A stacked Dynamite tonight with the return of Kenny Omega, a World Heavyweight Title match, and more!
- Trios Match: Private Party & Mark Briscoe vs. The Hurt Syndicate
- Kenny Omega vs. Brian Cage
- Christian Cage vs. Hook
- AEW Women’s World Championship #1 Contender’s Casino Gauntlet
- AEW World Heavyweight Championship: Jon Moxley (c) vs. Powerhouse Hobbs
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AEW Dynamite “Maximum Carnage”Â
A video package for Moxley and Hobbs tonight is shown.
Live from the Andrew J. Brady Music Center in Cincinatti, Ohio! Tony Schiavone, Excalibur, and a returning Taz are on commentary and… speaking of returns!
Match #1. Kenny Omega vs. Brian Cage
Omega goes to the leg early but Cage powers him off. Knee to the face by Omega but a back body drop by Cage. Cage curls Omega and tosses him over head. Shoulders to the midsection by Cage and another back body drop. Running clothesline in the corner by Cage and a powerbomb, but Omega counters the second powerbomb with a hurricanrana that sends Cage to the floor. TERMINATOR DIVE but Lance Archer gets in the face, so Omega boots him in the face. The big boot allows Cage to sneak in the ring and turn Omega inside out with a clothesline. Outside the ring now and Cage military presses Omega on the announcer’s table! The table doesn’t break and Omega lands hard. Lance Archer and Don Callis get some shots in now, behind the referee’s back. Commercial. Back from break and both guys are fighting on the ramp, until Cage powerbombs Omega over the top and into the ring. F5 by Cage! Two count. Omega gets the boot up against a charging charge and dunks his face. Moonsault off the middle rope by Omega but Cage gets the knees up! Pumphandle driver by Cage! Two count. Cage goes up top but Omega catches him with a twisting sunset flip powerbomb! V-Trigger to the shoulder of Cage gets two. Big boot by Omega but Cage fights out of a snap dragon. V-Trigger by Omega! Two! One Winged Angel! One, two, three!
Winner: Kenny Omega
Rating: ***1/2. Great to have Omega back and pairing him with Will Ospreay is unexpected, but also, inexplicably genius.
After the match, the Don Callis Family hits the ring and jumps Omega. Body shots by Fletcher but here’s Will Ospreay to make the save! Ospreay and Omega quickly have a
Konosuke Takeshita is here! Takeshita holds the belt up to Omega’s face but Omega fires in some right hands. Fletcher sneaks in and dumps Omega with a snap half-and-half suplex. Ospreay gets back in but gets poked in the eye and laid out with a rolling elbow. Raging Fire by Takeshita and a sheer drop brainbuster by Fletcher!
MVP manages a heck of a lot more than just The Hurt Syndicate, as we see in a video package.
Ricochet is here and we get clips of his scissor attack on Swerve from a few weeks ago. Ricochet takes his time and he seems perplexed as to why the fans hate him right now? Ricochet says a picture is worth a thousand words, and shows a picture of Swerve bleeding profusely on the tron. Swerve’s music hits but Nana sneaks in the ring and blasts Ricochet with a chair from behind! Swerve hits the ring with a train and Ricochet runs out of the arena and into the streets!
A video package of Mercedes Mone spending money and training is shown. Mone stays ready, who’s ready to jump on the Mone’ train next?
Match #2. The Hurt Syndicate vs. Private Party & Mark Briscoe
Hurt Syndicate attacks early but Briscoe comes off the middle rope with a dropkick for two. MVP cuts Briscoe off with a big boot and we’re going to commercial. We’re back and MVP is BALLLLINNNNN. Throwback! Two count. Briscoe comes off the ropes with a flying forearm and finally makes the tag to Kassidy. Benjamin is in too and he pops Kassidy up right into a dropkick. Quen gets the tag and it’s a double dropkick to all Hurt Syndicate. Private Party goes old school to Benjamin but Lashley spikes Quen with a huge spinebuster. Release German suplex by Benjamin. Spear by Lashley. Big boot by MVP to Briscoe on the outside. Another German to Quen and a superkick and this one is over.
