Tonight is the first Dynamite after a Revolution PPV that… well, I actually found it a bit underwhelming. Hangman Page is no longer allowed to challenge for the AEW Men’s World Championship, which is… a choice. Meanwhile, there were also four returns and two new signings, which bode well for AEW going forward, but really kind of underlined how little else was going on that night outside of the main event. But if there’s one thing I’ve learned about AEW, it’s that they don’t stay down for long, so come inside, and see what’s on offer!
Match One: Will Ospreay vs. Blake Christian
Lockup, Ospreay wrenches an arm, reversed, jockeying, Ospreay locks in a side headlock, reversed in kind, Blake with a tackle, Ospreay kips up, chop, whip, reversed, Ospreay with a hurricanrana, goes for a suicide dive, stops short on the apron when Blake dodges, Blake with a trip, splash, rolls Ospreay in the ring, stomp, rollup into a splash, Ospreay blocks with knees, boot, suicide dive, rolls Christian back in the ring, Christian with a suicide dive, toss over the barricade, choke, misses a double foot stomp, Ospreay with a forearm, diving elbow, Christian back into the ring, Ospreay with a springboard forearm, Blake with a DDT, stomps, choke in the ropes, trading strikes, Ospreay hits a springboard kick for two, Christian with a stomp, toss to the floor, DDT, rolls Ospreay back into the ring, springboard 450, springboard cutter for two, more jockeying until Blake hits Sliced Bread for two, goes for a Hidden Blade, Ospreay reverses with the real thing, then hits another for three.
Winner: Will Ospreay
Ospreay grabs a mic, says he missed everyone, and calls out Jon Moxley. Mox comes out and they brawl until PAC takes out Ospreay and locks in the Brutalizer. Security eventually pulls him off.
Match Two: Bang Bang Gang (Ace Austin and Juice Robinson) vs. Death Riders (Jon Moxley and Wheeler Yuta)
Ospreay dives on PAC during the Bang Bang Gang entrance and they brawl to the back.
Death Rider contingent attack their opponents before that entrance finishes, and beats them down. Yuta and Juice start off legal. Austin tosses Mox into the barricade as Juice tosses Yuta to the corner, running lariat, ten-punch, Austin in, finishes the ten-punch, Juice in, double whip, double hip toss, Austin with a running dropkick, Juice with a senton, covers for two, arm wrench, Yuta with an eye poke, Mox in, lariat, mounted punches, trading chops, trading suplex attempts until Juice is successful, Ace in, mixed strikes, whip, reversed, Ace with a kick to the back, dropkick, Yuta tackles Austin, pulls him to the floor, Death Riders double team, Yuta in, wishbone, beatdown, Mox in, beatdown, sets Austin up top, back rake, superplex for two, bulldog choke, transitions to a crossface, Yuta in, some joceying, Juice in, cleans house, Daniel Garcia gets up on the apron, Austin Gunn pulls him down, Juice continues to fight off both opponents, powerbomb to Yuta for two, Austin in, Juice with a slam, Austin goes for a senton, Yuta with knees, Mox in, tries to clean house but Austin with kicks, goes for The Fold, intercepted by Yuta hitting a Busaiku Knee, Yuta with a suicide dive to Juice, Mox with a Death Rider to Austin for three.
Winners: Death Riders
They show a video package for Gabe Kidd to hype up the Coffin Match tonight. Backstage, Kidd challenges Darby to meet him in the parking lot.
They show a clip from just after Revolution where Kenny Omega challenges Swerve to a #1 Contender’s Match.
