Posted on 4/02/126 by Bob Magee
AEW Dynamite was LIVE from Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, on
TBS and HBO Max! And it was an incredibly epic night!
Things got off to a hot start on Wednesday as we saw the
return of Chris Jericho! And things only escalated from
there, as the contract signing for the AEW World
Championship Match at AEW Dynasty between MJF and Kenny
Omega led to a main event featuring MJF taking on
“Speedball” Mike Bailey in a Championship Eliminator Match!
Before Omega could leave the ring, he was then in a six-man
tag match alongside Brody King and AEW National Champion
“Jungle” Jack Perry, taking on The Demand! And that wasn’t
the only six-person tag action we saw on Wednesday, as Mina
Shirakawa teamed with the Brawling Birds to take down
Triangle of Madness.
All that and much more went down on Dynamite in Winnipeg!
Here are your complete results!
Chris Jericho is Back in All Elite Wrestling!
We kicked off tonight’s Dynamite with Tony Schiavone in the
ring, ready to host the contract signing for the AEW World
Championship Match between MJF and Kenny Omega for AEW
Dynasty on April 12 in Vancouver! As Schiavone started to
speak, pyro went off at the entrance ramp. Schiavone
apologized for the technical difficulties, only for the pyro
to go off again – but this time, bigger and louder.
Moments later, the familiar strains of “Judas” blasted
through the Canada Life Centre, as Chris Jericho made his
stunning return to AEW! We had last seen Jericho last April,
and the fans in Winnipeg were clearly thrilled to see him!
They serenaded him through two full choruses of Judas, then
kept singing as the music faded. Jericho soaked it all in
for a moment, then simply said, “Winnipeg … AEW … I’m home!”
And with that, Judas played again, as Jericho made his way
to the back!
Will Ospreay Attacks Jon Moxley Backstage!
The Aerial Assassin was scheduled for a match against the
Death Riders’ PAC later tonight, but apparently Ospreay
didn’t want to wait! Backstage, he attacked Mox, throwing
him into a stack of kegs, then taking out Wheeler Yuta when
Yuta tried to pull Ospreay off of Mox! Security was able to
peel Ospreay away, as he yelled that he was going to
“****ing kill” Moxley.
AEW World Championship Match Contract Signing Between MJF
and Kenny Omega
From that chaotic scene, we went back to the ring, where AEW
World Champion MJF was set to make his entrance for the
contract signing with Omega. The champion confidently walked
to the ring, then took a seat in the far chair. Omega was
out next, much to the delight of his hometown Winnipeg
crowd! If Omega got physical, he would forfeit his title
match at Dynasty – but if MJF got violent, he would forfeit
the title!
As Omega took his seat, MJF signed on the dotted line, and
Omega did likewise, with neither man wasting any time. MJF
started to talk trash, but the challenger cut off the
champion immediately.
“Shut your mouth. Heck, since we’re in Canada, allow me –
fermez la bouche, Max.”
Omega said that he knows what kind of speech MJF has
prepared for tonight, even calling out Max’s new hair plugs.
But Omega said that this wasn’t going to go the way Max
planned. Omega said that MJF would have all the fans
believing that AEW’s momentum is all because of him, but
Omega isn’t that stupid. He knows that all the people here
aren’t here for MJF. They’re here to watch the best wrestle.
Omega wasn’t here for an exchange of words. He’s interested
in the belt, and nothing else. Omega was on death’s doorstep
not long ago, but his friends and family stood alongside him
the whole time, because they knew they wanted something
better than MJF as world champion. And if Omega can be the
antithesis of what MJF is as a wrestler, then maybe Omega
can live up to the lofty moniker of “The God of Professional
Wrestling.”
MJF took the mic and mockingly applauded Omega, tauntingly
asking if this is really Omega at 100%. MJF said that Omega
is far from healthy, and that he could sit there and talk
about the fact that much like Omega’s “talentless
boyfriend,” Kota Ibushi, Omega is one stiff wind away from
retirement. But MJF didn’t want to talk about all that. He
wanted to talk about what keeps Omega up at night.
At that point, MJF asked if people were wondering why Kenny
wanted the belt so badly. MJF said that the reason is that
before Omega returned to AEW recently, doctors told him that
his diverticulitis is at the point where his “intestines can
explode” – any time, any moment, anywhere. Omega’s stomach,
his career, hell, his life, is on a fast-winding clock. And
Omega might be on a mission to secure his legacy, but the
news gets worse. At Dynasty, when the Devil is through with
him, all of Omega’s disciples all around the world will have
to be ashamed of their God, who they’ll have to admit is
nothing other than a false idol who would be better off
dead.
