The AEW Continental Classic kicks off to celebrate Turkey Day 2024!
- Continental Classic Gold League: Brody King vs. Darby Allin
- Continental Classic Gold League: Claudio Castagnoli vs. Ricochet
- Continental Classic Blue League: Shelton Benjamin vs. Mark Briscoe
- Wrestle Dynasty Qualifier: Jamie Hayter vs. Queen Aminata
- Ring of Honor World Championship: Chris Jericho vs. Tomohiro Ishii
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AEW Dynamite 11/27/24
Cold open with a November Rain-themed video package with highlights from Full Gear.
Another video package highlighting the competitors in the Continental Classic.
Live from the Wintrust Arena in Chicago, Illinois! Tony Schiavone, Excalibur, and
The Hurt Syndicate are here. MVP says when he gives you a business card, it’s a golden ticket. MVP says the business is championship for more money, and more money. The Hurt Syndicate are the merchants of misery. Tonight, Shelton Benjamin will kick off the run to the gold and we… we hurt people. MVP and Lashley have to leave the ringside area due to tournament rules, so it’s a one on one match up.
Match #1. Continental Classic Blue League: Shelton Benjamin (0) vs. Mark Briscoe (0)
Early chops by Briscoe but Shelton responds with a release Northern Light’s suplex. Briscoe comes back with a running boot that sends Shelton to the outside, following up with a spicy dropkick. Shelton with another Northern Light’s on the outside, and proceeds to throw Briscoe into the guard rail. Shelton tries to post Briscoe but Briscoe escapes and hits a tope suicida. Briscoe takes his time going up to the top, but Shelton runs in, scales the ropes, and tosses Briscoe with a release belly-to-belly. Shelton is in control throughout the commercial break, until Briscoe fights out of the corner with some big forearms. Redneck Kung Fu! Hard chops now by Briscoe but he runs into a big boot. Rolling Death Valley Driver by Briscoe. Briscoe goes up top for the Froggy Bow and connects but seems to hurt his ribs. Benjamin rolls to the outside and the floor, where Briscoe drops a Cactus Elbow. Another Froggy Bow but Shelton gets the knees up. Release German suplex by Shelton. YIKES, Briscoe landed high. A second one. Enziguiri by Briscoe. Briscoe looks for a Jay Driller but Benjamin counters with an enziguiri of his own. Running step-up knee in the corner and a diving thrust kick. One, two, no! Another thrust kick by Benjamin and the exploder bomb finishes this one.
Winner: Shelton Benjamin (3)
Rating: ***. Big win for Shelton Benjamin, who looks like he’s 25 years old. Just a phenomenal athlete. Great opener here and a nice way to kick off a star-studded tournament.
Tony Schiavone welcomes Mercedes Mone and Kamille to the stage. Tony says Mercedes match with Kris Statlander with the longest women’s match in AEW history, and many are calling it the Match of the Year (really?). Mercedes says she’s the greatest TBS Champion of all time, despite Statlander giving her the toughest match of her career. Mercedes is about to fire Kamille, but Kamille takes the mic and tells her to shut up. Is Mercedes stupid, or is she dumb? You can’t fire Kamille, because she quits.
Match #2. Ring of Honor World Heavyweight Championship: Chris Jericho (c) vs. Tomohiro Ishii
Big boot by Jericho but Ishii comes back with a big clothesline. Big Bill and Bryan Keith are on commentary, by the way. On the apron, Ishii delivers some brutal knife edge chops but Jericho goes to the eyes and DDTs Ishii on the apron! Jericho now bounces Ishii’s head off the announce desk. Now, back inside the ring, both guys are laying into each other with open handed strikes. Headbutt by Ishii that busts Jericho’s lip open! We go to PIP as both guys literally open hand strike each other for two minutes. Jericho’s face is covered in blood and Ishii’s cheeks are actually purple. Superplex by Jericho but Ishii somehow pops up. Ishii eats some elbows and responds with one of his own, and a follow up lariat. Jericho thinks about a Code Breaker but Ishii blocks it and Jericho lands on his feet. Attitude Adjustment by Jericho and a Lionsault! Two count. Judas Effect by Jericho and the Code Breaker follows. One count! Running headbutt by Ishii and a Code Breaker! Lariat by Ishii! One, two, no! Both guys are covered in blood here. Ishii wants a lariat but Jericho times the Judas Effect perfectly. Another Judas Effect finishes this one.
