Tonight’s Dynamite is in between last week’s NYE episode and next week’s Maximum Carnage! What’s in store? Find out as I do!
Dynamite opens with Jim Ross making his return. It’s good to see him again, but he’s definitely looking like a 74-year-old man who just had a health scare.
Backstage, Renee says JetSpeed have been attacked. The Demand and Don Callis walk in, Renee points out that they put a bounty on JetSpeed last week, they say it’s not a bounty, just an agreement to pay money to anyone who takes out JetSpeed. Renee points out that that’s a bounty, Don Callis reveals that the man who collected it is Jake Doyle, FKA Jake Something. Didn’t even know his contract with TNA was up, but also glad to see that he dropped the only thing that was holding him back: That actually-kind-of-dumb ring name.
Match One: Continental Championship Eliminator Match: Jon Moxley (c) vs. Shelton Benjamin
Benjamin offers a handshake, Mox slaps it away, Shelton throws him twice, Mox locks in the sleeper, Shelton reverses into a single-leg, goes for an ankle lock, blocked, trading forearms, Mox with a boot, Shelton goes for one, misses, misses a swing kick but forces Mox to retreat to the corner, Shelton with a belly to belly, Mox with chops, Shelton with a forearm, chop in the corner, punch in the adjacent corner, Mox with a boot, clothesline over the top rope, trading shots on the floor, Shelton clotheslines Mox over the barricade, brawl on the steps, brawl back into the ring, back out of it, Shelton with a tackle, punch, German, Mox with a DDT, both men back in the ring, trading shots, Mox goes for a cross arm breaker, finally locks it in, Shelton forces a quick rope break, Mox with forearms, Shelton tumbles to the apron, Mox with a dropkick, Shelton beats the count at 8, Mox with a stomp, hammerlock, punch, goes up top, Shelton with a superplex, trading forearms, Mox with a lariat, Shelton with a pair of Germans, then a third, fourth, fifth, covers for two, Mox with a forearm, Shelton with a roundhouse kick, Mox with a cutter for two, ten-punch (that’s actually 13 punches), Shelton with a trip, Recliner, Mox gets the rope, suicide elbow, back in the ring, Shelton hits Pay Dirt for two, dumps Mox to the apron, drags him up top, superplex, blocked, Mox with strikes, Shelton drops to the mat, Mox misses a double axe handle, Shelton with a pair of kicks for two, Mox with Paradigm Shift for two, front facelock, transitions to a chinlock, Shelton gets to the ropes, elbow, hits a knee lift for two, triangle choke, reversed into a rollup for three.
Winner: Jon Moxley
There were less than 30 seconds left in the time limit. Excalibur says there were less than 5.
Mox offers a handshake, and Shelton accepts.
Darby Allin is looking for PAC backstage.
They show a recap of Hiroshi Tanahashi’s retirement match. Great match, great event.
Match Two: The Demand vs. Jack Perry and TBA
Jack Perry’s partners were supposed to be JetSpeed.
Match Two: The Demand vs. Jack Perry and the Young Bucks
The Elite contingent attack at the bell, dump their opponents to the floor, multitude of dives, Perry hits Ricochet with a spear, mounted punches, triple team avalanches in the corner, slam, trio dropkick, Nick with a Tarantula while Matt hits a dropkick, wheelbarrow slam, Perry with a DDT for two as Kaun breaks the count, Bucks toss GoA to the floor stereo suicide dives, Perry with a DDT for two, Kaun pulls Perry to the floor, tosses him around, The Demand beat down all of their opponents on the floor, Perry beats the count at 9, Toa with a splash, guess he also tagged in at some point, covers for two, Kaun in, chop in the corner for two, stomps, slam, Ricochet in, springboard senton, hair stand, triple team beatdown, Perry with a DDT, Nick in, cleans house, Bucks combine to clean house, GoA rebound, Toa hits a Samoan Drop to all three opponents at once, Kaun in, chops Jack Perry on the top rope, superplex, Toa hits a diving headbutt, Ricochet with a 450 for two, brawl, Ricochet hits Vertigo for two as the Bucks break the count, Superkick Party, BTE Trigger, Perry with an aided running knee for three.
Winners: Jack Perry and The Young Bucks
Mark Davis and Jake Doyle hit the ring after the bell and beat down the winners. The rest of the Don Callis Family join in, JetSpeed run out to even the odds, the lights go out, It’s Andrade! Andrade makes his return and takes out the opposition. FTR watch from the stage.
After a commercial, Renee welcomes Willow Nightingale to the ring to celebrate her TBS Championship win. She comes out with Stat and Harley. Willow says it may be true that the hard work now begins, but it’s important to stop and enjoy the moment, and this is also a reunion, both with the championship, and with Kris Statlander. She says she’ll be a fighting champion, even if she has to fight twice in one night. She also says she knows someone will probably want to crash her party, so she’s welcoming an interruption, especially from Mercedes Mone. Mone comes out, Willow congratulates her on her accomplishments, then invites her to eat some cake. Mone trashes the ring instead, before trying to pick a fight and ending up falling into the cake. Willow then hits her with a Babe With the Powerbomb.
From his farm, Mark Briscoe congratulates Willow, and admits he’s been taking it easy while the Continental Classic played out, but now that’s over and he needs to get back to whooping ass.
