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It’s Wednesday and AEW Dynamite is live from Chicago, IL at the Byline Bank Aragon Ballroom. Our commentary team is Excalibur, Tony Schiavone, and Taz.
We start with a rundown of tonight’s card and then a video to hype the World Title Main Event.
The Outrunners (Truth Magnum and Turbo Floyd) vs The Already In The Ring The Young Bucks (Matt and Nick Jackson) -Tag Team Tournament Match
The Bucks name on the screen bug was “Talent Name”. They complain through their entire pre-show promo.
Nick and Truth start by running the ropes and it doesn’t take long before everyone is in the ring. The Outrunners get back body drops and then in the corner of the Bucks. An atomic drop and a double noggin knocker before they are tossed to the floor. The Outrunners are tossed to the floor and then dive onto the Outrunners. They roll Turbo into the ring and start to work him over. Matt cannot suplex Turbo so he tags in Nick to do so.
The Bucks team up to suplex Turbo, but he reverses it and tags in Truth, who hands out drop-kicks. The Bucks are able to start double Truth and then Matt is able to take out Turbo on the floor as we go to picture in picture.
When we return to full screen, Truth has been the babyface in peril through the break. They also keep Turbo from getting the tag with attacks on him on the floor. Truth finally gets the hot tag and Turbo runs wild. When the Outrunners go to the double bicep drop, Nick superkicks them apart. Turbo is able to get a bulldog clothesline on both Bucks.
The Bucks get super kicks on Turbo, but he fires back with a double clothesline and then hits the double biceps drop on Matt. Truth tags in and the Bucks toss Turbo and then works over Truth with a series of kicks for two. Matt misses a super kick and almost hits the ref, allowing Truth to get a rollup for two. Matt gets a low blow while talking to the ref, but the ref knocks Matt over Truth who rolls up for two.
The Outrunners get Total Recall on Matt for two, broken up by Nick. Matt gets a rollup with a handful of tights for two. The Bucks hit the TK Driver on Turbo after Nick pulls Truth crotch first into the ring post. Matt covers Turbo for the pin and the win.
Winners and moving on in the tournament: The Young Bucks
Kazuchika Okada comes to the ring and all three attack the Outrunners. This does not take long to bring out Swerve Strickland who saunters to the ring. The Outrunners toss the Bucks and Okada gets bounced back and forth by the Outrunners and Swerve. The Bucks pull Okada out of the ring before Swerve hits the House Call, so Swerve dives onto all three of them.
Renee Paquette is with Mark Briscoe and he asks where MJF is. Ricochet and GOA show up and tell him to shut up and worry about Ricochet tonight. Mark says he will beat Ricochet’s ass and then go after MJF.
MJF is in the back and says the Hurt Syndicate is not in trouble and he knocks on the door. Sheldon Benjamin says that MVP is not here tonight because he is disgusted with MJF. Shelton then says that the watch MJF gave him was from Temu, and they have been onto him the whole time. He tells MJF to leave before they beat him down right here and he is out of the Hurt Syndicate.
Tony Schiavone is in the ring with Christian Cage. He talks about how he is an asshole, but then he became an asshole with feelings. He says that Nick Wayne and Kip Sabian were not good enough to question him, and he didn't think they were good enough to pull off the plan he had. He then tells Adam Copeland about the things he has said and then asks if they were really that bad. He says Adam did some unsavory things on his climb to the top. Cage says Adam told him to go find himself. Maybe he did and maybe he didn’t.
He says the Patriarchy embarrassed him and he throws a crude insult at Mother Wayne. He says Nick and Kip are coming from a sense of entitlement they took from him. He then says that Nick has more talent than he does, and now he says he is the new face of AEW. But he will have to go through Cage to do so. He then disowns Nick and Kip. Great promo to set the table for what is to come.
As Cage leaves, Mother Wayne. Cage sees Kip coming up behind him, but that allows Nick to attack him with his Ring of Honor title belt. Nick and Kip then hit a standing Con-Chair-To on Cage.