Match Three: Coffin Match: Gabe Kidd vs. Darby Allin
Kidd calls out Allin, Allin tries to run him over, they brawl, Allin uses a chloroform rag on Kidd, stuffs him in the trunk, gets in the driver’s seat, flips the car on a pile of trash, crawls out of the car, reaches back inside to pop the trunk, Kidd falls out, Darby comes back into frame with a production crate, rolls Kidd onto it, they go back to the commentators who suggest the match may not happen, but then we see Darby rolling Kidd to ringside, the bell rings, Darby tosses Kidd off the crate, grabs a straightjacket and a skateboard, then a chair, sets Kidd up in the chair, strikes him several times, puts the straightjacket on Kidd, goes to hit him with the skateboard before finishing getting the arms restrained, Kidd with a low blow, bites Darby, opens the coffin, Darby won’t go in so Kidd slams the door onto his hands, Darby rolls back in the ring, Kidd grabs the skateboard, slides it into the ring, picks it up, misses a shot in the corner, Darby with a double-leg, goes for a Scorpion Death Lock, blocked with a skateboard shot, Kidd whips Darby with the straps of the straightjacket, body slam onto the skateboard, stomps, sets Darby up top, goes for a piledriver, blocked, Darby bites Kidd, punches to the back, Code Red from the top, Scorpion Death Drop, restrains Kidd’s arms, goes up top, Kidd kicks the referee into the turnbuckle, body slam, kick, baseball slides Darby to the floor where he hits the coffin wall, Kidd tries to put him in the coffin, Darby responds by biting Kidd on the nose, rotates the coffin 90 degrees, both men back in the ring, Darby with skateboard shots, Coffin Drop, another, goes to roll Kidd into the coffin, Kidd with a kick, Darby with a trip, spear through the ropes sending Kidd into the coffin, door shuts.
Winner: Darby Allin
Darby grabs a mic and says he’s not slowing down until he’s either dead or AEW World Champion.
Via social media, Swerve says he has a “counter offer” for Kenny.
They show a video package of Jurassic Express heading to the arena. Perry says Revolution was a good night, but tonight he gets to team with two men he considers family. The Bucks join and say they need to pick themselves up and get back to fighting.
Prince Nana introduces Swerve in front of the live crowd. He says he enjoyed winning at Revolution, but the power lies elsewhere. He says he’s always struggled with power, and that he’d be a two-time champ if it wasn’t for the Bucks. He says Kenny has no leverage, unless he puts up his EVP status. He says this time, unlike the match with the Bucks, it’s not just that Kenny gives up his EVP status if he loses, it’s that Swerve also gets it.
Renee asks Speedball about getting the trios titles back. Speedball says that some people, like their partner Kevin Knight, are instantly recognizable as a future star, but Speedball isn’t one of them. They say they had to grind on the indies for decades before being seen, but it’s what made them who they are.
Match Four: “Speedball” Mike Bailey vs. Mark Davis
Both wrestlers miss strike attempts until Bailey hits a dropkick, kicks in the corner, whip, reversed, Bailey tosses Davis to the apron, boot, Davis with a tackle back in the ring, body slam, senton for two, chop, suplex, blocked, Bailey with a boot, dropkick, kicks, boots, trip, moonsault to the floor, kicks on the floor, roundhouse kick against the barricade, rolls Davis into the ring, goes up top, Davis with an eye rake, chop, another, slam on the apron, Bailey beats the count at 9, Davis with a slam, chop, goes up top, Bailey with kicks, powerbomb for two, Shooting Star for two, spin kick, reversed with a tackle, trading slaps, Speedball with a roundhouse kick, trading chops, Davis with knees, chop into a lariat, Razor’s Edge for two, running elbow in the corner, goes for another Razor’s Edge, blocked, Bailey with a spin kick, backslide for two, Davis with an enziguri, lariat, piledriver for two, Bailey with a Hurricanrana for two, spin kick, Ultimate Weapon for three.
Winner: “Speedball” Mike Bailey
They show MJF’s comments from after Revolution, where he says he’s had the best Dog Collar Match, best Ironman Match, and best Texas Death Match in history, and all of them at Revolution. He says the adrenaline is wearing off and he can feel everything, but none of it matters, because he won. He says he’s going to go down in history as the greatest of all time, and now he’s going to do what all the greats have done after a big win. He ass the cameraman to ask him what it is, then says he’s going to Disneyworld.
