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6/17 AEW DYNAMITE REPORT

AEW Dynamite is live from The Smart Financial Centre in Sugar Land, TX. Our commentary team is Excalibur, Tony Schiavone and Taz.

In the back, MJF is with the Don Callis Family and he goes over the people chasing his title. He says he doesn't like Kevin Knight but he respects him because he is willing to stab people in the back and he has the most talent in the company as he is staring at Kyle Fletcher. He dismisses Andrade El Idolo, and tells Will Ospreay isn’t the best in the world anymore. He mocks Swerve Strickland and tells him to swerve off a bridge. He says he has beaten Kenny Omega every time they have faced each other. He says the only reason anyone likes Mark Briscoe is because of his brother.

He brings up Hangman Adam Page and laughs. 

MJF then tells Don to tell us who is in the team for Forbidden Door. Kevin Knight, Kyle Fletcher, Jake Doyle, Kazuchika Okada, and finally Andrade El Idolo, who looks upset as he doesn’t want to work with MJF. Andrade says “Do you think I will join you?  How you know?”  MJF tells Don to talk to him. Don tells Andrade there’s a lot of money involved and he will get a title shot, but for now, do the match.

Excalibur goes over tonight’s card. 

Kenny Omega vs the Already In The Ring Tony Nese w/Mark Sterling and Ariya Davari

Nese hits a bicep pose before they lock up and Sterlang grabs Omega’s boot. Nese trips Omega and then misses a springboard moonsault. Omega gets a pair of snapdragon suplexes, then a V Trigger. He then gives Mark a V Trigger when he gets on the apron. Omega hits the One-Winged Angel for the pin and the win.

Winner: Kenny Omega

Omega grabs a mic and before he can talk, Zack Sabre Jr comes to ring with Bad News Tito and Mikey Nichols. As they come to  the ring, Omega bails to the floor and slides Zack the mic. When Omega gets to the stage the Young Bucks and Jack Perry join him. Zack kicks the mic to Omega and he introduces them as TMDK and no one knows what it means.

Omega says they each have something the other wants, and wouldn't it look good on Zack’s resume it would look good for Zack to beat Omega, and Omega says it would look good on his resume. He says Zack may have friends, but he does too, so it will be one on one at the pay per view.

We then get a video recap of the feud between The Dogs and the Bang Bang Gang.

Jon Moxley and Daniel Garcia w/Marina Shafir vs Brody King and Bandido 

Garcia and Bandido start the match and Garcia piefaces Bandido. They move waistlocks and Garcia takes down Bandido. Garcia acts as if he is kicking dirt on Bandido and Bando takes Garcia down with a waistlock. Garcia gets a side headlock takeovers and they then go back and forth with takedowns. 

They run the ropes and Bandido gets a drop kick. Brody is tagged in and he slams Garcia. Brody then drops Bandido on Garcia. They then do the Macarena over Garcia who stands up and does his own dance. Garcia lays in chops and then Brody and Bandido drop Garcia with chops.

Mox is tagged in and takes his time to get in the ring with Brody. They go head to head and then start throwing hands. Mox then pokes Brody in the eye and lays in a knee strike and then a bite to Brody's head. Mox tries for a cutter and Brody doesn’t move. Brody knocks Mox to the floor and Bandido gets on the top rope with Brody steadying him. Bandido hits a moonsault for the top rope as we go to picture in picture.

When we return to full screen, Brody drops Mox with a headbutt and then knocks him down with a strike again. They trade chops, strikes and then clotheslines. Brody then drops Mox with a big lariat. Garcia and Bandido tag in and they run the ropes and Bandido gets a crucifix pin for two. Garcia gets a double chap and then Bandido gets a belly to belly suplex. Mox pulls Garcia to the floor and Brody tags in to dive, but Marina gets in the way so that Brody doesn’t dive. Brody goes to the floor and then go face to face until Mox dives onto Brody. 

Garcia lays in stomps on the floor. Mox and Garcia get a spike piledriver on Brody. Bandido gets his legs swept and Garcia sends Bandido over the barricade. Brody is rolled into the ring and Mox covers for two. Garcia tags in and gets a bulldog on Brody for two. Brody works to his feet and lays in chops and Garcia gets a strike to Brody’s knee, taking him down again. Mox tags in and lays in strikes in the corner.

Mox puts Brody on top and joins him  there. Mox gets a superplex from the second turnbuckle for two as we go to picture in picture.

When we return to full screen, Brody has been the babyface in peril. Brody finally gets a double clothesline on Mox and Garcia and tags in Bandido who runs wild. Mox is able to cut him off with a forearm when Bandido sets for a 21 plex. Bandido gets a vertical hold and then Marina breaks it up as the ref is distracted. Bandido gets a stalling vertical suplex on box Mox and Marina, and then Bandido dives onto all three of the Death Riders. 

