bottle and left.

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Chris Jericho and MJF were interviewed by Alex Marvez. He asked for their thoughts on the Inner Circle tag team challenge, but MJF insulted him and asked if Jericho was worried about dissension within the group. Jericho said that no matter what happens, the Inner Circle will move on as a unit. He predicted that he and MJF would win, and MJF said that they would be the next AEW Tag Team Champions.

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Sting congratulates Darby Allin

Tony Schiavone introduced Sting, who came out wearing the Brodie Lee tribute shirt, before bringing out TNT champion Darby Allin.

Sting said that there’s something about Allin that reminds him of himself. He wanted to be the first to publicly congratulate Allin on retaining his championship. He was about to say that he didn’t want to get involved in the match, but Taz interrupted over the video board.

Taz pointed out that Sting attacked Ricky Starks and Allin used his belt on Cage. Allin and Sting want to be “street fighters,” but Taz grew up in the streets. Starks suggested that they take it to the streets, and Taz said that the ball was in their court.

Allin told Team Taz to be careful what they wish for, because it just might happen. 

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There was a meeting among members of The Elite at Kenny Omega’s house. Alex Marvez was there with a camera, and they followed the Bucks into the house. Michael Nakazawa acted like a secretary and brought them into a living room, where there was a giant oil painting of Omega and Don Callis, both shirtless and shredded. Callis got it for Omega for his birthday, even though it was back in October.

Callis struggled to explain the miscommunication about the Elite match from last week. The Bucks had been trying to contact Omega, but he had changed his phone number without telling them. Nakazawa escorted Marvez to the “dungeon,” but the camera was left on and Callis acted like they were in private.

With them “in private,” Callis cut a couple checks for the Bucks, essentially bribing them to leave Omega alone – but the checks weren’t for much money. Callis said that the Bucks were good friends to Omega, but now, they’re holding him back. Matt said that they used to work for the company that Callis works for, and they know those checks are worthless. It looked like the Bucks were about to attack Callis as the segment ended.

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Cody came out to his Snoop Dogg music, which looks like it might be his regular entrance theme from now on.

Cody Rhodes (w/ Arn Anderson) defeated Peter Avalon

Despite the talents of both men, this match didn’t really work, and it had a completely preposterous finish.

Cody said on Twitter that he’d beat Avalon in under a minute, so he hit Cross Rhodes right away. Before he could cover, Jade Cargill interrupted, and Avalon dropped Cody with a low blow. Avalon then targeted Cody’s knee with kicks. Cody fought back with a right hand, but Avalon covered up, so Cody landed the Rhodes drop-down right.

They fought up top, leading to Avalon hitting a superplex. Cody rolled outside and they fought on the floor. Back in the ring, a vertical suplex just got Avalon a one count leading into a commercial break.

After the commercial, Avalon attempted a moonsault, but Cody rolled out of the way. Cody went for a leapfrog but Avalon didn’t get through in time. It looked like that was a mistake, but Cody did a good job quickly recovering and selling his knee.

Avalon sent Cody to the outside and landed a tope. He tried to follow it up back in the ring, but Cody countered with a cutter and a powerslam. Cody locked on the Figure Four until Cody reversed the pressure onto Cody’s hurt knee. Avalon slapped Cody, so Cody was about to slap him back, but “Pretty” Peter didn’t want his face slapped, so he immediately tapped out. 

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A video played where FTR and Tully Blanchard talked about how they were #1 in the ratings last week, meaning they should be champions. Jurassic Express interrupted, and Jungle Boy said that FTR might just be the best tag team in the world, but he could beat them. Harwood accepted the challenge without Wheeler or Tully, and Luchasaurus said he’d make sure nobody gets involved.

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Jon Moxley defeated Nick Comoroto

This was the return match for Moxley, and it was also the Dynamite debut for Comoroto, who has looked impressive on Dark (and looked impressive here, too). The story that the announcers told was that Comoroto was the only one crazy enough to agree to a match with Moxley.

Moxley headbutted Comoroto right away and attacked with a long series of strikes. He went for a running crossbody, but Comoroto caught Moxley and downed him with a slam. After a beatdown, Moxley tried to make his comeback by biting at Comoroto’s face and following it up with forearms, but Comoroto caught him yet again and hit a ushigoroshi.

Comoroto went for a spear, but Moxley moved out of the way and laid in mid kicks. He rebounded Comoroto off the ropes and hit a German suplex. Comoroto shrugged off a lariat, but Moxley transitioned into a rear naked choke, forcing a referee stoppage.

– After the match, Moxley soaked up some applause before taking a mic. He said that anything can happen on Dynamite. Things are getting crazy, and he can’t keep track of it all, but he doesn’t really care. Kenny Omega brought the Good Brothers to help him, but Moxley said that just makes it more fun and more violent. He said that the bigger the climb, the more satisfying it is. You can bring anyone from around the world, but all roads in professional wrestling lead through Moxley.

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Eddie Kingston and his associates were interviewed by Dasha, where it was announced that Kingston would face Lance Archer one on one. Kingston was about to talk about PAC, but had to stop himself to address Archer, who interrupted with Jake Roberts. They had a shouting match until Roberts told Kingston to wrestle without Butcher and Blade backing him up. The segment ended with Roberts telling Kingston “Bite me.” 

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Kenny Omega was interviewed by Alex Marvez about the events at his house earlier today, but Omega didn’t even know about it. Omega met Callis in the locker room, where Callis had a bad face wound from the Bucks’ attack. Omega tried to get to the bottom of it, and Callis said “Nick and Matt” in passing, making it seem like they attacked him unprovoked. They sent Marvez away to end the segment.

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Matt Hardy & Private Party (Isiah Kassidy & Marq Quen) defeated Matt Sydal & Top Flight (Darius Martin & Dante Martin)

Private Party completed their heel turn in this match. They were also announced as the IMPACT no. 1 contenders.

Quen and Dante opened the match with a handshake and an athletic sequence. Dante got the upper hand, and his brother ran interference as Kassidy and Hardy tried to get involved. Sydal and Top Flight had a triple leapfrog spot that didn’t really work until Sydal hit a corkscrew moonsault for two.

Private Party showed more aggression with an intense beatdown, but Sydal and Top Flight applied a wacky double crab on both members. Hardy struck Sydal behind the official’s back, allowing Private Party to take advantage with a diving crossbody for two. They maintained control on Sydal through the commercial.

Sydal fired up with chops, but Hardy was able to reach Kassidy to stop his comeback. A double hurricanrana on Private Party allowed Sydal to reach Darius for the hot tag. 

Darius ran wild on everyone, hitting a Spanish Fly on Kassidy and sending Hardy to the floor, where Darius drilled him with a tope. Private Party went for the Silly String, but Top Flight countered it into a European Clutch for two. 

Kassidy countered out with a roll and tagged in Hardy, who hit Side Effects on both of Top Flight. He caught a Sydal dive and hit a third Side Effect, but the cover only got two. Quen tagged in and caught Sydal with a wacky spin kick, but Sydal hit a roundhouse kick of his own, allowing him to reach Dante for a tag.

Top Flight and Sydal triple treamed Quen, concluded with a top-rope hurricanrana from Dante, but Kassidy broke up the pin. Top Flight went for another top-rope move, but Hardy sent Darius to the floor and distracted the official while Kassidy hit Dante with a chair, solidifying the heel turn. The shooting star press from Quen finished it.

After the match, Private Party continued the attack on Top Flight and Sydal before Hardy hit Twist of Fate twice. 

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MJF and Wardlow went into Chris Jericho’s locker room, where the rest of the Inner Circle were waiting. MJF said that if he were the leader, this match might not happen, but what Jericho says, goes. Sammy Guevara got in MJF’s face and said that if he were in charge, a lot of things would change. MJF calmed everyone down and asked everyone to just get out there and get this match out of the way. He fist bumped everyone but Guevara, who refused.

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Chuck Taylor is now Charles Taylor, as he has to be Miro’s butler until Sabian and Ford’s wedding. Orange Cassidy looked on from the crowd.

Penelope Ford (w/ Kip Sabian, Miro, & Charles Taylor) defeated Leyla Hirsch

Hirsch tried to control early on with her amateur wrestling background. Ford escaped with a kick to Hirsch’s knee and a shoulder block, but Hirsch popped up and ran the ropes. Taylor tripped Hirsch at Sabian’s request, but she was still able to lock on an armbar. Sabian distracted Hirsch, but Ford blindsided her with a pump kick on the floor before sending her into the barricade.

After the break, Hirsch caught a kick and landed a running knee strike before flattening Ford with a German suplex. She followed it up with running knees for two. Hirsch went up top, but Ford pulled her down, where she avoided the axe kick. It looked like Hirsch would go for her springboard moonsault, but she audibled into diving onto Sabian and Taylor outside. 

Back in the ring, Ford caught Hirsch with a big boot, and Sabian held down Hirsch’s foot during the cover, leading to the pinfall.

– After the match, Miro grabbed a microphone for his update with Taylor. He wants to take Taylor places he’s never gone before, but to do that, he needs Taylor to tell Orange Cassidy that Miro is his best friend now. Taylor thought about it for a long time, and with a sullen look in his eyes, said that Miro was his best friend. Cassidy put his sunglasses back on and made his way back up the steps.

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The show cut backstage, where the Good Brothers were beating up the Lucha Bros. Kenny Omega showed up and got involved, with Don Callis directing traffic. Karl Anderson choked Penta with some sort of cable while Omega attacked him with a boot.

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Next week’s AEW Dynamite lineup:

  • Lance Archer vs. Eddie Kingston
  • Dax Harwood vs. Jungle Boy
  • Young Bucks & Good Brothers vs. Dark Order (Stu Grayson, Evil Uno, John Silver, & Alex Reynolds)
  • Cody responds to Shaq

Beach Break in two weeks:

  • Kenny Omega & Good Brothers vs. Jon Moxley, PAC, & Rey Fenix
  • Kip Sabian and Penelope Ford’s wedding, with Miro as the Best man
  • Dr. Britt Baker vs. Penelope Ford
  • Tag Team Battle Royal for a championship match at Revolution

Also announced was an upcoming AEW Women’s Championship Eliminator Tournament, with participants to be determined. There was a prominent Japanese flag shown as part of the graphic, so there will probably foreign talent joining the tournament. 

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A video from Sammy Hagar played hyping up the team of Sammy/Hager: Sammy Guevara & Jake Hager.

Inner Circle (Chris Jericho & MJF) defeated Inner Circle (Santana & Ortiz) and Inner Circle (Jake Hager & Sammy Guevara)

This was a great main event with some exciting multi-man tag wrestling and a phenomenal performance from Guevara.

The winner of this match becomes the Inner Circle’s designated tag team. The match was two in, one out rules, with anyone being able to tag in and out from anyone else.

Jericho and Guevara started off, and Guevara easily got the upper hand with strikes. It looked like he would dive on Jericho, but instead, he posed in the ring as Jericho regrouped.

Hager and Santana tagged in, and Santana and Ortiz took control, but Jericho made a blind tag on Hager. Santana hit a springboard crossbody followed by a senton/moonsault combination for two. During the break, Santana and Ortiz kept up their advantage after Guevara tagged in, before Jericho blind tagged himself in.

Guevara fired up on Jericho as the announcers pointed out that MJF hadn’t entered the match yet. Hager and MJF each tagged in, and Hager ran wild on everyone, flattening MJF with a spinebuster. Guevara hit a springboard cutter before superkicking Jericho on the floor. 

Santana and Ortiz cut off a Guevara dive before hitting topes of their own. Guevara then hit a corkscrew tope on MJF. In the ring, it was Guevara and Ortiz, and the former went to the top rope but was cut off by Santana. MJF pulled Guevara off the top rope into the electric chair, but Guevara turned it into a reverse hurricanrana before landing a top-rope Spanish Fly on Ortiz for two.

MJF distracted the official as Jericho called for Floyd the bat, but Hager just booted Hager down. MJF then tried to use the Dynamite Diamond Ring, but Hager downed him with a right hand.

A running shooting star press from Guevara got two, but MJF cut him off and allowed Jericho to tag in. A powerbomb from MJF and Lionsault from Jericho on Guevara got two. Ortiz got another hot tag as he and Santana flattened Jericho with an inside-out suplex, but Jericho kicked out at two and hit a Codebreaker for a great near fall. 

Ortiz hit a double DDT on MJF and Jericho, Hager tagged in and hit the Hager Bomb on MJF, and Guevara landed a senton atomico, but Ortiz broke up the pin. Guevara blasted Jericho with the GTH, fought off everyone else, but Wardlow distracted him and MJF rolled him up with a handful of tights for the win. 

AEW Dynamite live results: New Year’s Smash night two

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Darby Allin will defend his TNT Championship for the first time tonight on AEW Dynamite New Year’s Smash night two. Allin defends against Team Taz’s Brian Cage. 

Allin’s feud with Team Taz stretches back months, as he took on Ricky Starks on Dynamite in September. Since claiming the TNT title from Cody Rhodes at Full Gear on November 7, Allin, Rhodes, and later Sting, have been feuding with Team Taz. Allin and Rhodes defeated Powerhouse Hobbs and Ricky Starks at Winter is Coming on December 2, Allin’s most recent match. 

Serena Deeb will defend the NWA World Women’s Championship against Tay Conti tonight. Conti will have The Dark Order in her corner. 

PAC will take on Eddie Kingston this evening. Since returning to AEW in November, PAC has been feuding with members of Eddie Kingston’s stable. He has defeated The Butcher and The Blade in singles matches, while he and Rey Fenix lost to Butcher and Blade in tag action. 

The Elite have been advertised as being in six-man tag action against unnamed opponents. It is expected that the Elite trio will be comprised of Kenny Omega and The Good Brothers. 

Chuck Taylor will face Miro. If Taylor loses, he will be forced to become Miro’s “Young Boy” until Kip Sabian and Penelope Ford’s wedding. 

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

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Show Report —

Earlier today, Eddie Kingston said he would bust PAC up and send him back home.

PAC (w/ Lucha Bros) defeated Eddie Kingston (w/ Butcher, Blade, & Bunny)

This was a good, hard-hitting match. Kingston’s selling was the best part.

PAC exploded out before the bell with a shotgun dropkick before landing a Fosbury flop on the outside. Back in the ring, PAC continued to put the boots to Kingston before hitting a missile dropkick. Kingston countered a corner attack with a second-rope knee drop.

Kingston sent PAC out of the ring, and Bunny dug her nails into PAC’s face while Kingston distracted the official. While Fénix complained to the official, Kingston hit an exploder suplex on the floor. While the two teams exchanged words on the floor, Kingston hit a neckbreaker, beginning a targeted attack on PAC’s neck.

A series of chops from Kingston allowed him to maintain control. They had a striking battle in the center of the ring as PAC fought back with forearms before making his comeback with a sequence of strikes and a German suplex. PAC laid in mid kicks, but Kingston fired up with strikes and a backdrop suplex for two.

PAC stunned Kingston on the top rope with an enziguiri before following it up with a superplex. He continued the offense until Kingston popped up with a big lariat for two. PAC countered a DDT and hit a running dropkick before landing the Black Arrow for the win.

After the match, PAC locked on the Brutalizer until Butcher and Blade ran in to break it up. As they all squared off, Lance Archer’s music hit, and he and Jake Roberts made their way to the ring. Archer chased off Kingston and co. before exchanging words with PAC.

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Miro (w/ Kip Sabian & Penelope Ford) defeated Chuck Taylor (w/ Orange Cassidy)

If Miro wins, Taylor has to be his butler until Sabian and Ford’s wedding.

Miro posed at the bell, so Taylor attacked with strikes before sending Miro to the floor. Taylor sent Miro into the staging area multiple times before landing a tope con hilo. He continued the attack on the floor, sending Miro into the ring post and landing a diving knee drop. Taylor went to the top rope, but was distracted when Sabian attacked Cassidy. Miro took advantage with a Samoan drop.

It was elementary from there as Miro hit a thrust kick and locked on Game Over, forcing Taylor to tap out in under four minutes.

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Matt Hardy and Private Party were interviewed after the tag team signed Hardy as their manager. Hardy had to speak first, but Private Party was still excited about Hardy’s management… that is, until Quen complained about Hardy taking a large chunk of their earnings. They called Hardy a “money-grabbing carny.” Hardy said that Private Party was nothing before him, and demanded that they listen to him from now on.

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Inner Circle’s New Year’s Resolutions

Jericho said “who wants to start?” Hager simply yelled “championships, yeah!” MJF wanted to strengthen bonds with everyone else in the group, and also get rid of fat people. Ortiz wanted to master a sofrito recipe. 

The resolution for Jericho was winning the AEW tag team championships with MJF. Santana took offense to this, as he and Ortiz are the Inner Circle’s designated tag team. Guevara said that he understands what’s going on here: Jericho is a “tag team slut.”

MJF stood up for Jericho as the rest of the group calmed each other down. Jericho said that any one of them could team with another and win the championships. So next week, there will be a three-way match to determine the official tag team of the Inner Circle. The teams will be MJF & Jericho, Santana & Ortiz, and Sammy & Hager (ha, ha). MJF wrapped it up with the group’s signature middle fingers.

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The Dark Order were interviewed about what’s next for the group. Evil Uno said that they will perform in Brodie Lee’s name, and they have to be better people. It all starts next week when Hangman Page will team with the Dark Order again. Silver was extremely excited. Reynolds asked when they’d know for sure about Page joining the Dark Order, and Page said he’d make a decision next week.

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An excellent video played recapping the background behind Brian Cage challenging Darby Allin. 

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Kenny Omega, Don Callis, and the Young Bucks arrived for their upcoming match. They agreed to have separate entrances.

After Omega’s entrance, Callis took the mic and said “the band is back together” before introducing Omega’s “two best friends in the world,” the Good Brothers. The Bucks were shown backstage, offended because it appeared that Callis was talking about the Bucks. 

Kenny Omega & The Good Brothers (Doc Gallows & Karl Anderson) (w/ Don Callis) defeated Varsity Blondes (Griff Garrison & Brian Pillman Jr.) & Danny Limelight

Omega and co. attacked before the bell, taking control on the floor. Limelight got a hope spot in the ring, but Gallows downed him with a clothesline. Varsity Blondes sent the Good Brothers packing, allowing the match to reset.

The Blondes maintained control on Omega with frequent tags until Limelight tagged in and a Gallows kick allowed Omega to hit the Kotaro Crusher. Omega, Gallows, and Anderson kept up the attack through a commercial break.

Back from break, Limelight landed a springboard hurricanrana and avoided a German before hitting a kick, allowing him to reach Pillman for the hot tag. Pillman ran wild on all three opponents before teaming with Garrison to hit a doomsday blockbuster for two on Anderson. 

Omega ran into the ring and his team regained control, hitting a triple neckbreaker, but their opponents broke it up. A big boot from Anderson got another two. The Good Brothers went for the Gun Stun, but Limelight tagged in. Anderson stopped Limelight’s attack with a spinebuster, and the Good Brothers hit the Magic Killer for three.

As Omega and the Good Brothers celebrated, Jon Moxley’s music played, and he ran in for a fight, but he was outnumbered. The Lucha Bros ran out to even the odds, and some AEW Dark talent ran out to break up the fight. Moxley landed a tope on a big pile before the Young Bucks entered the fray to try and talk Moxley down. The Lucha Bros downed the Young Bucks with superkicks, and a wild free-for-all brawl ensued as Omega and Callis escaped.

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The Waiting Room with Dr. Britt Baker

Rebel introduced Baker to start the segment, and then Baker introduced Cody Rhodes as her guest. Baker went through a campy comedy schtick, which was intentionally bad, as Rebel laughed along obnoxiously, before Cody came out.

Baker congratulated Cody on his and Brandi’s pregnancy. Cody was about to talk about the year to come, but Baker interrupted him and introduced Jade Cargill as her surprise guest. 

Cargill grabbed the mic and said that nobody cares about Brandi’s pregnancy. She demanded an opponent and said that if Brandi ever returns, she was going to beat her ass. Red Velvet entered and she and Cargill slapped each other before getting into a pull-apart brawl. 

It cut to a video of Baker’s attack on Thunder Rosa from a couple weeks ago. It was followed by a video promo from Rosa, who said that Baker and Rosa would wrestle each other at Beach Break on February 3. Baker complained and said that it wasn’t happening, but a graphic for it came up on the screen. Baker closed the segment.

