Tonight, FTR face Brodido for the right to challenge The Hurt Syndicate at Forbidden Door (Disregard this, I found out near the end of the show that it’s actually next week)! And hopefully we get some other matches for the show, because it’s only a week and a half away!
Dynamite opens with MJF hitting the ring, followed by Hangman. They’ve promised no physicality, with a six-figure fine if they violate it.
MJF talks about how they’re not only two day 1 guys, they’re the main character and the man cast as the main villain. He says he knows that Hangman is vulnerable when he’s angry. Hangman calls out MJF’s repetitive routine, and reminds MJF that he doesn’t actually have a shot at the title. MJF says good and bad are subjective, and Hangman is actually the problem, because he’s never held accountable. He says he’d rather be the devil than a false God. Hangman says he’ll never deny his flaws, and reminds him again that he doesn’t have a shot unless he cashes in his contract, which he won’t, because he can’t give up his insurance policy. MJF takes the bait and says he’ll execute the contract.
Outside the arena, Jon Moxley rejects Darby Allin’s challenge.
Match One: Jon Moxley vs. Kevin Knight
Knight tackles at the onset, strikes, armbar, reversed into head scissors, break, trading forearms, Knight gets the better of it, Mox hits one last forearm, whip, reversed, Mox holds the rope, dodges a dropkick in the process, Cloverleaf, blocked, Mox pulls Knight to the floor, Knight with a forearm, European uppercut, Mox with a boot, sets him on the chair, punches, face wash, slams his head into the announce table, breaks the count, trading strikes, Mox goes for a Snake Eyes onto the steps, blocked, Knight tosses Mox into the steps, leaps up on the apron and hits a dropkick, tosses Mox onto the stage, suicide dive, mounted punches, Mox to the floor, Knight leaps, Mox tosses him into the barricade, both men back in the ring, Mox with a suplex for two, choke in the ropes, break, Knight with chops, Mox with a boot to the gut, toss to the floor, Yuta stomps him in the gut, Mox tosses him into the steps, climbs back in the ring, Knight beats the count at 9, Mox with a bulldog choke, transitions to a crucifix hold, rope break, Mox with kicks, trading forearms, Mox with an arm bite, Knight with a dropkick, arm wrench, bite, body slam for two, leaping DDT, blocked, presses Mox to the corner, Mox with a slap, Knight with a dropkick, sets Mox up top, Mox with a back rake, Knight jumps back up and hits a superplex for two, some jockeying, Knight hits a Sky High for two, suicide dive, rolls Mox into the ring, boots Yuta when he tries to get some, springboard, Mox catches him for a Death Rider, reversed into a DDT from Knight, Knight goes for the UFO, blocked with knees, Mox with a sleeper, Knight struggles but eventually taps.
Winner: Jon Moxley
Mox refuses to release, which draws in Speedball, who gets beat down by the Death Riders. Darby Allin comes out and cleans house, before locking Yuta in another body bag. Claudio runs in and beats down Darby, then releases Yuta from the body bag. He then hits Darby with a gutwrench suplex, puts him in the body bag, airplane spin slam. They set up a chair, but Will Ospreay makes his return for the save. He makes a challenge for an unsanctioned team cage match at Forbidden Door.
Match Two: TBS Champion Mercedes Mone, Skye Blue and Thekla vs. Alex Windsor, Queen Aminata and Willow Nightingale
Toni Storm and Athena are both watching from the balconies.
Blue and Windsor start off, Blue with a snapmare, Windsor with a boot to the gut, trading attempts at a hold, Windsor with a tackle, Willow in, toss to the corner, clotheslines, slam for two, Blue with a jaw breaker, Mone in, Aminata in, Mone with a trip, head slams into the mat, whip, Thekla tries to get some, eats a forearm for her troubles, Aminata with a full nelson slam, Chocolate Kisses, Windsor in, body slam, another for one, goes for a Sharpshooter, Mone’s partners run in, Windsor is able to punch them away but Mone gets out with a boot, foot choke, Thekla with a regular choke, tags in, Blue with a choke, Thekla with a snapmare, kick, cover for two, toss to the corner, misses a hip attack, hits a boot, Tarantula, snapmare for one, Mone in, suplex for two, whip to the corner, knees, misses a running knee attack, Willow in, Thekla in, Willow with a trio of running forearms, running hip attack, goes up top, missile dropkick, Blue runs in, Willow knocks her around and hits a DVD, Thekla with a superkick, everyone trades moves, Willow eventually hits a cannonball to all three opponents, covers Thekla for two, Aminata in, side slam for one, Hart tries to interfere and gets knocked off the apron, Thekla tackles Aminata, running boot, Windsor and Mone in, Windsor with a Russian leg sweep for two, Sharpshooter, everyone trades moves again, Blue ends up legal, Windsor locks her in a Sharpshooter for the tapout.
Winners: Alex Windsor, Queen Aminata and Willow Nightingale
Athena and Storm immediately start brawling after the bell, as do the women who just competed. Mone and Windsor are alone and brawling in the ring when Storm and Athena make their way to the area, the Commonwealth girls get the upper hand. Storm makes a tag challenge for Scotland next week.
Backstage, Renee asks Will Ospreay about the challenge he just made, Ospreay reveals that his team will include Hiroshi Tanahashi. Renee asks how his recovery is going, he says fine, then invites Mox for a talk next week.
