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AEW Dynamite live results: Moxley vs. Kingston World title match

Posted on by Ethan Renner

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. 

Joey Janela vs. Ricky Morton set for Spring Break 4

Posted on by Joseph Currier

Joey Janela will face off with one half of The Rock ‘n’ Roll Express at Joey Janela’s Spring Break 4.

Janela released a video on Monday night announcing that Janela vs. Ricky Morton will take place at Spring Break 4. The show is being held at the Marion County Fairgrounds in Indianapolis, Indiana on Saturday, October 10. It will be available to watch live via Fite TV.

Morton made his Spring Break debut when The Rock ‘n’ Roll Express lost to Santana & Ortiz at Joey Janela’s Spring Break 3, part 2 in April 2019.

This Monday was Morton’s 64th birthday. He tweeted about facing Janela at Spring Break: “For my 64th birthday, I get to wrestle @JANELABABY for the biggest independent wrestling scene @GCWrestling_ Wow, just wow. #JJSB4”

Alex Shelley vs. Tony Deppen, Matt Tremont vs. Alex Colon in Tremont’s final GCW match, Jonathan Gresham vs. Lee Moriarty, The Rascalz (Dezmond Xavier & Zachary Wentz) vs. IronBeast (KTB & Shane Mercer), and this year’s Clusterf*ck battle royal have also been confirmed for Spring Break 4. Ethan Page has been announced as the agent for the Clusterf*ck.

Spring Break 4 is part of Game Changer Wrestling’s The Collective. The events were originally supposed to take place in Tampa, Florida over WrestleMania weekend this April before being rescheduled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Face masks are required for those attending the Collective shows and they’re being done at a reduced capacity with a staggered seating chart.

Joey Janela vs. Serpentico set for AEW All Out pre-show

Posted on by Joseph Currier

A second pre-show match is set for tonight’s All Out event.

Ahead of tonight’s show, AEW announced that Joey Janela (w/ Sonny Kiss) vs. Serpentico (w/ Luther) has been added to tonight’s pre-show. The pre-show will also feature Private Party vs. The Dark Order’s 3 & 4 (Alex Reynolds & John Silver).

Britt Baker and Big Swole’s “Tooth & Nail match” was originally set for the pre-show, but AEW’s Tony Khan announced yesterday that it was being moved to the main card. Baker vs. Swole will be a cinematic match taking place at Baker’s dental office. It’s a no DQ and falls count anywhere match.

Janela vs. Serpentico is the 11th match announced for tonight’s show. The pre-show will begin at 7 p.m. Eastern time, with the pay-per-view main card then starting at 8 p.m. Eastern. Here’s the updated list of matches:

  • AEW World Champion Jon Moxley defending against MJF
  • AEW Women’s Champion Hikaru Shida defending against Thunder Rosa
  • AEW Tag Team Champions Kenny Omega & Hangman Page defending against FTR
  • Mimosa Mayhem match: Chris Jericho vs. Orange Cassidy
  • The Dark Order (Brodie Lee, Evil Uno, Stu Grayson & Colt Cabana) vs. Dustin Rhodes, QT Marshall, Scorpio Sky & Matt Cardona
  • The Young Bucks vs. Jurassic Express (Luchasaurus & Jungle Boy)
  • Broken Rules match: Matt Hardy vs. Sammy Guevara
  • Tooth & Nail match: Britt Baker vs. Big Swole
  • Casino Battle Royale
  • Private Party vs. Alex Reynolds & John Silver (pre-show)
  • Joey Janela vs. Serpentico (pre-show)

Six-man tag match added to AEW Dynamite, more appearances set

Posted on by Joseph Currier

The Young Bucks and Matt Hardy are set to team up again on tonight’s post-Double or Nothing episode of Dynamite.

AEW has announced that The Young Bucks & Hardy will face Private Party & Joey Janela in a six-man tag match on tonight’s show. The Young Bucks, Hardy, Kenny Omega & Hangman Page defeated The Inner Circle in their Stadium Stampede match in the main event of Double or Nothing. 

