The Canadian loop continues with the Owen Hard Foundation Tournament & Blind Eliminator Tag Tournament forging ahead:
- Blind Eliminator Tag Team Tournament: Adam Cole & MJF vs. Big Bill & Brian Cage
- Swerve Strickland vs. Nick Wayne
- Chris Jericho vs. Komander
- Blind Eliminator Tag Team Tournament: Darby Allin & Orange Cassidy vs. Jericho Appreciation Society
- Owen Hart Foundation 2023 Women’s Tournament: Ruby Soho vs. Skye Blue
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AEW Dynamite 7/12/23
Live from SaskTel Center in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada! Taz, Excalibur, and Tony Schiavone on commentary tonight. It’s time for Judas, baby.
Match #1. Chris Jericho vs. Komander w/ Alex Abrahantes
Jericho bullies Komander to start, pushing him back in to the corner and chopping him to the mat. Up and over goes Komander with a tieres to Jericho and a running forearm in the corner. Double jump flipping hurricanrana by Komander and a corkscrew tornillo to the floor. Komander looks for a springboard inside but Jericho counters with a big elbow to the face. Two count. Brainbuster by Jericho gets a two count. Komander backflips out of a back body drop and catches Jericho with a wheel kick to the face. Jericho hip tosses Komander over the top rope and to the floor, before throwing him into the guard rail on the outside as we head to commercial. Superplex by Jericho gets another two count. Komander looks for a hurricanrana but Jericho catches him and hits two powerbombs back-to-back. Two count. Jericho misses a Lionsault and Komander wraps him up in a majistral cradle for two. Springboard arm drag by Komander and the seatbelt gets a two count. Komander runs in to a big lariat, however. Two count. Both men are on the top rope now but Jericho drops after a headbutt. Rope walk Shooting Star Press gets a two count. Jericho looks for the double jump dropkick but misses, so Komander walks the ropes from the far side of the ring and hits a twisting plancha off the top for two. Phoenix Splash by Komander gets a long two count. Komander comes off the top again but Jericho is there with an anti-air Codebreaker. Jericho mises the Judas Effect and eats a bunch of superkicks. Double jump dragonrana by Komander but Jericho holds on and locks in the Liontamer. Komander taps!
Winner: Chris Jericho
Rating: ***. Jericho continues to give the younger guys nearly everything, but a good win for Jericho in the end here. Lots of “holy s” spots if that’s your thing, but that Liontamer on a guy like Komander looks so good.
Don Callis is here and shows some footage himself with Chris Jericho and their mentor Bad News Allen (aka Bad News Brown) as the Thrillseekers from 1995. Bad News told them to stick together, and Jericho is thinking about it.
Jungle Boy tries to find and or murder Jack Perry in the back, but Perry escapes.
Renee Paquette is in the back with Don Callis. Callis says Jericho is a fabulous athlete but tonight he’s going to make the announcement on who the fifth member is of the Blackpool Combat Club for Blood & Guts.
The MJF & Adam Cole team bonding video is here. Both guys are at the bar and MJF is upset that Cole isn’t wearing their shirt. MJF sees a few women but Cole REALLY cares about Britt Baker. MJF thinks Cole is brave, but it’s “four more for daddy.” Amazing. Cole is drunk by this point and says he’ll wear the shirt if they do what Cole wants to do next. MJF agrees.
MJF says he doesn’t want to play video games like some weeboo virgin nerd but does anyway. Both guys wind up having a ton of fun and MJF says video games are kind of fun when you have someone to play with… because he never had a lot of friends. Cole says he had every intention of turning on MJF but he’s actually a pretty cool guy. MJF said he was going to do the same thing! Both guys agree they like each other and want to win the tag titles.