Match Three: Adam Copeland vs. Stokely Hathaway
Stoke is carried to the ring by security. He tackles Copeland to no effect. He tries again with the same result. Copeland with a punch, tosses Stoke into the barricade, grabs a mic and gets a dude in the crowd to make fun of Stokely, asks if anyone in the crowd wants to sleep with Stokely, tosses him back into the ringside area, rolls him into the ring, spear, FTR come out and try to reason with Copeland, Copeland dares them to do something, then hits another spear, asks if FTR are going to just leave him. They say to just pin him, Copeland says FTR don’t care about Stokely at all, goes for a powerbomb, FTR finally intervene and Copeland clears them from the ring, goes for another spear, Stoke throws powder in his eyes.
Winner by DQ: Adam Copeland
FTR beat down Copeland after the bell, go for a spike piledriver, Christian makes the save, the former Patriarchy try to intervene, Christian catches them, Christian and Copeland take them out, have an intense staredown, Christian hands Copeland Spike, then turns his back. Copeland pulls him around and they embrace. They part ways still looking uncertain about what just happened.
A vignette airs for Hook’s return.
The Bucks get another entrance with plenty of pyro, it’s just all with no context and before anything else happens. They have no music, and the big screen says “Mr. Instant Replay” on one side, and “Slick Nick” on the other.
Match Four: The Young Bucks, Josh Alexander and TNT Champion Kyle Fletcher vs. Hologram, Brody King, Ishii Tomohiro and Takahashi Hiromu
Hiromu! It’s Hiromu!
Hiromu and Fletcher start off, trading forearms, Hiromu with a dropkick, Bucks attack, brawl breaks out, Bucks superkick Justin Roberts for not giving them the introduction they wanted, brawl continues, Ishii and Fletcher end up legal in the ring, Ishii with a suplex, Hologram in, runs a train, standing moonsault for two, King in, Hologram with a chop in the corner, King with a chop in the corner, Ishii in, chop, Hiromu in, chop, King in, chop for two, toss to the corner, Fletcher goes for a boot, blocked, hits a superkick instead, King clotheslines all four opponents, continues to clean house, Alexander in, beats down King, Ishii in, cleans house, Hiromu eventually helps him, Ishii with a tackle for two, sliding clothesline, one of the Bucks in, I can’t see which, but they both come in and clean house, Hiromu has their number, Alexander slams him on the apron, Bucks resume cleaning house, TK Driver to King on the stage with Fletcher’s help, extended brawl breaks out, Fletcher ends up hitting Hiromu with a tombstone for two, Hiromu with chops, Fletcher with a kick, Hiromu with a tackle, lariat, fireman’s carry, bad guys intervene and clear the area, Alexander in, powerbomb, blocked, hits an elbow, Hiromu with a Flatliner for two as Fletcher breaks the count, brawl breaks out again, Hiromu ends up hitting Time Bomb (or is it Time Bomb Two?) for three.
Winners: Takahashi Hiromu, Hologram, Brody King and Ishii Tomohiro
The winners are announced by Tony Schiavone, which is, as he noted during the match, the first time he’s done ring announcing on TBS since 1989.
After a commercial, Renee introduces Swerve. She asks if he’s injured, he says wrestlers have to push through. Okada comes out and says Swerve has no chance with a knee injury. He tells Swerve to back out, to which Swerve responds by asking the audience whose house it is. Okada calls him a bitch, so Swerve responds with a shove, before security pulls them apart.
Alicia Atout asks Jon Moxley if he’s chosen his other two teammates for Forbidden Door. He mulls the question, then walks off. He finds the Young Bucks, and they close the door.
Tony Schiavone announces that Adam Copeland and Christian Cage will face Nick Wayne and Kip Sabian. He then announces the teams for the steel cage: Mox, Claudio, Gabe Kidd, and the Bucks vs. Darby, Ospreay, Tanahashi, Kenny Omega, and Kota Ibushi. Man, so Kidd just missed being cleared before the end of the G1.
Main Event: AEW Trios Champions The Opps vs. LFI (non-title)
Hobbs and Mortos start off, Hobbs beats down Mortos, Joe and Dralistico in, Joe beats Dralistico down, Shibata in, LFI beat down Shibata, Mortos in, beats down Shibata, Shibata rebounds with kicks, Rush blocks a kick that’s headed his way and lets the beatdown continue, then tags in, chinlock, Dralistico in, boot, stomp to the knee, stomp, Mortos in, neck snap for two, arm wrench, Rush in, kick, whip to the corner, avalanche, trip, stomps, fakes a running dropkick but hits a boot, assorted stomps, trading chops, Rush gets the better of it, Shibata with a chop, STO, Dralistico in, Hobbs in, Hobbs cleans house, spinebuster for one as everyone else breaks the count, Joe in, Dralistico with a volley of strikes, Joe locks in the Coquina Clutch, his partners hold down their opponents, Dralistico taps.
Winners: The Opps
The Opps celebrate as Dynamite goes off the air.
Or does it? Renee asks Hangman about MJF agreeing to execute his contract. MJF attacks and slams Hangman into a bunch of cars, then says the worst is yet to come.
NOW Dynamite goes off the air.