CONTAINS SPOILERS
AEW DYNAMITE was broadcast on TBS and streamed on MAX live from the H-E-B Center in Austin, TX!
Excalibur, Nigel McGuinness, and Tony Schiavone were the broadcast team for tonight’s event.
It’s Wednesday night and you know what that means!
“Best Wrestler Alive” Open Challenge Match!
“Platinum” Max Caster vs. “Hangman” Adam Page!
“Wait a second! Max Caster made it clear he wanted to give this opportunity to someone else…anybody else!” said Nigel.
“Page is all business as he strides to the ring,” replied Excalibur.
Caster attempted to hide in the crowd, but Page stalked him. Caster slid into the ring and kicked Page as Page followed. Caster took down Page with a hurracanrana. Page answered with four lariats. Page blasted Caster with the Buckshot Lariat and scored the pin!
“Well, if you’re counting, Caster is 0-2 in his open challenges,” said Schiavone.
Ricochet was backstage with arrogant words!
Ricochet: “I’m a winner, and when you’re a winner, suddenly things don’t matter, like the fans who called me bald. You all went silent the moment my hand was raised because you knew I was the winner. Swerve had all the threats and insults, but again, none of that matters when you can’t win. And Ricochet won. And Ricochet is moving on to bigger and better things. This is a cruel, cold world, but luckily, your boy is staying warm in his new Embassy robe.”
AEW World Trios Championship Match!
The Death Riders— “The Bastard” PAC, Wheeler Yuta, & Claudio Castagnoli
vs.
The Undisputed Kingdom—Adam Cole, Kyle O’Reilly, & Roderick Strong!
Both teams brawled around the ring as the bell rang! The Undisputed Kingdom had momentum on their side at first. They worked over Wheeler Yuta, taking turns with quick tags in and out. Yuta shoved Kyle into the corner of the Death Riders. PAC drove his boot into Kyle’s face. Claudio tagged in and began to stomp on Kyle.
Strong came in and served up some of his patented back breakers. Claudio suplexed Roderick Strong behind the ref’s back. Yuta and Claudio hit Roddy with tandem offense. Yuta snap suplexed Roderick for a near fall. Pac tagged in and applied a vice-like headlock on Strong. Pac closed the distance with a driving upper cut. The Death Riders triple teamed Strong with running upper cuts in their corner.
Cole tagged in and cleaned house on the Death Riders. Cole dropped Yuta with a pump kick. Cole staggered Yuta with a neck breaker. Cole super kicked Pac, who had attempted a springboard! Undisputed Kingdom isolated Pac and worked him over. Claudio came in and launched Yuta with the fast ball special on Kyle. Kyle countered by raising his knees. Kyle cradled Yuta for a near fall.
Kyle put Yuta in an ankle lock. Claudio got into the ring with a steel chair, but Cole and Kyle connected with double super kicks. Yuta hit Kyle with a low blow when the ref wasn’t looking and Yuta rolled up Kyle to steal the pin!
“Wheeler Yuta pulled a victory out of the jaws of defeat,” said Excalibur.
TNT Champion Daniel Garcia, Daddy Magic, and Cool Hand Ang sprinted to the ring to come to the aid of the Undisputed Kingdom and chase off the Death Riders!
MJF was backstage with Renee Paquette!
MJF: “Texas isn’t a real state, and Dustin isn’t a real man. Dustin, tonight, I’d get down on your hands and knees and pray to the devil. No amount of paint on your face will hide your pain.”
“Hangman” Adam Page interrupted.
Page: “Out!”
MJF: “I don’t know what’s going on. You got a crush on me, bud? Four weeks in a row. I watch you question yourself. You lost your friends and sanity because you want an apology? If anyone deserves an apology around here it’s MJF for the lack of respect. I’m going to beat Dustin Rhodes and then I’m going to move one step closer to becoming a two-time AEW World Champion.”
Trios Match!
Samoa Joe, HOOK, & Katsuyori Shibata
vs. Jon Cruz, Aaron Solo, and Rosario Grillo!
Samoa Joe, Hook, and Shibata charged into the corner toward their opposition. Hook sent Solo for a ride with a high low suplex. Shibata chopped Grillo, punishing him against the ropes. Samoa Joe crushed Grillo with a senton. Samoa Joe smashed Cruz with the Muscle Buster and pinned Cruz in short order!
Samoa Joe: “Week after week, we come out here and the world asks me what this is about. The only answer is violence. What stands before you is three men who always have a problem, and we always beat your ass to solve it. We will hunt you down in this ring and you will be caught. Which leads me to you Christian Cage, and the Patriarchy.