Best Friends defeated Private Party in a tag team number one contender’s match on the Double or Nothing pre-show. Janela was a participant in the Casino Ladder Match at the pay-per-view.

AEW has also made a few more announcements for tonight’s Dynamite. AEW World Champion Jon Moxley will appear on the episode, Brian Cage will make his first Dynamite appearance, and new AEW Women’s Champion Hikaru Shida will be in action.

Moxley retained his AEW World Championship against Brodie Lee at Double or Nothing. Cage made his AEW debut at the PPV as the mystery entrant in the Casino Ladder Match. As a stipulation of winning that ladder match, Cage will challenge for Moxley’s title at Fyter Fest. The details for Fyter Fest will be announced on Dynamite tonight.

Shida defeated Nyla Rose in a no DQ, no countout match at Double or Nothing to become the new AEW Women’s Champion.

Also on tonight’s Dynamite, a battle royal will decide the first challenger for Cody’s TNT Championship, The Inner Circle will have a pep rally, Britt Baker will address her injury, and Mike Tyson will appear.

The battle royal winner will challenge for Cody’s title on Dynamite next week.

Joey Janela replacing Fenix in AEW Casino Ladder Match

Posted on by Ethan Renner

Due to injury, Fenix is out of the Casino Ladder Match at Saturday’s Double or Nothing pay-per-view.

AEW announced tonight that Joey Janela is replacing Fenix in the match. They noted that Fenix is not expected to miss significant time: “@ReyFenixMx is out of the #CasinoLadderMatch due to injury. Fenix isn’t expected to miss significant time. @JANELABABY is now entered in the Casino Ladder Match. 1 mystery wrestler is still TBA. DOUBLE or NOTHING is available on all major providers @brlive @FiteTV tomorrow 8/7c”

Fenix was injured on this week’s Dynamite after a match with Orange Cassidy. Fenix, Cassidy, and other participants in the ladder match were brawling outside the ring. Fenix attempted a springboard dive and landed on his back on the floor.

Janela, Darby Allin, Colt Cabana, Cassidy, Scorpio Sky, Kip Sabian, Frankie Kazarian, and Luchasaurus are the confirmed participants for the Casino Ladder Match. An additional mystery participant will be revealed on the Double or Nothing PPV.

The Casino Ladder Match will start with two wrestlers in the ring, then a new participant will be added every 90 seconds until all nine wrestlers have entered. The stipulation is that the chip hanging above the ring can be grabbed at any time, so the match could end before everyone has entered. The winner will get a future shot at the AEW World Championship.

Fenix is the second performer to be pulled from Double or Nothing due to an injury suffered on this week’s Dynamite. Britt Baker was removed from her scheduled match against Kris Statlander at the PPV and replaced by Penelope Ford.

Cody vs. Joey Janela announced for next week’s AEW Dynamite

Posted on by Bryan Rose

Another match has been added to next week’s AEW Dynamite.

It was announced on tonight’s AEW’s Dynamite post-show that Cody will face Joey Janela in a singles match. It will be the first time Janela has wrestled for AEW since March 18 in a match taped for AEW Dark.

Cody defeated Darby Allin on tonight’s Dynamite to earn a spot in the finals of the AEW TNT title tournament. He will face Lance Archer, who defeated his brother Dustin Rhodes to advance to the finals. That will take place on May 23 at Double or Nothing.

Other matches announced for next week include Kenny Omega & Matt Hardy vs. Chris Jericho & Sammy Guevara and Frankie Kazarian vs. Jon Moxley.

MJF will also make his return. He has not wrestled on television since the March 11th edition of Dynamite.

AEW will be running live shows again for the first time since April 1st, starting with next week’s show.

Death Triangle vs. Private Party & Joey Janela added to AEW Dynamite

Posted on by Josh Nason

The newly-formed Death Triangle of PAC, Pentagon Jr., and Ray Fenix didn’t have to wait too long for their first opponents as a trio to be named.

