A day late, but never a buck short! Yesterday’s Dynamite is the first since Wrestledream! The Opps will defend their World Trios Championships, and also their new attitudes, against The Hurt Syndicate! Okada Kazuchika will defend the Unified Championship against the man who pinned him on Saturday, ROH World Champion Bandido! Will the masked Wrestler of the Year contender become three-belts Bandido?
After a recap of Wrestledream, they show Hangman after Wrestledream, vowing to ruin Samoa Joe’s life.
Match One: AEW World Trios Championships: The Opps (c) vs. The Hurt Syndicate
Staredown, Shelton and Shibata start, Shibata with a side headlock, mutual tackle, Shibata with a side headlock, Shelton attempts to roll into an ankle lock, Shibata locks in an ankle lock of his own, into a cross arm breaker, rope break, Shelton with a kick, Lashley in, Hobbs in, Joe in, Lashley with a punch, forearms in the corner, break, stomp, whip, reversed, Joe with an elbow, whip, misses a hip attack, Lashley with a trip, toss to the corner, Shelton in, Joe presses him to the apron, Shelton goes up top, leaps, Joe walks out of the way, but Shelton anticipates it and lands on his feet, Hobbs in, Shelton with a superkick, jockeying for a hold, Hobbs clotheslines Shelton over the top rope, this sparks a brawl, Hobbs ends up tossing Shelton to the ground again, then into the barricade, then into the ring, cover for two, Shibata in, stomp, heel hook, stomps, Joe in, beatdown, snapmare, chinlock, punches, forearms, trading slaps, Joe with a whip, Shelton with a DDT, Shibata in, Lashley in, cleans house, Dominator to Shibata for two as Hobbs breaks the count, brawls with Lashley, Lashley ends up locking in the Hurt Lock, Hobbs gets him to the corner, elbows, mutual clothesline, Shibata with a kick for two, MVP in, Joe in, Joe with an eye gouge, MVP with a throat chop, knee to the face, Ballin’ elbow for two as Shibata breaks the count, sparking a brawl, The Demand distract, Joe locks in a Coquina Clutch for the tapout.
Winners and STILL AEW World Trios Champions: The Opps
Tony Schiavone gets in the ring after the bell and asks Joe why he did what he did. Joe insults the crowd, then says he did what he did because he’s the one who hunts the champion.
Backstage, Renee congratulates Stat for retaining the Women’s World Championship. Stat talks about Mercedes Mone and talks about all the things she’s done that Mone has never done. Then she accepts the challenge for Full Gear.
Darby Allin hits the ring. He says that, before he climbed Mount Everest, a lot of people said he was irresponsible and could never be the face of AEW. He says he feels the opposite, because he’ll die for AEW. He says he would never say I Quit, and he knows the Death Riders aren’t going to go away now, but he’ll hunt them to the ends of the earth.
Jurassic Express reveal they’re going after the tag titles next.
Match Two: Megan Bayne & Penelope Ford vs. Julia Hart & Skye Blue vs. Harley Cameron and Willow Nightingale vs. Queen Aminata and Jamie Hayter
Blue and Willow start off, Willow tosses Blue across the ring, Harley in, they run a train on Blue in the corner, double team beatdown for one, fireman’s carry, blocked, Harley with kicks, Blue ducks one and hits a superkick, Ford in on Blue, shoving match with Blue, Harley with stomps, Russian Leg Sweep, blocked with elbows, Ford with a spear in the corner, Bayne in, shoulder tackles in the corner, double team suplex, blocked by Willow, Hayter in on Harley, brawl with Bayne, lariat in the corner, Aminata in, double suplex, reversed, Ford and Bayne with stereo suicide dives to all of their opponents, Hart in on Bayne, chinlock to Aminata, Aminata with elbows for two as Blue trips Hayter on the floor, Hart with another chinlock to Aminata, throw down for two, Old School, Blue in, double team strikes to Aminata, Aminata rebounds and beats them both down, tags in Willow, Willow cleans house, spinebuster for two, double team beatdown with Harley until Bayne attacks, sparks a brawl, Ford in on Blue, aided cutter to Willow as Hart and Blue break the count, brawl with Bayne, who gets the better of them with some help from Ford, Doomsday Device to Willow, blocked, Willow with a Pounce to Bayne, doesn’t notice that Hayter tagged in on her, Aminata and Hayter take down Willow, double team big boot to Ford, headbutt into a Hayterade for three.
