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MOXLEY VS. BRODY KING, CHRISTIAN BURNS THE HARDYS, WARDLOW MAKES HISTORY & MORE: AEW DYNAMITE REPORT

By Anthony Pires on 2022-07-06 21:56:00

IT'S WEDNESDAY NIGHT!!!!  And that means I want to send some get well wishes to the Mayor of Strodeland, Cory Strode. A little under the weather tonight.  It's also AEW Dynamite time LIVE.  We've got 2 big championship matches in store. Excalibur, Tony Schiavone and Taz are on the call.

TNT Championship- Street Fight: Scorpio Sky w/Dan Lambert & Ethan Page vs Wardlow

It looks like the entire American Top Team AEW contingent, sans PVZ, are with Sky tonight. Sky with leg kicks and jabs, keeping distance.  Body shots by Sky. Shoulder block by Wardlow.  Low blow by Sky. Wardlow with a snap belly to belly. Big hip throw by Wardlow.  Another big beel throw. Sky retreats. Wardlow follows.  Lambert with a slap and ATT blocks the way. Sky sends Wardlow into the steps and ATT stomps the challenger as we go to commercial.

Wardlow is slumped in the corner as we return.  Sky sets up a superplex, Wardlow shoves him off. Senton off the top by Wardlow. Time for the Symphony but ATT interferes to stop it.  Wardlow handles them with ease. Sky with a TNT belt shot for 2.  Warlow avoids the TKO and sends Sky into Dan Lambert on the apron. Symphony Take 2.  Wardlw with three Powerbombs and scores the easy pin with his foot across Sky's chest.

WINNER AND NEW TNT CHAMPION WARDLOW

Jon Moxley with some words for Brody King ahead of tonight's AEW Interim World Championship match.

Mark Sterling is with Tony Nese collecting signatures for a petition to remove Swerve Strickland from the AEW roster.  They ask Keith Lee, who, despite some issues with Swerve, refuses to sign.

Christian Cage comes out, looking like a star, followed by Luchasaurus. They enter the ring. Cage calls Rochester ignorant pieces of crap who think they deserve an answer as to why Luchasaurus remains aligned with him.  Matt Hardy immediately cuts him off. He calls Cage the Michael Jordan of A-Holes.  Cage mocks the fact that Matt is making his brother sound like the sober one. Ouch.  Hardy accuses Cage of using Luchasaurus to make more money off the blood and sweat of the younger generation, just like he did as Big Money Matt. Cage accuses Matt of riding his brother's coat tails and ignoring his problems all these years. Luchasaurus with a headbutt to Hardy and sends him into the ring steps. Matt fights back. Luchasausus kicks Hardy's head into the ring post.  Luchasaurus with a choke slam through a table.

We hear from some of Blood & Guts participants and see some highlights

Tony Schiavone is with Claudio Castignoli and Jake Hager. They've agreed to no physicality. Hager mocks Claudio's past failures. Claudio boats of his victory last week.

The Butcher & The Blade w/The Bunny vs. Swerve Strickland & Keith Lee

Blade and Lee kick us off. Slap by Blade, headbutt by Lee. Butcher tags in. Lockup. Lee powers him into the corner. Beel off the 2nd rope by Lee.  Butcher grabs a chair but Blade calms him down. Blade tags in.  Swerve tags in.Blade misses a double leg and slaps on a headlock. Swerve  mistimes a leapfrog. Trip by Swerve into a headlock. Lee tags in and slams Blade. Swerve tags in. Big chop by Lee before the leaves. Blade with a jawbreaker but gets backdropped over the top. Swerve sets up a dive but gets his legs swept out as we go to commercial.

Butcher sets up Swerve for a Superplex but Swerve bites the hand and punches Butcher to the ground. Uppercut by Swerve. Lee tags in and cleans house on B&B. Swerve tags in and nails the illegal Butcher with a facedrop.  Lee goes for a pounce but Blade throws Swerve into him. Kick by Blade and a lariat by Butcher for 2, Lee made a 2.999999 count save. Rochester firmly belives that was 3.  Swerve in their Glorly to Blade and Swerve scores the pin.

WINNERS: KEITH LEE & SWERVE STRICKLAND

Powerhouse Hobbs and Ricky Starks come out. Hobbs with some fire.  Starks fires up and they challenge them.  I've never seen Starks this fired up.  This brings out the AEW World Tag Team Champions The Young Bucks. The Bucks take umbrage with these teams calling themselves great.  They brag that neither of them could beat Jungle Boy & Luchasaurus.  The Bucks challenge them to a to a triple threat title match for next week.

The House of Black with some pre recorded comments ahead of tonight's main event.

Eddie Kingston comes out to be interviewed by Tony Schiavone.  Eddie congratulates Wardlow and his teammates from last week, even Claudio.  Kingston threatens him and Jericho appears on the screen as Tay Conti slams a car door on Ruby Soho's arm.  Jericho warns Kingston that he's next.

The Dark Order, led by -1, come out. Evil Uno, 10, Ana Jay, John Silver and Alex Reynolds join him.  Big "Brodie" chant and I don't think it's for King.  Evil Uno takes the mic and thanks AEW fans for supporting them. He declares that Dark ORder isn't going anywhere. QT Marshall comes out and calls -1 a charity case. Uno holds -1 back. QT wants a fight with -1 WITHOUT Dark Order there. Here comes Adam Page. Evil and Page pound on QT and the Dark Ordit nail QT with all their big moves.  -1 takes the mc and tells QT that he'll wait until he's 18. -1 is carried out like a conquering hero.