Backstage, Okada says he and the Bucks were never family. He runs down Takeshita for shaking hands with Jon Moxley. RPG Vice vow to do it for Don Callis.
Match Five: No Holds Barred: Shirakawa Mina vs. Marina Shafir
They announce that Shirakawa is filling in after Toni Storm was attacked earlier tonight. Although they earlier announced that it was because Storm was injured at Revolution.
Mina comes out with a barbed wire bat, swings, eventually connects, Shafir blocks a second strike, punches, grabs the bat, Mina with a trip, running dropkick, slap to the back of the head, roundhouse kicks, slam, mounted punches, Judo throw, another, a third, slap to the back, kick, punch, grabs a chair, climbs back in the ring, German, blocked with elbows, Shafir with a punch, body slam on the chair, judo throw, grabs Luther’s champagne bottle, pops the cork, takes a drink, whip to the corner, forearms, Mina with forearms of her own, dropkick, forearms, grabs the chair, Shafir boots her in the gut, whip, Mina with a tijeras onto the chair, goes up top, dropkick, clubs Shafir in the back, goes up top, Slingblade for two, Shafir knocks her around, grabs a table, trading elbows on the apron, Shafir with a boot, back suplex into the table, rolls Mina in the ring and covers for two, slaps, Mina pulls a second champagne bottle out of the bucket, brains Shafir with it, back fist, Storm Zero for three.
Winner: Shirakawa Mina
Shirakawa celebrates and proclaims her love for Toni Storm.
Backstage, Andrade says he wants the World Championship. Jon Cruz walks in with a briefcase full of money. Don Callis tells Andrade to accept it and take out Darby Allin. Andrade doesn’t seem too happy about working for MJF.
Main Event: National Champion Jack Perry and the Young Bucks vs. International Champion Okada Kazuchika and Roppongi Vice
Perry and Okada start off, some tussling back and forth, Perry hits a dropkick, RPG Vice swarm, Bucks pull them out of the ring, Okada begs off, then goes to take a swing, gets a beatdown, RPG Vice attempt to make the save but end up getting beaten down too, Perry ends up hitting a moonsault from the top to the floor on all three opponents, whips Okada to the corner, lariat, snapmare, Rocky grabs Perry’s leg, allowing Okada to hit punches, DCF beatdown, Rocky in, toss to the corner and Trent’s boot, Trent in, attempts a toss into both partners’ boots, reversed, DCF with a beatdown anyway, Okada in, Perry fights his way out, trading shots with Okada, Okada with a DDT for two as Matt breaks up the count, Perry and Okada trade shots, Perry with a lariat, Matt in, Trent in, Bucks and RPG Vice trade shots, full brawl breaks out, The Elite contingent with trios rollups for two, TK Driver for three.
Winners: The Elite
Nick grabs a mic and says they blew it on Sunday. He says FTR were the better team that night. Matt says he was embarrassed at his birthday party later that night, until his dad found him and told him to remember who they are. He says they’ll claw their way back to the top, and no one can stop them.
Adam Copeland comes out, followed by Christian. Copeland says they respect the hell out of the Bucks, but FTR attacked his family too. He says he couldn’t look his wife in the eye until they found out if she needed surgery, but now he’s back for revenge, and the only way he can get that is taking the tag titles. He says it’s going to be FTR vs. Cage and Cope II at Dynasty. Christian says the situation is personal for him too, because he’ll make more money as champion, but also it’s their chance to prove they’re the best tag team of their generation, and also the Bucks’ generation.
FTR come out. Stoke starts to talk, but all four men in the ring tell him to shut up in unison. FTR hit the ring, and the four of them beat them down. Matt and Copeland both go to grab a championship belt at the same time, as do Nick and Cage. The Bucks then both drop them and acknowledge that it’s Cope and Cage’s turn.
Dynamite goes off the air with FTR and the former E&C staring each other down, while the Bucks walk off dejected.