Tonight’s Dynamite will be main evented by Swerve vs. Omega! Also Wheeler Yuta’s bald! But more importantly, Swerve vs. Omega!
Dynamite opens with the competitors in the TBS Championship Fatal 4-Way hyping up their own chances. Well, all but Marina Shafir. Swerve and Kenny both say they need to win tonight.
Renee asks Orange Cassidy if he has a replacement after Roddy walked out on him last week and no-showed tonight. He reveals Ishii Tomohiro.
Match One: Continental Champion Jon Moxley vs. Mark Davis (non-title)
Lockup, Mox presses Davis to the corner, break, jockeying, shoving match, Davis with a trio of tackles, choke in the ropes, chops, Mox with mixed strikes, whip, reversed, Mox goes for a sunset flip, reversed when Davis drops down, Davis with mounted punches in the corner, running forearm, choke on the floor, chop, another, goes for a punch, misses and hits the ring post, Mox with a suicide dive, wrenches Davis’ fingers, bites them, stomps on the hand on the steel steps, breaks the count, digs his elbow into the hand, stomps on the hand from the apron, Davis back in the ring, elbows Mox on the apron, foot choke, body slam, senton for one, chinlock, trading shots, Davis tosses Mox to the floor, punches, rolls Mox into the ring, goes up top, Mox bites him, superplex, Davis with a suplex, misses a senton, Mox with a PK for two, trading shots, Mox hits a cutter, Davis with a back suplex, trading lariats, Davis with a piledriver for two, chinlock, Mox with a slap, Davis with a lariat, Mox with a stomp, mutual lariats, Mox locks in a surprise Billdog Choke for the tapout.
Winner: Jon Moxley
They show a clip from backstage at Grand Slam Australia where Hangman gives Andrade his props and promises bad things for MJF.
FTR hit the ring and say that the Bucks are jealous. Stokely says that everyone backstage pretends to like each other, then talks about how much FTR hate the Bucks and their families. While he’s talking, the Bucks hit the ring and superkick FTR. They surround Stoke, tell him to continue, then superkick him. They make the challenge for their already-earned title shot at Revolution.
They show a clip of Brody King backstage at Grand Slam, saying that he’s got a taste for the world title. He makes an open challenge for next week. All the while, the crowd chants “Fuck ICE”. Because fuck ICE.
Match Two: TBS Championship: Willow Nightingale (c) vs. Marina Shafir vs. Megan Bayne vs. Shirakawa Mina
Bad guys tee off on good guys, then tee off on Willow specifically, Willow rebounds, sends them both to the floor and hits a cannonball, Mina with a top rope dive onto all three of them, rolls Shafir into the ring, springboard splash for two, Shafir with chops, Shafir and Willow trade shots, Megan Bayne hits Willow with a Super Hurricanrana, Shafir tosses Willow to the floor, Bayne tosses Mina into Shafir and Willow, clotheslines Mina a bunch of times, Shafir covers Mina, Bayne breaks it up, tosses Mina to the corner, shoulder tackles to the gut, Shafir with mixed strikes to Mina, Bayne hits Mina with a Falcon Arrow for one as Willow breaks the count, Shafir with mixed strikes to Willow, Judo throw, elbow drop to the back, leg wrench, kick to the back, Bayne and Shafir beat down Willow in the ropes, Bayne and Willow trade suplex attempts, Willow ultimately hits it, Shafir tees off on Willow, Mina tees off on both Shafir and Bayne, covers Shafir for two as Bayne tries to break it up but Mina dodges and Bayne hits Shafir, Mina covers Bayne for two as Willow breaks the count, hits Shafir with a spinebuster, blocks a body slam from Bayne and hits her with a spinebuster, hits Mina with a spinebuster for two as Shafir breaks the count, everyone trades strikes, Bayne ends up hitting all three of them on the floor, Shafir and Bayne trade strikes on the floor, Bayne ends up powerbombing Shafir onto the timekeeper’s table, climbs back into the ring, goes up top, Willow with a punch, German superplex, Mina hits Willow with a missile dropkick, pair of urakens, roundhouse kick, uraken, Figure Four, reversed into a rollup for three.
