AEW makes it’s debut south of the border tonight with Grand Slam… Mexico!
- Kazuchika Okada vs. Mark Briscoe
- Fatal Four-Way: Ricochet vs. Mascara Dorada vs. Hologram vs. Lio Rush
- 14-Man Tag: Adam Cole, Atlantis Jr., Brody King, Daniel Garcia, Bandido & Templario vs. FTR & The Don Callis Family
- CMLL Women’s World Championship: Zeuxis (c) vs. Mercedes Mone
- Mistico vs. MJF
- 12-Man Tag: Death Riders & The Young Bucks vs. The Opps, Swerve Strickland, & Will Ospreay
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AEW Dynamite: Grand Slam Mexico
Live from Arena Mexico in Mexico City, Mexico! Tony Schiavone, Excalibur, and Nigel McGuinness are on commentary tonight and we’re going to welcome the number one contender!
Here’s Hangman! Hangman opens up the promo by speaking Spanish, and unfortunately, I don’t speak the language so tonight may be a tough one. Hangman thanks the fans for allowing AEW in their house. AEW and CMLL united is the best professional wrestling in the world. Hangman can’t wrestle tonight, but they didn’t say anything about after the match.
FTR is here… well, wait. Cash Wheeler isn’t here, as Stokely announces.
Match #1. 14-Man Tag: Dax Harwood, Volador Jr., Kyle Fletcher, Konosuke Takeshita, Kyle Fletcher, Lance Archer, Josh Alexander, & Hechicero vs. Bandido, Atlantis, Atlantis Jr., Templario, Brody King, Daniel Garcia, & Adam Cole
Well now. This reminds me of Survivor Series 1988. Bandido and Takeshita to start. The guys who are not in this match are not on the apron, they are waiting outside the ring. Takeshita catches a GTS attempt but Bandido hurricanranas Takeshita to the outside. Hechicero in now and he evades a superkick and takes the back of Bandido, but Bandido rolls through for a two count. Running step-up knee in the corner by Hechicero and in comes Garcia. Garcia thrusts the hips but Hechicero gets taken over with a tieres. Dax in now and he gets mounted and punched in the corner. Short-arm clothesline by Dax and Atlantis Jr. is in. Enziguiri by AJ and a Slindblade to Dax. Two count. Templario is in and it’s a dropkick/German suplex combo to Dax for two. Volador Jr. with an assisted dropkick but a pair of tieres by AJ and Templario. Double jump diving hurricanrana by Templario. Sasuke Special follows! Brody and Dax in now. Hard chop by Brody but Archer sneaks in from behind. Alexander knees Brody between the ropes but Cole is in and he superkicks Archer in the knee, the face, and then it’s a Shining Wizard! Death Valley Driver by Brody to Alexander on the apron. Fletcher in with a snap half-and-half suplex. Atlantis is in and he double legs Fletcher. Enzigurui by Atlantis Jr and the good guys beat down Fletcher. Commercial time. Back as Bandido military presses Alexander! Bandido goes up top but Alexander scales the ropes and meets him with an overhead belly-to-belly! Takeshita gets the tag and goes up top, but Bandido sends Alexaneder into him and he gets crotched. Templario puts Aelxander on the top rope. Double fall away moonsault by Templario and Bandido! Templario landed HARD though, but he seems to be okay. Two counts. Atlantis Jr. goes up top but Alexander crotches him. AJ back body drops Alexander into the ring from the ramp and flies in with a cross body. Eight guys in the ring and everyone is getting mounted in the corner. Tope suicida by AJ to Takeshita. One by Templario. Bandido takes out Volador. Fletcher and Cole fight to the back. Archer and Brody are legal now and they trade hard shots. Shoulder block by Brody. Hechicero with a diving elbow to Brody. Brody with a running hurricanrana to Hechicero and a tope suicida to the floor! Atlantis wants Dax! Knee by Dax and he puts the boots to the ribs of Altantis, and the crowd loves it! Atlantis cradles Dax for the win out of nowhere.
Winners: Bandido, Adam Cole, Atlantis. Atlantis Jr., Templario, Daniel Garcia, Brody King
Rating: **1/2. Uhhh… yeah. Sure. Let’s go with that. Action was okay, but the crowd has been on fire the whole night… so it definitely made it better. The finish was terrible, though.
