Posted on 2/05/126 by Bob Magee
AEW Dynamite was LIVE from Las Vegas, Nevada, on TBS and HBO
Max! And the pursuit of the AEW World Championship was once
again in the spotlight just 10 days from AEW Grand Slam
Australia!
In the main event, Brody King pinned the AEW World Champion,
MJF, in an AEW World Title Eliminator, in a shockingly
quick, one-sided affair after MJF was distracted by
“Hangman” Adam Page at the bell. That means King gets his
first shot at the AEW World Championship against MJF at
Grand Slam Australia!
Andrade El Ídolo will also be heading to Grand Slam
Australia after he beat Kenny Omega, which included an
unfortunately timed appearance by Swerve Strickland. At
Grand Slam Australia, Andrade will vie for an AEW World
Championship match at AEW Revolution against “Hangman” Adam
Page, after Page dealt with a big problem in Mark Davis and
came away with a victory of his own.
Plus, the Don Callis Family got a big win over the Death
Riders and set the stage for Jon Moxley to defend the AEW
Continental Championship against Konosuke Takeshita at Grand
Slam Australia. And with a win by Megan Bayne and Penelope
Ford over the AEW Women’s World Tag Team Champions, The
Babes of Wrath, “MegaBad” will face Willow Nightingale and
Harley Cameron with the titles on the line at Grand Slam
Australia.
Meanwhile, AEW National Champion Ricochet retained his title
in a rematch with “Jungle” Jack Perry that saw involvement
from GOA and the Young Bucks. And Darby Allin had a rough
time in Las Vegas thanks to Gabe Kidd and Clark Connors.
All that and much more went down on Dynamite! Here are your
complete results!
We Hear From the Champions and Contenders in Action!
AEW World Champion MJF wondered why he was supposed to be
afraid of Brody King, because he’s from New York and he sees
people like King all the time. He calls them homeless, which
is exactly where King will end up after the main event.
King said in the main event, he’s going to hurt MJF…bad. And
for the first time in MJF’s life, he won’t be able to talk
his way out of it.
Kenny Omega said that one more week is another step closer
to reclaiming AEW Championship gold. This week, it’s
Andrade El Ídolo, and Omega hasn’t forgotten about the
cowardly attack that happened months ago, which Don Callis
orchestrated. Omega said Callis’ efforts to end his career
will remain impotent. He’ll see Andrade in the ring tonight.
“Don Callis and the Don Callis Family Present: Dynamite.”
Callis said that’s what it sounds like to him, because
Konosuke Takeshita will take the next step in his quest to
become AEW Continental Champion by leaving the Death Riders
lying in the trios match tonight. Callis continued to say
that the same will happen to “Hangman” Adam Page when he
faces Mark Davis. And then, Omega will be in the ring with a
real man in Andrade, who will stomp a hole and leave him for
dead.
AEW Women’s World Tag Team Champions The Babes of Wrath,
Harley Cameron and TBS Champion Willow Nightingale, were
ready to face Megan Bayne and Penelope Ford in an AEW
Women’s World Tag Team Championship Eliminator match, as
Cameron said MegaBad wasn’t ready to feel the wrath!
Nightingale said they are living their dreams and that every
night they have to fight for them. “So tonight, in the
middle of LAAAAAAAS VEGAS, let’s fight!”
Ford pointed to Bayne and said we were looking at a woman
who leaves a trail of dead bodies. Bayne said Ford was on
the sidelines for months and saw women beneath her get a
shot.
“Babes! Tonight, you are looking at the end.”
Trios Match: The Don Callis Family (“The Alpha” Konosuke
Takeshita, El Clon and “Walking Weapon” Josh Alexander) def.
