**CONTAINS SPOILERS**
Tonight’s episode of AEW DYNAMITE was broadcast live from the Coca-Cola Coliseum in Toronto, Ontario, Canada!
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!
Renee Paquette joined the AEW broadcast team!
Paquette was on the ramp to interview Christian Cage!
Christian Cage: “It feels great to be back in Toronto and as the face as the city of Toronto and the country of Canada, I’m going to guarantee a victory tonight. Without further ado, let me introduce my right hand of destruction…Luchasaurus!
“Jungle Boy” Jack Perry vs. Luchasaurus (with Christian)!
Jack Perry blasted Luchasaurus with a shotgun dropkick to start the match. Luchasaurus caught Jungle Boy and hit him with a German Suplex!
Luchasaurus grabbed a table and attempted to powerbomb Jungle Boy through it but Jungle Boy escaped. Luchasaurus tried to chop Jack Perry but Jack ducked! Luchasaurus’ hand collided with the steel ring post.
Luchasaurus whipped Jungle Boy into the ringside barricade. Back in the ring, Luchasaurus rammed his shoulder into Jungle Boy, and then hurled him into the turnbuckles.
Jungle Boy used a hurracanrana to send Luchasaurus into the ring post. Jungle Boy tried to lift Luchasaurus on the apron but his back gave out. Jungle Boy connected with a sunset flip powerbomb, smashing Luchasaurus through the ringside table!
Christian Cage left the broadcast booth and walked toward the ring.
Luchasaurus clotheslined Jungle Boy and then planted him for a near fall. Jack Perry charged at Luchasaurus but Luchasaurus stopped him with a chokeslam for a two-count! Jack Perry retaliated with a crucifix for a near fall of his own. He followed up with a poison rana and then the Kill Switch for a near fall! Jack Perry hooked on the Snare Trap submission but Luchasaurus was able to reach the ropes.
Luchasaurus spiked Jack Perry off the top rope with a chokeslam. He nailed him again and pinned Jack Perry!
“The presence of Christian Cage at ringside altered this match,” said Excalibur.
“Look at that smirk on Christian Cage’s face,” added Taz.
Renee Paquette was backstage with Stokely Hathaway and Ethan Page!
Matt Hardy and Private Party interrupted, and Hardy asked what the Firm had done.
Stokely said he purchased Private Party’s contract.
Page said if Kassidy could beat him on RAMPAGE this Friday, Private Party were free. But if Page wins, the Firm will have Matt Hardy under contract too!
WarJoe—TNT Champion Wardlow & ROH World TV Champion Samoa Joe
vs.
The Factory—QT Marshall & Nick Comoroto (with Aaron Solo)!
Samoa Joe hit a senton on QT and then followed up with jabs in the corner. He was going for the Muscle Buster when Nick tried to hit Joe from behind. Joe defended himself and tagged in Wardlow.
Wardlow smashed QT with a massive lariat. Wardlow tossed Nick with a belly-to-belly suplex.
Samoa Joe held Nick’s legs while Wardlow splashed Nick with a senton atomico! Samoa Joe put Comoroto in a chokehold and the ref stopped the match as Joe forced Nick to sleep!
After the match, Wardlow put QT in the Powerbomb Symphony!
Prince Nana and the Embassy interrupted after the match. “The Machine” Brian Cage and the Gates of Agony had enough of WarJoe! Brian Cage insulted WarJoe and then FTR on the microphone.
FTR—Dax Harwood and Cash Wheeler—came out to a massive ovation!
Dax Harwood: “There’s three of ya’ll and these men already had a hard night of work, so we have the perfect partner. RAMPAGE starts at what time?”
Cash Wheeler: “Ten?”
Shawn Spears made his return and pushed Solo back into the ring. FTR hit the Big Rig on Solo!
Swerve Strickland vs. Daddy Ass Billy Gunn (with AEW World Tag Champs The Acclaimed)!
Billy dropped Swerve with a shoulder tackle. And then a second shoulder tackle. Swerve came back with a low dropkick to Billy’s quad. Swerve continued to work over Gunn’s leg.