That was one of the worst segments in Dynamite history. Everything was disjointed, they tried to fit way too much into one segment, and the one advertised thing about the segment –– an interview with Cody Rhodes –– didn’t even happen, making two straight segments where that occurred.

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FTR (Dax Harwood & Cash Wheeler) (w/ Tully Blanchard) defeated Jurassic Express (Jungle Boy & Marko Stunt)

This was a strong tag match, with Stunt holding his own in there against one of the best tag teams in the world.

They wrestled around for a bit at the start before the two teams faced off against each other in the ring. Harwood shoved Stunt into the corner, but Stunt fired back with a slap, which just made Harwood mad. FTR began an extended beatdown of Stunt with frequent tags and power moves.

A tijeras and dropkick allowed Stunt to escape to Jungle Boy for a hot tag. Jurassic Express hit double up kicks before Stunt used assists from Jungle Boy to dispatch both of FTR. Stunt landed a tope through Jungle Boy’s legs before Jungle Boy landed a quebrada.

During the break, FTR took control of the match once again with a double team attack on Stunt. Stunt escaped a Gory Special with a roll-up before avoiding a powerbomb to reach Jungle Boy for his second hot tag. Jungle Boy landed a series of strikes, concluding with a backstabber on Harwood for two. 

Jungle Boy and Harwood fought on the top rope before Jungle Boy landed a top-rope hurricanrana, but Wheeler broke up the pin. Harwood rolled up Jungle Boy with a handful of trunks, but he kicked out at two. Stunt tagged in and went for Sliced Bread, but Harwood countered it and leveled Stunt with a lariat.

Harwood beat Stunt down in the corner, but Stunt fought his way out and hit Sliced Bread for two. Stunt rolled to the outside, where Tully rammed him into the ring post. Jungle Boy confronted Tully, but ran into a lariat from Wheeler, who proceeded to send him into the barricade. Back in the ring, FTR hit the Big Rig on Stunt for the win.

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NWA Women’s World Championship: Serena Deeb (c) defeated Tay Conti (w/ Anna Jay)

Having watched Conti’s entire NXT career, I am absolutely floored by how good she’s looked in her last two AEW appearances.

They performed chain wrestling at the start as the commentators discussed both women’s martial arts chops. Deeb applied a quick cradle for two, but Conti fought back through applying a heel hook. Deeb countered it into a chinlock, but Conti hit a judo throw as the match reset. 

Conti went for a triangle sleeper, but Deeb escaped and landed a sliding lariat for two. They exchanged cradles until Conti downed Deeb with a pump kick. Conti maintained control with judo throws during the break.

A full nelson into a stunner got two for Conti. Deeb countered another hold into a stretch muffler, but Conti reached the ropes. Conti countered the Serenity Lock into a cradle, but Deeb, hit a gutbuster for two.

Deeb perched Conti up top and used the ropes as leverage to apply a Gory Special. Conti evaded the follow-up and hit a pump kick. She went for the Tay-KO, but Deeb countered into the Deeb-tox for the win.

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Next week’s Dynamite card:

  • Chris Jericho & MJF vs. Santana & Ortiz vs. Sammy Guevara & Jake Hager
  • Matt Hardy & Private Party vs. Matt Sydal & Top Flight
  • Brodie “-1” Lee Jr. Birthday Celebration Match: Dark Order (John Silver, Alex Reynolds, & Colt Cabana) & Hangman Page vs. The Hybrid2 & Chaos Project
  • Nyla Rose vs. Leyla Hirsch
  • Jon Moxley in action
  • Miro and Chuck Taylor update

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TNT Championship: Darby Allin (c) defeated Brian Cage (w/ Ricky Starks & HOOK)

This match was awesome. These guys worked the David vs. Goliath formula to perfection.

Taz joined commentary before the match, where it was revealed that only two members of Team Taz were allowed at ringside, explaining Powerhouse Hobbs’ absence.

Allin immediately kicked out Cage’s legs and landed a low tope suicida before driving Cage into the barricade. He went for another tope, but Cage caught him out of midair and suplexed him on the floor.

Back in the ring, Allin landed a defiant slap, but Allin clotheslined him down. Cage then pressed Allin above his head and tossed him through a ringside table onto concrete. That was insane, and Allin was busted open. Cage tossed Allin back in the ring and continued the beatdown. 

Cage hit a running uppercut and a gamenguiri followed by a release German suplex. He repeatedly threw Allin into the corner and laid in ground and pound, keeping up the beatdown through a commercial break. 

Allin went for a dive, so Cage caught him and hit an F5, but Allin kicked out at one. Cage hit a series of three powerbombs, releasing on the third. A defiant Allin flipped Cage off, so Cage powerbombed Allin onto the ramp. Cage brought Allin back into the ring with a suplex over the ropes, but Allin once again kicked out at one, infuriating Cage.

Cage pulled out the ring steps and set up to F5 Allin onto them, but Allin fought out and bit Cage’s hand, sending him onto the steps. Allin then landed a Coffin Drop onto Cage on the steps. Cage barely made it back into the ring at the count of nine.

Allin laid in slaps, but Cage caught a Coffin Drop attempt. He tried to apply a bear hug, but Allin bit his way out and hit a stunner. Allin then tied a belt around Cage’s ankles, but Cage fought back anyway. Cage removed the belt, but Allin hit Code Red for a close near fall. Allin dropkicked Cage into the corner and hit a double stomp.

Starks tried to get involved, but lights went out and Sting appeared with a bat, dispatching Starks. Cage went for an avalanche F5, but Allin countered it into crucifix bomb to retain the championship.

Snow fell and Allin and Sting stood tall in the ring to end the show.

AEW Dynamite New Year’s Smash night one live results: Omega-Fenix

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Kenny Omega defends the AEW World Championship against Rey Fenix on tonight’s New Year’s Smash night one episode of Dynamite. 

This match was set up on the December 16 Dynamite when PAC confronted Omega. PAC said that his Death Triangle stablemate Fenix had never been eliminated from the AEW World title eliminator tournament that was held on the road to Full Gear and that Tony Khan had sanctioned Omega vs. Fenix for New Year’s Smash. 

Hikaru Shida will defend the AEW Women’s World Championship tonight against Abadon. 

TNT Champion Darby Allin and challenger Brian Cage will participate in a weigh-in ahead of their TNT title match on next week’s New Year’s Smash night two. 

Former AEW World Champion Jon Moxley will make his first in-person appearance on an AEW show since losing the title to Omega at AEW Winter is Coming in December. 

Cody Rhodes will face Matt Sydal, Jake Hager will take on Wardlow, plus The Young Bucks and SCU will team against The Acclaimed and TH2 in an eight-man tag. An appearance by Sting has also been announced.

A special appearance by Snoop Dogg has also been advertised. Snoop and Cody Rhodes are two of the hosts of TBS’s Go-Big Show, which premieres tomorrow.

Chris Jericho will be on commentary for tonight’s show. 

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

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Show Report —

Ahead of the opener, Max Caster did his usual rapping schtick, with lots of censorship from the network.

Young Bucks (Matt Jackson & Nick Jackson) & SCU (Christopher Daniels & Frankie Kazarian) defeated The Acclaimed (Max Caster & Anthony Bowens) & TH2 (Angélico & Jack Evans)

This was a very fun, all-action tag opener.

Daniels took a quick shot at Caster, leading to a free-for-all brawl. ¾ of the babyface team landed dives as Kazarian and Bowens were the only men left in the ring. The Bucks went through a long sequence with TH2, concluded with a flipping senton dive from Nick. Daniels went for an Arabian moonsault, but was caught, allowing The Acclaimed to gain control.

The heels maintained control for a long time, with the highlight being Angélico applying unique submission holds to break Daniels down. Daniels fought back with a Blue Thunder Bomb, allowing him to reach Kazarian for the hot tag. Kazarian ran wild on TH2, finishing the run with a German suplex bridge for two. Evans surprised him with a kick and a corkscrew moonsault for two.

Matt tagged in and landed a double suplex on Evans and Bowens. He took out all four opponents with dives and spears before feinting on a moonsault, instead diving onto Caster and Angélico on the outside. Risky Business from the Bucks on Bowens followed for two, followed by a Kazarian slingshot DDT for another two. 

Kazarian and Nick hit the BTE Trigger, but Evans broke up the pinfall. TH2 hit a backbreaker combination, but Nick got the knees up on an Evans 630 attempt. The Bucks had a Superkick party on all four opponents before setting up for the Meltzer Driver. Nick stumbled on the ropes but made up for it with a dive on the outside, before Matt and Daniels worked together for the Best Meltzer Ever to finish it.

Kazarian grabbed a mic after the match and discussed his ultimatum with Daniels. SCU then challenged the Bucks for the AEW Tag Team Championships, and the Bucks appeared to accept.

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Jon Moxley Returns

Moxley said that complaining about his title loss is a waste of time, because life isn’t fair. All you can do is endure, grit your teeth, and take it on the chin, staring down the adversity and not backing down. 

“What to do with Kenny Omega?” Moxley sees things in black and white and doesn’t have time for shitty people, and he’d like to beat them up. But tonight is Rey Fenix’s opportunity, scratching and clawing for thirteen years to reach this point. 

Omega isn’t safe and never will be safe. Moxley will forever be in Omega’s blind spot. One day, Omega will look into the eyes of the devil and beg for mercy when he realizes that he crossed the wrong guy.

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Chuck Taylor and Orange Cassidy were interviewed about an update on Trent. He has a torn pec and will be out four to five months. Miro, Sabian, and Ford interrupted. Miro said that sucks for Trent, but it sucks even more for them, because Trent’s the leader of their little group. He said that Taylor can be his new Best Friend, doing chores for him.

Taylor responded by challenging Miro to a match next week. Miro accepted on the condition that if Miro wins, Taylor must be his “young boy” until after Sabian and Ford’s wedding. Taylor accepted the stipulation.

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Ahead of the match, a video played where Wardlow talked about his issues with Hager. Wardlow had been absent because of taking care of his family, but the Inner Circle is his family too, and he’s capable of taking care of both. Tonight, he’s giving Hager a war.

Wardlow defeated Jake Hager

The rest of the Inner Circle looked on from the stage.

They had a strong lockup to start, but neither man could take advantage until Wardlow achieved a takedown. Hager got one of his own and beat Wardlow down in the corner with strikes. They collided in the center of the ring with simultaneous clotheslines before leading into a shoulder tackle battle. Wardlow clotheslined Hager to the outside and they traded right hands before simultanious clotheslines downed both men leading into the break.

Wardlow used some athleticism to attack Hager in the corner before hitting a series of release suplexes for two. Hager escaped out of the F10 and hit a series of lariats. An overhead suplex followed for two. Wardlow countered the Vader Bomb but Hager was able to lock on the ankle lock. Wardlow kicked his way out and tackled Hager out of the ring, sending him into the barricade.

Back in the ring, Wardlow landed another series of suplexes, concluding with a German for two. A senton atomico followed for another two, but Hager locked on a head and arm choke. Wardlow got his foot on the rope, forcing the break. They fought on the second rope as Hager applied the head and arm choke once again, but Wardlow shoved him down. The F10 followed for the win.

Hager was extremely frustrated after the match, but the rest of the Inner Circle got them to fist bump for a show of respect.

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Private Party was about to make some gin and juice backstage, but only had gin. Snoop Dogg arrived with the juice. Matt Hardy showed up with contracts for Private Party. The implication was that Hardy would take a large cut out of their earnings in exchange for some mentorship. 

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Darby Allin/Brian Cage Weigh-In

Allin came out with the new TNT Championship belt, now with a black strap, while Cage was out with the rest of Team Taz. These two will wrestle for Allin’s TNT Championship next week on Dynamite. 

Taz got offended that Cage had to weigh first, but Cage went ahead and did it anyway. Cage’s official weight was 272 pounds. Allin weighed in next at 170 pounds, which seems generous.

Allin said that this feud was 27 years in the making, because he’s dealt with shit from people like Taz his whole life. He got ready for a fight, but the lights went out and Sting appeared, bat in hand. Team Taz retreated to the stage but Taz promised that next week we would see a new TNT champion.

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Backstage, Jake Hager was punching a garage door out of frustration. MJF tried to hype him up, telling him he’s a better athlete than the audience and undefeated in MMA. Hager said that he was about to lay MJF out, but instead said that MJF was cool, and appreciated the comment.

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They aired a clip of Brodie “-1” Lee Jr. cutting a promo on Marko Stunt from this week’s AEW Dark. 

Alex Marvez interviewed Jurassic Express about that bit of fun, but FTR interrupted and called Stunt “useless” and a “loser.” Stunt proposed taking Luchasaurus’ spot in their upcoming tag match, but FTR was unconcerned.

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During Cody’s entrance, they played a remixed version of his song with Snoop Dogg rapping over it. Snoop is Cody’s coach from the upcoming TNT “Go Big Show.” 

Cody Rhodes (w/ Snoop Dogg) defeated Matt Sydal

This was a strong match with a lighthearted post-match interaction.

Sydal landed a high kick early on but kind of whiffed on a springboard arm drag attempt. He followed it up with a diving meteora on the ramp but hurt his knee in the process. Cody took advantage with his drop-down right hand, but Sydal landed a diving dropkick on the outside. Cody tried to strike Sydal but missed and hit Serpentico at ringside instead. Cody rolled through on a diving crossbody and stepped over into a scorpion deathlock until Sydal reached the ropes.

After a commercial break, Cody landed an inverted vertical suplex from the second rope, but only got two. Sydal avoided a moonsault attempt and hit a rising knee strike. He went for the Shooting Star Press, but Cody got his knees up and hit a reverse DDT for a near fall. Cody tried to keep up the offense but Sydal reversed it into a cobra clutch attempt. They traded strikes until Cody clotheslined Sydal to the floor.

Back in the ring, Cody hit the Disaster Kick for a near fall. Sydal fought out of Din’s Fire and hit a hurricanrana cradle for a good near fall. A roundhouse kick followed by the Lightning Spiral got another close near fall for Sydal. Cody avoided another knee strike and hit two Cross Rhodes for the pin.

Luther and Serpentico, known as Chaos Project, attacked Cody after the match. Sydal made the save, dispatching Luther, and tried to go to the top rope, but Snoop waved him off. Snoop climed the ropes and landed a hilarious looking splash as Cody counted three just for fun. Very enjoyable segment, and a good use of Snoop.

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AEW Women’s Championship: Hikaru Shida (c) defeated Abadon

Cody Rhodes, from May 2019: “I want to be the sports-centric alternative in the pro wrestling world.”

Abadon attacked Shida during her entrance, but Shida downed her with a kendo stick shot.

Once inside the ring, the match began. Shida took control with a running dropkick before removing a scarf, revealing that she still has a gash on her neck from the Abadon attack two weeks ago. Shida went for a knee lift, but Abadon caught it and bit Shida’s leg before driving her into the barricade. Abadon dragged Shida under the ring before emergin with blood dropping down her face. 

A bloodied Shida emerged, having been bitten in the neck again. No idea how that’s not a disqualification. Back in the ring, an X-factor from Abadon got two. She continued the beatdown into the break.

Shida sent Abadon to the outside and landed a frog splash crossbody on the floor. She repeatedly smashed Abadon’s head into the barricade before bringing Abadon to the top rope and hitting a superplex. Abadon bridged up like Bray Wyatt and landed a clothesline for two.

A cradle allowed Shida to hit the Tamashii knee strike for the win.

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Next week’s lineup for New Year’s Smash Night 2:

  • TNT Championship: Darby Allin (c) Brian Cage
  • NWA Women’s Championship: Serena Deeb (c) vs. Tay Conti
  • Miro vs. Chuck Taylor
  • FTR vs. Jurassic Express
  • PAC vs. Eddie Kingston
  • Inner Circle’s New Years Resolution
  • Britt Baker’s “The Waiting Room” with guest Cody Rhodes

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Tay Conti discussed her NWA Women’s Championship match, reminding Serena Deeb that she’s experienced in judo and ju-jitsu. She will have the Dark Order in her corner for the match.

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PAC and the Lucha Bros, billed as Death Triangle, spoke earlier today. PAC introduced Rey Fénix as the next AEW world champion, saying that tonight, Kenny Omega’s belt collection is done.

AEW World Championship: Kenny Omega (c) (w/ Don Callis) def. Rey Fénix

What a match! This easily contends with the Parking Lot Brawl and Brodie Lee vs. Cody in the Dog Collar Match for the best Dynamite match since the pandemic.

Omega tried to overpower Fénix with some chain wrestling at the start. The pace quickened with a spike hurricanrana from Omega. He called for the Terminator dive, but Fénix ran back in and landed a hurricanrana of his own before feinting on a dive. Fénix kicked Omega to the floor and landed a diving hurricanrana. 

Back in the ring, Omega hit a swinging DDT, but Fénix popped up and hit a dropkick. He went for a springboard, but Omega chopped him down and continued the beatdown on the floor. Fénix was sent over the barricade and hit a gamenguiri before going for his rolling cutter, but Omega countered it into a snap dragon suplex. Omega followed it up with a back suplex onto the barricade before sending Fénix back into the ring.

Omega hit the Kotaro Crusher for two. Fénix fought back with overhand chops, leading to a chop exchange, which Omega won with his superior power. Omega continued to dismantle Fénix’s midsection until Fénix flipped out of a suplex and landed a springboard headbutt.

There was an incredible spot where Fénix went to the top rope, was knocked down, and somehow recovered enough to hit the move he intended to. Fénix then followed it up with an absurd tope suicida where he almost landed in the front row. Omega went for You Can’t Escape, but Fénix fought out and flipped over into a German suplex for a close near fall. Fénix landed a diving stomp to the back of Omega’s head leading into a commercial break.

They had another chop battle, this time seated in the middle of the ring. Omega once again took control with his superior power and toyed with the idea of pulling off Fénix’s mask. Fénix fired up and hit some strikes and a thrust kick. Omega avoided a hook kick and landed a V-Trigger, but Fénix bounced back with the hook kick, leading to a double down.

Fénix went for a tornillo dive, but Omega countered it with a rising knee and hit a powerbomb stack for two. Another V-Trigger followed for a good near fall. Yet another V-Trigger landed and Omega set up for the One Winged Angel, but Fénix countered into a reverse hurricanrana. Callis distracted Fénix, allowing Omega to land another V-Trigger, but Fénix hit a gamenguiri and a diving cutter for two. The Fire Thunder Driver followed for a fantastic near fall.

Omega got his knees up on a frog splash attempt and brought Fénix up top. Fénix fought out and went for a dive, but Omega caught him in perfect Jay Driller position. A V-Trigger got two, and the One-Winged Angel followed for three.

– After the match, Callis grabbed a mic and said that he heard that something terrible was happening backstage. Eddie Kingston and his Family were attacking PAC and Penta backstage. Callis said that they weren’t coming to help Fénix, but Jon Moxley came out with a barbed wire bat, swinging it into Omega’s stomach to make the save.

The Good Brothers, IMPACT Tag Team Champions Doc Gallows and Karl Anderson, came out to make the save for Omega. They laid Moxley out with a Magic Killer before Omega repeatedly hit Moxley with the barbed wire bat.

The Varsity Blondes ran in from outside to try to save, but they were easily dispatched. The rest of the ringside wrestlers all came in, but all were sent packing by Omega, Gallows, and Anderson. Gallows powerbombed one of them through a ringside table, and Omega hit Moxley with the barbed wire bat one more time. Moxley made one last attempt at a comeback, but was overwhelmed by the numbers advantage.

Finally, the Young Bucks ran out to try to reason with Omega and the Good Brothers (all of them were in Bullet Club at one point), but when Varsity Blondes tried to attack Omega, the Bucks superkicked them away. Omega raised the Too Sweet sign and both the Good Brothers and the Young Bucks joined him, as they all posed to close the show.

AEW Dynamite live results: Brodie Lee tribute show

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Following his passing, AEW will celebrate the life of Jon “Brodie Lee” Huber with a tribute show on Dynamite tonight.

Every announced match will feature at least one member of The Dark Order. 

