**CONTAINS SPOILERS**
Tonight’s episode of AEW DYNAMITE was broadcast live from the Heritage Bank Center in Cincinnati, OH!
Excalibur, Tony Schiavone, and “The Human Suplex Machine” Taz were the broadcast team for tonight’s event.
It’s Tuesday night and you know what that means!
AEW World Trios Championship Match!
Death Triangle (c.)—PAC, Penta El Zero Miedo, & Rey Fenix
vs.
AEW All-Atlantic Champion Orange Cassidy & Best Friends—Chuck Taylor & Trent Beretta!
PAC charged at Orange Cassidy but Trent nearly stole the match, rolling up PAC. Trent followed up with a stiff lariat to PAC. Penta El Zero Miedo tagged in as did Chuck Taylor. The Lucha Bros used their tandem offense on the Best Friends.
Death Triangle sent Orange and the Best Friends to the outside. Death Triangle flew over the top rope, throwing caution to the wind, crashlanding on their opponents.
Back in the ring, Death Triangle tripe teamed Orange Cassidy with swift kicks. Rey Fenix began to chop Cassidy in the corner. Penta hit a Sling Blade on Orange. Trent smashed Rey with a DDT. Orange attempted a double hurracanrana on the Lucha Bros but PAC was there to dropkick Cassidy.
Trent suplexed PAC with a half and half. Penta was spiked with back-to-back piledrivers from the Best Friends. Orange splashed Penta off Best Friends’ shoulders!
PAC grabbed the time keeper’s hammer. Rey Fenix took it away from PAC, telling him he didn’t need it. In the meantime, Orange clocked PAC with the Orange Punch!
Rey Fenix rocked Best Friends with a double cutter. Rey Fenix planted Trent and pinned him!
“What a battle!” said Taz.
AEW Interim Women’s World Championship Match!
Toni Storm (c.) vs. Hikaru Shida!
“This match was nearly 10 years in the making,” said Excalibur.
Storm used the hip attack on Shida, who was on the ring apron! Shida was sent crashing onto the arena floor.
Shida came back with a hurracanrana and then a jumping knee strike, taking Toni off her feet!
“That’s that fire that Shida is known for,” said Taz.
Shida took down Toni with a missile dropkick for a near fall. Shida and Storm exchanged strikes in the center of the ring.
“It’s become a slugfest,” said Schiavone.
Shida headbutted Storm off the turnbuckles and followed up with a meteora. Storm fired back with a release German suplex and then the hip attack in the corner!
Shida went for the katana but Storm countered with an elbow strike. Storm blocked a knee strike and countered with a bridging suplex for a near fall. Toni spike Shida with the Storm Zero piledriver and then pinned her!
After the match, Jamie Hayter attacked Toni Storm. She and Rebel attacked Storm. Dr. Britt Baker came out to a chorus of boos. Saraya charged at Baker and became to ground and pound her. They brawled around the ring. Rebel used a crutch on Toni Storm. Riho ran to the ring and dropkicked Rebel! Riho jumped off the top turnbuckle and hit Hayter on the arena floor!
Renee Paquette was backstage with FTR!
Dax: “For the better part of a decade, all Cash and I ever wanted to do was be the greatest tag team of all time. With all our championships comes a big target on our back. Ultimately, we want the fourth belt, the AEW World Tag Championships.”
Cash: “At the end of the day, we have to be two-time AEW World Tag Team Champions.”
Swerve In Our Glory interrupted the interview!
They agreed to a match next week for the #1 contendership!
Backstage Jay Lethal challenged Darby Allin to a rematch!
Sonjay Dutt said they knew Darby’s weakness. Darby and Lethal began to brawl. Lethal rammed Darby into the arena garage door and then they brought the door down on Darby’s ribs!
Tony Schiavone interviewed William Regal in the ring!
Before Regal could speak, he was interrupted by MJF!
MJF: “I’m not here to fight, Will, you can put the knux away. I’m here to talk. I’m gonna tell a story and I don’t care how long it is. You’re going to listen because you owe me that.
“When I was 19 years old, training in the business for one year, one fateful day I get pulled over by my trainers and they say your hard work has paid off. We got you work as an extra at a WWE show.
“I packed my best gear and I drove to the arena. And then me and the extras we were all greeted and spoken to by Sir William Regal. You told us we were all going to have try-out matches before the show.
“You had us against random opponents. The onlookers were Arn Anderson, Dean Malenko, and William Regal. It was my turn and I was shaking like a leaf. I wasn’t fighting for a contract I was fighting for my life. Because professional wrestling is my life.
“You pulled me away from the group and said follow me. You brought me to a separate room and said “Kid you’ve got three minutes to sell yourself. Go.”
“You told me you were going to get me a job that day. And then what happened? My dream was about to be accomplished and then with a crooked grin you said, “How old are you, kid?” I said nineteen and you said, ‘Sorry, you’re much too young.’
“You said to me, ‘Kid, I see something in you. When you become of age, I will personally put my name on you.’ I busted my ass and you promised to review my progress every month. By month three you sent me a promo that I have read every single day since. Let me read it to you now.
“Your email said, ‘Max, I am a very busy man. Make a name in your wrestling business, when you’re one of the top in the world, we’ll hire you in WWE.’