A day after announcing their formation, AEW announced Thursday on social media that the Triangle will face Private Party and Joey Janela on next week’s Dynamite from Salt Lake City, Utah.

After PAC’s submission win over Chuck Taylor on this week’s Dynamite, Trent went face to face with PAC only to get pushed aside by Orange Cassidy who wanted a piece of PAC one more time after their Revolution match. The Lucha Bros then ran out and attacked the Best Friends threesome, announcing their union in a promo afterward.

Private Party is coming off a win over Shawn Spears and Brandon Cutler on last week’s AEW Dark and have tangled with the Lucha Bros several times during their time in AEW. Janela is coming off a win over Kip Sabian in a falls count anywhere match on the February 19th Dark.

Also announced for next week:

  • Cody vs. Ortiz
  • MJF/Butcher & The Blade vs. Jurassic Express
  • The announcement of the rules for the Blood & Guts edition of Dynamite

AEW Dark results: Joey Janela vs. Kip Sabian falls count anywhere

Posted on by Arya Witner

Video —

Report —

The Big News: QT Marshall is no longer winless after teaming with Dustin Rhodes against Shawn Spears & Peter Avalon in this week’s main event. Joey Janela also defeated Kip Sabian in their falls count anywhere match.

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There was a cold open this week as Excalibur and Taz started the show and ran down the matches before we got going.

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Jimmy Havoc defeated Marko Stunt (w/ Luchasaurus and Jungle Boy)

The fans popped for Stunt. Taz said he’ll never make fun of anyone for being small. Stunt hit two suicide dives at the start. Instead of doing a third, he hit a tornado DDT onto the pretty black mats. Havoc caught Stunt on a hurricanrana attempt and hit a buckle bomb to take over. Dr. Luther and Mel came out to the ramp to stare down Havoc.

Havoc slapped on a crossface, but Stunt was able to get a foot on the ropes. Onto the apron, Havoc yanked Stunt by the hair, causing Stunt to smack the back of his head on the ring post.

Stunt fought out of a Rude Awakening and began making a brief comeback. He also ducked an Acid Rainmaker. Stunt hit an enzuigiri and a running knee strike, so Havoc rolled to the outside. Stunt went for a suicide dive, but Havoc stepped out of the way. Back in the ring, Havoc hit an Acid Rainmaker for the win.

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We were magically whisked away to Tony Schiavone and the returning Dasha Gonzalez high above the arena to introduce the rest of the show.

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The Dark Order (Evil Uno & Stu Grayson w/ John Silver and Alex Reynolds) defeated Strong Hearts (CIMA & T-Hawk)

Strong Hearts took part in the tag team battle royal on Dynamite last week and also did battle with The Dark Order on AEW Dark. Not sure how the winless Silver & Reynolds were in a top contender’s match while Evil Uno & Grayson weren’t, but that’s for The Exalted One to figure out.

I’ve complained about this before, but The Dark Order is supposed to be this super serious group and at times they will just randomly do Three Stooges comedy. Evil Uno ordered CIMA to put the brakes on while coming off the ropes, so CIMA chopped him. He went for a chop seconds later, but Uno got an eye poke. All that was missing was for this to be in black and white.

T-Hawk chased Uno around the ring and Grayson cut him off with a uranage. The heat on T-Hawk lasted just long enough for it to mean something when he made the hot tag to CIMA.

CIMA sent his foes packing and he and T-Hawk did stereo suicide dives onto all four Dark Order members. The Dark Order hit a pair of unique moves, including Grayson doing a springboard over the top rope giving CIMA a DDT on the ring apron, which is the hardest part of the ring. Finally, Uno pinned T-Hawk with Fatality.

