It is Wednesday and AEW Dynamite is in Baltimore, MD at the Chesapeake Employers Insurance Arena. Our commentary team is Jim Ross, Excalibur, and Tony Schiavone.
Adam Cole joins commentary
Jeff Hardy vs Bobby Fish in an Owen Hart Tournament Qualifying Match
Matt Hardy and Kyle O’Reilly are both at ringside. They start by locking up and then Jeff comes off the ropes knocking down Fish. Jeff takes down Fish again with a hip toss and gets a two count. Jeff forces Fish to the corner and They fight in the corner, each getting a time in charge. Fish takes down Jeff with a dragon screw and then a side lariat for a two count. Fish works over Jeff in the corner and Fish misses a leap over the top rope and they both go to the floor.
Jeff gets hit with a dragon screw into the barricade. They go to picture in picture as Fish works over Jeff on the floor.
When they return to full screen, Fish had Jeff in the ring and Jeff is able to kick Fish away from him. Each block each other’s moves until Fish gets a knee and Jeff gets a jaw breaker. Fish is up first and gets a series of knees until Jeff gets a series of clotheslines and a leg drop. Jeff drops and elbow and gets a two count.
Jeff gets a Twist of Fate and then goes to the top. Fish gets up as Jeff gets to the top and Fish is able to hit a kick of Jeff, stopping him. Fish goes up and gets the avalanche falcon arrow and a two count. Fish locks on a ankle hook, but Jeff gets to the ropes. Fish waits for Jeff to struggle to his feet. Jeff hits a kick and then a leaping backflip kick. Jeff then goes to the top, hits a swanton bomb and covers for the three count.
Winner: Jeff Hardy
The Young Bucks come out and they are back in their over the top clothing. They go face to face with the Hardys The Bucks go over to help Bobby Fish and Jeff and Matt call for them to be deleted.
We have the video from William Regal that he posted on line yesterday. It’s about the scars the Blackpool Combat Club leave on their opponents.
My sign tonight: ANTHONY FEARS THE TEN MAN TAG!!!
Bryan Danielson, Jon Moxley and Wheeler Yuta vs Butcher, Blade and Angelico
William Regal joins commentary.
Butcher, Blade and Angelico jump the combat club. Bryan starts with Blade. And then Angelico tags in and he ties Bryan into a lifted hold. He gets a two count and Bryan is able to kick out and then starts kicking Angelico. Yuta tags in takes a strike from Angelico. Angelico tags Blade. Yuta gets a drop kick on Blade and Butcher gets a blind tag/. Butcher hits a leaping cross body and we go picture in picture
When we return to full screen, Butcher is tossing Yuta corner to corner. Yuta is able to slip through Butcher’s legs and gets a German suplex. Yuta is able to get to Mox and Blade tags in and Mox cleans house on him. They start brawling outside the ring and Mox tosses Blade into the steel stairs. Mox tosses him into the ring. Blade is able to get a kick but Mox is able to hit a leaping cutter.
Blade is able to get a tag to Angelico and he runs into a lariat from Mox. Bryan tags in and hits a drop kick. Bryan grabs the hands of Angelico and kicks his head in while Mox and Yuta beat up Butcvher and Blade. Bryan locks in a sleep and Angelico goes to sleep.
Winners: Blackpool Combat Club
In the back, Tony is with Powerhouse Hobbs and Ricky Starks. Jurassic Express interrupts and accepts their challenge. Jungle Boy says before they meet, he wants a chance at the FTW title. Ricky accepts the challenge and they will meet next week.
Tony is in the back with Keith Lee and Swerve Strickland who say that Team Taz has unfinished business with them.
Wardlow vs ???
Wardlow is brought into the building in cuffs and the crowd is chanting his name like Goldberg.
MJF comes out with Shawn Spears and introduces William Morrissey who was Big Cass in WWE.
Wardlow vs William Morrissey
They lock up and Wardlow breaks away before they get to the corner. They try again and Wardlow break free again. Wardlow then muscles Morrissey into the corner. Morrissey is able to beat down Wardlow to the mat, and then tosses him to the corner and charges into him. Wardlow is able to reverse it and follows Morrissey into the corner. Morrissey leap frong Wardlow and hits a big boot.
Wardlow goes to the floor to regroup. Morrissey follks him and they start throwing hands.
Part of the crowd is chanting we want Enzo and the louder section si chanting no we don’t.