Triangle of Madness challenge all the female titleholders to a trios match at Maximum Carnage.
Match Three: ROH World Champion Bandido vs. Sammy Guevara (non-title)
Lockup, jockeying, Sammy with a boot, Bandido with a trip into the middle rope, Sammy bails, toss to the corner, swing kick, Bandido with a boot, kick, Sammy fiddles with something in the steps, spits water at Bandido, DDT, superkick, rolls Bandido into the ring, cover for two, elbow drop for two, chinlock, Bandido with a fireman’s carry, blocked with elbows, Bandido with elbows, Sammy with a superkick for two, choke in the ropes, trading shots, Bandido with a dropkick, moonsault, gorilla press slam, suicide dive, springboard, Sammy trips him, top rope shooting star to the floor, both men back in the ring, Sammy goes for the GTH, blocked, Sammy goes for it again, reversed into a rollup for two, Bandido with a boot, 21-plex, reversed into a cutter for two, Bandido with a kick, 21-plex, Sammy lands on his feet, running knee strike, Burning Hammer for two, GTH, reversed into a knee, 21-plex for three.
Winner: Bandido
MJF comes out with Jon Cruz, calls himself more of a lucha icon than anyone, then gets Cruz to translate. He says Bandido should hand the Dynamite Diamond Ring over and cancel the match, and in exchange he’ll put in a good word with Tony Khan. Bandido rejects the offer and gets in his face. MJF responds with a low blow, then takes the ring, goes for a punch, misses and hits Cruz. Bandido hits a low blow, takes the ring back, 21-plexes for both of them.
They show a video package for Brody King.
Match Four: Marina Shafir vs. Toni Storm
Jockeying, Storm beats down Shafir on the floor, back in the ring, Shafir with a rollup for two, uranage, toss to the corner, knee, forearm, mixed strikes in the corner, foot choke, hip tosses, chop in the corner, judo throw, bow and arrow stretch, Toni lands on her and covers for one, trip for zero, punches in the corner, Shafir with a knee choke in the corner, cover for two, snapmare, knee to the back, toss to the corner, Storm with a dropkick, Shafir with a boot, Storm with a headbutt, rollup for two as Wheeler Yuta pulls the ref to the floor. He responds by calling a DQ.
Winner by Disqualification: Toni Storm
Shafir hits a sucker punch after the bell, which draws out Shirakawa Mina. Shafir boots Shirakawa, Luther enters the ring, Death Riders menace him, Orange Cassidy and Roderick Strong chase them off. Cassidy celebrates with both Love Bombs.
Renee asks PAC about Darby Allin’s challenge. PAC says he isn’t here to oblige Darby Allin, who then walks in and demands the match. PAC reiterates his refusal, so Darby sprays him with a fire extinguisher and beats him down. He demands the match on threat of slamming his ankle in the door, and PAC gives in.
Main Event: Lights Out Match: Powerhouse Hobbs and Hook vs. Hangman Page and Swerve Strickland
Match starts as a brawl, with the lights down for some reason, a chair enters the fray, why the fuck are the lights still down? They already established that’s not what “Lights Out” means and it’s fucking annoying.
Apparently they heard me, because the lights come on as Swerve and Hangman are dominating the fight. Hangman chases Hook allowing Hobbs to spear him, Hook and Swerve trade kicks on the apron, Swerve with a boot, goes for another but gets caught for a t-bone, Hobbs beats down Hangman until Hangman rebounds with boots, grabs a table, Opps take control, Hangman starts to rebound until Hobbs t-bone suplexes Hangman through the table, Hook grabs Hangman, who responds by stapling Hook, I have no idea where that staple gun even came from, Hangman hits a pop-up powerbomb, goes to staple Hobbs, Hobbs hits a lariat instead, delayed vertical to Swerve, Swerve staples Hobbs repeatedly but it does not stop him, Hangman hits Hobbs with a piece of drywall, staple to the junk, discus forearm, Hangman and Swerve grab a palate of cinder blocks, Hobbs clotheslines Swerve, lays Swerve onto the palate, grabs a chair, Nana pulls it out of his hands, Hobbs and Swerve try to toss each other onto the Palate, Swerve grabs the chair and pummels Hobbs with it, goes up top, crossbody, caught, Hobbs with a World’s Strongest Slam on the blocks for two as Hangman breaks the count, brawl erupts, Opps Dojo members run in and beat down Hangman, Hook grabs a pipe, Opps Dojo choke Swerve and Hangman with chains, Nana throws coffee at Hobbs, Swerve and Hangman recover, beat down the Dojo members, Buckshot Lariat to Hobbs reversed into a spinebuster for two as Swerve breaks with a House Call, goes up top, decides to land on the dojo members instead, Hobbs drags Hangman onto the palate, Hangman rebounds for a Dead-Eye/Swerve Stomp combo, Hook shoves Hangman into Swerve, rolls up Hangman for two, Redrum, Hangman breaks in the corner, stares down Hook with Swerve, Hook grabs the pipe, Hangman blocks it, Swerve with a headbutt, Hangman with a discus punch with the chain, chokes Hook with the chain, Swerve with a House Call, Hangman with a Buckshot Lariat, hangs Hook for the tapout.
Winners: Hangman Page and Swerve Strickland
The winners celebrate as Dynamite goes off the air.