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The Mother of All Simulcasts! AEW DYNAMITE: Fight for the Fallen was broadcast on TBS and streamed on MAX live from the Harrah’s Cherokee Center in Asheville, NC!
Excalibur and Tony Schiavone were the broadcast team for tonight’s event.
It’s Wednesday night and you know what that means!
“Hangman” Adam Page vs. “Freshly Squeezed” Orange Cassidy!
Page ducked an Orange Punch and went for the Dead Eye, but Orange escaped. Orange tried for another Orange Punch, but Page evaded it and tried for the Buckshot, but Orange dodged that. Page planted Orange with a belly to belly suplex for a near fall.
Page landed a lariat and sent Cassidy spilling to the outside. Page whipped Cassidy hard into the barricade. Orange backdropped his way out of power bomb attempt. Page intercepted a cross body press and hit Orange with a fallaway slam.
Orange rattled Page with a PK and then a Stun Dog Millionaire. Hangman interrupted a tope attempt and then rocked Orange with a fallaway slam on the arena floor. Page nailed Orange with a rolling elbow strike. Hangman hit Orange with a high boot to the face. Cassidy jumped at Page with a tope suicida. Hangman absorbed it. Cassidy staggered Hangman back to the ropes with a dropkick.
Orange spiked Page with two consecutive DDTs for a near fall. Page rocked Orange with a lariat. Cassidy countered a Buckshot with a Beach Break, but Page kicked out at the two-count! Orange cracked Page with three Orange Punches. Page was still on his feet and then blasted Orange with the Buckshot lariat to score the pin!
After the match, Page grounded and pounded Orange. Page drilled Orange with two consecutive Dead Eyes. Christopher Daniels and the AEW officials ran down to help Orange. Page punched Christopher Daniels and then kicked him!
The Hurt Syndicate—Bobby Lashley & Shelton Benjamin (with MVP)
vs.
The Acclaimed—Anthony Bowens & Max Caster!
Lashley stomped a mudhole into Caster. Lashley launched Caster with a belly to belly suplex. Lashley worked over Max in the corner and then knocked him over the top rope with a lariat. Benjamin bounced Max back and forth between the barricade and the ring and told Bowens to stand back.
Bowens grabbed a tag and rocked Benjamin with strikes. Caster disrupted Bowens’ momentum with a blind tag. Benjamin flung Caster with German Suplexes, four to be exact. Lashley tagged back in and speared Caster, cutting him in half. Lashley choke slammed Caster and then applied the Hurt Lock. Caster had no choice but to tap out. Bowens stood outside the ring and watched in disbelief and disgust at his partner for being so selfish.
The House of Black’s Julia Hart vs. Jamie Hayter!
Julia yanked Hayter down with a handful of hair. Hayter returned the favor and dragged Julia down. Julia attempted a cross body off the apron, but Hayter caught her. Julia slipped out. Julia pulled Hayter down, slammed Hayter’s back into the steel ring steps.
Hayter retaliated with back fists in the ring. Hayter hoisted up Julia and wrecked her with a Hate Breaker across the knee. Julia tried for a moonsault, but Hayter avoided it. Julia locked in the Heartless Submission. Hayter managed to pick up Julia and get to a vertical position. Julia hung on but Hayter countered with a Death Valley Driver!
Julia pulled an arrow out from beneath the ring. The ref saw it and pulled it away. As the ref was getting ride of the arrow, Julia sprayed Hayter in the eyes with black mist and Julia stole the pin!
The Continental Champion “The Rainmaker” Okada had a message for Kenny Omega!
Okada: “I proved I’m the best tournament wrestler alive. Will Ospreay, little brother, nice try. Kenny, Kenny, Kenny, how many times do I have to beat you? So stay out of my business, bitch.”
TBS Champion and NJPW STRONG Women’s Champion “The CEO” Mercedes Moné came down to the ring!
