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INNER CIRCLE SHATTERED & MORE - AEW DYNAMITE REPORT

It's Wednesday and you know what that means, it's time for AEW Dynamite, at Daily's Plaza in Jacksonville, Florida.  Our announcers are Excalibur, Jim Ross, and Tony Schiavone. 

We start with Rey Fenix and Pac coming to the ring. They are followed by Matt Jackson, with Nick Jackson.

Rey Fenix vs Matt Jackson 

They lock up and Rey sets up a double arm bar, and Matt reverses it, leading to Rey reversing it.  They then move to takeovers and the match resets.  Matt tries to toss Rey out of the ring and Rey is able to use it to slingshot behind Matt.  Rey hits an arm drag off the ropes and Matt rolls out of the ring where they battle on the floor. 

Rey is able to hit a pair of leaps from the ring onto Matt.  Back in the ring, Rey ties Matt into a reverse headlock, which Matt rolls over to get a two count. Rey ties Matt up with his feet and rolls him into a two count.  Rey is up first and nails Matt in the back with a kick.  Rey pulls Matt up and they work the corner ending with Rey going for a rana and Matt reversing it to a power bomb and Matt gets a two count.  

Rey rolls to the outside and Matt rolls him back in and hits a drinking splash and covers for a two count.  Matt works over Rey on the mat, and Rey fights to get to his feet.  Rey gets a chop before they work the ropes, Matt catching Rey in a Casadora.  Matt tries to power bomb Rey, but Rey reverses it, then Matt rolls through and gets a sharpshooter locked onto Rey. Rey is able to lunge to the ropes to break the hold. 

Matt works over Rey in the corner, and Rey is able to escape a blow and work over Matt in the corner.  Rey tries to pick Matt up but his legs give out on him and Matt tries to run the ropes, but gets caught by a cutter by Rey.  Both men take their time to get up. They trade blows, and Rey is able to grab Matt and twist Matt's body around in a hold around his own waist, spins to disorient Matt and drops him, covering for a two count only.

Again, they struggle to get to their feet, and Matt rolls onto the stage and Rey gets on the ropes, and Matt tries to grab Rey for a stalled suplex, but Rey is able to escape, get up on the ropes.  Rey tries to run the ropes to kick Matt, but Matt dodges. Matt leaps into the ring hitting a destroyer, and they rolls to the outside and Matt hits another destroyer. 

Matt is in the ring immediately and Rey gets in at the 8 count after Pac slaps te mat to revive him.  Matt hits a flying elbow from the top and covers for a two count. Matt locks in another sharpshooter in the middle of the ring.  Rey is able to get to the ropes and break the hold. Matt is against the ropes and Rey goes for a running drop kick, Matt dodges and Rey hits Nick, who was leaning on the apron.  

Matt runs at Rey, who dodges, and Matt slides out of the ring and gives Pac a super kick to even things up. Mat comes in the ring and he and Rey face off, chopping each other.  Rey suplexes Matt, who lands on his feet and kicks Rey to the ropes/. Rey spins back from the ropes and takes another super kick, but pops right up and nails Matt with a leaping kick.

Nice sequence there.

Both men are down and the ref starts counting.  They both get up at seven, face to face and they trade chops again. They try to kick each other and their feet meet.  Rey is able to pick Matt up and drop him hard, covering him for a three count.

Your winner: Rey Fenix

Typical high energy opening match, and the announcers go down the card for the night.

We then go to the pre-tape with Eddie Kingston talking about how the fireworks at the end of the barbed wire death match caused him to remember when he was going to be taken to prison.  Jon Moxley is sitting on the couch with them, and Mox mocks Kenny's explosion at the end of the match. Mox says he didn't win, but he did get a drinking buddy back. Mox says if Kenny is going to flash a weapon, he better use it.

We get some video from Revolution on the small screen as we go to commercial.

We come back to Cody's Elaborate Entrance with Arn Anderson and his Perkins menu. Cody takes his belt to a disabled fan in the crowd.

Already in the ring, and never a good sign, Seth Gargis.

Cody Rhodes vs Seth Gargis

Cody hits a few moves and slaps on the figure four, and Seth taps out.

Your winner: Cody Rhodes

Tony goes down to the ring to talk with Arn and Cody. After getting a mic that works, Tony asks Cody about his shoulder.  Cody starts to talk and he is interrupted by Penta in the Joker's suit coat.  Penta's translator says that he is a thousand times better than Cody.  He says if Cody is the prince of pro wrestling, he's the lord of Lucha Libre.  Penta then speaks english and says that Cody lost at Revolution and he's lost more than the match, and Cody is lucky that he didn't focus on Cody's shoulder or Cody wouldn't be able to pick up his baby girl.