Death Riders (AEW Continental Champion Jon Moxley, PAC and
Daniel Garcia)
Our opening contest had the crowd at a fever pitch even
before the bell rang! Alexander and Garcia started things
off for their respective sides on the mat. Alexander tried
to strike his way through Garcia, only for Garcia to
shoulder tackle Alexander back to his corner. PAC and El
Clon tagged in to give us a fresh matchup. PAC and Clon
traded unreal reversals out of head-scissors combos until
Clon connected with a stiff kick from an unexpected angle
that stunned PAC. Moxley tagged in, so Takeshita did the
same, and these two rivals were going at it! A strike battle
turned into an exchange of shoulder tackles with no
advantage, so all six men piled into the ring until the
Death Riders isolated Takeshita by sending Clon and
Alexander to the outside.
Takeshita got caught in the Death Riders’ corner, as Moxley
and PAC made quick tags to punish Takeshita. Moxley and
Garcia knocked Alexander and Clon off the apron, but when
PAC charged at Takeshita, he backdropped PAC over the top to
the floor! Takeshita knocked Moxley to the mat in the
opposite corner and tossed a charging Garcia into Moxley
with an overhead belly-to-belly suplex! Takeshita just
handled all three members of the Death Riders! Takeshita
tagged Clon, who lit PAC up with a quick succession of
kicks. Clon elevated up and over PAC and leaned back to
connect with a Pele kick. PAC bounced Clon off the ropes for
a German suplex and took time to gather himself before
getting a head of steam for a lariat that was stopped by a
trip from Alexander. Clon took advantage with a step-up
moonsault, and Alexander yanked PAC out of the ring to
continue the damage.
PAC struggled to get away from the Callis Family for several
minutes, as they isolated him effectively. Alexander nearly
won the match with an overhead belly-to-belly suplex that
got a nearfall. PAC tried to battle out of the opposite
corner, but was cut off by Alexander with a rolling senton
slam. However, PAC moved away from a guillotine knee drop
and finally made the tag to Moxley just as Alexander tagged
Takeshita!
Once again, Moxley and Takeshita fired away in the middle of
the ring until Moxley ducked a big shot and nailed a back
suplex. Takeshita fired back up and put Moxley down with an
exploder! This time, Mox fired back up! They resumed
striking on their feet until Moxley hit a running dropkick.
Alexander came after Moxley, but was thrown to the floor.
Clon came off the top rope, but Moxley was waiting with a
cutter! Takeshita got back to his feet and put an elbow
across Moxley’s head. Moxley floated out of Takeshita’s
grasp and tagged Garcia, but stayed in the ring to floor
Takeshita with a lariat. Garcia put Takeshita in the Dragon
Tamer, which left him wide open for a Moxley stomp to the
back of the head! Alexander broke up the pin to save
Takeshita! PAC saved Garcia from Alexander, so Clon knocked
PAC to the floor and followed a moonsault from the middle
rope to the floor! Moxley followed with a tope suicida,
sending Alexander into the announce desk!
Back in the ring, Garcia tried for another Dragon Tamer, so
Takeshita reversed it into a near-fall. Takeshita missed a
clothesline but nailed a Blue Thunder Bomb, and Garcia
kicked out again! Garcia cut off Takeshita’s Power Drive
with a chop to the chest. He went for body scissors, but
Takeshita caught him and turned into the Hitodenashi
Driver/Wheelbarrow Suplex combo! Clon and Alexander came
back in with quick-strike double-teams to set up Garcia for
Takeshita’s Power Drive Knee, which connected! Garcia kicked
out at two! What resolve by Garcia! Takeshita yanked Garcia
up for Raging Fire and nailed it to get the pinfall victory
for the Don Callis Family!
After the match, Moxley and Takeshita exchanged words, and
Takeshita gestured for Moxley’s AEW Continental
Championship!
Swerve Strickland Remains Focused After His Loss to Andrade
We looked back on Andrade El Ídolo’s victory over Swerve
Strickland, which featured an undetected low blow, in the
main event of last week’s Dynamite. Then, Renee Paquette was
joined by Strickland and Prince Nana. Paquette said last
week’s loss took Swerve out of the AEW World Title picture
for now, so where is his focus going next? Swerve had Nana
answer. He said the focus is still at the top of All Elite
Wrestling. Even when they lose, they don’t lose focus.
