**CONTAINS SPOILERS**
Tonight’s episode of AEW DYNAMITE: Fyter Fest 2022 Week 2 was broadcast live from the Gas South Arena in Duluth GA!
Tony Schiavone, Excalibur, and “The Human Suplex Machine” Taz were the broadcast team for tonight’s event.
It’s Wednesday night and you know what that means!
Grudge Match!
The House of Black’s Brody King vs. Darby Allin (with Sting)!
Darby blasted Brody with a shotgun dropkick and then followed up with a tope suicida. Darby’s feet got hung up on the middle rope and Brody took advantage of this, grabbing Darby and hurling him into the steel ring barricade!
Darby jumped on Brody’s back but Brody flung him off and followed up with two consecutive sentons onto Darby. Brody King chopped Darby’s chest. Darby jumped off the turnbuckles but Brody countered with another chop. Brody grabbed Darby by the belt and rag dolled him across the ring!
“Brody King is demolishing Darby Allin,” said Excalibur.
Outside the ring, Darby removed his leather belt, tied it around Brody’s ankles and pulled him to the arena floor! Darby fired himself out of the ring with a diving cannonball at Brody!
Darby connected with a Coffin Splash. Darby tried for another Coffin Splash but Darby blocked him. Darby’s legs were tied up in the Tree of Woe. Brody tried for a cannonball but Darby dodged it and nailed Brody with the Code Red for a near fall! Darby hung onto Brody’s wrists and then transitioned into a rear naked choke!
Brody King got to his feet and then flipped into the turnbuckles, all of his weight and size sandwiching and crushing Darby into the corner! Darby attempted a stunner but Brody countered with a sleeper. Brody released the hold and Darby felt straight to the arena floor!
“It looks like Brody is trying to get the count out victory here,” said Taz.
Darby beat the count, just barely. Brody spiked Darby with the Gonzo Bomb and pinned Darby!
“That was insanity. I broke my neck many years ago, and watching that Gonzo Bomb makes me cringe,” said Taz.
Brody grabbed Darby again, trying to draw out Sting, and it worked. Sting stalked out to the ring, and hooked Brody in the Scorpion Death Drop! The arena lights went out! The lights turned back on and Malakai Black was having a stare down with Sting. Brody grabbed Sting from behind while Malakai sprayed the black mist into Sting’s eyes!
“The Redeemer” Miro’s music hit, stopping the House of Black in their tracks! From the ramp, Miro, with sunglasses (one of the lenses was darker than the other) stared at the House of Black.
“What are we witnessing here?” said Excalibur.
Best Friends—Chuck Taylor & Trent Beretta (with “Freshly Squeezed” Orange Cassidy)
vs.
Blackpool Combat Club’s AEW Interim World Champion Jon Moxley & ROH Pure Champion Wheeler Yuta!
Orange Cassidy and William Regal joined the commentary booth for this match.
Mox took down Trent with a go-behind. Moxley had control of the wrist. Trent got to his feet and traded chops with Moxley.
Wheeler Yuta tagged in and called out Chuck Taylor, his early mentor. Chuck Taylor grabbed a tag and pushed Yuta into the corner. Wheeler Yuta shoved Chuckie T. back! Yuta planted Chuck Taylor while Daniel Garcia watched from a monitor backstage.
Moxley tagged in and nearly decapitated Trent with a wild lariat! Mox almost pinned Trent after a cutter! Moxley captured Trent’s arms and then drove the heel of his boots into Trent’s head, stomping him over and over! In the middle of the skirmish, Chuck was able to spike Mox with the Awful Waffle! Trent stuffed Wheeler Yuta with a piledriver for a near fall!
Yuta escaped a Strong Zero attempt and countered with a German Suplex. Trent fired back with a Scrunchy on Wheeler Yuta but Mox broke up Trent’s pin attempt!
“This is such an evenly matched up competition,” said Regal.
Yuta grabbed a front guillotine choke on Chuck Taylor, but Taylor countered with a suplex! Yuta countered Chuck’s Awful Waffle with the Seat Belt and pinned Chuck Taylor!
“Chuck taught him that pin,” said Orange Cassidy.
“What condition will Wheeler Yuta be in at DEATH BEFORE DISHONOR this Saturday on pay-per-view,” wondered Excalibur.
Next it was time for the AEW World Tag Team Champions Swerve In Our Glory—Swerve Strickland and “Limitless” Keith Lee—and their Championship Celebration!
Tony Schiavone was in the ring to interview the champs.