A video package of Okada’s attack on Kenny Omega from last week is shown, which leads us to Mark Briscoe challenging Okada, since he and Omega have had each other’s backs for a while.
Match #2. Kazuchika Okada w/ Don Callis vs. Mark Briscoe
Okada backs Briscoe to the ropes and pats the chest. Briscoe dumps Okada and thinks about a dive, but Okada bails, before jumping on Briscoe as he rolls back in the ring. Elbow in the corner by Okada. Redneck Kung Fu by Briscoe! Enziguiri over the top and Briscoe drags him to floor. Flipping suicide dive by Biscoe! Big clothesline in the corner by Briscoe. Two. Briscoe misses a third and Okada sets him up on the top rope before dropkicking him to the floor! Commercial break. Back from break as Briscoe fights his way out of a neck twist. Briscoe hits the ropes and Okada catches him with a flapjack. Okada thinks tombstone but Briscoe rolls through for two. Pele kick by Briscoe and both guys are down. Okada goes to the eyes but Briscoe responds with some hard chops. Flying forearm by Briscoe and a corner lariat. Fisherman’s Buster by Briscoe! Two count. Okada blocks the exploder and brings Briscoe to the ropes, but Briscoe responds with a throat thrust. Briscoe charges and Okada sends him up and over, holds on, right into the Air Raid Crash neckbreaker. Body slam by Okada and the world’s laziest elbow. Okada thinks Rainmaker… but flips off the fans instead. Briscoe bites the finger! Exploder by Briscoe! Briscoe goes up top… Froggy Bow! Nails it! Two count. JAY. DRILLER. Briscoe tries to get Okada up, but Okada back body drops him. Back slide by Okada but he holds on and plants Briscoe with a dropkick to the face. Briscoe tries the Jay Driller but Okada counters into a tombstone! Okada holds on… Rain Maker! One, two, three.
Winner: Kazuchika Okada
Rating: ***1/2. The winner was never in doubt here, but Mark Briscoe delivers every single time he’s in the ring and this was no different. The longer this match went, the better it got.
Side note, the ring looks HARD. Not a lot of give there, and Tony Schiavone brought attention to it earlier in the night.
Don Callis gets in the ring and holds Briscoe, so Okada can hit him in the stomach and the face with the belt.
Match #3. MJF w/ The Hurt Syndicate vs. Mistico
Crowd is going bananas for Mistico, as expected. MJF is adorned in American flag attire. MJF overpowers Mistico to start. Running Code Red by Mistico out of nowhere and he gets a two count. Mistico feigns a dive and MJF bails to the outside, looking for counsel from MVP. MJF blindsides Mistico and we reset. Back in the ring, Mistico connects with a hurricanrana. MJF pulls Mistico into the middle turnbuckle and proceeds to mock the crowd. Powerbomb on the knee by MJF and we go to commercial. Back from break and MJF tries to rip the mask off. Handspring back elbow by Mistico and an enziguiri. Mistico springboards in with a dropkick that sends MJF to the outside. Mistico comes off the top with a high cross body and both guys are down. Back in the ring and Mistico connects with a senton atomico. No pinfall, though. Mistico goes up top again and misses a moonsault, but catches MJF with a snap powerslam. MJF pokes the eye, stopping Mistico’s momentum. Twice. Superkick by Mistico but MJF rebounds with a rolling elbow. Destroyer by Mistico but as MJF falls he connects with a superkick! Everyone is down. MJF decides to head up the ramp and Mistico follows with a cazdora, but MJF counters with a tombstone! Both guys make it back to the ring, somehow, and MJF gets two. MJF now goes up top, but gets caught with a pair of enziguiris. Make that three. Four. Mistico goes up top… Avalanche Spanish Fly! One, two, no! La Mistica is locked in and MJF is tapping, but MVP is distracting the referee! MJF goes low and cradles Mistico for two. MJF looks at Mistico, looks at the referee, and then kicks Mistico low! That’ll cause the DQ.
