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AEW Dynamite is live from the Toyota Arena in Ontario, CA. The commentary team is Excalibur, Bryan Danielson, and Tony Schiavone.
Tony Schiavone is in the ring to talk to Kenny Omega and Swerve Strickland after their miscommunication and pull-apart brawl last week. Tony runs down the issues between the two and asks Swerve what is going on. Swerve says five years ago, Kenny was on top of the industry and was the AEW Champion. Everyone was trying to get to AEW and in 2022, Swerve joined AEW. And when he gets to the top, where is Kenny Omega? Swerve says Omega pops up here and there, but with Kenny in the hospital or suspended, Omega seems like a false prophet.
Swerve says that with Omega being gone, the congregation is looking for a new prophet, and the choir is singing about Swerve’s house. But with Omega back, it feels like he’s using his EVP power to be in the title picture. Swerve says he beat the last EVPs last summer and if Omega uses his power, Swerve will put him down.
Omega says he never called himself the God of Professional Wrestling, the fans gave it to him. The fans did it and they know if they see a Kenny Omega match, they know it will be the best. Omega says he takes their belief as an honor. It may be Swerve’s house, but if Swerve questions Omega, the lights are on in that house. And if that house needs to be burned down, he has a friend with experience in that.
He is climbing the title ladder because of his talent, and if not for Swerve, he'd be in the title match at Revolution. If Swerve wants the match, he’s got it. He challenges Swerve to accept or yield.
Swerve says Omega is scared as his generation is lapping Omega’s generation. Omega says the most dangerous man in AEW is not Swerve, it’s Brody King. Swerve says if he wants to fight, Swerve will put him back in the hospital bed.
Kenny slaps him and Swerve takes off his jacket. Swerve attacks and they fight in the middle of the ring, and then to the ringside area. Omega tosses Swerve over the barricade and they fight into the crowd. They fight to the entrance ramp and toward the stage. Swerve spears Omega off the stage and into a production table as security shows up to pull them apart.
In the back, Renee Paquette is with Kyle Fletcher and Don Callis. Don says Kyle will beat Ciampa and then get a hero’s welcome in Australia. Kyle asks Don to let him do it on his own and Don agrees.
Death Riders (Jon Moxley, Pac, and Claudio Castagnoli) w/Marina Shafir vs. Don Callis Family (Konosuke Takeshita, Mark Davis, and Josh Alexander)
Pac and Davis start and Davis drops Pac. They lock up and Davis shoves Pac to the mat. Mox tags in and Mox drives Davis to the corner where he batters him. Davis fires back and Mox drops to the mat. Claudio is tagged in and they lock up and go to the ropes and fight around the ring.
Claudio and Davis throw hands. They shoulder tackle each other and Davis is able to run through Claudio after a series of chops. Davis tries to pick up Claudio and can’t, and Claudio gets a scoop slam on Davis. Takeshita tags in and throws hands with Claudio. Takeshita hits Claudio with a high boot and that rings the tag team siren so that everyone is brawling around the ring.
As they break it up, Claudio is rolled into the ring and he runs the ropes with Takeshita. Claudio gets a scoop slam and tags in Pac, who hits a moonsault press for two. Pac is whipped into the Family’s corner and Josh tags in. Pac fights off Josh, but Takeshita is able to slam Pac into the apron and Josh hits a dive as we go to picture-in-picture.
When we return to full screen, Pac has been worked over by the Family through the break. Josh knocks Claudio off the apron, which allows Pac to get a vertical suplex and tag in Claudio, who runs wild. Claudio ends his run with a Giant Swing on Josh, broken up by Davis. Claudio hits a powerslam on Davis for two.
Claudio tries for a piledriver, but is given a backdrop by Davis and Claudio turns it into a sunset flip for two. Davis gets a clothesline and both men are down. Mox and Takeshita are tagged in and throw hands in the middle of the ring. They go back and forth until Mox gets a big lariat and tries for a DDT, but this leads to everyone getting a big move on the last person in the ring. Takeshita ends it with an exploder on Mox for two.
Takeshita misses a charge and the Death Riders attack him with endless charges into the corner. Mox covers and Davis breaks it up at two. We are back to people brawling around the ring as Mox and Takeshita are in the ring. Mox gets a sleeper on Takeshita, and Takeshita backs into his corner so that the Family can triple-team Mox. Davis gets a lariat for two, broken up by Pac.
The Family stomps Mox down and then Mox is held for Takeshita to attack, but Claudio cuts it off. Pac gets into the ring and dives onto Davis. Josh is grabbed in a sleeper by Mox, who turns it into a Death Rider for the pin and the win.
Winners: The Death Riders
Tommaso Ciampa (TNT Champion) vs. Kyle Fletcher w/Lance Archer
Don Callis joins commentary and Archer is supposedly there to protect Don.
