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FORMER NXT STAR ARRIVES: AEW DYNAMITE REPORT

It's Wednesday Night! And you know what that means!  AEW is LIVE for the penultimate Dynamite of 2021, Holiday Bash, from the historic Greensboro Coliseum  Tony Schiavone & Excalibur are joined by Taz.  Good Ol Jim Ross is down to final treatments for skin cancer.  Get well soon JR!  We're kicking things off in a big way

Adam Cole vs. Orange Cassidy

Cole challenges Cassidy to meet him in the center.  Cassidy obliges and sticks Coles hands in his (Cassidy's) pockets.  Side headlock takeover by Cole. Armdrag by Cassidy into a rollup for 2.  Hammerlock/headlock by Cole, Cassidy reverses into a headlock of his own.  Cole keeps escaping but Cassidy continues applying a headlock.  Cole escapes but is getting frustrated. Armtwist by Cole, Cassidy reverses it.  Cassidy with a crucifix for 2.  Rear chinlock by Cole. Cassidy with a deep rollup and backslide for 2's.  Backstabber by Cole. Cole with a forearm and a clothesline.  Back elbow by Cassidy.

We're told JR returns next week.  Taz sounds sad ("I guess I'm out")

Cole tries a superplex but Cassidy shoves him off and nails a cross body.  DDT by Cassidy and here comes the Young Bucks and Brandon Cutler. Cassidy takes out Cutler.  Trent and Chuck come down and assist him but Cole manages to slam Cassidy into the steps.  Cole goes for the running knee but Cassidy gets out of the way.  Cole nails the steps as we go to commercial.

Back to live action, they're trading strikes on the mat.  Cassidy is doing his lame chops and kick shtick, which fires him and the crowd up.  2 superkicks by Cassidy, Cole reverses a suplex and nails a brainbuster on the knee.  Pump kick by Cole.  Cole goes for another brainbuster but Cassidy applies Slumdog for 2.  Cole gets the brainbuster into a low pump kick.  Cole sets up the Sumrise but Cassidy crawls away. He hooks Cole up for 2 and then hits a Michinoku Driver for 2.  Cassidy puts on the sunglasses and jumps right into a superkick. Panama Sunrise for 2 by Cole.  Beachbreak for 2 by Cassidy.  Cole rolls out of the ring to avoid the Orange Punch.  Bobby Fish runs to the apron. Referee is distracted.  Here come KYLE O'REILLY to attack Cassidy.  Cole with the running knee for the pin.

WINNER: Adam Cole

Cole and O'ReilLy seem uneasy.  Trent and Chuck Taylor run in but 3/4 of the former UE take them out.  Out come the Young Bucks.  They want to know what's going on.  Cole seems torn between his 2 worlds.

Lots, and I means lots, of moving pieces here.

We get some highlights form last week's amazing World Title match.

Jan 5th, we have a REMATCH!

Tony Schiavone (with hideous Jacksonville Jags Christmas sweater) brings out AEW World Champion Adam Page. Page reflects on last week and how, when it was over, he didn't feel like a champion.  Danielson comes out to confront him and calls him an entitled millenial cowboy, mocking him for his emotions.  He does agree that the fans should be disappointed in Page.  Danielson says that if anyone should be champion, it's him. Danielson blames a tweaked knee from the John Silver match for him not winning last week.  He claims to have a solution in the event Page stalls out again.  He wants judges at ringside to determine a winner if it goes the distance.  Page agrees to the judges, saying he should pay them well in advance since they won't be necessary.

The Pinnacle is backstage. MJF is upset that Wardlow was slow on the draw last week. He's more upset that this is what CM Punk does to people, ripping them to pieces emotionally as he has no family to speak of.  

Wardlow w/Shawn Spears vs. Shawn Deen

Lockup, Deen goes down.  Powerbomb by Wardlow.  Another.  Another.  4th time's the charm.  Wardlow covers him for the pin.

WINNER: Wardlow

We see a preview of Sammy Guevara vs. Cody Rhodes for the TNT Title this Saturday Night.

Dan Lambert and the Men of the Year are in the crowd.  Lambert mocks the crowd and brags about his success.  Lambert runs down Tony Kahn favoring his friends.  Lambert laments that greatness like Sky and Page are not wrestling Saturday while EVP Rhodes gets another big match.  He accuses Kahn of trying to use him to get the crowd to cheer for Cody.

Schiavone is backstage with Dr. Britt Baker DMD, Rebel and Jamie Hayter.  Baker is in a foul mood over Riho's upcoming challenge.  

We have a preview of the upcoming Owen Hart Cup tournaments. Mark Henry, Adam Cole, Matt Hardy, 2.0, Eddie Kingston, Dustin Rhodes and Shawn Spears all have kind words about Owen.  

