**CONTAINS SPOILERS**
Tonight’s episode of AEW DYNAMITE was broadcast live from the Capital One Arena in Washington, DC!
Excalibur, Tony Schiavone, and “The Human Suplex Machine” Taz were the broadcast team for tonight’s event.
It’s Wednesday night and you know what that means!
AEW World Championship Title Eliminator Match!
AEW World Champion MJF vs. Adam Cole!
“If Adam Cole wins tonight on Dynamite, he will receive a shot at the AEW World championship,” said Excalibur.
They locked up and MJF knocked down Cole with a shoulder tackle. Cole went for a thrust kick, but MJF dodged it and went outside the ring to create some distance. Back in the ring, MJF stomped a mudhole in Cole. Adam Cole pulled down MJF and gave MJF a taste of his own medicine.
MJF yanked Cole’s arm on an arm ringer snap. MJF smelled blood in the water and went to work on Cole’s arm. MJF applied a top wristlock. MJF drove Cole shoulder first into the canvas. MJF followed up with a pump handle slam with a half, good for a near fall on the challenger.
Cole rocked MJF with a superkick! MJF was bleeding from the mouth. Adam Cole hit a backstabber for a two-count on the World champion. Cole was looking for the Panama Sunrise, but MJF had it scouted. MJF tried for the Heat Seeker, but Cole saw it coming and countered with a shoulder breaker.
Cole hoisted up MJF and dropped him on his knee. In the process, Cole’s knee buckled. MJF was going to piledrive Cole on the apron, but Cole fought out of it. Cole was going for a Panama Sunrise on the apron, but MJF countered with a running apron tombstone! MJF rolled onto the arena floor, clutching his knee.
“Both men are giving it their all,” said Tony Schiavone.
MJF landed a rolling elbow strike. Cole fired back with superkicks. MJF clocked Cole with an explosive lariat out of desperation. MJF locked on the Salt of the Earth armbar. Cole rolled through and transitioned to an ankle lock. MJF escaped and captured both of Cole’s arms. Luckily, Cole reached the bottom rope with his boot, forcing the ref to break the hold.
MJF connected with the Heat Seeker for a two-count! MJF cleared off the timekeeper’s table. MJF smashed Adam Cole with an elbow drop from off the top turnbuckle and down through the timekeeper’s table!
“The point of MJF’s elbow came down on the inside of Adam Cole’s elbow,” said Excalibur.
Cole lunged forward and rolled back into the ring just in time. Cole lured MJF out to the apron and landed a superkick. Cole followed up with a straight jacket German Suplex on the apron! Cole had MJF in position for the Panama Sunrise, but MJF collapsed to the mat. MJF may have been playing possum as he double stomped Cole’s arm.
Cole rolled up MJF, but MJF escaped and inadvertently collided with the referee. As the ref was down, MJF grabbed his world title and tossed it to Adam Cole. MJF wanted the ref to think Cole hit him with the belt, so Cole would get disqualified, but the ref didn’t get up. Cole seized the opportunity and cracked MJF in the head with the belt. Cole lowered the boom with the knee strike, but MJF kicked out at two!
The fans chanted “Fight forever! Fight forever!”
MJF obscured the ref’s vision and hit Cole with a low blow. MJF put on his Dynamite Diamond Ring. He was about to drill Adam Cole with it when the referee prevented MJF from using it. Cole plastered MJF with a superkick, then the Panama Sunrise, and then lowered the boom! Cole covered MJF and as the ref was making the count, the time limit expired. Justin Roberts announced that the match was a draw!
Adam Cole: “Five more minutes!”
“Look at the fans! They want it!” said Tony Schiavone.
MJF slid out of the ring, taking his championship with him.
“With one second left, MJF repelled Adam Cole in this World championship Eliminator Match,” said Excalibur.
A CM Punk hype package aired!
“I won’t know what I’m going to do or say, until I have that microphone in my hand. I have a lot of things to get off my chest.”
Renee Paquette interviewed Sammy Guevara in the ring!