In the back, Stoke is with FTR and he threatens everyone they have issues with. The Bucks show up and FTR says they will put the past in the past and hope to see them in the tournament. Stoke asks if they are the bosses, and Stoke yells in their faces.
Hangman Adam Page (AEW World Champion) vs Jon Moxley - Everyone banned from ringside
They lock up and go to the corner and Mox breaks clean. When Mox comes back in, Page fires shots and beats down Mox in the corner. They trade chops back and forth. Mox bites Page to end it. Page gets on top and chokes Mox from there. When they break, Mox goes to the floor and Page follows him and beats him down in the timekeeper’s area.
They fight into the ring and Page gets a lariat for two. They fight to the corner where Mox gets ten in the corner. Mox gets a scoop and a slam for one. They throw hands in the middle of the ring and Mox gets a knee lift followed by a German suplex. Mox then starts stomping on Page. Page escapes a waistlock with elbows, but Mox gets a German suplex. Mox tries another German suplex, and Page lands on his feet and hits a rolling elbow strike. Both men are down.
Page is up first and hits a fallaway slam. Page gets a clothesline on the apron and then leaps on Mox on the floor. He rolls Mox into the ring and then hits a Death Valley Driver for two. Mox gets a double wristlock and Page gets to the ropes for a break. Page gets a pop-up power bomb for two. Mox rolls to the floor and is limping against the barricade. Page follows him and Mox rakes they eye and runs Page into the steel steps. Mox hits a pile driver on the steps and we go to picture in picture.
When we return to full screen, Mox has a crossface on Page and then turns it into the straightjacket hold. Page gets to his feet and Mox drops him. Mox lays in kicks to Page’s chest. Mox mixes in elbows and strikes and Page grabs Mox’s kick and hits an elbow strike. They throw hands back and forth. Page gets a big boot, a backdrop suplex and then a lariat. Page goes to the apron and Mox drop-kicks him off the apron.
Mox tears up the announcer’s stable then goes for a paradigm shift, but Page turns it into a deadeye on the announce desk. Page rolls Mox into the ring for two. The announcers say that Page is busted open. Page gets a springboard piledriver for two. Page grabs Mox’s arms and stomps his head in, but Mox grabs the foot and gets a bulldog choke. Page works to his feet for the break and grabs a crossface.
Mox gets to the ropes for the break. The fight moves to the apron and Mox gets a pile driver on the apron. Mox pulls Page into the ring and hits a Gotch style pile driver for two. Page is able to break out of a hold from Mox and throws hands. Mox mocks him with shots until Page’s shots gather steam. Page puts Mox on the apron and kicks him to the floor. Page climbs to the top for a moonsault onto Mox on the floor. Mox is rolled into the ring and sets for the buckshot. Mox blocks it. The ref is knocked down and Page gets a deadeye on Mox. Page goes to the apron.
Claudio Castagnoli and Wheeler Yuta start on the way to the ring, but security stops them. Marina Shafir runs to the ring and gives Mox the title belt. He nails Page with it for two as the ref revives. The ref calls security to get rid of Shafir. Claudio grabs her and pulls her over the barricade and they leave through the crowd. We then see that Darby Allin is in one of the Opera Boxes and dives onto the Death Riders.
In the ring, Page gets a big boot and a Buckshot. He then tries for a Deadeye, but Mox escapes. Page grabs him again and hits Deadeye and goes to the apron. Page gets another Buckshot for the pin and the win.
Winner and still AEW World Champion: Adam Page
Athena and Billie Starkz vs Alex Windsor and Toni Storm
Alex and Athena start off and they go back and forth. Toni tags in and they both “put up their dukes” and Athena tags in Billie. Billie skates Toni’s hand and then grabs Toni head for a knee strike and a side headlock takedown. They run the ropes and Toni gets a shoulder tackle and then a drop-kick. Alex tags in and they double-team Billie, even with a dance into double kicks. Athena tries to attack from behind and they double clothesline her.