Three of Brodie Lee’s son’s favorite wrestlers, Cody Rhodes, Orange Cassidy & Preston “10” Vance will team together for one night only as they take on Brian Cage, Ricky Starks & Powerhouse Hobbs of Team Taz in a Brodie Lee Jr. Dream Match. 

The Young Bucks & Colt Cabana will face Matt Hardy & Private Party, Hangman Page, John Silver & Alex Reynolds will take on The Inner Circle’s MJF, Santana & Ortiz, Lance Archer will team with Evil Uno & Stu Grayson against Eddie Kingston, The Butcher & The Blade, and Anna Jay & Tay Conti will face Britt Baker & Penelope Ford in a tag match. 

Chris Jericho will be on commentary for the show. 

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

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Show Report —

“It’s Wednesday, you know what that means.”

Brodie Lee’s wife and children were joined by the entire AEW roster for the ten-bell salute.

A Jon Moxley promo played. He said he’s never had a more difficult time coming up with the words to say, and that Brodie Lee brought joy to wrestling. Moxley had known Lee from bingo halls to stadiums, but to Lee, this was just a job. 2020 has hurt us all, but Lee’s passing was like a PRIDE soccer kick to the face. Wrestling isn’t just a sport, it’s a community, and we support each other.

Moxley hopes that Lee inspires us all to become a little bit better and to appreciate what we have, because every day, including a day spent with Lee, is a gift. “I love you, brother, and I’ll never forget you.”

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Chris Jericho joined commentary for the show.

Colt Cabana & The Young Bucks (Matt Jackson & Nick Jackson) defeated Matt Hardy & Private Party (Isiah Kassidy & Marq Quen)

This was a fantastic, emotional opener (as expected).

Cabana had tears in his eyes during his entrance. He and Kassidy started off, where Cabana took advantage with his signature comedy. Quen and the Bucks each tagged in, where the Bucks took out both of Private Party before joining Cabana for a triple dropkick on Hardy. Matt Jackson skinned the cat after his dropkick, leading to a rare quebrada from Cabana on all three opponents.

Nick beat down Quen in the corner but was cut off by a clothesline from Hardy on the apron. A blind tag and superkick from Matt Jackson stopped a Razor’s Edge from Hardy, but a trip from Hardy allowed Quen to take him out with a tope.

Private Party and Hardy isolated Matt Jackson in the corner for an extended heat sequence. A diving crossbody from the latter got two, but he was met with a Side Effect from Hardy for two. Hardy showboated, but Cabana attacked him from the apron and Matt Jackson landed a Twist of Fate.

Cabana got the hot tag and landed an Asai moonsault on both of Private Party before following it up with the flip, flop, and fly. He landed a tijeras and a hip attack for two. Kassidy countered the discus lariat into a crucifix for a close near fall. Quen landed a dive for another two. Hardy tried to direct traffic, sending Private Party to the top turnbuckles, but they were knocked down, and Hardy was cut off with a superkick.

Nick tagged in and ran wild with clotheslines but was tripped yet again by Hardy. He fought back and landed his facebuster into a moonsault. “That’s for you, Brodie.” 

Private Party surprised him with Gin ‘n’ Juice, Hardy hit the Twist of Fate, Kassidy hit the Swanton Bomb, and Quen landed a shooting star press, but Cabana broke up the pin. The official was distracted so Hardy tried to attack with a chair, but Quen wouldn’t let him. They cut off Cabana and set up for Gin ‘n’ Juice, but Matt Jackson blindsided Quen with a superkick. 

The Bucks hit Quen with an Indytaker, and Cabana followed it up with the Superman pin for three.

Dark Order “-1,” Brodie Lee’s son, was shown at ringside with Alan “5” Angels. The Acclaimed’s music played, and Max Caster said he had something to say. SCU ran out and laid them out, the Bucks hit them with superkicks, and Cabana hit bionic elbows on both, sending them packing. “-1” looked on approvingly.

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Darby Allin talked about Brodie Lee. Allin was so happy when Lee came to AEW, and he desperately wanted to wrestle him. He said that Lee had no ego. “He was the man, by far. #1 dude I wish I could’ve wrestled.”

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Before the match, Eddie Kingston took a mic and said “Brodie, I love you, I miss you.” Now that the niceness was out of the way, he said that the Dark Order is nothing without Lee.

Dark Order (Stu Grayson & Evil Uno) & Lance Archer (w/ Jake Roberts) defeated Eddie Kingston, The Butcher, & The Blade (w/ The Bunny)

This was another excellent, hard-fought match.

Lance Archer wore classic Brodie Lee / Luke Harper gear, with the old tank top and blue jeans.

Uno attacked Kingston before the bell. Butcher and Blade were dispatched as Archer and the Dark Order beat Kingston down in the ring. They traded using each other as weapons to flatten Kingston on the mat. 

With order restored, Bunny tripped Grayson, which allowed the heels to take control. Roberts returned the favor with a trip of his own, and Grayson hit a black hole slam leading into the commercial. 

Kingston, Butcher and Blade took control during the break. Uno and Kingston had a stiff slap fight, but Uno avoided spinning back fists to hit straight right hands and a half-and-half suplex. Archer and Blade tagged in, and Archer shrugged off Blade’s attacks before planting him with a chokeslam. Blade fought out of another, but there was no reprieve as he was met with a corner splash.

Archer performed his rope-walk but ended it with an incredible moonsault on Blade. Butcher tried to cut him off, but was pounced out of the ring by Archer. A combination move from Dark Order almost got the pin, but Butcher and Kingston broke it up. A DDT from Kingston on Grayson got a close near fall, but Grayson escaped to Archer after a backflip kick.

Archer set up for Blackout on Blade, but Kingston broke it up. Grayson tagged in like a house of fire with a springboard apron DDT on Butcher before he and Uno landed Fatality on Blade for the victory. 

After the match, Dark Order and Archer landed forearms on Kingston before Roberts hit him with a short-arm clothesline.

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The next tribute was about how much Brodie Lee loved his wife and children. It was said that Lee and his family were inseperable, and that Lee couldn’t wait to get out of Daily’s Place after work was done. Bryce Remsburg said that if there were a Mount Rushmore of wrestling dads, Lee should be on it.

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Dark Order (John Silver & Alex Reynolds) & Hangman Page defeated Inner Circle (MJF, Santana, & Ortiz) (w/ Sammy Guevara, Jake Hager, & Wardlow)

As great as the show’s been so far, this was the highlight.

Silver wore the Mr. Brodie Lee robe and gear. Before the match, Silver and Reynolds pulled rolls of paper out and tossed them in their opponents’ faces, a reference to what Lee would do to them on Being The Elite.

At the start of the match, Page pulled out a roll of paper of his own and tossed it in MJF’s face. MJF screamed at “-1,” Brodie Lee’s son, at ringside.

Silver and Ortiz tagged in and had an exchange before a crossbody from Santana. Reynolds tagged in after an elbow from Silver and landed a smooth elbow, but Santana popped up and downed him with a neckbreaker. Santana went for the Three Amigos suplexes, using Ortiz for help on the third, as the Inner Circle continued to isolate Reynolds.

Page hit an elbow on Ortiz, allowing himself to tag in. He hit attacks all three opponents, including his springboard clothesline on Santana and a fallaway slam on MJF. He followed it up with a pescado and a clothesline. Page set up for the Buckshot Lariat, but MJF rolled out of the ring, allowing Inner Circle to cut him off with a triple team.

Back from break, MJF flipped off “-1,” so Page surprised him with a boot. Page reached Silver for the hot tag, who ran wild on Santana and Ortiz. He had his own house of fire moment, attacking all of the Inner Circle, before finally being cut off by Santana. We got the parade of big moves, concluded with a destroyer from Silver on MJF, who followed it up with a tope suicida.

Back in the ring, Silver was met with the Heatseeker from MJF and Santana & Ortiz’s combination finisher, but Reynolds broke up the pin.

With the official distracted, Wardlow attacked Reynolds with a clothesline, so Eric Redbeard (Erick Rowan in WWE, Brodie Lee’s longtime tag partner) ran out to send Wardlow packing. What a wonderful moment.

Dark Order hit power moves on Ortiz, concluded by a Buckshot Lariat from Page, but MJF put Ortiz’s foot on the ropes. MJF pulled off the mask of “-1,” who subsequently domed MJF with a kendo stick. 

Silver posed like Lee, landed the discus forearm, and pinned Ortiz.

Everyone was emotional after the match, particularly Silver. Redbeard came back out with a sign that read “Goodbye for now, my brother. See you down the road.”

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Eddie Kingston said he was going to miss Brodie Lee. He’s gonna miss Lee busting his balls, but he’s also going to miss Lee believing in him. Kingston wants Lee’s children to know that their father isn’t gone, because his teachings live on. Lee was a warrior inside and outside of the ring, and he loved his children.

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Anna Jay & Tay Conti defeated Britt Baker, D.M.D. & Penelope Ford (w/ Kip Sabian & Miro)

Jay and Baker started off. They performed chain wrestling until Ford tagged in, where Jay and Conti took control. Ford slapped Conti, who responded with elbows and judo throws. A heel kick from Conti got two. Sabian distracted the official, allowing Baker to surprise Conti with a kick, which Ford followed up with a German suplex.

Ford and Baker maintained control throughout a commercial break. Conti and Ford downed each other with simultaneous pump kicks before reaching their partners for tags. Jay ran wild on Baker, concluding the sequence with a flipping neckbreaker. Ford blindsided Jay with a backstabber, so Conti ran in to send her packing. Baker downed Conti with a Sling Blade before Jay flattened Baker with the Dangerous Jay kick.

Jay was emotional, pointing to the sky. Baker blindsided her and hit a fisherman’s neckbreaker for two. Ford made a blind tag and hit a diving blockbuster for two. The crowd was really behind Jay at this point.

After catching a moonsault, Jay locked on the Queenslayer sleeper as Conti dispatched Baker and Reba, forcing Ford to tap.

Jay and Conti were very emotional. Tony Schiavone interviewed Baker, who said that the whole thing was rigged, almost like a “Big Rig” (one of Brodie Lee’s names on the indies), with the Dark Order winning every match. Thunder Rosa ran out and attacked.

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Next week’s card for New Year’s Smash Night 1:

  • AEW World Championship: Kenny Omega (c) vs. Rey Fenix
  • AEW Women’s Championship: Hikaru Shida (c) vs. Abadon
  • Jake Hager vs. Wardlow
  • Young Bucks & SCU vs. The Acclaimed & TH2
  • Cody Rhodes vs. Matt Sydal
  • Return of Jon Moxley
  • Snoop Dogg on commentary
  • Chris Jericho on commentary

New Year’s Smash Night 2:

  • TNT Championship: Darby Allin (c) vs. Brian Cage
  • Britt Baker vs. Thunder Rosa
  • FTR vs. Jurassic Express
  • Miro vs. Chuck Taylor

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Preston “10” Vance, Cody Rhodes, & Orange Cassidy defeated Team Taz (Brian Cage, Ricky Starks, & Powerhouse Hobbs)

This match features the favorite wrestlers of “-1” and was billed as “one night only.” Bryce Remsburg, very emotional earlier on in the show, was the official for the match.

Cody and Hobbs started, where Hobbs immediately dropped Cody. Starks tagged in and was met with strikes from Cody, but he popped up and landed a dropkick. He followed it up with a shoulder tackle and posed, allowing Cody to fire up and regain control. Cody wanted to tag in Cassidy, but some inadvertant contact allowed Vance to tag in.

Vance downed Starks with a shoulder tackle and a rope-assisted German suplex. Hobbs tagged in and wanted Cody back in the match, but Cassidy tagged in. Cassidy feinted away from the Greco-Roman knuckle lock, putting his hands in his pockets, then hit a “shoulder tackle” and “kicks.” He fired up and went for a tornado DDT, but Hobbs countered it into a spinning Oklahoma Stampede heading into the commercial.

After the break, Cassidy used evasive maneuvers to reach Cody for the hot tag. A powerslam from Cody on Starks got two as Cody threw his weight belt into the crowd. A knee from Cage on the apron led to a double clothesline. 

10 tagged in and ran wild on all of Team Taz, concluding it with a powerslam on Starks. He posed and hit the Brodie Bomb on Starks, but Starks avoided 10’s spinebuster and landed a big spear for two. Cassidy went for the Beach Break, Starks tried to turn it into Roshambo, but Cassidy hit a tornado DDT.

A parade of moves followed, ending with a pump kick and a short-arm clothesline from 10. Starks capitalized with a tornado DDT for a close near fall. 

As the crowd chanted “10,” Taz grabbed a chair, but was met with Arn Anderson, who had a chair of his own. Cassidy hit the Orange Punch, Cody hit Cross Rhodes, and 10 hit his spinebuster as Remsburg counted three. It was a clean sweep for the Dark Order, winning all five matches.

The winning team, especially 10, was emotional after the match, but Team Taz attacked. The lights went out and Darby Allin appeared, but the lights went out again, and Allin was flanked by Sting.

With the odds evened, Team Taz was forced to retreat.

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Brodie Lee Celebration of Life

Cody Rhodes was alone in the ring, very emotional. He said that he was looking for something to encapsulate Brodie Lee. He quoted Samuel Johnson, saying “You can judge a man’s character by how he treats somebody who can do him no good.” He talked about all the stories we’ve heard over the past few days of people whose lives were positively affected by Brodie Lee.

Brodie “-1” Lee Jr., full entrance and all, came out with his mother, Preston Vance, and Tony Khan. He took his father’s boots and placed them in the center of the ring. Cody draped a purple cloth over them. Khan said that Brodie Lee was the greatest TNT champion of all time and presented “-1” with his own belt, calling him the TNT champion for life.

A tribute video for Brodie Lee played. There was footage from way early in his career all the way up to his AEW tenure as well as plenty of photos with his wife and children. It closed with “In memory of Jon Huber, Brodie Lee, 1979-2020.”

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.

AEW Dynamite live results: Sting interview, Omega title win fallout

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There will be fallout from Kenny Omega’s World title win and subsequent appearance on Impact Wrestling on tonight’s packed edition of AEW Dynamite. 

Omega won the AEW World Championship with the help of Impact Executive Vice President Don Callis last week. Omega then appeared on Impact Wrestling last night, as did AEW President Tony Khan and announcer Tony Schiavone by way of a paid ad. 

Khan invited Callis and Omega to Dynamite today and it appears the next phase of the interpromotional angle will take place. 

The Dynamite Diamond Ring winner will be decided tonight. After advancing to the final by being the surviving participants in last week’s battle royale, MJF will take on Orange Cassidy for the ring. MJF won the ring in 2019 and will look to keep possession of it. 

After making his AEW debut last week, Sting will speak with Tony Schiavone in an interview segment. Schiavone will also conduct an interview with Shaquille O’Neal on the show. 

An Inner Circle ultimatum will also take place. After weeks of infighting within the group since MJF joined, leader Chris Jericho declared that they will band together or break up forever after tonight. 

AEW World Tag Team Champions The Young Bucks will face TH2 (Jack Evans & Angelico). If TH2 win, they will receive a future title match. Lance Archer will team with Penta El Zero Miedo and Rey Fenix against Eddie Kingston, The Butcher and The Blade.  FTR will return to in-ring action for the first time since Full Gear on November 7th when they take on Griff Garrison and Brian Pillman Jr.  Plus, Dustin Rhodes will take on Preston “10” Vance of The Dark Order and Abadon will also be in action against an unnamed opponent. 

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

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Young Bucks (Matt Jackson & Nick Jackson) defeated The Hybrid2 (Jack Evans & Angélico)

This was an excellent tag opener, and even though they lost, TH2 was elevated through their strong performance.

If TH2 win, they get a tag title match. TH2 attacked before the bell but were easily dispatched by the Bucks. Both of the Bucks went for dives, but were pulled off the apron. In stereo, the Bucks hit spears on the floor. They then hit their combination dropkick to the outside followed by a top-rope dive from Nick.

The Bucks isolated Evans in the ring and controlled with stereo dropkicks. Angélico tagged in and was met with arm drags from Nick. Matt tagged in and the Bucks hit their headscissor dropkick combination.

TH2 sent Nick to the outside and Evans landed a step-up dive. They followed it up with an assisted back suplex and an assisted standing 450 for a two count on Matt. There was a parade of kicks and everyone was down until Nick got the hat tag.

Nick ran wild on TH2 with kicks and his bulldog clothesline combination. He kept control with his signature spots, concluding with a slingshot X-factor for two. The Bucks powerbombed Evans onto The Acclaimed at ringside and Matt landed a frog splash on Angélico for two.

TH2 regained control with some combination offense, concluded with a springboard 450 from Evans for a near fall. Matt escaped a buckle bomb attempt and ran Angélico into an enziguiri from Nick. The Bucks then hit a Doomsday Device on Evans on the ramp, followed by stereo superkicks on Angélico for a close near fall. 

They tried to follow it up with More Bang For Your Buck, but Angélico got his knees up and Evans hit a poisonrana followed by a 450 on Nick on the floor. In the ring, Angélico locked on the Navarro Death Roll on Matt. Evans tried to run interference, but Nick broke up the submission with a senton atomico. 

The Bucks set up for a Meltzer Driver, but Evans broke it up. Evans went for a Fosbury Flop, but the Bucks caught him, and they killed him with a Meltzer Driver on the floor. Angélico surprised Matt with a cradle, but the Bucks caught him with thrust kicks. The BTE Trigger followed for the win.

After the match, The Acclaimed tried to attack the Bucks, but SCU ran out to break it up.

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MJF cut a promo on Orange Cassidy, calling him an embarrassment and saying that he’d bash his brains in tonight.

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A video played where Darby Allin was taking a Rorschach test. In one inkblot, he saw Brian Cage, the no. 1 contender for his TNT championship. Another inkblot was shown, and it was clearly Sting, but Allin just laughed.

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Sting Speaks

Cody Rhodes and Arn Anderson were already out with Tony Schiavone when Sting’s music played. He has snow effects for his entrance. Arn left right away, and Schiavone tried to leave too, but Sting wouldn’t let him. Sting talked up memories of Schiavone calling his matches, so Schiavone gave him one more “It’s Sting!”

Cody welcomed Sting and said he had been waiting to share a ring with him for a long time. Sting said he wasn’t here for Cody, and said that something about this place felt familiar. He pointed to Darby Allin overlooking things from high up in the crowd. Sting said that things have come full circle, and he’s on TNT once again.

Sting said he plans on staying with AEW for a long time. He told Cody that he’d see him around, and walked off.

What a superstar. The face paint makes it so you’d really have no idea that Sting is 61 years old, and he sounded enthusiastic and thrilled to be there. No real indication what’s next for him, although it looks to be something to do with Allin.

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Team Taz was backstage. Taz mocked the Sting segment. Ricky Starks pointed out that Taz’s son Hook has left Cody’s tutelage and joined Team Taz.

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FTR (Cash Wheeler & Dax Harwood) (w/ Tully Blanchard) defeated Varsity Blondes (Griff Garrison & Brian Pillman Jr.)

This was FTR’s first match since Full Gear. The Varsity Blondes is the new name for Garrison and Pillman, who picked up their first real AEW win the previous night on Dark.

FTR isolated Pillman right away until Pillman fought back with dropkicks, allowing him to reach Garrison for the tag. After a cover, Pillman tagged back in, but missed a springboard shoulder tackle. FTR regained control as we went to a break, where they beat down Pillman with frequent tags and double teams.

Tully landed a cheap shot on Pillman with the official distracted. A springboard shoulder block bought Pillman enough time to reach Garrison for the hot tag. Garrison downed both of FTR with strikes before hitting a series of corner splashes and a double spear, which got two.

Harwood fought out of a suplex and Pillman tagged in, where he was met with a brainbuster. They then hit the Goodnight Express to pick up the win. 

After the match, FTR exchanged words with the Jurassic Express at ringside.

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Hangman Page was interviewed by Alex Marvez at the bar. Page is scheduled for a six-man tag match against Matt Hardy and Private Party next week, but he doesn’t have any tag partners listed. John Silver and Alex Reynolds appeared from behind the bar, but Page said that they weren’t his partners. Reynolds asked “if not us, who?” which was enough for Page, who said it was a one-time thing.

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Dustin Rhodes (w/ Lee Johnson) defeated “10” of the Dark Order

Dustin laid in strikes right away. They brawled to the floor and exchanged big moves, but Dustin was driven into the barricade. Back in the ring, 10 flattened Dustin with a spinebuster and did the Dark Order pose. 

