That’s right, Dynamite is live from Denver, Colorado! Jon Moxley will take on El Clon in an Eliminator Match, the tag title picture continues to grow crowded, and I’m pretty sure there’s another title match but I can’t remember what it is!
Babes of Wrath and Megabad both vow victory in what immediately reveals itself to be the other title match I forgot about. The Bucks swear vengeance while FTR point out that the Bucks attacked Stoke first, and their family put their hands on FTR first.
Match One: AEW Continental Championship Eliminator Match: Jon Moxley (c) vs. El Clon
Lockup, trading attempts at a hold, Clon locks in a side headlock, reversed in kind, Mox with the takeover, Clon forces a break via head scissors, Test of Strength, jockeying for a hold, Clon ends up wrenching an arm, Mox rolls out, Clon with a side headlock, Mox whips his way out, Clon with a tackle, another, Mox doesn’t go down, asks for another, Clon fakes and then hits a spin kick, arm drag, another, dropkick, kip up, Mox with a tackle, Clon rolls to the floor, Mox slams his face into the announce table, punches in the ringside chair, tosses Clon into the barricade, breaks the count, rolls Clon into the ring, suplex for two, crossface, Clon eventually gets the rope, Mox tosses him to the corner, chop, more chops, Clon reverses and hits chops of his own, running forearm, chokes Mox with the tag rope, stomps on the floor, moonsault off the barricade, chop, ten-punch in the ringside chair, tosses Mox into the barricade, forearms, toss into the steps, wrenches Clon’s leg on the steps, stands on him in the corner in the ring, snapmare, running stomp to the back, armbar, Mox snapmares his way out, retreats to the floor, Clon tackles him, boots him across the barricade, roll into the ring, reversed, Mox hits a forearm, climbs to the apron as the 10-minute call goes out, Stomp, Clon beats the count at 9, Mox clotheslines him to the floor, suicide dive, both men back in the ring, trading shots, Mox with a lariat, piledriver for two, boot from the corner, sleeper, Clon breaks in the corner but Mox locks the hold back in, Clon with a Pele kick, suicide moonsault from the top, leaps again with both men in the ring, Mox catches him with a cutter, trading forearms, Mox goes for a stomp, Clon blocks by kipping up, hits a couple kicks, goes up top, double foot stomp for two, after a brief tussle Mox hits a Paradigm Shift, then a Death Rider for three.
Winner: Jon Moxley
They show a video package of Swerve attacking Kenny post-match last week, and Prince Nana interrupts it to yell at the commentators and say that Swerve isn’t phased by a fine and suspension. Swerve then comes out and stands atop the announce table. Nana passes him the mic, Swerve says he thought the fans would enjoy what happened to Kenny, and says he feels no guilt because he warned Kenny that whatever happened next would be on him. He says now he’s taken down all of The Elite, then goes back to his conversation with Hangman when they admitted they regretted what they did to each other, but says in retrospect what he did to Hangman brought about the most successful period of his career, so from now on he lives with no regrets. He says the roster is on notice, because he’s still the most dangerous man in AEW.
Backstage, Brody King calls out Swerve for having a problem with the idea that someone else is the most dangerous man in AEW, and says he’ll be the next champ, not Swerve.