Swerve clocked Billy with stinging body shots. Billy Gunn grabbed Swerve with a tilt-a-whirl suplex. Billy followed up with a jackhammer. He tried for the Fame-asser but Swerve had it scouted. Swerve hit Billy with a flatliner and then the Swerve Stomp for a near fall. Swerve countered a hold from Billy, clutched onto the ropes and was able to pin Billy!
“He stole it by hooking the ropes and there was nothing Billy could do,” said Tony Schiavone.
After the match, “Smart” Mark Sterling came out with Tony Nese.
Sterling: “We brought out a very important document. This document says I own the trademark to ‘Scissor Me’ in professional wrestling! If you try to use the scissor gesture, I will sue you so hard and you will be stuck in the court system so long you’ll be forced to forfeit those titles. Until then, scissor me Daddy Nese!”
We heard from Casino Ladder match winner and self-proclaimed Devil—MJF!
MJF was about to answer Alex Marvez’s questions when Stokely Hathaway interrupted them. MJF said if this happened again, he’d fire Hathaway.
MJF: “You want to ask me about William Regal, Marvez? In my world you’re about as villainous as Mary Poppins. We have a dark past but you don’t want me to remind me of that. Wheeler Yuta, you asked me about Wheeler Yuta. Was I about to shake his hand? I don’t know, Marvez.
“Nice guys finish last, and I’m not an idiot. Most of the locker room hates my guts. But I have no choice but to be the bad guy. I have broken my hand many times punching my own reflection. But that’s what it takes and by hook or by crook, I will be the AEW World Champion!”
Ahead of his AEW World Championship title defense against Hangman Adam Page next week, we heard from AEW World Champion Jon Moxley, who was interviewed by Tony Schiavone!
Moxley: “After three years, damn it feels good to be in Toronto! And for much of that three years I have been the AEW World Champion. They have come from far and wide to try to knock me off the mountain. Being world champion ain’t all fun and games. You’ve got a target on your back.
“You live every day in physical pain. Everybody wants to see you fall. A lot of guys crumble and self-destruct. The world champion does not have the luxury of fear or doubt. Being world champion is a dirty job. You’ve gotta be ruthless. But I love this job.
“And that brings me to the cowboy, Hangman Adam Page.”
Hangman Adam Page walked down to the ring!
Hangman Page: “Whatever you have to say about me, I want you to say it to my face. Actually, you said it all last week. You said you respected who I was in the ring, and who I was as a person. And I would be lying if I didn’t tell you that coming from you that meant the world to me.
“Because I have watched you for these past three years and I’ve come to respect who you are in the ring and outside of it too. There have been times in the last three years where I looked at you and saw the kind of man I want to be.”
MJF was watching from a skybox.
Page: “You called me a nice kid last week. After all the compliments, is that how you feel about me? Am I a kid to you?”
Mox: “That’s exactly what I think about you. I don’t think you’re the same guy who knocked me off a twenty-foot ladder one year ago. Next week if you’ve got a chance to take a shot at me, I don’t think you’ve got the guts to pull the trigger.”
Page: “I hesitated and it cost me the championship. For all that I did, I’m left with nothing. So I’m not the same. I’m angry! I’m frustrated. I’m anxious! I’m depressed. The medicine is not working but I am still here because I am a man! I know what I have to do in Cincinnati. I don’t care if your family is in the crowd. I will beat you within an inch of your life to take back this title.
“I have nothing. I have a shot and I have my word. Tuesday I take my shot and tonight I give you my word. I will be the next AEW World Champion. That is my word. Unlike MJF I wanted to make sure I could tell you that face to face, man to man.”
ROH World Championship Match!
“Lionheart” Chris Jericho (c.) (with Angelo Parker & Matt Menard) vs. “American Dragon” Bryan Danielson!
William Regal joined the commentary team for this match, as did Ian Riccaboni.
Danielson rocketed into Jericho with a tope suicida. Bryan headbutted Jericho back in the ring. He followed up with kicks to Jericho in the corner.
Jericho fired back with chops and right hands and then a hurracanrana off the top rope! Jericho followed up with a dropkick off the apron. He whipped Danielson into the barricade.
Danielson grabbed an avalanche butterfly suplex on Jericho, and then transitioned to the LeBell Lock! Jericho escaped and locked Danielson into the Walls of Jericho. Bryan escaped and then put Jericho in the Boston Crab!
