Posted on 4/13/126 by Bob Magee

AEW Dynasty was in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada for
the first time, and when it was all said and done, it was a
night fans will never forget!
The main event saw “The God of Professional Wrestling” Kenny
Omega face AEW World Champion “The Devil” MJF. While it
looked like Omega had won the AEW World Title following a
One-Winged Angel, it was MJF’s underhanded tactics that
saved his reign and kept the AEW World Title around his
waist to end another historic event.
Darby Allin defeated Andrade El Ídolo in an outstanding
match to earn a shot at the AEW World Title. And he
indicated that this week’s Dynamite, which takes place in
Everett, Washington, where he first began training, might be
the right time to make it all happen – something AEW CEO &
GM Tony Khan confirmed in the post-Dynasty media scrum.
AEW Continental Champion Jon Moxley beat Will Ospreay to
keep his title, although he suffered a ton of punishment
along the way. It was Ospreay’s inability to stay focused on
beating Moxley for the title instead of being set on revenge
that ultimately cost him.
In addition to Andrade’s loss, the Don Callis Family also
suffered a loss when the Young Bucks beat AEW International
Champion “The Rainmaker” Kazuchika Okada and NJPW World TV
Champion “The Alpha” Konosuke Takeshita, when Takeshita
finally had enough of Okada and let him fend for himself at
the end of the match.
We also crowned new champions at Dynasty. “The Jet” Kevin
Knight won the Casino Gauntlet for the vacant TNT Title, and
Kyle O’Reilly returned to tag with Orange Cassidy and
Roderick Strong to defeat The Dogs for the AEW World Trios
Titles and bring some gold back to The Conglomeration.
However, AEW Women’s World Champion Thekla and AEW World Tag
Team Champions FTR retained their respective titles.
Here's everything that happened at AEW Dynasty and Zero Hour
on April 12, 2026, including your full results and match
recaps.
AEW Zero Hour: Alex Windsor def. Marina Shafir
Our first match on Zero Hour brought Shafir and Windsor
together at the bell, with Windsor leveling Shafir with a
clothesline to send her to the floor. Windsor came off the
apron with a cannonball to take Shafir down again! Windsor
threw Shafir back in the ring and continued to pound away
until Shafir caught her in an armbar. Windsor broke the
hold, but damage was clearly done. Shafir missed a charge to
the corner and was sent over the ropes to the apron. Windsor
tried to stay on Shafir, but was caught in another
armbreaker over the ropes! Windsor fell to the floor, so
Shafir kicked her and sent her flying into the barricade.
Shafir broke the count and went back to the floor to stand
on Windsor’s chest!
Shafir threw Windsor back in the ring and stayed on the arm
with judo throws while maintaining wrist control. Shafir dug
her foot into Windsor’s face, much to the chagrin of the
Vancouver crowd. Shafir locked on a full nelson and then
threw Windsor back to the mat. Windsor tried to get free in
the corner, but Shafir sent her hard to the opposite buckle
and back again. Shafir missed a running kick and went over
the top to the floor! Shafir came back in and grabbed
Windsor’s leg, so Windsor used an up kick. Shafir
cartwheeled away and came back to put Windsor back in the
corner. Windsor came flying out with a shoulder tackle and
then followed up with another! She took Shafir down again
with a flying headbutt and fed off the crowd! Windsor tried
to put Shafir in a Scorpion Death Lock. Still, Shafir
reversed it into a pinning predicament, and Windsor got out
just in time. Shafir dropped Windsor with a nasty uranage
and then locked in a double wrist lock, but Windsor rolled
her up for a near-fall. Windsor took three stiff shots from
Shafir, but battled back to turn things around. Shafir
stopped Windsor with repeated knees to the body, taking the
air out of her. Windsor hit a desperation headbutt, and
Shafir came back with a big foot to the face.
Shafir kicked Windsor in the chest, but Windsor sat up and
asked for another, so Shafir obliged. Windsor got back to
her feet and tried a headbutt, so Shafir avoided it and
nearly pinned Windsor for the victory. Windsor shook off
another stiff shot from Shafir and caught Shafir’s leg on a
kick attempt. She followed with a pair of headbutts and
connected with a Blue Thunder Bomb to put Shafir down for
the three count! While Windsor celebrated, Shafir had a
smile on her face, much like she did last night when Jamie
Hayter pinned her in a tag team match.
AEW Zero Hour: Kamille def. Big Anne
Earlier today, TBS Champion Willow Nightingale spoke with
Renee Paquette and wanted to continue the TBS Title open
challenge tonight – but she was viciously attacked out of
nowhere by a returning Kamille! Kamille repeatedly threw
Nightingale into a garage door and left her lying, but not
before stopping to say, “I’m back, baby.”
With Nightingale medically disqualified from competing
tonight, Kamille stepped in to wrestle her return match. And
Kamille picked up Big Anne and took her to the corner right
at the bell! She unloaded on Anne with strikes and kicks and
sent her to the opposite corner. Kamille followed with a
splash and a short-arm clothesline. Kamille soaked up the
boos from the crowd and chucked Anne across the ring before
leveling her with a big boot! Kamille put Big Anne up for
the torture rack and then spun her into a sitout powerbomb
for a quick, dominant victory in her return.
Willow Nightingale came down to the ring with her shoulder
still taped up and medical staff trying to stop her. Kamille
attacked Nightingale as she got in the ring and punished her
in the corner. Kamille hit a pair of running splashes in the
corner, followed by a pump kick that took Nightingale off
her feet! Kamille enjoyed her handiwork while Nightingale
writhed in pain on the mat.
AEW Zero Hour: AEW National Championship: “Jungle” Jack
Perry (c) def. Mark Davis of the Don Callis Family
Davis threw Perry away at the bell, and Perry took a minute
to gather himself before going after Davis again. And once
again, Davis sent Perry right back down to the mat. Perry
tried to take a little more time, but came up with strikes
that didn’t do much until he finally knocked Davis to the
floor. Perry dove over the top rope, but Davis caught him
and started to run Perry to the other side of the ring.
Perry slipped off and sent Davis into the steel post! Perry
grabbed the post and swung around it to nail Davis with a
kick! Perry went to the top, but Davis got back to his feet
and launched Perry off the top, crashing to the mat. With
Perry down in the corner, Davis hit a lunging elbow shot to
Perry’s face. Davis knelt on Perry for the cover, but Perry
kicked out to keep his AEW National Title alive! Davis
slammed Perry down and followed with a senton splash, but
Perry kicked out again.
Davis tried to grind Perry down with a chinlock, so Perry
fought his way out of it and stunned Davis with a
jawbreaker. Davis charged at Perry, but he went over the top
on a low bridge. Perry went to the top and moonsaulted onto
Perry on the floor! Perry threw Davis back in and went to
the top again, but Davis met him there until Perry fought
him off and back to the mat. Davis avoided Perry coming off
the top, but Perry adjusted and rolled through to the
opposite corner. Perry hit Sliced Bread #2, but Davis kicked
out! Perry tried to deadlift Davis for a piledriver, but
failed twice, and Davis dumped him over the ropes to the
apron. Davis crashed into Perry, sending him flying into the
barricade.
Davis picked Perry up on the apron and lifted him for a
vertical suplex, but released him onto his shoulders and
neck, causing him to crash onto the apron and then the
floor! Davis threw him back in, but Perry kicked out! Davis
turned Perry inside out with a lariat, and again, Perry
barely beat the count! Davis picked up Perry, but he hung
onto Davis’ leg. Davis pounded Perry down to the mat and
lifted him back up, but Perry slipped out, and Davis hit a
short, backdrop suplex. Davis appeared to go for Close Your
Eyes and Count to Three, but Perry reversed it into a DDT!
