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AEW DYNAMITE: Winter Is Coming was broadcast live on TBS from the T-Mobile Center in Kansas City, MO!
Excalibur, Nigel McGuinness, and Tony Schiavone were the broadcast team for tonight’s event.
It’s Wednesday night and you know what that means!
AEW World Trios Champion “The Bastard” PAC & AEW World Champion Jon Moxley
vs.
“Switchblade” Jay White & “Freshly Squeezed” Orange Cassidy!
Orange wiped out Pac with a tope suicida while Jay White took the fight to Moxley with knife edged chops. Jay rammed Mox into the ring apron. Moxley grabbed Orange and whipped him into the metal ring steps!
The bell finally rang as Pac and Jay White entered the ring. Jay blasted Pac with a back breaker, but Mox jumped in with a boot to Jay White to break up the pin attempt. Moxley and White exchanged chops in the center of the ring. Mox avoided a blade runner attempt from Jay, and then dodged an Orange Punch from Cassidy.
Pac planted Orange onto the announce desk! Christian Cage and The Patriarchy were scouting the match from up in the suites of the arena. Orange connected with a thrust kick to Moxley, stunning the champion.
Jay White tagged in and cleaned house, sending Pac flying with a big time backdrop. Jay White spiked Pac and then Mox with DDTs. Jay White ran into a boot from Pac! Moxley battered Jay White with knee strikes in the corner.
Pac cracked Jay White with a spinning back kick, folding him in half. Moxley clobbered Jay White with a short arm lariat. Jay White rallied back with a dragon screw to Pac and tagged out to Orange.
Orange came in swinging away at Moxley! Moxley got punted in the face. Orange drilled Pac with a DDT! Orange climbed up top and spiked Mox with a diving DDT for a near fall! Pac ate a stun dog millionaire from Cassidy. Cassidy crunched Moxley with a Beach Break for a two-count!
“So close!” said Tony Schiavone.
Wheeler Yuta distracted the ref while Marina Shafir grabbed Orange’s boots. Hangman Page stormed the ring and grounded and pounded Jon Moxley! Orange pulled Page off Moxley, and they exchanged shots! Jay White jumped in and punished Hangman with punches. Orange inadvertently hit Jay White with an Orange Punch! Jay White came back with a blade runner on Orange! Hangman pointed a finger of blame at them until Moxley and the Death Riders blindsided them!
Moxley and the Death Riders, content with the damage they have done, left the ring.
A vignette aired hyping the return of Bandido!
Backstage, Moxley said at Worlds End it’d be a Fatal Four Way against Hangman Adam Page, Orange Cassidy, and Switchblade Jay White!
In his suite, Christian Cage said:
“So it’s a four way match for the title at Worlds End? I have a problem with every person in this match! My biggest problem is with you, Jon Moxley, because you have what I want. And if you make it out of that match as the champion, this time I will not miss. I will send you back to rock bottom. I will send you back to rehab while I’m forced to rehab the Heavyweight Championship! I am the next AEW World Champion!”
HOOK was waiting for Christian Cage and battered Christian with lefts and rights! HOOK locked on the redrum! HOOK was tearing apart Christian Cage until Kip Sabian and Nick Wayne jumped into the suite and broke it up, long enough for HOOK to run off!
Continental Classic Gold League Match!
AEW World Trios Champion The Death Riders’ Claudio Castagnoli
vs.
“The Aerial Assassin” Will Ospreay!
Ospreay nearly stole his next three points with a Spanish Fly in the opening seconds of the match. Ospreay followed up with a Sasuke special. Claudio blocked an Os Cutter with a European uppercut!
Ospreay dropkicked the ring steps into Claudio’s knees. Claudio retaliated by driving Will face first into the barricade. Claudio used the Giant Swing on Will, hurling him into the steel ring steps.
Claudio trapped Will’s arms in the steps and then stepped on Will’s arm! Claudio countered a springboard with a European uppercut. Ospreay used a hurracanrana and then a corkscrew kick to take Claudio off his feet.
