Posted on 2/12/126 by Bob Magee
AEW Dynamite was LIVE from Ontario, California, on TBS and
HBO Max! Before we get to Grand Slam Australia on Saturday,
there was plenty of championship business to handle tonight!
“The Toxic Spider” Thekla took the AEW Women’s World
Championship from Kris Statlander in a strap match that left
both participants with visible reminders that may last a
lifetime. It was a timely appearance by the Sisters of Sin,
Skye Blue and Julia Hart, that gave Thekla the opening to
stomp her way to her first AEW gold!
Meanwhile, “The Protostar” Kyle Fletcher won the TNT
Championship for the second time in an unbelievable match
with “Psycho Killer” Tommaso Ciampa and immediately put out
a challenge since he’d be returning home to Sydney, which
was answered by Mark Briscoe. The two went back and forth
with Fletcher agreeing to a seventh and final match in their
rivalry. But it had to be a ladder match at Grand Slam
Australia!
And after a very tense face-to-face interview that wound up
leading to blows, we learned that next week, Kenny Omega and
Swerve Strickland will go one-on-one when Dynamite comes to
Sacramento!
Plus, AEW Continental Championship Jon Moxley and the Death
Riders beat the Don Callis Family in a Trios Match, as
Moxley and Konosuke Takeshita had a few chances to scrap
ahead of their AEW Continental Championship match coming up
at Grand Slam Australia.
The Young Bucks came home and became the #1 contenders to
FTR’s AEW World Tag Team Championships by outlasting The
Rascalz and the returning Private Party in a 3-Way Match!
And after the match, Matt and Nick heard enough from Dax
Harwood and Cash Wheeler, so they shut them both up with a
pair of superkicks!
Orange Cassidy survived abandonment from his partner,
Roderick Strong, to beat Daniel Garcia and Clark Connors,
thanks to a surprise appearance by Darby Allin. However,
after the match, “Timeless” Toni Storm and Cassidy could
only watch as Wheeler Yuta and Marina Shafir cut Mina
Shirakawa’s hair!
All that and much more went down on Dynamite! Here are your
complete results!
AEW Dynamite Recap Tonight for Ontario
Kenny Omega and Swerve Strickland Come to Blows!
The night began with Tony Schiavone in the ring to introduce
Kenny Omega, followed by Swerve Strickland with Prince Nana
for their face-to-face interview! Schiavone asked about
things breaking down last week and also about going back to
Maximum Carnage. Swerve said he had things to get off his
chest. Omega was on top of the industry five years ago, when
he was the AEW World Champion, and everyone, including
Swerve, was scratching and clawing to get into AEW to face
Omega. He was a god of pro wrestling. Swerve scratched and
clawed and made it to the top to become AEW World Champion.
But where was Kenny? Where was “The Best Bout Machine”?
While Swerve was becoming the most dangerous man in AEW,
Omega was nowhere to be found. Well, he’d pop up here and
there like the Tokyo Dome. Swerve even teamed with him in
Anarchy in the Arena last year. When Swerve has been at the
top, Omega has been laid up in a hospital bed or suspended.
Swerve said that sounds like a false prophet to him.
Then the congregation started looking elsewhere, and now
everywhere they go, the congregation is saying…”WHOSE HOUSE?
SWERVE’S HOUSE!” Now, all of a sudden, Omega comes marching
back in, the best he’s ever felt in the last couple of
years, to put himself in the title picture. Swerve said that
sounds like Omega is using his EVP power. Is that what
you’re trying to do, Kenny? Swerve had to deal with EVPs for
the last couple of years. A couple of guys who stroked their
own ego and abused their power, but Swerve handled that last
summer.
“God or not, you use your power to step in front of me? I’m
gonna put you down.”
Omega asked if he could talk now. He wanted to correct one
detail. Omega never once called himself the “God of Pro
Wrestling.” That was a name the fans gave him. While he
never asked for their adulation, they gave it to him by
supporting him with signs, shirts, cheers, and enjoying
themselves, knowing that this place is where the best
wrestle, and that if they see a Kenny Omega match, they will
get the absolute best!
“And whether you call that the power of a god or not, that’s
in the eye of the beholder. But I take their beliefs as a
great responsibility, Swerve. So for them to believe in me.