Kyle bails from the ring before locking up. Ciampa opens the ropes for Kyle and Kyle gets in the ring when Ciampa steps away. They lock up and Kyle is shot off into the ropes, and he tackles Ciampa. As he poses, Ciampa attacks and they brawl in the ring back and forth. Ciampa is able to knock Kyle to his knees and then hits a DDT. The fight spills to the floor where Kyle drops Ciampa on the apron. Kyle hits a rib breaker and then a backbreaker for two.
Kyle gets a rear chinlock and Ciampa gets a jawbreaker. Ciampa gets a flying forearm after running the ropes. He gets a big boot on Kyle out of the corner and then Ciampa mocks Don. Kyle gets a big kick on Ciampa and Ciampa kicks Kyle off the apron. Ciampa charges into Kyle on the floor and runs Kyle into the barricade. Kyle hits a half-and-half suplex as we go to picture-in-picture.
When we return to full screen, both men have knocked each other down. Kyle charges at Ciampa and misses, going over the top to the floor. Ciampa follows Kyle to the floor and charges, but Kyle dodges and Ciampa runs into the steel steps. Ciampa is able to pick up Kyle and hits a Psycho Driller on the steel steps. They return to the ring and Ciampa gets a running knee strike for two.
We are told there are ten minutes remaining. Ciampa gets a reverse DDT for two. Ciampa puts Kyle on top and joins him there. Kyle escapes the Psycho Driller and he is able to get an avalanche backdrop off the top for two. Kyle gets a Liger Bomb for two. Both men struggle to get to their feet and Kyle gets a running kick in the corner. They fight on the apron and Kyle gets a powerbomb on the apron. They return to the ring and Kyle gets a running kick.
Kyle gets a brainbuster for two. Kyle puts Ciampa on the top and sets for the turnbuckle brainbuster. Ciampa reverses it into a suplex and a running knee for two. Ciampa runs into a kick from Kyle. Ciampa hits a knee strike for two.
There are five minutes left. Ciampa batters Kyle in the middle of the ring and Kyle spits on Ciampa. Ciampa throws more strikes. Kyle hits snake eyes on the top turnbuckle and then screams the title is his. He charges into Ciampa’s knee, and Ciampa hits a brainbuster for two. Kyle gets a Michinoku Driver, a lariat, a brainbuster and covers for the pin and the win.
Winner and NEW TNT Champion: Kyle Fletcher.
Renee Paquette interviews Kyle in the ring and he says he will defend the title in his hometown Saturday against anyone. This brings out Mark Briscoe who says they are three wins apiece and challenges for the title. Kyle accepts and says this will be the final chapter in their story, so it will be a ladder match. Mark accepts.
We get a hype video for the Babes of Wrath vs. Megabad.
Daniel Garcia and Clark Connors vs. Orange Cassidy and Roderick Strong
Jon Moxley is on commentary.
Roddy and Connors start the match after Roddy tags himself in. Connors is able to hit a shoulder tackle off the ropes and Strong is able to knock Connors down next. He lays in a chop and hoists Connors, who escapes. Connors runs into a big boot from Strong, who is able to stomp Roddy down in his own corner as Garcia tags in. Garcia gets a couple of chops, but Roddy gets an abdominal breaker and then gives Garcia ten in the corner.
Cassidy tags in and they double-team Garcia and then Cassidy gets one in the corner. Roddy is annoyed by it and Garcia grabs a rear chinlock. Cassidy gets Stundog Millionaire, but Garcia gets the rear chinlock again and then hits a backdrop suplex as we go to picture-in-picture.
When we return to full screen, Cassidy has been the babyface in peril. Cassidy breaks out of a full nelson by putting his hands in his pockets and then knocks Garcia and Connors to the floor. When Cassidy goes for the tag, Roddy drops off the apron and goes to the back.
Connors gets an exploder. Garcia and Connors stomp down Cassidy in the corner with quick tags. Connors spears Cassidy to the floor as Garcia holds him. They then work over Cassidy on the floor. As Cassidy is rolled into the ring, Connors is grabbed by Darby Allin from the crowd. Cassidy rolls Garcia into the ring and grabs a small package for the pin and the win.
Winner: Orange Cassidy
We then see that Toni Storm and Luther are watching from a luxury box. Toni grabs a mic and she says she has made peace with her choices. She then says if Marina Shafir knocks her out cold, she deserves to shave her head. But, if that happens, she will evolve into the most beautiful bald bastard the world has ever seen. She runs down Shafir and Wheeler Yuta, and Yuta comes from the back and shuts her down.
He says “Bring her out” and Shafir has Mina Shirakawa in Mother’s Milk and she cuts a hunk of Mina’s hair. Garcia holds Cassidy in the ring so he can’t stop it.
We then get a video from last week after Andrade El Idolo beat Kenny Omega, and Don says that Andrade will beat Adam Page in Australia to earn a world title shot.
Page has a video of his own to respond and says he wanted to face Kenny, but he will beat Andrade and he will see him in Australia.