That raised Omega’s ire, but “Speedball” Mike Bailey came
out to cool Omega down and prevent him from getting physical
with Max and losing his AEW World Championship opportunity.
Bailey said that everyone got it – MJF was just trying to
goad Omega into physicality so MJF didn’t have to fight
Omega at Dynasty. But MJF should be thanking Omega, because
without Omega, there is no AEW – and without AEW, there is
no MJF. Speedball said that MJF needs to respect the fact
that Omega is a living legend, and the only place that MJF
is a living legend is inside of his mind. So maybe some of
that ego and arrogance would go away if Speedball kicked MJF
in the head! He wanted a fight right here, tonight!
Omega then said that he had spoken to MJF’s doctors, too.
And while Omega is missing about 24 inches of his
intestines, he’d rather be missing his intestines than
missing his balls, like MJF.
Max balked, asking if Omega thought he wouldn’t fight
Speedball? The champ said he’d be happy to fight Speedball
tonight, but that he was going to make an example of him.
And lastly, Canada is a dump. MJF hails from the greatest
country in the world. And tonight, Speedball would be
wrestling an American Hero.
It was made official – Speedball vs. MJF in an AEW World
Championship Eliminator Match in the main event of Dynasty!
Kenny Omega, AEW National Champion “Jungle” Jack Perry and
Brody King def. The Demand (Ricochet, Bishop Kaun and Toa
Liona)
As Speedball and Omega were still in the ring following the
contract signing, we heard the music of The Demand, as
Ricochet, Kaun and Liona made their way down the ramp. Next
came Brody King, followed by AEW National Champion “Jungle”
Jack Perry!
The bell rang, and Omega and Ricochet faced off from their
opposing corners, but Ricochet tagged out to Kaun rather
than get into it with Omega. Kaun and Omega exchanged side
headlocks, only for Ricochet to knee Omega in the back as
Kaun backed him into the ropes. The Demand used that
opportunity to beat down Omega and isolate him in The
Demand’s corner, before Ricochet tagged in. Omega recovered
enough for Ricochet to want to tag back out, but Omega
flattened him and tagged in King! King smashed Ricochet with
a senton and went for a pin attempt.
GOA came in to break up the pin, which led to all six men
brawling in the ring, then spilling to the outside, where
Perry took out the opposition with a big-time moonsault!
Back in the ring, King looked to suplex Ricochet, but
members of each team kept blocking the attempt, until all
six men were locked into a triple suplex by Omega & Co.! But
The Demand recovered, as GOA Ricochet and Kaun low-bridged
Perry in the ring, setting the AEW National Champion up to
get steamrolled by Liona as we went to break!
Back from commercial, The Demand continued to dominate
Perry, while Omega tried in vain to make himself available
for a tag. Despite repeated double-teams and triple-teams,
Perry finally fought off the opposition, making a tag to
Omega, who came in and cleared house, Cleaner-style, taking
out Kaun with the You Can’t Escape for a two-count before
Ricochet broke up the pin attempt. Ricochet and Kaun tried
to double-team Omega, but he took both out with snap dragon
suplexes, then attempted a third on Liona, only for the big
man to fight out and take a swipe at King for good measure.
That might have been ill-advised, as King took it upon
himself to get involved, stacking up The Demand in the
corner for a huge cannonball, then double-teaming Kaun along
with Omega. But Kaun was able to send both to the outside
before taking out Perry in the ring, as Liona destroyed
Omega, King and Perry on the outside in quick succession,
before Ricochet hit tope suicidas on all three opponents!
Kaun then suplexed Omega and Ricochet came crashing in with
a 450 splash for a two-count! But Omega kicked out!
King recovered enough to fend off The Demand and help out
Omega, leading to King hitting a dive of his own to the
outside on GOA! But Ricochet sneaked back into the ring to
crush Omega with a springboard dive, then took out King on
the outside! Ricochet went for a 450 splash on Omega, but
The God of Pro Wrestling evaded and hit a leaping knee! He
went for another, but Ricochet dodged and hit a poisonrana!
On the outside, GOA double-teamed King, sending him into the
barricade. But King countered, taking out Liona over the
guardrail and through the timekeeper’s table! Ricochet went
for the Spirit Gun, but Omega dodged, only for Ricochet to
hit a thrust kick and an enzuigiri, followed by Vertigo for
another two-count! But Omega kicked out again! Kaun passed
the National Championship to Ricochet, but Perry took out
Kaun, then ripped the belt away from Ricochet! Omega
recovered and hit the V-Trigger and the One-Winged Angel for
the win!
