Tonight, TNT Champion Kevin Knight challenges AEW Men’s World Champion Darby Allin! Only the big prize will be on the line, but the landscape of AEW hangs in the balance nonetheless!
Dynamite opens with Tony Schiavone paying tribute to Ted Turner. He then welcomes Sting, who reiterates Turner’s deep support for the wrestling industry. They then agree that Darby vs. Kevin Knight is the perfect main event to honour Turner’s legacy. Finally, they hold a ten-bell salute.
Match One: Continental Championship Eliminator Match: Jon Moxley (c) vs. Juice Robinson
Trading forearms, trading strikes more broadly, they tumble to the floor, back in the ring, Mox with a boot, finger wrench, stomp, chop in the corner, misses another, Juice with punches, Mox bails, Juice follows, toss over the barricade, stands on the timekeeper’s table, double axe handle to the arm, both men back in the ring, Juice with a ten-punch, bite, mounted punches, both men to the floor, Mox with a boot to the gut, toss into the steps, reversed, Mox then tosses Juice into the steps, both men back into the ring, Juice flips Mox off, Mox wrenches the finger, bites it, clothesline in the corner, snap suplex for two, hand wrench, punch, gut punches, Juice with a boot, mixed strikes, Mox with a cutter, toss to the corner, ten-punch, Juice with a powerbomb before the 10th punch, sets Mox up top, super hurricanrana, lariat for two, dragon suplex, blocked, Mox goes for a piledriver, reversed into a back body drop, rollup for two, full nelson slam, punches, misses with the left, Mox with a bite, goes off the ropes, Juice hits the left, goes up top, crossbody for two, trading headbutts, Mox charges and hits the ring post, Juice with a rollup for two, Mox with a sleeper, piledriver for two, sleeper, transitions to a bulldog choke, Juice gets to his feet, but is forced down again, finally goes out.
Winner: Jon Moxley
After a commercial, they show that Will Ospreay is already back training with the Death Riders.
Match Two: Double Jeopardy Match: Orange Cassidy vs. Dax Harwood
The winner and his partner(s) will get a shot at the championship held by the loser and his partner(s). Dax is joined by Cash, Stoke, Tommaso, RPG Vice, and The Dogs, so The Conglomeration come out with The Bucks and Cope and Cage.
Trading tackles, trading slams and kicks, Cassidy with a side headlock takeover for one, Orange Punch, both men to the floor, Cassidy catches eyes with Trent and gets distracted, Dax tackles Cassidy, his friends take shots at Cassidy, Cassidy’s friends come out to even the odds, Dax with a beatdown, to the floor, Dax rolls Cassidy back in the ring, toss to the corner, wrench, chop, back to the floor, brawl, back in the ring, Cassidy with a rollup, Dax’s friends distract the ref, ref eventually counts 1, Dax with a punch, chop in the corner, sets Cassidy up top, chop, back rake, superplex, blocked, Cassidy with punches, leaps, Dax punches him in the gut, piledriver, blocked, Dax with a boot, whip to the corner, Cassidy floats over, slams Dax’s head into the turnbuckle, trading shots on the top rope, Cassidy with a bite, punch, diving DDT for two, Dax tosses Cassidy to the floor, into the announce table, trading shots in the ring, David Finlay gets in a cheap shot, Dax with a rollup for two, the ref yells at the ringside crowd, Dax grabs the ring bell, the ref catches him, Cassidy goes for Beach Break, blocked, ultimately hits a slam, Orange Punch, blocked, second attempt, blocked, Dax with a Liger Bomb for two, Cassidy hits Stundog Millionaire, Orange Punch for two, Dax with an armbar, Cassidy reverses into a rollup for three.
Winner: Orange Cassidy
Brawl erupts immediately after the bell, good guys end up standing tall.
After a commercial, Renee tries to get a word with Jericho, he says he needs to deliver his message to the people, so he heads ringside. He says he’s done with the triple team beatdowns, so he’s calling out Ricochet and Ricochet alone. Ricochet instead comes out with GoA, says he’s sick of this, and asks Jericho what he’s willing to put up in a rematch. Kaun suggests beating Jericho in Jericho’s own invention: Stadium Stampede. He then suggests Jericho can’t find partners, since he had to pay his last partners, and still lost. Jericho says it’s still on, and he’ll find someone who likes him. He says that, if he can’t find partners, he’ll go it alone. Then he punches Ricochet, clears GoA from the ring, Judas Effect to Ricochet. He goes for a Lionsault, GoA attack, Hurt Syndicate’s music hits, The Demand clear the ring.
Backstage, Shirakawa Mina hypes up Harley Cameron.