10 sent Dustin to the outside and landed a pump kick on Aaron Solow, who was watching at ringside. Back inside, Dustin hit a series of clotheslines and bit at 10’s face. A running bulldog followed for the out-of-nowhere win.

The Dark Order came out right away after the match and Evil Uno spoke. He said that they didn’t come to fight and talked up Dustin’s legacy. However, he said that Dustin is the third-most important Rhodes. He offered Dustin a place as “7” in the Dark Order. Dustin acted as if he was about to do the Dark Order pose, but slapped Uno down. The rest of the Dark Order wanted a fight, but Uno talked them down, and said that eventually, Dustin would come begging for a spot.

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Shaquille O’Neal interview

Shaq and Brandi Rhodes sat down with Tony Schiavone. Shaq said he respects Jade Cargill but he didn’t appreciate what she did to Brandi’s arm. Brandi said he wants the problem resolved. Shaq said that him coming at Cody on Twitter was just joking around, but he’s excited to see Brandi and Cargill fight.

As Brandi was about to walk away, Shaq said that Brandi should watch Cargill while she’s injured and learn a few things. Brandy was fed up and threw water in Shaq’s face.

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Inner Circle Ultimatum

The Inner Circle, sans Santana, spoke in the middle of the ring. Jericho said that this could be the last night for the Inner Circle. He’s tired of everyone acting like petulant punks. He talked about how Hager doesn’t like Wardlow, Guevara doesn’t like MJF, and then mentioned that Santana wasn’t there.

MJF said that he thinks he might be the issue, because people think that MJF either wants to break up or take over the Inner Circle. He started to patronize Guevara, but Guevara wasn’t having it. Jericho joked that everyone watches Dynamite, so everyone saw what happened with MJF and the towel last week.

Ortiz spoke. He called MJF and Wardlow assets as talents, but not as human beings. Ortiz said that MJF is growing on him and asked Guevara to shake MJF’s hand, because together, they’re better. He said that Guevara’s the better man, so he should just shake it. 

Guevara said he trusts Jericho with everything, so he’ll shake MJF’s hand, but if one more thing happens, he will quit the Inner Circle. They shook hands.

With the problems resolved, Hager spoke for the first time and asked why Wardlow kept staring at him. Wardlow got heated and asked the same thing until Jericho agreed that there would be no more staring. Jericho was about to close the segment, but MJF interrupted to promote his main event against Orange Cassidy. Jericho told him off, and they all posed with middle fingers.

That segment was loads of fun. As it stands right now, it looks like the eventual Inner Circle split will lead to face turns for Guevara, Santana & Ortiz, and Wardlow.

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FTR and Tully Blanchard were interviewed by Alex Marvez. Tully blamed their Full Gear loss on the fact that he wasn’t there. They made fun of Jungle Boy for climbing the ropes in a battle royal. Harwood called FTR the best tag team in the world and told Marvez to fear the revelation.

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Eddie Kingston, The Butcher, & The Blade (w/ The Bunny) defeated Lance Archer, Penta El Zero Miedo, & Rey Fénix (w/ Jake Roberts)

Archer attacked with a crossbody over the ropes before the bell, leading to a brawl between all six men. Butcher put Penta through a table at ringside, and with Archer and Kingston alone in the ring, the bell rang.

Butcher leveled Fénix with a running crossbody as Penta was tended to by officials, turning this into a de facto handicap match. The family isolated Fénix on their side of the ring. Bunny attacked Fénix while Blade distracted the official. Fénix escaped Kingston’s attack with a handspring cutter and reached Archer for the hot tag.

Archer leveled Butcher and Blade with corner body blocks and a diving crossbody heading into the break. Butcher and Blade took advantage during break when Kingston knocked Archer down from his rope walk spot. Penta was taken to the back.

Roberts grabbed Blade’s leg, giving Archer an opening to tag Fénix, who immediately attacked with a springboard dive. Fénix took out Butcher and Kingston with an armdrag headscissors combination, then took a nasty landing on a dive on Kingston. Back in the ring, Butcher and Blade hit a powerbomb neckbreaker combination on Fénix to win.

Archer attacked Kingston, Butcher and Blade after the match. He tried to hit the Blackout on Blade, but Butcher pulled him down, and the Family escaped.

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Nyla Rose and Jade Cargill (with Vickie Guerrero looking on) were beating down Nyla Rose backstage, then Ivelisse and Diamanté got involved. Officials entered the fray to break up the fight.

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Abadon defeated Tesha Price

Abadon leveled Price with a clothesline right away. Price tried a forearm, but it had no effect on Abadon, who bludgeoned Price in the corner. She downed Price with an STO and followed it up with a Gory special neckbreaker for the squash victory.

After the match, Abadon continued the assault until Hikaru Shida came out with a kendo stick. Shida smacked Abadon over the head with the stick, but Abadon popped up and Shida and Price fled up the ramp. 

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Dasha interviewed the Inner Circle. Jericho said that everyone is on the same page, and announced that the group would join MJF and Wardlow at ringside during the main event. He guaranteed that MJF would win.

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Kenny Omega and Don Callis arrived via helicopter. Alex Marvez tried to interview them, but Omega and Callis brushed him off and said he’d see them in the ring.

Omega came out with his full “Cleaner” entrance. Schiavone was in the ring to start the interview. He said that he’d never been more disgusted than what he saw on last week’s Dynamite. Callis said that everyone seems to be upset, including Tony Khan. He told Khan “welcome to the wrestling business.”

Callis said that their scheme took years of planning. He essentially continued to cut the same promo he cut on Impact the previous night, discussing how Omega’s famous Tokyo Dome match with Jericho was the catalyst for the start of AEW. He then introduced our world champion, Omega.

Omega said he didn’t beg Khan to hire his friends and family, unlike the company’s EVPs, but the plan was still a success. He called his match with Moxley a seven-star classic, and also called it fine art, saying that everyone watching fell for it.  He said that Jon Moxley is the real deal, but he doesn’t have Omega’s cunning. The One-Winged Angel was what won Omega the match, not the microphone. 

He was about to make his big announcement, but Callis took the mic and said that the people weren’t ready. He said that Omega doesn’t just make money, he makes history. Omega concluded it with his “good-bye and good-night” signature closing words from when he was in NJPW.

While the performances were as great as expected, the bulk of this segment was extremely similar to what was shown on the previous night’s Impact. It was also strange to not get any appearance from Moxley after losing the championship through dubious means.

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Announced for next week:

  • Cody Rhodes vs. Angélico
  • Hangman Page, John Silver, & Alex Reynolds vs. Matt Hardy & Private Party
  • SCU vs. The Acclaimed
  • Serena Deeb & Big Swole vs. Ivelisse & Diamanté

Additionally, they announced special Dynamite shows:

  • December 23: AEW Dynamite Holiday Bash
  • December 30: New Year’s Smash Night 1 with commentary from Chris Jericho
  • January 6: New Year’s Smash Night 2 with special guest Snoop Dogg

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Dynamite Diamond Ring: MJF (w/ Inner Circle) defeated Orange Cassidy (w/ Best Friends)

This was a fun television main event with loads of shenanigans.

MJF attacked before Cassidy could get his shirt off and snapped Cassidy’s sunglasses. He beat Cassidy down with suplexes before choking him with his shirt. Cassidy turned another suplex attempt into a stunner before they moved to the apron. Cassidy went for the Orange Punch, but MJF evaded it and Cassidy punched the ring post.

On the floor, MJF powerbombed Cassidy on the corner of the ring and tried to bait Trent into attacking him. He continued the focused attack on Cassidy’s right hand. Back in the ring, Cassidy tripped MJF into the turnbuckle but was cut off with a flatliner and a back elbow for two. MJF sent Cassidy to the outside and distracted the official while the Inner Circle beat down Cassidy.

During the break, the Varsity Blondes, Top Flight, and Brandon Cutler walked out to eaven the numbers against the Inner Circle. Cassidy sent MJF to the floor and landed his hands-in-pockets tope suicida. He followed it up with a tilt-a-whirl DDT and a diving DDT for a near fall.

MJF dodged a right hand and landed one of his own, followed by a diving stomp on Cassidy’s arm. A cradle from Cassidy got two, but MJF hit a shoulderbreaker and a powerbomb for two of his own. He went for the Heatseeker, but Cassidy backdropped him outside and landed a springboard flipping senton. Jericho acted like he’d attack with the bat, so Cassidy fled.

Cassidy was surprised in the ring by a Heatseeker from MJF. MJF put his feet on the ropes for the pinfall, but Best Friends pushed them off allowing Cassidy to kick out. MJF got the bat and acted like Cassidy hit him, but before the official could turn around, Cassidy put his hands in his pockets and turned the tables.

While MJF argued with the official, Cassidy hit the Beach Break for a good near fall. MJF went for Salt of the Earth, but fought out, so MJF snapped Cassidy’s fingers. Cassidy hit the Orange Punch for another close near fall. A second Orange Punch would have won, but Wardlow put MJF’s leg on the ropes, leading to a brawl betwen the dozen men at ringside.

Miro took advantage of the carnage by running down with Kip Sabian and leveling Cassidy with a lariat. MJF crawled over to Cassidy, covered, and got the three count, regaining the Dynamite Diamond Ring.

Security came out to subdue Miro, who beat them all down, including through tossing one of them off the stage. Miro and Sabian posed on the ramp as Dynamite went off the air.

AEW Dynamite Winter is Coming live results: Moxley vs. Omega

Posted on by Parker Klyn

Jon Moxley will defend the AEW World Championship against Kenny Omega on tonight’s AEW Winter is Coming, a special edition of Dynamite. 

Two weeks ago, Moxley was attacked by an unknown assailant and unable to sign the contract for the match. On last week’s Dynamite, Moxley signed the contract and left Omega laying after hitting him with a Paradigm Shift. This will be the second all-time singles meeting between the two, but just the first official bout. Their prior meeting was at Full Gear 2019 where Moxley defeated Omega in an unsanctioned Lights Out match. 

A battle royal will take place tonight. The final two participants will meet at a later date for the AEW Dynamite Diamond Ring. Hangman Page, Alex Reynolds, John Silver, Sammy Guevara, Matt Hardy, Isiah Kassidy, Marq Quen, Matt Sydal, Scorpio Sky, Shawn Spears, Orange Cassidy, Kip Sabian, Miro, and last year’s winner MJF are set to compete in the battle royal. 

Darby Allin and Cody Rhodes will tag against Ricky Starks and Powerhouse Hobbs of Team Taz. Chris Jericho vs. Frankie Kazarian, plus Britt Baker vs. Leyla Hirsch are also scheduled for the show. 

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

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Show Report —

There was a special Winter is Coming intro with unique branding that focused on Moxley vs. Omega.

MJF and Orange Cassidy won the Dynamite Diamond Battle Royale

The last two remaining wrestlers will face off next week for the Dynamite Diamond Ring.

An MJF promo aired at the start, where he said that it wasn’t just his ring, but the entire Inner Circle’s ring.

There were 20 or so competitors. Everyone immediately made their way into the ring to get it started save for Scorpio Sky and Shawn Spears, who stared at each other.

Matt Hardy eliminated Isiah Kassidy right away. John Silver and Alex Reynolds hit combination offense on Serpentico, and Hangman Page took advantage to eliminate him. The three celebrated together and eliminated Luther, continuing the Page-Dark Order storyline from last week.

Spears eliminated Matt Sydal with a nasty throw onto the ramp, but Sky took advantage and eliminated Spears. Spears talked things over with Tully Blanchard, who handed him the steel slug. Spears punched Sky with it and Wardlow eliminated him.

Reynolds tried to skin the cat, but Hardy threw Silver into him and eliminated him. Hardy and Marq Quen worked together to eliminate Silver, which got a loud negative reaction. They then almost eliminated Page, but the Dark Order caught Page before he could fall. Page fired back in with a Buckshot Lariat, but Hardy eliminated him.

Orange Cassidy eliminated Kip Sabian. Sabian pulled Cassidy out of the ring, and Miro left the ring to continue the beatdown. Back in the ring, Miro ran wild on everyone and eliminated Lee Johnson. He then eliminated Hardy and Quen after an exchange, immediately following it up by eliminating Janela.

Miro, Jungle Boy, and three Inner Circle members (MJF, Sammy Guevara, and Wardlow) remained. The Inner Circle beat down Jungle Boy, but Miro broke it up and faced off with Wardlow. Miro got the better of it, but MJF and Guevara got involved, allowing Wardlow to flatten him with a lariat. The three then eliminated Miro.

Jungle Boy and Guevara had a cool exchange on the apron. They both hopped up top, but MJF eliminated both of them, making sure to only shove down Jungle Boy. MJF and Wardlow thought they won, but Cassidy was still laid out on the floor. Wardlow brought him in to eliminate him, but Cassidy escaped and hit an Orange Punch on both, allowing him to eliminate Wardlow.

The Best Friends came out to celebrate with Cassidy. Miro and Sabian re-emerged and had to be held back by officials.

MJF and Cassidy will meet in a singles match for the Dynamite Diamond Ring next week.

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Chris Jericho (w/ Jake Hager, Santana & Ortiz) defeated Frankie Kazarian

Kazarian gained the advantage early on with a slingshot strike, following it up with a cradle for two. Jericho poked Kazarian’s eye and laid in chops. Kazarian landed a slingshot leg drop. On the floor, he avoided an attack from Hager, but Jericho hit a lungblower upon re-entry.

During the break, Kazarian was sent back to the floor, and Santana and Ortiz attacked while the official was distracted. Jericho kept up the beatdown until Kazarian stopped a diving axe handle with a gut punch. They traded strikes until Jericho nailed a delayed vertical suplex.

A backslide from Kazarian got two before missing a dropkick. Jericho went for a lionsault, but Kazarian rolled out of the way, hitting a springboard leg drop for a near fall. Kazarian perched Jericho on the top rope and landed an avalanche Flux Capacitor for a good near fall. 

Jericho fought out of an Unprettier and went for a Codebreaker, but Kazarian turned it into the Walls of Jericho. Jericho resisted tapping for a long time. MJF ran out with a towel, echoing his relationship with Cody, but Sammy Guevara pulled the towel out of his hands.

Kazarian and Jericho exchanged cradles until Jericho landed the Judas Effect out of nowhere for the win. 

After the match, the Inner Circle was about to celebrate, but Guevara shoved MJF. Things got heated until Jericho grabbed a microphone and told everyone to shut up and knock it off. He said that the group has one week to decide if they can work together as a unit or should break up forever.

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The Young Bucks were interviewed by Alex Marvez about their upcoming match with The Hybrid2. They said that if TH2 can beat them next week, they’ll get a shot at the tag championships. The Acclaimed, making their first Dynamite appearance, arrived and Max Caster rapped about the Bucks’ new book. TH2 showed up and attacked the Bucks before SCU chased them off.

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Britt Baker, D.M.D. (w/ Rebel) defeated Leyla Hirsch

A brief video promo aired where Baker said she’d send Hirsch back to Russia. This match was a fantastic showcase for Hirsch, who is a phenomenal in-ring talent.

Baker wanted a knuckle lock but Hirsch took her down into a Fujiwara armbar, so Baker fought to reach the ropes. Hirsch out-wrestled Baker early on. She went for a cross armbreaker, but Baker fought out and landed a thrust kick and a DDT. 

After a break, Hirsch made a comeback with forearms and a German suplex. Baker rolled to the outside and talked things over with Rebel, who Baker used to take the brunt of a Hirsch dive. Baker hit a sling blade on the floor. 

Back in the ring, Hirsch hit a bicycle knee and went for the cross armbreaker again. Baker fought out, but Hirsch caught a thrust kick and landed another bicycle knee. Hirsch climbed the ropes, but a Rebel distraction bought Baker enough time to send Hirsch into the turnbuckle. The mandible claw followed for the submission.

Immediately after the match, Thunder Rosa ran in and attacked Baker. They brawled until officials ran out to separate it. Rebel landed a cheap shot on Rosa, so Hirsch took her out with a suplex. Rosa broke free and attacked again, so agents, including Jerry Lynn and BJ Whitmer, came out to break up the fight.

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A video package recapped the feud between Team Taz, Cody Rhodes, and Darby Allin.

Cody Rhodes (w/ Arn Anderson) & Darby Allin defeated Team Taz (Ricky Starks & Powerhouse Hobbs) (w/ Taz)

The highlight of this match was Allin bumping around like crazy for Hobbs, making him look like a monster.

Team Taz attacked before the bell, but Rhodes and Allin took control before the commercial.

Back from break, Hobbs still hadn’t tagged into the match. Cody and Starks exchanged strikes. Allin tagged in, but Starks slapped him, so Allin gave chase. Starks escaped to the outside and Allin was laid out by Hobbs and tossed into the barricade.

Hobbs tagged in and hit a delayed vertical suplex. Team Taz isolated Allin, making frequent tags and beating him down with double team moves. Allin and Starks bumped heads, but Hobbs cut off Allin’s attempt at a tag. Hobbs locked on a bear hug and shook Allin around as Team Taz resumed their attack.

Allin finally reached Cody for the tag. He ran wild with signature offense, but Taz jumped on the apron, allowing Starks to gouge at Cody’s eyes. Cody landed his drop-down right hand and a cutter before taking out Hobbs with a dive. Allin made a blind tag and landed a Coffin Drop on Starks for the pinfall.

Hobbs attacked Allin after the match, but Arn ran in to break it up. Team Taz beat him down with the numbers advantage until Dustin Rhodes ran out to dispatch Team Taz. Brian Cage ran out and laid out Dustin with an F5.

Starks and Cage tried to hold Cody up and allow Hobbs to hit him with the FTW championship, but the lights went out.

Sting, “Crow” face paint applied and bat in hand, made his return to TNT television. He stared down Arn, Cody, and Allin, lingering for a long time on the latter. He made a couple crow calls and walked off.

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It was announced that Sting has signed a multi-year contract with AEW.

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In addition to the previously announced Orange Cassidy vs. MJF and the Inner Circle Ultimatum, these matches and segments were announced for next week’s Dynamite: 

  • Dustin Rhodes vs. Preston ’10’ Vance
  • FTR vs. Varsity Blonds (Griff Garrison & Brian Pillman Jr.)
  • Young Bucks vs. Hybrid2
  • Lance Archer & The Lucha Bros vs. Eddie Kingston & The Butcher & The Blade 
  • Abadon in action
  • Sting speaking for the first time

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Hikaru Shida was interviewed by Alex Marvez about the Abadon confrontation from last week. Shida said she wasn’t afraid, but she heard a loud clanging, and fled. 

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Earlier today, Moxley talked about tonight’s match. He’s excited about how far he and AEW have come. Moxley and Omega have been on a collision course their whole lives as the two best wrestlers in the world. The stakes couldn’t be higher.

Kenny Omega defeated Jon Moxley (c) to win the AEW World Championship

The in-ring action was flawless, but the Callis involvement felt like overbooking to me, especially in “the biggest match in Dynamite history.”

Impact Wrestling’s Don Callis was on commentary for the match. It was noted that if this match were to go past the top of the hour, Dynamite would stay on the air. Moxley started his entrance from the scene of where he was attacked two weeks ago.  

Moxley immediately went for a rear naked choke, forcing Omega to escape to the ropes. They performed chain wrestling until Moxley forced the break with a takedown. Moxley downed Omega with a shoulder tackle and applied a side headlock. Omega forced Moxley into the corner and laid in chops, but Moxley fired back with forearms and a corner clothesline.

Omega took Moxley down with a jumping hurricanrana, sending Moxley to the outside. He went for the Terminator dive, but Moxley slid back in and caught him with a black hole slam. An apron clothesline sent Omega to the floor, where the two brawled until Moxley landed a suplex. They ended up behind the barricades and continued to brawl through the commercial break.

Upon re-entering the ring, Omega surprised Moxley with a dragon screw through the ropes. He followed it up by dropping Moxley’s left knee onto the barricade. Back in the ring, Omega hit the Kotaro Crusher for two before resuming his targeted attack on Moxley’s knee.