Will Ospreay wiped out Claudio with a suplex and then a standing sky twister press for a near fall. Claudio booted Will in the face. Will locked in the flying octopus hold. Claudio escaped and crashed down on Will with a double foot stomp.
Claudio dodged a sky twister press and followed up with a running European uppercut for a two-count on Will! Claudio and Will traded strikes in the center of the ring. Ospreay stunned Claudio with an Os-Cutter out of nowhere. Claudio countered a Hidden Blade with a European Uppercut and then a running lariat for a near fall on Ospreay! Will Ospreay swept the legs and jack knifed Will for the pin out of nowhere!
Claudio blindsided Ospreay after the match! Darby Allin sprinted to the ring with a baseball bat and Claudio retreated!
Renee Paquette was backstage with Ricochet!
Ricochet: “This is why I came to AEW, for the competition, and nothing brings that out quite like the Continental Classic. And tonight I have Brody King for the first time. But he’s not Ricochet. We might be one and one right now, but tonight, it’s me who holds all the cards.”
Ricochet looked at one of MVP business cards in his hand and laughed.
MJF was shown pulling up backstage at the arena in a limousine!
Renee Paquette was backstage to interview Matt Cardona!
Matt: “It is great to be back in AEW. I belong here. Everyone was shocked except for me. At Final Battle, the biggest opportunity of my career will be against Chris Jericho. I’m not going to wait around. Bryan Keith, how about this Friday at Rampage, me and you, one on one!”
Winner Faces MJF at Worlds End!
Adam Cole vs. Kyle O’Reilly!
Before the match, Matt Taven and Mike Bennett approached Kyle and said he didn’t have to do this. Bennett said to remember that at the end of the day, they’re still family. Kyle said, “You should have thought of that before you let one of our brothers get hurt.”
Kyle went for an arm bar, but Cole escaped. Cole avoided a high roundhouse kick from Kyle. Kyle swept out Cole’s legs on the arena floor!
Back in the ring, Cole clocked Kyle with a thrust kick. Kyle countered a Panama Sunrise with a knee strike and then a brain buster on the knee for a near fall. Cole lowered the boom with a knee strike on Kyle.
Kyle applied an ankle lock with body scissors. Cole reached the ropes to force the ref to break the hold. Cole planted Kyle with the Panama Sunrise. O’Reilly grabbed Cole’s leg and applied an ankle lock. Cole reversed out of the hold. Kyle pulled Cole out of the ring. Cole blasted Kyle with a thrust kick right on target.
Kyle collapsed in the ring. While the ref was checking on Kyle, MJF jumped up on the apron. Cole rocked MJF with a thrust kick and then cradled Kyle for the pin fall victory!
“MJF wanted to prevent it but now it’ll be MJF versus Adam Cole for the AEW Dynamite Diamond Ring at Worlds End,” said Excalibur.
Kyle left Cole and the Undisputed Kingdom in the ring, not wanting to talk to them just yet.
FTR were backstage hyping up Fight For The Fallen!
Dax: “January 1st might go down as the biggest night in AEW history as it’ll be on TBS and streaming on Max. A big event needs a big match. I suggest we show up and put our names in that hat. But Death Riders, we’ll be in the middle of the ring this Saturday at Collision. Have a conversation with us. We’ll see you there. Top guys, out!”
ROH World Champion Chris Jericho had his New York Minute!
Jericho: “I heard about Cardona’s challenge. You want to challenge Bryan Keith and send a message to me? I’ll be on commentary. Tomorrow night on ROH available at WatchROH.com, it’ll be me and you in a contract signing. Be careful what you wish for, Matt. You’re delusional if you think you’ll beat me at Final Battle. You’re not ready for Chris Jericho at Final Battle or for Bryan Keith at Rampage!”
Tony Schiavone spoke with Darby Allin earlier in the day!
