The AEW World Tag Team Championship main events tonight’s episode of Dynamite!
- AR Fox vs. Swerve Strickland
- Samoa Joe vs. Nick Wayne
- Jamie Hayter vs. Julia Hart
- Cope vs. Pac
- AEW World Tag Team Championship: Private Party (c) vs. The Hurt Syndicate
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AEW Dynamite 1/22/25
Live from the Knoxville Civic Coliseum in Knoxville, Tennessee! Excalibur and Taz are on commentary, which can only mean the last member of the trio is waiting in the ring.
Tony Schiavone welcomes Kenny Omega and Will Ospreay to the ring, respectively. Ospreay says he’s happy Kenny isn’t dead, and he’s got nothing to do with the Don Callis Family. Ospreay says the world title is being held hostage with Moxley but he can’t get there until they get rid of the Don Callis Family.
Kenny takes the mic and says that Ospreay is no better than Don Callis, because he was trying to prove that he was the best. Not only did Kenny not believe it back then, he sure as hell doesn’t believe it now. It took diverticulitis for people to even know who Will Ospreay is, but he’s number two now, because number one is standing right here. Kenny will never trust him, bruv.
Here’s Don Callis.
Kenny sprints to Callis but he gets jumped by Konosuke Takeshita and Kyle Fletcher. Ospreay thinks about it, but finally decides to help Kenny out. Fletcher and Ospreay make it to the ring where Ospreay connects with a handspring kick and some mounted punches in the corner, but Takeshita blindsides him. Kenny hits the ring and a snap dragon suplex to Takeshita! Fletcher springboards off a chair onto Ospreay and the battle continues throughout the arena. Lance Archer is here, as is Brian Cage. Archer clotheslines Ospreay over the stairs as Cage throws Omega through a merch stand. Archer clears the merch tables with Ospreay’s head and Cage continues his assault, but Kenny saves Ospreay from a choke slam through a table. Ospreay yells for Kenny to gives him a hand, and he does, as they both suplex Archer through a table. Cage tosses a garbage can that lands in Kenny’s face. The fight spills back to the crowd as Ospreay and Kenny climb up, well, Kenny climbs a lighting fixture and Ospreay is on the balcony. DOUBLE MOONSAULT! WOW. No crash pad, no nothing… just concrete. Brutal. Omega says Dynamite Down Under, it will be he and Ospreay vs. Fletcher and Takeshita!
Moxley, Yuta, and Shafir are here. Moxley says the next time Cope goes to the doctor, maybe it’s the worst case scenario, and Moxley won’t lose any sleep. Moxley doens’t have time to sleep, and he doesn’t have time for relics from the past.
Match #1. AEW World Tag Team Championship: Private Party (c) vs. The Hurt Syndicate
Quick tags by the Hurt Syndicate early but a Silly String by Private Party and Quen is in. Neck breaker and a swanton combo by Private Party only gets a one count! MVP is on commentary, by the way. Double jump stunner by Kassidy to Lashley over the ropes and a double suicide dive, but Private Party gets caught and tosses with a pair of overhead belly-to-belly suplexes. Spinebuster by Lashley to Kassidy through the announce table! Back from commercial and Kassidy is getting medical assistance. Quen is getting beaten on in the ring as Benjamin tosses him with a big back body drop. Kassidy barely breaks up the pin at the 2.99999. Backflip and an enziguiri by Quen allow him to make the tag to Kassidy. Dropkick by Kassidy as Benjamin misses a splash in the corner. Diving Complete Shot off the middle rope by Kassidy and a 450 by Quen! Two count. Tag to Lashley and a few superkicks by Private Party. Roll up gets two. SPEAR by Lashley to Kassidy! Quen barely breaks up the pin at two. German suplex by Benjamin to Quen. Two. Spinebuster by Lashley. Running knee to Kassidy in the corner. Spear by Lashley! ONE. TWO. THREE!