Winners: Jamie Hayter and Queen Aminata
By virtue of winning this match, they get to choose their first-round opponents in the Women’s Tag Title tournament. Hayter grabs a mic and picks Hart and Blue.
Backstage, the Bucks are banging on Tony Khan’s door, demanding a money match. Renee asks what’s going on, they say they’ll wrestle anyone, they’ll team with anyone. Tony Khan finally opens the door, and makes a $400k match for Collision: Jet Speed and Jurassic Express vs. The Young Bucks and FTR.
After a commercial, Renee is in the ring, with a cake, hyping up Mercedes Mone’s recent accomplishments. She then introduces Mone. Before Mone can come out, puppet Mone appears from under the table and invites everyone to dance. The real Mone then comes out. She demands to know what Harley is doing, reminds her that she wanted to be her partner, says she’s tired of the disrespect, and slams the puppet into the cake. She starts to do the same to Harley, but Stat hits the ring and throws Mone into the cake, then through the table it’s on.
They show backstage comments from Jon Moxley after Wrestledream, where he admits that Allin was stronger tonight, but that the self-destructive tendencies that let him win will eventually destroy him. He says the work continues.
Match Three: Kyle O’Reilly vs. Jon Moxley
The Conglomeration debut a new sitcom opening theme entrance.
Jockeying for a hold, Kyle with a kick, heel hook, rope break, lockup, trading knees, more jockeying, Mox gets a full nelson in, reversed into an armbar, yet more jockeying, trading shots, Mox tosses Kyle to the floor, stomps his hand on the steps, arm breaker, toss into the steps, choke in the ropes, Shafir with a punch, Kyle with mixed strikes, Mox with a trip, locks in almost a backward STF, forearm, Kyle tosses him to the floor, running boot as Mox tries to get on the apron, Mox grabs a chair, sits in it, O’Reilly with a running dropkick from the apron, trading shots, O’Reilly locks in a front chancery, transitions to a triangle choke, skirmish on the apron, O’Reilly with a knee drop from the top to the leg, ankle lock, knee to the back of the head for two, jockeying, O’Reilly locks in a cross arm breaker, Mox mulls over tapping a few times, but ultimately powers out, lariat, piledriver for two, trading slaps, Mox goes for a Stomp, blocked, Kyle with a chop block, stomp, Mox locks in a sleeper, O’Reilly escapes, trading shots, Mox goes for a Paradigm Shift, reversed into an ankle lock, Mox tries to escape, ultimately elbows the ref.
Winner by DQ: Kyle O’Reilly
Referees and The Conglomeration hit the ring, as do Death Riders.
Match Four: The Conglomeration (Orange Cassidy, Mark Briscoe and Roderick Strong) vs. Death Riders (Wheeler Yuta, Claudio Castagnoli and Daniel Garcia)
Cassidy and Yuta jockey, including tons of rollups for one and the occasional rollup for two, Garcia in, more jockeying, Briscoe in, brawls with Garcia, Strong in, more brawling, Claudio in, running elbow in the corner, Strong with a dropkick, chop, mixed strikes in the corner, fireman’s carry, blocked, Strong fights out of the enemy corner, backbreaker to Garcia, Claudio with knees, Strong lands on the floor, Yuta tries for an attack, gets a backbreaker on the barricade, Strong with kicks to Claudio, baseball slide, backbreaker on the barricade, Yuta pulls him off the apron, Claudio drops him throat-first on the barricade, brawl erupts on the floor, Garcia beats down Strong in the ring, Claudio in, beatdown in the corner, snapmare for one, chinlock, Strong elbows his way out, Yuta in, snap suplex, blocked, Strong goes for a suplex, blocked, Yuta hits the suplex, top rope elbow drop for two, Strong escapes with a jaw breaker, Yuta with a dropkick, Claudio in, continues in kind, Cassidy in, kicks, suicide dive to his opponents, brawl breaks out, Yuta ends up hitting a fisherman buster for two, Jay Driller, blocked by Garcia, who hits a chop, sparking a brawl, Briscoe ends up hitting the Jay Driller for three.
