Ian’s Sarayaless Dynamite Recap

AEW

I couldn’t think of a title! I’ll probably change it later! But yes, Saraya is gone, and Mina Shirakawa is in! But also, MJF will finally give his answer to MVP! Kenny Omega will face All Heat Blake Christian! Other stuff!

Match One: International Champion Kenny Omega vs. Blake Christian

Lockup, Kenny with a rear waistlock, reversed into an arm wrench, reversed, Blake finesses out, snapmare, chinlock, quickly reversed into a side headlock, takeover, another, Blake whips his way out, Kenny with a tackle, Blake with a kip up, face wash, flips Kenny off, Kenny with chops, back suplex, misses a hip check in the corner, Blake with forearms, Kenny with punches, Blake with a knee, whip, dropkick, spear, suicide dive, rolls Kenny into the ring, springboard, misses, goes for a springboard elbow, gets caught with a knee, Kenny punches Lee Johnson who tries to distract the ref, Kenny hits Blake with a snap dragon, another, fisherman ushigoroshi, V-Trigger, One Winged Angel for three.

Winner: Kenny Omega

Kenny grabs a mic and says that this week he was able to make it quick, but it won’t be the case at Dynasty. Speedball comes out and says that Kenny is an inspiration for them, but that won’t make them hold anything back at Dynasty. Ricochet comes over the screen and says he can’t be there because it’s his wedding day, but this will only stay the best day of his life until Dynasty. Kenny affirms that there won’t be any friends at Dynasty, and that no one is taking the title from him.

Backstage, Chris Jericho says the Learning tree haven’t proven themselves yet, and instructs Big Bill and Bryan Keith to do that. Then he challenges Bandido to a mask vs. title match.

MJF hits the ring. He tells the crowd to stay quiet, then invites MVP out. MVP comes out, MJF gives him his props, and says he wants to get in the business of hurting people. Lashley and Benjamin come out, Lashley initially stares MJF down, then looks like he’s asking for a handshake, but reveals he actually wants MJF to give him the card. Lashley then tears the card, MJF asks MVP what’s going on. MVP insists that it’s cool, and tries to calm things down. MJF says they’ll talk, then walks off. As MVP asks Lashley what was up with that, Bryan Keith and Big Bill come out. They make a challenge for the tag titles. MVP says they can have a shot if they win a match first.

Backstage, Renee asks Thunder Rosa and Toni Storm about tagging tonight. Storm talks it up, but Rosa expresses mistrust after the way it went last time, and says she ultimately wants the title.

Match Two: Brody King vs. Kyle Fletcher

Fletcher with a surprise Helluva Kick, beatdown, celebrates, King gets up, chop, another, stomps in the corner, foot choke, chop, body slam, running senton, trading chops, King easily gets the better of it, Fletcher with a dropkick, stomps, King clotheslines him over the top rope, tosses Fletcher around ringside, beats him down into the crowd, Fletcher is able to knock him into the announce table, double axe handle, rolls King into the ring, chop, knees, trading shots, King knocks Fletcher to the floor, suicide dive, chop, sets Fletcher up on the ringside chair, charges, Fletcher tries to leap, caught, King goes for a toss into the ring post, reversed, Fletcher then also tosses King into the barricade, kick from the apron, suicide dive, rolls King into the ring, goes up top, elbow drop for two, suplex, blocked, King with an exploder into the turnbuckle, drags him to the apron, piledriver, blocked, Fletcher with a superkick, another, King with a DVD, both men barely beat the count at 9, trading shots, Fletcher hits a tombstone for two, King with a lariat, avalanche in the corner, goes for a cannonball, Mark Davis pulls Fletcher out of the way, Fletcher sets King up top, punch, superplex, blocked with punches, King with a chop, top rope DVD, blocked with an eye gouge, Fletcher with a kick, super brainbuster for three.

Winner: Kyle Fletcher

Aussie Open beat down King after the bell, until Powerhouse Hobbs makes the save.

Match Three: Mark Davis vs. Powerhouse Hobbs

Match starts as a brawl, Davis gets the better of it, goes for a piledriver, reversed into a back body drop, Davis with an elbow from the corner, Hobbs with a powerslam, lariats in the corner, takedown, Davis with an enziguri, Hobbs with a spinebuster for three.

Winner: Powerhouse Hobbs

Lexy Nair asks Nick Wayne, with the rest of the Patriarchy, what’s going on with him. He says he’s starting to understand things better, but he’ll talk to Christian face to face.

Renee tries to interview Hangman, but Swerve gets in his face and asks about what Hangman said last week, until Prince Nana pulls him back.

They show an interview with Tony Schiavone and Rated FTR. Dax opens by apologizing, and says that he was just frustrated because this was the culmination of four months of a break from FTR’s championship aspirations. Copeland says he didn’t come back to distract them, he came back to help them. Dax says that’s what he meant, it was a case of FTR taking their eye off the ball. Cash says he can’t stand to watch them fight, because he wouldn’t be anywhere without either of them. Dax starts to challenge Hurt Syndicate, Cash suggests trios championships instead, which they all agree to.