“This could have been real simple between us. You continue to hide from the Ops. Since I can’t drag you out of your dressing room and you’re too much of a chicken ass to show up here tonight, I say, next week on Dynamite the Patriarchy against the Ops!”
Renee Paquette was backstage with ROH World Champion Chris Jericho and Bryan Keith!
Jericho: “I would have paid double or triple to get rid of Bandido. But watch and learn, Bryan, because I challenge you, Bandido, to a showdown.”
ROH World Champion Chris Jericho walked down to the center of the ring by himself.
“The Most Wanted” Bandido answered the challenge!
Bandido and Jericho faced off in the center of the ring. They took ten paces. Bryan Keith, who was under the ring, grabbed Bandido’s ankle. Keith and Jericho stomped on Bandido. The Outrunners ran down to even up the odds for Bandido! Big Bill walked down with the wanted poster that had Bandido’s face on it! Big Bill went to chokeslam Bandido until Powerhouse Hobb’s music began to play! Hobbs came down and Hobbs and Big Bill slugged it out! Hobbs planted Big Bill with a spinebuster!
“Powerhouse Hobbs has returned, and he has laid Big Bill to waste!” said Excalibur.
“No bounty collected tonight,” added Schiavone.
Marina Shafir and AEW World Champion Jon Moxley were walking backstage!
“The Rated R Superstar” Cope cracked Moxley in the back with a steel chair! “Switchblade” Jay White used bolt cutters to cut the chained briefcase from Marina’s wrist. Cope and White took the briefcase and left!
Renee Paquette interviewed Dustin Rhodes backstage!
Rhodes: “MJF I told you I was going to bring the devil. Well he’s here! You’re going to find out why I’m the last of my kind!”
ROH World Tag & 6-Man Champ “The Natural” Dustin Rhodes
vs.
MJF!
Rhodes power slammed MJF and then stomped MJF. Rhodes raked MJF’s back. MJF put Dustin in an arm bar, wrenching back. Dustin went for a sunset flip, but MJF countered by targeting Dustin’s arm.
MJF gouged Dustin in the eyes. Dustin power bombed MJF out of the corner. MJF was writhing in agony. Dustin rocked MJF with a running bulldog. MJF stomped on Dustin’s outstretched elbow, a rare miscalculation from the Natural.
Dustin drilled MJF with the Cross Rhodes for a near fall! MJF spiked Dustin with a pile driver out of nowhere. Dustin kicked out at the two-count! Dustin shoved the ropes while MJF was on the turnbuckles, causing MJF to lose his balance. Dustin booted MJF between the legs and followed up with the Final Reckoning for a near fall!
MJF staggered Dustin with the Final Reckoning and then applied the Salt of the Earth arm bar! MJF transitioned to a cross face. Dustin was unresponsive and the referee called for the end of the match, awarding the bout to MJF!
After the match, MJF applied the Salt of the Earth armbar, looking to inflict more damage. “Hangman” Adam Page came down to the ring and confronted MJF! Page got into MJF’s face and MJF slowly backed away. MJF sneakily turned back around and began to ground and pound Page, but Page got to his feet! Security had to separate MJF and Page! Hangman and MJF brawled through the crowd! MJF tried to escape through the concourse. Security finally managed to separate them!
After a commercial break, it was announced that Tony Khan had made it official for next week on Dynamite: MJF & “Hangman” Adam Page will be face-to-face!
Renee Paquette was backstage with Swerve Strickland and Prince Nana!
Prince Nana: “Ricochet you crossed the line. Some of my proudest moments happened as a manager. To see Ricochet walking around trying to tarnish my legacy—”
Swerve: “Look, Ricochet, we are far from done.”
Nana: “This is what I’m talking about. Why do you have to make it so personal? Focus on Moxley and the belt.”
Swerve: “I can’t! Right now Ricochet has the robe. What comes next? I have to end this. I will end this.”
Megan Bayne vs. Maya World!
Bayne shoved Maya into the corner and then bulldozed her with a big shoulder tackle. Bayne sent Maya flying with a belly to belly suplex. Megan served up a flying lariat. Bayne sent Maya down with an F-5 and picked up the pin fall victory!
As Kris Statlander was making her way to the ring for her match, Stat glared at Bayne.
Kris Statlander vs. Penelope Ford!
Statlander used a headlock takeover on Ford. Stat slid into Ford with a lariat. Statlander tried for a sunset flip, but Statlander rolled through and dropkicked Penelope. Statlander nailed Ford with a vertical suplex.