Winners: The Hurt Syndicate
Rating: **1/4. This was a placeholder to get us to Private Party vs. The Hurt Syndicate, and it did just that.
Cope vs. Pac next week!
A look at the creation of RatedFTR.
Swerve vs. Ricochet on February 5th!
Jeff Jarrett is here. It’s been a rough for weeks for Jeff Jarrett but…
Here’s MJF! MJF says Jarrett hasn’t begun to be humbled. Jarrett cuts off MJF and then MJF loses it, demanding he never be interrupted again. MJF says Jarrett is the last thing you see before your favorite company dies. Woof. MJF says that thinking about Jarrett career makes him want to drink. How about, for the health of the company and for Jarrett, MJF sends him back to rehab where he belongs. Make sure that sexy MILF of a white stays around, though. When MJF is done he’ll ship her back to Tennessee, so Jarrett can know what an Olympic Gold Medalist and a generational talent’s balls tastes like.
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Jarrett says everything that MJF has been said has been said and done before. Let’s get to the heart of the matter. The Owen Hart Cup ignited something in Jarrett that he didn’t know existed, and that’s what will propel him to the title. Jarrett says he was MJF before MJF was MJF. Jarrett did it way before him, and he did it better than him. Jarrett says it’s tough being raised by a call girl mom and an ambulance chasing dad. Jarrett makes a bunch of jokes about MJF’s mom, his girlfriend, and tells him he’s scared of becoming a one hit wonder.
MJF says he didn’t need his dad to make him a top guy, or to start a company. MJF made MJF. We saw what happens when Jarrett is King of the Mountain, but what happens when MJF is? Wembley Stadium. Record PPV buys. Ticket sales. Rating. MJF was the Best in the World. No wrestling fan has ever given a single, solitary s about Jeff Jarrett. Just because Jarret was best friends with Owen Hart, he thinks he’s owed a grand finale? Jarrett is a carny succubus leech, riding the coattails of his dead friend. Maybe Jarrett doesn’t like it when MJF talks about his buddy, Owen–
Right hands by Jarrett! Security is here to break up the brawl and Karen is here too. MJF grabs Karen quickly and shoves here into Jarrett before running away.
Okada wrestles Ishii on Saturday, and we get a video package showing their history.
Match #3. Hook w/ Katsuyori Shibata vs. Christian Cage w/ The Patriarchy
Hook attacks Cage during his entrance and here we go! Hook beats up on Cage around the outside of the ring and back in the ring, Cage looks for a hug and gets it… momentarily. Overhead belly-to-belly by Hook, as Cage rolls to the outside and we’re going to commercial. Back from break as Cage cuts Hook off with a running back elbow. Cage makes eye contract with Taz as he mounts Hook in the corner. Nick Wayne gets in Taz’s face on outside and Hook dumps Cage over the top and to the floor with a fireman’s carry. Hook tosses Cage into the steel steps and tries to break the hand, but Cage swipes the legs out and Hook catches the corner on his back! Frog splash back in the ring by Cage gets two. Second frog splash… another two count. Cage thinks spear but Hook gets the knee up… but Cage is back at it and connects with a spear anyway. One count! Hook goes to the body and delivers a big clothesline. Hip toss into the corner by Hook and some clotheslines in the corner. Northern Light’s by Hook gets two. Cage thinks reverse falling DDT but Hook counters with a fisherman’s suplex for two! Hook locks in RedRum but Cage gets to the ropes and walks up them, breaking it at four. Cross faces by Hook but Christian gouges the eyes and posts Hook. Cage sneaks up on Shibata and hits the falling reverse DDT on the floor! Hook dives on the RedRum in the center of the ring and he immediately calls in the reinforcements, causing the DQ.
Winner via DQ: Hook
Rating: **1/4. Not too much of a match here, but it seems like they’ve got something else planned.
The Patriarchy are jumping Hook and they’ve grabbed some chairs, thinking ConChairTo. Taz stands up and heads to the ring, but…
SAMOA JOE IS BACK! JOE DISPOSES OF EVERYONE AND HOLDS SABIAN SO SHIBATA CAN HIT THE PK! JOE! JOE! JOE! Joe, Hook, and Shibata stand tall.
