CONTAINS SPOILERS
AEW DYNAMITE was broadcast live on TBS from Chartway Arena in Norfolk, VA!
Excalibur, “The Human Suplex Machine” Taz, and Tony Schiavone were the broadcast team for tonight’s event.
It’s Wednesday night and you know what that means!
TBS Championship Match!
TBS Champion & NJPW STRONG Champion “The CEO” Mercedes Moné (with Kamille)
vs.
Hikaru Shida!
Shida, a lot more aggressive than we normally see her, backed Mercedes against the ropes. Shida lowered her shoulder and dropped the champion with a running tackle. Mercedes rallied back with an arm drag into a cross face. Shida escaped and there was a stalemate in the early goings, as both wrestlers went for a dropkick at the same time.
Shida rocked Mercedes with a hurracanrana and then a running knee strike. Shida followed up with a snap suplex. Shida nailed Mercedes with a back breaker. Kamille distracted Shida outside the ring, allowing Mercedes to capitalize with a meteora on Shida.
Mercedes peppered Shida with forearm strikes in the corner. Shida retaliated with a dropkick from the turnbuckles. Shida cracked Mercedes with an elbow to the face. Shida followed up with a jumping knee strike for a near fall on Mercedes.
Mercedes hit a backstabber on Shida. Mercedes charged at Shida, but Shida dodged the champ. Mercedes connected with a meteora, but Shida was able to kick out at the two-count! Mercedes went for the three amigos suplexes, but Shida blocked the third suplex and countered with a falcon arrow for a two-count! Kamille pulled Mercedes out of the ring, out of harm’s way.
Shida grabbed a kendo stick and whacked Kamille with it. Shida went to use it again, but Mercedes pulled it away. The ref admonished Mercedes and while he was distracted, Kamille booted Shida. Mercedes smashed Shida with the Moné Maker and scored the pin!
Dr. Britt Baker’s music began to play! Kamille saw a masked person in the front row wearing a hoodie, and thinking it was Baker, Kamille pulled her over the guardrail. Instead, Britt Baker jumped into the ring and ambushed Mercedes! Baker went for the Lock Jaw, but Kamille ran in to break it up!
Renee Paquette interviewed Jay Lethal backstage!
“Hangman” Adam Page interrupted the interview, attacking Jay Lethal! They brawled to the ring!
“Hangman” Adam Page
vs.
Jay Lethal!
Lethal used Page’s aggression against him by blasting Page with five consecutive tope suicidas!
“Talk about emptying the tank! That is tough to do!” said Taz.
Page planted Lethal with a Dead Eye on the apron! Page whipped Lethal into the barricade, and then through him onto the timekeeper’s table. Page swarmed Lethal and battered Lethal with stiff shots!
Hangman spiked Lethal with a Death Valley Driver for a near fall. Jay Lethal rallied back with the Lethal Combination but Page kicked out at the two-count. Adam Page locked in the cross face but Lethal reversed with a roll-up, but Page escaped.
Hangman gouged Lethal’s eyes and then walloped Lethal with a discus lariat. Page drilled Lethal with the Buckshot Lariat and pinned Lethal!
“The Bastard” PAC was backstage and demanded the camera person to get closer!
PAC: “Who is the number one contender for the American Championship? It’s me! But Will Ospreay goes behind my back, slides into Tony Khan’s office, and signs himself a championship match for Wembley Stadium. I am sick of this crap! Constantly overlooked, manipulated, and treated like a bum.
“That was my ticket to my Wembley moment. But it’s ok because I sanctioned my own revenge. I will face whoever leaves Wembley as International Champion two weeks later, September 7th, Chicago, Illinois, in the very same arena that I beat Kenny Omega five years ago.
“So, if it’s MJF or if it’s Will Ospreay, at AEW All Out, I’m taking back what’s mine and reminding the entire world what ‘The Bastard’ is capable of!”
Darby Allin walked onto the ramp…
“The Scapegoat” Jack Perry stormed Darby with a running knee strike! Jack Perry dragged Darby to the back. They brawled backstage. Jack Perry hurled a trash can at Darby Allin! Jack Perry lowered a garage door across Darby’s chest, trapping Darby under it! Jack Perry grabbed a road case and tried to ram it into Darby, but security held Darby back!
Jack Perry demanded a Coffin Match at Wembley!
Tony Khan made it official:
One Week From Sunday—at AEW All In: London—For the TNT Championship— “Scapegoat” Jack Perry vs. Darby Allin in a Coffin Match!
“The Glamour” Mariah May had strong words for AEW Women’s World Champion “Timeless” Toni Storm!
“This year it’s all about Mariah. Toni, your greatest mistake was being alive the same time as me. You wanted to be a star? Well, now it’s time to burn.”
Renee Paquette interviewed Mina Shirakawa backstage!
Mina said she has not heard from Mariah and has not heard from Toni. Mina said she still loves both. “I just hope no one gets seriously hurt.”