Penelope Ford dropkicked Statlander in the back. Statlander superplexed Ford. Statlander power slammed Penelope for a near fall. Penelope nailed Kris with a high boot and then a neck breaker. Ford rocked Stat with a stunner. Statlander grabbed Penelope with a German Suplex. Penelope planted Stat with a poison rana! Stat cracked Ford with a lariat and then pinned her with the Wednesday Night Fever!
After the match, Megan Bayne walked down the aisle. Penelope Ford attacked Stat from behind. Bayne blasted Stat with an F5 on the floor!
Renee Paquette interviewed Willow Nightingale backstage!
Willow began to speak about her upcoming return to Japan but Marina Shafir attacked Willow!
Moxley: “Copeland, you’re fighting fire with fire and you’re a dead man walking!”
Harley Cameron had some words for TBS Champion “The CEO” Mercedes Moné!
Harley: “Mercedes, you’re one of the greatest wrestlers alive, but you had to start somewhere. Not too long ago there was a time when I had no idea how to wrestle. Or how to play guitar. Or sing. But I guess I’m a quick learner. Thank you for all the times you called me a loser. Because it pushed me to work harder. Thanks to you, Harley Cameron is going to win the TBS title in her home country. Feel the wrath!”
AEW World Tag Team Championship Match!
The Hurt Syndicate—Bobby Lashley & Shelton Benjamin (c.) (with MVP)
vs.
The Gunns—Austin & Colten!
Bobby back elbowed Colten in the jaw. Bobby used his power and bashed Colten with a shoulder block. Austin tagged in but Bobby dumped him over the top rope.
Shelton came in and bounced Austin back and forth between the barricade and the ring. Colten tagged in and walloped Shelton with a leaping clothesline. Colten flattened Shelton with a cross over neck breaker. Austin spiked Shelton with the Fame Asser for a near fall!
Shelton knocked Austin’s block off with a thrust kick! Shelton hurled Austin with two German Suplexes. Bobby choke slammed Colten in the center of the ring! Lashley speared Austin and then Shelton pinned Austin!
After the match, Brian Cage and Lance Archer, the Murder Machines, mockingly applauded the Hurt Syndicate!
“Switchblade” Jay White and “The Rated R Superstar” Cope had a message for AEW World Champion Jon Moxley!
Cope: “Mox, you’re running around throwing tantrums because you don’t have the weapon that keeps the sycophants under your thumb. You want this back? All you have to do is meet us in the ring at the end of the night. See you there, kid.”
AEW Women’s World Champion Mariah May had harsh words for “Timeless” Toni Storm!
Mariah May: “You never did know how to write an ending, did you? You never know when to stop. Beating you in Australia is not the worst thing I can do. You are nothing without me! Toni Storm isn’t real! This stops now! I guess I really do love you because this is going to be a mercy killing.”
“Switchblade” Jay White and “the Rated R Superstar” Cope came down to the ring!
Cope was carrying Mox’s briefcase with the World title inside.
Cope: “Hear me out. The AEW World Championship has been hidden inside this briefcase for too long. You all want to see it? I got an idea.”
Cope pulled Spike from out beneath the ring.
Cope: “I don’t know if you remember Spike but she’s pretty hungry and wants to dig her teeth into that briefcase. Mox, if you don’t get out here and accept my challenge for the AEW World Championship at Revolution, I’m going to smash this briefcase open and take the AEW World Championship. So get out here and give me your answer.”
Moxley walked out to the ring!
Mox: “You have no idea what kind of mistake you’re making. You think I don’t care? You don’t know jack about it, Cope! These people don’t know jack about it! I have left pieces of my soul in that ring for the AEW World Championship. I am its protector. At Revolution, I am going to break Adam Copeland’s neck. You want your shot at the king? You got it!”
Cope took Spike and hammered away at the briefcase. The Death Riders ambushed Cope and Jay White, and Marina Shafir slipped into the ring and pulled the briefcase out! Jay White blasted Claudio with the Blade Runner. Cope speared Moxley!
Jay White: “You’ve got Revolution, but before you get there, Grand Slam Australia, we’ll put the Death Riders in the ground!”
Just three nights away! Don’t miss AEW COLLISION: Grand Slam Australia live on Saturday on TNT and streaming on MAX at 10:30pm ET/7:30pm PT or IMMEDIATELY following NBA All-Star Saturday Night from the Brisbane Entertainment Centre in Brisbane, Australia!
Catch AEW DYNAMITE live on TBS and streaming on MAX next Wednesday at 8/7ct from the Arizona Financial Theatre in Phoenix, AZ!
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