Former Olympic and pro boxer, infrequent wrestler and current Shane Taylor Promotions member Anthony Ogogo says he was set to join Blackpool Combat Club and Inner Circle in AEW.
In an interview with ITR Wrestling, Ogogo revealed he was initially set to be a part of Chris Jericho’s Inner Circle — an idea greenlit by Tony Khan who wanted Jericho to mentor him. However, Jericho had other plans with Jake Hager eventually stepping up given their time together in WWE.
“With Jericho, I was supposed to be Jericho’s bodyguard, part of his Inner Circle group. That was supposed to be me. I think Tony Khan’s idea was for me to work with Jericho and learn from Jericho,” he said, also giving the inaugural AEW World Champion credit for being a real life “Learning Tree.”
“Especially in the early years, he was the learning tree and I would always ask questions and he’d teach me stuff. He’d always watch my matches and give me critique and say ‘Do this, don’t do that. He’s the man who knows how to get over so Jericho is someone I definitely learned a lot from,” Ogogo said.
Ogogo, a former Olympic medalist and boxer officially made his in-ring AEW debut in 2021. He was trained by Cody Rhodes, QT Marshall and Dustin Rhodes.
He then said at one point, he was working with both Bryan Danielson and William Regal who he said were training him to join the Blackpool Combat Club.
“At that point, I was being groomed to join the Blackpool Combat Club before it became the Blackpool Combat Club and it never really materialized. So, I trained all this time with Danielson and Regal and put in all those hard work in to learn,” he explained.
He then further elaborated on their guidance both with Danielson’s impact in wrestling and Regal teaching him old school British wrestling style.
“The whole thing about pro wrestling is you can be who you wanna be. Just because I wrestle like big and strong and do like power moves. Regal taught me this as well, Regal taught me this old school British wrestling big guy, tough styles. Just because you do the impact stuff doesn’t mean you can’t learn the intricate stuff. It just thus far hasn’t been called to use, doesn’t make sense for me to be using it.”
“He (Danielson) taught me so much, again, not just wrestling stuff, but how to get over. He got this thing [(he Yes chants) over. And when someone does a move, or a quote, and it transcends outside of wrestling, that guy knows what he’s talking about. Tremendous guy, wonderful man. Really really nice guy as well. Super nice guy.”
The 37-year-old last competed on this past weekend’s ROH TV tapings in Jacksonville, Florida — his first match since last November, also in ROH. That was his first action in a Khan-owned company since August 2024.
The Blackpool Combat Club was formed in 2022 with Jon Moxley, Wheeler Yuta, Danielson and Claudio Castagnoli with Regal as the group’s manager. By 2023, Regal departed AEW and returned to WWE in a backstage role.
Danielson’s dispute with Moxley after his betrayal at 2024’s All Out led to the pivot to the Death Riders.
Jeff Hardy debuts in AEW, Scorpio Sky is the new TNT Champion, Inner Circle drama, and more! Join on-camera personality Denise Salcedo as she breaks down the March 9th edition of AEW Dynamite on Speak Now Pro Wrestling!
Topics:
— The Inner Circle story & why it makes no sense
— Why I loved that Dante Martin got a match against Hangman Adam Page
Chris Jericho formed the “Jericho Appreciation Society” on tonight’s AEW Dynamite, turning on Inner Circle stablemates Santana and Ortiz.
Jericho turned on Santana, Ortiz, and Eddie Kingston after he attacked them with a baseball bat, joining forces with 2point0 and Daniel Garcia who originally attacked Jericho and Kingston. After they powerbombed Kingston through a table, Jericho announced the formation of the Jericho Appreciation Society.
Tonight’s episode of Dynamite opened with Jericho asking Eddie Kingston to come out, seemingly remorseful for not shaking Kingston’s hand like he said he would after Kingston defeated him at Revolution. After the two exchanged words, they shook hands. 2point0 and Daniel Garcia then arrived, attacking Jericho and Kingston. Santana and Ortiz came for the save and set up one of 2point0 to be attacked with Jericho’s baseball bat. However, Jericho instead attacked Santana and Ortiz with the bat. When Jake Hager ran in, he sided with Jericho, attacking Santana, Ortiz, and Kingston.
