Tonight, Dynamite comes to you live (or actually on tape delay) from Glasgow, Scotland! The same place my grandparents were from! Tonight, the fighting will not stop just to let the nursie through, as we see the semi-finals of the Continental Challenge Cup! Defending champion Jon Moxley faces stablemate Claudio Castagnoli, and Kyle O’Reilly faces Nigel McGuinness in a match so destined for technical wrestling greatness that it may cause actual priapism! Elsewhere, Kenny Omega and Will Ospreay look to get their last words in for each other, as do Willow Nightingale and Mercedes Mone, while more teams look to declare for the open challenge trios championship match!
Dynamite opens with an ad for AEWShop now shipping from England.
The live broadcast then opens with the voice of said commercial, and possibly man who is four days away from becoming Men’s World Champion, Will Ospreay! He says it’s been a year since he got to address a live audience in Glasgow, a year of ups and downs, and a year of doubts. He talks about coming up on the British indies, while working construction. He says he loved it, and lists his trainers. He says he wanted to prove that he’s the best, but when it comes to the best, it’s hard to look past Kenny Omega. He reveals that Kenny isn’t here tonight, but says he respects Kenny more than anyone. He says that respect went out the window when Kenny mentioned his son. He promises the performance of a lifetime, but says that Kenny isn’t prepared for the motivation of a man who’s fighting for a boy.
Match One: Continental Challenge Cup: Semi-Final: Jon Moxley (c) vs. Claudio Castagnoli
Test of Strength, Claudio gets Mox down for one, another one count, a third one count, a fourth, shoves Mox to the corner, break, chop, European uppercut, chop, chop in the middle of the ring, trading strikes, Claudio with a tackle, Million Dollar Dream, reversed with an arm drag for one, Claudio dumps Mox to the apron, forearm, follows to the floor, Mox with a single-leg, Figure Four, piledriver, reversed with a double leg, Claudio with a Giant Swing, rolls into the ring, catches his bearings, back to the floor, tosses Mox into the barricade, then into a different part of the barricade, arm breaker across the barricade, rolls Mox into the ring, follows, stomp, hammerlock around the middle rope, trading chops, Claudio with an arm breaker, keylock, trading shots, Claudio with an arm breaker, back to the keylock, Mox eventually reverses into a sleeper, Claudio forces a rope break, European uppercuts in the corner, Mox goes for a back body drop, Claudio lands on his feet, Mox with a slap, toss to the floor, suicide dive, rolls Claudio into the ring, to the corner, ten-punch, Claudio with a back body drop, reversed into a rollup, blocked, Claudio pulls Mox up, European uppercut, trading boots to the face, mutual clothesline, trading strikes, Claudio gets the better of it, Mox goes for a backslide, blocked, hits a cutter instead, Claudio with a takedown, armbar, transitions to a sleeper, Mox eventually reverses in kind, transitions to a cross arm breaker, blocked, Claudio finesses his way into a Giant Swing, sharpshooter, reversed into a rollup for two, Claudio with a European uppercut for two, tackle, Mox lands on the floor, beats the count at 9, Claudio with a stomp, Neutralizer for two, European uppercut, blocked when Mox just collapses, Claudio goes for a Tiger Driver, reversed into Paradigm Shift for one, Mox with a stomp, Death Rider for two, bulldog choke, Claudio goes out.
Winner: Jon Moxley
Match Two: Adam Copeland and the Young Bucks vs. Don Callis Family (Brian Cage, Rocky Romero and Jake Doyle)
Copeland and Doyle start, lockup, Copeland with a side headlock, tackle, lockup, Copeland with a side headlock, Doyle whips his way out, Copeland with a tackle, trading tackles, Matt in, double team, brawl erupts, Rocky and Nick end up legal, Rocky with mounted punches, Doyle in, stomp, whip to the corner, shoulder tackles in the corner, Cage in, punches, whip, spinning back elbow, Nick with a kick, Cage with a delayed vertical, reversed into a rollup for two, Nick with a Pele kick, springboard, blocked, Cage with a top rope fireman’s carry, reversed into a super hurricanrana, Copeland in, cleans house, Doyle tackles him, which sparks a brawl, Doyle with a rollup for two, Rocky in, triple team clotheslines in the corner, Sliced Bread for two, brawl, Copeland hits a spear for three.
Winners: Adam Copeland and the Young Bucks
Christian Cage comes out after the bell says that he couldn’t team with the Bucks because they’re beneath him. He says this is just another match for them. Matt says they may have named matches after E&C, but they never named a whole company after them. He then threatens to superkick Cage on purpose. Cage hits a low blow, which sparks a brawl. Cope and Cage hold the ring, but Copeland doesn’t appear happy with how this unfolded.
After a break, Willow Nightingale’s music hits for her to address the fans. We then discover that Mercedes Mone is attacking Willow backstage. She stomps her hand on a chair, and declares that she took away Willow’s last chance to address the fans before All In, she took away her hand, and soon she’ll take away her championship.