Match #2. Blind Tag Team Eliminator: Orange Cassidy & Darby Allin vs. Sammy Guevara & Darby Allin
Guevara mocks Cassidy but gets arm dragged for his troubles so Garcia blasts him from behind. Darby in now with a shotgun dropkick to Garcia, so it’s Darby and Guevara that get down to business after a handshake. Darby hits the ropes and catches Garcia with a suicide dive but gets rolled up Guevara for two. Cassidy tries a suicide dive to Garcia but gets caught and dropped sternum-first on the guard rail. Delayed vertical suplex by Guevara gets two. Garcia gets the tag and focuses the attack on the knee of Darby with a Boston Crab. Cassidy gets the hot tag and comes off the top with a diving cross body on Garcia for two. Satellite DDT by Cassidy is countered but the Michinoku Driver isn’t and Cassidy gets two. Orange Punch is blocked by a scissor takedown right into the Dragontamer by Garcia. Cassidy is close to the ropes but Darby gets in the ring and Garcia drops him. Stundog Millionaire to Garcia and an over-the-top stunner by Darby. Satellite DDT by Cassidy gets two as Guevara breaks it up. Flying knee strike to Darby but Beachbreak by Cassidy gets two. Garcia is legal now as he and Cassidy exchange about a dozen impressive pinning combinations and then connect with big boots on each other as everyone is down. Darby and Guevara are legal but they hit heads off the ropes. Uranage by Garcia to Cassidy on the apron. Flying knee by Guevara but misses the Shooting Star Press. Garcia locks in the Dragontamer on the outside as Prince Nana shows up and hands Garcia the skateboard to use on Cassidy. The referee intervenes and Swerve Strickland hits the stomp on the back of Darby’s head behind the ref’s back as Guevara wakes up and hits the GTH for the pin.
Winners: Sammy Guevara & Daniel Garcia
Rating: ***1/4. All four guys are so familiar with each other they could have had this match in their sleep, but this was a heck of a lot of fun. The Daniel Garcia and Sammy Guevara storyline is nice undertone.
Adam Cole is here with Renee, but he’s clearly on the phone with Britt. Roderick Strong shows up and wonders if Cole is really starting to like MJF? Cole says he’s actually not a bad guy, as he gets a text from MJF that reads:
“I just saw Brian Cage walk by. I think I have the flu.”
Match #3. Blind Eliminator Tag Team Tournament: Brian Cage & Big Bill vs. MJF & Adam Cole
MJF really leaning into it and slapping fan’s hands and holding up their signs is just tremendous. Cole and Cage start. Cage does push ups and hits the double bicep. Cole does the same. Bill and MJF tag themselves in and Bill challenges MJF to do push ups, which he does, and Bill boots him in the back of the head and then boots Cole off the apron. Bill puts the boots to MJF throughout the break and hits a couple of splashes in the corner. Bill rips the t-shirt off of MJF and wipes his behind with it, firing MJF up. BODY SLAM BY MJF. The entire arena is chanting for MJF as Cage cuts off MJF before hc an make the tag. Powerbomb by Cage but MJF goes to the eyes and tags Adam Cole. Pump kick by Cole. Make that two. Superkick by Cole but Cage grabs the leg and then Cole goes to the eyes. Third pump kick. MJF calls for the tag and it’s the DREADED DOUBLE CLOTHESLINE but Cage puts the breaks on and Bill levels both Cole and MJF. Stereo superkicks to the knee and to the face of Bill but Cage hits a double clothesline of his own. Fall away slam/Samoan drop by Cage to BOTH MJF and Cole. Cage is on the apron and Cole superkicks him which allows MJF to hit the Heat Seeker. Cole gets the quick tag and he Lowers the Boom. That’ll do it!
Winners: MJF & Adam Cole
Rating: **1/2. The match was fine, but the story, the crowd, and everything else really made this. Cole and MJF together are $, however I wish we didn’t have to see Cage take the pin.
MJF and Cole grab mics, and MJF wants to know if there are any devil worshippers in the house tonight? “Wow, I am super over.” “Do the thing” – ADAM COLE, BAYBAY. Cole says he never expected this tag team to work, but they’re doing pretty damn good. Cole didn’t have high expectations for the team, but he does expect to win the tournament. When Cole and MJF win, they get a shot at the tag team titles on July 29th in Connecticut.
Jake Hager heads into Chris Jericho’s locker room and wants to know what the deal is. Jericho says that Callis has actually made some good points, and Hager hands in his bucket hat.