Sammy: “It’s been a hell of a ride these past few months. With the announcement of my wife being pregnant, which if you guys didn’t know, we’re having a girl! To experiencing some of the lowest of the lows, by coming this close to being World champion and falling short.
“I have to make some tough decisions. I have to make some changes here in AEW.”
Darby Allin made his way to the ring with a microphone!
Darby: “Sammy, I mean this when I say it. Congratulations on the baby girl. But I want to talk about Double or Nothing. I don’t know if you heard the people, but it sounds like they’re starting to love you again. But I got a question. Are you going to stand on your own two feet or live in the shadow of the J.A.S.?
“You don’t have to answer my question right now, Sammy. But I think I know the answer.”
Chris Jericho walked onto the ramp holding his baseball bat!
“Jericho doesn’t look happy right now,” said Taz.
Jericho entered the ring. He told Darby to stand back.
Jericho: “Sammy, the whole three months you were chasing MJF for the World championship, you never called me once, your mentor! The guy who made you a star! If you had asked Chris Jericho for his help, you’d be standing right here now as the AEW World champion.”
Sammy: “It’s funny because if you called me, you wouldn’t have lost to Adam Cole…twice.”
Jericho: “Maybe you are having some delusions of grandeur from your brush in the main event a few weeks ago. So, I’m going to give you the chance to apologize to me right now.”
Sammy: “I’m not apologizing for s—t!”
Jericho: “Maybe we need to reunite Le Sex Gods next week and have a tag match, and you can remember who your boss is.”
Darby: “You call yourself a wizard but when you step into the ring, the magic is gone.”
Jericho: “Maybe Sammy and I should beat the living hell out of you right now, two on one.”
Darby: “I’m not really alone.”
Sting walked to the ring with his baseball bat!
“It’s Stiiiiiiing!” said Tony Schiavone.
Jericho and Sting had a stare down. Jericho pointed his bat at Sting, but Sting pushed it aside. Sting held up his baseball bat to Jericho’s face, but Jericho batted it away. Jericho thought discretion was the better part of valor and left the ring!
SANADA, the IWGP World Heavyweight Champion, issued an open challenge for Forbidden Door on June 25th! Who will accept!?
8-Man Tag Match!
Mogul Embassy—Swerve Strickland, Brian Cage, & The Gates of Agony—Toa Liona & Kaun
vs.
Sting, Darby Allin, International Champion Orange Cassidy, & Keith Lee!
Sting connected with two Stinger splashes on Swerve. Brian Cage tripped up Sting, pulled him by the ankles from outside the ring.
The Gates of Agony hurled Darby at Brian Cage, and Cage caught Darby and powerbombed him!
Daniel Garcia was watching the match on a monitor backstage.
Swerve was looking for the JML Driver, but Darby reversed it. Darby came over the top with a stunner and then tagged Keith Lee. Lee cleaned house on the Gates of Agony and fired a big elbow strike on Brian Cage.
Orange Cassidy tried for the Orange Punch, but Cage intercepted. Darby blasted Cage with a shotgun dropkick. Sting knocked Kaun to the ground with a massive strike. Toa crushed Sting in the corner with a running splash.
“This is insanity!” said Taz.
Sting took down Cage with a clothesline. After some assistance from Orange Cassidy, Sting finished off Cage with the Scorpion Death Drop and pinned him!
“God, I love pro wrestling,” said Tony Schiavone.
Renee Paquette interviewed The Gunns backstage!
“We’re the best tag team in AEW. And we’re the best brother tag team in AEW. And some would say they’re too extreme. That’s why next week at Dynamite, we’re challenging the Hardys!”
TNT Championship Match!
Wardlow (c.) (with “The Enforcer” Arn Anderson) vs. Jake Hager!
Hager ambushed Wardlow as Wardlow was making his entrance.
“Hager looking to gain the early advantage and boy, did he ever,” said Excalibur.
Wardlow charged out of the corner with a clothesline and then a release German Suplex.
“This is the rubber match between Wardlow and Jake Hager,” noted Excalibur.
