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AEW Dynamite is live from the Wolstein Center in Cleveland, OH. Our commentary team is Excalibur, Walker Stewart, and Tony Schiavone.
The Death Riders (Jon Moxley, Daniel Garcia, and Gabe Kidd) vs. Don Callis Family (Wardlow, Mark Davis, and Josh Doyle)
Garcia and Davis start the match. They lock up, and Garcia is quickly forced to the corner, and Davis breaks clean, but Garcia gets in Davis’s face and slaps him. Garcia gets a side headlock, and Davis carries him to the ropes. Garcia gets another side headlock and takes Davis to his knees, but Davis is able to pick up Garcia. Garcia grabs a headlock again, and Doyle tags in and runs through Garcia.
Garcia lays in chops, and Doyle lariats him to the mat and then picks him up. Garcia escapes out the back and tags in Kidd. Doyle tags in Wardlow. Kidd charges into Wardlow and Wardlow doesn’t move, but Kidd is knocked to the mat. Kidd tags in Garcia and the same thing happens. Mox tags in and he charges into Wardlow, who is knocked back a bit, but Wardlow knocks him down with a shoulder tackle.
Mox smacks Wardlow, and when Wardlow charges into him, he runs into a chop. Mox gets a series of headbutts, and Wardlow drops Mox with a lariat and then stomps Mox down in the corner. Doyle tags in and avoids a charge from Mox and tags in Kidd, who knocks Wardlow and Davis off the apron. Kidd and Doyle charge into each other, and this sets off the tag team alarm, and everyone is in the ring charging at each other as we go picture-in-picture.
When we return to full screen, Garcia has been in peril through the break. Garcia hits a diving clothesline on Davis, and both men are down. Garcia crawls to his corner and tags in Mox as Doyle also tags in. Davis and Mox throw hands, and Mox ends it with a cutter. Mox gives Davis ten in the corner and then a big boot. Mox gets a lariat, but Davis doesn’t go down. They go back and forth with big moves. Mox dropkicks Davis to the floor and then dives onto him.
On the floor, Mox gives Doyle and Wardlow a double DDT. The Death Riders charge into Davis with Forever Charges in the corner. Shafir joins in when the ref is distracted. Garcia gets a Dragon Tamer on Davis, with Mox getting a curb stomp on him as well for two, which brings everyone into the ring.
After Kidd knocks Doyle to the floor, Garcia and Wardlow go back and forth, but Kidd clotheslines Wardlow and himself to the floor. Garcia gets a guillotine choke on Doyle on the floor. Davis clotheslines Mox and hits him with a gutwrench piledriver for the pin and the win.
Winners: The Don Callis Family
Adam Copeland vs. Josh Alexander - Clockwork Carnage Qualifier
They lock up and move to waistlocks and headlocks. They run the ropes, and Cope gets a shoulder tackle and then a hip toss. Cope goes for a baseball slide, but Josh grabs the leg and then runs his leg into the steel steps as we go to picture-in-picture.
When we return to full screen, Josh is working on Cope’s leg in the ring. After Cope gets to his feet, Josh gets a chop block to the same leg. Cope gets a one-leg dropkick, and both men are down. They throw hands as they work to their feet. Josh slaps, and then pie-faces Cope, which makes Cope drop him to the mat and then clothesline him to the floor. Cope rolls Josh into the ring and goes to the top. Cope gets a crossbody to Josh’s back for two.
Josh splashes Cope, and Cope gets an Impaler and is slow to get up. Cope goes for a spear, and Josh avoids it and hits three German suplexes for two, and the turnbuckle pad has been ripped off. Josh gets an ankle lock, and Cope rolls through. Josh is sent into the turnbuckle. Cope goes for a spear, and Josh sidesteps it and turns into the exposed turnbuckle. Josh rolls him up for two.
They fight through the ropes, and Cope brings Josh into the ring the hard way with a cutter. Cope goes to the top and Josh joins him. Cope escapes out the bottom and puts Josh onto his shoulders, dropping him onto the exposed turnbuckle. Cope hits the spear for the pin and the win.
Winner and moving on to Clockwork Carnage: Adam Copeland
Cope grabs a mic and says that the last few weeks have been difficult and Christian Cage was injured five minutes into the match at All Out with broken ribs and a collapsed lung. Cope says he needed to do some soul-searching. He then says he is aging out, and he wants to let people know that 2027 will be his last year in Professional Wrestling.
He then says it is why he has to go for the AEW Championship.
We then hear the Chord of Doom, and Don Callis and Brian Cage come to the ring. Callis says that Mark Davis has pinned Jon Moxley, and there is more to come. He tells Cope he may think he won the battle tonight, but Don Callis always wins the war. He then asks Cope who the hell he thinks he is. Don says people like him decide when they retire; people like him tell him how it is going to be.