Morrissey slams Wardlow’s head into the apron repeatedly. Wardlow is tossed into the ring and when Morrissey gets over to him, Wardlow hits a series fo blows from his knees, but Morrissey hits a Boss ManSlam for a two count. Wardlow si put on the top and Morrissey climbs up and Wardlow is able to hit a series of blows to knock Morrissey off. Wardlow then hits a Moonsault on Morrissey.
Wardlow then lines up for the power bomb symphony. Only one power bomb before covering for the three count.
Winner: Wardlow
Wardlow fights off the security when they come in the handcuff him. MJF sends down more security and Wardlow is able to keep them at bay. Wardlow tosses one security guard into all fo the guards outside the ring. Wardlow says he won’t stiop until he gets his hands on MJF and gets released from his contract.
MJF asks how he would feel if they had a match and if Wardlow wins, he’d be released from his contract. MJF says they are on….
BUT
There are conditions and we will get them next week in a contract signing in Long Island New York.
In the back, Ruby Soho, Toni Storm, Britt Baker and Jamie Hayter who will be opening Rampage with a tag team match Friday. Ruby gets most of the promo time and they keep arguing as we go to commercial.
Looks like they aren't having the ten man tag. So Anthony bailed for nothing.Tony is in the middle of the ring and he calls for Adam Page to join him.
Tony says that CM {Punk has laid out the challenge and he asks about Page’s response. Page says it would be easy to say how much he respects Punk and how how much he wants to have an all time classic with Punk for the title. But that isn’t going to happen. Page says they won’t be a hand shake or a Bret Hart Tribute match. At Double or Nothing, he is going to destroy CM Punk. Page cuts a promo about how he will beat Punk that verges on a heel promo.
In the back, Jay Lethal, Sonjay Dutt, and Satnam Singh complain about how the red carpet wasn’t rolled out for them, and they will beat down Takeshida (who has been racking up wins on Dark and was on DDT Wrestling in Japan) on Rampage.
Jericho vs Santana
Jericho comes out with his whole crew and Santana attacks Jericho before the match. Santana keeps u[p the beat down and tosses Jericho into the barricade. Santana sets up the steel steps as Jericho attacks him from behind. Jericho grabs a camera and Santana knocks him down. Jericho hides behind the referee and when she gets out fo the way, Santana nails a pump kick. He then slams Jericho face first into the steel stepa dn tosses him into the ring.
And the bell rings.
Ortiz is at ringside to keep them from interfering, but Jericho is able to nail Santana and knocks him out of the ring into the steel steps. Jericho follows up as we go picture in picture.
When we return to full screen, Jericho leaps into a drop kick by Santana. Jericho is up first and he starts chopping Santana in the corner. Santana reverses it, throws hands then Santana is able to trick Jericho into leaping into the corner. Santana nails clotheslines and then follows up with the three amigos. Santana goes to the top and Jericho cuts him off. They fight on the top and Santana drops Jericho with a head butt and then hits a frog splash for a two count.
Jericho is picks up, but escapes and locks on the walls of Jericho on Santana. Santana crawls to the ropes for the break. Jericho goes to pick up Santana and Santana grabs him for a quick roll up and a two count. They are both up and throw chops. Santana is able to hit a stunner for a two count. Santana hits a discus lariat after Ortiz takes the bat from Daniel Garcia and stops the interference.
Santana hits a cannonball senton in the corner. Matt Menard gets on the apron, allowing Jericho to get the low blow, then the Judas Effect for the three count.
Winner: Jericho
The Jericho Appreciation Society start beating down Santana and Ortiz, and leave them laying.
We then get Samoa Joe in the back talking to Jay Lethal and on Rampage, he is coming for him.
In the back, the Gunn Club is talking to the Acclaimed, who are writing raps. The Gunns got the Acclaimed gifts. Scissors. So, they will scissoring and I am kind fo shocked I wrote that.
We then get Brian Pillman Jr. talking about the House of Black. Emo Julia Hart is in the ring looking utterly uninterested. He points out football coach John Harbaugh who told him to attack each day with an enthusiasm unknown by mankind. Brian says he forgot the quote and he got comfortable. Julia looks unfazed by Brian revving up and how he is enthusiastic about keeping their group together and how they will fight the House of Black.