For them to believe in me for this one final journey to
reach the top of the mountain, to become champion and do it
in the right way! Swerve, you may ask the question, “Whose
House?’ Yeah, it may be your house, but for you to question
me? Maybe the lights are on in that house, but no one’s
home. And if you need someone to burn down that house, I’ve
got just the friend who’s had experience in it!”
Omega said Swerve is right. A little of the old Kenny is
feeling good. He’s showing up, and he’s showing he’s
championship material. He doesn’t need EVP influence by
getting wins. And if it weren’t for Swerve last week, Omega
would have had that chance in Australia. What Omega is
asking for now is a fight. He’s seen Swerve show the
disrespect. If he wants the match, he’s got it. If it’s
about wins and losses, then that’s what we’re gonna do.
“So, Swerve, I’m gonna make it simple: accept or yield?”
“Kenny, you’re just scared. You’re nervous, because our
generation? We’re already ahead of you. We’re lapping you.
And if you want to go face-to-face with me, once again, the
most dangerous man in AEW…”
Omega cut him off and began mocking Swerve. That moniker is
supposed to scare everyone, but it’s not Swerve. The most
dangerous man in AEW right now is Brody King! That got a
huge reaction from the crowd.
Swerve said if you wanna do this, he will put Kenny back in
a hospital bed, and this time, he won’t get back out of it.
Omega said that was a heck of an idea and slapped Swerve!
Swerve took his jacket off, as Omega removed his watch.
Swerve said Omega made his choice, and whatever happens next
is on Omega. Swerve turned around and tackled Omega! They
fought to the outside, where Swerve took control by throwing
Omega into the barricade and then the steps. Omega turned
things around by sending Swerve into the crowd. He followed
with a chair and cracked Swerve in the back with it. They
continued to brawl throughout the arena, using trash cans
and anything else at their disposal before returning to the
entrance ramp. Omega threw Swerve into a video board and
then crushed his head into it with a V-Trigger! As the crowd
cheered for Omega, he set Swerve up for a One-Winged Angel
at the edge of the stage, but Swerve got out of it by
stabbing Omega in the head. Swerve speared Omega off the
stage through tables on the floor! Both men were in rough
shape and received medical attention.
“The Protostar” Kyle Fletcher Thrives With Pressure
Renee Paquette was backstage with Fletcher and Don Callis,
and brought up all the pressure Fletcher is under, but was
cut off by Callis, who said they give the pressure. Callis
said Fletcher will beat Tommaso Ciampa for the TNT Title
tonight and go home to Australia for the welcome he
deserves. Fletcher said he thrives off this pressure, and
when he beats Ciampa tonight, he’ll get the hero’s welcome
he deserves. Fletcher asked Callis if he could do this alone
tonight, so Callis happily accepted the night off to watch
from commentary. As Fletcher walked off, Callis called him
the son he never had.
Trios Match: Death Riders (AEW Continental Champion Jon
Moxley, CMLL World Heavyweight Champion Claudio Castagnoli
and PAC) def. Don Callis Family (Konosuke Takeshita, Josh
Alexander and Mark Davis)
PAC and Davis started for their respective sides, but Davis
overpowered PAC twice, bringing Moxley into the match.
Moxley worked Davis into the corner and unloaded with
strikes and chops, but Davis came back with one massive chop
to put Moxley on his knees. Castagnoli tagged in to try his
hand, which led to an exchange of chops and uppercuts, with
Davis gaining the advantage thanks to a shoulder tackle.
Davis went for a suplex, but Castagnoli blocked him and
deadlifted Davis into a vertical suplex! What a feat of
strength!
Takeshita tagged in and went right to an exchange of strikes
with Castagnoli before he was sent into the Death Riders'
corner, where he nailed Moxley with a big boot and continued
after him on the floor as all six men started brawling! The
Don Callis Family seemed to gain the lead during all of
this, as Takeshita kept the heat on Moxley before turning
his attention back to the legal man, Castagnoli. Back in the
ring, Castagnoli caught a charging Takeshita in midair for a
backbreaker. PAC tagged in and hit a standing moonsault for
a two-count. Alexander was able to tag in, but he struggled
to get a hold of PAC until Takeshita grabbed PAC’s leg from
the floor to send him face-first to the apron. He sat PAC
back up, so Alexander could hit a running crossbody to PAC’s
back!