Omega went for a corner V-Trigger, but Moxley popped up and flattened him with a lariat. Omega applied a knee bar but couldn’t quite lock it in, allowing Moxley to get a rope break. Moxley fought out of You Can’t Escape and hit two German suplexes. He went for an exploder, but transitioned into a pumphandle suplex for two, followed by a release suplex for another two.

Back from break, Omega landed the Terminator tope con hilo, but Moxley cut off a springboard and hit the Paradigm Shift. Moxley eschewed a cover attempt in favor of throwing chairs into the ring, while the announcers discussed the unknown perpetrator of Moxley’s beatdown from a couple weeks ago. He set up the chairs in the ring, each wrestler took a seat, and Moxley invited Omega to hit him.

They traded strikes until Moxley looked to get the upper hand with a right hand. Omega fired back with a V-Trigger and two snap dragon suplexes. He went for another V-Trigger, which Moxley avoided. Moxley hit a German suplex, Omega hit a standing knee strike, and Moxley downed his opponent with a lariat. The Paradigm Shift followed for two.

Moxley went for a suicide dive, but Omega cut him off midair with a V-Trigger. Omega landed a missile dropkick and a V-Trigger to the back of Moxley’s head before nailing the Tiger Driver ’98 for two. Omega laid in more knee strikes until Moxley caught one, but was met with another V-Trigger. Moxley fought out of the One-Winged Angel, but Omega fought out of a Paradigm Shift and hit an Okada dropkick, Rainmaker pose and all.

Omega went for the One-Winged Angel before switching it up and nailing Croyt’s Wrath for a good near fall. Omega went back up top, but Moxley popped up before Omega could attack.

Out on the floor, Moxley sent Omega into a ringside heater with a Paradigm Shift as the officials called for medical help. Callis moved down to ringside to check on Omega, but Moxley dispatched the officials and laid in ground and pound in the ring. Callis grabbed a microphone, concerned that Omega was hurt, but Moxley laid him out. 

While the official checked on Callis, Omega domed Moxley with the microphone. Moxley was busted open. Omega nailed multiple V-Triggers, and landed the One Winged Angel to win the championship. 

Omega and Callis celebrated with the championship and immediately went to the back. All the backstage crew and wrestlers, including Tony Khan, berated Omega and Callis on the way out. Alex Marvez caught up to them and asked what was going on, and Callis said that they could find out this Tuesday on AXS TV.

Eddie Kingston briefly ran out to the commentary desk to taunt Moxley and say that he wants Lance Archer — now.

AEW Dynamite live results: Women’s title match, Moxley-Omega build

Posted on by Parker Klyn

The Thanksgiving Eve edition of AEW Dynamite airs tonight. 

The build to Jon Moxley and Kenny Omega’s AEW World Championship match on next week’s “Winter is Coming” edition of Dynamite will continue. It was announced earlier today that Moxley will sign the contract for the bout on tonight’s show. 

After reuniting their Death Triangle group with Penta El Zero M, PAC & Rey Fenix will team against The Butcher & The Blade from Eddie Kingston’s family. PAC made his in-ring return on last week’s episode and defeated Blade in a singles match. 

Chris Jericho & Jake Hager of The Inner Circle will face the SCU unit of Frankie Kazarian & Christopher Daniels in a tag match. 

Hikaru Shida will defend the AEW Women’s World title against Anna Jay of The Dark Order. The storyline setup for this contest was that Dark Order leader Mr. Brodie Lee demanded a title shot for Jay. 

A week after turning against Cody Rhodes and joining Team Taz, Will Hobbs will be in action against an unnamed opponent. 

Newly signed tag team Top Flight will face the TH2 duo of Angelico and Jack Evans. 

Hangman Page will also be in action for the first time since his Full Gear loss to Kenny Omega when he takes on Dark Order’s John Silver.

Plus, FTR will make their first appearance since losing the AEW World Tag Team titles at Full Gear on November 7th. 

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

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Show Recap —

Hangman Page defeated John “4” Silver

Before the match, a video played where it was revealed that Evil Uno personally requested the match because the Dark Order likes Page. Silver predicted that he’d win.

This was Page’s first match since Full Gear. The Dark Order joined Silver for his entrance, but he had no second for the match. 

Page took control at the start with a shoulder block and a slam. Silver fought back with an armdrag and a dropkick before flexing in Page’s face. Page flattened him with a forearm smash. They traded chops in the corner before Page tossed Silver with a massive back body drop.

Silver continued the mind games with a spank. Page went for a springboard kick, but Silver cut him off and landed a diving crossbody for two. Silver laid in kicks and stopped Page’s comeback with a back elbow. They traded strikes yet again before Silver transitioned into a German suplex bridge for two.

Page avoided a corner attack and hit a springboard clothesline. Both men avoided dives, but the second pescado attempt from Page landed on the outside. Back in, Page hit a sliding lariat for two. Silver fought out and went for another crossbody, but Page turned it into a Samoan drop and hit a running shooting star press for a near fall.

Silver countered the Buckshot Lariat into a hurricanrana before hitting a cool flurry of offense, concluding with a brainbuster, for a good near fall. He laid in more kicks, but Page absorbed the punishment and fired up with forearms. Silver hit another kick combination but was met with a crushing lariat. Page followed it up with a Liger Bomb for two, before nailing the Buckshot Lariat for three.

That was an excellent opener. It came across like a combination of their respective Full Gear matches.

After the match, the Dark Order came out. Page was ready for a fight, but Uno said that they weren’t here to jump him. Uno compared the Elite to a cult and said that the Dark Order was here for Page, essentially offering him a spot in the group.

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Kenny Omega was interviewed by Alex Marvez. Asked about his thoughts on Moxley’s beatdown during the contract signing, Omega recalled that one year ago, he was nursing injuries from the Moxley match. The difference now is that Moxley is being called the “best in the world.” The common thread that binds Moxley and Omega is the AEW World Championship, and until Omega gets the belt, people won’t consider him to be the best.

Omega implored Moxley to leave the garbage wrestling at home, challenging him to beat him based on his wrestling ability. He brought up Moxley’s promo about his father last week, and said that his own father would “beat the sh*t” out of Moxley’s. 

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A Darby Allin video aired. He set fire to a car and posed with the TNT championship.

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Before the match, Taz joined commentary.

Powerhouse Hobbs defeated Lee Johnson

Will Hobbs is now Powerhouse Hobbs. He also has new gear, a singlet that is very similar to what Taz wore as a wrestler. Hobbs easily dispatched Johnson to the floor and taunted the ringside wrestlers. Back in the ring, Hobbs hit a falling powerslam for the squash victory.

Taz grabbed a microphone and told Hobbs to go celebrate. He complained that the FTW championship is not officially recognized by AEW and said that he wouldn’t leave until the title meant something. Taz continued to complain until his microphone was cut off before demanding that Justin Roberts give him his microphone. 

Cody Rhodes, with his producer’s headset on, walked out. He said that Taz was wasting time and announced that next week Hobbs and Ricky Starks would face Cody and Darby Allin. Taz said that wasn’t enough. Cody agreed to talk to his superiors about it, but Taz goaded him with references to WWE corporate speak. That pissed off Cody, who asked Taz why Taz’s son was training with Cody.

Taz dropped the microphone and told Cody that he had gone too far. He looked like he was walking off, but turned back around and choked Cody out with the Taz-mission. The Nightmare Family made the save, then Taz’s son appeared and walked off with his father.

I have no idea where it leads, but that was an incredibly entertaining segment. Everyone played their part, but Taz in particular was fantastic.

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Eddie Kingston was interviewed by Marvez. He was asked about the reformation of the Death Triangle. Kingston said he’s not mad, just really disappointed. He expected this from Fénix and PAC, but not Penta. 

Jon Moxley interrupted and stared him down. Kingston said that the backstage attack wasn’t him, and Moxley walked off.

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The Hybrid2 (Jack Evans & Angélico) defeated Top Flight (Darius Martin & Daunte Martin)

They played clips from TH2’s appearance on Britt Baker’s Waiting Room show from Dark, which set up this match. Top Flight’s signing was announced earlier this week. This was a good showcase match with a couple sloppy moments.

Angélico and Darius started off. Angélico tried for some grappling, but Darius cartwheeled out of it, continuing to match Angélico’s chain wrestling. Daunte tagged in and Top Flight hit a double team. Angélico cut off Daunte’s leapfrogs with a kick, allowing TH2 to take control throughout the commercial break.

Daunte hit a roundhouse kick, buying him enough time to reach Darius for the hot tag. Darius ran wild on both opponents, concluding with a missile dropkick for two. They got a bit lost on a Daunte hot tag, but they eventually hit an assisted spinebuster before Angélico broke up the cover. 

Evans looked for a German suplex on the apron, but Darius sent him to the floor. Darius hit a tope suicida immediately followed by a Daunte tope con hilo on both of the TH2. Back in the ring, Daunte hit a top-rope splash for a close near fall. Angélico made a blind tag as Evans sort of missed a springboard moonsault for two.

Angélico set up for a Razor’s Edge onto the turnbuckle, but Daunte turned it into a Code Red. Evans took out Darius on the floor as Angélico locked on the Navarro Death Roll, forcing Daunte to submit.

TH2 kept up the beatdown after the match, but the Young Bucks ran out and sent them packing.

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Vickie Guerrero spoke with Nyla Rose behind her. Guerrero said that she would tell a lesson in nepotism, referring to Brandi Rhodes. She said that she wasn’t the one who told Jade Cargill to attack Brandi last week.

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An FTR video package aired. Flanked by Tully Blanchard, they said that even though their Full Gear match won a ton of accolades, that doesn’t mean anything, because they lost. They maintain that they are the best tag team in the world. Tully said that the championships remain FTR’s destiny, and told the Young Bucks to fear the revelation.

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Chris Jericho & Jake Hager (w/ the Inner Circle) defeated SCU (Christopher Daniels & Frankie Kazarian)

The entire Inner Circle (Santana, Ortiz, Sammy Guevara, MJF, and Wardlow) was out with Jericho and Hager. The main story behind the match is that Jericho and Daniels have wrestled a combined 58 years and yet have never faced off, so they started off. 

Daniels got the advantage and tagged in Kazarian, but Jericho escaped to Hager, who beat down Kazarian in the corner. The Inner Circle kept up their beatdown with frequent tags. Kazarian used a series of strikes to escape for the hot tag.

After Daniels ran wild, Ortiz tripped him when the official wasn’t looking. Kazarian argued with the official while the rest of the Inner Circle beat down Daniels on the outside. They kept up the attack during the commercial break. A Complete Shot on Jericho allowed Daniels to reach Kazarian for another hot tag.

Kazarian took down both opponents and landed a springboard moonsault on Jericho for two. Ortiz hopped up on the apron, so Kazarian knocked him off and sort of hit a slingshot hurricanrana. The distraction looked to provide an opening for Jericho, but Daniels tagged in and hit a stomp. There was a visible video cut after Daniels’ stomp.

Hager tagged in and leveled Daniels with a lariat, but Daniels hit a diving flatliner. He nailed the Best Moonsault Ever, but Jericho broke up the pin. With the official distracted, MJF punched Daniels with the Dynamite diamond ring, allowing Jericho to hit the Judas Effect for the pin.

Kazarian laid out MJF after the match, but the Inner Circle was too much for SCU. Jericho grabbed Kazarian, looking for MJF to hit him with the ring, but Scorpio Sky ran out with a chair for the save.

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Miro and Kip Sabian were with Penelope Ford to debut their new video game segment. Orange Cassidy walked up and Miro snapped, but the Best Friends were outside. Both teams brawled, and the Best Friends powerbombed Sabian into a port-a-john. Miro knocked down the camera to end the segment.

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The Dynamite Diamond Battle Royal was announced for next week.

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AEW World Championship contract signing: Jon Moxley vs. Kenny Omega

Omega posed behind the backlit screen as usual for his entrance, but Moxley attacked, which was a cool visual. In the ring, Moxley hit a Paradigm Shift onto the championship.

Moxley took a microphone and said that whoever Omega hired to attack him last week did a bad job, because he’s still here. He said that the only way that Omega could become champion would be through digging down deep and being the Omega that everyone thinks he can be. Moxley actively started promoting the match and said that “winter is coming” for Omega. He told Omega to steady his aim and take his shot, because he’s only going to get one. Moxley thanked Tony and signed the contract.

Moxley was great here as usual but the lack of a true face-to-face ahead of “the biggest match in Dynamite history” is puzzling.

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Jericho was supposed to be interviewed, but MJF immediately took the microphone, calling Kazarian a coward for sucker punching him. Jericho said that the Inner Circle’s fun and games are done and announced that he would face Kazarian next week.

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A really good video package aired ahead of the women’s championship match, helping it come across like a big deal. Jay discussed her lack of experience and how she’s being trained in judo by Tay Conti. Shida said that her knee is fine and challenged Jay to find more heart.

AEW Women’s Championship: Hikaru Shida (c) defeated Anna Jay (w/ Tay Conti)

Jay’s Dark Order compatriots John Silver, Alan “5” Angels, and Preston “10” Vance came out on the ramp before the match. The match was good but they used a lot of smoke and mirrors to make it seem like Jay had a chance.

They had a shoving match right away. Jay immediately went for the Queenslayer sleeper, but Shida escaped and hit a tilt-a-whirl backbreaker and a dropkick. Jay evaded a knee on the floor and drove Shida into the barricade. She targeted Shida’s injured right knee during the break.

Jay kicked Shida off the turnbuckle with the Dangerous Jay kick before demanding a chair from Conti. The official took the chair but Silver gave Jay a kendo stick. Jay domed Shida with it for a great near fall. 

Shida escaped out of the Queenslayer and hit a stratjacket German and a forearm smash for a near fall. She then hit the Tamashii for the win.

After the match, Abadon made her return and took the championship.

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A delusional Matt Hardy called himself the most influential trailblazer in wrestling. Now that he’s overcome his insurmountable odds, us at home can overcome our pedestrian challenges.

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Team Taz (without Taz) spoke. Starks said that Cody crossed the line tonight. They all respect Taz, but Cody’s paper-thin ego keeps getting in the way. Before today, it was all business, but now, it’s personal.

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The Butcher & The Blade (w/ The Bunny) defeated PAC & Fénix (w/ Penta El Zero Miedo)

Eddie Kingston was on commentary for this match. This was a fun brawl, but the match layout was a bit odd, with the heels, Butcher and Blade, working from underneath through the commercial break.

PAC and Fénix dominated right away and hit dives. PAC went for the Black Arrow too quickly and Butcher popped up as he and Blade took control. They tried to isolate PAC, who fought out and tagged in Fénix. Death Triangle took turns attacking Blade, but PAC got cocky and allowed him to fight back. They had a strike exchange which Blade won with a lariat. 

Fénix and Butcher, neither of whom were the legal man, had a battle in the ring. Butcher took out Fénix but was met with a big move from PAC, leading to all four men being down. During the break, PAC distracted the official as Penta beat down Butcher on the floor.

Butcher cut off Fénix and landed a knee drop for two. He and Blade isolated Fénix until Fénix hit a handspring cutter, buying him enough time to reach PAC.

PAC tagged in and hit kicks on both opponents. He nailed a Northern Lights suplex bridge on Blade for a near fall. Blade avoided a shooting star press and tagged in Butcher, who leveled PAC with a lariat for a near fall. Butcher and Blade hit more double teams, concluding with a doctor bomb, but Fénix broke up the pin attempt with a dropkick.

Fénix made a blind tag and they took out Blade. Kingston ran down to the ring and distracted the official, allowing Butcher and Blade to hit a powerbomb neckbreaker combination for the win.

The Family continued their attack after the match. Kingston DDTed PAC onto a chair twice. Lance Archer ran out with Jake Roberts trailing and took out the entire Family. He tried for a chokeslam on Kingston, but Butcher broke it up. Fénix popped up and The Family was sent packing.

Archer posed on the turnbuckle and jawed with Kingston to close the show.

AEW Dynamite live results: PAC returns, World title contract signing

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A Jon Moxley-Kenny Omega contract signing for their December 2 AEW World title match highlights this evening’s AEW Dynamite. 

Moxley and Omega have faced each other just once previously in AEW at Full Gear 2019 in an unsanctioned Lights Out match. Moxley won that contest. 

The announced main event for the show is TNT Champion Darby Allin and Cody Rhodes teaming against Team Taz’s Brian Cage and Ricky Starks. 

The Young Bucks will return to the ring for the first time since winning the AEW World Tag Team titles at Full Gear 2020 on November 7. They will face Top Flight (Darius Martin & Daunte Martin). 

PAC will return to action for the first time since the March 11 edition of Dynamite as he takes on The Blade. 

In a match that was set up in a backstage promo segment last week, Orange Cassidy (w/Best Friends) will face Kip Sabian (w/Penelope Ford & Miro). 

NWA World Women’s Champion Serena Deeb will defend her title against former champ Thunder Rosa. 

A trip to Las Vegas by The Inner Circle on MJF’s dime has also been advertised. 

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

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A Top Flight video package aired with lots of footage from their independent appearances. They came across as star-struck and thrilled, which probably isn’t far from the truth.

The Young Bucks (Matt Jackson & Nick Jackson) defeated Top Flight (Darius Martin & Daunte Martin)

Top Flight had a really good first performance on Dynamite. They’re rough around the edges, but they’re phenomenal athletes, particularly Daunte.

This was non-title. The action here was too fast to keep track of. Nick and Darius started off as the latter countered Nick’s usual opening sequence of offense. Matt and Daunte tagged in and Top Flight hit stereo kicks before kicking Nick off the apron. Top Flight looked for a dive, but backflipped off the ropes.

Nick got a blind tag and downed Daunte with a superkick. Matt hit a dropkick through the ropes on Darius before the Bucks isolated Daunte with frequent tags. Matt locked on a sharpshooter then powerbombed Daunte onto his brother. 

The Bucks set up for the Meltzer Driver, but Daunte fought out and made a one-man comeback before reaching his brother for the hot tag. Darius hit clotheslines and a Spanish fly, but Nick broke up the tag. Darius hit a tope suicida and then Daunte hit a tope con hilo on both Bucks.

Daunte barely made it up for a flip into a top-rope frankensteiner for a near fall. Matt avoided a dive and nailed a spear. Nick tagged in, dispatched Darius with a kick, and the Bucks hit a Sliced Bread powerbomb combination before Darius broke up the pin.

The Bucks went for More Bang For Your Buck, but Daunte countered into a crucifix pin for a great near fall. The Bucks then hit the BTE Trigger for the win.

After the match, TH2 came out and beat down Top Flight, but the Bucks chased them off and raised Top Flight’s arms.

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The Inner Circle Slays Vegas

This was all hijinks. MJF kept trying to buddy up with Chris Jericho and Santana, while Sammy Guevara and Ortiz resisted his charms. Jake Hager and Wardlow never took their eyes off each other. MJF and Jericho competed to see who could order the most alcoholic drink.

Konnan appeared and he and the Inner Circle departed a smoke-filled car. Piff The Dragon was there. We were left with a “to be continued…” message.

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A commercial for AEW’s upcoming collaboration with Director X aired.

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Jon Moxley cut a promo. He wondered how he was able to have such a long championship, and he chalked it up to his dad’s advice. Moxley’s got the whole world bearing down on him, a broken body and a pregnant wife, but he remembers his dad reminding him that they’re “the good guys.” He’s the best wrestler in the world and his dad’s son.

The newsworthy portion was that Renee Paquette is pregnant, but Moxley’s promo was excellent as always.

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Orange Cassidy (w/ Best Friends) defeated Kip Sabian (w/ Penelope Ford)

Miro joined commentary. It was all Sabian early on. Sabian prevented Cassidy from putting his hands in his pockets and controlled him with a side headlock. Cassidy made his hands-in-pockets comeback and hit a tope suicida.

Ford tried to stop Cassidy from getting back in the ring, and Sabian took advantage with a kick and a gutbuster for two. Ford taunted Cassidy on the floor as Sabian continued his beatdown during the break.

They fought on the top rope before Cassidy pushed Sabian off and landed a crossbody. Cassidy missed a diving DDT, but was able to eventually hit it after a reversal exchange. Sabian rolled to the outside to avoide the Orange Punch and stumbled on a springboard, but they improvised well as Sabian hit a brainbuster and a soccer kick for a two. A Michinoku driver followed for a good near fall.