Winner and STILL Ring of Honor Heavyweight Champion: Chris Jericho
Rating: **3/4. I mean, I love Ishii, but this was just not there for me.
Renee is in the back with Swerve and Prince Nana. How does Swerve rebuild after a loss to Bobby Lashley? Swerve said he’d never been hit that hard, as Max Caster walks by and laughs at him. Max reminds Swerve that he pinned him at Prudential Center in a tag team match last year, and he used to be like a house of fire, or a house fire… and then Swerve beats him up.
Tony Schiavone welcomes Hangman Page to the ring. Tony recounts Page’s actions from Full Gear, forcing Page to throw him down in anger. Page said he kept up his end of the deal, but Christian failed. So tonight, Page will do what he should have done in the first place. Page said his intention is and has always been… to be the world champion. It should have never been Swerve, or Bryan, or Mox, it’s Page’s.
Enter Switchblade.
Jay White reminds us how many times he’s beaten Page, and he deserves the championship. White will gladly give him a taste tonight in Chicago… but Pac attacks White as Wheeler Yuta jumps Page. White tosses Pac and hits Yuta with a sleeper suplex, but Page hits him with a lariat. Marina Shafir is here and hits Hangman with the briefcase, but White grabs her in Bladerunner. Moxley makes the save and Shafir tosses White with a hip toss, and then a reverse rear naked choke… as everyone stomps an unconscious White.
Match #3. Continental Classic Gold League: Claudio Castagnoli (0) vs. Ricochet (0)
Hurricanrana by Ricochet sends Claudio to the floor. Ricochet feigns a dive and Claudio thinks better of it. Claudio back body drops Ricochet to the floor but Ricochet moonsaults off the apron, only to get caught in th waiting arms of Claudio and tosses onto the guardrail. Twice. Hard Irish whip sends Ricochet into the LEG board and Claudio follows up with a running European uppercut. Ricochet gets free and sends Claudio into the front row with a suicide dive. Springboard by Ricochet but Claudio crotches him on the top rope. Running European uppercuts by Claudio before body slamming Ricochet over the top rope and to the floor. Ricochet low bridges Claudio and connects with another suicide dive. Springboard back inside the ring by Ricochet but Claudio catches him with a backbreaker in mid-air. Big boot by Claudio. Claudio pops Ricochet up but Ricochet stands on his shoulder and backflips off, hurricanranaing Claudio to the floor. Twisting plancha by Ricochet! Back in the ring, Ricochet finally connects with the springboard forearm. Moonsault off the middle rope by Ricochet gets two. Ricochet wants a fireman’s carry but Claudio elbows his way out, only to eat a superkick. Hook kick by Ricochet and a springboard off the middle rope… right into a European uppercut by Claudio! Running double stomp by Claudio and a Sharpshooter. Claudio transitions into a crossface right in the center of the ring. Ricochet escapes but gets flattened with a European uppercut. Two count. Claudio looks for the Ricola Bomb but Ricochet counters with a Frankensteiner for a long two count. Claudio runs through Ricochet and then dumps him to the outside, where he throws him chest-first into the guardrail. Atomic drop on the guardrail by Claudio! Ricochet barely makes it back in before the ten count, but he does, only to get run over by a brutal lariat. One, two, three!
Winner: Claudio Castagnoli (3)
Rating: ***1/4. Perfectly acceptable match to kick off the Gold League. Ricochet continues to be the guy who’s *almost* there… but not yet.
Renee is in the back with Don Callis and Kyle Fletcher. Callis says we’ll do whatever it takes to get ahead, and we decimated Will Ospreay. Fletcher said he already proved he’s better than Will Ospreay in every single way, but he’s going to continue to do so by winning the Continental Classic.