PAC remained in trouble for the next few minutes, as
Takeshita continued to wear him down in the ring. Finally,
PAC worked his way free, but Alexander cut him off for a
brief moment until PAC nailed a suplex. PAC tagged
Castagnoli as Alexander tagged Davis. Castagnoli lit up both
Davis and Alexander with uppercuts and then followed with
alternating uppercuts in each corner. He put the giant swing
on Alexander until Davis broke it up with a boot. Davis
missed a lariat and walked into a massive powerslam by
Castagnoli for a near-fall! Castagnoli took his time setting
up Davis for a Neutralizer, so Davis backdropped out, but
Castagnoli reversed it into a near-fall. Castagnoli missed a
splash in the corner, which allowed Davis to come back with
a lariat, only for Castagnoli to block it with a forearm!
Davis shook it off and put Castagnoli down with a lariat on
the second attempt!
We just learned that Tony Khan has made it official for
Dynamite next week in Sacramento, California…it will be
KENNY OMEGA vs. SWERVE STRICKLAND ONE-ON-ONE!
Moxley and Takeshita tagged in, and the crowd exploded to
see a preview of this Saturday’s AEW Continental
Championship match! Moxley and Takeshita met in the middle
for a strike battle, but that quickly turned into a seesaw
of reversals until Takeshita clocked Moxley with a big
forearm, only for Moxley to come back with a lariat to put
Takeshita on the mat! Davis stopped Moxley from doing any
more damage with a big kick, so PAC answered with one to
Davis. Alexander put PAC down with a release German suplex,
but was immediately knocked out of the ring by Castagnoli.
Takeshita took out Castagnoli and hit Moxley with an
exploder suplex for a two-count! Takeshita missed a charge
in the corner, so PAC and Castagnoli hit rapid succession
strikes until they fed him to Moxley for a cutter. Davis
made the save for Takeshita, as the action spilled to the
floor. Back in the ring, Takeshita backed Moxley into the
corner, which allowed Davis to tag back in. Now, it was the
Callis Family triple-teaming Moxley, with each member
assaulting Moxley in the corner before all hit German
suplexes. Takeshita and Alexander sandwiched Moxley with a
rolling elbow before Davis flattened Moxley with a lariat.
This time, PAC made the save! The Callis Family got PAC out
of the ring and just put the boots to Moxley. Finally,
Castangoli intercepted Takeshita with an uppercut and a
clothesline to the floor as PAC dove onto Davis! Back in the
ring, Moxley caught Alexander with the Death Rider to get
the pinfall victory! As the Death Riders celebrated in the
ring, Moxley and Takeshita exchanged words.
TNT Championship Match: “The Protostar” Kyle Fletcher def
“Psycho Killer” Tommaso Ciampa (c) - NEW TNT CHAMPION
Don Callis joined the commentary desk to watch Fletcher, but
had Lance Archer watching his back. Before they could touch,
Fletcher rolled to the floor and antagonized the crowd, so
Ciampa followed him out and invited him back to the ring.
Fletcher returned, and the two locked up with Fletcher
winning an exchange of shoulder tackles. Fletcher posed, but
walked into a shot from Ciampa that put him on the mat. That
seemed to wake up Fletcher, as he began to match Ciampa’s
intensity behind his strikes with the two exchanging big
boots. Once again, Fletcher put Ciampa down, but Ciampa cut
Fletcher off with a dropkick to the knee before stomping him
to the mat. He nailed Fletcher with a DDT, sending him to
the floor. Ciampa slid after Fletcher, but Fletcher moved
and connected with a crescent kick to Ciampa’s face,
followed by a backdrop to the apron! Fletcher brought Ciampa
in with a rib-breaker/backbreaker/ full-Nelson sitout slam
combo that got him a two-count.
Fletcher stayed on Ciampa with a chinlock, but Ciampa
escaped with a jawbreaker and stayed away from Fletcher’s
attacks to hit a clothesline followed by a high boot coming
out of the corner. Ciampa took some time to exchange
pleasantries with Callis, so Fletcher was able to come back
with a kick to the head from the apron. Ciampa knocked
Fletcher off the apron to the floor, so Ciampa followed him
out and ran him into the barricade, which left Fletcher
sitting in a chair. Ciampa blew a pair of kisses to Archer
and hit a running hip to Fletcher’s face! Ciampa hopped on
the barricade to give himself a pat on the back and then ran
Fletcher into the opposite barricade. Ciampa rolled in to
break the count, but when he came out, Fletcher cut him off
and put Ciampa down with a half-and-half suplex on the
floor! That completely switched the momentum of this match.