The lights go out and when they come back on, The House of Black comes to the ring. The lights go out again, and when they come up, they are in the ring, surrounding the Varsity Blondes. The Blondes get beat down easily. Julia Hart is in the corner and Malachi walks over to her. Murphy then leads her over to Pillman, and King hands her a chair. She struggles to decide and then lowers the chair. Black then takes the chair from her and take off her eye patch. Hart cowers in the ring and Death Triangle show up and chase them off and Julia stays in the ring, crying.
In the back, Jade Cargill and the Baddies. The Baddies. OK. Fine.
Mark Sterling goes over their victories they have had recently.
We come back and Death Triangle is still in the ring and Julia Hart slowly leave the ring.
Rey Fenix vs Dante Martin in an Owen Hart Tournament Qualifying Match
They lock up and neither man gives way until Rey is able to back Dante into the ropes. They quickly start to run the ropes and Rey nails a drop kick driving Dante out of the ring. Rey then leaps onto Dante and we go to picture in picture. WHICH ANNOYS ME! IT’S A DREAM MATCH AND IT’S GONNA BE ONT HE SMALL SCREEN?
We we return to full screen, Rey tosses Dante into the corner and follows with a leaping kick. Rey then hits a back flipping Russian Leg sweep off the ropes for a two count. Dante is able to turn Rey inside out and they leap around in the corner. Dante hits a leaping kick and a diving cross body for a two count. Dante reverses a flying head scissors into a suplex for a two count.
Dante follows up with kicks and strikes. Rey gets a Hurricanrana off the ropes for a two count. They battle in the ropes and Dante leaps out and then runs into a kick. Rey lifts Dante up and struggle to take control, but Rey is able to turn it into a cutter for a two count. LOTS of high flying here as they jockey for position. They go to the top and Rey tries for a black fire driver, but Dante counters it for a two count. Dante goes to the top and Rey leaps up to get a strike. They are both on the top, and leap down, both on their feet. Dante hits a Poisonrana and then goes for the nose dive. He misses, and Rey leaps into Dante's arms. Rey reverses it and hits a driving brain buster for the cover and the three count.
Winner: Rey Fenix
We now have everyone in the men’s tournament.
In the back, Darby says his match with Jeff Hardy will be a special night.
Thunder Rosa comes out with a mic and tells us her story. She talks about how she worked hard to elevate the women’s division and how she wants to wrestle the best. When she was on the indys she would drive 8 hours to see joust one wrestler and she calls out Serena Deeb.
Deeb comes out and they go face to face. Deeb says she respects Rosa and says they can make this the best women’s division in the world. But, for that to happen, the best wrestler has to be champion. Rose says the title means she is the best. Deeb says yes, she’s the champion, but Deeb says she is the best.
And at Double or Nothing, she is taking Rosa’s championship.
We get the rundown for Rampage and next week’s Dynamite.
Mercedes Martinez vs Deonna Purrazzo for the Ring Of Honor Women’s Champion
Each woman has a version of the title, so this is a title unification match. Bob by Cruise was the ring announcer for this match.
Purrazzo does NOT adhere to the code of honor and kicks away Martinez's hand.
They take a bit of time to lock up, and neither get an advantage before they break. They lock up again and then trade arm bars. Purrazzo gets in a head lock and Martinez shoves them to the corner for the break. They lock up a third time and go the corner. They try to land chops but both dodge. They trade wrist locks and Purrazzo kicks her way free and we go picture in picture.
When we return to full screen, both women are on the floor struggling to get up. They crawl into the ring and crawl toward each other. They get to their feet and start throwing hands. Martinez takes Purrazzo down with clothesline and a back drop. She then hits a high running boot and covers Purrazzo for a two count.
Martinez pulls up Purrazzo and Purrazzo hits a Russian leg sweep and tries for an arm bar. Martinez is able to escape and Purrazzo hits a moonsault press for a two count. She pulls up Martinez and misses a pile driver and Martinez hits a fisherman’s buster for a two count. Martinez charges the corner and Purrazzo dodges. Hits a suplex and covers for a two count. Martinez hits a jack knife for a one count, Purrazzo tries for the arm bar and Martinez escapes. They both hit a clothesline and Purrazzo gets on the top. Martinez strikes her, takes her down and hits a curb stomp and follows with a surf board. It turns into a Dragon Sleeper and Purrazzo taps out.
Your winner and new Ring of Honor Woman’s champion: Mercedes Martinez.
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