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Falls count anywhere match: Joey Janela defeated Kip Sabian (w/ Penelope Ford)

Janela ran out and low blowed Sabian on the ramp and probably would have won with the ensuing roll-up, but Ford broke it up. Speaking of Ford, Sabian gave Janela an airplane spin and Janela’s legs hit Ford in the head. Sabian and Janela fought down the ramp and onto the floor in front of the stage, so Ford recovered and gave her ex a crossbody.

The match slowed down as they wrestled into the ringside area. Sabian crawled down the front row, for some reason, and as soon as he crossed the barricade Janela gave him a running strike and put him back into the audience.

Sabian finally stopped Janela by swinging a chair like a baseball bat at him. The advantage didn’t last long and Janela used a fan’s prosthetic leg to kick Sabian in the head. Do I really have nothing better to do on Tuesday nights?

Sabian used a half-and-half suplex on the ring apron and then hit a twisting neckbreaker/suplex off the apron and through a table. Sabian and Ford set up two tables side by side. Janela started making a comeback, so Ford gave him a diving hurricanrana. She went for a flying crossbody, but Janela caught her, threw her into Sabian, and they fell backwards. Sabian somehow bounced off the tables and they had a nasty bump to the floor.

Janela finally pinned Sabian with a kendo stick to the side of the face.

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Backstage, Dustin Rhodes & QT Marshall were interviewed about their main event match against Shawn Spears & Peter Avalon. Dustin promised to have a secret weapon.

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Dustin Rhodes & QT Marshall (w/ Brandi Rhodes) defeated Shawn Spears & Peter Avalon (w/ Tully Blanchard and Leva Bates)

Literally last week I wrote “Speaking of tag teams, where is Shawn Spears? Has he stopped looking for a partner?” Spears was back this week and maybe he’s found his second half with The Librarian? Brandi Rhodes, of all people, was in the babyface’s corner. Tully Blanchard made a motion to attack Dustin before the bell, but got caught and backed away.

Marshall and Avalon teamed last week and were not terribly successful in any way, so I am sure Marshall felt good when he hit Avalon with an uppercut. Spears did the cartwheel he used to do in WWE and was so tempted to do the 10 hand sign, but had to fight the desire to do it. A few fans started chanting 10, but most didn’t care

They did care when Dustin used the 10 punches of doom. Bates eventually grabbed Marshall’s boot to get his attention, which allowed Avalon to get the advantage.

Spears took a water break just so he could spit it in Marshall’s face. That ended up being a bad idea as Marshall hit an enzuigiri and made the hot tag. A four-way broke out and Spears backdropped Marshall over the top rope, but Dustin gave him a Code Red for a near fall.

Spears hit Dustin with a book and hit a very nice frog splash for a super near fall. Avalon blind tagged himself in, which pissed off Spears. Spears punched Avalon and then walked out. Someone give him a heads up that Brandi speared Bates and Dustin pinned Avalon with a double-team maneuver. It was a combo Dominator/Diamond Cutter.

The streak is over! QT Marshall picked up his first win in AEW!

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That does it for tonight. You might recall that before Full Gear they aired Dark on the Friday before the PPV. So I’ll either be back Friday or next week. Either way, have a great week!

AEW off-air notes: Cody post-show speech, Dark spoilers

Posted on by Bryan Rose

Here are spoilers for next week’s episode of AEW Dark, which were taped during tonight’s AEW Dynamite taping in Atlanta, Georgia:

Jimmy Havoc defeated Marko Stunt

– This match was taped prior to Dynamite.

After the television portion of the taping concluded, Cody cut a short promo talking about his father and told a story about Dusty and Sting. AEW posted footage of the speech that you can listen to below:

Following the promo, the final three matches of the tapings were held:

Joey Janela defeated Kip Sabian in a Falls Count Anywhere match

The Dark Order (Evil Uno and Stu Grayson) defeated CIMA and T-Hawk

Dustin Rhodes and QT Marshall (with Brandi Rhodes) defeated Peter Avalon and Shawn Spears (with Leva Bates and Tully Blanchard)

Dynamite next week will take place at the Silverstein Eye Centers Arena in Independence, Missouri. Already announced is a 30 minute iron man match between PAC and Kenny Omega. The Butcher and the Blade will also take on Best Friends in a tag team match.