Winner: Mistico
Rating: ***1/4. I didn’t expect to see either guy lose here, and that’s exactly what we got. MJF is so good at being a jerk, and the fans love Mistico. These two meshed pretty well, too.
The Hurt Syndicate jump Mistico, and MJF wants the mask off… and gets it! MJF celebrates with the mask, putting it on, and then giving everyone the finger. Bandido, Templario, and Titan hit the ramp, allowing Mike Bailey and Kevin Knight to come off the top with a pair of dropkicks. The Hurt Syndicate retreat to the back.
Match #4. Fatal Four-Way: Lio Rush vs. Ricochet vs. Hologram vs. Mascara Dorada
Rush and Ricochet work together early, sending both men to the floor. Rushochet think about a pair of dives but Hologram and Dorada are in with superkicks. Assisted arm drags by Hologram. Corkscrew clotheslines in the corner by Dorada and an assisted dropkick. Rushochet work over both men on the outside. Enziguiri by Dorada and a handspring kick by Rush takes out Dorada. Hologram with an enziguiri to Rush before springboarding in, but Ricochet is there in mid-air with a dropkick! Corkscrew plancha by Ricochet. Corkscrew plancha by Rush! Commercial time. Rushochet get in each others’s face and Dorada dropkicks them into each other. Dorada with a jump off Ricochet into a hurricanrana on Rush. Dorada with an over the top Destroyer to Ricochet! Hologram and Dorada both get a huge running start and take out both Rush and Ricochet on the floor, crashing into the steel steps HARD. Dorada and Hologram one-on-one. Both guys trade luchaaaaaaa until Hologram delivers a tornado… bomb? Two count. Spanish Fly by Hologram. Dorada handsprings off the ropes into a twisting Crucifix Bomb! Rush with his strike combo but Dorada ducks underneath with a corkscrew kick. Dorada escapes Vertigo and Ricochet delivers the Swerve Stomp! Rush picks the ankle of Ricochet and it’s right into a Poisonrana! One for Hologram! Dorada blocks his, momentarily, but Rush finally connects. Two count. Rush Hour by Rush but Ricochet breaks up the pin. Single leg dropkick by Ricochet to Hologram. Ricochet heads up top and Rush crotches him. Rush tries a hurricanrana, but Ricochet blocks it. Hologram grabs Rush, Rush reverses with a roll up that gets two. Bottom rope assisted Stunner by Rush but Hologram catches him, counters into the Portal Bomb! One, two, three!
Winner: Hologram
Rating: ***. These guys did some really cool stuff in this one, but it felt all over the place. The match ending with Ricochet just chilling on the top turnbuckle didn’t sit super well with me, either.
Match #5. CMLL Women’s Championship: Zeuxis (c) vs. Mercedes Mone
Mone fakes a handshake and Zeuxis makes her pay for it. Running Meteora by Zeuxis in the corner. Two count. Zeuxis comes off the top with a sunset flip and she gets two. Mone comes off the top again but Zeuxis catches her, adjusts her grip, right into a double underhook lung blower! Two count. Zeuxis rolls through a crossface and to the outside, so Mone follows with a baseball slide. Back in the ring, Mone comes off the middle rope with a meteora! Two count. Running hurricanrana by Zeuxis and a suicide dive on the outside, but Zeuxis gets her feet caught and she lands… hard. Back from commercial and Mone heads up top, but Zeuxis catches her. Avalanche Spanish Fly by Zeuxis gets two. During the commercial, there was a snap powerslam on the apron by Zeuxis, FYI. Fireman’s carry by Zeuxis but Mone hurricanranas out. Backstabber by Mercedes and the crossface is locked in. Zeuxis counters with a pumphandle slam Both women go up top and Zeuxis tries for an avalanche body slam maybe, but Mone counters with a Spanis Fly! One, two, three!
Winner and NEW CMLL Women’s Champion: Mercedes Mone
Rating: **3/4.. The belt collector reigns supreme! I didn’t expect to get a title change here. Zeuxis looks like she knocked herself a little silly on that suicide dive, but they powered through. Match was fine enough, albeit pretty short all things considered.
Mone celebrates her win, but Mina Shirakawa shows up at the top of the ramp. Toni Storm appears behind Mone in a red outfit, and she chases Mone down. Storm wants a piledriver on the ramp but security is there to make the save, as Mone jumps in the arms of a lucky fan.