Mercedes: “I’m the greatest TBS Champion to ever exist. And wow, what a 2024, it was so amazing that I had AEW put together a special video package for all of you. If you thought 2024 was money, just wait until you see what I do this year. Because the first stop of the money train is the Tokyo Dome at Wrestle Dynasty and my match against Mina Shirakawa. I’ll be coming from that Rev Pro Women’s Championship.”
3-Way for the #1 Spot in the Casino Gauntlet Match!
Swerve Strickland vs. Roderick Strong vs. “Switchblade” Jay White!
The winner gets the #1 spot next Wednesday in the Casino Gauntlet Match. The winner of the Casino Gauntlet Match gets a World title shot at AEW Dynamite: Maximum Carnage.
Swerve hip tossed and then suplexed Roddy. Swerve back flipped over the top rope and crashed onto Jay White on the arena floor! Jay White cracked Roddy and Swerve with a double DDT!
Jay White hoisted up Swerve and face planted him onto the apron, and then served one up for Roderick Strong. Roddy crushed Switchblade with a back breaker and then threw Jay White over the top rope at Swerve!
Back in the ring Swerve power bombed Roddy onto Jay White. Swerve power slammed Switchblade and made the cover but Roddy broke it up. Roddy smashed Jay White with a Tiger Driver for a near fall.
Swerve scored with a Swerve Stomp on Strong. Roddy dodged the House Call. Swerve planted Jay with the Flatliner. Swerve walked the barricade and pump kicked Jay White. Ricochet was in the crowd and decked Swerve with a golden pair of scissors! Jay White blasted Roddy with the Blade Runner and picked up the victory via pinfall!
Swerve was busted wide open from Ricochet’s scissors. Ricochet headbutted Swerve in a gory scene right in front of the commentators’ desk. Swerve cracked Prince Nana with a steel chair. Back in the ring Ricochet whacked Swerve in the head with the Spirit Gun! The Undisputed Kingdom ran down to the ring to chase off Ricochet and come to the aid of Swerve.
Alex Marvez tried to get a word with Jay Lethal, Sonjay Dutt, and Satnam Singh.
Jeff Jarrett walked onto the scene, and they asked Marvez for a minute alone. Karen Jarrett approached Jeff and said the two of them were unbreakable. She handed Jeff his wrestling boots.
AEW Women’s World Champion Mariah May was backstage!
Mariah: “I was told not to say anything bad about the women’s division. I was doing my job better than any other woman alive. I made it look so easy, you didn’t even realize how good it was. I don’t have epics. I am the epic. And now it’s time for the greatest women’s division to prove itself to me. I am the woman from hell. You can’t touch me, but I’d love to see you try.”
“The Last Outlaw” Jeff Jarrett made an announcement regarding his future!
Jarrett walked to the ring, carrying his wrestling boots. He set them down in the middle of the ring.
Jarrett: “I guess we’ll get started by saying Slappy New Year. Let’s get right down to business. Over the last few days I’ve been trying to put words together and there’s been a lot of emotions. At the top of that list is gratitude. I have a ton to be grateful for in my career.
“It’s sad for me to start thinking about things coming to an end but when I started thinking about things coming to an end, it made me think about how everything began. My grandmother took a second job selling professional wrestling tickets and that decision changed my father’s life, my life, and my entire family’s life forever.
“She became the CFO of the Tennessee Territory. And then my father bought the promotion and after 40 years, I got into the business, dropping out of school and starting my career.
“In 2002 I bet on myself. I launched my own promotion. And in my professional opinion that promotion has produced some of the greatest professional wrestlers of all time. But that brings me to tonight. You know, as a 12-time Heavyweight champion, I have to ask myself, should the Last Outlaw just ride out into the sunset? And the answer is hell no. Because the thought that keeps going through my mind is, Jeff, when you’ve taken the biggest risk of your life, you get the biggest reward.