Winner and STILL TBS Champion: Willow Nightingale
The commentary table pays tribute to Kerwin Silfies. Bryan Danielson actually tears up a little.
Hangman and MJF hit the ring. MJF says he’s not here to cut a promo, he just hates Hangman. He says he hates everything about him, especially the way he has the fans fooled. He says the thing he hates most is that Hangman has two wins over him, but calls them both lucky. He says Hangman crumbled under the pressure both times he was the champion, and is afraid of crumbling a third time.
Hangman says he’s not the lucky shot, he’s the man who the fans carried to the championship twice, and who beat him last year twice. He says MJF waited until the perfect opportunity to cash in his championship shot, then let the other three men in the match do all the work before taking the championship. Hangman says that, as much as MJF hates him, he hates MJF so much worse, not for all the obvious reasons, but because MJF reminds him of himself. He says he sees his own desperation for love and acceptance in MJF, and that, as much as MJF denies it, he’s the only one who shares his level of loyalty for AEW, and the only one who needs the championship the way he does. He says they need to end this forever at Revolution. He says this can’t just be a normal match, so he challenges MJF to come up with a stipulation, Hangman already has one in mind, and they’ll let the fans decide.
MJF says it needs to be a normal match. Hangman says he thought MJF would say that, and Hangman says he’ll give MJF something more if he agrees to his stipulation. He says that, if he doesn’t win this match, he’ll never challenge for the AEW Men’s World Championship again. MJF says it’s a deal. He says he needs a week to think of his stipulation. Hangman says he already knows his proposed stipulation: Texas Death.
Backstage, Mox says the Death Riders aren’t a wolf pack, they’re more like coyotes. PAC makes a challenge for the Don Callis Family for Collision. Mox challenges Takeshita to a No Time Limit match at Revolution. I guess that would be the first stipulation match for the Continental Championship?
Match Three: Orange Cassidy and NJPW Strong Openweight Champion Ishii Tomohiro vs. Gabe Kidd and Clark Connors
This is kind of unique: an AEW match that’s 75% composed of NJPW wrestlers.
Kidd and Cassidy start off, Kidd swings, Cassidy dodges, Ishii in, Connors attacks Ishii, beats him down, tags in, continues to beat him down, Cassidy in, double team chops to Connors for two, brawl on the floor, Unbound Co. contingent get the better of it, Connors with a tackle to Cassidy in the ring, tosses him around, Kidd in, suplex, reversed into a rollup for two, Kidd with a chop for two, Connors in, sticks Cassidy’s hands in his pockets, Cassidy with a dropkick, kip up, Ishii in, Kidd in, trading shots, Ishii with a tackle, suplex, blocked, trading slaps, Kidd with a lariat, Connors in, Ishii collapses, Connors drags him up, lariat for two, suplex, blocked, Ishii with a back suplex, trading chops, brawl breaks out, Kidd and Cassidy brawl on the floor, Darby Allin attacks Kidd with a skateboard, Ishii hits a brainbuster for three.
Winners: Ishii Tomohiro and Orange Cassidy
So, slight correction to something I said at the beginning of that match, it looks like Clark Connors has actually signed with AEW.
Backstage, the Don Callis Family accept both challenges from the Death Riders. Okada walks in and tries to shade Takeshita for not being there. He introduces Andrade, who says his eyes are on the world championship. Don Callis then announces the Family is coming for Claudio Castagnoli’s CMLL World Heavyweight Championship.
Hook announces a recruiting drive for The Opps, and says Shibata is recruiting back in Japan.
Match Four: The Brawling Birds vs. B3cca and Viva Van
Holy shit, it’s B3cca!
Van and Windsor start off, Windsor beats down Van in the corner, side headlock, Van punches her way out, Windsor with a forearm, punches to the back, Van with a series of strikes, Hayter in, double team beatdown, mounted punches, snap suplex, punch to the back, Windsor in, double team chops in the corner, Sharpshooter, blocked with boots, Van with a mule kick, goes for a tag, Wondsor blocks it, Hayter comes in and aids for a double suplex, blocked, B3cca in, tees off on both Brawling Birds, whip, blocked, Birds with a double team elbow, B3cca with a double cutter, running European uppercut to Windsor, whip, reversed, Windsor with a catapult into a Hayter backbreaker, Windsor with a lariat, knocks Van off the apron, double team lariat, Hart Attack for three.
