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2/26 AEW DYNAMITE REPORT

It is Wednesday and AEW Dynamite is held at Frontwave Arena in Oceanside, CA. Our commentary team is Excalibur, Taz, and Tony Schiavone. 

An ambulance shows at the start of the show, and sadly, inside is not Shaq.  Instead, it’s Cope and he wants to show the Death Riders how they are leaving the show tonight.

We then get a promo from the back from MJF and he has changed his AEW tattoo to a MJF tattoo. 

Adam Page then shows up in a truck with bull’s horns on the front.  Did he steal it from Rush? No, he’s just leaning into the Cowboy thing and he comes to the ring for the opening match.

Adam Page vs the Already in the Ring Aaron Solo

Page is still in street clothes and takes off his shirt before stomping down Solo in the corner. Solo gets a corkscrew kick and then Page clotheslines him down and sets for the Buckshot. He hits and covers for the pin and the win.

Winner: Adam Page

Page throws a chair in the ring and grabs a mic. He says he hates running out of biscuits, english ivy and when a little bitch with a spray tan spits in his face. He then says he will sit in the ring until MJF is brought to him and he gives MJF a beatin’.

MJF’s music hits and he comes to the stage with a bloody towel. He says that Page is a ruthless animal and he’s not fighting him now. He doesn’t know if he has a chance, so he’s going home to train his tuckus off. He then says he forgot why he came out to the stage and he’s worried about Page’s friend. Page should check on him and we’ll see who is actually real.

In the back, we see Christopher Daniels is beaten and bloody. Page charges to the back with the chair. In the back, he asks people where MJF went. He finds Daniels and asks the medical staff to help him. Page then takes off with the chair. 

We then see that The Don Callis family is in a suite, watching the show. They then give a recap of the match between Bandido and Chris Jericho from Saturday.

Renee Paquette is with Jericho and he says it was one of the greatest main events of Collision history and Renee needs to apologize to him. She brushes past it and asks why Bryan Keith is facing Will Ospreay tonight. Don Callis shows and they explain that they put together a deal where Don hired the Bounty Hunter for tonight.

Will Ospreay vs Bryan Keith. 

They lock up and move to mat wrestling and break quickly. They lock up again and Ospreay forces them to the rope and Keith grabs his trunks and pops him one. Ospreay hits a quick suplex and then lays in chops in the corner. Keith hits a double chop to the throat. Ospreay gets a deep arm drag and hangs on with an arm bar. Keith works to his feet and they go to the ropes where Keith gets a knee to the midsection. Ospreay gets a big kick and a scoop slam, followed by a sky twister press for two.

Ospreay calls for the hidden blade and Keith rolls to the floor. Ospreay rolls Keith into the ring. He misses a springboard and when he charges at Keith, Keith shoves him through the ropes to the floor. Ospreay may have jammed his and Keith dives onto him and we go to picture in picture.

When we return to full screen, Keith is laying in chops in the corner and then suplexes Ospreay into the turnbuckles. Keith gets some mocking kicks and Ospreay fires back. Ospreay comes off the ropes with a handspring corkscrew kick. He drops Keith with a series of right hands and then a big boot. Ospreay gets a springboard elbow strike for two.

Keith drops to block a butterfly hold and Ospreay gets a quick series of kicks. They trade kicks and Keith gets a big clothesline. Ospreay gets Stundog Millionaire followed by an Oz Cutter for two. Ospreay calls for the hidden blade and Keith nails him with an elbow and then hits an emerald tiger slam for two. Keith gets a butterfly hold and Ospreay is able to escape. He hits the styles clash followed by the Hidden Blade for the pin and the win.

Winner: Will Ospreay

Don Callis and Kyle Fletcher call from Ospreay to come up to them, and Ospreay obliges him. Ospreay and Kyle meet halfway and throw hands in the crowd. They are separated by security.

We get a video package of Mariah May attacking Toni Storm on Collision and we are told Toni Storm was not cleared to travel, but will be on Collision.

We get a hype video for Momo Watanabe. In the back, Mercedes Mone runs into Billie Starkz. Mone tells her to tell Momo she’s waiting for her, knocks her drink in her face and mocks her. Starkz says she may want to be careful because she is looking to take one of those belts, and Momo is already looking for her. Momo shows behind Mone, and Mone takes off, dropping a belt that Momo picks up.