Another segment will take place on the show, featuring a weigh-in between Jon Moxley and Chris Jericho ahead of their title match at Revolution on February 29.

AEW Dark results: Joey Janela vs. Shawn Spears

Posted on by Arya Witner

The Big News —

Proud & Powerful continued their quest to become the top contending team to SCU’s AEW Tag Team titles.

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It is the last AEW show for the entire year, so since I won’t see y’all until January 7, let’s get this out of the way. Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, Happy Kwanzaa, Happy Festivus, Happy New Year and safe travels to Tokyo for anyone going to Wrestle Kingdom!

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Sammy Guevara defeated Brandon Cutler

They may call him a Spanish God, but Guevara is winless in singles competition going into this match. Cutler has won zero total matches, so something has to give here. Colt Cabana joined Excalibur behind the desk this week.

Guevara got the early advantage and lounged on the mat to mock Cutler, so when Cutler reversed momentum and knocked down Guevara, Cutler lounged on the mat to mock him.

Cutler and Guevara traded topes and suicide dives. They fought onto the apron, which is the hardest part of the ring, and Guevara hit a double foot stomp to a standing Cutler.

Guevara got some cheap heat by taking the mic and saying he doesn’t care about anyone in the arena. He set Cutler up for a big move from the top rope. However, Guevara saw that’s what the fans wanted, so he jumped down and slapped on a headlock.

Guevara hit a hook kick and a springboard cutter before hitting a Shooting Star Press. We almost had a Ted DiBiase-PJ Walker finish, as Cutler crucifixed a cocky Guevara, but Guevara kicked out. Finally, the Spanish God got serious and picked up his first singles win with a fireman’s carry into a knee strike to the back of Cutler’s head.

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Jenn Decker interviewed Joey Janela. Janela said tonight it’s going down and he’s yelling timber. He told Shawn Spears he won’t remember tonight and the Bad Boy will be the one he won’t forget.

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Proud & Powerful defeated Private Party, The Hybrid 2, and Best Friends in a four-way tag match

How long will it take for this match to break down into a crazy eight-way free for all? Jack Evans was not taking this match seriously at the start, which might help explain why TH2 has yet to win a two-man team match. He started taking it more seriously when Best Friends had their way with him.

Four minutes into the match we got our answer as to how long it would take before the match broke down. Referee Bryce Remsburg made faces like there was nothing he could do. I shouldn’t bother pointing out that he could throw the match out if he’s lost control.

Everyone just kind of stopped and resumed their previously scheduled tag team match. Remsburg was allowing tags that he physically wouldn’t be able to see even if I suspend my disbelief. Santana and Ortiz pulled up Isiah Kassidy’s jersey and took turns raking his back, which led to everyone chanting Eddie Guerrero’s name when Santana did two consecutive suplexes.

Jack Evans got big heat by ripping Marq Quen off the corner, not allowing Kassidy to make the tag and actually causing him to tag in Chuck Taylor. Tags became optional at this point as you just ran in and hit moves at your leisure while the referee pointed his hand at you.

Santana and Ortiz went under the table to get some plunder and Orange Cassidy was just lounging on the conveniently placed ladder under the ring. They shoved the ladder back under. Best Friends did the Rainmaker Hug before doing a pair of topes, which was followed by an Asai moonsault by Jack Evans.

TH2 decided to attack Cassidy, so they pulled out the ladder…and Cassidy had disappeared. Cassidy came out and did a dive to TH2 while they stood befuddled outside the ring. Finally, Ortiz ran around the ring and hit everyone with his sock with the baseballs in it and in the ring they pinned Kassidy with the Street Sweeper.

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Decker did a live in-arena interview with PAC next. PAC dragged out Michael Nakazawa, who he has apparently been beating up for the last six days. In actuality, they do acknowledge that Dark is taped the same night as Dynamite and are openly saying PAC has “only” been beating him up for two hours.