Perry let out a big yell and finally deadlifted Davis up for
a piledriver! Davis kicked out at the last possible moment!
Perry tried to hit a running knee, but Davis caught it, so
Perry came back with a superkick. Davis came back with an
enzigiri and went to the ropes, but Perry was waiting for
him with a hurricanrana, hooking him for the three-count and
a successful AEW National Championship defense!
AEW Zero Hour: AEW Women’s World Tag Team Championship:
Divine Dominion (“Megasus” Megan Bayne & “Colossal” Lena
Kross) (c) def. Hyan & Maya World
World and Kross began this championship affair. Kross put
World down with a shoulder tackle, but World sprang right
back up! Kross missed a clothesline, and World hit an
enzuigiri that sent Kross sprawling to her corner. Bayne
tagged in and quickly took down World with a shoulder
tackle. The world got away from Bayne to tag Hyan. Hyan hit
a dropkick and a short-range elbow on Bayne before a quick
combination that got her just a one-count! Bayne slammed
Hyan into the corner, but when Bayne came charging back in,
Hyan reversed it into a hurricanrana! Hyan went to the top
and came down with the crossbody on Bayne, but Bayne kicked
out at one again! Bayne brought Hyan to her corner and
tagged Kross. Bayne put Hyan on the top turnbuckle only to
knock her down to the floor. Kross slammed Hyan face-first
into the apron. Kross stomped Hyan in the corner and tagged
Bayne. Bayne punished Hyan with shoulder thrusts and a
splash, followed by a double-underhook suplex! Kross tagged
in and finished the flurry with a lariat! Hyan kicked out at
two!
Kross tagged Bayne, and pump-kicked Hyan in the corner with
Bayne following right up with one of her own. Bayne launched
Hyan with a German Suplex! Hyan kicked out again! Bayne
dragged Hyan to the corner and blasted Hyan with big shots
before tagging Kross back in. Hyan hit a desperation high
boot to the jaw of Kross, who tagged Bayne. Bayne charged at
Hyan, but went over the top on a low bridge. Bayne got back
in to knock World down on the apron and brought Hyan back to
Kross in the corner. Bayne hit Hyan with a chop and tried
another splash, but Hyan got her boot up and then knocked
Kross off the apron. Bayne charged at Hyan, who sidestepped
her, sending Bayne into the ring post!
World finally tagged in as Kross did the same on the other
side. World hit a quick succession of kicks and sent Kross
to the corner with a headscissors! World came out of the
opposite corner by running up the ropes and knocking Kross
off her feet with a dropkick! World splashed Kross and then
Bayne in the corner! Hyan tagged in and connected on a
running knee strike to Kross! World tagged back in to hit a
flipping neckbreaker combination on Kross! Kross kicked out
again! Kross broke out of a double-team with kicks to World,
then Hyan. World stopped Bayne with a jawbreaker.
Bayne put Hyan on her back and then caught World before
sending both of her opponents down with a fallaway slam!
Bayne flew out of the corner with a clothesline to World,
but World kicked out at two! Kross tagged in, and Divine
Dominion tried a double chokeslam, but Hyan came in to stop
it. Hyan was tossed away, and on the second attempt, World
reversed it into a double DDT! World got up and tagged Hyan!
Hyan and World hit basement dropkicks to knock Divine
Dominion to the floor. World held the ropes open, and Hyan
dove through to take out Bayne and Kross on the floor! World
came off the second rope with a moonsault press that had
tremendous whip for extra damage!
Back in the ring, Hyan got into a striking battle with Kross
and seemed to be in control until she ran into a pump kick
from Kross. Hyan slipped away from Kross and tried to pin
Kross with an O’Connor Roll, but Kross kicked her to the
ropes. Bayne came out of nowhere with a drive-by kick to the
side of Hyan’s head! Kross capitalized with a TKO on Hyan,
but World saved the match in the nick of time! Kross kicked
World in the face and threw her for a German Suplex as Bayne
booted World in the head! Bayne tagged back in, and Divine
Dominion finished Hyan with Divine Intervention to get the
pinfall victory and successful championship defense!
AEW Dynasty Main Card Recap
Young Bucks (Matt and Nick Jackson) def. Don Callis Family
(AEW International Champion “The Rainmaker” Kazuchika Okada
and NJPW World TV Champion “The Alpha” Konosuke Takeshita)
The Young Bucks made their entrance to a big ovation to
begin Dynasty, although it was hard not to notice how much
Vancouver loved Takeshita! Don Callis joined commentary as
AEW International Champion “The Rainmaker” Kazuchika Okada
made it rain with pyro in his entrance.
Takeshita declined Okada's handshake but started the match
without incident. Nick began for the Bucks and foolishly
tried to trade shoulder blocks with Takeshita. Takeshita
floored Nick with a flying clothesline and voluntarily
tagged Okada, although with a little extra force! They put
Nick down with a double shoulder tackle! Okada dropped an
elbow, and Takeshita followed with one of his own! Takeshita
shook Okada’s hand and went back to the apron.
Okada slammed Nick and hit a springboard senton before
pausing to mock Matt with the Young Bucks’ pose! Takeshita
tagged back in, but Nick broke up a double team and ran up
the ropes to take Okada and Takeshita down with an
armdrag/headscissors combo! Matt tagged in, and the Bucks
double-teamed Okada in the corner and hit an assisted sliced
bread, followed by a kick to Okada’s chest. The Bucks cut
Takeshita off, but he booted Matt in the face. The Bucks got
Takeshita over with a German suplex, then sent him to the
floor with a top-rope clothesline. Okada came over to calm
Takeshita down, but in the ring, Matt used some tremendous
agility to launch Nick into a moonsault from the top rope
onto Takeshita on the floor!
Back in the ring, Matt held Takeshita for a flipping
piledriver, so Okada tried to intercept Nick coming off the
top, but Nick stopped himself, and Okada crashed into the
mat! Matt held Takeshita for Nick to come off with a
dropkick to Takeshita and a senton to Okada! Matt kicked
Takeshita to the floor and held the ropes down for Nick, but
Okada cut Nick off with a flapjack to Matt’s underside!
Okada laughed as he beat up Nick on the outside, including a
nasty throw into the steel steps. Meanwhile, Takeashita
worked over Matt with a chinlock, and when he tried to fight
his way back to his feet, Takeshita absolutely floored Matt
with a big boot! Okada tagged in and drew the attention of
the referee while Takeshita slammed Matt into the commentary
desk. Just as Callis mentioned a bounty for Matt’s eye, he
took his headset off and hooked a finger into Matt’s eye!
Takeshita did some damage of his own and threw Matt back
into Okada. Okada crushed Matt with a leaping elbow in the
corner. Matt had a short flurry, which Okada quickly cut off
with a DDT, but Matt managed to kick out at two. Takeshita
tagged in, and they sent Matt to the corner. Matt caught
Takeshita and then Okada with elbows before sending each
over the top to the floor!
Takeshita pulled Matt out and pushed him to the barricade.
Matt ran at Takeshita, who launched him to the apron, but
Matt came right back with a stunner to Takeshita on the
floor! Matt went back in to make a tag, but Okada pulled
Nick off the apron and then taunted Matt. Okada DDTed Nick
on the floor and put on the Bucks’ vest and headband before
taking Nick’s place on the apron to call for a tag from
Matt! Matt didn’t laugh at the impersonation and superkicked
Okada right down to the floor! Matt ran into an exploder
from Takeshita, but was able to kick out at two! Okada
tagged back in (without the Bucks’ gear), but Matt turned
their attempt at a double-team into a double bulldog to put
Okada and Takeshita on the mat! Nick finally made the tag!