Matt Menard and Angelo Parker walked down to the ring. Arn Anderson stopped them in their tracks long enough for Brock Anderson to run down and even up the odds!
Wardlow sent Hager spilling to the outside with a clothesline. Wardlow smashed Hager with a senton off the top! Wardlow pinned Hager after the Powerbomb Symphony!
“That’s an impressive win right there over a very impressive challenger,” said Taz.
Christian Cage and Luchasaurus appeared on the big screen!
Cage: “A couple weeks ago on Dynamite you issued an open challenge to Luchasaurus. We accept your open challenge on Collision this Saturday. But what are you going to do when your new daddy isn’t there to help you?”
Luchasaurus was holding a battered, bloody Arn Anderson! Wardlow sprinted out of the ring and to the back!
NJPW’s Master of the Century, Hiroshi Tanahashi, had a message!
Tanahashi: “MJF, as long as you’re champion, that belt won’t shine like it should. Last year at Forbidden Door I came this close to beating Moxley for the AEW title. So, this year at Forbidden Door, MJF, face me one on one.”
Backstage, MJF was receiving medical attention when he was approached by Renee Paquette!
Renee: “It’s been made official. It’s going to be you against Tanahashi at Forbidden Door.”
MJF: “Come again? Yeah, actually I’m going to say no to that one. I don’t feel like giving a world title shot to some rando from a rinky dink indie fed in Japan. And as far as Tony Khan booking me for a match-up, it wouldn’t be the first time I no-showed something somebody booked me for. Tanahashi, sorry, no can do, bud.”
Renee Paquette interviewed the International champion “Freshly Squeezed” Orange Cassidy backstage!
Renee: “What does the future hold for Orange Cassidy?”
Orange: “Yeah, you know now this works. Probably right about now somebody is going to walk in and challenge me.”
Zack Sabre Jr.: “Hello, mate, you mentioned my name a few weeks ago at the media scrum. Well, I might be the first ever New Japan World Television champion, but next Sunday is Forbidden Door, isn’t it darling?”
Daniel Garcia interrupted.
Garcia: “You don’t even work here. But the idea of being a double champion sounds great to me. Where’s your boy Shibata at?”
Orange: “He’ll be here next week. So how about you two guys fight me and Shibata next week on Dynamite? See you guys there.”
AEW Women’s World Championship Match!
Toni Storm (c.) (with Ruby Soho) vs. Skye Blue!
Skye Blue hammered the champion. Skye connected with a diving cross body press for a two-count. Storm went for a hip attack, but Skye had it scouted and then retaliated with a hip attack of her own!
Skye Blue’s mother was sitting in the front row. Toni and Ruby saw her, and spray painted her in the face! Skye jumped out with a tope suicida on Toni and Ruby!
“Skye needs to stay focused here and not think about mom,” said Tony Schiavone.
Blue connected with a kick to Storm. Toni grabbed a handful of tights and pulled Skye throat-first into the ropes. Ruby passed a can of spray paint to Toni. The ref was distracted dealing with Ruby, but before Toni could use the spray paint, Skye Blue had a can of her own and sprayed it in Toni’s eyes! Skye rocked Toni with the Code Blue.
Ruby jumped on the apron to distract Skye. When Skye Blue turned back around, Toni nailed Skye with the Storm Zero for a near fall! Toni locked in the Texas Cloverleaf and Skye had no choice but to tap out!
Toni and Ruby continued to beat down Skye after the match until Willow Nightingale sprinted down to the ring to come to the aid of Skye Blue!
Renee Paquette was backstage with JungleHOOK—“Jungle Boy” Jack Perry and FTW Champ HOOK!
Jack Perry: “The summer of JungleHOOK is in full swing! But I’m going to be honest. I’m starting to feel a little naked standing here next to HOOK without a championship of my own. Now I said I was going to win a title this year, and I meant it. So that is why right now I am officially accepting SANADA’s open challenge for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship at Forbidden Door.”
Renee: “Hook do you have a reaction to that?”