Will Ospreay’s Journey Back from Neck Surgery
We were treated to an amazing recap of Will Ospreay’s career
until he was taken out by the Death Riders last year. We saw
Ospreay in the hospital on his way to neck surgery and the
aftermath of Ospreay’s journey back to the ring. Excalibur
confirmed that Ospreay underwent successful neck surgery,
but his return timetable is unknown.
Mixed Tag Match: “Timeless” Toni Storm & Orange Cassidy def.
Jordan Oasis & Brittnie Brooks
Oasis offered Cassidy the first shot, which Cassidy took
with his usual early-match intensity. Cassidy put his hands
in his pockets and offered one back to Oasis, but ducked the
shot and nailed Oasis with a dropkick and sprang to his
feet. Cassidy put Oasis down with a flying mare and checked
on his reflection in Oasis’ bald head before tagging in
Storm. Brooks entered and yelled at Storm, so Storm answered
with a series of Mongolian chops, followed by a series of
hairmares and a German suplex in an amazing display of
different styles. Cassidy and Storm did a do-si-do
clothesline routine with some dancing to celebrate. Storm
sat on the top turnbuckle and stuck Brooks with a nasty
tornado DDT! Cassidy hit a spinning DDT of his own on Oasis,
which allowed Storm to crush Oasis with a hip attack. She
sent Oasis into Cassidy for the Orange Punch, and that was
enough for the three-count!
Luther came out to celebrate, but Cassidy had the
microphone! He wondered if their mixed tag team hair match
against Marina Shafir and Wheeler Yuta at the Grand Slam of
Australia was a good idea. Storm asked why she made this
match because her hair is her life. If she’s bald, she’ll
look like a boiled egg or an angry penis! She can’t be bald.
She’ll look hideous, grotesque…disgusting! Storm broke down
in the ring, and Luther covered her with her jacket.
She sprang up and said, “But I am ‘Timeless’ Toni Storm! And
you are ‘Freshly Squeezed’ Orange Cassidy! And it’s not
going to go down like that! At Grand Slam Australia, one of
two things will happen. You (Cassidy) are gonna give Wheeler
Yuta a cute little combover. Or I, or I, will make Marina
look like MOX!”
Darby Allin Brawls With Gabe Kidd and Clark Connors
Earlier today, we saw Darby Allin arriving in Las Vegas,
where Clark Connors and Gabe Kidd met him! Kidd gouged
Allin’s eyes, and then lawn darted him into the production
truck! As Allin stumbled up, Connors hit him with a tire!
They threw Allin in the trunk of a car and sped away!
“Hangman” Adam Page def. Mark Davis of the Don Callis Family
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Davis came flying out of the corner with a dropkick at the
bell and immediately went to work on Page in the corner.
Page fought back and clobbered Davis with a sliding lariat,
followed by a short dropkick. Davis got back to his feet to
exchange chops with Page and gained a brief advantage until
Page sent Davis to the outside with a low bridge. Page flew
over the top rope and sent Davis into the announce desk.
Page celebrated and tried to throw Davis back in the ring,
but Davis countered it, so Page bounced off the bottom ropes
and came back with a lariat to Davis’ chest!
Davis reversed a suplex attempt into one of his own and
crushed Page in the corner with a lariat that sent Page
rolling to the floor. As Page sat in a chair, Davis got a
head of steam and annihilated Page with a flying elbow that
put him down in a heap on the floor. As Davis continued to
dominate in the ring, we learned that Jake Doyle suffered an
injury last week on Dynamite and will be out of action, so
Davis will continue in the singles ranks.
Davis put Page on the top turnbuckle, but Page escaped with
a sunset flip, although he couldn’t bring it through because
Davis punched his way free. Page swept Davis’ legs into a
sitout powerbomb for a two count! Page hit a pair of
springboard clotheslines and tried to powerbomb Davis off
the apron, so Davis sat on Page’s chest! Davis tried to
crush Page on the floor again, but Page was ready and moved,
so Davis crashed into the guardrails. Page climbed up the
stairs and nailed a moonsault from a railing to Davis' back
in the ringside area!