PAC put a chair around Nakazawa’s neck and gave Kenny Omega his final warning to give PAC his rubber match. PAC jumped off the ropes and landed just in front of Nakazawa as a statement to Omega.

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Joey Janela defeated Shawn Spears (w/ Tully Blanchard)

First Shawn Spears and then MJF — who is the next friend to turn on Cody? We’ll find out eventually, but as for now Spears took the mic and said this is the last AEW match of 2019. He asked who was in the holiday spirit and the crowd didn’t know how to react.

Spears turned to a child and was about to tell him something that his parents told him a long time ago. His mom covered his ears and Spears seemed about to claim Santa wasn’t real when Santa Claus came out!

Santa gave the kid a high five and it was time for some pro wrestling. Spears attacked Santa at the bell, which seems to indicate he’ll be on the naughty list. Spears knocked off Santa’s hair and beard and…OH MY GOD IT’S JOEY JANELA! NO ONE SAW THIS COMING!

Janela did a suicide dive in full Santa gear as Colt Cabana tried to list all of Santa’s reindeer. Spears went for a chop, but Janela ducked and Spears laid a hard chop into the ring post.

Spears shook off the hand injury, laid out Janela, and went to the top rope for a move, but Janela rolled away. Spears ran to the other corner and went for it, but again Janela rolled away. Spears tried a third time and got the same result, so he gave up.

Janela ran and jumped off a chair onto Spears in the crowd before asking women to DM him. Janela found a man dressed as Jesus Christ in the crowd and brought him out for a brief second. I guess there is no separation between church and wrestling.

Spears and Tully Blanchard went for the spike piledriver, but Janela shoved Spears into the steps. Jesus continued to steal the show and encouraged Janela to not turn the other cheek and instead punch Tully. Spears did not allow Janela to beat up a 65-year-old man, so the match continued. Janela actually won with a top rope elbow drop.

Janela offered Spears a post-match beverage, but instead gave Spears a Stone Cold Stunner. Well if you’re gonna rip off someone, you may as well rip off the biggest star of the last 25 years. Things ended there and nothing else that may or may not have happened afterwards aired.

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The show ended with Tony Schiavone and Dasha Gonzalez promising to have a Best Of episode next week on AEW Dark. Anyhoo, that does it for this week. Take care!

Jon Moxley vs. Joey Janela official for AEW Dynamite

Posted on by Josh Nason

In a rematch from this summer’s Fyter Fest, Joey Janela and Jon Moxley will square off this Wednesday on AEW Dynamite.

Moxley laid out an open challenge last week and also came out at the end of the show to stare down AEW Champion Chris Jericho after Jericho’s win over Scorpio Sky. Janela accepted while making an appearance at Wednesday’s GCW Chopper City In The Ghetto event.

Moxley defeated Janela in an unsanctioned match in June after hitting a Paradigm Shift onto thumbtacks in Moxley’s first match for the company. He moved up to no. 1 in Friday’s power rankings with a 3-0-1 singles record while Janela will go into Wednesday unranked.

Also announced for this Wednesday in Champaign, IL, Fenix will face Trent in a continuation of the Best Friends vs. Lucha Bros rivalry, and the Young Bucks and Dustin Rhodes vs. Sammy Guevara and Santana & Ortiz will go at it in six-man tag action.

The Great Muta set for Joey Janela’s Spring Break 4

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The Great Muta has been announced for Joey Janela’s Spring Break 4.

Joey Janela released a video tonight highlighting various clips of Keiji Muto performing as The Great Muta. It is one of the first announcements for the show, which will take place on April 3 during WrestleMania 36 weekend.

Muto has been wrestling sporadically in recent months, most recently wrestling in a six-man tag team match at The Destroyer Memorial Night on November 15. He most recently wrestled in the United States back on April 6 at the ROH/NJPW Supercard in Madison Square Garden where he competed in a battle royal that was won by Kenny King.