Dissension had formed between Jericho and Inner Circle members Santana and Ortiz in recent weeks. It eventually led to a match, where Ortiz and Santana defeated Jericho and Hager in a tag team match on the February 16 edition of Dynamite.
After a volatile team meeting on Wednesday, The Inner Circle implodes on next week’s AEW Dynamite as Chris Jericho and Jake Hager take on Santana & Ortiz.
All four men, plus TNT Champion Sammy Guevara, met in the ring Wednesday with a goal of ironing out differences between Santana & Ortiz and Jericho dating back to a trios match against 2point0 and Daniel Garcia where the two iced out Jericho from getting into the match.
The two came out separately from the rest of the group with Santana saying the Inner Circle was always all about Jericho and they were done playing second fiddle. After some arguing and light physicality, Guevara then said he’s done until they figure it out.
Ortiz then laid out the challenge for a tag match next week to settle their issues. Jericho accepted and said that if there’s no attitude adjustment after they beat them, there’s going to be some changes.
Next Wednesday’s show will also see Thunder Rosa vs. Mercedes Martinez in a no DQ match.
The two squared off on last Friday’s Rampage for the first time in an AEW ring and Martinez earned only the second DQ in company history by hitting her with a pipe.
Those were the only two matches announced for next week’s return to Nashville, Tennessee.
Following last week’s events on AEW Dynamite, Chris Jericho has called for a meeting of the Inner Circle on next Wednesday’s show from Atlantic City, New Jersey.
During a backstage promo, Jericho took aim at Santana & Ortiz for their actions last Wednesday when they iced Jericho out of a trios match against Daniel Garcia and 2point0.
The Inner Circle picked up the win after Jericho defied them and hit his Judas Effect elbow strike on Matt Lee while standing on the outside of the ring, much to Santana & Ortiz’s annoyance.
The two have been leaning toward siding with Eddie Kingston in recent weeks despite Jericho making the save for Kingston in attacks from 2point0 and Garcia.
On Wednesday’s show, Jericho said he wanted answers from both men and called for the team meeting with attendance from everyone mandatory. TNT Champion Sammy Guevara has been on a hot streak as of late while Jake Hager has largely disappeared from TV.
That was the only new addition to next week’s show which has just AEW World Champion Hangman Page vs. Lance Archer in a Texas Death Match for the title as of now.
Ahead of their Minneapolis street fight against American Top Team at Saturday’s Full Gear, The Inner Circle will be on tonight’s AEW Dynamite to talk to Tony Schiavone.
Chris Jericho, Sammy Guevara, Santana & Ortiz and Jake Hager will face Dan Lambert, Ethan Page, Scorpio Sky and former UFC heavyweight champions Junior dos Santos and Andrei Arlovski this Saturday.
The go-home edition of Dynamite will also feature the following:
Bryan Danielson vs. Rocky Romero (w/ Orange Cassidy)
PAC vs. Dax Harwood
Kenny Omega vs. Hangman Page AEW World title Full Gear contract signing
AEW Women’s Champion Britt Baker, Rebel and Jamie Hayter vs. Tay Conti, Thunder Rosa and Anna Jay
Lio Rush and Dante Martin vs. Lee Moriarty and Matt Sydal
This will be Romero’s first AEW match since a May Dark match against JD Drake while Danielson is preparing for his AEW World title eliminator tournament final against Miro on Saturday. Part of the storyline is why Cassidy will be in Romero’s corner.
Baker will defend against Conti on Saturday while AAA Tag Team Champions FTR (Harwood and Cash Wheeler) will challenge The Lucha Brothers for the AEW Tag Team titles on Saturday.
Fulfilling a stipulation stemming out of last week, The Inner Circle selected five members of American Top Team during Wednesday’s Dynamite to face them in a Minneapolis street fight at AEW Full Gear — one of which will be ATT founder Dan Lambert.