Winners: The Brawling Birds
B3cca unable to pull off the biggest upset since she was my #1 artist on Spotify last year. That’s not a joke, she actually was. I fell super deep down the rabbit hole after discovering her at Big Gay Brunch.
Kris Statlander says she wants to fight but she’s not cleared. Thunder Rosa says she’ll go after Thekla on her behalf.
Match Five: Kevin Knight vs. The Beast Mortos
If Mortos wins, LFI get a Trios Championship match on Collision.
Mortos goes for a lariat, Knight ducks and they both head to the floor, Knight with a lariat, rolls Mortos into the ring, jockeying, Knight tosses Mortos to the floor, suicide dive, chop on the floor, toss into the barricade, ten-punch across the barricade, rolls Mortos back into the ring, springboard, Mortos with a headbutt, diving headbutt for two, chinlock, elbow to the back as it looks like Knight is about to escape, punch, chop in the ropes, knee choke, face wrench, Knight with forearms, body slam, blocked, Mortos with a whip, mutual tackle, Mortos knocks Knight to the floor, suicide corkscrew dive, rolls Knight into the ring, avalanche, whip, pop-up Samoan Drop for two, Gorilla Press Slam, blocked, Mortos with elbows, Knight with a kick, Mortos with a headbutt, Knight with a dropkick, another, body slam, running splash for two, trading kicks, Knight gets a hurricanrana on Mortos when Mortos is on the top rope, follows up with a DDT, UFO for three.
Winner: Kevin Knight
They show another promo for Will Ospreay’s return.
Ricochet says his new mission is getting GoA some gold. They point out that Jet Set Rodeo have never defended the Trios Championships, and call them out for Collision. It’s then revealed that someone put a knife in the sign on their locker room door.
Main Event: Swerve Strickland vs. Kenny Omega
The crowd chants “Holy shit”. They open trading strikes, Swerve with a knee, Kenny with a hurricanrana, Swerve with a knee, tijeras, suicide dive, toss into the barricade, into the steps, Kenny with an elbow, chops, tosses Swerve into the crowd, goes for a moonsault, slips, pops up and hits it, Swerve tosses Kenny back over, then into the ring, Kenny with a boot from the corner, floats over, hurricanrana, reversed into a powerbomb, Swerve with a powerslam for two, choke, break, another choke, forearm in the corner, boot, forearm, boot, trading throws, trading shots, Kenny with a dropkick to the shin, Fameasser, kick to the gut, throw down for two, fireman’s carry senton, top rope moonsault for two, knees, Swerve sets him up top, Kenny trips him, snap dragon, V-Trigger for two, another V-Trigger, a third, Swerve with a backbreaker, knee, Kenny to the apron, Swerve tosses Kenny’s head into the turnbuckle repeatedly, Vertebreaker, blocked, Kenny tosses Swerve into the turnbuckle, snap dragon, goes for a German to the floor, blocked, Kenny with punches to the back, headbutts, goes for the German again, Swerve lands on his feet and hits a vertical suplex, rolls Kenny into the ring, 450 to the back for two, JML Driver, blocked, Kenny goes for a snap dragon, blocked, Kenny with a kick, v-trigger in the corner, sets Swerve up top, dragon superplex for two, goes for a v-trigger, misses and hits Aubrey Edwards who was checking on Swerve, Kenny goes for a One Winged Angel, blocked with punches, Swerve hits the House Call, covers but the ref is still down, Prince Nana tries to revive her, Swerve goes up top, Swerve Stomp on the apron, catapult into the turnbuckle connector, another Swerve Stomp for two as another ref hits the ring to make the count, misses a House Call, Kenny with a Snap Dragon, whip, v-trigger, poison rana, One Winged Angel, blocked, Swerve with a whip, boot, Kenny with a v-trigger, goes for another, reversed into a House Call, JML Driver for three.
Winner: Swerve Strickland
Swerve attacks Kenny after the bell, tosses the replacement ref to the floor, grabs his chain from a conflicted Prince Nana, hangs Kenny with it, clears the announce table, Vertebreaker through the table. He yells to the camera that he needed this as Dynamite goes off the air.