The Outrunners (Truth Magnum and Turbo Floyd) vs The Murder Machine (Lance Archer and Brian Cage) - Winner gets a Tag Team Title Match

The Machines attack at the bell and the Outrunner regroup and send the Machines to the floor. The Machines pull the Outrunners to the floor and as they brawl, we go to picture in picture.

When we return to full screen, Truth has been the babyface in peril. Truth gets a jawbreaker on Cage and gets the hot tag to Turbo, who runs wild. After a two count on Cage, the Machines double team Turbo. Archer tags in and they set for the powerbomb chokeslam and Truth gets in the ring to break it up. Truth and Cage fight to the floor and Turbo tries to take down Archer with blows, and instead Archer gets a chokeslam for two,

Archer puts Turbo on the top and goes for Black Out, but we get the music for The Hurt Syndicate. This allows Turbo to get the O’Connor roll for the pin and the win.

Winners and getting an AEW Tag Team Title Match: The Outrunners

The Hurt Syndicate is on the stage.

We get a recap video of the feud between Cope and Jon Moxley

We get a hype video for Ricochet. 

Swerve Strickland and Prince Nana come to the ring with something to say. He puts himself over and talks about how he became AEW World Champion. Swerve says that Nana was right, and his focus has not been on AEW for far too long and to prove he is the best he has to have gold. But first, he has business to attend to. He tells Ricochet that they are not done because they are done when he says they are done.

Ricochet’s music hits and he comes to the stage wearing The Embassy robe. Ricochet says he is done with Swerve. He won and winners don’t chase losers. Ricochet gets booed loudly before he goes for cheap heat by heeling the local sports teams. He says he will never be facing Swerve ever again, and he will have gold around his waist.

Nana says he has a deal for Ricochet. Tony Khan says the fans deserve a rematch and all he has to do is accept it. Nana says whoever wins is the number one contender for the World Title. 

Ricochet accepts the match, but they are not doing it tonight, but instead it will happen at Revolution.

After Ricochet leaves, Nana says he’s proud of Swerve for thinking about the world title again and he needs to go back to who the fans say he is, who Nana thinks he is, and to be the most dangerous man in the business.  Nana says he has taken a lot of bullets for Swerve, and he needs Swerve to get the robe back or he doesn’t know if he can do it anymore.

Renee catches up with Page and he says when he finds MJF, if he doesn’t run him over, MJF will wish that he had.

Undisputed Kingdom (Adam Cole, Roderick Strong, and Kyle O’Reilly) vs FTR (Dax Harwood and Cash Wheeler) and Daniel Garcia

Cash and Kyle start the match with mat wrestling and hammerlocks. Kyle gets a heel hook and Cash immediately gets to the ropes for the break. Garcia and Cole tag in. They run the ropes and miss a series of kicks. They then shake hands and lock up again. They trade arm bars and waistlocks until Dax tags in. Strong also tags in and they fight in the corner. Dax gets a snap suplex and a leg drop for two. 

Garcia is tagged in and Garcia counters a backbreaker with a twisting side headlock. He goes for the pin and Cole goes to break it up. They jack jaws and the tag team siren goes off and all six men fight in and out of the ring. They do the “the new guy takes out the last guy” but on the floor as we go to picture in picture.

When we return to full screen, they are all still fighting, but in the ring and without any tags. Undisputed Kingdom is working over Dax when it calms a bit. Dax is able to shove Cole into Strong and gets a sharpshooter on Kyle. Kyle gets to the bottom rope and Dax tries to do it again. That sets off the tag team siren again. Undisputed Kingdom gets a triple small package and then everyone clothesline each other down. 

Cole and Garcia are tagged in and they throw hands in the middle of the ring and Garcia hammers down Cole. He stops Strong from getting involved and takes down Cole. We then get all six men locking a submission on each other, and Garcia tries for a pile driver on Cole, but Cole grabs a small package for the pin and the win.

Winners: Undisputed Kingdom

There is shoving back and forth as we are told Daniel garlic will put up the TNT title vs Adam Cole Saturday.

