It’s Wednesday, and you know what that means …
All Elite Wrestling returns tonight at 8/7c on TBS and HBO Max, AEW Dynamite emanates from Norfolk, VA.
This week’s show kicks off with Adam Copeland’s team for the big eight-man tag-team match tonight. After they talk among themselves, we shoot to their opponents, where Stokely Hathaway talks before The Don Callis Family duo in the team join in. Hathaway and Callis bicker a bit and it wraps up.
Cage, Cope, Darby Allin & Steven Borden vs FTR, Kyle Fletcher & Kevin Knight
Inside the arena, Copeland’s theme hits and out he comes first for his team. The rest of his team follows, and then their opponents, and our big eight-man opening bout begins. Stokely Hathaway joined the broadcast team on commentary.
Tony Schiavone jokingly called for Don Callis to replace him, while Taz welcomed Hathaway to the desk. Schiavone asked Hathaway what he had ever done to him, prompting Hathaway to point out that Dynamite is only a two-hour show.
When one of the announcers noted that they tend to run long, the entire broadcast team broke into laughter. Cope and Kyle Fletcher started the match, locking up before Cope backed Fletcher into the ropes to force a break. Fletcher battled back and took control until Darby Allin tagged into the match.
Christian Cage then tagged himself in, but Allin quickly tagged himself back in with a slap to Cage’s back. Fletcher took advantage and went after Allin, lifting him for a suplex before Borden tagged in and went after Fletcher. FTR entered the ring, followed by Kevin Knight, Cope, Cage and Allin as all eight men briefly came together.
Dax Harwood eventually became the legal man and squared off with Borden. Borden backed Harwood into the corner and slapped him across the face, prompting Harwood to take him to the mat before sending him into the corner. Borden responded with a dropkick for a near fall.
Borden knocked Fletcher and Knight off the apron, allowing Harwood to attack from behind. Borden sent Harwood through the ropes to the floor, where Allin connected with several shots before sending him back inside. All eight men then began brawling as the show went to a commercial break.
Darby Allin and Cash Wheeler went at it, with Wheeler sending Allin to the mat before tagging in Kyle Fletcher. Fletcher prevented Allin from making a tag while Dax Harwood and the Don Callis Family knocked the opposing team off the apron. Fletcher sent Allin into the corner, where Don Callis got involved from the outside.
Allin fought back before Harwood tagged in, but Allin was eventually able to reach Steven Borden. Borden entered and went after Fletcher, FTR and Kevin Knight before Harwood sent him into the corner. Harwood followed with a chop as Borden was positioned on the top turnbuckle.
Harwood attempted a superplex, but Borden fought him off with a series of right hands and sent him crashing to the mat. The other competitors entered the ring as the match broke down, eventually leaving Allin and Wheeler together before Allin was sent to the floor.
FTR and the Don Callis Family then combined on Borden with a four-man sequence that ended with Knight hitting a UFO Splash. Harwood covered Borden for a two count.
Harwood followed with strikes and attempted a Scorpion Deathlock, but Borden sent him into a chair shot from Cage on the floor. Cage then took out Knight and Wheeler before Allin connected with a Coffin Drop on Harwood. Borden followed with the cover to score the victory. Cope celebrates holding Darby’s title. He didn’t like that.
Winners: Adam Copeland, Christian Cage, Darby Allin & Steven Borden
Backstage With Jon Moxley
Backstage, Jon Moxley addressed AEW World Champion Will Ospreay ahead of their title match at All Out. Moxley spoke about the difficulty of becoming champion and said he hoped Ospreay had learned from their time together, including that holding a championship does not necessarily make someone the best.
Moxley added that Gabe Kidd and PAC would like to get their hands on Ospreay before All Out, with Kidd looking to injure Ospreay during their trios match later in the show. PAC said it was the Death Riders against the world and that they would not let Ospreay off the hook. We head to another break.
Chris Jericho vs. Nick Wayne
Back from the break, Chris Jericho made his entrance for the next match. A video package recapped the issues between Jericho and Nick Wayne before Wayne made his way to the ring. Jericho and Wayne locked up to start, with Wayne quickly taking Jericho to the mat.
Jericho responded with a body slam before Wayne slapped him across the face. Jericho answered by taking Wayne into the corner and bringing him back to the canvas, but Wayne blocked a Lionsault attempt. Wayne connected with several strikes before Jericho responded with a backbreaker.