3-Way for the Number 1 Spot in the Casino Gauntlet at All In: London!
Kyle O’Reilly
vs.
“Freshly Squeezed” Orange Cassidy
vs.
Undisputed Kingdom’s Roderick Strong!
Roddy whipped Orange into the turnbuckles and chopped him. Kyle sent Roddy over the top rope with a clothesline. Cassidy followed up with a tope suicida.
Roderick tossed Orange with a uranage throw onto Kyle’s back! Roddy drove Cassidy down with a back drop. Kyle put Orange in a rear naked choke, but Roderick grabbed both of them in a double Stronghold!
Orange Cassidy dropped an elbow from the top rope, landing on Kyle, who had Roderick in a guillotine choke. ROH World Tag Team Champions Mike Bennett and Matt Taven came down to ringside with steel chairs. Tomohiro Ishii and ROH World Champion Mark Briscoe of The Conglomeration ran down to even up the odds, pulling Taven and Bennett from the apron! Briscoe catapulted off a steel chair in the ring and flipped onto Taven and Bennett on the arena floor!
Orange rocketed out of the ring with a tope to Roderick. Roderick rammed Orange into the edge of the ring and then wiped out Kyle!
Kyle and Roderick traded strikes in the center of the ring. Orange Cassidy kicked both of them, stomping on them. Orange followed up with a double hurracanrana. Orange spiked Kyle with a DDT and then nailed Roddy with the Beach Break for a near fall!
Kyle put Orange in an arm bar and then applied a heel hook on Roderick. Orange escaped and punted Roddy with a PK! Roddy and Kyle connected with the high-low on Orange. Kyle and Roddy rocked one another with elbow strikes. Roderick smashed Kyle with the sick kick! Orange rolled up Kyle with a crucifix pin and grabbed the victory!
Up next: A Face-to-Face Between…
AEW Continental Champion “The Rainmaker” Kazuchika Okada & Blackpool Combat Club’s Claudio Castagnoli, moderated by Renee Paquette!
Claudio: “That championship means a whole lot to me. I always felt like it was my title. It bothered me when I wasn’t successful in the tournament. At the first Dynamite in Europe, I’ll make my title shot count!”
Okada: “There is one champion now. Me! Not you. I am a four-time G1 winner. You will respect me when I beat you next week on Dynamite. Good luck, bitch.”
Claudio: “I want the true Okada next week and not this bootleg version. I’m going to bring my best next week in Wales, and you’ll have 99 problems, Okada, and this bitch ain’t one!”
Renee Paquette interviewed AEW World Trios Champions The Patriarchy backstage!
Christian Cage: “As far as last Saturday on Collision, I called that match right down the middle. The Bang Bang Gang and the House of Black couldn’t answer the ten-count. I am using this as a vehicle back to the AEW World Heavyweight Champion. This Friday on Rampage, my son Nick will have a match with Kip Sabian, but I won’t be there in Virginia around those losers.
“We are the Patriarchy! We are the faces of TBS now and forever!”
Tony Schiavone was in the ring to interview HOOK!
Hook was wearing a bandage over his eye as a result of the fireball that FTW Champion “The Learning Tree” Chris Jericho threw at him.
Hook: “I can’t see out of my eye! You see this, Chris? You see what you did, Chris? You see the problem for you? I can see just fine with my other eye! I can see you, Chris, and I want my FTW Championship back! I want to fight you for my title, right here, right now!”
FTW Champion “The Learning Tree” Chris Jericho walked onto the ramp with “The Redwood” Big Bill and the “Bad Apple” Bryan Keith!
Jericho: “Hi, guys! Hi, Hook! You know what Hook? You really are one stupid SOB. Even after a blinded you with a fireball, you still want to challenge me to a fight here tonight? You want a fight? You ain’t getting one.
“It’s not worth my time to fight you here tonight. But what is worth my time is Wembley Stadium. So, I’ll give you a shot at AEW All In: London, but there are a few caveats. It’ll be your final shot at the FTW Championship, and when I beat you, you’re done. You walk away from me and out of the Jericho Vortex forever. And the second caveat is next week you get to face the “Redwood” Big Bill!”
Big Bill: “Hook, I’m going to beat you down and shove you straight up Taz’s ass!”
Jericho: “So if you agree to that Hook, we’ll see you at Wembley!”
Hook: “Yeah, Chris, I accept. I’m looking forward to it. I’m looking forward to tearing you limb from limb, Chris. After Wembley, you will never, ever be the same again!”
AEW World Tag Team Championship Match!
The Young Bucks (c.)—EVPs Matthew & Nicholas Jackson
vs.
The Acclaimed—Max Caster & Anthony Bowens!
The Acclaimed jumped the Bucks as the Bucks were making their entrance! Bowens jumped off the stage and onto the champions! Back in the ring, Bowens smashed Matt face first into the mat.