Adam Cole and The Kingdom are here. Cole swears on his mother that when he gets his hands on MJF, he will beat him within an inch of his pathetic life.
Enter Kyle O’Reilly.
Kyle says that Cole fought Max, and it didn’t work. Let’s try something different, let’s Kyle fight Max. Cole doesn’t want that, because he doesn’t want his friends to fight his battles. Kyle says he’s not doing this for Cole, he’s doing it for Roddy. MJF shows up on the tron playing the piano and says that all he’s focused on is the Dynamite Dozen Battle Royal next week. Cole enters the battle royal. So does Kyle.
Match #4. Jamie Hayter vs. Queen Aminata
Hard chops by Hayter to start. Aminata responds in kind, as does Hayter. Now we’re just trading hard chops in the corner. Aminata locks in a head scissors as we go to a commercial. Both women now trade elbows to the chest until Aminata rolls through for a two count, and Hayter gets one of her own. Snap suplex by Aminata and a brutal running shin to the face of Hayter who was prone over the bottom rope. Two count. Hayter rolls out the back and misses a Hayterade. Aminata counters a big boot into a powerbomb facebuster. Aminata misses a double stomp off the top and Hayter is here with a Hayte Breaker. Two count. Aminata counters a Hayterade into a cradle for two. Boot to the knee by Hayter and a series of Majistral cradles by Hayter get two. Hayter locks in the rear naked choke but Aminata rolls over the top for two. Big boot by Hayer which gets… two, kind of, as Hayter got off Aminata before she kicked out. Hayterade finishes this one.
Winner: Jamie Hayter
Rating: **1/4. Really just a bunch of forearms until the back 1/3 of the match, which was fine… but that’s about it.
Lights go out. Lights come back on… and there’s a spotlight on the stage. And that’s it.
In the back, Renee is with Mina Shirakawa. Mina says we’re seeing the real Mariah May. She’s selfish, and she’s going to introduce her to the real Mina. Mariah May is here and she blasts Mina in the back of the head with a champagne bottle!
Mina Shirakawa vs. Mariah May in two weeks at AEW Dynamite: Winter is Coming!
Match #5. Continental Classic Gold League: Darby Allin (o) vs. Brody King (0)
Darby wants to shake hands and he gets it. Darby’s entire body is bandaged up, as Brody throws him across the ring. Pair of sentons by King get a two count. Biel by King and an avalanche in the corner. King is in control throughout the commercial, beating on Darby in the corner and connecting with a huge Blackhole Slam. Two count. Darby gets sent to the outside where King follows and tries a cannonball in the corner of the guardrail, but misses! Darby goes up top and waits for King, but King catches him and crotches him on the top. King hangs him up in the tree of woe and squashes him with a corner in the cannonball! King looks for a superplex but Darby bites at the hand, and then the head. Avalanche Code Red by Darby! Two count. Flipping suicide dive by Darby as Brody retreats to the outside. Coffin Drop to the floor! Darby goes back up top… another Coffin Drop! Darby goes up top and waits for Brody to roll in the ring, and he comes off the top with a Coffin Drop! King is waiting for him with a rear naked choke, and he holds it, before finishing this one with a Ganso Bomb!
Winner: Brody King (3)
Rating: ***1/4. Exactly what you expect from these two, in about 10 minutes. I wish they had more time here, but anytime these two get together, it’s a lot of fun.
Darby is still unconscious in the ring, and here comes Claudio Castagnoli with a chair. Brody King rolls back in the ring and Claudio things better of it! What a cool way to go off the air.
Final Thoughts: The Continental Classic has kicked off, and that’s good news. Last year, people were skeptical about this tournament but it delivered, and I’d dare say this year’s field is even stronger. The Hurt Syndicate are reigning supreme and it’s clear to see they’re going to be here for the long run. Mina/May seems like it’s happening pretty quickly but I think that’s because we don’t know how long Mina will be here for, so I can understand that. Jericho and Ishii was fine, same with Aminata and Hayter. We’re going to be focusing on the tournament for the next few weeks and for fans of the place where the best wrestle… that’s a good thing. 7.0/10.