That's too much for Cody and he attacks.  They are pulled apart and we go to a recap of the match between Best friends and Kip and Miro.

We get a pre tape at an arcade, and Chuck says that they have been going at this too long.  He asks for one more match, and if they lose, Chuck will be Miro's butler forever.  They will surround the ring with video games for the match.

We then go  to commercials.

When we come back, it's the Man Called Sting to talk to Tony in the ring.  He puts over his victory, and he is interrupted by Lance Archer.  Lance says he didn't need a ladder match to show he's the face of AEW, and when Tony says it was Sting's time.   Lance sarcastically apologizes.  Sting says he will talk more next time.

In the back, Dasha is with QT Marshall and Lee Johnson, and QT says his emotions got the bext of him, but tonight is about Lee Johnson.  We have no idea what else he said, as the audio from the ring came over, not the rest of QT's promo.

At the ring, Ethan Page is coming to the ring and we are still having some kind of audio issue, making it hard to hear Ethan's previously recorded promo. Next out is Lee Johnson with QT Marshall.

Ethan Page vs Lee Johnson

Ethan starts with strikes.  They run the ropes and Lee is able to hit a drop kick to stop thing.  Ethan takes control again and is able to keep Lee down with a back elbow.  The match goes to the corner with Ethan able to keep control.  We go to picture in picture so that they can hopefully fix the audio issue. 

Ethan and Lee fight outside the ring on the small screen.  

When we come back, we are still getting audio from a basketball game somewhere, and the crowd is chanting “Defense” as Lee is able to get a hanging neck breaker. Ethan tries to fight free, but Lee hits a doctor bomb and a two count.  They fight in the corner, and go to the top.  Ethan picks up Lee and tosses him to the mat, then comes in and hits a cutter, covering Lee for a two count.  

They go up to the top again, and Lee goes for a leapfrog and misses Ethan and has a wounded leg. Ethan shows sympathy with a uppercut and Lee rolls out of the ring right in front of QT, who does nothing to help. Lee is back in the ring and Ethan tosses Lee with a variation of the Razor's Edge.  Ethan covers for the three count.

Your winner: Ethan Page.

After the match, Ethan starts a beat down on Lee, and QT does nothing to help.  Dustin comes out for the save and we FINALLY get the audio fixed.

We go backstage to see how Adam Page has been spending Matt Hardy's money and he tells the interviewer he bought 6 bottles of whisky, all of Dwight Yokum on Vinyl, a new saddle, gave money to school and bought the big lawn mower he is sitting on.  John Silver comes out and asks if there's room for more people and when Adam says yes, the Dark Order come out for a ride. 

They then go for ice cream, except for one member who would put them over the weight limit. 

We go to commercial.

We come back to Tony getting ready to interview Christian Cage.  But as he gets started, 4 of Kenny Omega's cleaner girls come out. They are followed by Kenny Omega and Don Callis and the Good Brothers. Don says he's sorry, but you don't get to hear from Christian.  Don says they call the shots and they are taking this time for themselves. He says that Kenny is now the king of the death match.

Don says it all went according to plan.  Kenny says, maybe not everything.  Don then says that the sparklers were something he either may or may not have been planned. He is happy to take away what the fans wanted. They took away Mox's plan to die a hero, and Eddie's chance to be a hero.  He says it was a win-win if they blew up or not.

Kenny talks about the goosebumps he had knowing Mox would be gone, but now he has the memory of Mox looking like a fool in the middle of the ring.  As Kenny keeps talking about Mox, Eddie comes to the ring.  

Don says that he had Eddie working in Impact working for him because he was a star, but he had to fire Eddie to get close to success, he found a way to screw it up.  The crowd chants for Eddie and Don says they took away his moment. Don says he is giving him a chance to get out of the ring before the Good Brothers beat him up.

They have the count down from the death match plan> Kenny and his team fall to the mat and Kenny says he got flashbacks to detention in high school. Kenny then says that he can hit him and the first one's free.  Eddie nails Kenny, and the Good Brothers attack, Mox comes from the back and they are all brawling.  Christian's music plays and he comes out to the stage, slowly.  Kenny is alone in the ring as Christian gets in the ring. They go face the face and Christian says nothing.  Kenny offers a handshake and Christian ignores it.