Match #4. Owen Hart Cup: Ruby Soho w/ Toni Storm & Saraya vs. Skye Blue
Hip attack by Blue in the corner and both women are quickly on the apron. Ruby looks for the STO but Blue reverses with a headlock driver. Storm sends Blue into the steel steps right in front of the referee, who ejects both Saraya and Storm. Ruby takes advantage and throws Blue into the steel steps knee-first. Ruby in control throughout the commercial with boots to Blue in the corner before wrapping her knee around the ring post. Blue connects with a superkick to Roby on the apron before coming off the top and missing, aggravating the knee. Both women trade big elbows but Blue drops Ruby with a knee. Swinging neckbreaker by Blue gets a two. Blue misses a charging knee on the ropes and Ruby kicks the knee out. Blue rebounds with a Code Blue attempt but Ruby holds on, repositions, and synchs in a single leg crap. Blue crawls to the bottom rope and gets there. Skye Fall by Blue out of nowhere gets two. Blue goes up to the top and Ruby uses the referee as a distraction before pulling Blue off into No Future for the win.
Winner: Ruby Soho
Rating: **1/2. Most of the match happened during the PIP unfortunately, but what we saw after that was pretty darn good. Blue is improving week after week and is capable of producing really good matches with talent at Ruby’s level.
Match #5. Nick Wayne vs. Swerve Strickland
Knuckle lock and Wayne kicks Swerve off and tries to connect on about five different strikes but both men catch nothing but air. Tieres and a diving back elbow by Wayne. Fisherman’s suplex by Wayne, with a bridge, gets two. Wayne hits the ropes but Nana trips him up. Swerve gets sent to the apron but Wayne reverses and hurricanas Swerve to the floor. Swerve posts Wayne from behind and sends him in to the front row, right in front of his mother. Back in the ring, Wayne reverses a headlock into a back suplex and heads up top, but gets sent to the other apron now. Swerve trips Wayne up and superkicks him in the face. Wayne now, hanging from the bottom rope, and Swerve hits a running neckbreaker on the floor! Chin lock city by Swerve but a superman punch by Wayne and a shotgun dropkick. Corkscrew kick in the corner by Wayne. Lethal Injection but it’s a Stunner, up and over into a Sliced Bread! Two count. Wayne dives off the middle rope but Swerve catches him on his shoulders with a pair of backbreakers for two. Swerve sets Wayne up on the top rope and looks for.. well I’m not sure, but Darby Allin is here on the ramp to cheer Wayne on. Back suplex off the top attempt by Swerve but Wayne coutners into an avalanche poisonrana! Wayne’s World by Wayne! One, two, no! Swerve gets his boot on the bottom rope at the last second. Both men on top rope now and Wayne looks for an avalanche hurricanrana but Swerve powerbombs him off the top! Swerve Kick gets a 2.9999! Swerve looks to snap the shoulder and does! Aubrey checks on Wayne but Swerve doesn’t care and the JML Driver finishes this one.
Winner: Swerve Strickland
Rating: ***3/4. What a match and what an introduction for the young Nick Wayne. Wayne got a chance to show off what he’s capable of but the veteran Swerve used his ruthlessness to pull this one out. I was worried they would have Swerve lose here but the injection of Darby helped everything.
Don Callis is here to announce the fifth member for team Blackpool Combat Club at Blood & Guts. Omega is an ingrate who deserves the abuse, a coward, and a punk.
Enter Kenny Omega.
Konosuke Takeshita and Jon Moxley cut Omega off before he makes it to the ring, and here’s Pac! Pac is back! All four men put the boots to Omega in the ring as Pac grabs the mic.
“Kenneth, you have no idea how long I’ve waited for this!” Pac reminds us that Omega shattered his face and Pac is the fifth member, as Omega will now pay the price. Moxley puts a chair around Omega’s neck and Pac goes up top for the Black Arrow. Moxley gives Omega the mic and tells them to check the screen for their fifth members.
The fifth member for Team Elite is…
Kota Ibushi! The Golden Elite!
The lights go back on and the Young Bucks and Page are here and it’s a superkick party and a double Buckshot.
Omega says people like the BCC consumed with rage will never prosper, and Callis and company will never succeed. Omega says once all five members of the BCC are down and out, he’s coming for Callis.
GOODBYE AND GOODNIGHT!
Final Thoughts: There is so much that’s happened on this show, but it never felt like it was too much… if that makes sense. MJF and Adam Cole are over the top entertaining, BCC vs. Elite gave us a few nice surprises tonight and next week’s Blood & Guts should be something special, Jericho possibly joining The Callis Family, the Owen Hart Cup’s coming to a close… and so much more. People might think AEW has too many shows now, but there are a ton of storylines going on and so far none of them feel overexposed. Entertaining stuff tonight and while I would have liked to see Ibushi in person, the video package worked for the segment. Buckle up for next week! 8/10 .