TBS Champion Willow Nightingale Issues an Open Challenge for
Collision
Backstage, the TBS Champion greeted the city of Winnipeg,
and said that with tomorrow night’s very special edition of
Collision, she wants to defend the championship. She wants
to wrestle the very best, and knowing the AEW roster, she
knows her opponent will be one of the very best. So she’ll
be looking forward to a fight tomorrow night on Collision!
Adam Copeland and Christian Cage are Hunting for FTR
Backstage, Renee Paquette had gotten word that Cope and Cage
had arrived, and she was looking to get a word with them.
Both were wielding chairs, and when Paquette stopped them,
Cope said that tonight’s not the night. He knows that Renee
is just doing her job, but they were here to take out FTR –
and anyone who gets in their way.
Cage seemed to rear back with the chair, only for Cope to
insist that Renee is NOT in their way. Paquette gave Cope a
“what the hell?” look, but Cope was at a loss. All he could
do was follow Cage deeper into the arena, as we went to
commercial.
Back from the break, Cage and Cope had located what they
thought was FTR’s locker room, but Dax, Cash and Stoke were
nowhere to be found. Instead, the Don Callis Family’s Trent
Beretta and Rocky Romero were seated. They told Cage and
Cope that FTR weren’t here because they were going to be on
Collision TOMORROW, so Cage and Cope responded that they
guessed they’d be here for Collision tomorrow, then said
that it looks like Trent and Rocky were in their way, so
they took them out with the chairs and told them to make
sure FTR got the message!
Will Ospreay def. PAC of the Death Riders
“The Bastard” PAC made his entrance first, entering through
one of the tunnels and making his way through the crowd, as
we heard from Renee Paquette about the mindset of both of
the competitors in this match. Ospreay’s music hit next, but
as The Aerial Assassin made his way down the ramp, he was
ambushed by PAC, who had sneaked around to the side of the
entrance ramp! PAC took out Ospreay with a brainbuster on
the stage! The doctors came out to check on Ospreay and
tried to talk him out of participating in the match. But
Ospreay wasn’t about to give up on this fight, so after
finding his footing, he crawled into the ring – where PAC
was waiting for him! The Bastard put the boots to The Aerial
Assassin as we went to break!
Back from commercial, PAC maintained the momentum briefly,
before Ospreay seemed to finally shake off the pre-match
assault and the damage he had suffered in the early going,
turning the tide against PAC. PAC eventually went for a
moonsault off the top, but Ospreay caught him and reversed
it into a brainbuster before going to the top himself for a
450 splash and a two-count!
Ospreay was clearly still feeling the effects of PAC’s
assault, as he grabbed at his neck and left shoulder, while
PAC rolled to the outside. Ospreay climbed to the top, only
for The Bastard to spring up to the apron and knock Will to
the other side, as the two exchanged blows over the
turnbuckles. Ospreay gained the upper hand with a shoulder
to the gut and went for a sunset-flip powerbomb on the
outside, but PAC blocked, leading to a DDT onto the floor on
Ospreay by PAC!
Ospreay seemed to be in trouble, as PAC went back into the
ring and the ref started to count to 10, but The Aerial
Assassin slid into the ring just in time to break the count
– only for PAC to immediately lock in The Brutalizer!
Ospreay managed to get to the ropes, but the torque on his
arms and neck only exacerbated the previous damage, as we
went to commercial!
Back from the break, PAC continued to pick at Ospreay,
literally keeping his foot on The Aerial Assassin’s neck.
But Ospreay’s resolve was too strong, as he rose to his
feet, grinned, and started to exchange blows with PAC in the
middle of the ring! The two men battled back and forth, with
PAC scoring a two-count on a bridging German Suplex, before
Ospreay finally got PAC up for a Styles Clash! But because
of the damage done to his neck and upper body, he wasn’t
able to follow up with a pin attempt in time, and PAC kicked
out at two!