Match #6. Twelve-Man Tag: The Beast Mortos, The Death Riders & The Young Bucks vs. The Opps, Swerve Strickland, & Will Ospreay
Mortos runs into a knee and then gets hurricanrana’d by Ospreay. Ospreay thinks about a dive but Nicholas kicks hi in the head. Catapult into an enziguiri by The Bucks to Ospreay. Gut buster and a neckbreaker to Swerve. Double rebound arm drag by Ospreay to both Bucks, and now it’s chop city. Nicholas goes to the injured eye of Ospreay, which he’s wearing a bandage over. Yuta gets tagged and gets back body dropped. Swerve and Ospreay with some running back elbows in the corner, running Shooting Star Press by Ospreay, and a diving back elbow by Swerve. Two count. Swerve ducks under a Yuta kick, traps the leg, and delivers a backbreaker. Joe is in and he works over Yuta in the corner, to the delight of the crowd. Shibata is in and the crowd erupts. Hard right elbows by Shibata, an avalanche by Hobbs, and a Pele kick by Joe! Two count. Jawbreaker by Yuta and Moxley gets the tag, as he squares up with Joe, who quickly locks in the choke! Everyone in the match gets in the ring and it’s a donnybrook. Backflip by Ospreay into an enziguiri on Matthew. Ospreay heads up top.. Sky Twister Press takes out everyone! Commercial time. Back from break and Ospreay handsprings off the ropes, right into a hard elbow by Moxley. Hobbs gets the tag and crushes Yuta in the corner. Forever clotheslines! Short-arm lariat by Hobbs to Yuta, and Hobbs drops the straps! The Bucks try to help but Hobbs is pissed. Hobbs catches a pair of superkicks and goozles both Bucks. Yuta jumps on the back and then Moxley kicks Hobbs low. Hobbs runs through Moxley and Yuta and clotheslines The Bucks. Planchas by Ospreay and Swerve take out Matt and Nick. Shibata with a running boot to Yuta and a stalling dropkick. Snap over/under suplex by Shibata to Yuta. Powerslam by Hobbs! Spear by Mortos to Hobbs! Tornillo by Mortos to Hobbs! Joe is in and he squares up with Mortos! I didn’t know how bad I needed this matchup. Mortos charges but it’s the JOEANAGE out of the corner! Assisted Sliced Bread by The Bucks to Joe. Double superkick to Ospreay! BTE Trigger attempt but Ospreay ducks underneath, springboards off the ropes, and hits a double OsCutter! Reverse plancha by Swerve takes out The Bucks. Busaiku Knee by Yuta to Ospreay! Busaiku Knee to Shibata but he eats it! PK to Yuta! Swerve and Moxley get the tag and it’s a hockey fight. Hook kick by Ospreay and a Rolling Thunder Flatliner by Swerve! Chasing the Dragon to Moxley! Ospreay holds Moxley for a Swerve Stomp, but The Bucks break it up. Marina Shafir intervenes and distracts the referee, allowing Matthew to throw Swerve off the top rope, landing throat-first. Moxley grabs a handful of tights and rolls Swerve up for the win.
Winners: Death Riders, The Beast Mortos, & The Young Bucks
Rating: ****. Star-studded scramble here in the main event, and they got as much in as they could. The finish felt kind of flat to be honest, but it made sense in the context of the show.
Moxley, Matthew, and Nicholas continue the attack on Swerve but… Hangman is here?!
Hangman hits the ring and squares up with Moxley, and here we go! A fight ensues and Hangman looks for a Buckshot, Moxley ducks, and Hangman takes out Matthew by accident! Nicholas is upset and Moxley tries to sneak in with the briefcase, but the good guys stand tall, causing everyone else to bail.
Final Thoughts: Aside from the CMLL Women’s World Title change, this kind of felt like a house show, or one of those G1 cards where they just assemble all of the guys not in the tournament in a bunch of multi-man matches. Not saying that’s a bad thing, because we got some fine wrestling out of it, but it just felt different. The crowd was excellent all night though, and nothing dragged. All In should be outstanding at this rate. 7.5/10.