Jericho followed with a delayed vertical suplex and went for the cover, but Wayne kicked out at two. Wayne regained control with a thumb to the eye and took the action to the apron. The two exchanged strikes before Jericho connected with a Death Valley Driver onto the ring apron.
Jericho brought Wayne back to his feet, but Wayne sent him into the ring steps. Jericho quickly got back up, only for Wayne to connect with a Destroyer on the floor as the show went to a commercial break as the action continues. Back from the break, Jericho sent Wayne to the mat with a back body drop.
He then knocks him off the apron to the floor. Jericho went to the top rope and connected with an elbow drop on Wayne. Jericho brought Wayne back to the apron, but Wayne fought him off with a kick before hitting a senton that drove Jericho into the apron.
Jericho rolled back into the ring as Wayne climbed to the top rope. Wayne came off the top, but Jericho caught him with a Codebreaker for a two count. Wayne begins to fight back, answering some chops from Jericho with a standing Sliced Bread for a two-count.
Wayne waited for Jericho to get back to his feet but missed a roundhouse kick, allowing Jericho to attempt the Walls of Jericho. Wayne powered out and connected with a thrust kick before Jericho caught him in the corner with a series of punches and a hurricanrana.
Wayne retreated to the opposite corner, where Jericho continued the attack. Wayne avoided a Judas Effect and took Jericho down for a two count. As both men returned to their feet, Jericho removed Wayne’s puka shell necklace. The distraction allowed Jericho to roll Wayne up and score the pinfall.
After the match, Jericho offered Wayne a hand, but Wayne attacked him instead. Wayne retrieved a chair from ringside and struck Jericho across the back before leaving the ring.
Winner: Chris Jericho
AEW All Out Announcement
Commentary then announced that Mercedes Moné has not been cleared for All Out. As a result, Willow Nightingale will face Thekla at All Out, with the winner earning a shot at Moné’s AEW Women’s World Championship at WrestleDream. A video package aired featuring Nightingale and Thekla ahead of their match at All Out.
Backstage With Will Ospreay
Backstage, AEW World Champion Will Ospreay was joined by Andrade El Idolo and Francesco Akira ahead of their trios match against the Death Riders later in the show. Ospreay addressed the Death Riders and spoke about United Empire bringing wrestlers such as Andrade into the group.
Andrade displayed the contract guaranteeing him a future AEW World Championship match, but told Ospreay to relax because his focus was on their trios match. Akira then delivered a brief message in Italian before the show returned to ringside.
Winners Earn AEW World Trios Title Shot At All Out
Hangman Page & Brodido vs. The Conglomeration
The Conglomeration made their entrance, followed by Hangman Adam Page and Brodido for the next match. Page and Kyle O’Reilly started the match, with Page dropping O’Reilly with a shoulder tackle. Page attempted a sunset flip, but O’Reilly countered into a cross arm-breaker.
The two continued exchanging counters until Page took control of O’Reilly’s arm and tagged in Bandido. Bandido continued working over O’Reilly’s arm before O’Reilly reversed and sent him toward the ropes. Bandido avoided the attack, but O’Reilly blocked a suplex and went back to the arm.
The two exchanged arm drags before O’Reilly connected with a kick to the chest. Orange Cassidy tagged in and joined O’Reilly for a double-team attack on Bandido. Cassidy remained in control until Bandido made the tag to Brody King.
King connected with a series of chops before dropping Cassidy to the mat. Cassidy kipped back up, but King sent him into the corner, where Roderick Strong tagged into the match. Strong and King exchanged chops as the show went to a commercial break.
Back from the break, Bandido connected with a delayed vertical suplex on Orange Cassidy. Both men were down before Cassidy tagged in Roderick Strong, while Hangman Adam Page entered for his team.
Page took Strong down before dropping Kyle O’Reilly with a boot. With Strong and Cassidy in the corner, Strong attempted to send Cassidy into Page, but Page caught Cassidy in mid-air. Page then dropped Strong with a boot before sending Cassidy out of the ring with a fallaway slam.
Page knocked O’Reilly off the apron and followed with another attack on Strong for a two count. Strong blocked a Dead Eye and connected with several kicks before tagging O’Reilly into the match. Page fought him off and tagged in Brody King, who went after both O’Reilly and Strong.