Ospreay climbed to the top rope, but PAC tripped him up,
then took a moment to catch his breath against the ropes and
talked some trash to the fans. PAC then climbed up behind
Ospreay and went for a top-rope poisonrana, but Ospreay
flipped through – only for PAC to catch him with a
hurricanrana for a two-count! Ospreay went for a Tiger
Driver, but PAC countered, tossing The Aerial Assassin
skyward then landing a huge lariat on Ospreay, then turning
him upside down for a Tombstone piledriver. But rather than
go for the pin, PAC dragged Ospreay into position, then
climbed to the top for the Black Arrow, then put Ospreay
into The Brutalizer, as The Aerial Assassin was all but
lifeless. PAC had Ospreay locked in the hold for nearly a
full minute, but when The Bastard tried to re-position
Ospreay to keep him away from the ropes, Ospreay rolled
through and pinned PAC for the three-count! Ospreay wins!
PAC was beside himself, as he attacked Ospreay after the
match was over – but Ospreay recovered enough to hit a
Hidden Blade! But with PAC leveled, Daniel Garcia and
Wheeler Yuta of the Death Riders came out to continue the
beatdown of Ospreay. They were then joined by Claudio
Castagnoli, wielding a chair, as Jon Moxley and Marina
Shafir lurked on the outside. Claudio set up Ospreay’s neck
in the chair and went to stomp across the back of it, but
Mox stopped him, then grabbed a microphone, saying that
Ospreay is OK. Look at the situation Ospreay has found
himself in – there are six of them, and one of him. How did
Ospreay think this was going to go?
This could have been a real, real bad night for Ospreay, Mox
said, but instead, the Continental Champion had some advice
for Ospreay: Next time, use your head, or you might lose it.
Permanently. This isn’t personal for Mox – and he warned
Ospreay not to make it personal.
Mina Shirakawa & Brawling Birds (Jamie Hayter and Alex
Windsor) def. Triangle of Madness (AEW Women’s World
Champion Thekla, Skye Blue and Julia Hart)
You weren’t dreaming – Triangle of Madness made their
entrance first, followed by Shirakawa and the Birds. And
while Mina did her usual dance, she was clearly laser-
focused on taking out Thekla & Co.
We started with Mina and Thekla in the ring, as the AEW
Women’s World Champion mocked Shirakawa multiple times. Blue
tagged in for Triangle, and after dodging a kick from Mina,
she mocked Shirakawa, as well. But Mina got the last laugh
with a slingblade on Blue before tagging in Windsor. Windsor
ran the ropes and made a blind tag to Hayter, as the Birds
laid in some tandem offense on Blue! Windsor, Shirakawa and
Hayter continued the triple-team offense on Blue, but the
Sister of Sin got a foot on the rope when Mina went for a
pin!
Blue ran both Hayter and Windsor off the apron, then slammed
into Shirakawa and turned back to talk trash to the Birds.
With the ref distracted, Thekla took the chance to pick at
Shirakawa, coming crashing down with both feet across the
back of Shirakawa as she was hanging on the apron. The
Triangle of Madness were in control as we went to
commercial!
Back from the break, all six women were down after a triple
suplex by Shirakawa and the Brawling Birds. Thekla and
Windsor got to their feet first, exchanging blows, before
Mina tagged in and went to work on the AEW Women’s World
Champion. Shirakawa went for a figure-four leglock, but
Thekla fought it off. Blue came in to attack Shirakawa, but
Windsor fought her off, which brought Hart in, and Hayter
came in to fight her off! Shirakawa and Thekla headbutted
each other, and both women were down!
Shirakawa sent a charging Blue to the outside and made the
tag. The Birds took out Hart, but Thekla looked to use the
brass knuckles on Windsor! Windsor caught her, though, and
disarmed her, allowing Hayter to lay out Hart with Hayterade
for the win!
Darby Allin Calls Out MJF, Then Sees God
Allin had a microphone and insisted that production cut his
music. He said that he’d told MJF he would keep his foot on
the throttle until he won the championship or saw God, and
he hadn’t seen God yet. Why are they playing games with the
Don Callis Family? It’s because MJF is scared. And he
doesn’t care what happens at Dynasty, honestly, as long as
someone puts an end to MJF’s bull shit! So why doesn’t MJF
come out here right now?
Enter the Don Callis Family, whom Callis said had been paid
a lot of money to take care of MJF’s dirty work. But Callis
had a message for Allin – if Darby can beat a member of the
Family at Dynasty, then MJF will grant Allin a title shot.
And the perfect member for Allin to face is … Andrade! MJF
also paid for one more thing, Callis said, and that was for
the Family to take out Allin!
But Brody King and “Jungle” Jack Perry weren’t going to just
sit back and let that happen! They cleared the Family from
the ring, as Kenny Omega’s music hit once more! The God of
Pro Wrestling made his way down the ramp and exchanged a few
words with Allin before making his way to the announce desk
to be on commentary for the main event!