After Fletcher dominated Ciampa outside of the ring and then
back in, it was Ciampa who threw a desperation strike to
gain some separation. Fletcher missed a running boot to the
corner and flew over the top rope to the floor! Ciampa
measured Fletcher for a running knee against the steel
steps, but Fletcher moved at the last second, and Ciampa
nailed the steel. Fletcher put Ciampa on his shoulder and
walked up the steps, but Ciampa escaped and nailed the
Psycho Driller on the steps with Fletcher’s back hitting the
corner on the way down! That was gnarly!
Fletcher beat the count just in time, but he dove right into
a running knee from Ciampa that connected with the side of
Fletcher’s head! Fletcher kicked out! The 10-minute warning
was announced! Ciampa hit a reverse DDT out of a suplex
reversal to get another near-fall. He sat Fletcher on the
top turnbuckle and met him up there for an avalanche Psycho
Driver, but Fletcher escaped, only for Ciampa to bite him!
Fletcher hit a rising kick to the side of the head and came
off the top with an avalanche backdrop! Ciampa fired his
left shoulder up to kick out in time. Fletcher hulked Ciampa
up for a Liger Bomb! Ciampa just barely kicked out. Fletcher
hit a running boot to the corner and tried for a
brainbuster, which Ciampa was ready for by sliding to the
apron. Fletcher tried to follow, but Ciampa connected with a
knee that sent Fletcher to the floor.
Ciampa ran down the apron, but he was caught in midair and
powerbombed into the apron! Fletcher threw Ciampa back in
the ring and nailed another running boot to the corner.
Ciampa escaped the brainbuster once again, so Fletcher tried
a half-and-half, but Ciampa elbowed out of it. Fletcher
pushed Ciampa away into the referee, but the collision was
avoided only for Fletcher to follow with another running
boot to Ciampa in the corner! Fletcher hit the brainbuster
on the third attempt, but somehow Ciampa kicked out!!!
Callis was beside himself on commentary! Bryan Danielson
called out the lack of pressure Fletcher put on Ciampa’s
shoulders.
Fletcher put Ciampa on the top turnbuckle for an avalanche
brainbuster, but Ciampa floated over right into a German
suplex! He wasted no time connecting with a running knee to
the side of Fletcher’s head, and that should do it. FLETCHER
KICKED OUT! How did he do that?
Schiavone exclaimed, “Damn it, I love it!”
Ciampa rushed in for another knee, but was met by a crescent
kick from Fletcher. Ciampa fought through it and hit another
running knee! Fletcher rolled his shoulder up out of what
had to be instinct in the nick of time! Five minutes are
left in this match!
Both men were exhausted, but Ciampa got up first and slapped
Fletcher. Fletcher spat on Ciampa from his knees, so Ciampa
laughed it off and lit into Fletcher with strikes. However,
Fletcher got back to his feet and launched Ciampa into the
turnbuckle like a dart! Fletcher connected with a running
boot to the back of Ciampa’s head and neck in the corner. He
grabbed Ciampa’s head and yelled, “The title is mine!”
Fletcher backed up for another running boot, but Ciampa met
him in the middle of the ring with a running knee! Ciampa
hit a brainbuster of his own on Fletcher, but Fletcher
kicked out and asked for more! Ciampa tried another running
knee, but Fletcher caught him for a Michinoku Driver. Ciampa
stumbled back to his feet, and Fletcher put him back down
with a lariat! Fletcher hit a brainbuster in the middle of
the ring for the three count! Fletcher is ONCE AGAIN the TNT
Champion! What a match!
After the match, Renee Paquette got in the ring to ask what
was next for Fletcher. He said he’s coming home with the TNT
Championship! Despite being banged up, he’ll return to
Australia as champion and receive the hero’s welcome he
deserved last year! And because he’s the greatest TNT
Champion of all time, he will defend in his hometown of
Sydney against anybody from anywhere. He doesn’t care
because he’s the greatest TNT Champion to ever live!
“REACH FOR THE SKY, BOY!”
Mark Briscoe made his way out and asked if he heard
correctly. He said Fletcher has come a long way from being a
mop-headed young boy to being a two-time TNT Champion.