Don says he doesn’t like Cope's chances of seeing 2027. In fact, he doesn’t like his chances of seeing Clockwork Carnage. The Family attacks Cope, which brings out Konosuke Takeshita and the Conglomeration, and they run the Family out of the ring.
We then get a video that explains the rules of Clockwork Carnage.
Konosuke Takeshita and Brian Cage - Clockwork Carnage Qualifying match
They start the match by throwing hands. Takeshita ends it with a hurricanrana. They fight through the ropes. Cage knocks Takeshita to the floor, and then Cage leaps onto him. Cage whips Takeshita into the barricade. Takeshita’s head is slammed into the steel steps, and Cage keeps working Takeshita on the floor, dropping him on the barricade.
Takeshita is rolled into the ring, and Cage charges into the big boot from Takeshita. Takeshita tries a jumping knee, but Cage catches him and tosses him into the corner. Cage gets a pendulum powerbomb for two as we go to picture-in-picture.
When we return to full screen, Takeshita gets a German suplex with a bridge for two. Takeshita gets a running boot in the corner. Cage gets a pop-up powerbomb, and follows with a spin kick and a tiger feint kick. Takeshita answers with a blue thunder bomb for two. Cage goes for a powerbomb, but Takeshita escapes and hits one of his own for two.
Cage runs into a big boot in the corner, and Cage gets a kick of his own. They go to the top, and Cage gets a hurricanrana from the top for two. They trade blows. Takeshita charges into the corner and misses a running knee and hits his knee on the turnbuckle. Cage gets a suplex from the second rope, and Takeshita is able to respond with a Raging Fire. Takeshita crawls to Cage. They go back and forth, and Cage gets a lariat for two.
Takeshita escapes the drill claw, and Cage hoists Takeshita. Takeshita escapes and hits a leaping knee. Takeshita gets a dragon sleeper, and Cage has to tap out.
Winner and moving on from Clockwork Carnage - Konosuke Takeshita
In the back: Renee Paquette with United Empire, Will Ospreay, Andrade El Idolo, Speedball Mike Bailey, and the Brawling Birds, Jamie Hayter and Alex Windsor, who are all here to fight.
Tony Schiavone is on the stage to interview FTR (Dax Harwood and Cash Wheeler) and Stokely. Stokely has a crutch. Dax says the only thing that gives him joy is being a champion, and he needs someone to tell him why they are not the number one contender, so they call out the Young Bucks.
The Motor City Machine Guns answer them: remember them? Chris Sabin says they respect the career, but they match FTR’s legacy. He then says AEW has the greatest tag team division in wrestling, and they will begin their journey by beating FTR. Alex Shelley says that if FTR has beaten the Young Bucks three out of five times, they need to have a five-match series and start it tonight.
Stokely says they will not perform tonight in Cleveland, and FTR challenged them years ago, and they bailed. But the best place to start the series is at WrestleDream.
In the back, Hangman Adam Page, Brody King, and Bandido accept the challenge of the two-out-of-three-falls match for the trios titles against Swerve Strickland and the New Level at WrestleDream.
Konosuke Takeshita and Brian Cage - Clockwork Carnage Qualifying match
They start the match by throwing hands. Takeshita ends it with a hurricanrana. They fight through the ropes. Cage knocks Takeshita to the floor, and then Cage leaps onto him. Cage whips Takeshita into the barricade. Takeshita’s head is slammed into the steel steps, and Cage keeps working Takeshita on the floor, dropping him on the barricade.
Takeshita is rolled into the ring, and Cage charges into the big boot from Takeshita. Takeshita tries a jumping knee, but Cage catches him and tosses him into the corner. Cage gets a pendulum powerbomb for two as we go to picture-in-picture.
When we return to full screen, Takeshita gets a German suplex with a bridge for two. Takeshita gets a running boot in the corner. Cage gets a pop-up powerbomb, and follows with a spin kick and a tiger feint kick. Takeshita answers with a blue thunder bomb for two. Cage goes for a powerbomb, but Takeshita escapes and hits one of his own for two.
Cage runs into a big boot in the corner, and Cage gets a kick of his own. They go to the top, and Cage gets a hurricanrana from the top for two. They trade blows. Takeshita charges into the corner and misses a running knee and hits his knee on the turnbuckle. Cage gets a suplex from the second rope, and Takeshita is able to respond with a Raging Fire. Takeshita crawls to Cage. They go back and forth, and Cage gets a lariat for two.
Takeshita escapes the drill claw, and Cage hoists Takeshita. Takeshita escapes and hits a leaping knee. Takeshita gets a dragon sleeper, and Cage has to tap out.