Page threw Davis back in the ring and went to the top with
another moonsault, but Davis kicked out at two! Davis kicked
his way out of a Dead Eye and hit a backdrop driver. Davis
got Page up for a powerbomb, but Page reversed it into a
hurricanrana for a near-fall. Davis hit a series of lariats
and an Awful Waffle, but Page kicked out in the nick of
time! Davis called for another lariat, but Page came back
with one of his own, only for Davis to put Page right back
down. Page came back with a Dead Eye for a two-count. He
tried for a Buckshot Lariat, so Davis sent him to the
opposite apron. Davis grabbed Page on his shoulder, but Page
reversed it into a tombstone and dropped Davis on the ramp!
Page hit a Buckshot Lariat for the three-count!
Page will now face the winner of Kenny Omega vs. Andrade El
Ídolo at AEW Grand Slam Australia in 10 days for a chance to
vie for the AEW World Championship at AEW Revolution on
March 15 in Los Angeles! Page said he hopes to see Kenny
Omega there. And to MJF, if Page wins that match, he will
“stomp every future child out of your tiny little balls and
win back the World Championship that I never should have
lost!”
The Sky is the Limit for “The Jet” Kevin Knight
We took a look at the special talent of Knight, including
his trademark wins over Kazuchika Okada and Darby Allin!
Knight said he’s the here and now!
Andrade El Ídolo of the Don Callis Family def. Kenny Omega
Andrade bailed to the floor at the bell to confer with Don
Callis and Lance Archer. Andrade returned to the ring and
got into a chop fight with Omega until Omega sent Andrade to
the floor with a rising knee strike! Omega went for a One-
Winged Angel on the floor, but Andrade got out of it and
suplexed Omega on the floor! Andrade chopped Omega and threw
him back in before going to the top. Omega met Andrade on
the second rope and nailed a superplex for a near-fall.
Omega hit You Can’t Escape, followed by a moonsault for a
two-count! Andrade came back with a flying forearm and took
his time trying a figure four leglock, so Omega cradled him
into a two-count. Andrade hit a pair of rolling suplexes and
rolled to the floor for a third on the floor. He
acknowledged a row of admirers and hit a tornillo off the
turnbuckles to the Omega on the floor! He went back to his
admirers to celebrate with some selfies!
Andrade didn’t let up for the next few minutes until Omega
fought back by putting a pair of boots in Andrade’s face on
a moonsault attempt. Omega missed a running knee, which
allowed Andrade to lock on the figure four in the middle of
the ring! Omega reversed the move to remove the pressure, so
Andrade broke the hold in the ropes. They fought back to
their feet until Omega hit a pair of snap dragon suplexes,
but on the third attempt, Andrade stopped it, so Omega
knocked him into the second turnbuckle. Omega saw the
perfect opportunity to hit a V-Trigger that sent Andrade
face-first into the turnbuckle! He put Andrade on the top
rope and lifted him backwards from the second rope to go for
an avalanche One-Winged Angel, but Andrade reversed it into
a powerbomb out of the corner. Andrade hit the El Ídolo DDT,
but Omega kicked out! Andrade crushed Omega with running
knees to the corner, but yet again, Omega kicked out just in
time!
Omega avoided Andrade’s attempt at The DM and wound up in
another strike battle until Andrade hit a lunging boot. He
tried to follow with another, but Omega struck first with a
knee! Omega called for another V-Trigger, but Andrade cut
him off with a back elbow. Don Callis threw in a screwdriver
out of the referee’s sight and then distracted her so
Andrade could use it on Omega, but Swerve came out to the
ramp and grabbed it! The referee saw this and tried to deal
with Swerve, which allowed Andrade to get out of a One-
Winged Angel attempt and low blow Omega! Andrade hit The DM
on Omega and scored the pinfall! He’ll move on to AEW Grand
Slam Australia to face “Hangman” Adam Page for a shot at the
AEW World Championship at AEW Revolution!