Speedball Mike Bailey and Kevin Knight say they will take any challenge for the Trios Titles, but they will also go for singles titles as well.
The Young Bucks (Matt and Nick Jackson) vs. The Rascalz (Dezmond Xavier and Myron Reed) vs. Private Party (Mark Quen and Isiah “Zay” Kassidy)
The returning Private Party is the Wild Card team in this three-way for a Tag Team Title shot.
Private Party and The Rascalz go at each other with high-flying moves and when the Rascalz are taken out, the Bucks get in the ring and catch the Bucks’ superkicks. The Bucks and Private Party go back and forth and the Bucks make sure the Rascalz don’t get into the ring. After the Bucks knock Private Party to the floor the Rascalz hit the ring and take out the Bucks.
They are tossed by Private Party and it’s time for everyone to get dives as we go to picture-in-picture.
When we return to full screen, things have settled down to only having two people in the ring with Private Party working over Nick with quick tags. Nick slams Quen and Zay into each other and then hits a two-for-one escalera. Matt gets tagged in and runs wild. He gets Northern Lights suplexes on Quen and then both Quen and Zay.
Matt gets sliced bread on Zay and then gets a lariat and a bulldog on Quen and Zay at the same time. The Bucks hit dives from the top onto Private Party for two.
We then see Hook is watching from the crowd.
Matt drops Zay on the top rope and Zay is able to counter the Bucks’ double team. Private Party are about to hit double-team moves on the Bucks off the top. We then get the Rascalz vs. Private Party and the Bucks join in with lots of big moves around the ring until everyone is laid out on the floor. Matt gets a destroyer on Zay and everyone is down again.
We move to Matt and Xavier throwing hands in the middle of the ring. Nick drops Xavier with a superkick and then we’re back to dives from everywhere. Xavier and Reed get splashes on Matt for two, broken up by Nick. The Bucks are able to take out the Rascalz with superkicks. Quen gets into the ring and the Bucks hit him with a BTE Trigger.
The Bucks hit Reed with a TKDriver for the pin and the win.
Winners and facing FTR for the Tag Team Titles: The Young Bucks.
FTR comes to the ring with microphones and leave Stokely in his wheelchair at ringside. FTR says they are the two best tag teams in the world with 18 titles between the two of them. Dax Harwood says the Bucks are in second place, and Cash Wheeler says they have been successful in every company they have been in, and the Bucks had to create their own company.
It’s time for a Superkick Party when FTR says that, and the Bucks grab the titles. They mock Stokely before leaving the title belts on his lap.
We get a video of Will Ospreay in rehab talking about when he returns and he wonders if he will be the same.
We then get a hype video for MJF vs. Brody King Saturday.
Kris Statlander (Women’s Champion) vs. Thekla - Strap Match
The match starts at 9:01 CT.
They start with a tug-of-war and Kris drags Thekla to her and misses with the first swing. Thekla goes to the floor and Kris drags her back into the ring. She whips Thekla to the corner and pulls her out for a clothesline. Kris drags Thekla around the ring and then stomps her down. Kris drags Thekla around the ring again and when Thekla goes to the floor, Kris follows. Thekla starts whipping Kris with the strap, and Kris runs Thekla into the ring post.
Thekla tries to get into the ring and Kris drags her out and hits a pump kick. Kris whips Thekla into the barricade. Thekla pulls Kris into the steel steps and Kris is busted open. We go to picture-in-picture as Thekla takes control of the match.
When we return to full screen, Kris gets a snapmare on Thekla and then runs her into the corner. Thekla is on top and is able to get a Tarantula hold. Kris is able to choke Thekla with the strap in the ropes. Thekla goes to the eyes and then drops to the floor to pull Kris to the mat. Thekla kicks Kris through the ropes and then goes to the top. Thekla gets a crossbody from the top for two.
Thekla uses the strap on Kris, but then Kris pulls Thekla into a thrust kick and follows with a pump kick and a powerslam for two. Kris goes to the top and Thekla joins her. They fight on top with the strap, and Thekla hits a spider suplex on Kris. Kris lays in with the strap on Thekla’s back. Kris hits a discus lariat for two. They throw hands as they get to their feet. Thekla spits at Kris and Kris wraps the strap around Thekla’s neck and hits a Blue Thunder Bomb for two.
Thekla escapes another Blue Thunder Bomb and whips Kris. Thekla wraps the strap around Kris’ neck, but Kris escapes and wraps Thekla up in the strap. Kris then hits a tombstone piledriver. Skye Blue and Julia Hart hit the ring and Kris whips them out of the ring. Thekla hits a spear and ties Kris’s hands behind her back. Thekla hits a stomp and covers for the pin and the win.
Winner and NEW AEW Women’s Champion: Thekla
The Triangle of Madness attack Kris after the match. Alex Windsor and Jamie Hayter rush to the ring for the save and we are desperately out of time.
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