Tonight’s Dynamite is the first after what many are calling the best AEW PPV in a couple years, and it’s hard to disagree! Hangman Page and Mercedes Mone have ascended to claim the Owen Hart Cups and qualify for World Championship matches at All In: Texas in July! Anarchy in the Arena delivered on the reputation for eloquent chaos that the match has built over the years! Kyle Fletcher may have put himself next in line for a TNT Championship match by winning the trios match against The Paragon for his team, and Ricochet managed to put Mark Briscoe in an ambulance. What’s next? Let’s find out!
Dynamite opens with Tony Schiavone welcoming Hangman Page to the ring. He congratulates Hangman on his win, then cedes him the mic. Hangman says triumph is fleeting, but so is defeat. He says he’s lost sight of the latter for three years, but now he remembers that it’s not the win or the loss, it’s what you do with it that matters. He thanks Ospreay for helping him find himself again, and says Ospreay can carry the company forward. He says that this victory too is fleeting, and to recognize it he hands the Owen Hart belt back to Tony Schiavone because it was only his for one night, and how it’s about the AEW World Championship. He says the championship has always been his goal, but it’s been hidden away in a briefcase for seven months, which is not what it was supposed to do. He then promises to win the AEW World Championship at All In.
Swerve then hits the ring. To explain his presence, he shows the clip of the Bucks saying that they screwed Swerve for Hangman. He says he had the match won at Dynasty. He says Hangman was there that night too, and he suspects collusion, especially since Hangman promised that he would never let Swerve win the championship again. He asks Hangman flat-out if he was behind the Bucks’ interference. Hangman says he considered hitting Moxley at Dynamite, but if he was going to screw Swerve, he would have done it himself. Swerve calls bullshit. Will Ospreay then comes out. He says that he looks up to Swerve, but he’s wrong about Hangman. He says he could tell on Sunday that Hangman cares about AEW, just like he knew that Swerve cared after their match at last year’s Forbidden Door. He says AEW is on the upswing, but Swerve needs to put his ego aside, because neither Swerve nor Ospreay will be the guy to get the championship back, Hangman will. He says they all need to work together, and Swerve slaps the mic out of his hand. Swerve yells that he’ll never work with Hangman, then walks off. Hangman says he’ll never work with Swerve, then also walks off.
They show a recap of Anarchy in the Arena, before the Death Riders pull up.
Match One: AEW World Champion Jon Moxley, Gabe Kidd and Marina Shafir vs. Willow Nightingale, “Speedball” Mike Bailey and Mark Briscoe
A first for me, a mixed tag where one side has three genders!
Briscoe and Kidd start off, hockey fight, trading chops, full brawl breaks out, Briscoe ends up hitting a triple-jump senton to the floor, good guys beat their opponents down on the floor, Briscoe rolls Kidd into the ring, punch, stomps in the corner, foot choke, double hip toss with Willow, Speedball in, triple big boot for one, Briscoe in, chops, whip, reversed, Mox with a kick to the back, Kidd with an Exploder, Mox in, punch, Shafir with a foot choke, Kidd with a choke, Mox with a foot choke, Briscoe with forearms, Mox with a boot to the gut, body slam, elbow drop for two, arm wrench, Shafir in, roundhouse kicks, Kidd in, punches, bite, Mox in, Briscoe fights his way out of the corner, Speedball in, tosses Mox into the turnbuckle, missile dropkick, kicks, running shooting star for two, chop, sets Mox up top, kick to the face, Mox drops out and trips Bailey, suplex, reversed into a rollup for two, Bailey with a superkick, double tag to the women, Willow with forearms, Shafir with kicks, whip, reversed into a chop, Willow with clotheslines, running hip attack in the corner, lariat, snapmare, big boot, whip, spinebuster for two as Kidd breaks the count, grabs Willow, Briscoe grabs Kidd and clotheslines him to the floor, Mox tries to come in, Bailey attacks with kicks, Shafir with a German to Bailey, Marina and Willow tee off on each other until Willow hits a clothesline, Bailey in, Mox in, Mox blocks a kick, Bailey hits a superkick, goes up top, Wheeler Yuta shoves Bailey off the top rope, Kidd tosses Bailey into the barricade, then slams him through the timekeeper’s table, Shafir pulls Willow off the apron and beats her down on the floor while Mox tees off on Briscoe, tosses him over the barricade, Death Rider contingent takes some time to gloat while their opponents come to, Bailey beats the count at 9, suplex, Kidd in, Kidd spits at Willow, bites Bailey’s fingers, chop for two, Death Rider contingent beats down their opponents on the floor, Mox suplexes Bailey into the ropes, Kidd with a dropkick for two, Mox in, stomp to the hand, shove, trading shots, Bailey with a kick, goes for a tag, Kidd tackles Willow, which just prompts a shouting match between the two, Kidd trades shots with Bailey, Kidd with a lariat, Sunset Flip, reversed into a standing moonsault for two, Briscoe in, cleans house, Kidd with elbows, piledriver, blocked, Kidd with a punch to the back, Briscoe with punches, Kidd with a bite, chop in the corner, more chops with headbutts, misses an avalanche, Briscoe with a t-bone suplex, brawl, Yuta with a distraction, Briscoe boots him, Froggy Bow to Kidd for two, Jay Driller, blocked, Claudio runs in and distracts Briscoe, Komander runs in and jumps on Claudio from the top rope, they brawl to the back, Mox with a sleeper, Briscoe reverses into a rollup for two, Mox hits a Paradigm Shift, bulldog choke while his partners hold off their opponents, Briscoe passes out.
