HUGE episode on Dynamite on tap as we’ve got two title matches, the Continental Classic, and more!
- AEW Women’s World Championship: Toni Storm (c) vs. Skye Blue
- AEW TNT Championship: Christian Cage (c) vs. Adam Copeland
- MJF & Samoa Joe vs. The Devil’s Rejects
- Continental Classic Gold League: Mark Briscoe (0) vs. Swerve Strickland (6)
- Continental Classic Gold League: Jay Lethal (0) vs. Jay White (3)
- Continental Classic Gold League: Jon Moxley (6) vs. Rush (3)
Make sure to keep refreshing the page as the most recent results are below!
AEW Dynamite 12/6/23
Live from the Bell Centre in Montreal, Quebec, Canada! Tonight’s show is sponsored by WOOOO ENERGY, baby. Taz, Excalibur, and Tony Schiavone are on commentary and we’re starting with some Gold League action.
Match #1: Continental Classic Gold League: Jon Moxley (6) vs. Rush (3)
Face-to-face now as both guys exchange overhand chops. Leg kicks and knees by Moxley but he runs into an overhead belly-to-belly. Fight spills to the outside where Rush beats on Moxley and then both men battle through the crowd. Moxley breaks the count and throws Rush into the guard rail before the fight spills throughout the floor section, and Rush hits Moxley in the face with a beer can. Moxley runs to the ring and breaks the count. Rush teases the Bull’s Horns and punts Moxley in the face. TRANQUILO. Moxley flips off Rush but eats a snap powerslam. Two count. Rush taunts the crowd but Moxley catches him with an Ace Crusher out of nowhere. Lariats by Moxley in the corner. Rush seated on the top turnbuckle now and Moxley brings him crashing down to the mat with a superplex. Two count. Rush catches Moxley’s stomps and both men trade elbows as they spill to the apron, and floor. Rush sends Moxley into the guardrail with an overhead belly-to-belly. Rush wants a count out win but Moxley breaks the count before the ten. Moxley back in control with a big throw, as Rush seems to be favoring his ankle. Stalling piledriver by Rush after a failed straightjacket piledriver. Superplex off the top by Rush gets a long two count. Moxley sends Rush to the floor and follows with a suicide dive. Both guys barely beat the ten-count and we’re trading elbos in the center of the right once again. Rush eats a lariat but doesn’t move and responds with a discus elbow, sending Moxley to the corner. Bull’s Horns but Moxley gets up and meets him with an elbow. Double elbows. More elbows. Chops by Rush, before attempting Bull’s Horns yet again, but Moxley DRILLS him with a King Kong lariat. Death Rider! One, two, no! Bulldog Choke by Moxley before transitioning to a rear naked chok and Rush eventually goes out!
Winner: Jon Moxley
Rating: ***1/2. Heck of a hard-hitting affair, here. Moxley’s injuries are starting to pile u but Rush gave him everything he could handle here.
A video package of Jay Lethal and Jay White’s history in ROH is shown.
Renee welcomes Roderick Strong & The Kingdom to the stage. Roderick Strong says he will no longer suffer consequences for his decisions, as Strong stands up and throws the wheelchair off the stage before slamming the mic.
Hangman is here with Renee. Hangman couldn’t fly after taking a cinder block to the back of the head. Hangman concedes that he’s lost, but both men are bound by something greater than that, and they will meet again. MJF interrupts the interview and says he now has to wake the crowd up after Hangman put them to sleep. MJF reminds us he beat some redneck for that title. MJF thinks that out of everyone in the locker room, there’s one guy MJF thinks would be the devil… and it’s Hangman. Hangman says MJF is a manipulator and it’s probably just him. MJF asks if Hangman wants honesty as both men get eye-to-eye… and here’s Samoa Joe to deescalate the situation. Joe says they have other business tonight.