There was cake and champagne set up on the table at ringside.
Swerve: “I have my man Kevin Gates come through for this celebration, showing love.”
Keith Lee: “We know the album good, but when you dropping that deluxe? Listen, I need to express my eternal thanks, not just to Swerve, not just to the opportunity to gain these sweet things, but to all of you.
“Listen, we appreciate you, because with your assistance, we have ascended to the top of the tag team division. And we do not look down. So if you want these, you’d better reach. So I would say a toast, may this reign be limitless.”
“Smart” Mark Sterling and Tony Nese interrupted the ceremony.
Sterling: “You guys got lucky with those championships, and Keith, you got lucky that Swerve didn’t stab you in the back. The petition is almost complete and then we can remove Swerve from the roster.
“I thought it’d be great to get Kevin Gates to sign this petition. Kevin, you are an AEW fan, so I need you to do the right thing for this company and sign this petition right now. No? I thought you’d say that. Just like Swerve Strickland, you’re untrustworthy and your music sucks. Do not touch me or I will sue you for all your money.”
Gates nailed Nese with a knock-out shot to the jaw! Strickland grabbed the cake and smashed it into Sterling’s face!
Backstage, Silver and Reynolds mocked Butcher and the Blade. Butch and the Blade weren’t amused and beat down Silver and Reynolds until “Hangman” Adam Page ran out to save his friends in the Dark Order!
Varsity Blonds—Griff Garrison & Brian Pillman, Jr.
vs.
Christian Cage & Luchasaurus!
Pillman charged at Luchasaurus and Luchasaurus answered with a headbutt! Pillman tagged out to Griff and Griff had Luchasaurus unsteady on his feet with two rolling elbows. The Blonds used a double shoulder tackle but Luchasaurus wiped them out with double clotheslines.
Luchasaurus chokeslammed Brian Pillman. Christian Cage ordered Luchasaurus to do it again and this time Luchasaurus chokeslammed Griff onto Pillman. Christian Cage grabbed the tag, picked up the scraps and pinned Pillman.
Jungle Boy walked onto the ramp with a steel chair!
“Look who’s back!” said Tony Schiavone.
“He’s got a nasty look in his eyes,” replied Taz.
Luchasaurus stepped aside and allowed Jungle Boy to pass him. Jungle Boy charged into the ring and chased Christian Cage out of the ring and up the arena steps!
Jim Ross joined the broadcast booth for hour two of DYNAMITE.
FTW Championship Open Challenge!
FTW Champion “Absolute” Ricky Starks (with Powerhouse Hobbs) vs. Cole Karter!
Starks clubbed Cole with overhand shots and then smashed him in the corner with a diving hip splash. Cole Karter fired back with a dropkick. Karter connected with a diving cross body press and then sent Starks to the floor with a clothesline. Starks came back and speared Cole for the pin!
“Cole Karter stepped up but Ricky Starks backed it up,” said Excalibur.
Starks grabbed a microphone.
Starks: “Atlanta, while that was my first challenge, I came out on top and I’ve got a little bit more in my tank. Let’s get another challenge out here!”
Danhausen answered the open challenge of Ricky Starks!
“Danhausen would like to accept that open challenge right now,” said Danhausen.
Starks: “I didn’t mean right now. How about next week on DYNAMITE, it’s going to be “Absolute” Ricky Starks against Danhausen for the FTW Championship!”
We heard from ROH World Tag Team Champions FTR—Dax Harwood and Cash Wheeler—ahead of their 2 out of 3 Falls Match against the Briscoes at ROH: DEATH BEFORE DISHONOR (live on pay-per-view this Saturday)!
Cash: “I don’t know if you guys know this, but 2022 has been a pretty decent year for FTR. I don’t know if any match was bigger for us than SUPERCARD OF HONOR when we stood across the Briscoes and went to war. Until this Saturday, FTR versus the Briscoes II! We respect you, but you’re not going to take any of these belts away from FTR.”
Harwood: “Saturday night, we’re bringing home a legacy my daughter can be proud of. Saturday night, pay-per-view, Briscoes, I’m going to beat your ass. Top guys, out!”
Jay Lethal, Sonjay Dutt, and Satnam Singh were backstage being interviewed by Lexy Nair.
“Fallen Angel” Christopher Daniels interrupted the interview. Daniels challenged Lethal to a match this Friday on RAMPAGE!
Athena & Willow Nightingale
vs.
TBS Champion Jade Cargill, Kiera Hogan (with Stokely Hathaway & Jermaine Dupri)!