Despite Joey Janela signing with AEW earlier this year, Spring Break 4 was announced back in May. The show will take place under the Game Changer Wrestling banner.

Tickets for the show will go on sale this Friday, November 22nd. It will take place at the Cuban Club in Ybor City, Florida.

Joey Janela vs. Shawn Spears added to AEW Full Gear

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A new match has been added to Full Gear.

Joey Janela will face Shawn Spears in a singles match. This was confirmed on the AEW Countdown show that was posted shortly after Dynamite ended tonight.

The feud started on the episode of AEW Dark that aired Tuesday. Tully Blanchard, who manages Spears, approached Janela backstage towards the end of the show and said he didn’t like how Janela treated him the last time they met, which was on an episode of Being the Elite. Spears then attacked Janela, jamming cigarettes down Janela’s throat as the show ended.

On Dynamite tonight, Spears defeated Brandon Cutler in a quick match and continued to attack him after the bell rang, setting up a death valley driver on a steel chair. Janela came out for the save, driving off Spears.

Full Gear will take place this Saturday, November 9, at the Royal Farms Arena in Baltimore, Maryland.

AEW Dark results: Joey Janela & Jimmy Havoc vs. Jurassic Express

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The Big Takeaway —

Shawn Spears picked up his first singles win and started a feud with Joey Janela.

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The show started with Tony Schiavone introducing Spanish announcer Dasha Gonzales (the former Dasha Fuentes) as his newest co-host. Speaking of changes, this week Excalibur was joined at the booth by Maxwell Jacob Friedman.

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Shawn Spears (w/ Tully Blanchard) defeated Michael Nakazawa

I know they were on Dynamite last week, but it’s weird to not have The Librarians on the show. This was Nakazawa’s first match for AEW since facing Alex Jebailey back at Fyter Fest. MJF asked the Facebook meme question about if olive oil is made out of olives and coconut oil is made out of coconuts, what is baby oil, which Nakazawa slathers himself in, made of?

Spears had the early advantage until Nakazawa pulled out the baby oil. Spears was not happy with getting it on him and tried to wipe it off onto referee Aubrey Edwards. Both Spears and Tully Blanchard slipped and bumped due to the baby oil.

Spears used the chop to much success. For the finish, Spears blocked Nakazawa’s attempts at using his thong for an offensive maneuver and got the pin with a slingshot brainbuster.

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Allie & Sadie Gibbs defeated Mercedes Martinez & Big Swole

Gibbs and Swole started the match doing the running shoulder blocks at each other, which Gibbs won by finally taking Swole down.

They began running the ropes and we never found out what happened, as the director felt it was more important to show a fan sitting at ringside. This happened a second time later on when Allie was going for a sliding elbow to Martinez, but instead we saw the fans.

Gibbs picked Allie up and dropped her on Martinez, but did it in the “wrong” direction, as she dropped Allie vertically, across the face and chest. Martinez and Swole hit the H Bomb on Gibbs.

Gibbs ignored the beating she got, shoved Swole across the ring, and casually tagged in Allie. After the producer didn’t show Allie’s offense, the heels decided that was enough and cut her off to get the heat. We got the expected four-way, which culminated with a giant dive spot with Gibbs doing a cartwheel into a dive over the top rope.

Everyone hit a big move on everyone, including the Allie Valley Driver, and Gibbs pinned Swole with a moonsault. This was rough in spots, but it accomplished its goals at the end of the day.

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They formally announced Dr. Britt Baker vs. Bea Priestley for the Full Gear Buy-In show, which included a video package building it up. Baker called Priestley a piece of sh*t.

After that we got a recap of the Chris Jericho-Cody angle from last Wednesday.

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Up next was our weekly From Undesirable To Undeniable segment where Cody interviewed Jimmy Havoc. Havoc said he feels undesirable a lot of the time now and all you have to do was look on his Twitter feed.

