Tonight, it’s the final Dynamite before Dynasty! Card’s looking a little slim; every match announced so far looks like a banger, but you know there are still more of them to come! What will they be? Find out!
Dynamite opens with Will Ospreay single-handedly brawling with all of the Death Riders in the car park. Once it becomes clear how bad that’s going, an SUV pulls up, and Alex Windsor gets out, quickly accompanied by most of the United Empire. The Empire get the upper hand, and Shafir and Windsor brawl into the arena, followed by everyone else. The brawl continues in the ring for some time until the Death Riders finally retreat. Ospreay grabs a mic and says he took Mox’s advice and used his head: He went to Japan and got his boys. He challenges them for the main event tonight.
The announce team fills us in on Kyle Fletcher’s condition, before throwing it back to Don Callis who announces that Fletcher will be out of action, and reiterates Tony Khan’s earlier announcement that the TNT Championship will be on the line in a Casino Gauntlet at Dynasty. He says he was planning Protokada vs. The Young Bucks for Dynasty, but now he’s had to pivot to a new surprise. He then says that Okada and Takeshita will never have the blow-off match everyone wants to see them have, because the Don Callis Family doesn’t need everyone to get along, so everything is fine.
Match One: Darby Allin, ROH World Champion Bandido and National Champion Jack Perry vs. NJPW TV Champion Konosuke Takeshita, Mark Davis and Andrade
Bandido is filling in for Brody King, who had an unspecified urgent family matter.
Andrade walks off, there’s a brief skirmish in the ring before Darby Allin demands Andrade return. Andrade does, distracting Darby for Takeshita to hit a Chaos Theory with a couple extra rolls, rolls Darby into the ring, Takeshita stomps Darby in the gut a few times, Perry in, arm drag, tosses Takeshita and then Davis to the floor, moonsault, rolls Takeshita into the ring, eye gouges Davis, leaps off the top rope, Takeshita catches him with a forearm, Andrade in, Takeshita tosses Perry to the floor, Andrade with Snake Eyes onto the barricade, poses with a fan, rolls Perry into the ring, cover for two, stomp, Davis in, punch to the back, knocks Bandido off the corner, body slam, double team whip with Takeshita, tackle, Andrade in, punch, davis in, chops, whip to the corner, foot choke, punch, trading slaps, Davis with a body slam, misses a senton, misses an avalanche, Perry with an enziguri, Bandido in, Takeshita in, Bandido cleans house, Takeshita catches him with a Blue Thunder Bomb for two, Davis in, boot, spits at Darby, Bandido with gut punches, Davis with an enziguri, Bandido with a hurricanrana for two, superkick, brawl erupts, spills to the floor, Davis tosses Darby into the steps, Davis and Takeshita toss Darby into the timekeeper’s area, double team powerbomb Bandido on the apron, Jack Perry tries to fight his way out, does relatively well until Davis hits him with a forearm, lariat as Andrade tags in, Davis with a piledriver, Andrade hits the DM for three.
Winners: Don Callis Family
Davis continues beating down Perry, Darby hits the ring, Andrade beckons him, but then hits him with a low blow, Don Callis gouges Perry’s eyes, The Young Bucks hit the ring and brawl with Davis and Takeshita, Lance Archer and Hechicero try to run in and get superkicked, as does El Clon, superkick and a BTE Trigger for Davis, Meltzer Driver to Takeshita, blocked, Okada runs out, pulls Nick off the apron, Okada and Takeshita beat down the Bucks, stare each other down, trade shoves, start brawling, the rest of the DCF pull them apart, The Rascalz hit the ring and take out the entire Family with suicide dives alongside Bandido.
Lexi Nair asks Doc Samson if there’s any truth to what MJF said about Kenny’s intestines last week. He says that Kenny has cleared him to talk about it, and no, it’s just mind games.