Nick peppered Okada and Takeshita with right hands and
slammed their heads together! Nick rolled off Takeshita’s
back for a kick to Okada! Callis even said he’s never seen
that before! Nick put Takeshita on the top turnbuckle and
moved when Okada charged in, so he hit Takeshita instead and
trapped him in the ropes! Okada threw Nick to the ropes, so
he went to the apron and put his shoulder into Okada’s gut.
With Okada doubled over, Nick double-stomped his back and
ran across the ring to pull Takeshita down with a
backstabber! What a sequence!
Nick reversed Okada into a cutter out of nowhere and may
have won it if not for Takeshita breaking up the pin in
time! The Bucks wound up on opposite sides of the apron and
stunned Okada and Takeshita with shoulder tackles before
flipping over the top rope at the same time to lock in
stereo Scorpion Death Locks! Takeshita stopped Okada from
tapping, and they started slapping each other! They pushed
each other up enough to break the holds!
Matt tagged in and started trading punches and strikes with
Takeshita. Nick came over and ate some more shots from
Takeshita. Takeshita stopped a superkick from Nick and threw
it into Matt! He blasted Nick with an elbow strike and then
floored Matt with a clothesline. Nick hit a roundhouse kick
on Takeshita. Okada dropped Nick over his knee with a
neckbreaker, but immediately ate a superkick from Matt!
Takeshita booted Matt, but Matt flipped over Takeshita and
stayed in the ropes. Takeshita charged with a boot, but got
caught in the ropes when Matt moved. Nick ran over, and Matt
helped propel him to the top rope, but Nick turned it around
and brought Takeshita down with a hurricanrana! Okada walked
back into a pair of superkicks! The Bucks went to opposite
corners and nailed a senton/elbow drop combo on Takeshita
and Okada! Matt covered Takeshita, but he kicked out at
two!
Matt picked up Takeshita for a tombstone, but Okada pulled
Nick off the top rope to capture him in tombstone position!
Takeshita reversed Matt into a similar position and stood
next to Okada. Takeshita put Matt down with a Hitodenashi
Driver while Okada tombstoned Nick! Takeshita covered Matt,
but Matt kicked out! Takeshita put Matt on the top
turnbuckle and went up to meet him, but Matt elbowed him
off. Okada tried to go after Matt, but he kicked Okada
away.
Takeshita got back up and crotched Matt on the top
turnbuckle. Takeshita threw Matt off the top rope head over
heels with an avalanche German Suplex! Takeshita lined up
Matt for the Power Drive Knee, but Nick stopped him with a
superkick! Okada nailed Nick with a dropkick! Okada tried
for a Rainmaker on Matt, but he ducked only to be met by a
knee from Takeshita! Takeshita ran through Matt with a Power
Drive Knee! Takeshita got the cover, but Nick pushed through
Okada to break it up and save the match!
The crowd broke out in an “AEW” chant!
Okada tagged in and slammed Matt. He followed with an elbow
from the top and posed to flip off the crowd. Matt elbowed
his way free of Okada, but Okada nearly had him up for
another tombstone until he fell backward to the apron as
Nick caught Okada with a rising knee strike. Nick tried to
pull Okada from the ropes with a German Suplex, but
couldn’t, so Takeshita grabbed Nick and tried to do the
same. Matt went over the top rope with a sunset flip that
launched all three men to the mat!
Takeshita hit Matt with a stiff elbow, so Matt came back
with a superkick! Matt charged at Takeshita, who turned it
into a Blue Thunder Bomb! Nick jumped off Matt to hit a
Canadian Destroyer on Takeshita! Takeshita fired up to hit
Power Drive Knees on both Bucks!
The fans were on their feet as the referee began counting
out the competitors. They beat the count, and the two teams
started exchanging strikes. Okada and Takeshita got the
better of it, but Takeshita backed into Okada by mistake.
Okada turned around, ready to throw a punch, but stopped
when Takeshita appeared to show contrition. Okada nailed
Takeshita with a stiff forearm anyway! Takeshita came back
with one of his own! And now they have turned this into a
fight within a match as they exchanged shots in the middle
of the ring! Matt ran at them, but Takeshita connected with
a flying knee as Okada hit a dropkick at the same time on
Matt! Okada and Takeshita ping-ponged Matt back and forth
with strikes, but when Okada went for the Rainmaker, Matt
got out of the way, and Okada nearly hit Takeshita! Matt
pushed Okada into Takeshia, and they collided heads! Matt
rolled up Okada, but he kicked out as Takeshita tried to
wake himself back up.
Takeshita charged towards the area of the pin attempt, but
apparently didn’t see Okada in the line of fire and blasted
him with a Power Strike Knee! Takeshita appeared to be
beside himself with the mistake, so he wasn’t ready for Nick
to hit him with a poisonrana! The Bucks tried a BTE Trigger,
but Takeshita pulled himself up and off the ropes to take
down both Matt and Nick with a double clothesline! Takeshita
lifted Matt for Raging Fire, but Okada pulled Matt down and
tried a Rainmaker, but Matt ducked, and Okada nailed
Takeshita!
Okada turned into a pair of superkicks and tried a dropkick,
but they paused, so he fell on his back! They picked up
Okada for the BTE Trigger and nailed it! Matt covered Okada,
but Okada kicked out! How did he do that?
Matt held Okada in a tombstone position, but when Nick tried
to springboard in, Takeshita pulled him back to the apron.
Takeshita held onto the leg and paused before looking back
in the ring at Okada in the tombstone position. He let go of
Nick’s leg and put his hands up! He let him go
intentionally! Nick flipped into the ring from a springboard
and planted Okada with the tombstone! Matt pinned Okada, and
the Bucks won it! Callis yelled, “What was that?”
The Bucks celebrated and left the ring, as Takeshita entered
to flip off Okada, who was lying on the mat! Callis came
into the ring, but Takeshita left and seemed to gesture that
Callis could have Okada.
Ricochet def. Jericho
For the first time since last year’s Dynasty, Jericho
returned to the ring, but not before the Vancouver crowd
sang every word of “Judas” to welcome him back to action!
Ricochet seemed annoyed by it all. Jericho continued to soak
in the crowd and fired them up to keep going! They obliged!
He went to the second rope, and the chants continued!
Jericho took Ricochet down with an armdrag at first touch.
The crowd chanted, “You still got it!” Jericho looked at a
camera and said, “I never lost it!”
The crowd chanted “BALD” at Ricochet, so Jericho messed with
his head and then grabbed a camera to show that Ricochet is
indeed bald. Ricochet tried to show off with his agility,
but Jericho just got out of the way and chopped him! He put
Ricochet in the corner and chopped him a couple more times.
Ricochet kicked his way out and then caught Jericho with a
boot from the corner. Ricochet came off the top, but Jericho
met him with a dropkick! Jericho slammed Ricochet to the mat
with a bulldog! Jericho ran to the ropes for a Lionsault,
but Ricochet pushed him over and to the floor! When Jericho
tried to get back in, Ricochet grabbed him on the apron. The
two battled with a boot exchange until Ricochet dropped
Jericho on the apron with a Death Valley Driver!
Jericho tried to get the feeling back in his arm and beat
the 10-count before returning to the floor. Ricochet came
flying through the ropes with a dive that sent Jericho to
the base of the ramp. Ricochet rammed Jericho into the
barricade and pushed him into the steel steps! Ricochet
rolled Jericho back in and dropkicked him in the corner
before hitting a second dropkick on a springboard back in
the ring! Ricochet kicked away at Jericho and choked him on
the ropes. Jericho tried to chop his way back, but Ricochet
kicked him back down to the mat. Ricochet wrenched Jericho’s
injured right arm in the ropes until the referee broke it
up. While Ricochet had the referee distracted, Toa Liona
pulled Jericho’s arm to inflict more pain!