Daddy Ass walked to the ring to fire up the Acclaimed!
Caster and Daddy Ass had Matthew cornered outside the ring, but Matthew ran away. Daddy Ass was going to whack Nicholas with a steel chair, but the ref ejected Daddy Ass from ringside.
Matthew pummeled Max with right hands. Nicholas raked his fingernails down Caster’s back. Nicholas inadvertently kicked Matthew, allowing Bowens to tag in. Bowens got cracked with a superkick from Nicholas. Matthew nailed Bowens with the Sliced Bread, followed by a knee strike by Nicholas for a near fall on Bowens.
The Bucks pumped up their Reeboks and blasted Caster with superkicks. Bowens deflated the Bucks with double lariats.
Caster tagged in and dropped Nicholas with a sling blade. Caster pressed Matthew and powerslammed him into the turnbuckles. Caster jumped over the top rope and landed on Nicholas. Caster came off the top rope with a cross body press onto Nicholas for a near fall.
The fans chanted “This is awesome! This is awesome!”
Nicholas went for a senton, but Caster countered by raising his knees. Matthew power bombed Bowens onto the ramp! Matthew shoved Caster backwards, inadvertently knocking down the referee. Matthew kicked Caster with a low blow.
Matthew brought his championship title into the ring. FTR ran down to the ring! Dax Harwood grabbed the title belt away from Matthew while Cash Wheeler tried to help the ref back to his feet. Matthew spat at Dax in the face! Dax dropped Matthew with a double leg takedown! Dax grounded and pounded Matthew!
The ref got to his feet and saw this, and the ref disqualified The Acclaimed!
“FTR just cost The Acclaimed the AEW World Tag Team Championship!” said Excalibur.
Daddy Ass sprinted back to the ring! Security had to keep The Acclaimed and FTR separated while the Bucks walked away, laughing!
“You can’t blame Dax! The guy spit in his face. FTR were just trying to help, but I understand why The Acclaimed are mad,” said Taz.
“We’ll never know how this match would have ended,” added Excalibur.
Christopher Daniels was backstage with Renee Paquette!
Christopher Daniels: “That wasn’t a definitive victory. This issue between the Bucks and the Acclaimed hasn’t ended yet. But I have an answer. This Saturday on Collision, it’ll be The Acclaimed versus FTR and the winner will go on to face the Young Bucks at All In: London!”
Renee Paquette: “May the best team win.”
“Wow, Collision is must-see!” said Excalibur.
Dynamite Main Event!
AEW World Champion Swerve Strickland (with Prince Nana)
vs.
Blackpool Combat Club’s Wheeler Yuta!
“American Dragon” Bryan Danielson was sitting ringside for this match.
Yuta charged at Swerve, but Swerve countered with a strike. Swerve whipped Yuta into the steel barricade! Swerve got into Danielson’s face and said he was going to retire him next week!
Swerve nailed Yuta with two consecutive back breakers. Swerve locked Yuta in an inverted submission and then cradled Yuta for a near fall.
Swerve tried for a powerbomb, but Yuta reversed it, sending Swerve into the turnbuckles. Wheeler Yuta followed up with the elbow suicida. Yuta jumped off the top turnbuckle, but Swerve dodged him! Yuta rolled out of Swerve’s grasp and applied an ankle lock. Swerve escaped the ankle lock, but Yuta dropped hammer and anvil elbows on Swerve. Yuta rolled up Swerve in the seatbelt for a near fall.
Wheeler drilled Swerve with a German Suplex. Wheeler chopped at Swerve, but Swerve absorbed the contact and laughed. Swerve bashed Wheeler with an uppercut headbutt! Swerve cracked Yuta with the House Call kick! Swerve nailed Yuta with a second House Call kick! And then a third House Call!
Swerve grabbed Yuta by the arms and stomped on him. Swerve grounded and pounded a defenseless Yuta, and the referee stopped the match because Yuta was unconscious. Danielson jumped into the ring to stop the punishment.
Swerve: “That was just an example of what I’m going to do to you at Wembley Stadium in two weeks. Bryan, you’re going to bring your family, right? Because right where you sat and watched me mutilate Wheeler, it’s the same thing I’m going to do to you in front of your daughter. I’m going to force you to retire because that’s what I’m going to do when I cripple you!”
Danielson turned his back to check on Yuta. Swerve ran down to the ring and blindsided Danielson with a House Call kick! Swerve taunted a downed Danielson!
“Will All In: London be the end of an era? Will it be the end of Bryan Danielson? We will find out at Wembley,” said Excalibur.
This Friday tune in to AEW RAMPAGE at 10/9c on TNT!
Don’t miss AEW COLLISION on Saturday on TNT from the Esports Stadium Arlington in Arlington, TX at 8/7c!
Catch AEW DYNAMITE on TBS next Wednesday live at 8/7ct from Utilta Arena Cardiff in Cardiff, Wales!
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