Match #2: Continental Classic: Swerve Strickland (6) vs. Mark Briscoe (0)
Both men trade head lock takeovers to start. Vertical suplex by Mark and a snap Russian leg sweep by Mark gets another two. Swerve gets sent to the outside and Mark follows up with a baseball slide. Both men fight on the apron but Mark connects with an enziguiri and takes the fight to Swerve with some ard chops around the ringside area. Swerve stands on the guard rail and superplexes Mark from the front row off the guard rail in a deadlift position! Back inside the ring, Mark misses a charge in the corner and Swevre takes advantage, with some stuff elbow strikes and a neckbreaker through the ropes. Hammerlock by Swerve as he looks to snap the arm, but Mark answers with some Red Neck Kung Fu! Hard chops and a Fisherman’s buster by Briscoe. Two count. Swerve trips the leg and connects with a rolling Thunder Flatliner. High kick by Swerve Two count. Both men fight off the top turnbuckle as Swerve sends Mark to the mat, but gets shoved off for his efforts. Cannonball by Mark takes Swerve out. Huge larait! Two count. Mark looks for the Jay Driller but Swerve back body drops him, rolls through, and connects with the House Call. 450 splash by Swerve but Mark gets the knees up and rolls up Swerve for two. Death Valley Driver by Mark, who looks for the Froggy Bow but Swerve gets the knees up and gets a two count. Death Valley Drive by Swerve now on the apron! Swerve rolls Mark in the ring, hits the Swerve Stomp, and this one is over.
Winner: Swerve Strickland (9)
Rating: ****. What a match between these two and they had the crowd eating in the palm of their hand, especially towards the end. Mark felt like a desperate man trying to stay alive in the tournament, but Swerve was able to pull it off in the end.
Swerve is with Maria May. May says that Tony Khan has watched ALL of her work and they have planned her debut. Renee inquires but May tells her that’s none of her business, and tonight is all about Toni Storm. Alright then.
Match #3. Samoa Joe & MJF vs. The Devil’s Rejects
Lights go out during Joe’s entrance and the masked man have surrounded the arena. There are four of them, apparently. Lights go out again and all four men are gone, with The Devil showing up on the screen and MJF laying face-down in the back with a glass bottle busted on the floor.
Winners: NR
Rating: NR
Jon Moxley is humble before God and his mother, but that’s it. Moxley knows who he is and what he’s capable of, because he’s the Ace of the World, b*tch! Swerve is here and he says it’s going to take more than some fancy kick pads to stop him. Moxley says good, and they’ll see each other in Texas. That’s big time.
Ben Mankewicz from Turner Classic Movies is here. Ben compares “Timeless” Toni Storm to once in a lifetime performers like Brando, and here she is:
Match #4. AEW Women’s World Championship: Toni Storm (c) w/ Mariah May & Luther the Butler vs. Skye Blue
Arm ringer by Blue and a tieres sends Storm to the floor. Blue charges but Storm hits her with a forearm. On the apron now, Luther puts Storm on her shoulder and Storm runs Blue off the apron and tosses her on the floor. Storm with some mounted chest chops on the outside. Big running hip attack in the corner of the barricade on the floor! Storm in control now as we go to PIP. Blue ducks a clothesline and delivers a few dropkicks to Storm. Diving crossbody off the top by Blue gets two. Storm ducks under and connects with a snap German suplex. Storm misses a hip attack and Blue sends her into the corner with a superkick. Running hip attack by Blue and a face wash in the corner. Code Blue! One, two, no! Blue goes up top but gets caught by Storm, who headbutts her a bunch before bringing her back in the ring with a superplex. Running hip attack in the corner by Storm! Storm Zero but Blue counters with a victory roll, and Storm rolls through and gets the pin!
Winner and STILL AEW Women’s World Champion: Toni Storm
Rating: ***. Sky (HAH, PUN) is the limit for Skye Blue, and this was one of her better outings. Heck of a start to Storm’s title reign and I’m sure we’ll be seeing more of Blue very soon.
Riho is back! Storm attacks with the belt but Riho dropkicks her and feigns a dive.