Ricochet threw Jericho to the mat for a pin, but Jericho
kicked out immediately. Ricochet worked over the injured
shoulder with a submission and then sent Jericho to the
corner. Jericho met Ricochet with a boot and a pair of
shoulder tackles, followed by a Lionsault after Ricochet
missed a dropkick! Vancouver erupted when Jericho connected
with that legendary move!
Jericho tried for the Walls of Jericho, but Ricochet used
his powerful legs to kick out of it. Jericho put Ricochet on
the mat with a hip toss and mockingly put his hair over
Ricochet to remind him what it’s like not to be bald.
Jericho kicked Ricochet in the back and tried to go after
him in the corner, but the referee stopped him. When Jericho
got to Ricochet, he was sent into the second turnbuckle!
Ricochet executed a Northern Lights Suplex and floated over
for another, but Jericho escaped, and then Ricochet went
behind Jericho. Jericho rolled through it and tried to turn
Ricochet into the Walls of Jericho, but Liona got on the
apron to distract the referee so Bishop Kaun could throw
Jericho into the turnbuckles! Ricochet rolled Jericho up for
a near-fall and then connected with a big knee strike.
Ricochet hit a Death Valley Driver, immediately followed by
a running Shooting Star Press! Jericho kicked out at two!
Ricochet called for Jericho to get up and then lifted
Jericho for Vertigo, but Jericho escaped and hit a
Codebreaker! Ricochet kicked out at two! The crowd was
trying to will Jericho back into this!
They fought back to their feet, and Jericho took control
with chops to Ricochet in the corner. Jericho got reversed
into the corner, but when Ricochet charged in, Jericho put
him on the top turnbuckle. Jericho went up to meet him with
punches and brought Ricochet down with a hurricanrana!
Shades of the Lionheart! Jericho tried for another
Codebreaker, but Ricochet was ready for it and grabbed
Jericho for a Kickback! Jericho bounced off the ropes and
right back into a thrust kick. Ricochet hit a Northern
Lights Suplex and floated over for a brainbuster before
rolling it over for a Vertigo! 1-2-Jericho kicked out!
Ricochet was shocked!
Ricochet went to the top, but Jericho hit the ropes to knock
him down. Jericho went up to meet him, but Ricochet gouged
his eyes and ripped at his nose. Jericho fell to the mat, so
Ricochet tried for a Shooting Star Press only for Jericho to
catch him with a Codebreaker on the way down! It took
Jericho some time to get over for the cover, and Ricochet
was able to kick out to keep the match alive!
Jericho locked Ricochet in the Walls of Jericho in the
middle of the ring and pulled him back when Ricochet started
to get to the ropes. Kaun distracted the referee on the
opposite side so that Liona could pull Ricochet to safety on
the apron. Jericho hit a sliding dropkick to Ricochet that
sent him into Liona on the floor! Kaun came over to check on
Liona and Ricochet while Jericho went to the top rope and
dove onto all three members of The Demand! Jericho sent a
charging Liona into the barricade and floored Kaun with a
Judas Effect! Jericho threw Ricochet back in the ring.
Ricochet grabbed the referee’s attention, so Liona took that
chance to run over Jericho on the floor! Liona threw Jericho
back in, and Ricochet went to the top to connect with a
shooting star press! Jericho kicked out again! Ricochet was
stunned again!
Ricochet lined up and nailed the Spirit Gun! Ricochet was
about to go for the cover, but he was stopped by Liona and
Kaun, who pointed to the ropes. Ricochet got up and nailed
Jericho’s own Lionsault! Ricochet pinned Jericho for the
victory!
Darby Allin def. Andrade El Ídolo to Earn an AEW World Title
Shot!
The two men took their time when the bell rang, as they both
felt the energy of the crowd amped for such a match. Andrade
slipped under Allin and put him on the top turnbuckle before
patronizing Allin with a tap on the chest. Allin went right
after Andrade and worked into a wrist lock, but Andrade
escaped and pulled Allin into a surfboard. Allin got out of
a DM attempt, and Andrade charged him, so Allin jumped out
of the way, and Andrade posed in the ropes! Allin didn’t let
that relaxing moment last long and blasted Andrade to the
floor with a battering ram that inflicted pain on himself,
as well.
Andrade recovered on the outside and sent Allin flying into
the barricade. Andrade lifted Allin in for a vertical suplex
and walked him up the stairs before depositing Allin on the
top turnbuckle. He chopped Allin from there to the mat.
Andrade went back out to take a selfie with another admirer,
but as soon as he finished, Allin came flying out of nowhere
to take out Andrade! He threw Andrade into the crowd, and
they fought up the steel steps on the first level until
Allin dropkicked Andrade! That did as much damage to Allin
as it did Andrade!
Allin brought Andrade back to the ring and through the
ropes, but a large abrasion appeared on Allin’s back. Allin
hit Andrade with a charge in the corner, but Andrade was
ready with a boot on the second attempt. Andrade went into
Three Amigos, but adjusted the final suplex to send Allin
into the turnbuckles! Andrade missed the running knees in
the corner! Allin flipped over Andrade with a stunner, but
he was slow to get back up because of all the damage he’s
already accumulated over this match. Allin finally got to
the top rope, although too much time had passed, so Andrade
was able to push Allin onto the turnbuckles. Andrade put
Allin on his shoulders and tried to drop back with Allin to
the mat, but somehow Allin was able to flip over Andrade and
lock him in a crossface by the time they reached the mat!
How did he do that?
Andrade desperately crawled and got his foot on the ropes to
break the hold, so he tried to recover on the outside. That
didn’t work because Allin came flying through the ropes like
a battering ram into Andrade! Allin worked over Andrade and
bit his head before putting him in a chair. Allin went back
to the top rope and dropkicked Andrade off the chair, though
it took a lot out of Allin on the landing. He threw Andrade
back in, but collapsed before he could get back in to
capitalize. By the time he did, Andrade rolled to an
adjacent apron, and Allin went to get him, but Andrade
reversed it into a suplex that took Allin from the ring to
the floor! Andrade took a page out of Allin’s book on that
one because Andrade put his body through hell to execute
that suplex. Both men were able to beat the count,t and
Andrade got Allin in the corner. Andrade crushed Allin with
running knees, but Allin found a way to kick out!
Andrade was about to go to the top rope, but he decided to
play to the crowd and remove his pants! Andrade resumed his
journey to the top and came off with a moonsault, but Allin
moved so Andrade landed on his feet and connected on a
second attempt! Allin kicked out again! Andrade came up with
an angry grin. Allin tried to fight back with slaps and got
into an exchange with Andrade, which Andrade took over,
knocking Allin slyly into the corner. Andrade grabbed Allin,
but Allin floated over and put Andrade down with a Scorpion
Death Drop! Allin went to the top and landed a Coffin Drop!
1-2-Andrade grabbed the referee’s arm! The match continues!
Allin ran at Andrade for a Code Red, but Andrade rolled
Allin out of it and smashed Allin with the feign kick/back
elbow! Allin kicked out again, and now Andrade can’t believe
it! Andrade tried to hit The DM, but Allin spun out of it
and trapped Andrade’s legs to pin him for the three-count!
Andrade was clearly frustrated after the match, but shook
Allin’s hand and raised his arm!
AEW World Tag Team Championship Match: FTR (Cash Wheeler and
Dax Harwood) (c) with Big Stoke def. Christian Cage and Adam
Copeland
Cope was the first to enter this championship grudge match
and earned the appropriate serenade of his theme. Christian
Cage was out next, and despite his surly demeanor, he still
got quite the reception from Vancouver. FTR and Stoke got
the opposite reaction, as Stoke showed off the watch he
stole off Cage on Dynamite. Cage’s arm was covered in tape
from the attack by FTR.