\Garcia is rolled into the ring and Bandido gets a frog splash from the top for two broken up by Mox. Brody and Mox take each other out with clotheslines. Bandido and Garcia trade rollups and then Bandido gets a 21 plex on Garcia and Brody dives onto Mox and Bandido gets the pin and the win.

Winners: Brody King and Bandido.

In the back, Kyle Fletcher and Okada say they will be competing tonight and again at Forbidden Door, and they will also bring back the International Title back to the Don Callis Family. They say they know who will not be in Mark Briscoe’s team because they have taken out Tomohiro Ishii, who is at their feet.

\In the back Tommaso Caipa says he will give Chris Jericho one reason why he hates him. He used to respect him, but the current Jericho who says jokes and puns?  He hates it. He hates every last bit of it, so if he’s going to do that, he should stay home. If he thinks Ciampa is worthy, then they should fight.

The Dogs, Davis Finlay and Clark Connors come through the backstage area and look at attack crew members, but instead they run into Adam Copeland and Christian Cage, who attack them and fight to the ring. In the ring, Adam sets to spear Connors, but Finlay pulls him out of the ring and they bail.

Cage grabs the mic and says most people are waiting for him to say something unseemly about one of the Dogs’ family members, but even he has standards. He says Finlay is not some gift to the wrestling world, but his father should have let him run down his mother’s leg.

Copeland says the Dogs think they are Cage and Cope from 30 years ago, but 30 years ago, they thought they knew it all, but they were taught better by the tag teams of the time. And when they fight at Forbidden Door, they will send the Dogs through the door as beaten little pups. 

We then get a hype video for Starlight Kid, who will face Thekla at Forbidden Door.

We then get a promo from Thekla who says they went through the same training, and while Starlight Kid is a hero but she got fired. She says she doesn’t care if people like her because she has the title. 

In the back, Bandido and Brody are with Lexi Nair, and Bandido is hyped because they beat the Death Riders. They may have been on a singles quest, but they are still the best tag team in the world. Mox then shows and tells Bandido if he wants a shot at the Continental Championship, he will be all alone, but he gets a shot at Forbidden Door.

Mercedes Mone vs Hazuki -  Owen Hart Semifinal Match

Mone gets a waistlock and they go back and forth. Mone gets a back elbow strike and drops Hazuki. They run the ropes and Hazuki gets an arm drag. Mone gets an arm drag out of the corner and then another into a rollup for two which Hazuki reverses for two. Hazuki gets a series of face washes in the ropes and Mone rolls to the ramp to escape.

Mone returns to the ring and Hazuki gets a tejaris and a drop kick and Mone escapes again and Hazuki mocks her for leaving the ring as we go to picture in picture.

When we return to full screen, Mone hits a lungblower for two. Hazuki rolls to the floor to recover and Mone follows her and slams her head first into the apron twice and then stands on Hazuki. She rolls Hazuki into the ring and covers for two. Mone keeps working over Hazuki and after a meteora in the ropes she covers for two. They fight through the ropes and Hazuki gets a DDT to the apron. Hazuki then dives onto Mone three times in a row. 

Mone is rolled into the ring and Hazuki goes to the top and hits a shotgun drop kick for two. Hazuki gets a crossface. One rolls her over for two and Hazuki rolls back and keeps the hold. Mone rolls to the ropes for a break. Mone is able to block a suplex and reverse it to get the three amigos, but Hazuki blocks the third. Mone sends Hazuki through the ropes to the apron. MOne gets on the ropes and hits a meteora as we go to picture in picture.

When we return to full screen, Hazuki beats down Mone in the corner. Mone gets a big boot up when Hazuki charges at her and Mone goes to the top. Hazuki kicks out Mone’s legs and then gets a DDT. Hazuki hits the senton from the top for two. Hazuki grabs the crossface again. Mone breaks her grip and gets a backside for two. They start on their knees and throw hands back and forth until Hazuki batters Mone to the mat. 

Both women are down. Mone crawls to the ropes and charges at Hazuki who catches her for a DDT and a thrust kick for two. Hazuki gets a brain buster and Mone rolls to the floor. Hazuki joins Mone on the floor and rolls Mone back in the ring. Mone hoists Mone and they go back and forth with rollups. Mone is able to get the Statement Maker. Hazuki rolls back for two and Mone has to give up the hold.

Mone gets a backstabber. Hazuki gets a quick rollup for two. Hazuki gets another rollup for two and they trade rollups again. Hazuki gets a pair of thrust kicks and they trade blows again. Mone gets another backstabber into a Statement Maker. Hazuki has to tap out when she can’t escape.

Winner and moving on in the tournament: Mercedes Mone

Great match and I hope we get to see more of Hazuki in AEW.

