It's Wednesday, and you know what that means.
We are LIVE from Dailey's Place in Jacksonville, FL as the road to Wres...wait, sorry, wrong group. We are ready and raring to go for an another action packed 2 hours of AEW Dynamite. Jim Ross, Excalibur and Tony Schiavone are on the call tonight. Can AEW follow up on last week's amazing main event, can John Silver bring the TNT title back to the Mighty Dark Order?
Kenny Omega vs Matt Sydal (AEW Title Eliminator)
We get the full on Kenny Intro. Did you know he's 2-0 against Sydal in singles competition, but never in North Carolina. Omega is not happy being in the opening match. Don Callis joins the booth. Lockup and Omega with a headlock, Sydal reverses it. Omega into an armtwist, we have a series of reversals. Snap mare by Omega, followed by a back elbow. Omega rains a pair of elbows into a bodyslam. Omega drops an elbow for 2. Sydal fires back but Omega with a huge chop. Sydal reverses a whip and nails a flying head scissors. Omega rolls out for a second.
Test of strength, Omega with a kick and works the arm. Omega with a shoulderblock. Omega stomps him on the mat. Sydal with leg kicks and then elevates them. Sydal with a standing moonsault for 1. Double knees into the corner by Sydal. Omega fires back and nails a lariat, spinning Sydal 360. Belly to back by the AEW Champion. Champ rolls him out and belly to back suplexes Sydal on the apron. Backbreaker by the champion for 2. Omega drops chops to the back. Reverse kick by Sydal, Sydal with a follow up leg lariat but Sydal with a hurancanrana into a brainbuster for 2.
Sydal sets up a superplex but Omega drops him on the top turnbuckle. Mike Sydal is at ringside. Omega with a snap dragon into a shoulderbreaker. Sydal with a quick rollup for 2. Spiral suplex for 2 by Sydal. Sydal to the top, Omega catches him and hits a piledriver. V Trigger for 2. Omega with another V Triggeer. One Winged Angel and Sydal turns it into a reverse rana. Omega knocks him off the top rope and nails a knee strike. Victory roll by Sydal for 2. Another V Trigger and Omega hits the OWA for the pin.
WINNER: Kenny Omega
Omega celebrates as the announcers go over tonight's card.
Alex Marvez is with the Dark Order and John Silver. He's ready for Darby Allin. Adam Page shows up to offer encouragement.
Hangman Page vs. Cezar Bonani
Nice little clique Bonani has with him with Nemeth and JD Drake. Lockup and PAge with chops. He ducks a boot and nails a big boot to the face of his own. Bonani with a slam on the apron. Bonani with stomps in the corner, he nails a big right hand. Page fires back with live rounds and hits a big elbow. Bonani misses a clothesline and Page with a Northern Lights Suplex. A Buckshot Lariat and Page scores the pin.
WINNER: Adam Hangman Page
Page celebrates with a couple of cold ones.
Lance Archer has a few words. He's not happy with Sting taking TV time. No Jake Roberts with him.
We get highlights from last weeks Thunder Rosa v Britt Baker main event. Rosa had a tough week, facing Baker and then Kamille on Sunday. Dr. Baker is out with Tony and she is not thrilled. The crowd boos her. She dismisses her "friend" Tony Schiavone. Dr. Baker reminds Rosa that she is still the face of the company. Baker mockingly thanks Mick Foley for his kind words. Baker declares herself a legend.
The Pinnacle are up next.
he Pinnacle emerge from what used to be The Inner Circle's dressing room. Before this, Dasha catches up with Christian Cage and the Varsity Blondes. He's giving them some friendly advice. Frankie Kazarian interrupts them and challenges him to a match. Christian calls him "Cranky Frankie". We have a match set for next week.
FTR and Shawn Spears vs. Brian Pillman Jr, Griff Garrison and Dante Martin
WINNERS: The Pinnacle
Tony joins the winners in the ring. Before that can happen, Wardlow lays out Pillman. MJF is very happy. FTR declares that the Pinnacle is family and tell Santana and Ortiz that it's over for them. MJF takes the mic and runs down Jericho and dares the Inner Circle to come down. Tony reminds them that the Inner Circle is hurt. Next week, MJF promises something that'll make the Pinnacle even greater.
Team Taz in the back. Taz shoots down any problems within the group. Brian Cage apologized to the group apparently, but doesn't seem thrilled.