Winners: Jon Moxley, Marina Shafir and Gabe Kidd
They show a package for the Hurt Syndicate.
Penelope Ford says the rematch with Jay and Cameron has to be No DQ, because Jay and Cameron cheated last time.
Backstage, Ricochet says he needs a group.
Match Two: No Disqualification: Megan Bayne and Penelope Ford vs. Anna Jay and Harley Cameron
Match starts as a brawl, bad guys quickly take the lead, Bayne misses a cannonball into a chair, good guys start to rebound, Harley with a DDT on a trash can lid to Ford for two as Bayne breaks the count, Jay hits Bayne with a board, it doesn’t do much, Harley grabs a pipe, Jay grabs a chair, these weapons work out better for a while until Bayne clotheslines both of them, Bayne sets up a gold-painted chair, goes to suplex Harley onto it, reversed into a drop toehold onto the chair, Jay with a dropkick for two as Ford breaks the count, Harley with knees to Ford, Jay with a boot, Harley covers for two, they grab a table and set it up on the floor, bad guys take control, they put Harley in a trash can in the corner, Ford with a running dropkick for two, punches, Jay tries to help, Bayne and Ford beat her down until Bayne hits a DVD through a table in the corner for two as Harley breaks the count, Ford tries to take care of her, ends up eating a neckbreaker for two as Bayne breaks the count with a German, goes for an uranage through the table on the floor, blocked with elbows, Harley goes for a sunset bomb, Jay with punches, Ford tries to hit her with a chair, Jay boots her and hits her with the chair, then hits Bayne with the chair to allow Harley to powerbomb her through the table, Ford boots Jay in the ring, lung blower, lays Jay on a table, misses a moonsault, Bayne slams Harley onto the steel steps, Harley refuses medical attention, Ford punches her, Jay hits Ford with a Gory Bomb onto the chair for two as Bayne breaks the count, Fate’s Descent onto the chair, covers for two as Harley breaks the count, punches Bayne in the back repeatedly, Bayne with a diving lariat for two, throws chairs at Harley, helps Ford go up top, Doomsday Device for three.
Winners: Megan Bayne and Penelope Ford
Bayne tosses Harley’s head into the mat after the bell.
Mercedes Mone arrives in a lowrider.
Match Three: AEW Trios Champions The Opps vs. The Frat House (non-title)
Man, this is going to seem weird to anyone who doesn’t watch ROH.
Jacked Jameson grabs a mic and talks about the party they had last night. He says they’re looking for their next member, but everyone in El Paso sucks. He says they’re still going to walk out tonight with the Trios Championships. Maybe this is a title match then?
Preston Vance gets in everyone’s face, which gets him beat down by Joe, Shibata tosses Carter into the barricade, Vance manages to hit Joe with a boot, but he responds with a leg sweep, senton, Garrison in, Shibata in, trading chops, trading forearms, Shibata lets Garrison get the better of it, then punches him in the corner, trip, running dropkick, for two, Hobbs in, Carter in, Carter with a couple punches, Hobbs tosses him to the corner, punch, whip, running lariat, a dozen or so non-running lariats, arm trap lariat, straps come down, knocks Garrison off the apron, Vance knocks the opposing corner, Joe comes in, Jacked Jameson hits Hobbs in the back with a paddle, Joe tosses Jameson to the floor, Hobbs with spinebusters for all the pledges, then all the actual members of the Frat House, finishing with Carter for three.
Winners: The Opps
They weren’t announced as “And still Trios Champions”, so I guess that was a non-title match after all?
Renee welcomes Jamie Hayter to the ring after a commercial. She asks what’s next, but before Hayter can answer, the lights go out, and when they come back on Thekla arrives and takes out Hayter.
They show a promo for Mistico.