Match Two: Orange Cassidy vs. Gabe Kidd
Kidd with a boot, punch, stomps in the corner, chop, toss to the adjacent corner, beal, slap, goes for another beal, reversed into an arm drag, Cassidy with a rollup for one, another rollup for two, side headlock takeover, blocked, Kidd whips out, Cassidy to the apron, tosses Kidd into the turnbuckle, then the adjacent one, goes to do it into the first one again, blocked, Cassidy goes for a DDT, blocked, Kidd with a forearm for two, both men to the floor, Kidd with a chop, forearm, chop in the ringside chair, headbutt, Cassidy rolls into the ring, Kidd follows, Cassidy with a rollup for two, Kidd with a chop, chop in the corner, whip, Cassidy collapses, Kidd with a whip, Cassidy collapses again, hits a boot, then another, goes for a third, blocked, rolls through, DDT, blocked, Kidd sets Cassidy up top, shoves him to the floor, chop, rolls Cassidy into the ring, Cassidy rolls out the other side, Kidd follows, Cassidy rolls into the ring, Kidd follows, Cassidy rolls out of the ring, Kidd follows, Cassidy rolls into the ring, Kidd with a stomp, suplex, reversed into Stundog Millionaire, Cassidy with a suicide dive, rolls Kidd into the ring, goes up top, diving DDT for two, Beach Break, reversed into a piledriver, reversed into Beach Break, reversed into a sunset flip, blocked, Cassidy with a PK, DDT, Orange Punch, blocked with a forearm, Kidd with a powerbomb for two, knee lift, back suplex, lariat, Cassidy slowly to his feet, facetious chops, Kidd spits in his face, piledriver, reversed into Beach Break for two, Orange Punch, blocked as Kidd pulls the ref in the way, eye gouge, piledriver for three.
Winner: Gabe Kidd
Clark Connors attacks Cassidy after the bell and beats him down, until Darby Allin makes the save, clubs Kidd with the skateboard, offers it to Connors but then hits Code Red, Cassidy hits Kidd with an Orange Punch, Darby with a top rope double foot stomp with the skateboard.
Excalibur reveals that Kris Statlander has been cleared to compete as of earlier today, and Thunder Rosa will get a title shot against Thekla next week. Renee asks Rosa about it, Rosa says she doesn’t have times to play stupid games, so she’s just going to take the championship. Stat tells her to be careful, Rosa takes offense. Renee asks Stat why she’s so worried, Stat just shakes her head and walks off.
Match Three: Kevin Knight vs. Mansoor
This is revealed to be a standby match.
Lockup, Mansoor with a side headlock, Knight whips his way out, Mansoor poses, offers to touch tips, boot to the gut, forearm, whip, Knight with a Manhattan Drop, dropkick, Mansoor rolls to the stage, rolls back in the ring with a chop block, eye gouge, neckbreaker, stomps, whip to the corner, Knight with an elbow, back suplex, blocked, Mansoor with a Manhattan Drop, spinebuster, goes up top, misses a moonsault, Knight with a pair of lariats, whip, reversed, Knight floats over, dropkick, Mansoor with a boot in the corner, goes up top, Knight with a hurricanrana, leaping DDT, goes up top, UFO for three.
Winner: Kevin Knight
Knight grabs a mic and says Hangman is retaining at Revolution no matter the stipulation, then challenges his Trios Championship partner for his hypothetical championship.
After a commercial, Tony Schiavone welcomes Hangman and MJF to the ring. MJF says Hangman was brave for offering to never challenge for the title again if he loses, especially because MJF already ended someone’s AEW career under the same stipulation. He says the fans in Denver will never have any say over the stipulation, then offers a coin flip instead. He offers his own stipulation: One-way No Disqualification (MJF can’t be disqualified, but Hangman can). Hangman agrees to the coin flip, but warns MJF that a Texas Death Match will forever change MJF. He says he’ll win no matter the stipulation, but says if he can’t beat MJF, he doesn’t deserve to ever be champion again. MJF flips the coin, and it lands on heads: MJF’s stipulation. MJF starts to walk away smiling, but Hangman demands to see the quarter. MJF says no and starts to walk away, he’s blocked by JetSpeed and Brodido. Hangman says he knows there’s no way MJF would leave this to chance, so he asks to see the quarter again. MJF tries to run, he’s forced into the ring, it’s revealed to be a two-headed quarter, and Tony Schiavone announces that Tony Khan has declared that the match will be Texas Death because of MJF’s perfidy.
They show a clip from after Dynamite last week where the Brawling Birds brag about their win last week and say they’re here to beat people up.