“So I’m here to announce I’ve re-signed with AEW because the Last Outlaw wants one more ride. And I want gold. I’m talking about taking the biggest risk of my career. And hell yeah, I can fall flat on my face. Next week there’s a gauntlet, put my ass in it. January 1st, 2025, the Last Outlaw’s New Year’s Resolution is I want to become the AEW World Heavyweight Champion!”
HOOK issued a challenge for Christian Cage!
HOOK: “Ever since I choked out your son Nick Wayne, it doesn’t mean my job is finished. Go ask him what it’s like to be locked in the Red Rum. In two weeks, I’ll face you on Dynamite at Maximum Carnage!”
Two-on-One Match!
Powerhouse Hobbs vs. Jon Cruz & Rob Killjoy
Hobbs bulldozed through his opponents. Hobbs powerslammed Cruz and then planted Killjoy with a spinebuster. Hobbs smashed Cruz with a spinebuster onto Killjoy, stacking them and pinning them!
Alex Marvez was backstage with Bryan Keith and Big Bill, wondering where ROH World Champion Chris Jericho was!
Big Bill: “Jericho’s not coming here.”
Big Bill saw FTR and Adam Copeland and Big Bill taunted them. Copeland issued an open challenge for Collision, with Rated FTR taking on the Learning Tree!
Footage played from after Worlds End of MJF celebrating his win over Adam Cole backstage.
MJF: “It’s time for the next chapter. It’s time for retribution. Something was taken from me…my championship! It’s now being paraded around in a briefcase by a man who is claiming he is the king of these lands. Well Jon, I have a question for you: what’s a king to a god? Because there is nobody on the level of the devil! I don’t have a problem with you Jon, all I want is my championship and I am getting it come hell or high water. And come 2025, the devil gets his due, part two!”
Trios Match!
The Death Riders—AEW World Champion Jon Moxley & AEW Trios Champions Claudio Castagnoli & Wheeler Yuta
vs.
Rated FTR— “The Rated R Superstar” Cope & FTR—Dax Harwood and Cash Wheeler!
Dax chopped Yuta and then back dropped him. Cope tagged in, as did Claudio. Copeland shoulder tackled Cope, but neither man was willing to give ground. Cope hip tossed Claudio over the top rope and then dropkicked Claudio through the ropes. Marina shoved Cope, sending Cope crashing into the steel post.
Cash tagged in and cleaned house on the Death Riders! Claudio blasted Cash with an uppercut. Dax grabbed Claudio and spiked him with a brain buster. Dax suplexed Wheeler off the top rope and covered him but Claudio was there to break up the pin. After a guillotine from Mox, Claudio suplexed Cash and then Wheeler splashed Cash from the top rope for a near fall.
Mox and Cope slugged it out, neither man backing down. Cope spiked Moxley with the Impaler. Cope was sizing up Mox for the spear and Mox knew it and bailed out of the ring. Cope and Moxley brawled through the stands! Back in the ring, Cope Liger Bombed Wheeler Yuta for a near fall! Cope was looking to spear Wheeler, but Mox and Claudio swept out Cope’s legs from behind.
Cash charged at Mox for a tope, but Claudio countered with a European Uppercut. Moxley had Cope on the announcers’ table. Back in the ring, Jay White blasted Yuta with the Blade Runner. Cope back dropped Moxley on the desk! Cope speared Mox off the desk through the barricade! FTR nailed Yuta with the Shatter Machine and then Cope speared Yuta, good for the pin!
“Jay White got a measure of revenge on Wheeler Yuta and titled the scales in favor of Rated FTR,” said Excalibur.
Don’t miss AEW COLLISION live on Saturday on TNT and streaming on MAX live from the Bojangles Coliseum in Charlotte, NC at 8/7ct!
Catch AEW DYNAMITE live on TBS and streaming on MAX next Wednesday at 8/7ct from the F&M Bank Arena in Clarksville, TN!
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