Cassidy countered out of a swinging neckbreaker with an inside cradle, then locked on the Mouse Trap for the pinfall. 

Miro laid out Cassidy after the match, but the Best Friends chased him and Sabian away before celebrating with their hug.

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The December 2 edition of Dynamite, which will feature Moxley vs. Omega, is being billed as “Winter Is Coming.”

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Jon Moxley vs. Kenny Omega AEW World Championship contract signing

Omega made his elaborate entrance, but Moxley didn’t come out when his music played. It cut to backstage where a bloodied Moxley was being attended to by Doc Sampson. Omega was unfazed as he signed the contract. 

What a bizarre segment.

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The Inner Circle Slays Vegas (Part 2)

The Inner Circle were all drunk. Jericho welcomed an Elvis impersonator as the newest member of the Inner Circle. MJF said he loves the Inner Circle like blood brothers, but Guevara took it literally and threatened to cut himself. MJF noted that it was a full moon, and they all howled.

Jericho woke up the next morning in bed with Elvis. MJF woke up in the bathtub. He approached Guevara and was shown to have Guevara’s writing all over his face. Santana was hanging out with chickens who apparently made him money the previous night.

They heard crying in another room. The crying was coming from Swoggle, who was dressed in a diaper, referencing The Hangover movies.

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Back to Dynamite, Jericho joined commentary and announced that he and Hager would face SCU on next week’s show.

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PAC defeated The Blade (w/ The Butcher & The Bunny)

Eddie Kingston joined commentary. This was Blade’s first one-on-one match in his AEW career, and he surprisingly controlled the majority of the match. It went longer than I expected, but PAC looked like a killer when he was on top in addition to overcoming the numbers disadvantage.

PAC leveled Blade right at the bell and beat him down with stomps. He sent Blade into the barricade and hit a missile dropkick back in the ring. PAC confronted Butcher and Blade took advantage with a baseball slide.

Blade hit a release brainbuster, which PAC landed awkwardly on. PAC went for a slingshot DDT but the move didn’t quite hit like he wanted. Bunny grabbed PAC’s leg and Butcher attacked from behind as Blade distracted the official. Blade hit a gutwrench powerbomb for two.

After a break, PAC fired up with forearms and a pump kick. He hit a thrust kick but Blade hit a powerslam for two. They fought on the top rope, and PAC won the exchange after a superplex.

Bunny distracted PAC from hitting the Black Arrow and Butcher tried to attack, but PAC dispatched him. Blade rolled him up with a handful of tights for a good near fall. PAC kicked out, hit a shooting star press, and immediately applied the Brutalizer for the submission victory.

After the match, PAC grabbed a mic and addressed Kingston, but Butcher laid him out. Butcher and Blade beat PAC down as Kingston taunted him. Rey Fénix ran out and tried to make the save, solidifying his split from Kingston, but Butcher, Blade, and Kingston were too much for him. 

Penta El Zero Miedo came out with a steel chair and teased attacking his brother before lunging towards Kingston and sending Butcher and Blade packing. PAC and the Lucha Bros celebrated as Fénix made a triangle gesture, signifying that the Death Triangle are back.

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Schiavone sent it to the back as they got word of an altercation. Jade Cargill was beating up Brandi Rhodes with Vickie Guerrero and Nyla Rose before Big Swole appeared to break it up.

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NWA Women’s World Championship: Serena Deeb (c) defeated Thunder Rosa 

Despite the interference, this was a good championship match. They performed some really solid chain wrestling early on. Rosa gained the advantage after an arm drag and a senton. She hit a hip attack onto the apron, but Deeb caught her upon re-entry and hit a dragon screw to take control.

The announcers mentioned the NWA and Billy Corgan. Rosa fought back with a drop toe hold and repeated corner lariats. Deeb hit a neckbreaker over the ropes and an apron spear. Rosa fought out of a GTS and nailed a German suplex. She landed a missile dropkick, sending Deeb to the outside.

Rebel came out and distracted the referee as Dr. Britt Baker laid out Rosa. Deeb landed a powerbomb for a good near fall. They exchanged cradles before Deeb applied a Koji Clutch. Rosa fought out with a double stomp and they went to another cradle exchange before Deeb hit a modified Angel’s Wings for the three count.

Rosa attacked Baker after the match as the referee corps had to break up the fight.

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The Dark Order’s John Silver and Anna Jay talked backstage. It was revealed that Mr. Brodie Lee demanded a championship match against Hikaru Shida for Jay next week. Jay said that when they first fought she was a rookie, but it’s different story now that she’s in the Dark Order.

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PAC and Rey Fénix vs. The Butcher and The Blade was announced for next week.

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A Darby Allin video package aired. Inside a church, he set himself on fire, and that was that.

Team Taz (Brian Cage & Ricky Starks) defeated Cody Rhodes (w/ Arn Anderson) & Darby Allin

Taz joined commentary. Starks and Allin wrestled to a stalemate before exchanging slaps. Allin fired up with a Thesz press as Cody and Cage tagged in. They each hit big moves, concluding with Cody nailing a moonsault press for a near fall. Taz left the commentary desk and made his way ringside.

During the break, Taz broke up Cody’s flurry of offense, which enraged Arn. Arn tossed a chair into the ring and was ejected from the match.

Cage and Starks isolated Cody with frequent tags. Cody reached Allin for the hot tag. Allin ran wild on Team Taz and jackknifed Cage for a two count. He set up for a German suplex on Starks, but Cage came in and suplexed them both. Cody cut Cage off with the Disaster Kick before being leveled with a Spear.

Allin hit a shotgun dropkick and fought out of a powerbomb into a yoshi tonic for a great near fall. Starks went for Roshambo, but Cody cut it off and hit Cross Rhodes. Cage flattened Allin with a spinning clothesline and dispatched Cody with a Saito suplex. 

Cage perched Allin on the top rope. Allin fought him off, but Starks stopped a Coffin Drop and Cage hit an avalanche Drill Claw to pin the TNT champion.

After the match, Team Taz continued the beatdown before Will Hobbs ran out with a chair to make the save. He picked up the FTW Championship and appeared to taunt Team Taz, but turned around and laid out Cody. It appears that Hobbs has joined Team Taz as they all stood over Cody and Allin to end the show.

AEW Dynamite live results: Full Gear fallout, PAC returns

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AEW Dynamite airs live tonight from Daily’s Place in Jacksonville, Florida. 

After defeating Chris Jericho at Full Gear, MJF will be inducted into The Inner Circle tonight. MJF faked being hit by a baseball bat at Full Gear to create an issue between Jericho and referee Aubrey Edwards, allowing MJF to roll Jericho up and pin him while holding the tights. 

Natural Nightmares vs. The Butcher and The Blade (w/The Bunny) has been announced. This feud began on AEW Dark where it was revealed that The Bunny had been seducing QT Marshall only to financially ruin him before she returned to her Bunny persona and her real-life husband, The Blade. 

An appearance by new number one contender to Jon Moxley’s AEW World Championship Kenny Omega was announced earlier today. 

A Cody Rhodes promo has also been advertised. Rhodes lost the TNT Championship to Darby Allin at Full Gear. 

Penta El Zero M vs. Rey Fenix will take place. The tag partners faced off in the first round of the World title eliminator tournament. Fenix came away with the win, but Penta took his place in the second round against Kenny Omega after Fenix was injured. 

Shawn Spears (w/Tully Blanchard) will take on Scorpio Sky. This bout was originally slated for last week, but Sky was pulled from the show due to COVID contact tracing. 

Brian Cage vs. Matt Sydal and Tay Conti vs. Red Velvet have also been announced for the show. 

Tony Khan has also promised that “the balance of power in wrestling will shift tonight.”

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

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Dynamite has a fresh presentation package, including a new intro and revised graphics.

Taz opened the show with a promo ahead of Brian Cage’s match against Matt Sydal. He addressed Darby Allin, who was sitting high up in the audience. Taz told Allin not to interfere in the match, and to tell Cody Rhodes the same thing. Taz put over Sydal, and notably said that Sydal has a win over Chris Jericho, which was either a mistake where Taz meant to say “Christopher Daniels” or a reference to their WWE days.

Brian Cage (w/ Taz & Ricky Starks) defeated Matt Sydal

Taz joined commentary. Sydal surprised Cage with a couple kicks. Cage popped up and beat him down with power moves and strikes. Sydal would occasionally hit some hopeful offense, but Cage’s power was too much. Cage taunted Sydal by curling him.

Cage got cocky and attempted a hurricanrana, which Sydal turned into a hurricanrana before hitting a brutal meteora on the ramp. Sydal hit kicks and a standing corkscrew moonsault for two. Cage went for the Drill Claw, but Sydal fought out. Sydal hit a roundhouse kick but was leveled with a lariat before countering out of the Drill Claw into a cradle for a close near fall.

Sydal attempted a top-rope blockbuster, but Cage caught him out of midair right into the Drill Claw for the win.

After the match, Starks cut a promo, emphasizing how he and Cage are both now on the men’s singles rankings. “The revolution will be televised.”

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Cody Rhodes made his full entrance and congratulated Darby Allin on his championship victory. Cody will not be seeking a rematch, and instead wants a match with MJF. Some tall bodybuilder woman entered the ring, took the microphone, and accused Cody of lying.

Her name is Jade Cargill, and she called herself the “total package”. She’s been sitting on the sidelines studying her competition. Cargill said that Cody wants to topple giants, but there’s nothing giant about Cody.

Cargill told Cody to keep his thoughts to himself, and told him to watch his back, before sarcastically congratulating him on his name. Cargill said that Cody was too scared to go by just one name, and said that the giant she’s representing was Shaq (Shaquille O’Neal). 

Brandi Rhodes came out and tore into Cargill, but Cargill was unfazed. Cargill gave Brandi a lovetap on the way out before Jerry Lynn came out to prevent the fight.

With Cody distracted, Cage re-entered the ring and laid him out. He and Starks attacked Cody, but Allin’s music played, and he made the save. Cody’s music played as Will Hobbs made his way out to even the odds.

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Alex Marvez interviewed Jon Moxley. When Moxley came to AEW he wasn’t interested in championships, but now, the world title represents every single one of the fans. He has a big challenge ahead with Kenny Omega. He’s beaten Omega once, but beating him twice is another story.

They announced that Moxley will the AEW World Championship against Omega in three weeks, on the December 2 episode of Dynamite. It was billed as the “biggest match in Dynamite history.”

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Natural Nightmares (Dustin Rhodes & QT Marshall) defeated The Butcher & The Blade (w/ Allie) in a Bunkhouse Match

This was tons of fun.

There are no disqualifications or countouts in a Bunkhouse match. Everyone in the match was wearing jeans and there were props next to the stage. 

Marshall attacked before the bell and the Natural Nightmares worked over their opponents on the floor. Dustin hit the Final Reckoning on Blade through a chair. Bunny distracted them, and Blade smashed a guitar over Marshall’s head as Dustin grabbed a bullrope. Dustin set up to use the rope but was leveled with a chair shot from Butcher.

The camera cut to Marshall, who was bloodied. Bunny handcuffed Dustin to the ropes. It was all Butcher and Blade during the commercial break as Dustin was helpless and Marshall was incapacitated.

A ladder and a kendo stick were introduced during the break. Dustin grabbed the kendo stick, so Blade tackled him, but in the process, Dustin was set free from the cuffs. He made a one-man comeback after flipping off his opponents.

Dustin and Butcher fought with weapons abnd brawled over to a staging area. Marshall blinded Butcher with a fire extinguisher, allowing Dustin to bulldog him through a plywood structure.

Back in the ring, Blade had been opened up badly. Marshall and Blade’s relationship with Allie/Bunny was the focus of this feud, so they brawled in the ring before Marshall cracked him with a trashcan. Marshall climbed a ladder and hit an elbow drop from the top, but Blade got his shoulder up at two. 

Butcher and Dustin made their way back into the fight as the latter hit signature offense before they whiffed on a Code Red. Butcher and Blade hit the Full Death through chairs, but Marshall broke up the pin. Marshall hit a chain-assisted Diamond Cutter on Butcher and Blade into Bunny, which sent her through a table. Dustin nailed Blade with a cowbell and Marshall hit the cutter for the win.

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Matt Hardy cut a promo from his compound. He said that Sammy Guevara earned his respect through all the violence and that Guevara will be a big star.

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MJF’s Inner Circle Induction Ceremony

There was a podium set up in the ring. Chris Jericho came out, addressed the crowd, and invited out the original Inner Circle first. Hager, Santana, and Ortiz came out without Guevara, but Jericho brushed it off.

Next were MJF and Wardlow, both of whom are being inducted into the Inner Circle. MJF took the podium and acted all emotional, saying he overcame the adversity of a one million dollar loan and handled the burden of being the ratings champion. He then read a prepared poem, but he was just plagiarazing the rapper Drake’s song “All Me”.

Santana and Ortiz got heated, but Jericho calmed everyone down and said the Inner Circle would be stronger than ever, imploring everyone to make it work. 

MJF said they weren’t just here to celebrate his induction, they were also celebrating Jericho’s birthday as confetti and balloons rained down. He announced that the Inner Circle was headed to Las Vegas next week, and the trip was on him, before singing “Happy Birthday” to close the segment.

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Alex Marvez interviewed the Young Bucks. In a funny moment, he flinched when their dressing room opened, expecting to be superkicked. The Bucks called the tag championships the biggest achievement of their career.

Matt mentioned that they received a message from Top Flight, the high-flying team of brothers that’s appeared on Dark, and then Matt granted them a tag team championship opportunity next week. 

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Shawn Spears (w/ Tully Blanchard) defeated Scorpio Sky

This was the culmination of a feud. They traded big moves early on. Ahead of the commercial, Sky went for a dive, but Spears sprung up and suplexed him.

Back from break, Sky fought out of C4 and hit a plancha and a slingshot cutter. Spears had set up stairs on the outside. Sky attempted a diving clothesline off of them, but Spears kicked him out of the air before dropping Sky with a sidewalk slam onto the stairs. 

Spears went for the TKO, but Spears turned it into a sharpshooter. Tully dropped Spears’ Kevlar slug gimmick in the corner and distracted the referee and Sky. Spears crushed Sky with a steel slug inserted into his left glove, and that was enough to get the three count.

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During the previous match, Cody Rhodes & Darby Allin vs. Brian Cage & Ricky Starks of Team Taz was announced for next week’s Dynamite.

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Dasha Gonzalez had been sitting with Kenny Omega for an interview, but Omega left in a hurry. They cut to Alex Marvez, who had caught up to Omega outside. Marvez asked for Omega’s thoughts on being the next world championship challenger.

Omega said that he needs the championship to live up to the standards of the Kenny Omega we saw in New Japan. He’s ready to assume the responsibility of being world champion, and noted that despite their previous encounter, this is the first official match between him and Moxley. He closed the interview with an intriguing cliffanger: Omega has a flight to catch.

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Tay Conti (w/ Anna Jay) defeated Red Velvet (w/ Brandi Rhodes)

Conti took control with judo throws before a commercial break. Velvet came back with clotheslines and a cazadora bulldog before following it up with double knees and a stunner for two.

They downed each other with double roundhouse kicks. Jay slipped a chair to Conti, but Conti didn’t want to cheat, and she kicked it out of the ring. Velvet surprised her with a leg lariat for a near fall, but missed a dropkick. Conti followed with a pump kick and a Gory Special transitioned into a knee strike for the victory.

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Alex Marvez interviewed Jericho, MJF, and the rest of the Inner Circle. They celebrated with their tickets to Las Vegas. Sammy Guevara approached. Guevara missed the induction ceremony because he didn’t get a follow-up email about where it would take place, but MJF was adamant he sent it.

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They replayed the Best Friends/Sabian & Miro angle from Full Gear and announced Kip Sabian vs. Orange Cassidy for next week.

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Eddie Kingston cut a promo. Even though he said “I quit,” he will never stop wrestling and will become world champion. Penta vs. Fénix is next, and all Kingston can say to the fans is “you’re welcome.”

Penta El Zero Miedo defeated Rey Fénix

This was a very good match but it wasn’t quite as great as their previous encounter.

Kingston joined commentary and they teased dissension as Kingston clearly favors Penta. The Lucha Bros traded kicks right away. They traded cradles before Fénix sent Penta outside with a hurricanrana. Fénix set up for a dive, but Penta backdropped him to the floor. Penta tore at his brother’s mask and flattened him with a thrust kick. 

A lot of Fénix’s face was exposed during and after Penta’s attack on his mask. Schiavone accused Kingston of breaking up a great tag team. They brawled outside during the break and Penta maintained control of the match.

Penta set up for the package piledriver but Fénix turned it into a cradle. Fénix hit a handspring cutter before returning the favor and ripping his brother’s mask. We just about saw Penta’s entire face. They traded headbutts and Penta hit a flipping DDT for two.

A tijeras sent Penta outside before Fénix laid him out with a tornillo dive. Fénix hit a senton atomico for two. They fought on the apron as Penta hit the package piledriver right on the ring frame. On the floor, Penta hit a destroyer. 

Back in the ring, Penta hit a second package piledriver for the win.

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Kingston immediately grabbed a microphone and congratulated Penta before pushing Fénix out of the ring. He said that Penta doesn’t need that dead weight. 

He was interrupted by the returning PAC, who said that the Bastard is back and that Kingston made a bad mistake. Officials came out to prevent the brawl.

It was announced that PAC will make his in-ring return on next week’s Dynamite, facing The Blade.

AEW Dynamite live results: World title eliminator semifinals

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The show opened with a backstage interview segment. 

Dasha Gonzalez asked MJF what it would mean to him if Wardlow were to win the AEW World title. MJF said that Wardlow is under contract to him and if Wardlow wins, MJF becomes AEW Champion. MJF asked Wardlow to confirm that. Wardlow looked annoyed, but agreed. 

Sammy Guevara entered and MJF did his condescending fake friend bit with Sammy. Sammy told him to cut the sh*t. MJF said Sammy looks like he sells adderall to middle schoolers. 

Sammy said he was going to keep MJF out of the Inner Circle. MJF dared him to step up and do something about it. Guevara took a step forward and MJF begged off. 

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AEW World title eliminator semifinal: Hangman Page defeated Wardlow

Page was on fire here. An excellent performance. 

Page fired off a shotgun dropkick at the opening bell. The action spilled to the floor. 

Wardlow speared Page through the barricade and went on offense. Page came back with an armbar over the ropes. Wardlo suplexed Page back in. Wardlow missed a senton bomb. 

Page clotheslined Wardlow to the floor and hit a moonsault off the post. Back inside, Page hit a standing shooting star. Wardlow kicked out at one. 

Wardlow blocked the Buckshot Lariat and hit his own clothesline for a near fall. Wardlow hit the F-10 but Page rolled to the floor before Wardlow could make a cover. 

Page hit a fall-away slam off the top rope. Two Buckshot Lariats later, Page covered for the pin. 

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The announcers previewed the rest of the show. 

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A Jon Moxley promo video aired. Moxley said there was no room for an excuse-making Eddie Kingston in this AEW. He said AEW is for the best athletes who put in the work. He said he’s made the AEW title the richest prize in sports and Kingston should protect his neck. 

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Kingston, Butcher, Blade and Bunny came to the ring. They showed a highlight from Dark in an inset and explained that The Bunny had maxed out QT Marshall’s credit cards. 

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After an ad break, Kingston cut a promo in the ring. He called Moxley a coward for not being there tonight. 

Kingston reminded us that he was never eliminated from the Casino Battle Royale at All Out and that Matt Sydal was the Joker in that match. Sydal entered for the next match. 

Eddie Kingston defeated Matt Sydal

They opened with some chain wrestling. Sydal hit a spin kick and a sliding dropkick in the corner. He tried another kick but Kingston caught it and slammed him. Kingston was in control before a commercial. 

After the break, Sydal made his comeback. Sydal hit a flying headscissors with Kingston seated on the top rope. 

Kingston hit a kitchen sink to cut Sydal off, then used Moxley’s bulldog choke to submit Sydal. 

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Young Bucks/FTR interview

Excalibur and The Young Bucks were in one location, FTR and Tully Blanchard in another. 

Excalibur asked Matt about his ankle injury, diagnosed as a severe sprain and a contusion. Matt said he’ll be at Full Gear. 

Dax said he’s not afraid of internet backlash and FTR will do what they have to do. 