Jeff Jarrett is in the back with Renee. Dustin Rhodes shows up and says that he’s 110% behind Jarrett, and he wants him to fulfill his dream. MJF has been in the company for a minute, and MJF has no clue.
Match #4. Women’s Casino Gauntlet for the Number One Contender
Kris Statlander is number one, and Jamie Hayter is number two. Shoulder block and nobody moves. Megan Bayne is number three. Bayne towers over Statlander too, and she lays in some shots in the corner. Running back elbow by Statlander but Bayne catches her on a second attempt with a flying clothesline. Both women trade suplex attempt until Bayne out-powers her and sits out with a Falcon Arrow. Two count. Julia Hart is out next at four and we’re going to commercial. Back from break and Willow was out at five, I’d assume. Double suplex to Bayne as Statlander and Willow and Statlander turn their attention to each other. POUNCEEEE by Willow! Toni Storm is number six. Roll up on Willow for two. Snap mare to Hayter, to Statlander, to Willow, to Bayne. Bayne tosses Storm on to Statlander on the ramp. Hayter super kicks Willow but gets DDT’d by Willow. Statlander with a cannonball off he ramp to Bayne and Willow. Hart and Hayter hockey fight in the middle of the ring as Harley Cameron is out at seven. Hayte Breaker to Hart. Hayte Breaker to Cameron. Cameron ducks a Hayterade but gets misted by Hart! Northern Lariat but Storm is here and she cradles Hart for the win!
Winner and Number One Contender for the AEW Women’s World Championship: Toni Storm
Rating: *3/4. There was nothing to this one, aside from the re-debut of Bayne. That said, Storm winning gives us a fun rematch in Australia, even though it’s a bit early.
Match #5. AEW Women’s World Championship: Jon Moxley (c) vs. Powerhouse Hobbs
The Death Riders swarm but don’t attack, and the bell finally rings. Hobbs powers Moxley into the corner and brings some right hands. Moxley runs into Hobbs but Hobbs doesn’t budge. Forearm shot sends Moxley into the front row, as the fight spills to the outside. Back in the ring, running big boot by Moxley and a suicide dive. Back in the ring, Moxley mounts Hobbs in the corner and delivers some punches and middle fingers, but Hobbs grabs Moxley and tries to bite his ear off. Commercial break. We’re back and Moxley is bleeding all over the place, I assume from the ear that Hobbs bit? There’s a lot of blood. Clotheslines by Hobbs now and an avalanche in the corner. World’s Most Dangerous Slam by Hobbs gets two. Twisting powerslam off the middle rope by Hobbs but Moxley holds on and counters into a straight armbar! Hobbs gets a chance to dive for the rope break and takes it. Hobbs rolls to the ramp as Moxley distracts the referee, and the Busaiku Knee by Wheeler Yuta out of nowhere! Moxley tries to bring Hobbs back in the ring but he gets spinebustered! Torture Rack attempt by Hobbs but Moxley frees himself and Marina Shafir cracks Hobbs in the face with the briefacase behind the referee’s back. One, two, no! Paradigm Shift by Moxley! Two count! Bulldog choke is locked in and Hobbs goes out.
Winner and STILL AEW World Heavyweight Champion: Jon Moxley
Rating: ***1/4. Strong main event with Hobbs looking like a credible threat, but I don’t think anyone expected him to win here tonight. Moxley’s reign of terror continues, but Hobbs had a nice showing.
After the match, The Death Riders jump Hobbs. Claudio rips the knee brace off and lays in some chair shots. Claudio wraps the chair around Hobbs knee and stomp is, just as RatedFTR make the save as we go off the air.
Final Thoughts: Well, it wasn’t the best *wrestling* show I’ve ever seen, but a lot of really cool things happened tonight, storyline-wise. Kenny Omega returning and immediately pairing up with Will Ospreay is a true treat, Samoa Joe coming back, The Hurt Syndicat eyeing the tag team titles… lots to like in that department. 7/10.