“That’s the email you sent to a 19-year-old kid. A child with a kid. When I read that email I wanted to quit professional wrestling. Look me in the eyes! I couldn’t have you and all the naysayers win.
“And here we are and my God have the tables turned. You are nothing more than a sad, withered old man who got fired. And now you have snuck into my company. I’m MJF. I’m a generational talent. And I’m also the man who your former employer would love to have in the Bidding War of 2024.
I read your email now whenever I need a good laugh. Because that’s what you’ve become to me. Nothing more than a joke. And I’m about to become the AEW Heavyweight Champion of the World. Because I’m MJF and I’m better than you and you know it!”
Regal: “Job done. You mentioned being 19 and being a child. At 16 I left home and worked at a carnival and had to fight grown men to get into this industry.
“I saw somebody in you who was going to be a big, big star. I wanted to light a fire under you. I never quit and if it took an email to get you to that place, then you’ve had it easy, sunshine. And that’s exactly what you’ve had. You’ve had it easy.
“Before you were born I was insulting Mr. Schiavone. But I would never lay a hand on him. You never put your hand on somebody like him.
“I wanted you to be where you are. I knew you had it in you. The only problem is you let me down because you’ve taken short cuts.
“Just because you’re making lots of money that still doesn’t prove anything to me. Max, don’t take any short cuts. You want to be the devil? Then make a name for yourself by doing it right. But if you want to be the devil, show the world right now. Or are you going to take another short cut?”
Regal turned his back to MJF. Max put on his Dynamite diamond ring and then hesitated.
Regal: “You still have a lot to prove.”
And then Regal left the ring, unscathed.
Renee Paquette interviewed Wheeler Yuta and “American Dragon” Bryan Danielson!
Danielson said he was disappointed he lost to Jericho. Bryan said he has a lot of high hopes for Daniel Garcia. Yuta looked frustrated at this.
Yuta: “Bryan, have you not been paying attention? He’s clearly using you, to get what Jericho wants. Claudio gets it. But I guess it doesn’t mean anything to you, clearly.”
ROH World Championship Match!
“The Ocho” Chris Jericho (c.) vs. ROH World Six-Man Champion Dalton Castle (with The Boys)!
Jericho had Jake Hager with him.
Castle shoulder tackled Jericho and then used a hip toss on him. Castle gut wrench suplexed Jericho three times consecutively.
Dalton neutralized Hager by throwing the Boys at him!
Jericho and Castle traded chops. Castle charged at Jericho but Jericho dodged him. Jericho and Castle brawled at ringside.
Back in the ring, Jericho locked on the Walls of Jericho. Castle crawled to the ropes to force the ref to break the hold.
Castle clotheslined Jericho for a near fall. On their knees, Jericho and Castle traded forearms. Castle countered the lionsault with a German Suplex for a near fall!
The fans chanted “This is awesome! This is awesome!”
Castle countered the Code Breaker with the Bang-A-Rang for a near fall!
“Jericho kicking out at 2.99,” said Excalibur.
Jericho nailed Castle with the Judas Effect out of nowhere and pinned him!
The Jericho Appreciation Society came out on the ramp to celebrate with Jericho.
Jericho: “All honor the Ocho! I said I was going to desecrate the legacy of Ring of Honor.”
Jericho was going to smash the belt across ROH commentator Ian Riccaboni’s head until Jerry Lynn walked out and stopped him. Jericho spiked Jerry Lynn with a tombstone piledriver on the belt!
Main Event Time!
AEW World Championship Match!
Jon Moxley (c.) vs. “Hangman” Adam Page!
William Regal joined the broadcast booth for this match.
MJF was watching the match from a skybox.
Hangman Page took the fight to Mox as Mox was making his entrance!
Page suplexed Moxley on the cold concrete floor! Page hit a moonsault off the balcony down onto Moxley below!
In the ring, a bloodied up Moxley put Page in the figure four. Page escaped but Mox fired off chops to Hangman Page.
“I can see the blood dripping into Moxley’s eyes,” said Regal.
Page used a fallaway slam on Moxley but Moxley fired back with a cutter! Moxley used a lariat on Page in the corner. Moxley superplexed Page from the top rope for a near fall. Mox captured Page’s wrists and began to stomp a mudhole.
Page countered a piledriver with a Dead Eye on the apron! Page threw Mox off the top rope with a fallaway slam for a two-count!
Hangman charged at Moxley but Moxley decked Hangman with the King Kong Lariat! Doc Sampson got in the ring to check on Page.
Dr. Sampson stopped the match. Moxley was declared the winner due to the stoppage.
Moxley: “I hope and pray that Hangman Adam Page recovers to 100%. But this is a dangerous game that we play and you’ve got to have guts to play it. You’ve got to put everything on the line every time you step in the ring. If MJF, you want to prove just who you say you are, get yourself out to the ring right now!”
MJF came out with his poker chip!
MJF handed the poker chip to William Regal.
MJF: “These people know I’m a man. I’m going to cash that chip in, but when I do, I want you at 110%. I want to make sure when I beat you clean in the center of the ring, there’s no doubt. I’m cashing my chip in at FULL GEAR! For the first time in my life, I’m going to earn it!”
Catch AEW DYNAMITE on TBS next Wednesday live at 8/7ct from the Chartway Center in Norfolk, VA!
This Friday tune in to RAMPAGE live on TNT at 10pm ET from Daily’s Place in Jacksonville, FL!
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