Alex works over Billie and then hits a DDT through the ropes for two. Athena gets Toni to chase her and Billie clotheslines Toni, but Alex dives onto Athena. Alex is tossed into the ring and Billie catapults her into a spinebuster from Athena as we go to picture in picture.
When we return to full screen, Alex has been the babyface in peril through the break. Alex starts to fight back and gets a Liger Bomb on Athena for two. It’s broken up by Billie and Toni then attacks Billie. Alex takes down Athena with a discus lariat for two, broken up by Billie with a senton. Alex gets the hot tag and Toni cleans house.
Billie is left in the ring and Toni gets a German suplex and a hip attack, but Athena was legal. Athena gets an O Face on Toni for the pin and the win.
Winners: Athena and Billie Starkz
Renee is with Page and MJF shows up and says that Page is the coward in this scenario because he won’t face him unless he trades in his contract. Page says MJF will have to either earn it or cash in his contract. Page says that Mark Briscoe deserves the shot, so if MJF wants the shot, he has to beat Briscoe.
Willow says she went to Tony Khan for a match with Thekla tomorrow night.
Ricochet vs Mark Briscoe
Mark starts by laying in blows and then a big shoulder tackle. Mark gives a diving strike and after they trade waistlocks, Mark gets a Pele kick. Mark keeps laying in blows. Ricochet finally gets a double chop to knock down Mark, but Mark goes back to beating Ricochet down in the corner. Mark gets a vertical suplex and covers for two.
Ricochet lays in blows, but Mark ignores them and whips him chest first into the corner. Mark gets a scoop slam. Mark lays in chops in the corner and then runs into a strike. Ricochet goes to the top and Mark knocks him to the floor. GOA comes down to the ring and then get on the apron. As Mark deals with that, Ricochet gets a kick to Mark back and then dives onto Mark as we go to picture in picture.
When we return to full screen, Ricochet tries to bring a chair into the ring and the ref takes it from him. This allows Mark to get a rollup for two. Ricochet lays in blows and it fires Mark up. He lays in blows and grabs Ricochet’s kick and tosses him with it. Mark goes to the ropes, but GOA gets a low bridge. Ricochet dives onto Mark and then gets a springboard clothesline on Mark in the ring. Ricochet gets a standing shooting start press for two.
Ricochet goes for the spirit gun and misses it. They jockey for position and Mark clotheslines Ricochet to the floor. Mark goes to dive and Kaun shoves Ricochet out of the way Ricochet rolls Mark into the ring and Mark uses a chair to dive onto Ricochet and Kaun. Back into the ring, Mark gets a big lariat for two. Mark sets for the Jay Driller, but Ricochet escapes. Mark gets a clothesline and goes to the top. Toa pushes Mark off the top as the ref is dealing with Kaun. Ricochet hits Vertigo for two.
GOA both get on the apron and Bandido and Brody King run from the back to pulls them off the apron and brawl at ringside. Mark grabs an inside cradle for two. Ricochet gets a knee strike, a big kick and an insigiri. Mark gets a big lariat and hits the Jay Driller for the pin and the win.
Winner: Mark Briscoe
Mark grabs a mic and calls out MJF. Mark says he needs help and he has never felt like this. He says if he kills MJF and doesn’t repent…but he can’t repent because he knows he won’t feel remorse. He tells MJF to make his day and come to the ring right now.
MJF’s music hits. We then see MJF on the big screen. He asks if Mark has dropped the comedy routine, but that doesn’t mean he has to take Mark seriously. MJF says that Page told him he was too cowardly to face him, but next week, he will face Mark next week. If he makes it.
In the ring, MJF hits a low blow from behind on Mark. MJF starts yelling "Who's the coward now, Hangman!” wearing a shirt that says MJF did nothing wrong. We then get Page’s music. Mark grabs the Jay Driller on MJF and MJF escapes and runs to the back. And we are out of time!
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