We then get a hype video for Maya World vs Athena for Saturday night on Collision.

Tony Schiavone is in the ring to interview Will Ospreay and Swerve Strickland, who will face each other at Forbidden Door for the title shot at All In. Will comes out first and Tony points out Will got married over the weekend. Will says his wife told him to stay focused and to chase his dream. Swerve is out next and Prince Nana takes Tony’s mic and says his suit is too tight.  He hands the mic to Swerve who says it’s been almost a year and Will hasn’t spoken to him. Swerve says Will has changed.

Will says he hasn’t changed, but Swerve has and it’s how Swerve is looking at him and asks if they need to have a chat. Swerve says they fought together against the Death Riders and now Swerve is in booty boot camp with them. Will says he hasn’t forgotten what the Death Riders did to him, but he has to let it go to learn from them. He says the training is working. But the night the Death Riders snapped his neck, he didn’t see Swerve to save him. He can’t be that mad since Swerve’s knee got blown out that night.

He said at All In Texas, they teamed up and they needed to get the World Title back. Swerve ignored him. That night, Will ended up in the hospital, but he did not see Swerve come to help. He says Swerve wants redemption, but the title is his dream. Will talks about how much Wembley stadium means to him. He says Swerve is in the way of his dream and he knows Swerve won’t hesitate to end his dream, so he won’t hesitate to run through him.

Swerve talks about how they got behind Hangman Adam Page and how Page won't talk to either of them. He then says something that is censored, so it must have been some naughty words. He says he is done stepping aside for other people. He says every time they step in the ring, they raise the bar, but after ten years, he is always better than Will and he has never beaten Swerve. 

Swerve says after he wins the title at All In, and will give Will a chance, and he will beat him again. Will punches Swerve and Nana gives a chain to Swerve. As they face off, the Death Riders come to the ring. They surround the ring and Swerve says that Will really has changed. 

In the back, Lexi is with Jericho and he says on Collision, they should get into the ring and get serious, face to face.

We then see Garcia egging Will on and when Will grabs Garcia. Mox says people use words when they have nothing else and he cannot lose control or focus. 

MJF, Kevin Knight, Jake Doyle, Kyle Fletcher, Andrade El Idolo, and Kazuchika Okada vs Mark Briscoe, Kyle O’Reilly, Roderick Strong, Orange Cassidy, Konosuke Takeshita, and Darby Allin

If anyone is disqualified, they are removed from the cage match at Forbidden Door.

Don Callis joins commentary.

MJF and Briscoe start the match but MJF tags in Andrade immediately and they argue about it. 

They run the ropes and Briscoe knocks Andrade to the floor. Briscoe joins him and after Andrade punches Briscoe, Andrade gets a selfie with a woman at ringside. 

Briscoe attacks him as he’s done. Briscoe gets ten in the corner, and does TRoddy and Cassidy gets one in the corner.

Cassidy pants’s Andrade, who tags in Fletcher and Cassidy tags in O’Reilly so we get cheers for Kyle.

The Kyles trade hold and after Fletcher gets a slam, he preens for the crowd, allowing O’Reilly to recover which sets off the tag team alarm and everyone is brawling and and out of the ring.

Takeshita dives onto everyone and the brawl continues. MJF gets into the ring and Allin goes to attack, but Knight attacks him from behind. 

Fletcher pulls Knight off on Allin and they argue. 

MJF tags in and he works over Allin as we go to picture in picture

When we return to full screen, Cassidy is the babyface in peril. 

Cassidy is able to put MJF’s arm into Jake Doyle arm snaps and tags in Roddy who cleans house.

Roddy uses Cassidy as a weapon repeatedly and then throws hands with Doyle, which is a bad idea. 

Roddy gets a Death Valley Driver for two.

It’s now time for each person to take out the last person in the ring until everyone is down.

MJF and Briscoe are tagged in and Knight tries to attack from behind, but Briscoe takes him out. 

Briscoe tries for a Jay Driller, but Knight breaks it up, but Allin attacks Knight, who takes off through the crowd. Allin catches him on the ramp and Doyle holds Allin for Knight to throw hands and then he tosses Allin into the ring post.

In the ring, Briscoe hits a Jay Driller but Callis distracts the ref so the pin isn’t counted. 

MJF gets the Salt of the Earth on Roddy, who has to tap out. 

Winners: MJF, Kevin Knight, Jake Doyle, Kyle Fletcher, Andrade El Idolo, and Kazuchika Okada

Team MJF is able to take out all of Team Briscoe after the bell rings and they leave Briscoe in the ring. MJF tells Andrade to hold Briscoe for him and Andrade refuses until Callis works it out. MJF then nails Briscoe with the Dynamite Diamond Ring as we are desperately out of time. 
 

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