Darby: “The quest is never ever Tony. When I think of Jon Moxley and the Death Riders, they’re slowly chipping away at everything that makes AEW what it is. People think I’m reckless. The violence doesn’t bother me. What bothers me is if nobody does anything about it.
“When I think of the Continental Classic, I think about everything that is right about AEW. I need to win this tournament because it represents AEW. Moxley thinks AEW needs to be saved. This is the company that gave him a second shot. He keeps telling himself all these lies again and again. Nothing fools you better than the lies you tell yourself, Jon.”
Continental Classic Gold League Match!
Ricochet vs. House of Black’s Brody King!
Ricochet ducked a chop. Ricochet staggered Brody with a kick to the head. Brody shoved Ricochet to the arena floor. Ricochet jumped off the barricade with a thrust kick. Brody blocked a hurracanrana and power bombed Ricochet onto the ring apron!
Brody smashed Ricochet with a cross body against the barricade! Ricochet regained momentum, taking flight, jumping over the top rope and wiping out Brody. Ricochet rocked Brody with a 450 splash!
Brody blasted Ricochet with a lariat. Ricochet countered the Gonzo Bomb with a cradle pin for a near fall. Ricochet got squashed by Brody’s cannonball run in the corner. Ricochet power bombed Brody!
Ricochet hit a shooting star press right on target, but Brody grabbed Ricochet by the throat! Brody searched for a sleeper hold. Ricochet grabbed the ropes and escaped by going over the top rope. Ricochet bashed Brody with the spirit gun and then followed up with a second spirit gun and pinned Brody!
AEW World Tag Team Champions Private Party were backstage, but they were interrupted by Lio Rush and Action Andretti!
Lio and Action challenged Private Party until Dante and Darius Martin said Lio and Action didn’t deserve a title shot. Brother Zay said Top Flight should fight Lio and Action at Collision this week for the right to challenge for the AEW World Tag Team Championships!
Renee Paquette was backstage with Anna Jay and TBS Champion “The CEO” Mercedes Mone who will be squaring off in one week on Dynamite!
Mercedes: “Anna, I love that you went to Japan to train. I went to Japan, too. You’re only 26 and just getting started. By the time I was 26, I was already a five time champion.”
Anna: “I’m aware I’m going into our match as the underdog, but I keep proving people wrong. When you make the first mistake, I’m going to capitalize on it. All I need is three seconds to become the new TBS World Champion!”
AEW Women’s World Championship Match!
“The Glamour” Mariah May (c.) vs. Mina Shirakawa!
They exchanged strikes at the start of the match. Mina battered Mariah with hammer strikes. Mina dropkicked Mariah in the knee. Mina focused her attack on the left leg of Mariah.
Mariah bounced Mina off the barricade. Thunder Rosa was scouting the match from the front row. Mariah drove Mina into the barricade with a dropkick right on target.
Mina blocked a kick from Mariah and then swept out Mariah’s leg. Mina locked in the figure four as Mariah’s legs were wrapped around the ring post! Mina connected with a rolling elbow strike. They knocked one another down with headbutts and a spinning back fist. Mina put down the champion with a back drop suplex for a near fall!
Mina drilled Mariah with a draping DDT for a two-count, as Mariah grabbed the bottom rope to stop the count. Mariah mauled Mina with two knee strikes. Mariah planted Mina with the May Day but Mina kicked out at the two-count!
Mina planted Mariah with a crucifix bomb, but Mariah escaped. Mina rocked Mariah with a sling blade off the ropes. Mariah landed a head butt and spiked Mina with the Storm Zero to score the pin fall victory!
After the match, Toni Storm made her return to a thunderous ovation!
“Toni Storm is back in All Elite Wrestling!” said Excalibur.
This Friday tune in to AEW RAMPAGE at 10/9c on TNT!
Don’t miss AEW COLLISION: Winter Is Coming on Saturday on TNT from the Chaifetz Arena in St. Louis, MO!
Catch AEW DYNAMITE: Holiday Bash on TBS next Wednesday live at 8/7ct from the Entertainment & Sports Arena in Washington, DC!
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