Briscoe gave Fletcher props and said he deserved it. But
Fletcher has a big mouth. They’ve battled six times and
split the matches, 3-3. Briscoe said he’s an impatient man,
so he’s willing to give Briscoe homefield advantage for Game
7. Fletcher said he’s tired of seeing Briscoe’s face, but he
did say he’d fight anybody from anywhere, so he accepts!
“BUT! BUT! BUT! Number seven deserves to be bigger and
better than the rest. And I want this to be the final
chapter in our story, so whoever wins in Sydney will be the
very best. And you say you love to reach for the sky, how
about you reach for this TNT Championship? Because if you
want Game 7 in Sydney, it’s going to be in a ladder match!”
The Babes of Wrath are Ready to Head Down Under
The Babes of Wrath discussed their loss to Megan Bayne and
Penelope Ford, but Willow Nightingale said they’d give them
an AEW Women’s World Tag Team Championship match at Grand
Slam Australia so that Harley Cameron would have homefield.
Cameron said this time last year, people thought she was a
joke, but this year, thanks to Willow, they are the Babes of
Wrath, the AEW Women’s World Tag Team Champions! She wants
to take them out under the sun in front of her friends and
family!
Tag Team Match: Orange Cassidy & Roderick Strong def. Daniel
Garcia & Clark Connors
Jon Moxley joined commentary for this match and wondered
aloud what “Timeless” Toni Storm would look like bald.
Strong and Connors started things with Connors taking Strong
down early until Strong came back with a perfect dropkick.
He chopped Connors against the ropes and hit another big
strike before losing focus thanks to a Garcia distraction,
which allowed Connors to clobber Strong and tag Garcia.
Strong quickly took control back with a backbreaker and
mounted Garcia in the corner for punches. Cassidy tagged in,
so Strong rushed in and chopped Garcia, although Cassidy
just got out of the way! Cassidy mounted Garcia for one big
punch! Cassidy hit a Stundog Millionaire, but Garcia was
able to turn things around with a twisting backdrop suplex.
Cassidy had no answers for Garcia and Connors, as he
struggled to get anywhere near Strong for a tag. Garcia put
Cassidy in a full nelson, so OC put his hands in his
pockets. Connors came charging in, so Cassidy kicked him
away and backed Garcia into the same corner. Cassidy escaped
and sent Garcia over the top to the floor. Connors charged
at Cassidy, so Cassidy tripped him into the ropes! Cassidy
got back to his feet and went to tag Strong, but Strong
dropped off the apron and backed up the ramp, as Moxley
laughed in delight on commentary!
Connors ran through Cassidy with a shoulder block, and
Cassidy found himself stuck in the wrong corner. Connors and
Garcia executed quick tags and pummeled Cassidy in their
corner. Cassidy vaulted over the ropes to get away from
Connors, but got locked in a choke by Garcia while on the
apron. That left him wide open for a spear from Connors, who
threw OC into the ropes and took him to the floor! Connors
threw Cassidy into the barricade and charged after, but OC
leapfrogged him, which sent Connors crashing into the LED
board! Garcia nailed Cassidy with a boot to the mouth and
threw him back in the ring. From out of nowhere, Darby Allin
pulled Connors over the railing and into the crowd! With
Garcia distracted, Cassidy nailed a dive through the ropes!
He threw Garcia back in and tried an Orange Punch, but
Garcia was ready and caught it. He tried a Dragon Tamer,
only for Cassidy to roll him up for the three count! What a
comeback by Cassidy after losing Strong! And there is Toni
Storm with Luther in the luxury box!
“Children of California, lend me your ears. I am ‘Timeless’
Toni Storm, and I have made peace with my life choices.
Marina Shafir, you mixed martial assh*le! At Grand Slam
Australia, if you knock me out cold in front of my friends,
my family, and my former lovers, then you deserve to shave
my head. But I will evolve into the most beautiful bald
bastard this world has ever seen. But if I can defeat you, I
will shave your head so close to your skull, they will put a
price tag on you and sell you at Spirit Halloween!”
She started to address Wheeler Yuta, but he came yelling
down the ramp and was soon drowned out by a hostile Ontario
crowd. Yuta said, “Bring her out.” And out came Shafir,
dragging Mina Shirakawa locked in Mother’s Milk! Back in the
ring, Garcia attacked Cassidy to stop him from helping. Yuta
grabbed some of Shirakawa’s hair and cut it! Storm was too
far away to help! Shirakawa was left lying on the ramp, with
Cassidy left lying in the ring!