Omega and Swerve got into an argument that escalated into a
shoving match before security stepped in to separate them!
Brody King is Ready for MJF!
We took a look at Brody King’s impressive streak of violence
that brought him to tonight’s AEW World Championship
Eliminator against AEW World Champion MJF!
AEW Women’s World Champion Kris Statlander Makes Thekla Wait
Next week on Dynamite, Thekla gets a rematch for the AEW
Women’s World Championship against Kris Statlander with a
stipulation of Statlander’s choosing, so Renee Paquette was
backstage with Statlander to get the answer. Statlander said
everyone, including Thekla, would have to wait until
Saturday to find out the stipulation.
AEW Women’s World Tag Team Championship Eliminator Match:
MegaBad (“Megasus” Megan Bayne and Penelope Ford) def. The
Babes of Wrath (Harley Cameron and TBS Champion Willow
Nightingale) (c)
It looked like Ford and Cameron would start the match, but
Bayne and Nightingale tagged in, although that was just a
trap for Ford to attack Nightingale from behind while Bayne
took out Cameron. Nightingale fought through a double-team
to clothesline Bayne to the floor. She tagged Cameron and
assisted her in a wheelbarrow splash. Nightingale tagged
back, but Ford quickly escaped to tag Bayne. Bayne quickly
went to work on Nightingale in the corner, but Nightingale
turned things around with a dropkick. Nightingale went to
the top turnbuckle, so Ford ran over to grab her leg. That
allowed Bayne to bring Nightingale down with a hurricanrana!
That was impressive! Bayne wasn’t done and nailed a tope
suicida to the floor!
Bayne and Ford kept Nightingale away from Cameron for a few
minutes until Bayne missed a running boot and Nightingale
connected with a desperation pounce! That gave her the
opening to tag Cameron, as Bayne tagged Ford! Cameron
unloaded on Ford with a slingblade and strikes before a
backdrop driver that got a two-count. Ford reversed Cameron
and smashed her across the face, which allowed Ford to tag
Bayne. MegaBad tried for a suplex, but Cameron reversed the
momentum into a double DDT! The Babes put Bayne on the top
turnbuckle for a superplex and connected! Ford followed with
a double blockbuster from the top to Nightingale and
Cameron!
Bayne got to her feet first and sent Cameron to the ropes,
where Nightingale made a blind tag. Cameron put Bayne down
with a spinning DDT, and Nightingale followed with a huge
spinebuster, but Bayne kicked out at two! Ford saved Bayne
from a double-team, which allowed Bayne to throw Ford into
Nightingale for a cutter! Bayne put Cameron on her
shoulders, as Ford went to the top and connected with a
Doomsday Device! Bayne pinned Cameron, and MegaBad defeated
the AEW Women’s World Tag Team Champions! That earns them a
title match against the Babes of Wrath next Saturday,
February 14, at AEW Grand Slam Australia!
TNT Champion Tommaso Ciampa Issues Open Challenge for
Collision
TNT Champion Tommaso Ciampa said he won the title last week
by answering an open challenge from Mark Briscoe. So, in
respect to him and the TNT Title, he will keep that
tradition going this Saturday at Collision. He won’t be hard
to find. He named the TNT Title, “Silvie.”
AEW National Championship Match: Ricochet (c) def. “Jungle”
Jack Perry
While Perry waited for Ricochet to send GOA to the back, he
decided he had waited long enough and launched himself over
the top onto Ricochet! Ricochet bailed to the floor, so
Perry followed with a flip off the ramp! Perry threw
Ricochet in the ring to mount him in the corner with
punches, but Ricochet came back to throw Perry neck-first
into the second rope. That opening allowed Ricochet to
return Perry’s initial flurry of punches and then some, but
Perry stopped it on the apron and knocked Ricochet to the
floor. Perry tried a sliding dropkick, but Ricochet was
ready for it and sent him face-first onto the announce desk!
Ricochet remained in control of the rematch until they
fought on the apron. Perry fought out of a suplex attempt
and clotheslined Ricochet to the floor. But Perry kept the
pressure on with a tope con hilo over the top to the floor!