AEW World Championship Eliminator Match: MJF (c) def. AEW
World Trios Champion “Speedball” Mike Bailey
AEW World Champion MJF was out first for this one – and when
he said Speedball would be facing an American Hero tonight,
he meant it! MJF’s entrance was America-fied, with his
burberry accoutrements decked out in red, white and blue.
And as if that weren’t enough, when MJF made his way to the
middle of the ring, he put his hand over his heart as a
giant MJF-themed American flag unfurled from the ceiling
behind him!
Speedball was out next, with a Canadian flag draped over his
shoulders and accompanied by his JetSpeed tag team partner,
“The Jet” Kevin Knight! Speedball’s gear was Canadian-themed
as well. But before the bell rang, MJF attacked Speedball
from behind!
Referee Bryce Remsburg checked on Bailey, who said that he
was good, and the bell rang. MJF charged at Speedball in the
corner, but Bailey ducked and hit the champ with a series of
forearms. When Bailey went to unleash his kicks on Max in
the corner, MJF pulled Remsburg in the way, allowing MJF to
gain the upper hand! Max and Speedball went to the outside,
where MJF threw Bailey into the ring steps, then tossed him
back into the ring, raking at Bailey’s eyes then locking in
a headlock.
As the crowd started to get behind Speedball, he fired back
at MJF, only for the World Champion to catch Bailey and
crush him with an insane powerbomb/backbreaker for a two-
count. MJF mocked Speedball with a Crane pose, but Speedball
responded with a leg sweep to take down the champ. MJF
responded with a thumb to Speedball’s eye, but that only
fired up Bailey, as he unleashed a series of kicks on MJF,
stunning the champ, then hitting a standing moonsault for a
two-count. MJF tried to recover on the apron, but Speedball
gave chase with a thrust kick to the chin, followed
instantly by a triangle moonsault that wiped out MJF!
Bailey threw the champ back into the ring, then hit a
springboard dropkick that sent MJF crashing to the mat.
Speedball kept up the offense, climbing to the top and
looking for the Ultima Weapon, but MJF rolled outside of the
ring. Back in the middle, Speedball caught MJF in a
backslide for a two-count, then another, before locking the
champ in a straightjacket for another two-count, then
another thrust kick on the chin! But MJF recovered just
enough to land a couple of kicks himself on MJF, only for
Speedball to counter MJF coming off the ropes into a
standing Spanish Fly variant for another two-count! The
crowd chanted, “This is awesome!”
Both men showed the signs of their intense battle so far,
but after a moment, MJF tried to set up Speedball for The
Heatseeker. Bailey countered, but MJF caught him for another
massive powerbomb for a two-count! Both men were down after
that exchange of offense!
Speedball rolled to the apron, as MJF gave chase and looked
for The Heatseeker once more. Bailey blocked, but MJF
countered Speedball’s reversal and took him out with a
baseball slide, sending him crashing to the floor outside
the ring. Max taunted the crowd as the ref started to count
to 10. Bailey got back on the apron, and MJF went for The
Heatseeker again, but Bailey countered, sending Max to the
outside then taking him out with a springboard moonsault as
we went to break!
Back from commercial, Speedball was perched atop the top
rope, looking for Ultima Weapon once again, but MJF dodged,
and Bailey got the worst of it. The two men fought on the
apron, only for Bailey to fend off a piledriver attempt by
MJF, crushing the champion with the flipping double knees!
Speedball went for Ultima Weapon once more, and once more,
MJF rolled out of the way, but Speedball rolled through.
Speedball maintained the advantage, hitting a snap-dragon
suplex right out of Omega’s playbook, then hitting MJF right
on the chin with a spin kick! Speedball set MJF up for an
Ultima Weapon off of the second rope. Bailey went for the
pin, but MJF got his foot on the rope!
Speedball lifted MJF up onto the top turnbuckle, but the
champ fought him off, falling to the apron. Bailey met him
out there and went for the double knees again, but MJF
dodged. Max hit Speedball with a Tombstone piledriver on the
apron, then hit The Heatseeker for the win, staring Omega
dead in the eyes as he got the three count! After a bit of
celebration, MJF assaulted Speedball further, but Omega
chased him off.
Catch AEW Collision on a special night of Thursday, at 8
p.m. ET/7 p.m. CT on TNT and streaming on HBO Max, from
Canada Life Centre in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada!
And remember… We are AEW—Where The Best Wrestle!