Andrade El Ídolo and “Hangman” Adam Page Will Fight Down
Under
Last week, after Dynamite, Don Callis and Andrade addressed
the victory over Kenny Omega, with Callis telling the world
that Andrade came back to settle business. He knows Andrade
will be the next AEW World Champion, and “Hangman” Adam Page
will find out that when you get in the way, you get run
over. Andrade thanked Callis and told Page he’s in his way.
Page also spoke after last week’s Dynamite, and admitted he
wanted and needed it to be Kenny Omega at Grand Slam
Australia because if he’s going to challenge for the AEW
World Championship, he needed to know he could beat the man
he once beat for it. But he doesn’t get that. He gets one of
the very best in Andrade. See you down under.
Jet Set Rodeo Wants All the Gold
Two-thirds of the AEW World Trios Champions, “Speedball”
Mike Bailey and “The Jet” Kevin Knight, are still looking
for challengers, even as “Hangman” Adam Page has his sights
set on the AEW World Title. Knight thinks they could also go
after singles titles. Bailey said in 2026, Jet Set Rodeo is
coming for all the gold.
AEW World Tag Team Championship #1 Contenders Match: Young
Bucks (Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson) def. The Rascalz
(Dezmond Xavier and Myron Reed) and Private Party (Marq Quen
and Isiah Kassidy)
The Young Bucks got a massive welcome with some home-court
advantage, as they were just down the road from their home
of Rancho Cucamonga, California. After The Rascalz made
their entrance, we found out the wild card team: Marq Quen
and Isiah Kassidy, former AEW World Tag Team Champions,
Private Party!
It was all Private Party to start against Xavier and the
debuting Reed! The Young Bucks entered for the first time to
face the team that beat them for the AEW World Tag Team
Titles. Matt took out Kassidy on the outside with a dive,
while Quen got a German suplex combination. Back in the
ring, the Bucks put Kassidy down with an assisted
facebuster. The Rascalz came back in to double-team Nick
Jackson before Reed skied over the top with a dive to Matt
on the outside. Quen caught Xavier with a dropkick and then
provided Kassidy with a platform to launch his body over the
top to Jackson and Reed on the outside. Everyone except for
Xavier wound up on the floor, so he went to the top rope and
took everyone out with a shooting star press!
Private Party wound up back in control once some order was
restored and had Nick trapped for a double-team until Nick
ran up the ropes and took both Quen and Kassidy down! Matt
tagged in and knocked the Rascalz off the apron. He trapped
Kassidy for a pair of Northern Lights suplexes and added
Quen for a third. Matt dove through the ropes with a pair of
boots for the Rascalz, but turned back into Private Party.
Matt escaped the double team by hopping over the top to
deliver a stunner on Xavier to the floor! Nick hit a pair of
running knees and a bulldog combo to take down Private
Party. The Bucks went to opposite turnbuckles with a
senton/elbow drop combo on Private Party, but Kassidy kicked
out! We saw the new boss of The Opps, HOOK, in a luxury box,
taking in the match.
With Kassidy in the ropes, Nick stomped him in the back, but
Kassidy adjusted with a head scissors to Matt in midair!
Private Party was able to isolate the Bucks again, and with
Nick on Quen’s shoulders, Kassidy jumped off his back into a
swinging flatliner on Matt! Private Party hit an assisted
cutter on Nick, but Xavier was in to break up the pin!
Private Party hit an assisted DDT on Xavier, but Reed
stopped them from hitting another by dropping Kassidy on his
face. Reed ate a superkick from Matt. Quen dropped Matt with
a side effect, but immediately ate a superkick from Nick.
Nick missed a kick on Kassidy, so he nailed one of his own.
Nick was able to come back with another superkick, and all
six men were down! There was a brief moment of offense, but
all six men were quickly back down.
Xavier and Matt slugged it out in the middle of the ring
until Matt was launched into an accidental superkick by
Nick. The Bucks hit stereo kicks, and Nick went to the
apron, as Matt lifted Xavier, but Kassidy pulled Nick to the
floor. Back in the ring, Xavier hit a poisonrana on Matt, as
Reed skied over the top with a cutter to the floor on
Kassidy that took out Nick and Quen! Xavier hit a Cancun
Tornado on Matt, followed by a 450 from Reed, but Nick made
the save for his brother on the pin attempt!