In the back, Cope jumps Claudio Castagnoli and they fight into the arena into the ringside area. Yuta attacks Cope from behind and they take him down and roll him into the ring with a chair. Claudio beats down Cope with a chair. They set up for Con-Chair-To, but we get the music for Jay White. Cope takes advantage of this and takes out Yuta and Claudio with a chair. Marina Shafir goes for a rear naked choke. Yuta goes for a Psycho Knee and Cope is able to put Shafir in Yuta’s path. White takes out Yuta.

Cope sets up for a Con-Chair-To on Claudio and nails him. White holds off Mox and they set to hit Shafir with the Con-Chair-To and White is wielding the chair. We then get Willow Nightingales’ music and SHE grabs a chair and nails Shafir.

Harley Cameron vs Deonna Purrazzo

They lock up and Deonna pulls Harley down. They jockey for position and Deonna shoves Harley backward onto the mat. They run the ropes and Harley gets a pair of arm drags out of a casadora. Harley gets out of Deonna’s arm bar and they run the ropes. Harley gets a tejaris that didn’t look all that good for some reason. Harley gets a swinging neckbreaker for two. 

They fight in the corner and Harley goes to the top and Deonna sweeps her legs and then hits a high boot to Harley’s head. Deonna gets a baseball slide into Harley on the floor as we go to picture in picture.

When we return to full screen, Deonna nails Harley with an elbow and Harley fires back. Deonna gets a pair of kicks and a Russian Leg Sweep for two. Deonna hangs Harley in the tree of woe. Harley kicks her as she charges in and then starts throwing hands. Harley hits an insigiri and follows with a running kick for two. Harley goes for a bulldog and Deonna stops her and gets a high boot, a power bomb and covers for two. Deonna gets an arm bar and Harley rolls her up for two.

Harley gets a modified crossroads for the pin and the win.

Winner: Harley Cameron

We then get a recap video about how we go to our main event of Orange Cassidy vs Konosuke Takeshita for the International Title.

Cope, Willow, and Jay watch as Claudio and Shafir are taken away in an ambulance. 

Konosuke Takeshita (AEW International Champion) vs Orange Cassidy

Don Callis joins commentary and Tax lets him know he is NOT in a good move.

Takeshita breaks Cassidy’s sunglasses. Cassidy pulls out another pair and puts them on. Takeshita gets a shoulder tackle and takes the second pair and gives them to Callis. Takeshita is able to either avoid or stop a series of attacks by Cassidy. Takeshita calls for Cassidy to hit him and Cassidy does the soft slaps. Takeshita pops him and Cassidy hits a mule kick. He then stomps down Takeshita in the corner. They fight in the corner and Takeshita gets a thumb in the eye. 

They fight in the ropes with Takeshita trying to suplex Cassidy into the ring and Cassidy blocks it. The ref makes Takeshita break the hold and Cassidy gets a leaping DDT for two. Takeshita drops Cassidy with an elbow strike as we go to picture in picture.

When we return to full screen, Cassidy bounces Takeshita’s head off the turnbuckles and then gets a diving elbow. Takeshita nails Cassidy with a clothesline. Takeshita beats him down in the corner and then pulls him to the center for a blue thunder bomb, but Cassidy fights free with elbows. Cassidy tries for the spinning DDT and Takeshita blocks it and hits a blue thunder bomb for two.

Cassidy drops to the mat to avoid a knee strike. And Takeshita picks him up, They spill over the top rope to the floor and Callis starts to interfere, and the ref stops him. Cassidy clears off the announcer table and asks Takeshita to attack him and Takeshita does so. Cassidy goes for the pockets and Takeshita goes to pick him up. Cassidy turns it into a Beach Break through the desk.

Cassidy and Takeshita get into the ring at 9 and Cassidy gets an Orange Punch. Cassidy gets a DDT on the floor. He takes back his sunglasses and goes to the top where he leaps into an elbow strike from Takeshita. Cassidy is pulled up and Cassidy turns it into the Stundog Millionaire. Cassidy runs into Takeshita who stopshimand hits a package piledriver. Cassidy is able to get a code red for two. Takeshita gets the Raging Fire for the pin and the win.

Winner and still International Champion: Konosuke Takeshita

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