Danielson clocked Chris Jericho with a kick to the head. Danielson hit Jericho with the hammer and anvil elbow strikes. Jericho picked up Danielson in a fireman’s carry for a near fall.
Jericho tried for a Lion Sault but Bryan dodged it. Bryan connected with a leaping knee off the top rope. Bryan tried again but Jericho countered with the Code Breaker!
Jericho shoved Bryan into ref Paul Turner. The ref was knocked down! Menard grabbed the ROH World Championship belt and threw it into the ring for Jericho.
ROH Pure Champion Daniel Garcia sprinted to the ring and snatched the belt out of Jericho’s hands. Danielson blasted Jericho with a knee but then Garcia rammed Danielson with the Pure title!
Angelo Parker returned Paul Turner to the ring. Jericho was able to pin Danielson.
“A black cloud once again hanging over the name Ring of Honor,” said Excalibur.
Wheeler Yuta, Claudio Castagnoli, and William Regal came down to the ring! The Jericho Appreciation Society scrambled like cockroaches.
Renee Paquette was backstage with Nya Rose and the Vicious Vixens!
Nyla showed off her stolen TBS Championship belt. Anna Jay challenged Nyla to a match on RAMPAGE. Nyla accepted!
AEW Interim Women’s World Champion Toni Storm & Hikaru Shida
vs.
Dr. Brit Baker, D.M.D. & Jamie Hayter (with Rebel)!
Hayter shoved Shida and Shida shoved back. Hayter chopped at Shida but Shida fired back with a dropkick.
Toni Storm tagged in and walloped Hayter with a thrust kick. Baker grabbed Storm’s ankle, giving Hayter enough time to blindside Storm.
Shida hammered the face of Britt Baker. Shida used a jumping knee on Baker. Shida suplexed Baker onto Jamie Hayter! Shida smashed onto Baker with a meteora for a near fall. Hayter hit Shida from behind with a back breaker.
Toni Storm jumped into the ring but Baker grabbed her in a neck breaker. Baker smashed Shida with a curb stomp. Storm DDT’ed Britt and then spiked her with the Storm Zero. Shida hoisted up Baker but Baker countered and went for the Lock Jaw. Shida rolled out and planted Baker with the falcon arrow. After countering pins, Shida scored the victory over Baker!
Main Event Time!
All-Atlantic Championship Match!
“The Bastard” PAC (c.) vs. “Freshly Squeezed” Orange Cassidy!
Orange went for the Orange Punch but PAC dodged it. PAC pulped Orange with a European Uppercut. PAC mocked Orange Cassidy but Cassidy sprung to his feet with a dropkick.
Orange tried for a tope suicida but PAC countered with a falcon arrow on arena floor! PAC nailed Orange with a tombstone piledriver on the ramp!
Back in the ring, PAC put Orange in the Brutalizer. Orange fought out, touching the bottom rope with his boot. PAC went for the ring bell but Orange Cassidy jumped out and impaled PAC with a DDT on the arena floor! He followed up with a spinning DDT in the ring and the Orange Punch for a near fall on PAC!
The fans chanted “This is awesome! This is awesome! This is awesome!”
Orange rocked PAC with the Beach Break on the apron! Orange attempted the Orange Punch again but PAC countered with a bridging suplex and then the Brutalizer!
“The challenger is in big time trouble!” said Taz.
Orange titled and was able to touch the ropes, forcing the ref to break the hold.
PAC went outside to grab the ring bell hammer but Danhausen tried to stop him. The ref grabbed the hammer out of PAC’s hand. PAC grabbed another from under the ring, unbeknownst to the ref. PAC jumped in the ring but Orange clocked PAC with a punch! Orange knocked out PAC with the Orange Punch and pinned PAC!
And new AEW All-Atlantic Champion…”Freshly Squeezed” Orange Cassidy!
Catch AEW DYNAMITE on TBS next Tuesday live at 8/7ct from the Heritage Bank Center in Cincinnati, OH!
This Friday tune in to RAMPAGE on TNT at 10pm ET!
And remember…the home of professional wrestling is All Elite Wrestling!