Swerve hits the ring and calls out Jon Moxley, who comes out. Swerve says he’s let this go on for too long. He says the reason he didn’t go for the title earlier was because he wanted to give Mox enough rope to hang himself, and that’s what he feels he’s done, because Moxley is a shell of his former self, hiding behind his teammates. He says that the new Jon Moxley is Swerve Strickland. Claudio Castagnoli comes up behind Prince Nana. Moxley says this isn’t about him, this is Swerve vs. Swerve. He says he’s watched Swerve, and he has high hopes for him, but he’s been disappointed. He says Swerve can succeed at Dynamite if he asks himself how far he’s willing to go, and not just on that night. Marina Shafir runs out, but Willow stops her. Swerve says Moxley is finally dealing with someone smarter than him, and more dangerous than him. He says he’ll take the title back, and Moxley can go back to playing Jon Moxley on TV. The Death Riders then make their exit. Marina Shafir attacks Willow, sparking a brawl.

Backstage, Samoa Joe asks Hook why he kept the hold on Max Caster a little longer than he had to on Collision. He says it was fun. They then encounter Max Caster trying to give Top Flight advice, and Joe chokes him out, then admits Hook was right. Then they hug it out with Top Flight.

Renee asks Jay White about the Owen Hart. He says it’s going to go better than last year, but first there have to be people who have beef with him, so he makes an open challenge for Collision.

Match Four: Top Flight vs. Alex Findley and Devo Knight

Darius and… one of the other guys start off, Darius with a rear waistlock takedown, other guy with a whip, Darius with an elbow, chop, whip to the corner, Dante in, hanging clothesline, Darius in, suplex, Dante in, senton, DDTs the other other guy when he tries to run in, then tosses him to the floor, elbows other guy, leapfrog, jaw breaker, Darius in, cleans house, whip, reversed, Darius with a spear, toss into the ropes, kick, springboard flatliner for two as other other guy breaks the count, gets cleared by Dante, double team original other guy, brainbuster into a splash for three.

Winners: Top Flight

Match Five: Mark Briscoe vs. Konosuke Takeshita

After a brief back and forth, Takeshita hits a superplex for two, choke in the ropes, forearm in the corner, Briscoe with a boot, Takeshita with a big boot, stomps in the corner, drag to the apron, DDT, rolls Briscoe into the ring, cover for two, chinlock, Briscoe punches his way out, Takeshita with a clothesline for two, piledriver, reversed into a back body drop, Takeshita with a double-leg, catapult into the corner, forearm, trading shots, running boot in the corner, running knee, sets Briscoe up top, goes for a superplex, blocked with a bite, Briscoe with a missile dropkick, alternating chops and forearms, crossbody, lariat in the corner, palm strikes, whip, reversed, Briscoe with a chop from the apron, tosses Takeshita to the floor, baseball slide, cannonball, suicide senton, elbow drop, misses Froggy Bow, Takeshita with a belly to belly, Briscoe with a lariat for two, trading suplexes, Takeshita with a knee for two, Briscoe hits Jay Driller for two as Takeshita gets the rope, goes for a Burning Hammer, blocked Takeshita with a pair of elbows, Raging Fire for three.

Winner: Konosuke Takeshita

The Trios Champions say it’s on with Rated FTR for Dynasty.

Backstage, that one interviewer who’s not Renee or Lexy asks Hurt Business if MJF is in. They dismiss her. Lashley says it’s suspicious that MVP tried to bring in MJF after telling them to go on vacation. He says it’s coincidence. They go back and forth, but MVP says he’ll respect the will of the group.

Main Event: AEW Women’s World Champion Toni Storm and Thunder Rosa vs. Megan Bayne and Penelope Ford

Rosa and Bayne start off, Rosa with a side headlock, tackle to no effect, chop, whip, reversed, Rosa with a toss to the corner, side headlock, chops, whip, reversed, Bayne with a body slam, Storm in, Ford in, Storm with a side headlock, Ford with a tackle, boot to the gut, springboard arm drag, knee, Storm with a German, Rosa in, Storm with a backbreaker into a Rosa leg drop, whip, tosses Storm into Ford, Poetry in Motion, cover for two, whip, reversed, Rosa with an elbow, boot, forearm, Ford with a superkick for one, toss to the corner, stomps, Bayne in, shoulder tackles, toss to the adjacent corner, tackle, whip, avalanche, double underhook suplex, Ford in, stomp, bow and arrow hold, knees, back to the bow and arrow hold, Bayne in, short-arm clotheslines, Rosa with forearms, Bayne with another short-arm clothesline for two, Ford in, double team whip, Ford with a knee, Bayne with a Falcon Arrow, Ford with a moonsault for two, toss to the corner, Bayne in, Rosa with punches, Bayne with a knee, back suplex, chinlock, lariat, Ford in, knocks Storm off the apron, elbow in the corner, Bayne with an avalanche, Ford with a kick, snapmare for two, mutual clothesline, double tag, brawl, Bayne ends up accidentally booting Ford, Storm with a rollup for two, punches, Bayne with Fate’s Descent for three.

Winners: Megan Bayne and Penelope Ford

Rosa yells at Storm as the winners celebrate to end Dynamite.