Page and Bandido eventually entered and set up Strong and O’Reilly, while Cassidy made a blind tag. King knocked Cassidy off the apron before connecting with a cannonball on Strong and O’Reilly on the floor.
King attempted a baseball slide on Cassidy, but Cassidy sent him into the barricade before O’Reilly connected with a running kick. Back inside, Strong dropped Page with a backbreaker, leaving Bandido and Cassidy as the legal men.
Bandido connected with a cutter out of a suplex position for a two count. Cassidy responded with a Stundog Millionaire and Orange Punch before The Conglomeration followed with a triple-team attack for another near fall.
Strong tagged back in as Page entered for his team, with the two exchanging strikes until Page connected with a clothesline. Cassidy attempted a DDT off the ropes, but Page blocked it before Strong knocked Page down. O’Reilly followed with strikes until King took him out.
Cassidy attempted an Orange Punch on King, but King blocked it. Strong then connected with a kick to King before Page took Strong down. Page avoided an Orange Punch from Cassidy and connected with a Buckshot Lariat on Strong to score the victory.
Winners: Hangman Adam Page & Brodido
Tommaso Ciampa vs. Myles Hawkins
The trio celebrated before Tommaso Ciampa made his entrance for the next match. An inset promo aired in which Ciampa called for an AEW International Championship match against Kazuchika Okada at All Out.
Hawkins was already in the ring as Ciampa entered. Once the match began, Ciampa quickly took Hawkins down and picked up the victory. We head to another break.
Winner: Tommaso Ciampa
Tony Schiavone Interviews Swerve Strickland & New Level
Back at ringside, Tony Schiavone introduced AEW World Trios Champions Swerve Strickland and New Level. Strickland made his entrance first, followed by Kofi Kingston and Austin Creed, but The Demand attacked the champions before they could make it to the ring.
The Demand sent Strickland into the ring steps as Bishop Kaun went after Creed. Creed attempted to fight back, but Gates of Agony took him down. Kingston tried to make the save but was also taken out.
Strickland eventually rolled into the ring, where The Demand continued the attack. Ricochet retrieved the AEW World Trios Championships from ringside and stood over the champions with the titles.
Backstage, Jack Perry reflected on his recent matches against former World Champions, acknowledging that he lost both matches but said he was learning from the experiences. Perry then turned his attention to Samoa Joe and challenged him to return and face him.
Perry said Joe may be feared and loved by others, but not by him, before telling Joe to come back and teach him something. As the segment ended, the camera revealed graffiti reading, “JOE’S GONNA KILL YOU.”
Jamie Hayter vs. Lena Kross
Back at ringside, Lena Kross made her entrance for the next match, followed by AEW Women’s World Tag Team Champion Jamie Hayter. Kross attacked Hayter as she entered the ring to start the match.
Kross maintained control and sent Hayter into the corner before driving her boot into Hayter’s throat. Hayter fought back with a clothesline in the corner, but Kross regained control until Hayter connected with a dragon screw.
Kross responded by sending Hayter face-first onto the ring apron before driving her into the guardrail. Hayter fought back with several strikes and climbed onto the apron, but Kross caught her and delivered a powerbomb onto the ring post as the show went to a commercial break.
Back from the break, Kross remained in control until Hayter dropped her with a clothesline. Hayter followed with another clothesline in the corner before catching Kross with a missile dropkick from the top rope for a two count.
Hayter attempted the Hayterade, but Kross avoided it and connected with a German suplex for a near fall. Hayter countered a suplex attempt into a cradle for two before connecting with a step-up kick. Kross responded with a neck-breaker.
Hayter fought back and sent Kross to the mat, leaving both women down as the referee began his count. They returned to their feet and exchanged strikes before Kross lifted Hayter and slammed her to the canvas. Kross followed with another takedown for a two count.
Hayter responded with a knee strike for a near fall before connecting with a backbreaker for another two count. As Hayter brought Kross back to her feet, Megan Bayne appeared on the apron holding Hayter’s AEW Women’s World Tag Team Championship.
With the referee and Hayter distracted, Kross retrieved a pipe from underneath the ring and struck Hayter with it. Kross hid the pipe before connecting with a Jackhammer to score the pinfall. After the match, Divine Dominion attempted to attack Hayter until Alex Windsor ran to the ring to make the save.