It will be Lambert, Ethan Page, Scorpio Sky and former UFC heavyweight champions Junior Dos Santos and Andrei Arlovski against Chris Jericho, TNT Champion Sammy Guevara, Santana, Ortiz and Jake Hager at the Saturday, November 13th pay-per-view.
This will not be Lambert’s first match as he competed in two 2017 matches for Impact Wrestling. In one, he teamed with Bobby Lashley to defeat James Storm and Moose followed by a singles win over Storm in a career vs. career match. Arlovski will be making his pro wrestling debut.
Last week, Guevara defended his title against Page where the stipulation was that the Circle could select the team members if Guevara won. Had he lost, Guevara would have had to leave the team forever.
Dos Santos, a former UFC heavyweight champion, made his pro wrestling debut teaming with Sky and Page against Jericho, Hager and Guevara on the October 15th Rampage from Miami, Florida.
The two factions have been at odds since September.
Three matches have been added to the Saturday, November 13 AEW Full Gear pay-per-view lineup.
The AEW World Tag Team Championships will be on the line, as The Lucha Bros (Penta El Zero Miedo and Rey Fenix) defend against FTR (Dax Harwood & Cash Wheeler). Penta and Fenix agreed to put the titles on the line at Full Gear in a backstage promo on this week’s episode of Dynamite.
The Inner Circle will face American Top Team in a ten-man tag Minneapolis street fight. Sammy Guevara defeated ATT’s Ethan Page on Dynamite to retain the TNT Championship, retain his place in The Inner Circle, plus secure the match against ATT at Full Gear. Following Guevara’s win, Chris Jericho challenged ATT’s Dan Lambert to declare which members of ATT will compete in the match.
After weeks of being called out by MJF, Darby Allin responded on Dynamite. Allin and Sting attacked MJF and his The Pinnacle stablemates Shawn Spears and Wardlow. Allin said that it was time for him to make MJF pay physically at Full Gear.
Here is the Full Gear lineup so far:
AEW Full Gear, Saturday, November 13, Target Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota, 7 p.m. Eastern time —
AEW World Championship: Kenny Omega (c) vs. Hangman Page
AEW Women’s World Championship: Britt Baker (c) vs. Tay Conti
AEW World Tag Team Championship: Lucha Brothers vs. FTR
AEW World title eliminator tournament finals: Jon Moxley or Orange Cassidy vs. Bryan Danielson or Eddie Kingston
Minneapolis street fight: Inner Circle vs. American Top Team
A six-man tag featuring former UFC star Junior dos Santos is set to take place on a special Saturday edition of AEW Dynamite next week.
The Inner Circle (Chris Jericho, Jake Hager, and Sammy Guevara) will take on The Men of the Year (Scorpio Sky and Ethan Page) and Junior dos Santos. This will be Dos Santos’ first professional wrestling match.
On tonight’s Dynamite, Guevara successfully retained his new TNT title against Bobby Fish. Dan Lambert, along with Dos Santos, Paige Van Zant, and other members of American Top Team, came out and distracted Guevara long enough for him to get laid out. Fuego Del Sol ran out, but was laid out as well. Jericho and Hager then ran in to even the odds.
Lambert said he wanted the six-man tag for next week, when they are in Miami. He also said that Jorge Masvidal would be in his team’s corner. Jericho accepted the match.
Due to NHL coverage, the next episode of Dynamite will air live on Saturday, October 16. It will take place at the James L. Knight Center in Miami, Florida. AEW Rampage will air a day prior on October 15.
The Inner Circle will speak with Tony Schiavone on this Wednesday’s live AEW Dynamite.
The Chris Jericho-led faction has been firmly entrenched in a feud with the MJF-led Pinnacle since MJF turned on the group on the post-Revolution episode of Dynamite. On last week’s show, Jericho defeated FTR’s Dax Harwood in a match that featured Mike Tyson as special ringside enforcer. Jericho announced afterward that the boxing legend was now “an ancillary member” of the group.
The end of tonight’s Dynamite saw MJF form a new faction after his plot to take over the Inner Circle failed.