Stokely said Leila Grey was unable to compete tonight.
Willow was tripped by Kiera. Willow dodged a dropkick and followed up with a crossbody cover for a near fall. Willow picked up Athena and bodyslammed her onto Kiera for a near fall!
Willow hit a flipping senton onto Jade and Keira on the outside of the ring! Athena followed Willow’s lead and jumped off the top turnbuckle onto the pile of bodies on the arena floor!
Jade disrupted a pin that Willow had on Kiera! Athena and Jade traded forearms. Jade avoided a dropkick. Athena booted Jade. Athena jumped off the turnbuckles and Jade caught her, countering with a fall away slam!
Athena smashed Jade with a double knee stomp meteora! Jade rolled out of the ring. Athena powerbombed Kiera on the ring apron. Stokely distracted Athena and Jade took advantage of the moment and kicked Athena in the head. Athena’s head smacked into the steel ring steps. Back in the ring, Jade planted Willow with Jaded and pinned her!
Main Event Time!
Barb Wire Everywhere Death Match!
“Mad King” Eddie Kingston vs. “The Painmaker” Chris Jericho!
The Jericho Appreciation Society were locked in a shark cage and hoisted up over the ring! Ruby Soho was the keeper of the key.
Jericho made his entrance with his baseball bat, “Floyd”, wrapped in barb wire.
Kingston grabbed the barb wire microphone from Justin Roberts and smashed it into Jericho’s forehead, drawing first blood! Kingston chomped down on Jericho’s forehead!
They brawled outside the ring and Jericho smashed the ring bell, wrapped in barb wire, into Eddie’s head! Kingston sent Jericho face first into a table wrapped in barb wire!
Kingston hip tossed Jericho into the barb wire wrapped ring ropes! Kingston was grinding Jericho’s face in the barb wire. Kingston waffled Jericho with a steel chair that was wrapped in barb wire!
Jericho rocked Kingston with right hand shots! Jericho used a top rope hurracanrana to send Eddie Kingston into the barb wire below! Kingston superplexed Jericho off the ring apron into a table that was wrapped in barb wire!
“They’re both in trouble!” said Jim Ross.
Tay Conti ran down to the ring and began to assault Ruby Soho! Anna Jay sprinted after Tay and pulled Tay off Ruby. Anna Jay looked at Tay and then rammed Ruby’s head into the steel ring post! Tay Conti and Anna Jay smiled at each other and high-fived. They lowered the Shark Cage and the Jericho Appreciation Society jumped into the ring.
The Jericho Appreciation Society began to clobber Eddie with a four-on-one assault!
Moxley, Claudio Castagnoli, and Ortiz ran down to even up the odds for Kingston. Ortiz used the mad ball and smacked Jericho in the forehead!
Kingston hit the Exploder Suplex on Jericho through a table for a near fall! Eddie tried to hit Jericho with a steel chair but Jericho countered with the Code Breaker! The barb wire wrapped steel chair still caught Jericho in the eye. Jericho attempted a Lionsault but Kingston countered and followed up with a backfist for a near fall!
Kingston wrapped Jericho in barb wire and applied a Stretch-plumb submission. Sammy Guevara returned, jumped into the ring and rocked Eddie with a thrust kick. Sammy shoved Kingston into Jericho and Jericho (with his arm wrapped in barb wire) decimated Kingston with the Judas Effect for the pin!
After the match, Kingston kept fighting and hip tossed Jericho off the ring apron through a spider web of barb wire on the arena floor!
Catch AEW DYNAMITE: Fight For The Fallen on TBS next Wednesday live at 8/7ct from the DCU Center in Worcester, MA!
This Friday tune in to RAMPAGE on TNT at 10pm ET as Fyter Fest concludes!
Don’t forget Ring Of Honor: DEATH BEFORE DISHONOR this Saturday, July 23rd, at
8 p.m. ET in the U.S. on Bleacher Report and all major cable/satellite TV providers, and internationally via FITE and PPV.com featuring:
ROH World Championship Match: Jonathan Gresham vs. Claudio Castagnoli
ROH World TV Championship Match: Samoa Joe vs. Jay Lethal
ROH Pure Championship Match: Wheeler Yuta vs. Daniel Garcia
ROH World Tag Team Championship Match: FTR vs. The Briscoes *2 out of 3 falls
ROH Women’s World Championship Match: Mercedes Martinez vs. Serena Deeb
Additional matches will be announced in the days leading up to next Saturday.
And remember…the home of professional wrestling is All Elite Wrestling!