Cage slapped Wheeler at the bell, and all four men brawled!
Cope controlled Wheeler in the ring and tagged Cage. They
nailed a double-team reverse DDT for a two-count as the
crowd sang “Oh Canada!”
Cage tagged Cope back in, but Wheeler bailed to the floor.
Cope followed him and clobbered Wheeler before getting a
shot in on a charging Harwood. Cope threw Wheeler into the
barricade multiple times and seemed to be in control. When
he tried to return Wheeler to the ring, Harwood got involved
long enough for Wheeler to hit a knee lift on Cope, followed
by a hanging DDT! Wheeler stomped on Cope’s neck and tagged
Harwood. They continued the attack on Cope’s neck as Stokely
taunted Cope from the floor. Cope tried to fight out of the
corner, but Harwood brought him back down to the mat. Cope
came back with a side suplex, but Harwood tagged in and
tried a flying kick in the corner, but missed badly and
crashed into the turnbuckles. Cage tagged in and lit up both
members of FTR with right hands. He draped both of them over
the second rope and stood on their backs! Cage stacked up
both Harwood and Wheeler in the corner and unloaded with 10
punches!
Cage dropped Wheeler with a reverse DDT before Harwood could
break it up with a clothesline. Harwood grabbed Cage from
behind, so Cage grabbed the referee and nailed Harwood with
a mule kick. He sent Harwood and Wheeler to the floor and
came off the top with a crossbody to take them both out!
Back in the ring, Cage measured Harwood for a Killswitch,
but Wheeler grabbed him from behind. Harwood charged, so
Cage moved, and Wheeler got knocked off the apron. Cage
rolled up Harwood for a two-count. Harwood came back with a
three-shot combo to put Cage down. Harwood tried to hit a
Killswitch on Cage, but Cage reversed it and showed Harwood
how it’s done! Cage covered, but Wheeler broke it up. He
took Cage to the outside and worked him over on the
barricade before slamming Cage’s injured left arm repeatedly
on the steel post. Harwood tagged back in and went out to
Cage so that he could slam Cage’s arm on each commentary
desk.
Wheeler tagged back in, but not before he and Harwood
unloaded with rapid shots on Cage in the corner. Wheeler
worked over Cage’s shoulder until Cage backdropped Wheeler
away. Harwood tagged in and slid in between Cage and Cope
before they could make a tag. Harwood nailed Cope and hooked
Cage for a near-fall. Harwood chopped Cage in the corner and
then put him on the top turnbuckle. Cage blocked the suplex,
so Wheeler came over but was kicked away. Cage bit Harwood’s
head, which made him fall to the mat. Cage followed him down
with a headbutt! Harwood grabbed Cage’s leg before he could
make a tag, so Cage gouged his eyes to get free. Cope made
the tag!
Cope came off the top with a shoulder tackle to Harwood and
mounted Wheeler with punches! He hit Harwood with a
Manhattan Drop and hit the ropes to spear him, but Harwood
moved, so Cope knocked Wheeler off the apron to the floor.
Cope dove at Harwood, so Harwood moved and sent Cope throat-
first onto the second rope. Dax pulled Cope up for a
piledriver, but Cope reversed it into an Impaler DDT for a
near-fall!
Cope put Dax on the top rope and sent Cage up to the
adjacent corner. Cope came down with a superplex, but when
Cage came off with a splash, Dax got the knees up! Cash
tried to dive onto Cope, but he got his knees up! No Power.
No Glory. Harwood clotheslined Cage over the top and tried
to do the same to Cope, but he moved, so Harwood sent
Wheeler over instead! Cope swept Harwood’s legs and put in a
knee lock! Cope switched to a crossface! Wheeler tried to
save Harwood, but Cage got him in a crossface! Wheeler bit
Cage to break the hold and threw him into Cope to break the
hold.
Wheeler got one of the AEW World Tag Team Titles and tried
to bring it into the ring, but Cage grabbed the other side,
and they had a tug of war while Cope rolled up Harwood. On
the kickout, Cope went right into a belt shot from Wheeler
that the referee couldn’t see! 1-2-COPE KICKED OUT! However,
that shot with the belt has Cope wearing the crimson mask!
FTR tried for a Shatter Machine on Cage, so Cope pulled
Wheeler into a sitout rear slam while Cage fought off
Harwood. Cage lifted Harwood into Cope for a 3D, and they
connected! Harwood kicked out! The blood was pouring from
Cope’s face. He picked up Harwood for a piledriver while
Cage went to the top, but Stokely pulled Cage down, causing
Cage to slam his face off the apron. Cope chased Stokely
around and into the ring, but that led Cope right into a
Shatter Machine from FTR! 1-2-Cage throws Stokely into the
ring to break up the pin!
Harwood started yelling at Stokely, so he tried to blame
referee Paul Turner and pushed him, which caused Turner to
push him back through the ropes. In the confusion, Cope
speared Harwood! Wheeler broke up the pin! Wheeler nailed
Cope with a piledriver! Wheeler grabbed a steel chair and
got on the apron, but Cage pulled it away. Cage went to hit
Wheeler with it, so Stokely grabbed the chair. Cage still
had control of it and tried to go after Stokely, but Wheeler
pushed Cage into a chair, which hit the ring post! Wheeler
threw Cage into the timekeeper’s area!
FTR was back together in the ring against Cope, who rose
from his feet to fight them with the blood of battle all
over his face. Cope did everything he could to fight back,
but FTR was too much to overcome and knocked Cope to his
knees. FTR started their own Superkick Party on Cope and
called for the FTR Trigger to further mock the Young Bucks.
Cope yanked them into low blows on themselves and came off
the ropes with a double spear! Cope will not stay down!
Copeland ran at Wheeler for a spear, but he countered it
into a sunset flip and rolled Cope through to set him up for
a Shatter Machine! Harwood covered Cope for the pin and got
the win! FTR mockingly showed love to Cope’s bloody body on
the mat and left the ring to celebrate. Cage made his way
back to the ring with a chair as the medical staff checked
on Cope.
Willow Nightingale Responds to Kamille’s Attack on Zero Hour
Nightingale was still in pain from the attacks by the
returning Kamille earlier in the day and on Zero Hour.
Nightingale said she’s the comeback killer, and if Kamille
wanted a shot, she’s got it. She may not be cleared now, but
she will be for Spring BreakThru Dynamite this Wednesday.
And it is official: Willow Nightingale will defend the TBS
Title against Kamille in three days!
“The Jet” Kevin Knight Wins the Casino Gauntlet for the
Vacant TNT Championship
We knew the first two entrants, but nothing else about the
participants for this Casino Gauntlet. #1 entrant “Psycho
Killer” Tommaso Ciampa made his way to the ring, followed by
the #2 spot held by RUSH. They had a bit of a stand-off
until an exchange of heavy shots. They seemed to be testing
each other, which lasted for a while until RUSH dropped
Ciampa with a stiff forearm. Ciampa faked the Bull’s Horns
and posed, so Ciampa went right after him and pounded RUSH
in the corner as the crowd counted down.
THE #3 ENTRANT: ROH WORLD CHAMPION BANDIDO
Ciampa tried to meet Bandido at the end of the ramp, but
Bandido pushed him into the apron and immediately got in the
ring to drop RUSH with a thrust kick. Bandido flew over the
top with a dive to Ciampa! He connected on a cannonball to
RUSH in the corner! Bandido went to the top and nailed a
frog splash, but Ciampa broke up the pin! Bandido sent
Ciampa into the ropes and tried for a 21 Plex, but RUSH cut
him off and sent him to the floor. RUSH threw Bandido into
the barricade and continued the assault until throwing
Bandido back in the ring. He tried to take Bandido’s mask
off as the clock ticked down to zero.