Match Two: TBS Championship: Willow Nightingale (c) vs. Queen Aminata
Handshake, Aminata with a boot, suplex for two, Willow to the floor, gathers herself, heads back toward the ring, Aminata boots her off the apron, trading forearms on the floor, Willow with a chop, Hikaru Shida watches from the crowd, Aminata with a shot, breaks the count, misses a boot across the barricade, Willow with punches, tosses Aminata into the barricade, rolls Aminata into the ring, toss to the corner, lariats, one in the middle of the ring for one, Aminata with a kick for two, Chocolate Kisses, trading forearms, Aminata with a chop, another in the corner, cover for two, Aminata with a crucifix for two, head scissors with an armbar, Willow rolls her up for two, Aminata with a boot, snapmare, chinlock, transitions to a body scissors, Wilow with a rollup for two, Aminata with a leg-full nelson, break, trading shots, Aminata gets the better of it, abdominal stretch, rollup for two, forearm, whip, reversed, Willow with what almost looks like an X-Knee, running hip attack, lariat, snapmare, missile dropkick, DVD for two, Aminata to the floor, Willow with a cannonball, rolls Aminata into the ring, goes up top, misses a moonsault, Aminata with a forearm for two, another forearm, goes up top, double foot stomp for two, trading shots, Willow with a backslide for two, chop, Babe With the Powerbomb, reversed into an Air Raid Crash for two, Willow with a boot, Pounce, Aminata lands on the floor, Willow pulls her back in, Babe With the Powerbomb for three.
Winner and STILL TBS Champion: Willow Nightingale
They show a video package for MJF’s career.
After a commercial, Chris Jericho hits the ring. He says it’s good to be back, and he meant it when he said he was home, and now he’s going to make it official by signing his contract. He says he’s taken a lot of risks in his career, including going all in on AEW, but it’s paid off. He says not every risk has paid off, but no one bats a hundred. He says the business deserves the best Chris Jericho that he can be, and all he cares about is helping to build AEW. He plays to the crowd some more, and just when he’s about to sign the contract, The Demand come out. Ricochet says that he hates Canada, but he came out here to talk about Chris Jericho. He says Jericho shouldn’t sign the contract, he’s been gone for a year, he’s rusty. He says Jericho is one of the greatest of all time, and there would be no AEW without him, but Ricochet is where it’s at now. He says no one wants Jericho there anymore. Jericho calls him bald, but says he respects Ricochet. Then he says he doesn’t give a shit what he thinks, and signs the contract. He then reveals that the contract allows him to choose any available opponent for Dynasty, and he’s choosing Ricochet. He then unveils that the clipboard on which he signed the contract is also the List of Jericho, which he adds Ricochet to.
Backstage, Don Callis says Andrade will demolish Darby. Then he says that the Bucks will face Okada and Takeshita at Dynasty. Takeshita starts to object, but Callis says it’s for Kyle. Takeshita relents, but also says he wants Okada’s International Championship. Callis relents for Double or Nothing, but only if both of them agree they’ll stay in the Family when it’s over. They shake hands, then argue over who’s Pippen and who’s Michael Jordan.
Match Three: #1 Seed in Casino Gauntlet On the Line: Tommaso Ciampa vs. Mascara Dorada
Lockup, Ciampa wrenches an arm, jockeying, Ciampa with a side headlock takeover, goes for the mask, amateur takedown, trading arm drags, more jockeying, trading rollups for one, Dorada goes for a crossface, blocked, Ciampa with forearms, Dorada with kicks, springboard arm drag, superkick, Ciampa with a knee, Dorada lands on the floor, Ciampa rolls him into the ring, trading chops, Ciampa goes for a powerbomb, blocked, Dorada with an elbow, hurricanrana, suicide corkscrew, rolls Ciampa into the ring, goes up top, Ciampa rolls out of the way, drops Dorada’s head across the top rope, tosses him into the ring post, Dorada lands on the floor, Ciampa slams his head into the announce table, rolls him into the ring, stomp, trading chops, Dorada with a springboard arm drag, hurricanrana, toss to the floor, kick from the apron, goes up top, moonsault, rolls Ciampa into the ring, 450, electric chair, blocked by a mask wrench, Ciampa with a fireman’s carry, Dorada blocks, leg lariat, Ciampa with a Last Ride for two, sets Dorada up top, chop, Psycho Driller, blocked, Dorada with a kick, electric chair neckbreaker for two, Ciampa with a boot, misses a running knee, Dorada with a kick, misses a second, Ciampa with Willow’s Bell, running knee for three.
Winner: Tommaso Ciampa
Backstage, The Dogs reveal they’ve beaten down Orange Cassidy and Roderick Strong. They make a challenge for the Trios Championships for Collision.
Cope and Cage hit the ring, and Copeland says FTR really were in his shadow, but that’s not his fault, that’s because they just weren’t good enough for the spotlight. Cage says FTR have pissed off the entire nation of Canada, so he banged both their moms. FTR come out, but then RPG Vice attack Cage and Cope from behind, prompting a beatdown. Stokely hits Cage with a spear, before Stoke Pillmanizes his arm.