Winner: Lena Kross
Andrade El Idolo Update
A video package aired focusing on Andrade El Idolo ahead of his AEW National Championship defense against Daniel Garcia on this week’s Collision. Andrade was also set to compete in the Dynamite main event alongside Will Ospreay and Francesco Akira.
Tommaso Ciampa Attacks Kazuchika Okada
Backstage, Kazuchika Okada responded to Tommaso Ciampa’s challenge for the AEW International Championship. Okada said he had given the challenge some thought before calling Ciampa a “b—h.” Ciampa then blindside attacked Okada.
He sends him into a road case before connecting with a running knee strike. Ciampa said that when he called for Ciampa vs. Okada, he meant the “Psycho Killer” against the “Rainmaker,” before repeating Okada’s insult and walking away. We head to a break.
Backstage With The Brawling Birds
Backstage, the Brawling Birds addressed the events from earlier in the show before turning their attention to their championship match at All Out.
Will Ospreay, Andrade El Idolo & Francesco Akira vs. Jon Moxley, PAC & Gabe Kidd
It’s main event time!
Back at ringside, the Death Riders made their way through the crowd for the main event. Andrade El Idolo, Francesco Akira and AEW World Champion Will Ospreay followed as the two teams prepared for the match. We head to a pre-match commercial break on that note.
Ospreay and Moxley appeared ready to start the match, with the two staring each other down before Moxley backed into his corner and tagged in Gabe Kidd.
Kidd immediately charged Ospreay and bit his hand before sending the AEW World Champion into the corner. PAC tagged in and joined Kidd for a double-team attack, but Ospreay fought back and sent PAC to the floor before taking Kidd down with a Skytwister Press for a two count.
Francesco Akira tagged in as Andrade El Idolo also entered, with the United Empire trio clearing the ring and following with dives to the floor. Back inside, Akira covered Kidd for a two count before being sent into the corner.
Moxley tagged in and sent Akira into the ring steps on the floor. Kidd followed by driving Akira into the guardrail before Moxley brought him back into the ring. PAC tagged in and picked up a near fall.
Akira attempted to fight back, but PAC sent him hard into the corner. The Death Riders followed with a triple-team attack before Moxley tagged back in and continued working over Akira.
Akira connected with a chop, but Moxley responded by applying a modified cloverleaf. Akira managed to reach the ropes to force the break as the show went to a commercial.
Back from the break, the Death Riders remained in control of Akira in their corner. Akira eventually fought his way free and attempted to reach his partners, with PAC initially cutting him off before Akira kicked him away and made the tag to Andrade. Andrade took PAC down and followed with a Meteora in the corner before tagging Ospreay into the match.
Ospreay attempted the Storm Breaker, but PAC escaped. Ospreay connected with an enzuigiri before PAC answered with a German suplex. Moxley tagged in and exchanged strikes with Ospreay before catching him in a choke. Ospreay escaped a suplex attempt and connected with a Liger Bomb for a two count, with Kidd breaking up the pin.
Kidd was sent to the floor but prevented Ospreay from attempting the Hidden Blade. Akira intercepted Kidd and made the tag before connecting with a dive to the outside. Akira followed with a cutter on Moxley for a near fall.
Akira missed a running knee before Kidd drove him into the corner. Ospreay sent Kidd to the floor, while Moxley caught Andrade with a cutter.
With Akira and Moxley left in the ring, Akira fought back with strikes and sent Moxley into the corner. Wheeler Yuta climbed onto the apron, but Akira knocked him away. Moxley then connected with a clothesline followed by a Paradigm Shift.
Kidd pulled Ospreay off the apron while PAC kept Andrade from making the save. Moxley delivered two Death Rider DDTs to Akira before applying the Bulldog Choke, forcing Akira to submit.
Moxley kept the hold applied after the bell and eventually went back after Akira. Andrade entered the ring and fought Moxley off before connecting with Dia de los Muertos, but The Dogs attacked Andrade.
Moxley retrieved a chair and handed it to Kidd as the group prepared to attack Andrade’s leg. Ospreay then entered the ring and made the save, forcing Moxley and The Dogs to retreat through the crowd. Ospreay and Andrade remained in the ring as the Death Riders looked on from the crowd.
Winners: Jon Moxley, PAC & Gabe Kidd
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