THE #4 ENTRANT: “SPEEDBALL” MIKE BAILEY
Bailey fought RUSH on the way to the ring and Ciampa on the
apron. He kicked Ciampa away and went back to RUSH with a
moonsault to the floor! Bailey finally got in the ring and
lit up Ciampa with a kick combo, followed by a running
shooting star press to get a two-count. RUSH and Bailey
traded strikes until RUSH leveled Bailey with an elbow
strike as the next participant made his way out.
THE #5 ENTRANT: EL CLON
RUSH tried to attack Clon on the ramp, but Clon ducked a
clothesline and dropped RUSH with a thrust kick. He avoided
a rushing Ciampa and put him down with a hesitation Pele
kick. In the ring, Clon and Bandido went at it right away,
as Clon came away with the advantage due to a backbreaker.
The clock moved quickly to the next entrant.
THE #6 ENTRANT: PAC
PAC nailed Clon in the gut from the apron and flipped over
him to nail Ciampa with a kick. PAC threw Clon with a German
Suplex and then sent Bailey into the corner with a belly-to-
belly suplex. PAC went to the top and nailed a Black Arrow
onto multiple entrants on the floor! In the ring, PAC,
Bailey and Bandido went at it with a flurry of offense and
reversals that put all three men down as the next entrant
was due to enter.
THE #7 ENTRANT: DANIEL GARCIA
Garcia avoided a crossbody from Bailey on his way into the
ring and was then met by Bandido. Garcia got two near-falls
on Bandido and two more on Ciampa, as he was showing a clear
sense of urgency. Clon and Garcia got intertwined and rolled
around the ring without either able to get a pin. Garcia and
PAC double-teamed PAC in the corner with repeated charging
strikes, and it was time for the next entrant.
THE #8 ENTRANT: ANTHONY BOWENS
Bowens went right after Garcia and quickly dropped him with
a neckbreaker. Bowens turned his attention to Bandido and
nailed a combo before taking Bandido down with a Famouser!
Clon came for Bowens next, but Bowens spun him from a
fireman’s carry into a front slam. Bailey was next for
Bowens, but Bowens overpowered him in the corner. PAC
stepped to Bowens next, and they exchanged strikes until
Bowens trapped PAC in the ropes and nailed a DDT. He tried
for a pin, but it was broken up. RUSH and Ciampa put the
boots to Bowens and kicked him out of the ring.
THE #9 ENTRANT: “THE JET” KEVIN KNIGHT
Knight ran down the ramp and avoided RUSH so he could take
down Ciampa, only for RUSH to come back down and hit Knight
with an elbow strike. Knight escaped from RUSH, which
allowed Bailey to hit a triangle moonsault onto RUSH. Bailey
and Knight went to the ring to square off with Garcia and
PAC. The Death Riders were knocked out of the ring, so
Knight and Bailey each hit crossbodies to the floor! Bailey
and Knight eyed each other across the ring, but Garcia
pulled Knight down and knocked Bailey to the floor. Bowens
met Garcia with a flurry of offense and tried for a pin,
only for RUSH to immediately break it up. RUSH stomped
Bowens in the corner and delivered Bull's Horns! Clon came
off the top to stomp RUSH! Ciampa hit Clon with Project
Ciampa! Ciampa covered Clon, but Bandido came from across
the ring to pull Ciampa off Clon and break up the pin with a
21 Plex! Knight broke up the pin at the last moment!
THE #10 ENTRANT: WHEELER YUTA
Yuta nailed Knight on the way in and took Bowens out, but a
brawl broke out on the floor with the three Death Riders
seemingly in control until Bandido took out the whole pile
with a dive to the outside! Knight went to the top rope, but
Ciampa met him there and suplexed Knight onto the pile on
the floor. However, PAC avoided the contact and threw Bailey
in the ring. PAC nailed the Black Arrow from the top rope,
but Ciampa broke it up with a bicycle knee. He covered PAC,
but Garcia pulled Ciampa out and threw him into the
barricade. Garcia locked Bailey in the Dragontamer! He
wrenched back on it all the way, but didn’t see Knight come
flying off the top rope with a UFO Splash onto Garcia, who
was still on top of Bailey! Knight covered Garcia for the
pinfall victory. “THE JET” KEVIN KNIGHT IS THE NEW TNT
CHAMPION!
AEW Women’s World Championship Match: “The Toxic Spider”
Thekla (c) def. Jamie Hayter
Before the match, we saw the Brawling Birds at their own
personal bar with Alex Windsor still nursing her wounds from
earlier in the night. Jamie Hayter chugged what was left of
a beer and got some words of encouragement from Windsor
before heading to the ring.
Thekla ran at Hayter at the bell, but Hayter floored her
with a big boot! Hayter sent Thekla to the ropes, but Thekla
came back with a spear! What a fast start! Thekla was locked
in a submission, but Hayter got to the ropes and fell to the
outside. Thekla went after Hayter, throwing her around the
barricade before raining down punches. Hayter turned it
around and did the same to Thekla. Hayter threw Thekla back
in for a suplex that got a near-fall. Hayter dropped Thekla
again with a body slam and an elbow for another two-count.
Hayter hit Thekla with an elbow strike to send her to the
floor for a break. Hayter went out to stay on Thekla and
tried to vertical suplex her on the ramp. Thekla kept
blocking the suplex, and eventually countered into a DDT on
the ramp! Thekla wished Hayter goodbye and kicked her down
the ramp. Thekla went up to the top rope and crashed onto
Hayter with a crossbody! Hayter tried to get on the apron,
so Thekla booted her back to the floor. As Hayter tried to
come in again, Thekla grabbed her and threw Hayter out the
other side.
Hayter was in bad shape and couldn’t get much behind
desperate strikes. Thekla put Hayter down with one big shot
and a snapmare, followed by a thrust kick for a two-count.
Thekla ripped at the mouth of Hayter, but Hayter once again
tried to throw desperation strikes, only for Thekla to slap
her back down to the mat. Thekla locked Hayter in an
octopus, but Hayter made it to the ropes and was still in
bad shape. Hayter was leaning against the ropes when Thekla
ran across the ring with a big boot across Hayter’s head.
Thekla went to get Hayter, but Hayter came back with a
headbutt and a desperation suplex on the apron. Both women
just beat the 10-count back into the ring. They met in the
middle of the ring and began striking from their knees and
then their feet. Hayter got the advantage with some heavy
shots and whipped Thekla from corner to corner before an
elevated dropkick. Hayter stacked Thekla up with a Liger
Bomb, but Thekla kicked out!
Thekla nearly rolled up Hayter for a three-count and went
right into her spider walk, but Hayter picked her up for a
tombstone and spiked Thekla! Thekla kicked out! Hayter went
to the top, so Thekla met her on the top with a shot to stun
Hayter. Thekla bit Hayter on the shoulder and threw Hayter
to the mat with a Spider Suplex. Thekla followed with a
double stomp and tried a running knee, but Hayter avoided
it. Thekla pivoted to a kick combo that seemed to knock
Hayter out, but she kicked out at the last moment!
Thekla went back to the spider walk and rushed Hayter for a
spear, but Hayter countered with a knee. She followed with a
backbreaker and picked Thekla up for a Hayterade, but Thekla
avoided it, coming off the ropes, so Hayter put her on her
shoulders. Thekla raked Hayter’s eyes and rolled her up with
a spider bridge while grabbing the ropes out of the
referee’s eyesight to trap Hayter for the pinfall victory!