Back in the ring, Ricochet caught a DDT attempt and reversed
it into a Northern Lights suplex, but rolled through with a
deadlift suplex and hung on to roll Perry to the apron for
another suplex on the corner of the ring! Ricochet wasn’t
done, and finally put Perry down with a Death Valley driver
to the floor! What a brutal sequence by the AEW National
Champion!
Ricochet nailed a springboard lariat and a modified TKO for
a two-count. Ricochet grabbed the AEW National Title and
threw it in the ring for the referee to grab. Ricochet tried
to use the distraction for a low blow, but Perry caught it
and went for the Snare Trap. Ricochet escaped to the ropes,
so Perry charged him in the corner and ran up the
turnbuckles to jump over Ricochet. He tried a German suplex,
but Ricochet landed on his feet. Perry connected with a big
kick to the jaw, only for Ricochet to come back with a
lariat. Perry escaped Ricochet with a poisonrana and
followed with a diamond DDT. Perry hit a cutter from a
fireman’s carry to get a nearfall!
Ricochet avoided the running knee and rolled Perry up for
two, so Perry did the same and then locked in the Snare
Trap. Ricochet nearly made it to the ropes, so Perry pulled
him back to the middle and pounded on his head before
putting the Snare Trap back on. Bishop Kaun and Toa Liona
returned to the ramp. Kaun distracted the referee, so Liona
pulled Ricochet to the ropes to break the hold. The Young
Bucks appeared to a massive ovation with Matt Jackson
cracking Liona in the back with a chair as Nick Jackson dove
off the ramp onto Liona! As the Bucks and GOA fought on the
ramp, Ricochet threw Perry face-first into the AEW National
Championship that was draped across the second turnbuckle!
While Perry was already out, Ricochet nailed Vertigo to get
the win and successful defense of the AEW National
Championship!
Gabe Kidd and Clark Connors Drag Darby Allin to the Desert!
Gabe Kidd and Clark Connors commandeered the broadcast from
the production truck and made them play a video that
apparently connected the dots from their attack on Darby
Allin earlier in the day. Kidd was seen in a car, dragging a
body bag along a desert road. Kidd got out of the car and
told the camera, “You said you were easy to find. I know.”
And with that, he showed Connors unzipping the body bag that
contained Allin, bound with tape.
Kidd said, “See you in hell, bruv. I’m checked in two doors
down!”
Connors cut the rope from the car to the body bag and drove
away with Kidd, leaving Allin deserted and in bad shape.
AEW World Championship Eliminator Match: Brody King def. MJF
(c) – King Earns AEW World Title Match Against MJF at Grand
Slam Australia
The crowd exploded at the bell for King, and as he and MJF
were about to come together in the ring, the music of
“Hangman” Adam Page played, and one-third of the AEW World
Trios Champions appeared on the ramp! MJF immediately turned
his attention to Page, but when he turned back around, King
snatched him with a choke over the top ropes! MJF was out
cold! King dropped his lifeless body to the floor and
immediately threw MJF back in the ring. King crushed him in
the corner with a cannonball and dragged MJF to the middle
of the ring for a massive Gonzo Bomb to get the shockingly
fast victory! King will face MJF for the AEW World
Championship at AEW Grand Slam Australia!
As King held the AEW World Championship in a possible
preview of the rematch in 10 days, Andrade El Ídolo attacked
from behind and put King down with a back elbow! He nailed a
DDT on MJF, but walked into a Buckshot Lariat from Hangman!
Page set MJF up for a Buckshot Lariat, so MJF low-blowed him
on the way down. King got back up and hit a second Gonzo
Bomb on MJF and posed with the AEW World Championship to end
our night in Vegas! We’ll be right back in Sin City on
Saturday night for Collision!
Catch AEW Collision on Saturday, 8 p.m. ET/7 p.m. CT on TNT
and HBO Max from right back here in Las Vegas, Nevada!
And remember… We are AEW—Where The Best Wrestle!