Winner and moving on from Clockwork Carnage - Konosuke Takeshita
In the back: Renee Paquette with United Empire, Will Ospreay, Andrade El Idolo, Speedball Mike Bailey, and the Brawling Birds, Jamie Hayter and Alex Windsor, who are all here to fight.
Tony Schiavone is on the stage to interview FTR (Dax Harwood and Cash Wheeler) and Stokely. Stokely has a crutch. Dax says the only thing that gives him joy is being a champion, and he needs someone to tell him why they are not the number one contender, so they call out the Young Bucks.
The Motor City Machine Guns answer them: remember them? Chris Sabin says they respect the career, but they match FTR’s legacy. He then says AEW has the greatest tag team division in wrestling, and they will begin their journey by beating FTR. Alex Shelley says that if FTR has beaten the Young Bucks three out of five times, they need to have a five-match series and start it tonight.
Stokely says they will not perform tonight in Cleveland, and FTR challenged them years ago, and they bailed. But the best place to start the series is at WrestleDream.
In the back, Hangman Adam Page, Brody King, and Bandido accept the challenge of the two-out-of-three-falls match for the trios titles against Swerve Strickland and the New Level at WrestleDream.
Triangle of Madness (Thekla, Julia Hart, and Skye Blue) vs. Divine Dominion (Megan Bayne and Lena Kross) and Mercedes Moné
Thekla and Moné start the match, and Moné pie-faces her. Thekla does the same, and Moné takes Thekla down. Thekla sweeps the leg. Moné gets a rollup for two, and they go face-to-face. Moné carries Thekla to the corner, and Thekla gets worked over by Moné’s team with quick tags. Thekla escapes, and tags in Hart, and Bayne holds her in the ropes, and her team poses around her. Bayne whips Hart into the corner, but Hart starts a Tarantula hold, and Blue gets a dropkick on Bayne from the apron instead. The Triangle all get octopus holds on their opponents in the ring, but Moné’s team powers out as we go to picture-in-picture.
When we return to full screen, Blue has been in peril through the break. Blue gets a dropkick to Moné and crawls to the corner to tag in Thekla, who cleans house. Thekla gets a submission lock on Kross and Bayne breaks it up, but Thekla gets a guillotine on her. Bayne escapes, and Kross gets a knee strike for two, broken up by Hart. Everyone gets a big move on the last person in the ring, ending with Thekla getting a spinning DDT on Kross for two.
Thekla gets a roundhouse kick and sets for the spear. Moné shoves Kross out of the way and tries to attack with the belt, but Hart and Blue get a thrust kick on her. Hart hits the black mist on Kross, and Thekla gets a curb stomp for the pin and the win.
Winners: Triangle of Madness
Samoa Joe and Tommaso Ciampa vs. Will Ospreay and Andrade El Idolo
Andrade and Ciampa start the match. Ciampa backs away before he locks up and tags in Joe. They lock up, and Joe forces them to the corner. Joe drags Andrade’s face down the ropes and whips him to the corner. Joe runs into the big boot, and Andrade gets a second kick. Joe whips Andrade to the corner, but Andrade uses the corner for a crossbody on Joe for two. Joe whips Andrade into his corner, and Ciampa tags in and stomps Andrade down.
Andrade gets a big kick and tags in Ospreay, and they double team Ciampa. Ospreay uses Andrade from a backflip with a twist onto Ciampa for two. They run the ropes, and Ciampa dropkicks Ospreay’s knee and then runs him into the turnbuckle. Ospreay gets a series of strikes, but Ciampa keeps him from tagging out. Ospreay gets a hurricanrana and tags in Andrade.
Andrade clotheslines Ciampa to the floor and dives onto him before getting a selfie with a woman at ringside as we go to picture-in-picture.
When we return to full screen, Andrade has been the babyface in peril through the break. Andrade finally gets a flying elbow on Ciampa and tags in Ospreay, who runs wild. Ospreay ends his run with a leaping elbow for two on Ciampa. Ospreay gets the kicks on Ciampa.
They then trade chops. Ospreay gets a hook kick. Andrade goes to the apron, and Joe grabs his foot and allows Ciampa to get a kick. Joe tries to set up a muscle buster, but Ospreay avoids it. He goes for an OsCutter, and Joe walks out of the way. Joe gets a senton for two, broken up by Andrade. Ospreay gets a handspring back elbow on both Ciampa and Joe.
Andrade tags in, and Ciampa gets on the apron with the belt, and Andrade nails him. Andrade gets an O'Connor roll for two. As the ref checks on Joe, Ciampa gets a DDT on the title belt, and Joe grabs the Coquina Clutch, and Andrade has to tap out.
Winners: Samoa Joe and Tommaso Ciampa.
Dynamite ends, but Collision starts immediately afterward.
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