Thekla retains the AEW Women’s World Championship! Windsor
came out to complain to the referee about what happened, and
Hayter joined her in the ring as Triangle of Madness
celebrated up the ramp.
AEW Continental Championship Match: Jon Moxley (c) def. Will
Ospreay
A very determined Will Ospreay entered first to a massive
ovation, as Moxley got slapped by Marina Shafir to begin his
custom entrance. No one will be allowed at ringside for the
match per Continental Rules.
The bell rang, and Ospreay stormed out of the corner with a
Hidden Blade! Moxley is down and stunned! Ospreay pointed at
an imaginary watch, asking if he still had time. Ospreay hit
Moxley with a second Hidden Blade to send Moxley to the
floor! Ospreay went to the outside and put Moxley on the
apron to hit a neckbreaker! Moxley is bleeding from the
mouth!
Ospreay threw Moxley back in the ring and came off the top
with a forearm to the back of Moxley’s head. He rained down
blows on Moxley and got caught in a triangle until he picked
up Moxley and powerbombed him to the mat. Ospreay beat
Moxley to the outside and put him neck-first on the opening
of the steel steps. Ospreay tried to kick Moxley in the back
of the head, but Moxley moved, so Ospreay hit the steel.
Moxley hit a Paradigm Shift on the floor! Moxley taunted
Ospreay before throwing him back in the ring. Moxley threw
Ospreay on his head with a sleeper suplex! Moxley stomped
Ospreay to the apron and ripped at his neck. Moxley hammered
Ospreay with shots, but Ospreay fought back and hit a
handspring corkscrew kick!
Ospreay went to the apron and hit a springboard elbow to
Mox’s head. Ospreay went up top, but Moxley pulled him down
from the apron. Ospreay fought back with a lariat to knock
Moxley back in the ring. Ospreay tried another springboard
elbow, but Moxley was ready for it to strike Ospreay out of
the air! Moxley and Ospreay traded shots, but Ospreay
wouldn’t go down on a lariat. Ospreay tried for a Spanish
Fly, but Moxley turned it into a choke as the 10-minute mark
passed.
Moxley let go of the choke to stuff Ospreay with a
piledriver! Ospreay kicked out, although it was weak. Moxley
put Ospreay on the top and tried for a super sleeper suplex,
but Ospreay landed on his feet! Ospreay tried for another
Hidden Blade, so Moxley avoided it and dumped Ospreay on his
head with a head-and-neck suplex. Moxley tried for a running
lariat, but Ospreay changed the momentum and turned it into
a sitout powerbomb! Moxley kicked out at two! Osprey seemed
to struggle to get the pin right away.
Ospreay hit a pair of kicks to a kneeling Mox, but when he
tried for the OsCutter, Moxley caught him and nailed a
Paradigm Shift. As Ospreay bounced off the mat, he crushed
Moxley with a Hidden Blade that he somehow hit on the way
down! The crowd is on its feet!
Moxley and Ospreay fought back to their feet until Ospreay
knocked Moxley into the corner. He stayed on Moxley a little
too long with forearms, so referee Paul Turner tried to pull
him away, and Ospreay responded by shoving him in the heat
of the moment. Ospreay realized what he did and helped
Turner up, but Moxley came storming out of the corner with a
lariat. Moxley picked up Ospreay for another Paradigm Shift,
so Ospreay got out of it and jackknifed Moxley for what
appeared to be a pin attempt, only for Ospreay to lift
Moxley into a Styles Clash! Moxley kicked out!
Ospreay locked Moxley in a bulldog choke, which he
eventually broke by smashing Ospreay in the corner. As Mox
collapsed to the mat, Ospreay connected with another Hidden
Blade! However, Ospreay struggled with some arm and neck
issues from the repeated punishment and couldn’t pin Mox in
time to keep him down for three. Ospreay hooked Mox for a
Tiger Driver, but he was too damaged to complete the move.
Mox bailed to the floor, but Ospreay got him on the steel
steps and tried the Tiger Driver again to no avail. Moxley
reversed it and dropped Ospreay on his surgically-repaired
neck with a piledriver on the steel steps! Medical staff
immediately went to check on Ospreay as the referee began
his count. Ospreay made a desperate move to get back in
time, only to leave himself wide open for a stomp from
Moxley right to the back of the head.
Moxley picked up Ospreay and hit two Paradigm Shifts!
Ospreay kicked out! Was it instinct or desire?! Moxley
picked up Ospreay and spiked him with a Death Rider to get
the pinfall victory. Moxley retains the AEW Continental
Championship! Moxley celebrated as Ospreay was tended to by
medical staff while clearly frustrated about the result.
Darby Allin Has Big Plans for Wednesday’s Dynamite
Renee Paquette caught up with Allin following his victory
over Andrade El Ídolo to become the #1 contender to the AEW
World Title. She asked what was next. He reminded her that
this week’s Dynamite is in Everett, Washington, where he
began his training. If there was ever a time, it’s this
Wednesday. He told Kenny Omega and MJF he’ll be watching.
“This Wednesday on Dynamite … it’s showtime!”
AEW World Trios Championship Match: The Conglomeration
(Orange Cassidy, Roderick Strong and Kyle O’Reilly) vs. The
Dogs (“War Ready” Gabe Kidd, David Finlay and “100 Proof”
Clark Connors) (c) - NEW AEW WORLD TRIOS CHAMPIONS
After reviewing the events that brought us to this match, we
went back live to the arena where a voice said, “The
Conglomeration is filmed in front of a live wrestling
audience.”
We saw a makeshift set complete with APPLAUSE, LIVE and
LAUGHTER signs. Orange Cassidy was sleeping on a couch when
Roderick Strong entered and yelled, “ORANGE” multiple times
before Cassidy responded, “Five more minutes, mom.” Strong
said Cassidy has to get up because “he’s going to be here
really soon.” Just then, there was a knock at the door (yes,
they had a door) and who walked in but Kyle O’Reilly! That
got a huge reaction from his home territory!
“Did someone say Conglomeration?”
O’Reilly joined Cassidy and Strong to give The
Conglomeration a strong trios squad to challenge The Dogs!
They decided to desecrate the Conglomeration set and flipped
over the couch!
O’Reilly and Finlay started things off with O’Reilly
frustrating Finlay by taking him down and staying a step
ahead. Strong tagged in, so he and O’Reilly could punish
Finlay in the corner. They turned their attention to Kidd
and Connors to knock them from the ring. Then, Cassidy broke
himself down from the top rope to the mat and delivered an
elbow to Finlay. The Dogs didn’t let the fun continue, as
they swarmed The Conglomeration and sent them all to the
floor. Finlay held O’Reilly in a vertical suplex while
Connors ran off the apron to spear O’Reilly! Strong tried to
come to O’Reilly’s aid, but Kidd took him out. Cassidy
worked on Finlay on the apron, but never saw Connors coming
flying through the ropes with a spear!
Finlay picked apart Cassidy and kept him grounded on the mat
until Connors tagged in for a snap suplex on OC. Connors ran
through Cassidy with a pair of shoulder tackles, but when he
missed a third, Strong tagged in! He hit backbreakers on
Finlay and Connors and then used Cassidy as a weapon to
throw into The Dogs, including a DDT on Finlay! Strong hit a
gutbuster on Connors for a two-count, and Finlay came in to
help his partner. They isolated Strong in the corner with
repeated attacks until Finlay threw him out of a suplex.
Connors followed with a basement shoulder block, but they
couldn’t keep Strong down. He sent Finlay over the top and
put Connors down with a backbreaker. O’Reilly got on the
apron and tagged in! He unloaded on Connors and sent Finlay
to the floor with a dragon screw through the ropes. O’Reilly
picked Connors’ ankle and snatched an ankle lock. Cassidy
tried to stop Finlay from breaking it up, but missed an
Orange Punch. But Strong did connect with Finlay on a flying
knee! O’Reilly grapevined the leg, and Connors tapped out!