Kenny then goes for a punch and Christian dodges it and starts to attack, but Don pulls Kenny out of the ring.

That leaves Christian to pick up the title belt and hold it as Kenny and Don go to the back.

We go to commercials.

We come back to Britt Baker coming to the ring. Rebel then comes out with her crutch.  Next out if Nyla Rose with Vickie Guerrero. Finally for Britt's team is The Fired Idol Maka Itoh, who sings on the stage as Thunder Rose, Hikaru Shida and Ryo Misunami come out and start brawling.  Maka completes her song before attacking Shida and the bell rings.

Hikaru Shida & Ryo Mizunami & Thunder Rosa vs. Britt Baker & Maki Itoh & Nyla Rose. 

• Shida works over Maki

• Maki is able to  get in a few attacks as well as asking the camera who is the cutest in the world.

• Shida regains control and tags in Ryo

• Ryo works over Maki

• Maki tags in Nyla and Ryo tags in Thunder Rosa and they slug it out in the middle of the ring

• Nyla slams Rosa and gets a one count as we go to picture in picture

• The heels work over Thunder Rosa through the commercials

• Ryo tags in right before we go back screen and the babyfaces work over Baker in the corner.

• Rosa covers Baker for a two count.  Ryo stops Maki from breaking up the fall. 

• Everyone but Rosa and Baker are out of the ring and Rosa works over Baker in the corner

• Everyone is outside the ring and Rosa hits a Cancun tornado from the top onto everyone.

• Maki is rolled into the ring and Vickie grabs Rosa boot to keep her from following Maka in.  

• Maki is able to hit the swinging DDT and covers for a two count.

• Maki calls for Rebel to attack with the crutch, but Rosa is able to toss Rebel off the apron.

• Rosa grabs Maki with a side package drop and covers for the three count.

Your winners: Hikaru Shida & Ryo Mizunami & Thunder Rosa

Baker comes in the ring with the crutch, and beats Rosa down and then nails the lock jaw on Thunder Rosa.

We then check in with No Money Matt Hardy with Private Party.  He says he needs to bring in more money.  Matt says he has signed a new team to his empire, Butcher, Blade and Bunny.  They will destroy the Dark Order, and Eddie Kingston seems to have lost his friends in order to hang out with Mox.

We go to commercials.

Darby Allin (Champion) vs Scorpio Sky for the TNT Title

The story of the match was the Scorpio Sky now has an anger issue, and Darby Allin twisted his ankle.  Scorpio was able to run the match with power moves, with Darby figuring out how to reverse things when it looked like Sky would win. 

The close of the match was Sky went for the TKO and Allin was able to reverse the move and roll up Sky for a three count.

Your winner and still TNT champion Darby Allin

After the match Sky locked in a heel hook on Darby.  The other refs come from the back to pull Sky off of him and when he breaks, Sky looks as if he's shocked that he did that and then smiles at the camera.  

The announcers run down the card for next week.  We then go to commercial.

When we get back, it's time to sing along with Jericho as the Inner Circle comes to the ring for a Wart Council.

Jericho introduces the war council because they have been in a decline the last few months. He says they may even need to introduce a new member.  MJF, says that they don't need to introduce a new member, and maybe they need to let someone go.

We then hear Sammy Guevara's music as he comes to the stage. Jericho said he never wanted to hear Sammy's name again. Sammy says he knows that Jericho doesn't want to see him, but he has something to show them.  Jericho and Sammy argue and then, he shows a video in the Inner Circle lounge of when MJF was talking with Ortiz, Santana and Jake Hager with MJF saying it's time to get rid of Jericho. 

MJF tells Ortiz, Santana and Hager to attack Jericho and then walk slowly to Jericho and then turn on MJF.  Jericho then says that the Inner Circle talks to each other every day and they have been waiting for him to hang himself and he shoves Jericho the mat.  Jericho then fires MJF.

MJF says to hear him out that he didn't want to take over the Inner Circle...because he has built his own.

The lights go out.

The lights come up and FTR, Wardlow, Tully,  and Shawn Spears are in the ring. They take out the Inner Circle and Tully handcuff Ortiz and Santana. MJF sits on the top turnbuckle watching as the Inner Circle is taken out easily.

Jericho is held up as MJF nails him with a fist and the Diamond Ring.  MJF then takes out Jericho with Jericho's own bat. They take Jericho to the stage and Wardlow power bombs Jericho from the stage through a table.

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