Havoc did look back to a moment when he was three years old which started him down the road he’s on. He started feeling undeniable by wrestling the way he wants to now and said getting signed shows that he is good enough.

Honestly, this was the weakest of the four segments, but that’s mostly because the three before this were really good.

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Joey Janela & Jimmy Havoc defeated Jurassic Express (Jungle Boy & Marko Stunt)

Stunt put on a Luchasaurus mask, but he took it off as the match began. The announcers said he was 5’3″, which I am calling shenanigans on.

A couple people tried to start either an ECW or a CZW chant, but it didn’t pick up steam. Havoc and Jungle Boy were displaying fine technical wrestling until Havoc decided to gnaw on Jungle Boy’s wrist. Jungle Boy hit a beautiful high dropkick. Stunt did a suicide dive — diving between Jungle Boy’s legs to Havoc — and Jungle Boy hit a beautiful Asai moonsault on Janela.

There were a lot of people shown not paying attention, which is weird since this was the last match of the night, so if you’re not gonna watch or care, why not leave early? Havoc bit the neck of Stunt, which led to an announcer discussion about vampires.

Stunt made the hot tag to Jungle Boy, which the fans did pop for. Jungle Boy got tired of his team being bit, so he bit Havoc, which made the crowd happy. Jungle Boy gave Janela an atomic drop and an inverted atomic drop, both of which Janela sold like sure death.

A series of big moves saw Janela hit Jungle Boy with a big lariat as the last move. Jungle Boy ducked the Acid Rainmaker, but it led to Stunt nearly being pinned with a Michinoku driver.

Havoc pulled out a staple gun, but Janela blind tagged himself in and took the staple gun. Janela turned on his partner by stapling him in the head. Despite that, Havoc still helped his partner win, as Janela pinned Stunt with a top rope package piledriver.

After the match, Havoc took his staple gun, glared at Janela, and walked away.

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We were whisked away backstage, where Janela was smoking a cigarette after the match. Tully Blanchard approached him and said he wasn’t happy with how Janela treated him the last time they saw each other. Spears attacked Janela and appeared to force cigarettes down Janela’s throat, but the camera was turned away and the show came to its conclusion.

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Final Thoughts —

This was the first time the show really felt like Velocity. Unlike prior episodes that had some degree of stardom, this was the midcard and under showcase.

Joey Janela now facing Kenny Omega on AEW Dynamite

Posted on by Joseph Currier

After originally announcing Joey Janela vs. Jack Evans for the show, AEW has switched up Janela’s match for this Wednesday’s Dynamite.

Janela vs. Kenny Omega is now set for tomorrow’s episode. It’s a rematch from week two of AEW Dark, though an unsanctioned stipulation hasn’t been announced for this match.

Omega defeated Janela in an unsanctioned lights out match on the AEW Dark episode that was filmed in Boston. AEW tweeted that the rematch is based off of the response to their first bout.

Evans will now face Darby Allin and Jimmy Havoc in a triple threat match on the episode of AEW Dark that’s being taped tomorrow. It will premiere on YouTube next Tuesday (October 29).

Tomorrow’s Dynamite is taking place at the Petersen Events Center in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Pittsburgh is Britt Baker’s hometown, and AEW has announced that Jamie Hayter will be her opponent on the episode. Hayter is from the United Kingdom and wrestles for Stardom, where she is currently teaming with Baker’s rival Bea Priestley in the Goddess of Stardom Tag League.

This is the first time Hayter has wrestled for AEW.

Here’s the updated card for tomorrow’s Dynamite:

  • Jon Moxley vs. PAC
  • Private Party vs. The Lucha Bros in an AEW Tag Team title tournament semifinal match
  • The Dark Order vs. SoCal Uncensored in an AEW Tag Team title tournament semifinal match
  • Kenny Omega vs. Joey Janela
  • The Young Bucks vs. Best Friends
  • Britt Baker vs. Jamie Hayter
  • Cody Rhodes speaks