Don Callis announces that Mark Davis has entered the Casino Gauntlet, and he’s bringing the World Championship back to the Don Callis Family.
Andrade’s music hits, but MJF comes out instead. He says it’s great to be in Ireland, corrects himself, but says there’s no difference because they’re all drunks. He says he paid some guys to beat up Andrade, says he can do everything Andrade can do, but then gets jumped by Andrade. He eventually manages to escape, and they stare each other down.
Backstage, Chris Jericho says he understands the importance of being world champion, which is why he’s entering the Casino Gauntlet.
Match Three: Continental Cup Challenge: Semi-Final: Kyle O’Reilly vs. Nigel McGuinness
Nigel with a trip, leg grapevine, O’Reilly stands up and out, Kyle goes for a trip, blocked, Nigel steps out, jockeying, Nigel tricks O’Reilly into hooking Aubrey, then gets a rollup in for two, Kyle with a kick, Nigel with cross chops, headbutt, reversed into a front facelock, Nigel with a snapmare, Kyle with mixed strikes, leg sweep, trip on the floor, rolls Nigel into the ring, arm breaker, elbow to the arm, hammerlock, takedown, mixed strikes, running knee, face wrench, cross chop, ankle wrench, Nigel with a kick, arm breaker, keylock, slams Kyle’s arm into the mat, Kyle with a double leg, leg lock, Nigel to his feet, snapmare, Kyle with a knee, kick, snapmare, PK for two, cross arm breaker, blocked, ankle lock, blocked, stomps the leg, arm breaker through the ropes, blocked, Nigel with a shoulder tackle, Tower of London, blocked, Kyle with a sleeper, chop block, locks the sleeper back in, trading rollups for two, trading strikes, Kyle with a rollup for two, Nigel with a rollup for one, Kyle with a leg-trapped hammerlock, Nigel reverses into a crossface, Kyle breaks free, Nigel rolls him into the hold again, jockeying, Kyle locks in what almost looks like half an ankle lock half a half crab, Nigel gets to the rope, trading strikes, Nigel locks in a keylock for the tapout.
Winner: Nigel McGuinness
They exchange a handshake and a hug after the bell.
After a commercial, Renee asks Don Callis about the budding tension between Kyle Fletcher and Okada Kazuchika. Callis says there’s always competition within families, but in the end, you run the play. Fletcher says he’s willing to run the play, but is Okada? Okada comes in and says he can trust him, Fletcher says he couldn’t trust him to be there when he got jumped by Takeshita. Okada says Fletcher is thinking about himself.
Match Four: CMLL Women’s World Champion Persephone and AEW Women’s Tag Team Champions Divine Dominion vs. TBS Champion Maya World and the Brawling Birds
World and Bayne start off, some jockeying before Bayne hits a belly to belly, shoulder tackles in the corner, Kross in, strikes in the corner, Persephone in, slap, snapmare, elbow, Birds run in and they triple team Persephone, Hayter in and covers for two, Kross distracts both the ref and Hayter allowing Persephone to get some cheap shots in, dropkick for two, brawl until World and Persephone are legal, brawl then resumes, World hits a Stunner for two as Divine Dominion pull her to the floor, brawl then resumes on the floor, Birds and Divine Dominion brawl out of the arena, Persephone clubs World with a title belt, frog splash for three.
Winners: Persephone and Divine Dominion
Main Event: Swerve Strickland vs. Jungle Jack Perry
Words exchanged, Swerve challenges Perry to hit him, Perry with a side headlock, Swerve whips his way out, tackle, Perry with a tackle, hurricanrana, Swerve with a lariat, trading chops, Swerve with punches in the corner, whip, Perry presses Swerve to the apron, trading shots, Perry goes for a sunset bomb, blocked with a stomp, Perry with a baseball slide on the apron, super hurricanrana, blocked, Swerve swings Perry into the ring post, trading chops on the floor, Perry tosses Swerve into the barricade, then into the ring, stomps, chop across the ropes, Swerve with a backbreaker for two, stomps in the corner, snapmare, goes up top, spinning European uppercut to the back, Gory Special, Perry eventually breaks with elbows, arm drag, Swerve lands on the floor, Perry goes for a baseball slide, blocked, Swerve goes for Big Pressure, blocked, Perry with Sliced Bread, suicide dive, another, a third, goes up top, moonsault, rolls Swerve into the ring, goes up top, Swerve with elbows, Perry shoves him off, moonsault, misses but maintains contact and hits a DDT, trading kicks, Swerve with a Swerve Stomp, Perry rolls through and locks in Snare Trap, Swerve eventually escapes by bending Perry’s fingers, Swerve with a rollup for two, suplex, reversed into a hurricanrana for two, Perry with an elbow, goes up top, Swerve catches him with a rollup for two, Big Pressure for three.
Winner: Swerve Strickland
Swerve and Perry share a fist bump.
They show a video package for Omega vs. Ospreay to close out the show.