Match #5. Continental Classic Gold League: Jay White (3) vs. Jay Lethal (0)
Stalemate to start. Lethal cartwheels out of a hip toss and delivers one of his own, followed by a dropkick. Dragon screw leg whip by White. Make that two. Lethal misses a clothesline and White sticks him with a DDT. Two count. Hip toss and a low chop by White. Two count. Dropkick to the knee by White, so has now clearly targeted a limb. Deathlock by White, with a bridge. Lethal grabs a hold of the face to break the hold. Another leg twist by White and a body slam. White goes up top but Lethal catches him. White fights him off and then thinks better of it, only to run in to the Lethal Combination and both men are down. Lethal ducks a boot and clotheslines White, sending him to the floor. Suicide dive by Lethal. Lethal brings White into the ring and locks in the Torture Rack, before dropping him stomatch-first on the mat. Savage Elbow! Long two count. Lethal Injection but White grabs the leg, so Lethal pump kicks him. Lethal charges in the corner but Whte catches him with a knee breaker and sends him into the turnbuckle with a half-and-half suplex. Sheer drop brainbuster by White gets a long two count. White looks for Bladerunner but Lethal fights off. Hard chops back and forth but White catches Lethal with a sleeper suplex. Lethal Injection out of nowhere but White counters and Lethal rolls him up for two. Lethal Injection AGAIN but White dives of a chop block. Bladerunner attempt but Lethal rolls him up and White shifts his weight, grabs a leg, and gets the win!
Winner: Jay White (6)
Rating: ***1/2. Classic wrestling match here, much different than the previous two tournament matches. White focused on a body part and it paid off in the end. Psychology, baby.
Match #6. AEW TNT Championship: Christian Cage (c) vs. Adam Copeland
Brawl to start. Copeland sends Christian to the floor hard from the apron. Crowd is on their feet for this. Copeland follows Cage to the outside, where he bounces Christian’s head off the announce table about a dozen times. Copeland now sends Christian into every guard rail possible. Copeland breaks the count (ya love to see it) and goes back on the offensive in the outside. Christian pulls Copeland throat-first through the turnbuckle and ring post area, before throwing him into the front row and looking for a count out win. Copeland makes it back and the match continues. Neck vice by Christian and a running back elbow. Mounted punches by Christian in the corner but Copeland sneaks out the back and hits a Russian Leg Sweep off the middle rope. Back to the apron and Christian looks for the pendulum kick but Copeland catches him and drops him neck-first on the top rope, then hits a diving clothesline off the middle turnbuckle that takes Christian off the apron to the floor. Copeland charges on the outside but Christian trips him into the steel steps. Christian rolls Copeland inside and hits a big frog splash for two. Christian looks for the spear but Copeland counters into the Impaler DDT for two! Copeland goes up top but Christian crotches him. Copeland fights Christian off momentarily, as both men jockey for position on the top rope. Copeland connects with a huge running Liger Bomb! Two count. Christian looks for Killswitch but Copeland cradles him for two. Killswitch again attempted by Copeland counters to the Edge-O-Cution. Two count. Crossface by Copeland but Christian gets to the ropes. Mounted ground and pound by Copeland. Copeland looks for the spear but Christian leap frogs him and hits the Killswitch! Copeland out at 2.99! Spear by Christian and Copeland moves, accidentally taking out the referee… and then Christian kicks him low. Hilarious. Christian gets the title belt and Copeland ducks, but both men speared each other at the same time! Nick Wayne’s mom is walking down to the ring and grabs the TNT Title. Shana Wayne cracks Copeland with the belt! Christian hits the Killswitch again and stomps the back of the neck on the title. The referee eventually comes to, and Christian gets the easy pinfall.
Winner: Christian Cage
Rating: ****. The story and the wrestling here are top notch. Copeland and Christian had the fans in the palm of their hands and it delivered in all aspects.
Final Thoughts: Wrestling-heavy episode of Dynamite tonight, as the Continental Classic is the sole focus of the show, putting the emphasis on the in-ring product. The Devil’s fellas vs. Joe and MJF was a bit of a Russo-like segment, but I’m still intrigued by who it might be. There are a few ways that the tournament can go, but it was a strange choice to, in essence, eliminate a guy like Mark Briscoe so early, who the fans clearly love. Moxley and Swerve should be great and White continues to impress. The main event was a master class in pro wrestling between two guys who really prove age is nothing but a number. Great story, great match, great crowd. 8/10.