Matt explained the heelish actions of The Bucks of late. He said sometimes good people do bad things. He said The Bucks have been missing an edge and when FTR started screwing with and manipulating their friends, it lit a spark under them. 

Excalibur asked Nick to dive deeper on that. FTR got agitated and walked out on the interview. 

Nick said that Matt had proposed a stipulation and he wasn’t sure how he felt about it. 

Matt said that if they lose at Full Gear, they will never challenge for the AEW Tag titles again. 

As a next step in the story, this was fine. 

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The Inner Circle Town Hall

Dasha Gonzalez and Tony Schiavone were the moderators. 

Inner Circle entered first. Jake Hager was absent and the announcers explained that he’s training for an MMA fight. 

MJF then entered. 

Luchasaurus asked the first question. He asked MJF how he would keep the earnings potential strong for The Inner Circle. MJF showed a chart that demonstrated how the earnings would go up with him in the group. 

Reba and Britt Baker asked the next question. Reba fawned over Jericho. Baker asked Jericho about MJF’s poor track record when it comes to friendships. Jericho said he’s not a dipsh*t like Cody and he won’t let MJF into the true Inner Circle, and if he tries to turn on them, they’ll knock his teeth down his throat. 

MJF said that they all got into this business for money and championships, and that together, he and Inner Circle would make a lot of green and win a lot of gold. 

Eric Bischoff entered and asked what MJF could do for The Inner Circle, what The Inner Circle could do for him. 

In phrasing the next part of his question, Bischoff said that he’s worked with Jericho and that he’s a prima donna. He said MJF has a lot of the same traits and how would they get along without destroying each other. 

Jericho told MJF to answer the question. MJF said Jericho can’t be serious and what hasn’t MJF done? 

Jericho said MJF hasn’t beaten him. 

Jericho said he’s going to give MJF a shot to beat him at Full Gear. If MJF wins, he’s in. 

Ortiz then grabbed the mic. He said he and Sammy are out on MJF and even if he wins, he’ll never be in with them. He said Santana is somewhere in the middle. 

Ortiz then announced himself and Guevara vs. MJF and Wardlow for next week. 

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A Team Taz video played. They’re still waiting for an answer from Will Hobbs as to whether he will join their group. 

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Orange Cassidy entered with Best Friends for the TNT title match before a commercial. 

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TNT Championship lumberjack match: Cody defeated Orange Cassidy to retain the title

The story here was that the babyface lumberjacks had their loyalties split, while the heels were just there to create chaos. 

Cody got into it with Best Friends on the floor. Trent hit Cody with a right hand and allowed Cassidy to establish an early advantage. Cassidy hi t a delayed vertical suplex. 

Cody cut Cassidy off and hit a biel. He used a single-leg crab in working Cassidy over during a break. After the commercial, Cody hit a superplex off the post onto a bunch of lumberjacks as the lumberjacks fought amongst themselves. 

Cassidy hit a stundog millionaire and a tornado DDT for a near fall. He followed with Beach Break for another two count. 

Some of the lumberjacks took the referee. John Silver jumped in and hit a pump kick on Cassidy. Cody didn’t see the kick but took advantage of it, as he hit Cross Rhodes and pinned Cassidy. 

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Darby Allin watched all of this from the upper deck of the building. 

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Kip Sabian and Miro approached Best Friends backstage. They offered them presents and said they were sorry for overreacting when Best Friends broke their arcade game. 

Penelope Ford entered dressed as Orange Cassidy for Halloween. 

All of this was a ruse. Miro and Sabian attacked Best Friends. Miro said he will never forgive Best Friends. 

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Serena Deeb cut an inset promo before the match. She said the belt represents legacy, tradition and respect. She said she changed the game and she’ll show you why you should respect her. 

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NWA World Women’s Championship match: Serena Deeb defeated Leyla Hirsch to retain the title

They kept this simple but it was very good. A great example of a veteran walking a talented rookie through a match. 

Hirsch used a variety of holds in attacking Deeb’s left arm. There was a commercial break in the middle of the match. 

After the break, Hirsch hit a pump knee and a German suplex. Hirsch missed a moonsault. Deeb pounced right away and hit two neckbreakers. 

Deeb then used an arm capture single-leg crab and Hirsch tapped out. 

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Alex Marvez asked Hikaru Shida about the number one contender to her title, Nyla Rose. He said Rose is refusing to wrestle until she gets a title match. 

Shida said “Nyla, you want me? I want you at Full Gear.” 

So that’s a new Full Gear match. 

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Shawn Spears (w/Tully Blanchard) defeated VSK

The only move of the match was a C4 from Spears. Spears pinned VSK. 

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After the match, Spears pulled a guy in a bull costume out of the crowd and into the ring. The bull unmasked and revealed Scorpio Sky. Sky hit a TKO on Spears to further their angle. 

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John Silver vs. Orange Cassidy was announced for the Full Gear Buy In. 

Miro vs. Trent, Spears vs. Sky, plus Cody & Gunn Club vs. Colt Cabana, Ten and Silver were announced for next week. Jericho will also be on commentary next week. 

The main event is next. 

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Omega had his dancing broom girls wearing Penta and Fenix masks for his grand entrance. 

AEW World title eliminator semifinal: Kenny Omega defeated Penta El Zero M (w/Rey Fenix)

Super main event. 

Omega took off his shirt to reveal the AAA Mega title he won from Rey Fenix. This pissed off Penta and Fenix. 

Omega and Penta had a chop battle to start. Omega then began laying in heavier strikes. Penta fired back with a heavy palm strike to the chest and a chop. Penta hit a backstabber and a tope con giro. Penta sold his knee after landing the tope. 

Penta posted Omega’s right arm. Omega kicked at Penta’s left leg. They brawled into the crowd during a commercial break. 

Back inside, Omega hit a kotaro krusher. He followed with a terminator dive. Omega celebraed the dive too long and Penta recovered. Penta hit a kick and a crossbody off the post to the floor. 

Penta missed a double stomp off the top but hit a slingblade for a two count. Penta hit a double stomp with Omega caught up in the corner. 

Omega hit two snap dragon suplexes. Penta blocked a third. Omega hit a powerbomb and a v-trigger for a near fall. Penta avoided a One-winged Angel. Omega hit a leg lariat and a v-trigger. 

Omega teased a top rope dragon suplex but Penta blocked. Omega teased a suplex to the ramp but Penta blocked. Penta hit a destroyer on the ramp. In the ring, Penta hit a package piledriver for a great near fall. 

Omega blocked a pumphandle driver. Penta hit an enzuigiri. Omega blocked a slingblade attempt with a v-trigger. Penta fought off another attempt at the One-winged Angel and used a Fujiwara armbar to wrench back on Omega’s right arm. 

They traded strikes. Penta hit a superkick. Penta tried a springboard attack but Omega hit a v-trigger. 

Omega then connected with the One-winged Angel and pinned Penta to advance to the tournament final at Full Gear. 

AEW Dynamite anniversary show live results: Four title matches

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AEW celebrates the first anniversary of Dynamite tonight with four title matches. 

AEW World Champion Jon Moxley will defend his title against Lance Archer. Archer won a Casino Battle Royale at All Out to earn the title shot. Moxley is 19-0 in AEW singles matches in 2020, while Archer is 13-1. 

AEW Women’s World Champion Hikaru Shida will put her title up against Big Swole. Swole is on a seven-match winning streak heading into the contest. 

FTR will defend the AEW World Tag Team Championships against Best Friends. 

A week after regaining the TNT Championship, Cody will put that title on the line against Orange Cassidy. Cassidy answered an open challenge from Cody on last week’s Dynamite. Cassidy has challenged for the TNT title once before, in a losing effort against Mr. Brodie Lee. 

Miro & Kip Sabian in action and “a huge announcement” from MJF have also been advertised for tonight’s show. 

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

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The show opened with the introductions for the Tag title match.

Jim Ross, Excalibur and Tony Schiavone were the broadcast team. 

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AEW World Tag Team Championship match: FTR defeated Best Friends to retain the titles

Trent and Chuck got some shine early. Dax cut Trent off after refusing to break cleanly in the corner and FTR took over. 

Trent got his knees up on a Cash elbow drop and managed a hot tag to Chuck. Chuck hit a tope con giro. He followed with a falcon arrow on Dax for a near fall. 

Tully interfered from the floor, sweeping Chuck’s leg on a suplex attempt. Chuck made his own comeback and tagged out. 

Chuck and Trent hit their sole food/half-and-half combo for a two count. Trent hit a one-legged dropkick to Cash for another two. Cash cut Trent off with a lariat. 

The match broke down and all four jumped in. Chuck and Trent hit Strong Zero on Dax for a great near fall as Cash made the save. 

Trent and Cash brawled outside. Cash dodged a spear and Trent ran into Kip Sabian’s arcade game. Sabian was mad and sent Penelope Ford to the back to fetch Miro. This did not lead to the finish. 

Trent hit a swing DDT and tagged out. Chuck ducked a belt shot from Dax. 

Dax then took the referee. Cash hit Chuck with a title belt and Dax rolled him up to retain the titles. 

This was below the level of most AEW tag matches. There were some sloppy spots and FTR continue to struggle to mesh with the AEW tag roster. 

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Post-match, Penelope and Miro ran in. Miro destroyed Chuck and Trent with throws and cleared the ring. 

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After a commercial break, the show was rejoined live with Miro’s ring intro for the next match. 

Miro & Kip Sabian (w/Penelope Ford) defeated Lee Johnson & Sean Maluta

Miro and Sabian won a quick squash. Miro used the camel clutch to submit Maluta. 

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Sabian and Miro cut quick promos after the match. Sabian said that the arcade game was his most prized possession. Miro called Best Friends “Good Friends” and said if you break his sh*t, it’s game over. 

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The broadcast team immediately threw it to the back where Lance Archer was beating up Jon Moxley. 

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The annoucers then previewed the AEW World Title Eliminator Tournament which begins next week. 

The first round matches: 

Rey Fenix vs. Penta El Zero M, Joey Janela vs. Kenny Omega

Colt Cabana vs. Hangman Page, Wardlow vs. Jungle Boy

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MJF entered for a promo. He called out Chris Jericho. 

They did a lengthy back and forth promo. MJF gifted Sammy Guevara an oversized jacket. Jericho said he hated Animal Planet. 

MJF said he might want to join The Inner Circle and challenged Jericho to…

a steak dinner on nextweek’s Dynamite. 

This went way too long and the slow burn for the match between these two has fizzled out. 

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A Britt Baker Role/Roll Model video package aired. Britt and Schiavone were at a spa. Britt and Reba freaked out because they thought Tony was naked. 

Tony got his chest waxed while Britt cut a promo about the next step in her comeback happening next week. 

This was funny. 

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They randomly announced in the middle of the next match that Darby Allin would be getting a TNT Championship match at Full Gear. 

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TNT Championship match: Cody & Orange Cassidy went to a time limit draw, Cody retained

Cody indeed made Orange lock up as he promised. Cody went to taunt Orange with a pockets spot but Orange escaped. Cassidy hit a superkick and a tope suicida. 

Cody hit a top rope springboard cutter, a disaster kick and a superplex. He went to work on Cassidy’s left leg, including wrenching it around the post. 

Cassidy came back with a swing DDT off the top rope and Beach Break on the apron. They did a countout tease but both made it back in.

Cassidy hit a second Beach Break. They traded cradles. Cody used a crucifix. The pinning combinations were coming fast and furious as the time limit neared. 

Cassidy used a mousetrap cradle. Hehad Cody pinned but before the ref could count to three, the time limit expired. 

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Alex Marvez was backstage with Lance Archer and Jake Roberts. Marvez said the World title match was in jeopardy after Archer attacked Moxley earlier. 

Moxley ran in and had a pull-apart with Archer. 

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Tony Schiavone interviewed Matt Hardy in the crowd. Matt said he’s healthy and cleared to return to the ring. 

A Sammy Guevara video interrupted. Guevara took responibility for the attack on Hardy’s knee that was the storyline reason for his not being cleared. Sammy said this will never be over between them. 

Matt said Sammy is his first order of business. 

This feud is cursed and they should never go back to it but this segment was effective. 

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Tony Schiavone was in the ring with Tully, FTR, referees and a lottery tumbler. 

A 4-way for the number one contendership to the AEW Tag titles was announced for next week. The refs drew names. 

Private Party, Butcher & Blade, Alex Reynolds & John Silver and Young Bucks were drawn. 

Young Bucks shook hands with FTR and they teased a confrontation. Instead, Matt and Nick laid out Private Party, Butcher and Blade with superkicks. 

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They announced that the main event is now a no-DQ match. 

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AEW Women’s World Championship match: Hikaru Shida defeated Big Swole to retain the title

This was Swole’s best outing since the match that got her signed.

It’s unfortunate for these ladies that again the only women’s match on the show was put in the 9:30 spot and had a commercial in the middle of it. 

They shook hands before locking up. They traded quick cradles for two counts. Shida hit a series of strikes to establish the advantage. 

Shida hit her drive-by knee lift on the apron. Swole came back and shoved Shida into the camera operator before a break. 

During the commercials, Shida sent Swole over the barricade, then suplexed her back over to the floor. Back inside, Swole tried a crucifix bomb. Shida blocked. 

Swole went for a sunset bomb off the top rope but slipped. They recovered well after the botched spot. 

Swole hit a cutter to the ramp and a cutter in the ring for a two count. 

Shida hit a straightjacket German for a two count. Shida hit a knee strike and a falcon arrow for a near fall. 

Swole hit Dirty Dancing but Shida kicked out. Swole went for a second Dirty Dancing but Shida blocked. 

Shida hit a running knee to the back of thehead, then hit a shining wizard to pin Swole and retain. 

They showed Nyla Rose in the front row after the match, so Shida and Rose still looks to be a direction at some point. 

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MJF and Jericho’s “Dinner Debonair” was announced for next week. 

Cody vs. Orange Cassidy in a TNT title rematch was announced for two weeks from tonight. 

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Eddie Kingston, Penta and Fenix came to the announce desk. 

The announcers then threw to a Shawn Spears video. 

Spears said he isn’t stalking Scorpio Sky. 

That’s exactly what someone who is stalking Scorpio Sky would say. 

Spears reminded us that Sky saved Matt Sydal when Spears was beating him down on Late Night Dynamite and so Spears has an ax to grind wth Sky. 

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Kingston told the announcers that he’s there to watch the main event, which is up next. 

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AEW World Championship no-DQ match: Jon Moxley defeated Lance Archer (w/Jake Roberts) to retain the title

They didn’t have the time to build a real epic but this was an entertaining brawl. 

Archer charged through the entrance, tossing an extra through glass on his way to the stage. 

Moxley hit a kick to the gut and a Paradigm Shift right away for an immediate two count. 

Archer took control of the fight before a commercial break. Archer hit a chokeslam through two chairs. 

Moxley made a comeback after the break and used a kneebar and an ankle lock. Moxley hit a Paradigm Shift off the apron through two tables. 

Moxley hit another Paradigm Shift in the ring. Archer kicked out. Moxley transitioned to a bulldog choke but Archer forced a break. 

Archer hit a DDT and a Blackout but Moxley rolled through on the Blackout and used a crucifix to pin Archer. 

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Archer attacked after the match. Kingston ordered Penta and Fenix to the ring to make the save. 

Kingston cut a babyface promo. He said he and Moxley have been friends forever. He said they had a good fight for the World title a couple of weeks back, even though Kingston never tapped. 

Kingston said Moxley has carried the company for a year and deserves respect. He ordered Penta and Fenix to raise Mox’s hands. 

Kingston then hit Mox with a spinning backfist. Kingston used a rear naked choke. Penta and Fenix ran interference on the apron to keep officials from breaking this up. 

Kingston choked Moxley out. He said he never tapped and he’s going to get Jon. 

A great angle to end the show. 

AEW Dynamite live results: Jon Moxley in action, Tag title match

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The AEW World Tag Team Championships will be on the line tonight on Dynamite. 

Champions FTR will defend against the SCU duo of Scorpio Sky and Frankie Kazarian in a 20-minute time limit “Brush With Greatness” match. 

The Inner Circle’s Chris Jericho will be in action against Private Party’s Isiah Kassidy. 

Orange Cassidy will face Preston “10” Vance of The Dark Order. Cassidy faced Dark Order leader Mr. Brodie Lee for the TNT title on last week’s Dynamite in a losing effort. A week after his return to Dynamite, Cody will respond to Lee’s challenge to a dog collar match for the TNT Championship. 

Ricky Starks from Team Taz will face Darby Allin. 

Dr. Britt Baker will be in action for the first time since All Out.

A week after retaining the AEW World title against Eddie Kingston, Jon Moxley is set for tonight’s show. He will be in action against an opponent of Kingston’s choosing. 

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

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Jim Ross, Excalibur and Taz were the announce team. They said that Tony Schiavone was trying to get a word with FTR backstage. 

A video package aired highlighting the Allin/Starks feud. 

A promo aired from Darby Allin’s compound where one of his friends promised that Allin would get revenge on Starks. 

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Darby Allin defeated Ricky Starks

They worked this like a grudge match for sure. The strikes were snug and the work was good. 

Allin got some shine early with strikes, a suplex on the apron and a suicide dive. 

Brian Cage came out to distract Allin. Will Hobbs came out to take care of Cage and the two brawled to the back. Starks was able to use the distraction to cut off Allin and flip the momentum. 

Allin made a comeback and hit a code red. They traded strikes. Allin hit a backpack stunner. He teased a Coffin Drop off the second rope but Starks caught him with a spear for a two count. 

Starks went for an avalanche finisher. Allin kicked him off and hit a Coffin Drop for the pin. 

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The announcers previewed the card. They announced that Moxley vs. the opponent of Kingston’s choosing would be for the AEW World title. 

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Cody came to the ring for a promo. They cut to commercial before he began speaking.

After the break, Dasha Gonzalez was in the ring to interview Cody. She asked about the status of Cody’s injury. 

Cody said Al Snow once told him you always wrestle hurt, but you should never wrestle injured. Cody said his injury is more than physical. 

Cody said it hurt to lose his TNT title in three minutes. While he was off, he got the call from Hollywood to appear on another show. 

Cody said he heard people talking while he was away, talking about being the future and the ace. He said only three people have the right to speak of themselves in that way now: Hikaru Shida, Jon Moxley and Brodie Lee. 

Dasha asked Cody what his answer was to Brodie Lee. Cody said as an EVP, his answer to Lee is no. He left the ring. 

Cody came back to the ring. He said no, as in no regrets, no holding back, next week, he accepts. 

Brodie Lee came to the ring. The locker room emptied and tried to hold the two apart. 

Brandi Rhodes ran in and hit a flip dive off the post onto Dark Order. Anna Jay attacked Brandi. Nyla Rose and KiLynn King jumped the rail and brawled. 

The pull-apart in the ring re-started. Lee retreated to the stage and held the TNT title aloft. 

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Schiavone was backstage with FTR and Tully Blanchard. 

Cash said they did Best Friends a favor last week by refusing their challenge. He called Best Friends glorified backyard wrestlers and participation trophy guys. He said SCU are different and deserving of a shot. 

Schiavone asked Dax about The Young Bucks. Dax referenced Dave Meltzer and said that if stars from Dave constitute a title match, maybe The Bucks could get a match at some point. 

Matt Jackson entered and hit a superkick to Tony. Nick was not there but they acted like he was just off-camera. 

Dax and Cash called Matt out for kicking Schiavone instead of them. 

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Dasha was with SCU. They promised to win the titles tonight, then made their way to the curtain. 

Shawn Spears was waiting for SCU at the curtain and mockingly wished them luck. 

The Tag title match is next. 

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Hangman Page joined the commentary desk. 

AEW World Tag Team Championship match: FTR (w/Tully Blanchard) defeated SCU (Scorpio Sky & Frankie Kazarian w/Christopher Daniels) to retain the titles

This was excellent. 

Dax and Kaz began, trading holds. Kaz hit a lariat and tagged Sky. Sky hit a dropkick for a one count. Cash blind-tagged in and faced off with Sky. 

Sky and Cash did a series of drop-downs and leapfrogs. Cash feigned a trip from Daniels on the floor and the ref ejected Daniels. 