MJF revealed a stable consisting of himself, FTR (Cash Wheeler and Dax Harwood), Shawn Spears, Wardlow, and Tully Blanchard after the Inner Circle turned on him for trying to oust Chris Jericho from the group. MJF’s new stable took out the Inner Circle, with Wardlow powerbombing Jericho off the stage and onto a platform below to end the show, his new stable standing tall.
The angle started with Sammy Guevara, who had been kicked out of the group earlier in the year, coming to ringside to convince Jericho to watch footage he secretly recorded earlier in the day. The footage showed MJF conspiring with Santana, Ortiz, and Jake Hager to turn on Jericho during the war council meeting. The stable turned their attention to Jericho, but soon stood shoulder to shoulder with him, revealing that they had been talking to one another about what MJF was trying to do.
The stable cornered MJF, who said he wasn’t trying to take the Inner Circle away from Jericho, but then said that was because he was building a stable of his own, leading to the show-closing angle.
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.
After a series of miscommunication spots during tonight’s Chris Jericho vs. Frankie Kazarian match, an Inner Circle ultimatum has been set for next week’s AEW Dynamite.
Inner Circle leader Chris Jericho stated that next week the group would decide whether to be united as one or to break up forever.
During his match with Kazarian, Jericho was placed in a Boston crab. MJF ran out and threatened to throw in the towel on Jericho’s behalf. Sammy Guevara ran out and took the towel away from MJF.
At another point when Jericho was in the crab, Ortiz threatened to jump in and force a DQ finish by hitting Kazarian with a madball. Jake Hager talked Ortiz down.
Jericho eventually rallied and defeated Kazarian after hitting a Judas Effect. After the match, the other members of The Inner Circle continued arguing, pushing and shoving until Jericho intervened and called for next week’s ultimatum.
The Inner Circle took a Hangover-style trip to Las Vegas on MJF’s dime on last night’s Dynamite.
After drinking to excess and inducting an Elvis impersonator into the group, the lads woke up the next day to find a diapered Hornswoggle in their hotel suite.
On a more serious side, both AEW World Champion Jon Moxley and Cody Rhodes found themselves left lying on last night’s show.
Moxley was scheduled to appear for a contract signing for his title match against Kenny Omega at Winter is Coming on December 2. Moxley cut a pre-taped promo early in the show and surprised the world, announcing that he and wife Renee Paquette are expecting their first child.
Later, Omega entered for the contract signing. When Moxley was called out, a cut to backstage revealed that he had been attacked by an unknown assailant and would not be able to attend.
In the show’s main event, Cody and TNT Champion Darby Allin lost to Team Taz’s Brian Cage and Ricky Starks. After the bout, Cage and Starks continued to attack Cody and Allin. Will Hobbs ran in, teasing that he was making the save. Instead, Hobbs turned on Cody and laid him out with the FTW title belt.
In the show’s lone title match, Serena Deeb retained the NWA World Women’s Championship with a victory over Thunder Rosa. Dr. Britt Baker interfered in the match, though her involvement did not directly lead to the finish. Rosa and Baker brawled after the match.
Top Flight made their Dynamite debut in the show’s opener, losing to AEW World Tag Team Champions The Young Bucks.
PAC made his in-ring return after eight months in a winning effort against The Blade.
For more of what you missed, including Orange Cassidy vs. Kip Sabian, scroll down.
After agreements, disagreements, town halls, and even some singing and dancing over the past few months, MJF earned a spot in The Inner Circle with his win over Chris Jericho at AEW Full Gear Saturday.
The end sequence began when referee Aubrey Edwards was distracted and Jericho got his “Floyd” baseball bat from Jake Hager. MJF then pulled a play out of the Eddie Guerrero playbook, acting like Jericho had knocked him out. As Edwards scolded Jericho, MJF rolled him up to pick up the win and the roster spot in the longtime AEW faction.
After being frustrated with the loss, Jericho hugged MJF and welcomed both he and Wardlow to the group as Hager looked on skeptically. Sammy Guevara, Santana and Ortiz weren’t in the building as they were in North Carolina for the Elite Deletion match earlier in the show.
Both men were a combined 6-0 in both singles and tag team matches after both had losing efforts at September’s All Out.