Backstage, Darby Allin says that it’s a misconception that he doesn’t care about anything, he actually cares too much.
Main Event: Chaos in Canada: United Empire (Will Ospreay, IWGP Heavyweight Champion Callum Newman, Henare and Francesco Akira) vs. Death Riders (Continental Champion Jon Moxley, Daniel Garcia, Claudio Castagnoli and PAC)
It looks like the rules for this are basically the same as Anarchy in the Arena.
Match starts as a brawl in the stands, it makes its way to ringside, Alex Windsor runs out and brawls with Shafir, Ospreay and Akira set a ladder up in the ring next to the ropes, Akira climbs to the top, dives onto the entire opposing team, Henare chokes Claudio on the floor, Empire take control, Henare and Ospreay tee off on Garcia in the ring, Ospreay covers for one, PAC and Ospreay tee off, PAC with a neckbreaker, Akira tees off on PAC but PAC just hits him with a knee, Akira with a rollup for two, hurricanrana, lariat in the corner, running dropkick, Empire hold the ring, Ospreay and Newman with stereo suicide dives to Mox and Claudio, grab a table, set it up, set up the steel steps in front of it, Death Riders swarm and take control, Henare eventually gets his legs under him and goes on a rampage (not to be confused with hitting Rampage), Claudio eventually stops him by suplexing him through a table, but not the one from before, Moxley shoves a splintered kendo stick up Ospreay’s nose, Mox and Claudio beat down Ospreay, Mox hits a piledriver, crossface punches, sleeper, Ospreay breaks in the corner, brawl breaks out in the ring, Mox hits Ospreay with a Stomp while Garcia has a Sharpshooter locked in, Akira breaks the count, comes face to face with Mox, refuses to back down, goes down swinging, Mox eventually hits a lariat, drawing Newman, trading forearms, Mox with a kick, knee, punches, Newman with a discus forearm, superkick, dual Oz Cutter as Ospreay hits Garcia with one, Newman tees off on Garcia on the floor, Ospreay goes for Storm Breaker on Mox, Claudio catches him with a Giant Swing, goes for a tackle, Henare interjects, powerbomb to PAC when he tries to do something about it, Akira dives on Claudio, who catches him, goes up the steps, Henare spears Claudio through the table, Akira powerbombs Garcia through a different table (or would, but it doesn’t break), Newman with a double foot stomp to Claudio through a different table, Akira tries to splash Garcia through the table that didn’t break the first time, he misses slightly and the table still doesn’t break, but the point is made, Mox and Ospreay trade strikes in the ring, Mox hits a Paradigm Shift, another, a third, Newman floors Mox with a lariat, Ospreay hits Mox with Hidden Blade through a table in the corner, covers with help from Newman for three.
Winners: United Empire
Ospreay goes for the Tiger Driver after the bell, Garcia pulls Mox to safety. The Empire celebrate in the ring.
They show a video package for Kenny Omega. Tony Schiavone then welcomes Omega to the ring. Kenny talks about how seminal the Alberta independent scene was to his early career, then admits that he almost lost his cool last week. He says it wasn’t the Ibushi thing, or the diverticulitis thing, and that it should have been MJF who lost his cool realizing all he could do was talk, but Kenny lost his cool because he realized AEW isn’t solely his responsibility, and it’s actually Kenny who lost his cool realizing the AEW World Champion isn’t the best wrestler. He says that the responsibility is what motivates him now.
MJF comes out, says Kenny’s getting ahead of himself because he’s not better than MJF anymore. He says this will be Kenny’s last shot at the AEW World Championship because the clock is ticking. He says Kenny will have no excuse when he loses this time. He says Kenny isn’t on the level of the Devil, and everyone eventually finds out that MJF is better than them, and they know it. Kenny responds that he learns a little more about MJF every time they speak together in the ring. He says MJF cares more about honouring the championship than he lets on, and he’s pretty sure MJF would even honour the tradition of shaking his challenger’s hand. He offers MJF a handshake, MJF turns him down, then goes to take a swing, but Kenny ducks and hits a knee. Kenny says MJF is predictable, then takes his Dynamite Diamond Ring. He says Dynasty won’t go the way it always does, and the end of the broadcast will be Kenny bidding the crowd goodnight and goodbye. Dynamite goes off the air with Kenny standing tall.