TBS Title Semi Final Bout: Nyla Rose w/Vickie Guerrero vs. Ruby Soho

Rose attacks immediatley, driving her foot into the ribs of Soho.  Soho's jacket is stuck to her wrist. Soho gets freed and tries a cross body but gets pushed down to the mat.  Nyla with a boot and a big beel throw.  Armbar by Soho followed by ineffective elbows. Chokeslam by Rose, followed by a short arm clothesline.  Rose with a face rake.  Soho chops back, nailing an uppercut and a series of headbutts.  Outside the ring, Soho runs into the steps as Vickie pulled Rose out the way.  We go to commercial.

Returning to live action, Soho tries a series of clotheslines.  She hits 2 superkicks and an enziguiri.  DDT by Soho for 2.  Rose rolls out and grabs a chair.  Soho dropkicks it into Rose's face. Guerrero shoves Soho off the top rope as the ref tends to Rose. Rose hits her draping kneedrop for 2.  Soho with a kick and applies the Dragon Sleeper.  Guerrero tries a distraction but gets kicks off the apron by Soho.  Powerbomb by Rose for 2.  Rose tries to climb the ropes but Ruby pulls her off and nails Sole Food for the pin.

WINNER: Ruby Soho

Either Ruby hurt her shoulder for real or she's doing an amazing job selling the pain.

We get a look at Serena Deeb and Hikaru Shida's rivalry.  Deeb wants a 4th match. Yes please!

Malakai Black vs. Griff Garrsion w/Brian Pillman Jr.

Round house kick by Black to a charging Garrison.  Black exits the ring to confront Pillman but eats a Garrison tope suicida.  Garrison sends him back in the ring where Black nails a trio of leg kicks.  Heel hook by Black, Garrison makes the ropes.  Hard strikes in the corner by Black.  Garrsion reverses a whip and sends Black into the bottom rope.  Rolling elbow by Garrison for 2.  Hammerfist and a knee strike by Black.  Black shoots on Garrisons leg and applies the Half crab for the submission.

WINNER: Malakai Black

Brian Pillman eats a Black Mass trying to save Garrison.

Matt Hardy and Private Party have a warning for Jurassic Express.

MJF & FTR vs.Sting, CM Punk & Darby Allin

• Punk is sporting Surfer Sting Makeup.  Punk stares down MJF and the 2 circle each other until Dax Harwood tags in.  
• Lockup, side headlock takedown by Dax, Punk headscissors out of it.  Dax and Punk exchange palm strikes
• Hiptoss by Punk into a deep armdrag into a slam.  Cash tags in and eats a bodyslam.  Allin tags in
• Cash with an uppercut but Darby with a dropkick and a deep armdrag.  Cash makes the corner and tags in MJF
• Punk immediately tags in and chases MJF about the ring until MJF gets the tag out to Wheeler.
• Punk with a deep arm twist and tags in Sting
• Cash bails when Sting tries the Scorpion.  Cash with a kick and tags in MJF.  Sting with an arm twist and a short clothesline.
• Punk tags in an MJF bails.  Punk chases him to the back of the arena and all the way back to the ring.  Allin with a Lope Suicida to all the Pinnacle members as we go to commercial
• Back to live action, Allin fights out of the opposing corner but gets slammed into the apron and thrown into the barricade.  Dax with a suplex on the floor.
• Dax with a series of kneedrops to Allin and tags in MJF, who spits water at Punk, making him charge in, distracting the ref and allowing the Pinnacle to Triple Team.  Bodyslam by MJF 
• Dax tags in and nails a bodyslam to Allin.
• Cash tags in and he hits a bodyslam
• MJF tags in and HE hits a bodyslam
• Dax tags in and HE hits a bodyslam
• Cash tags in and tries a bodyslam, small package by Allin for 2
• Sting gets the tag and goes to work on Dax.  Sting nails FTR with Stinger Splashes, Allin with a Coffin Splash, Punk with a big knee.
• Sting with another Stinger Splash and applies the Scorpion.  MJF with the save as we go to commercial
• Back to live action, Cash has an abdominal stretch on Sting.  Sting hiptosses out and hits a clothesline.
• Harwood tags in and tries a Stinger Splash.  Sting gets out of the way.  MJF tags in and he eats an accidental low blow
• Punk tags in and lays out FTR with kneestrikes.  Bulldog/clothesline combo to FTR.  Tope suicida to Dax and a high cross body for 2 to Cash
• Dax with a blind tag, neckbreaker by Punk.  Punk to the ropes, Cash provides enough distraction to get Dax to the top.  Punk and Dax nail each other on the rope.
• Cash tags in and they hit the Power Plex for 2.
• Dax tags in but Darby takes out Cash
• Dax and Punk are laid out
• MJF is revealed to be hiding behind the timekeepers table.  Don't mock the strategy, Aron Stevens won the NWA National Title that way
• MJF slides in and nails Sting with a DDT, Sting bounces back up and hip tosses MJF to the floor onto MJF
• Sting dives off the top and nails MJFTR with a splash
• MJF is lucky he wasn't injured
• Dax gets hit with a Death Drop, a GTS and a coffin drop for the pin'

WINNERS: CM Punk, Darby Allin and Sting

MJF with some choice words for Punk at the commentary booth

We're outta here

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