Winners and NEW AEW World Tag Team Champions: The Hurt Syndicate
Rating: ***. This was awesome. It wasn’t the most competitive match in the world, but it was perfect. MVP commanding THS to put Kassidy through the table, all part of the gameplan. THS looks unstoppable.
Video package of Mariah May saying she’s the most underappreciated champion in AEW and she’ll be happy to meet Toni is Australia.
Renee is in the back with Toni Storm and now Harley Cameron. They speak a bunch of slang I don’t understand and Storm says she’ll see her in Australia. Alright then. Renee doesn’t understand either.
Alex Marvez, in a leather trench coat, is with Jeff Jarrett. Karen shows up and reminds Jeff that the person he turned in to last week, isn’t who he is. It reminded her of… don’t worry, he’s got it.
Jeff Jarrett is here, and he regales us with a story about Jerry Lawler getting in his face for getting in the gutter with his opponents. Sometimes it’s good to come back home to remember who you are. Jarrett says he’s going to take him out to the woodshed and beat his ass. No lights, no cameras. Let’s get back to the fans. The fans have given Jarrett a gift, the gift of believing in himself and his quest for the title.
Jon Moxley, let’s talk.
The Death Rider’s music hits and Claudio hits the ring from behind. European uppercut to Jarrett and Claudio says nobody gets to Moxley, without going through him first.
Jarrett says if he beats Claudio next week, he gets a world title shot. “Beating you lifeless? An interesting proposition. I’ll see you next week.”
Match #2. Swerve Strickland vs. AR Fox
Both guys trade suplex attempts with Fox finding himself on the apron and eventually the floor, as Swerve moonsault off the apron. Back in the ring and Fox catches Swerve with a kick to the elbow. Ricochet has arrived at the arena, by the way. Running back elbow and a spinning suplex to Fox. Commercial time. Back from break and Strickland powerslams Fox out of a powerbomb. Running uppercut in the corner and a diving European uppercut to the back of the neck of Fox. Swerve thinks about the House Call but Ricochet is here with the scissors. Swerve ducks the attack and Prince Nana is here with a lead pipe! Fox with a Helluva Kick in the corner and the Lo Mein Pain gets a two count. Fox misses a 450 splash and Swerve attacks from behind, but Fox roll him up for two. Rolling Thunder Flatliner by Swerve. House Call! Swerve Stomp! One, two, three.
Winner: Swerve Strickland
Rating: **1/2. These two are capable of absolute greatness, but this was more about Ricochet arriving than it was about a great match.
After the match, Swerve offers the hand to Fox, and he accepts. Ricochet is shown on the tron and Swerve thinks it’s okay to embarrass people? Ricochet has a scissor to Nana’s throat! Tell Swerve it may be Swerve’s House, but there’s a new landlord, and rent is due. HAH HAH!
Chris Jericho blames Powerhouse Hobbs for their loss last week. Big Bill says Hobbs won the match, but he didn’t beat Bill. Bill vs. Hobbs on Collision.
MJF is here, but we had a match scheduled, and he tells the dude to get out of the ring. MJF says Jarrett owes an apology to all of the wrestling fans in the world, and to him. If Jarrett thinks he’ll be the AEW World Champion in 2025, he’s as senile as he looks. Jarrett loves pro wrestling but pro wrestling doesn’t love him. The fans don’t love him anymore. Hangman Page’s music hits and he stares down MJF, whom he tells to get out of the ring.
Match #3. Hangman Page vs. Bob Chute (?)
Lariat. Finito.
Winner: Hangman Page
Rating: NR
After the match, Page hits this fella with the Angel’s Wings.
Enter Christoper Daniels.
Daniels says he regrets entering the most violent match with the most violent man. After that second Buckshot, Daniels tells Hangman that his doctors have told him he can never wrestle again. Daniels apologizes, and says he hopes Hangman is happy now.