Jack Perry: “Well actually I’ve been meaning to talk to you about this. It all came up so quick. After I win this thing, it’ll go back to JungleHOOK. But besides being my tag team partner, you’re my best friend. It would mean the world to me if you had my back and be in my corner at Forbidden Door.”
Hook looked at Jack Perry and fist bumped him!
“American Dragon” Bryan Danielson joined the broadcast booth for the main event.
Trios Match!
Blackpool Combat Club—Jon Moxley, ROH World Champion Claudio Castagnoli, & Wheeler Yuta
vs.
The Hung Bucks— “Hangman” Adam Page & The Young Bucks—Matt & Nick Jackson!
Mox and Page went right at it, and then the Bucks and Yuta and Claudio brawled! The Elite sent the BCC packing with superkicks!
Page connected with a shooting star press to the floor on Yuta! Matt Jackson tagged in, but Mox turned him around and began stomping him. Matt speared Mox and grounded and pounded him. Nick Jackson tagged in and came off the top with a cross body on Mox.
Moxley nailed Hangman with a tope suicida. Matt Jackson jumped over the top with a cross body on Mox and Claudio.
Mox connected with a King Kong Lariat and then a Gotch-style piledriver on Nick Jackson for a two-count! Mox scoop slammed Nick Jackson. Page tagged in and cleaned house on Yuta and Claudio. Hangman tossed Yuta with a fallaway slam.
Page sent Yuta into the corner with a powerbomb, into the waiting kicks of the Bucks. Matt Jackson tagged in and used the locomotion Northern Lights Suplexes on Wheeler Yuta.
Claudio hoisted up Matt Jackson and Mox jumped off the top rope with the Doomsday Device. Mox locked in the rear naked choke on Matt. Nick Jackson saved his brother with a senton. Claudio choke slammed Matt Jackson. Claudio sent Yuta flying with the rocket launcher, but Matt raised his knees up! The Bucks had a superkick party for all three members of the BCC!
The Bucks sandwiched Wheeler with the BTE Trigger and then Hangman finished him off with the Buckshot Lariat! Page pinned Yuta!
“What a match!” said Tony Schiavone.
Claudio and Moxley jumped back into the ring. They didn’t take the loss lightly. The BCC beat down Page and the Bucks!
Eddie Kingston’s music hit! Eddie Kingston returned! Kingston sprinted to the ring and grounded and pounded Claudio! Matt Jackson began to take the boots to Moxley, but Kingston pulled him away. Moxley got into Eddie’s face!
“Moxley and Eddie trying to hash this out,” said Excalibur.
Takeshita sprinted to the ring and hit Eddie Kingston from behind!
“What in the hell is going on here?” asked Taz.
Kenny Omega ran to the ring and had a face off with Takeshita! They traded shots in the center of the ring! Omega nailed Takeshita with the Snap Dragon Suplex! The BCC were taken out by superkicks from Page and the Bucks!
Will Ospreay jumped in the ring out of nowhere and connected with a kick to Omega’s face!
“My God where did he come from!?” asked Schiavone.
“Ospreay is making a statement here tonight ahead of Forbidden Door at the expense of Kenny Omega!” said Excalibur.
Catch AEW DYNAMITE on TBS next Wednesday live at 8/7ct from the Wintrust Arena in Chicago, IL!
This Friday tune in to AEW RAMPAGE at 10pm ET on TNT!
Saturday nights will never be the same! Get ready for a new night of wrestling when AEW Collision starts this Saturday, June 17th live on TNT at 8/7c from the United Center in Chicago, IL featuring:
-Miro returning to action!
-TNT Championship Match! Wardlow (c) vs. Luchasaurus!
-Skye Blue & NJPW Strong Women’s Champion Willow Nightingale vs. AEW Women’s World Champion Toni Storm & Ruby Soho!
-AEW World Trios Champion the House of Black’s Buddy Matthews vs. Andrade El Idolo!
The Main Event: ROH World TV Champion Samoa Joe, Jay White, & Juice Robinson vs. CM Punk & AEW World Tag Team Champions FTR—Dax Harwood & Cash Wheeler!
And remember…the home of professional wrestling is All Elite Wrestling!