Tony is back with QT Marshall. QT is frustrated. No one has done more work, aside from Tony Khan, than he has. He's clearly upset with Cody allegedly taking advantage of his EVP status. He challenges Cody to an "Exhibition". I remember when Larry Zbyszko did this in 1980. Here comes Cody, arm in a sling, and accepts the challenge. Arn Anderson will be the referee. Cody refers to QT as his assistant. I sense this will not end well.
The Lucha Bros and Laredo Kid vs. The Young Bucks and Brandon Cutler
WINNERS: Laredo Kid and The Lucha Bros
Kenny Omega runs out and attacks Laredo Kid. He gets the mic and has flashbacks to the first ever FyterFest. Omega said that 3 years ago he made a choice. Not to go to New York, not to stay with a company he loved. He didn't choose AEW, he chose the Young Bucks. He's furious that the Bucks never chosen him back. Omega will give them one last chance. He throws up 2 sweet. The Bucks walk off and the Lucha Bros nail a double superkick and a package piledriver on the champion. The Good Brothers come out to console Omega.
We get a Jade Cargill video feature. She accepts Red Velvet's challenge for a match.
We get a video feature on the attack on Eddie Kingston and Jon Moxley by Omega and the Good Brothers. Moxley and Omega are undaunted and want to know how far the Good Brothers are willing to go. Moxley hates the fact that he owes the Young Bucks one.
Tay Conti vs. Nyla Rose w/Vickie Guerrero
Conti is ranked #1, although Red velvet was last week. The Dark Order salutes Tay. Tay misses a kick and Rose with a shoulderblock. Rose with a bodyslam but Tay with an Octupus, really pulling back on it, sje scores a 2 count. Judo throws by Tay, she's fired up. Nyla catches her with a powerslam for 2. Rose works the arm and bites Conti's hand. Conti with a rollup for 1 and a big clothesline by Rose. She drapes Conti on the top rope and nails a knee off the top for 2 as we go to commercial.
Nyla with a side slam as we come back. Conti fires back with forearms and a knee strike, excellent showing for Conti. Drop toe hold by Conti and a knee strike off the top rope for 2. Nyla with a backdrop. Conti hits a pump kick but a lariat by Rose scores a 2. Conti rolls through a beast bomb but a kneelift by Rose. Tay escapes a Samoan drop and hits a pair of knee strikes and and a hammerlock DDT for the pin.
WINNER: Tay Conti
Vickie sweeps Conti's leg and Rose tries a beast bomb but Hikaru Shida with a save. The Bunny intervenes with a kendo stick and she and Rose lay out the babyfaces as Matt Hardy, Butcher and Blade look on. Hardy declares The Bunny a rightful and true contender.
Miro, Kip Sabian and Penelope Ford vs. Orange Cassidy and Chuck Taylor in an arcade anarchy match is coming up next week.
We get some words from Scorpio Sky. He's tired of getting screwed over and over again. He's done being humble and underrated. He and Mike Sydal square off Monday on Dark: Elevation.
TNT Championship: Darby Allin (Champion) vs John Silver
The Dark Order joins Silver. The Hardy Family is also present in the front row. Lockup, Silver powers him into the corner. Another lockup, we get a clean break. Test of strength, advantage Silver, but Darby rolls him over. Side headlock by the champion, he takes Silver down with it. Silver powers out and nails an elbow that sends Allin out of the ring. Silver throws him back and nails an uppercut into a biel throw. He tosses Allin into the turnbuckle. Press slam into a knee strike/brainbuster combo for 2 as we go to commercial.
We return and Allin is laid out. It's been all Silver as he throws Allin into the barricade. Silver misses a charge and goes into the crowd. Alan Angels sacrifices himself to take a Lope Suicida from Allin. Sting comes out to even the odds. This match is TV time remaining, this favors the champion immensely. Silver with hard kicks, Darby with a series of rolls into a 2. Silver applies the Queenslayer, Darby is fading but fights out and rolls him up for 2. DDT by Silver for another 2 count. Darby rolls out and Sting gets next to him, warding off Dark Order. Silver eyes Sting down.
Silver with another series of kicks, Darby grabs his leg and nails a series of palmstrikes, now they're exchanging. Silver with a victory roll for 2. We get a forearm exchange, Silver with a pump kick. Darby blocks the sperplex and nails a coffin drop to the Dark Order on the outside. When he gets back in, Silver hits a backbreaker for 2, Allin made the ropes. Allin blocks a powerbomb and hits a Code Red for the pin.
WINNER: Darby Allin (retains TNT Championship)
Matt Hardy grabs Allin and throws him into the barricade. The Matt Hardy Family, Dark Order and everyone brawls as we go off the air.
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