Match Three: International Championship: Okada Kazuchika (c) vs. Bryan Keith
Lockup, Keith with a side headlock, Okada slowly forces his way out, Keith with mixed strikes, big boot, another, a third for one, chop, snapmare, knee for two, arm wrench, kick, t-bone, blocked with elbows, Okada sets Keith up top, dropkick, boot on the floor, DDT, trading shots, Okada gets the better of it, Don Callis gets in a couple cheap shots, Okada rolls Keith into the ring, Keith with chops, Okada asks for more, after a couple Okada hits a boot, DDT for two, elbows in the corner, Keith with a chop, Okada with a knee, whip, running elbow, body slam, goes up top, misses, Keith wrenches the arm, knee, DDT, both men to the floor, Keith knocks Okada around, rolls him into the ring, exploder, blocked, Okada with an elbow, boot, shoulder breaker, top rope elbow drop, elbows, dropkick, Rainmaker, blocked with a headbutt, Keith with a double underhook, blocked, Okada misses a Rainmaker, then misses a dropkick, Keith with the double underhook, reversed into a back body drop, Keith finally hits the Tiger Driver for two, running boot in the corner, Diamond Dust, reversed into a Michinoku Driver, Rainmaker for three.
Winner and STILL International Champion: Okada Kazuchika
Okada grabs a mic and says he’s coming for the world title.
Backstage, Speedball hypes up Kevin Knight, who says tonight is his night.
Elsewhere backstage, Samoa Joe reiterates his offer to Will Ospreay, this time a bit more aggressively.
Match Four: Shirakawa Mina and Harley Cameron vs. Shida Hikaru and Kris Statlander
Mina and Stat start off, lockup, Stat with a body slam, whip, reversed, Mina with a spin kick, elbow, trading forearms, Stat with a backslide, Mina with a dropkick, Shida in, Harley demands in, gets it, Shida tags out to Stat, Harley with a hurricanrana, Mina in, Stat with a backbreaker, elbow in the corner, knee, Shida in, rolls Mina onto the apron, elbows, running knee, stomp, ten-punch, whip, spinning German for two, toss to the corner, Stat in, delayed vertical, Shida in, snap suplex, Recliner, Mina gets to the rope, Shida sets her up sideways, elbow, Stat in, suplexes Shida into Mina, Shida in, trading forearms, Mina gets the better of it, Shida with a forearm, suplex, blocked, Mina with a rolling elbow, double tag, Stat with a knee, Harley with a kick, goes up top, crossbody, DDT, running knee for two, Mina in, double team kicks, Mina with a hurricanrana for two as Shida breaks the count, Harley clears Shida from the ring, Mina goes up top, Stat with a forearm, superplex into a Michinoku Driver for two, Shida in, Mina with a kick, Harley in, cleans house, neckbreaker, trading rollups for two, jockeying, Harley with a kick to the head, backstabber, neckbreaker, blocked by a Statlander boot, Shida hits the Falcon Arrow for three as Stat guards the corner.
Winners: Shida Hikaru and Kris Statlander
Backstage, Swerve says real power is deciding who eats and who starves, and that no one can stop. He says the next step to that goal is the Most Wanted.
After a commercial, Bandido says he’s not hard to find, and Brody King says no one goes after his friends.
Main Event: AEW Men’s World Championship: Darby Allin (c) vs. TNT Champion Kevin Knight
Lockup, break, lockup, break, knuckle lock, Knight gets the better of it, Darby with a hammerlock, Knight escapes, side headlock, Darby escapes, side headlock takeover, Knight rolls into a cover for two, Darby keeps the hold locked in, rope break, Knight with a rollup for two, mutual tackle, Knight with a dropkick, Darby lands on the floor, Knight rolls Darby into the ring, covers for two, covers again for two, tosses Darby to the corner, cover for two, sets Darby up top, superplex, blocked with punches, Darby shoves Knight off the top rope, missile dropkick, another dropkick, Code Red for two, suicide dive, Knight knocks Darby around on the floor, springboard clothesline over the announce table, rolls Darby into the ring, springboard, Darby catches him in the Scorpion Death Lock, Knight makes it to the rope, Darby goes up top, Coffin Drop, blocked with knees, Knight sets Darby up top backward, Darby with elbows, punches, Knight with a punch, Darby falls into a tree of woe, Knight with a Coast to Coast, goes up top, UFO, clutches his knee, covers for two, Darby locks in a guillotine, Knight eventually gets out, Darby with an arm breaker in the ropes, punches to the back, Coffin Drop to a strung-up Knight, regular Coffin Drop for three.
Winner and STILL AEW Men’s World Champion: Darby Allin
Sting hits the ring to celebrate as Dynamite goes off the air and Collision begins.