Mercedes Mone gets a song played for her by Harley Cameron.
Match #4. Jamie Hayter vs. Julia Hart
The fight spills to the outside quickly, as Hayter throws Hart into the barricades and the LED board. Missile dropkick back in the ring by Hayter but Hart reverses a hammer throw and delivers some big clotheslines in the corner. Hart trips the legs of Hayter and delivers some ground and pound as we go to commercial. Back from break and a back suplex off the top by Hayter has both women down. Pair of clotheslines by Hayter and now a pair of release German suplexes. Make that three. Spinebuster by Hayter and a stack cover but Hart is out at two. Single leg crab by Hayter but Hart somehow counters into a standing octopus hold. Hayter forces the break and hits a backbreaker. Hart ducks a clothesline and catches Hayter with a crucifix bomb for two. Back elbow to the back of the head by Hart but Hayter is back with a Haytebreaker and a Hayterade that will finish this one.
Winner: Jamie Hayter
Rating: **3/4. Fine match here, as this evens the series at 1-1.
After the match, Hayter grabs the mic and says that she has a heavy respect for women that do what they want to do, like Julia Hart. Whether she’s all alone or standing next to Brody and Buddy, she’s still a tough bitch.. and when she wants a third match, she’s got it.
Two weeks from now, Swerve finally gets his hands on Ricochet, and the lion finally gets his hands on the rodent.
Earlier today, a video from Brody King, Buddy Matthews, and Julia Hart was shown. No leaders, no gods, no master, just violence. Confirming what we know… Malakai Black seems to be done with AEW.
Match #5. Adam Copeland vs. Pac
Tieres by Cope sends Pac to the outside. Cazedora into the steps by Cope! Cope drops Pack stomach-first on the LED board and then breaks the count. Cope then sends Pac into the announcer’s desk but Pac kicks Cope in the knee and bounces his head off the apron. Pac now takes control with boots to the head and neck as we go to commercial. Back from break, Pac with a snap suplex but he runs into a big boot and a shotgun dropkick by Cope! Flapjack by Cope and both guys are down. Sky High by Cope! Two count. Pac with a series of kicks but Cope fires back with a big lariat. Impaler DDT by Cope but instead of a cover, he thinks spear. Pac leap frogs the spear but Cope’s got him in the fireman’s carry. Cope goes to the eyes and locks in the Brutalizer! Cope tries to get to the ropes and finally does, collapsing into the ropes. Deadlift German suplex attempt by Pac but Cope fights out, so Pac superkicks him in the back of the neck! A pump kick to the back of the neck and now a German suplex by Cope! Pac locks in the Brutalizer but Cope somehow gets to his feet and counters with an Air Raid Crash. Spear to the back of Pac! Cope waits… spear to the front! TKO by Cope and this one is over.
Winner: Adam Copeland
Rating: ***. Perfectly acceptable main event here, with two veterans of the game If you’ve got a spear playing such a big part in the main event, ya probably shouldn’t have had it be the focus of the opening match Just be.
The Death Riders pop up on the tron, and Moxley says it’s a jungle out there. ConChairTo to Ricky Morton! FTR are tied up back there, too. Death Riders are on their way to the ring, and Cope is by himself. The Death Riders jump Cope and it’s five on one. Jay White’s music hits and he’s here to make the save for Cope! Cope dispatches everyone except for Moxley, but Yuta makes the save for Mox and low blows White. Moxley puts Cope to sleep with the bulldog choke as we fade to black.
Final Thoughts: Well, this was an episode of Dynamite. Awesomely average, if you will. Omega and Ospreay vs. the Don Callis Family is really good stuff, but we don’t need these longwinded promos just yet. The Hurt Syndicate winning the tag team titles was AWESOME, and they’re one of the most popular groups right now. I think we’re ready for someone to take the title off of Moley, too. As much as I like all of those guys, it’s just not working. 7.0/10.