Jim Ross comes out, replacing Tony Schiavone at the desk.  Seems like AEW is trying to differentiate the 2 hours of Dynamite, kind of similar to how Nitro used to switch things up.

Penta Oscuro w/Alex Abrahantes & Rey Fenix vs. Rush w/Jose the Assistant & Andrade El Idolo

Personal opinion: Rush has IT. They trade overhand chops. Small package for 2 by Penta. Penta with a kick but a back elbow by Rush. The action spills to the floor and Penta with a big shop.  Pents goes for a tope but a big forearm shiver by Rush. Snap mare and a dropkick by Rush. Sling Blade by Penta.  Rush rolls out but eats a tope con hillo. Jose tries to helkp but Alex with a spear. Things try to get back to order as we go to commercial.

Back live and they're trading chops. German Suplex by Rush.Snap powerslam by Rush for 2.  Backstabber by Penta. Penta with stomps in the corner.  We're back to chops. Headbutt exchange.  That looks like it hurts bad.  Knee strike by PEnta. Chops by Penta. Chops by Rush. Rush kicks him to the ground.  He climbs the ropes and nails a dropkick for 2.  Senton for 2 by Rush. Elbow strike by Penta.  Penta with a cutter and a superkick. Package Piledriver for 2. Andrade put Rush's foot on the rope.  Low Blow by Rush and he pulls Rush's mask off to the score the pin on a small package as the referee with distracted by Andrade.

WINNER RUSH

Samoa Joe vs. Jay Lethal is official for ROH Death Before Dishonor.  Lethal, Sonjay Dutt and Satnam Singh celebrate the announcement.

Sterling and Nese approach Best Friends and ask Cassidy to sign the petition. Danhausen gets involved.

The Gunn Club & The Acclaimed vs.Bear Country, Leon Ruff & Fuego Del Sol

The Gunns take Max's mic away.  Rochester is very unhappy they didn't get a rap tonight.  Bowens elbows Fuego and knocks Bear Country to the floor. Fuego with a DDT.  Bear Bronson got tagged in and clears house of the opposition. Caster saved Austin from a sit out powerbomb pin attempt. Bowens is legal now and tags in Caster who hits the mic drop on Bear. Austin blind tagged himself in and scored the pin.

WINNERS THE ACCLAIMED & THE GUNN CLUB

The winning teams start to brawl.  Billy Gunn breaks it up and immediately nails Caster with a right hand. Famouser to Bowens and the Acclaimed are left laying.

Miro has some unkind words for Malakai Black after what happened at Forbidden Door.

Nyla Rose and Marina Shafir vs. Thunder Rosa & Toni Storm

Shafir and Storm kick us off quickly with Storm taking her down and hitting a dropkick. Rosa and Storm quickly tag in and out to stomp on Shafir.  Big corner dropkick by Rosa. Double suplex by Thunderstorm for 2.  Cravate by Storm to Shafir. Rosa tags in and kicks Shafir for a 1 count. Rear chinlock by Rosa. Shafir counters with a double wrist lock.  Front facelock by Rosa and Storm tags in.  Hip attack by Storm, she tags Rosa back in. Rosa with chops. Storm tags in. Leg kick by Shafir and she punches Rosa.  With the referee distracted, Rose nails Storm with an umbrella and tags in as we go to commercial.

We're back to action and Strom tries to choke Rose but gets thrown over her shoulder.  Rosa gets the tag and hits a cross body and forearms to Nyla. Nyla misses a clothesline and gets stomped and dropkicked against the ropes. A second dropkick by the AEW champion. Nyla with a side walk slam and Shafir tags in and hits a pumphandle throw for 2.  Thunderstorm clears house and Storm hits Shafir with Hip attack. Storm assists Rosa with the cradle piledriver on Shafir for the pin.

WINNERS THUNDER ROSA & TONI STORM

Wheeler Yuta vs. Daniel Garcia is confirmed at Death Before Dishonor for the ROH Pure Title.

FTR is in the back and they want The Briscoes at Death Before Dishonor.

William Regal has joined the booth.

AEW Interim World Championship: Jon Moxley vs. Brody King

This should be a nice scientific encounter.  Lockup, King with a chop in the corner. Mox gets in King's face.  Forearm and chops by Moxley, King puts him down with one shot and sends Moxley to the floor.  King is manhandling him on the outside but runs into the steps as Moxley sidesteps him.  The brawl goes to the ramp. King backdrops out of a superplex. King sends the Interim Champion over the timekeepers table.  Action makes it back toi the ring and Moxkey dropkicks the knee and applies the figure 4. King powers out but Moxley with a single leg and works over the right knee. Legdrop to the knee by Moxley.  They exchange forearms.  Bossman slam by King for 2 as we got o commercial.

Our main event continues as Moxley tries to elbow out of a foreman carry.  Moxley escapes and King misses a cannonball in the corner.  Moxley with chops and sets up a superplex.  He connects. Bulldog choke. King snapmares out. Dragon Suplex by Moxley for 2.  Moxley stomps him. They exchange forearms. Big lariat by King into a piledriver for 2. King with a sleeper and Moxley tries to ram him into the corner. Cannonball by King for 2.  Moxley slips out of a thunder driver. Rollup for 2 by Moxley. Paradigm shift by Moxley. Moxley drives the elbows into King's head. Moxley tries a sleeper. King falls back to break the hold but Moxley clamps on the bulldog choke and Kings loses consciousness.

WINNER AND STILL AEW INTERIM WORLD CHAMPION JON MOXLEY

We go to credits

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