THE CONGLOMERATION ARE THE NEW AEW WORLD TRIOS CHAMPIONS!
AEW World Championship Match: “The Devil” MJF (c) def. “The
God of Professional Wrestling” Kenny Omega
While Omega had a special entrance fit for “The God of
Professional Wrestling,” MJF rose from the ground, decked
out like “The Devil” he proclaimed himself to be. Referee
Bryce Remsburg made sure to take the Dynamite Diamond Ring
away from MJF before the bell.
When the bell rang, the crowd exploded and broke out into a
“HOLY SHIT” chant!
On their first exchange, Omega stayed a step ahead of MJF,
so the AEW World Champion left the ring and took a breather
in the crowd. When he was ready to come back in, Omega held
the ropes for him. Omega offered a hand, but MJF pie-faced
Omega. Omega sent MJF to the outside with a hurricanrana and
followed with a crossbody, but MJF walked away. Omega
followed MJF with a dropkick through the ropes and a
crossbody to the floor. Omega rushed at MJF near the
timekeeper’s area, so MJF put Omega into the metal barricade
with a drop toehold. MJF celebrated for too long, so Omega
was able to come back with a moonsault from the barricade to
MJF! Omega pulled a table from the timekeeper’s area and put
it upside down on MJF. Omega went to the apron and jumped
off to stomp the table onto MJF! Omega set the table up and
put MJF on it before going to the top rope. MJF rolled off,
so Omega tried to adjust, but MJF knocked him to the mat.
MJF slammed Omega and locked on a rear chinlock. Omega tried
to fight out, so MJF pulled him back down by his hair.
Omega battled back to his feet and tried to get MJF for a
powerbomb, but MJF blocked it twice. Omega pounded on MJF’s
back and tried again, but this time MJF reversed it into an
Alabama Slam! Omega kicked out at two! MJF mounted Omega in
the corner for punches, but Omega slipped out and mounted
MJF for punches until MJF escaped. They traded reversals,
and MJF feigned a knee injury only to lure Omega into a
quick piledriver! MJF covered, but Omega kicked out!
MJF mockingly went for a V-Trigger, but Omega reversed it
into a snap dragon suplex. Omega started to build momentum
when he slammed MJF’s face to the mat with a leg lariat. He
followed up with You Can’t Escape and a moonsault for a
near-fall. MJF went to the floor, so Omega followed with a
massive dive! Omega brought MJF back in and put him on his
shoulders for a One-Winged Angel, so MJF ripped at Omega’s
eyes to escape. Omega catapulted MJF to the corner, so he
leaped to the second rope, but Omega was right behind him
and put MJF on his shoulders while climbing up to the second
rope. MJF slipped out the back and bit Omega’s head! MJF
went back up top and lifted Omega for a tombstone, but Omega
slid free to the apron. He slammed MJF’s head into the top
turnbuckle and tried for a sunset flip, but MJF landed on
his feet! MJF hit a short kick, so Omega came back with a
snap dragon suplex! MJF pushed Omega into the ropes for a
release German Suplex, but Omega landed on his feet! He
planted MJF with a poisonrana! Omega put MJF on his
shoulder, but MJF countered with a poisonrana! MJF went to
the middle rope and hit Omega with a destroyer, but as Omega
came up, he ran through MJF with a knee to the head! Omega
fell on MJF, but the AEW World Champion kicked out at two!
Omega was up first, but MJF avoided him and sent him to the
apron. MJF hit a knee lift and tried for the Heat Seeker,
but Omega got out of it. MJF launched Omega back into the
ring for a cutter and nailed it! Omega kicked out! MJF tried
You Can’t Escape on Omega, but Omega did just that and
powerbombed MJF in the middle of the ring! He immediately
followed with a massive knee strike to MJF, and once again,
MJF kicked out! Omega started feeding off the crowd more and
tried for You Can’t Escape again, only this time MJF got his
knees up on the moonsault. MJF ran at Omega, but Omega sent
him to the floor with a hurricanrana.
Omega paid homage to his friend Kota Ibushi, with a Cross
Slash moonsault to the floor that clobbered MJF! Omega threw
MJF back in and lined up a V-Trigger, but MJF cut him off
with a kitchen sink knee. He followed with another and
talked trash to Omega, as he beat him in the corner. MJF
tried another knee, but Omega was ready and rolled him up
for a near-fall. Omega and MJF both went for a crossbody and
collided in midair!
Omega recovered first to slam MJF into the turnbuckles
before mounting him with a barrage of punches. Omega
followed with a buckle bomb and scaled the ropes to deliver
a dropkick between MJF’s shoulder blades. Omega covered MJF,
but yet again, the AEW World Champion kicked out. Kenny went
back to the top, but MJF stopped him with a leaping punch.
MJF met Omega on the top turnbuckle and grabbed him for an
avalanche tombstone, but Omega escaped. He ran into a boot
from MJF, but when MJF tried to leap down, Omega caught him
with a knee! Omega put MJF on his shoulders and went to the
second rope. MJF tried to fight it off, but Omega flipped
MJF inward to nail the avalanche, One-Winged Angel! Omega
was too beat up to get to MJF for the pin, so MJF rolled to
the floor. Omega tried to fire himself up and threw MJF back
in the ring.
MJF cut Omega off with a kneelift and tried to cross the
roads, but Omega countered with a kick. With MJF’s face on
the second turnbuckle, Omega delivered a V-Trigger to the
back of his head. He threw MJF out of the corner with a Snap
Dragon suplex and connected with a big knee to MJF’s face,
but Omega couldn’t get enough on the cover, and MJF kicked
out! Omega tried to fire up again and set up MJF for another
One-Winged Angel. MJF slipped out and spun Omega right on
top of his head! MJF stayed on Omega and nailed a package
piledriver! Omega kicked out at two!
MJF toyed with Omega, as Omega struggled to fight back, but
MJF didn’t take advantage of Omega’s condition, which
allowed Omega to battle back! Omega lit up MJF with punches
and kicks that went unblocked into the corner. Omega got MJF
down near the ropes and spat in his face! He nailed MJF with
a V-Trigger to the side of the head! The fans chanted “ONE
MORE TIME,” so Omega picked up MJF and decked him with a
right hand to put him in position for another V-Trigger near
the ropes. Omega connected with a second V-Trigger! He
picked up MJF for One-Winged Angel, but MJF was able to
fight his way free. Omega tried to hit another V-Trigger,
but MJF pulled the referee in his path! The referee is
down!
MJF hit Omega with a low blow! MJF grabbed the Dynamite
Diamond Ring from the referee’s pocket and tried to hit
Omega with it, but Omega stopped him with a knee strike and
a One-Winged Angel! Omega covered MJF for what would have
been the victory, but there was no referee to count.
Finally, another referee ran in for the count, but it was
enough time for MJF to kick out at two! MJF rolled to the
apron, and Omega followed with a table ominously sitting
below them on the floor. Omega picked up MJF for a One-
Winged Angel, but couldn’t hold him up. Omega went to pick
up MJF again, but MJF hit him in the stomach while wearing
the Dynamite Diamond Ring! MJF picked up Omega and
tombstoned him through the table! He brought Omega back to
the apron and finished him off with the Heat Seeker to get
the pinfall victory and successful AEW World Title defense!
MJF went back up the ramp, sat in his dark throne, put on
his horns and posed with the AEW World Title as he lowered
back into the hell he’s created in AEW as Dynasty came to a
close!
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