Match Four: TNT Championship: Adam Cole (c) vs. Kyle Fletcher
Jockeying for position, Cole with a side headlock, Fletcher whips out, tackle, body slam, blocked, Cole with forearms, Fletcher with a body slam, blocked, hits a boot instead, punch to the back, Cole with an enziguri, forearm, forearm in the corner, stomps, whip, reversed, Cole tosses Fletcher to the apron, superkick, Panama Sunrise, blocked by Roppongi Vice, the rest of Paragon come to beat them to the back, Fletcher hits Cole with a superkick, powerbomb onto the apron, only Cole’s head makes contact with the apron, that looked like it might have been bad, the ref checks on Adam Cole, then starts to count, Fletcher rolls Cole into the ring, stomps in the ropes, knee choke, Callis chokes Cole while the ref isn’t looking, Cole with punches to Fletcher, Fletcher with a boot, body slam, again, mounted punches, another body slam, then another, Cole with forearms, Fletcher with a body slam, Cole with a superkick, forearms, elbows, kick, fireman’s carry, blocked with elbows, Cole with a boot, Ushigoroshi for two, cover for two, Fletcher with a half and half suplex, running boot in the corner, Cole with a shoulder breaker, Panama Sunrise, calls for the Boom, Josh Alexander attacks.
Winner by DQ and STILL TNT Champion: Adam Cole
Alexander and Fletcher beat down Cole after the bell until Brody King comes out with a chair.
After a commercial, King and Alexander are fighting off security, so the ref just rings the bell for their previously scheduled match.
Match Five: AEW International Championship Tournament: Brody King vs. Josh Alexander
King tees off on Alexander, then Alexander tees off on King, King hits a back body drop, grabs his hood and tries to stuff it down Alexander’s face on the apron, then chops him repeatedly and shoves him to the floor, Alexander with punches, King with a punch, misses a chop and hits the ring post, Alexander shoves him into the ring post, arm wrench, arm breaker across the barricade, chop, breaks the count, King tosses him into the barricade, chokeslam onto the barricade, chop, forearm, rolls Alexander into the ring, Alexander with a big boot, another, King with a tackle, goes for a suicide dive, Alexander with a forearm, DDT through the ropes onto the apron, chop, baseball slide, wrenches King’s arm around the ring post, then does it again, King with chops, Alexander with a boot, toss into the steel steps, kicks from the steps, rolls King into the ring, King with a forearm, chop, Alexander with an eye rake, arm breaker, another arm breaker, arm wrench in the ropes, King with a forearm, Alexander with a boot, ten-punch, chop, trading chops, Alexander with a suplex for two, elbow to the trap, another, arm breaker, armbar, knees to the face, King with punches, chop, Alexander goes for a German, reversed in kind, King with a lariat, Alexander with kicks to the arm, King with another lariat, both men to the apron, King goes for a superplex, Alexander pulls off the turnbuckle pad, punches, arm breaker across the exposed turnbuckle, German on the apron, blocked with elbows, King with a fireman’s carry, blocked with elbows, King with a boot, sleeper, Alexander with an arm breaker, German on the apron, chop on the floor, King with a boot, chop across the barricade, running crossbody, both men back into the ring, King misses a cannonball, Alexander with an ankle lock, King boots his way out, German, blocked with elbows, Alexander with a German for two, moonsault, blocked with knees, King with a lariat, Ganso Bomb for three.
Winner: Brody King
Adam Cole and Kyle Fletcher brawl backstage.
Mercedes Mone hits the ring. She says she’s now not only the greatest TBS and RevPro champion of all time, she’s now also the greatest Owen Cup winner. She says she’s even greater now than Owen Hart and Eddie Guerrero. Toni Storm cuts her off. She lays her championship in the middle of the ring, Mone introduces herself, and says that fans are sick of the black and white champ. Storm says she’s waited 441 days since Mone arrived. She says that Mone has never spoken to her, which she finds strange, because Mone spoke so highly of wanting to fight her. Mone says she just didn’t have time to shake her hand. Storm says Mone’s never met anyone like her, and Mone says that’s true, because Storm isn’t the same girl she was 10 years ago, but neither is Mone. Mone promises the greatest women’s match of all time, but also promises victory. Storm says their paths have been similar, they struggled on the Indies, got accolades in the majors, but left it all behind to find themselves in AEW. She says that the only difference is that Mone wants all the titles, but Storm needs only the one she has. She says that, when they meet in Texas, somewhere a little girl will be watching. She says that Mercedes is the greatest of all time, but Toni Storm is Timeless. Mone says that Toni Storm may call herself timeless, but her time is coming to an end. They both say they’ll see each other at All In. Mone offers a handshake, Storm accepts, then they pull each other in and stare each other down. Storm kisses Mone’s hand, Mone goes for the Money Maker, blocked, Storm goes for Storm Zero, blocked, Mone bails. They have a dance-off as Dynamite goes off the air.