Xavier catapulted Matt up for a superkick from Reed, but
Nick cut it off with a superkick of his own! Reed avoided a
pair of superkicks but came off the ropes and ate a pair on
the way down. Xavier suffered the same fate, and when Quen
came off the top, he also dropped into a pair of superkicks.
The Bucks nailed the BTE Trigger on Quen! They followed with
the flipping piledriver on Reed to get the pinfall. The
Young Bucks are the #1 contenders to FTR’s AEW World Tag
Team Championships!
And here comes Dax Harwood, Cash Wheeler and Big Stoke! FTR
got in the ring, leaving Stokely in his wheelchair on the
floor, and said they came in peace. Harwood recited all the
accomplishments of both teams and admitted that, at one
time, he was jealous of the Bucks. They tried to respond, so
Harwood pulled the mic away. But now the Bucks are sitting
comfortably in second place. FTR said they’ve been
successful in every company they’ve been in, whereas the
Bucks had to create a company to be successful. The Bucks
tried to talk again, but the mic was pulled away again. That
was enough, so the Bucks took down FTR with superkicks and
grabbed the AEW World Tag Team Titles. The Bucks grabbed
Stoke’s wheelchair before he could get away and feigned
hitting him with superkicks before leaving him with the
titles.
Will Ospreay Wonders If Things Will Be the Same When He
Returns
As the journey of Will Ospreay’s return to the ring
continues, he wondered aloud how things will be when he
returns. But he will answer every single question…when he
returns.
AEW Women’s World Championship Strap Match: “The Toxic
Spider” Thekla def. “The Cosmic Killer” Kris Statlander (c)
- NEW AEW WOMEN’S WORLD CHAMPION
Before the main event, we took a look at the events that
brought us to Brody King challenging MJF for the AEW World
Title at Grand Slam Australia!
A leather strap connected the two women, and the first
pinfall or submission will determine the winner. At the
jump, Statlander’s power was too much for Thekla, as she
dragged the challenger all over the ring before Thekla
bailed to the floor. Statlander had to follow, so Thekla
whipped her in the face with the strap! That pissed
Statlander off, so she sent Thekla into the ring post and
continued the assault around the ringside area. Statlander
sent Thekla to the steps, but Thekla jumped on top and
pulled Statlander head-first into the steps. Statlander came
up bleeding from the head!
Thekla controlled the champion and began to paint the canvas
with her blood! Thekla trapped Statlander over the ropes
with a tarantula, but she celebrated too long and wound up
choked by Statlander with the strap! Thekla escaped with a
rake to the eyes and pulled Statlander into the ropes to
knock her down. Thekla went to the top with a crossbody and
got a two-count. Danielson praised Thekla’s “strap
awareness.”
Thekla dropped into her spider walk, so Statlander pulled
her down by the strap and then yanked her into a crescent
kick. Statlander punished Thekla in the corner and pulled
her into a powerslam for a near-fall. Statlander and Thekla
battled on the top turnbuckle, with Thekla getting knocked
down only to rise back up and smack Statlander across the
face with repeated strap shots! Thekla nailed a spider
suplex and pulled herself back up to the top turnbuckle, but
Statlander recovered and whipped Thekla in the back and then
the chest. Statlander hit a discus lariat for a near-fall!
The two fought from their knees back to their feet until
Statlander wrapped the strap around Thekla and pulled her
back to the mat. Statlander nailed a blue thunder bomb for a
two-count!
Statlander whipped herself on the shoulders to fire herself
up, but that gave Thekla time to recover and escape
Statlander’s grasp. She put Statlander on her knees and
wrapped the strap around her neck. Statlander avoided a
running kick and tied up Thekla in the strap so she could
whip her in the back. Statlander picked up Thekla for
Staturday Night Fever and connected! Skye Blue got on the
apron to distract the referee as Julia Hart tried to attack
Statlander, but she got a strap across the stomach for her
troubles! Statlander knocked Blue off the apron, but turned
right into a spear from Thekla! Thekla tied Statlander’s
hands behind her back and nailed a stomp to get the pinfall!
THEKLA IS THE NEW AEW WOMEN’S WORLD CHAMPION!
After the match, Triangle of Madness continued to put the
boots to Statlander, but she was saved by The Brawling
Birds, Jamie Hayer and Alex Windsor! The NEW AEW Women’s
World Champion, Thekla, celebrated with Triangle of Madness
on the ramp as Dynamite came to a close!
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