Dax and Cash had some miscommunication and ended up on the outside. Kazarian missed a baseball slide but Sky hit a tope con giro to both members of FTR. 

FTR cut Sky off with a lariat on the outside before throwing him back in. FTR were in control, working over Sky before an ad break. 

Cash missed a charge into the corner. Dax tagged in. Cash took the ref. Sky cradled Dax but the ref was tied up and Sky only got a two count. 

Kazarian tagged in and hit a series of leg lariats on Dax. He fought off an interfering Cash and sent him into Dax. Cash tagged in and ate a northern lights suplex and a fisherman’s suplex for a pair of two counts at the ten minute call. 

Cash hit a dropkick on Kazarian into a sunset flip by Dax for a two count. Kazarian hit a German on Dax. Sky tagged in and used a high stack on a cover for a two count. 

SCU tried a double pin on a sunset flip from Kaz and a high cross from Sky but only got two. Sky hit Dax with a cutter for a two count. Dax powerbombed Kazarian. Cash hit a dragon suplex for a near fall. 

Kazarian crotched Cash on the top rope and went for a superplex. Dax interfered. Kazarian countered a doomsday device attempt with a powerslam. 

Sky used a series of cradles for three near falls on Cash. Blanchard interfered by grabbing Cash’s hands to block a schoolboy. 

For the finish, Sky tried to suplex Cash into the ring as Cash stood on the apron. Tully tripped Sky and held his foot. Cash covered Sky for the pin. 

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They announced an eight-man tournament for an AEW World title shot with the finals at Full Gear. Rey Fenix, Jungle Boy and Kenny Omega were announced for the tournament. 

Page left the commentary table in a huff after Omega was announced for the tournament, as I guess he is still hoping to get back with Omega as a tag team. 

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Chris Jericho (w/The Inner Circle) defeated Isiah Kassidy (w/Marq Quen & Matt Hardy)

Jericho gave Kassidy almost the entire match. 

Kassidy got the upper hand right away and Jericho bumped all over the place for him. Kassidy hit a series of strikes and used a magistral cradle for a two count. 

Jericho took a slingshot over the top to the floor. Kassidy teased a dive but Jericho stepped away. Jericho got sent over the barricade where he went at it with Luther. Luther hit a right hand and clotheslined Jericho back over the barricade. 

Kassidy hit a tornillo and a swanton bomb for a near fall. Jericho fired back with right hands and took control of the match before a commercial. 

Kassidy came back and crotched Jericho on the second turnbuckle. Kassidy hit a cutter for a two count. Kassidy avoided a springboard dropkick and hit a springboard stunner for a near fall. 

Kassidy got his knees up on a lionsault, then hit his own lionsault for two. Kassidy hit a codebreaker for another near fall.

Kassidy went for a springboard attack but jumped into a Judas Effect. Jericho then pinned Kassidy. 

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Inner Circle jumped in to attack Kassidy after the match. Hardy saved with a chair and cleared the ring. 

Jericho and Hager brawled with Luther and Serpentico after the match. 

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Miro and Kip Sabian were at an arcade and an ax throwing place for Sabian’s bachelor party. Miro was upset because he wanted Sabian to have a Rumspringa bachelor party but he can’t because of the pandemic. 

Billy Mitchell offered to help Miro throw Kip Sabian a great bachelor party. Apparently Mitchell is a legendary arcade game player. 

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Dasha was with Best Friends backstage. FTR entered. They said there’s a spot on the card for Best Friends as a comedy relief act, but they’re top guys. 

Orange Cassidy called FTR weenies. 

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Orange Cassidy (w/Best Friends) defeated 10 (w/Colt Cabana, John Silver & Alan Angels)

10 mocked Cassidy’s pockets spot. 

10 hit a spinebuster and a pump kick before sending him into the barricade. Dark Order mocked the Best Friends hug spot, but that allowed Cassidy to hit a dive off the post. 

Cassidy hit Orange Punch and a Beach Break for the pin. 

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MJF and Wardlow brought Jericho a gift in the Inner Circle’s dressing room. MJF had jackets for everyone but Sammy Guevara. 

MJF swore on his mother’s life that he didn’t leave Sammy out intentionally. MJF said he was just there to congratulate Jericho on his win. 

Jericho asked MJF if he wanted to join the Inner Circle. MJF asked if Jericho wanted him to join. They went back and forth on the same point for a while. 

MJF and Wardlow left. Guevara called MJF a loser, but Jericho said perhaps he’s not a loser. 

I like whatever this slow burn thing they’re doing with Jericho and MJF is. 

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Dr. Britt Baker (w/Reba) defeated Red Velvet

This was a little bit more than a squash as Velvet got some early offense. Both ladies had a good showing. 

Velvet hit a leg lariat and a bulldog for a two count. Baker used a hammerlock to set up a clothesline. Baker hit a butterfly suplex and some taunting kicks. 

Baker used a misdirection spot to set up a slingblade. Baker hit a neckbreaker and a curb stomp for the pin. 

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Baker used Lockjaw after the match. 

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Jericho & Hager vs. Luther & Serpentico, Will Hobbs vs. Brian Cage for the FTW Championship, Brodie Lee vs. Cody for the TNT title in a dog collar match were announced for next week. 

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Kingston came to the ring with Penta El Zero M, Rey Fenix and referee Bryce Remsburg before a commercial break.

Kingston cut a promo. He said he fought Moxley for the title last week. Moxley put him in a bulldog choke but Kingston never tapped out. 

Kingston said Moxley went to Tony Khan, or TK as the kiss-asses call him, and got an open contract for this week. 

Kingston said before he reveals Moxley’s opponent he had to ask Remsburg why he called for the bell last week. Remsburg said they go way back and are friendly but when they’re at work, it’s Remsburg’s job to protect Kingston from himself. 

Penta, Fenix and Kingston began to menace Remsburg. Moxley’s music hit and he ran in for the save with a barbed wire bat. 

Kingston called for Moxley’s music to be cut and introduced Mox’s opponent, The Butcher. 

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AEW World Championship match: Jon Moxley defeated The Butcher to retain the title

These guys were in a tough spot. There’s just not a lot Butcher can do. 

The Butcher dominated the first part of the match with lots of clubbing, clobbering and squeezing. He went after Moxley’s left leg. 

Moxley made a comeback and got a cross armbreaker. Butcher slid to a single-leg crab, then hit some punches from Mox’s guard. 

Butcher hit a powerslam for a two count before going back to the single-leg crab. Moxley blocked a powerslam. Butcher blocked a Paradigm Shift. Butcher tried for a stretch muffler but couldn’t quite figure out how to put it on. 

Moxley rolled outside. Butcher missed a charge and got sent into the barricade. Back inside, they traded strikes. Butcher hit something resembling a crossbody for a two count. 

Butcher hit a uranage and a legdrop for a near fall. Moxley hit a superplex but Butcher grabbed his leg on landing. Moxley fought off another crab attempt. 

Moxley hit a piledriver for a two count. Butcher blocked another superplex and hit a crossbody off the second rope for a two count. 

Moxley ducked a lariat and hit a Paradigm Shift. He followed up with a bulldog choke and Butcher tapped. 

AEW Dynamite live results: Moxley vs. Kingston World title match

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A positive COVID-19 test result has resulted in a major change to tonight’s AEW Dynamite.

Mr. Brodie Lee vs. Orange Cassidy for the TNT Championship was set to headline the show, while Jon Moxley, Will Hobbs & Darby Allin were going to face Lance Archer, Brian Cage & Ricky Starks in a six-man tag. Archer revealed a positive COVID-19 test, so now Moxley will defend his AEW World title against Eddie Kingston. 

Kingston was technically never eliminated from the Casino Battle Royale at All Out and has been mentioning that fact in his promos ever since. So tonight, he gets the World title shot he’s been clamoring for.  

Lee will be making his second defense of the title since winning it from Cody on August 22. Lee brings an AEW career singles mark of 7-1 into the contest. Cassidy is 8-4 in AEW singles matches in 2020 and is coming off wins over Chris Jericho and Angelico. 

Miro and Kip Sabian will team against Joey Janela and Sonny Kiss in Miro’s AEW in-ring debut. 

AEW Women’s World Champion Hikaru Shida and NWA World Women’s Champion Thunder Rosa will team against Ivelisse and Diamante. Rosa defeated Ivelisse on last week’s Dynamite. Diamante and Ivelisse attacked Rosa after her win and Shida made the save. 

An appearance by Chris Jericho and an appearance by Matt Hardy and Private Party have also been advertised. 

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

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Jim Ross, Excalibur and Tony Schiavone were the broadcast team. 

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Miro & Kip Sabian (w/Penelope Ford) defeated Joey Janela & Sonny Kiss

This was a mixed bag. I thought they used Miro smartly and he played to his strengths, mostly tagging in for a few power spots. 

I thought that any talk of Miro having a new physique was overblown last week but I was wrong. He’s gigantic. 

Janela and Kiss got some shine on Sabian early. Sabian and Miro cut Kiss off and worked him over. This was formulaic but the work was very good at this stage. 

Janela got a hot tag and things got sloppy. Miro, Janela and Sabian brawled to the floor. Miro sold his ankle and was limping for a bit. 

Miro tried to launch Sabian over the barricade to Janela. Janela was supposed to hit something mid-air but the camera crew didn’t get a good shot of it and it looked like they botched it anyway. 

Miro used the former Accolade, now possibly called Game Over, for the submission win on Kiss. 

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Eddie Kingston entered and demanded the hard camera be focused on him. He said he and Mox used to be cut from the same cloth but then Mox sold out and became a sports entertainer, selling his soul to the devil. 

He demanded that Moxley face him. Moxley entered and faced off with Kingston. A security team kept them apart.

This was an excellent segment. Give me a Kingston promo every week.  

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The announcers previewed the card. Kenny Omega joined the commentary desk for the next match. 

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Hangman Page defeated Evil Uno (w/Dark Order)

This was exactly the same thing they did last week, there was no storyline advancement with Omega and Page. Omega was better on commentary this week than last week but still managed to talk under Page’s ring introduction. 

JR tried to help Omega get over the storyline here and asked if he was going to help Page out. Omega said he was staying put because he’s a singles guy now. 

Page is still getting his legs under him as a singles guy and his matches aren’t clicking on all cylinders yet. 

They had a back and forth brawl before an ad break. Uno worked Page over in a picture-in-picture ad break. 

Page made a comeback. Uno tossed him to the stage. Uno asked Dark Order to go to the back rather than interfere. 

Page made another comeback and hit a standing shooting star for a two count. Uno hit a senton atomico for a two count. 

Page hit a powerbomb with a stack cover for a near fall, then followed with a Buckshot Lariat for the pin. 

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Schiavone interviewed Matt Jackson backstage. Matt said fans may have noticed that he and Nick have been acting out of character lately. 

He broke Tony’s phone and continued to act like a jerk. 

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TNT Championship match: Mr. Brodie Lee defeated Orange Cassidy to retain the title

Not much to the match here but it was more a backdrop for the post-match angle. 

Cassidy did his comedy kicks and pockets spot. 

Cassidy tried a suicide dive but the Dark Order lackies caught him and allowed Lee to take over. Lee beat on Cassidy through an ad break. 

Cassidy made a comeback and ran wild with suicide dives. JR went on his weekly crusade to undermine talent by ripping on dives. Cassidy hit a pair of tornado DDTs for near falls. 

John Silver jumped in. Cassidy hit him with an Orange Punch. Lee used the distraction to hit a powerbomb and a discus lariat for the pin. 

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After the match, Cody’s music hit. 

Cody entered. He has dark hair now. 

Cody beat up some Dark Order lackies while Lee escaped. 

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After a commercial, Lee cut a promo. He asked what kind of man Cody was for sending Dustin and Brandi to do his work for him while he was in a bubble somewhere. 

Lee asked what kind of man Cody was that his wife was posting thirst traps and calling Lee “Daddy.”

Lee pulled out a dog collar and challenged Cody to a dog collar match. He gave Cody a week to respond. 

This was another strong promo. The high point of this show tonight is the promos by a wide margin. 

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Matt Hardy and Private Party made their way to the ring. Hardy said it was his birthday. 

Hardy said he was attacked from behind last week. He used a lot of words to say that someone with a mask attacked him with a pipe or bat and noted that right after he was laid out, Jericho and Hager entered with a bat. 

Hardy said he has a lot of enemies but was pointing the finger at Jericho. 

Jericho and The Inner Circle entered. Sammy Guevara is back. Jericho said he didn’t attack Hardy. Jericho was carrying a baseball bat. 

Hardy wanted to fight the whole Inner Circle. Quen and Kassidy talked sense to him and reminded him he’s not cleared yet. 

Quen said he is cleared and laid out Jericho last week. Kassidy said he’s ready to make Le Champion his bitch next week. 

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FTR and Tully Blanchard came to the ring for a promo. Tully said that Tag title matches on TV will now have a 20 minute time limit and he and FTR get to pick the opponents. 

FTR are branding this as a weekly “brush with greatness.” They mentioned Best Friends as potential  opponents. 

Best Friends entered. FTR acted like they were ready to defend the titles right away. A referee came out and was about to ring the bell when Dax stopped him. 

Cash said it wouldn’t be fair to Best Friends if they wrestled tonight and advised them to take a couple weeks to heal up and then maybe call Tully and they’ll set something up. 

This was an effective segment. 

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Thunder Rosa & Hikaru Shida defeated Ivelisse & Diamante

Rosa is great, Shida is great, this match was laid out really well, there’s just only so much Ivelisse and Diamante are capable of. 

Rosa’s facepaint was a tribute to Road Warrior Animal. 

Shida and Rosa were attacked during Shida’s intro. 

Diamante and Ivelisse cut Rosa off. It’s kind of like when Sasha Banks and Alexa Bliss are in together when Rosa and Ivelisse are in there at the same time in that it feels like a fight could break out at any time. 

Shida got a hot tag during a commercial break. The match broke down.  

Shida pinned Diamante after a falcon arrow and a shining wizard. 

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Dasha Gonzalez was backstage with Chris Jericho. 

Jericho said Isiah Kassidy is going to be a big star one day but not next week. He said next week he’s going down when he faces Le Champion. 

MJF entered. Jericho and MJF continued to do their mutual appreciation society gimmick. It was very good. 

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Jericho vs. Kassidy, Britt Baker in action, Ricky Starks vs. Darby Allin, FTR vs. SCU and a Jon Moxley appearance were advertised for next week’s Dynamite. 

A 30 years of Jericho celebration was announced for the October 7 Dynamite. 

The main event is next. 

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AEW World Championship match: Jon Moxley defeated Eddie Kingston to retain the title

Kingston is 38 and has worked a hard style for a long time. He’s at the top of his game as a promo and a character and that makes up for whatever physical limitations he has. 

They had a brawl. It was intense and very good. 

They traded a couple of cursory holds right awy but things quickly became the brawl that you would expect. They lit each other up with chops and strikes. 

Kingston was in control before a commercial break and beat Moxley around ringside. 

Moxley made a comeback with a tope and a piledriver for a near fall. Kingston hit a powerbomb for a two count. Kingston sold like he might have a stinger. 

Moxley avoided two backfists and used a bulldog choke for the submission win. 

A key point in the finish here is that Kingston never tapped, the referee called for the bell after Kingston appeared to be out. 

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After the bell, Penta El Zero M and Rey Fenix ran in to attack Moxley. 

Will Hobbs ran in for the save. Penta and Fenix recovered and laid out Hobbs. 

Darby Allin ran in to join the brawl. Allin sent Fenix and Penta outside wth skateboard shots. 

Ricky Starks ran in and attacked Allin. Starks hit a big spear and hit Allin with the skateboard. 

Kingston went back after Moxley. 

The heels stood tall to close the show. 

AEW Late Night Dynamite live results: Brandi Rhodes vs. Anna Jay

Posted on by Ethan Renner

Late Night Dynamite airs tonight on TNT. 

Three matches have been advertised for the AEW special. 

Brandi Rhodes will be in action against The Dark Order’s Anna Jay. The Dark Order took Rhodes’s husband out of action on the August 22 edition of Dynamite. Mr. Brodie Lee defeated Cody for the TNT Championship that night. Cody was assaulted by Dark Order after and did a stretcher job. 

Shawn Spears will face Matt Sydal. Both were participants in the Casino Battle Royale at All Out on September 5. Sydal eliminated Spears from the match before being tossed himself by Eddie Kingston. 

Scorpio Sky, the fifth-ranked singles competitor in AEW, is also scheduled for tonight’s show. Sky will face Ben Carter. Carter made his AEW debut on the September 8 episode of AEW Dark in a losing effort against Ricky Starks. According to AEW’s website, Carter is a former Black and Brave Wrestling Academy student. 

Our live coverage begins following the conclusion of tonight’s NBA playoff coverage on TNT. 

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Jim Ross, Excalibur and Tony Schiavone were the broadcast team. 

Chris Jericho entered and joined the commentary desk. Jericho milked the Judas reaction. 

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Scorpio Sky defeated Ben Carter

This was a quality opener. 

Carter is fundamentally sound and looks to be a pretty good athlete. They worked a slow pace and kept things simple. 

They traded basic holds, including hammerlocks. Both appeared to be going after the other’s left arm. Sky used a leg sweep. Carter hit a deep arm drag. Sky rolled outside to collect himself. They traded dropkicks and chops before a commercial break. 

Sky was working a chinlock after the break. Carter rolled to the apron and blocked a suplex back in. Carter hit a moonsault press into a reverse DDT for a two count. He followed with a standing shooting star for another two count. 

Carter missed a moonsault off the post but connected with a tope con giro. Carter hit a frog splash for another two count. 

Sky avoided a phoenix splash and hit a neckbreaker for a two count. Sky tried a fisherman buster but Carter blocked. Sky got the fisherman buster on a second attempt for a near fall. 

Carter used a schoolboy for a near fall. Sky hit a double stomp, a big boot and a TKO for the pin. 

Sky and Carter shook hands after the bout. 

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They aired a hype video for Moxley, Hobbs & Allin vs. Archer, Cage & Starks on Wednesday’s Dynamite. 

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Anna Jay defeated Brandi Rhodes

This was much better than it had any right to be given their combined in-ring experience level. The announcers put this over as a grudge match and they definitely worked it that way. 

Brandi came out firing forearms and elbow strikes. Brandi hit a DDT on the apron. 

Brandi hit a Thesz press and worked on Jay’s abdomen with strikes. Jay did a nice job selling. 

Jay used her Queen Slayer rear naked choke but Brandi flipped it over into a cradle for a two count. 

Jay cut Brandi off and hit some strikes before using a chinlock. Brandi came back with a slingblade. 

Stu Grayson and Evil Uno ran in and took the ref. Brandi hit A Shot of Brandi but there was no ref to count the pin. 

Jay used the Queen Slayer and Brandi passed out in the hold for the finish. 

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Alex Marvez interviewed Scorpio Sky. Sky said he’s going after the TNT title. 

Matt Sydal entered. Sydal and Sky buddied up to each other and put each other over. Sky invited Sydal out for drinks later and said Marvez could come with. 

Sky was the best promo of this bunch and that’s not saying a lot. 

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A video package for the TNT title match between Orange Cassidy and Brodie Lee aired. JR put Cassidy over strongly. 

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Shawn Spears (w/Tully Blanchard) defeated Matt Sydal

They opened with some chain wrestling. Spears hit some chops. Spears teased a plancha but Sydal took him out with a leg sweep on the apron. 

Sydal hit a leg lariat for a two count. Sydal worked an armbar before a break. 

Sydal hit a top rope rana after the commercial break. Sydal hit some kicks and used a wacky cradle for a two count. Sydal hit a slice for a two count. Sydal hit a tornillo for another near fall. 

Sydal teased the shooting star press but Spears cut him off. Spears hit a spinebuster for a two count. 

They traded strikes. Sydal hit a jumping knee strike. Spears hit an ushigoroshi into a double down. 

Spears went for a DVD but Sydal blocked. Sydal hit a hot shot and a meteora for a near fall. 

Spears sat on a chair on the floor. Sydal hit a running knee and celebrated in the ring while Blanchard loaded Spears’ glove. 

They did a couple of teases with the loaded glove before Spears finally connected with a punch and a C4 for the pin. 

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Spears went after Sydal after the match but Sky ran in for the save.