Winners: The Conglomeration
PAC attacks after the bell, drawing out Ishii, who brawls with PAC until Mox comes out, allowing Shafir to hit Ishii with a low blow. O’Reilly runs in and joins the fray, sparking a larger brawl, until Darby Allin runs out with Sting’s bat and fights off the Death Riders.
Mercedes Mone freaks out to Alicia Atout about being covered in cake. Athena comes in and says the two of them are united by a desire to make history, and that they may as well do it again by becoming the first AEW Women’s Tag Team Champions. Mone accepts.
Kyle Fletcher hits the ring and hypes up his recent accomplishments. He says he’s done with Briscoe, but goes on about being done with Briscoe a bit too long, drawing out Briscoe. He says he was going to leave, but then he heard Fletcher run his mouth, so now he’s demanding one more match. Don Callis says Briscoe’s family don’t care about him, and tells him no.
They then announce the brackets for the Women’s Tag Title tournament. The match we saw set up will happen, and on the same side of the bracket Harley and Willow vs. Mercedes and Athena. On the other side, Toni Storm and Shirakawa Mina will face Riho and Alex Windsor, while Bayne and Ford will face TayJay.
Backstage, Mina says she hasn’t heard from Storm, but they’re a team. Thekla walks in and taunts her, leading to Mina challenging her for Collision.
Main Event: AEW Unified Championship: Okada Kazuchika (c) vs. ROH World Champion Bandido
Lockup, Bandido gets Okada in the rope, break, Okada with a boot, side headlock, tackle, Bandido with a kick, Okada with a whip, Bandido goes for a gorilla press slam, reversed into a Rainmaker, blocked, Bandido does a finger gun and refuses to put it down, Okada with a whip, Bandido with a hurricanrana, Okada with a kick on the floor, elbow to the back, breaks the count, arm wrench, elbows to the arm, armbar, Bandido escapes with an arm drag, rolls Okada into the ring, goes up top, feigns leaping, Okada goes for a dropkick, Bandido rolls him up for two, elbows, Okada with a flapjack, arm wrench on the floor, toss into the ring post, rolls Bandido into the ring, follows, facetious kicks, Bandido with chops to little effect, Okada with a boot, neckbreaker, one foot cover for two, punches, body slam, goes up top, elbow drop, Rainmaker, blocked, Bandido with a top rope corkscrew splash, boot, suicide dive, another, knees, kick, dropkick, goes up top, frog splash for two, Okada drops Bandido’s arm across the top rope, arm wrench, Bandido with chops, Okada with an elbow, kicks, tombstone shoulder breaker, Bandido drops to the floor, calls for the trainer to check on him, Okada rolls Bandido into the ring, elbows to the arm, arm breaker, tombstone, reversed, reversed into a Rainmaker, blocked, Bandido goes for X-Knee, blocked, Bandido with a spinning back fist, X-Knee, 21-Plex, struggles to cover for two, sets Okada up top, superplex, blocked, Okada with a sunset bomb, reversed into a hurricanrana into the turnbuckle, 21-Plex, blocked with a dropkick, Rainmaker, reversed into a rollup for two, Okada with a boot from the corner, goes for another, blocked with a chop, Okada tries again and hits the dropkick, Rainmaker, blocked, Bandido hits a Rainmaker of his own, X-Knee, 21-Plex, reversed into a Rainmaker for three.
Winner and STILL AEW Unified Champion: Okada Kazuchika
The Don Callis Family celebrate, Takeshita heading down the ramp last, with the rest of the Family telling him not to do something stupid. This ends Dynamite, with Takeshita cursing Okada and Okada laughing.
