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NEW WOMEN'S CHAMPION CROWNED & MORE: AEW DYNAMITE 200 REPORT

By Anthony Pires on 2023-08-02 20:30:00

Anything interesting happen in wrestling today other than it being Wednesday and AEW being LIVE for the 200th episode of Dynamite?!?!?!!? Tony Schiavone, Excalibur and Taz are on the call of tonight's action. 

Chris Jericho and Konosuke Takeshita w/Don Callis vs. Sammy Guevara & Daniel Garcia

We have the old school entrance ramp as Jericho and Sammy kick us off with a lockup, shoulderblock by Jericho, Sammy bounda right back up and they exchange chops. Big dropkick by Guevara. Jericho himself bounds to his feet and they chop away. Jumping knee strike by Sammy and Garcia tags in, double shoulderblock. Garcia and Guevara pose. Third chop exchange of the match, Garcia dances and Takeshita tags in. Garcia dances. Diving clothesline and an elbow by Takeshita for 1. Takeshita dances. Jericho tags in and nails a back suplex. Jericho with a vertical suplex. Forearms to Garcia, Garcia punches back. Callis tries to trip Garcia. Knee strike by Jericho as we go to commercial.

We are back and it's Jericho with chops to Garcia. Garcia chops back (that's 4 chop fights if you're keeping score). Jericho misses a lionsault. Takeshita and Guevara both tag in and Sammy cleans house with a pair of topes. Frog splash for 2 by Sammy, Jericho broke it up. All 4 fight it out. Blue Thunder by Takeshita and it's Takeshita with the Walls. Guevara powers out and hits the now legal Jericho with a Spanish Fly for 2. Guevara with an inside cradle for 2. Garcia tags in and he eats an immediate codebreaker for 2. Knee strike by Gaarcia for 2. Guevara nails a thrust kick to Takeshita and hits a shooting star on the floor. Garcia rolls up Jericho for 2. Garcia with a sharpshooter. With the ref distracted, Callis nails Garcia with Floyd the bat.

Jericho with a momentary crisis of conscience but scores the pin.

WINNERS: Konosuke Takeshita and Chris Jericho

The Ocho looks torn from a conscience standpoint.

Tony Khan thanks us for watching. We see a video honoring the stars of AEW. 

Matt Menard stops Chris Jericho backstage and tells him there's a mandatory meeting next week.

Tony Schiavone brings out Jack Perry. Perry takes the mic and tells Jerry Lynn to come out and take his @$$ kicking like a man. Lynn comes out and tell Perry that neither of them run AEW. Lynn called a good friend to take his place tonight. Rob Van Dam comes out to "WALK". Tampa is VERY happy to see the whole F'N show.  As RVD enters the ring, Perry bails. Perry goes to attack but is chased away.

We hear from Hikaru Shida and Toni Storm, ahead of their title match.

Anything Goes Match: Jon Moxley vs. Trent Baretta vs. Penta El Zero Miedo

Trent with a dive on Moxley on the floor at the outset. Penta does as well, In the ring. Moxley chops Trent and eats a trash can shot from Penta. Penta blocks a DDT from Trent. Moxley with a cutter to Penta. Moxley grabs a barb wire 2x4 and thengets kicked by Penta. Backstabber by Penta. Trent with a knee strike to Penta. Moxley nails Trent with the 2x4 and rakes Trents head with the barb wire. Baretta with a back suplex onto the 2x4. Baretta with a surprisingly small cut. Penta sets tables up. Moxley rakes the 2x4 across PEnta's face. Trent suplexes Moxley to the floor as we go to commercial.

We're back and we have tables in the ring now. Moxley eats a double superkick. Trent then gets kicked and placed on the table. Trent knocks Penta down but Penta with a Destroyer through a table. Moxley spears Penta through the other table. 

Moxley grabs a bag of thumbtacks. He pulls off Penta's shirt and nails a Gotch piledriver for 2. Moxley suplexes Penta on the tack and then Cutters Trent. Trent then drops Moxley on the tacks for 2.  Now all three chop it out (5th chop battle so far tonight). Forearm fight between Moxley anbd Penta. Moxley with a paradigm shift to Moxley but Trent tosses Moxley aside and scores the pin for himself.

WINNER TRENT BARETTA

Moxley immediately applies the choke as Wheeler Yuta and Claudio Castignoli come out. Orange Cassidy and Chuck Taylor fight them. They get over powered. Trent saves them with a dive to the floor. Cassidy Orange punches Moxley. Chuck challenges the BCC to a parking lot fight.

We see highlights of FTR vs. Adam Cole and MJF

Renee Paquette is with Rob Van Dam. Next week he challenges Perry for an FTW title shot

MJF comes out amd has a mic. He talks about his ADD and Rejection Senstitive Disorder and how that makes life difficult for him. He talked about his Jewish heritage being a source of bullying when he was a child.  He's pretty emotional. Tampa is eating this up. He's so happy that people care about him. However, he's still a scumbag but he wants to be our scumbag. He says he's so happy to have a friend. He brings out Adam Cole, who comes out sans music. Cole says Max impresses him. Cole is proud of the man Max is becoming. 

MJF reminds him of his promise to give him a title shot. Max tells him he doesn't deserve the match. That is, he doesn't just deserve any match. It has to be historic. It has to be at Wembley at All In. MJF produces the contract and asks Cole to sign it. Cole does so and tells Max he loves him. They hug it out.

It's official. MJF vs. Adam Cole for the AEW World Title at All In.

Backstage, Roderick Strong is furious. Matt Taven and Mike Bennett show up to calm him down.

Kenny Omega and the Young Bucks vs. Jeff Jarrett, Jay Lethal and Satnum Singh w/Karen Jarrett & Sonjay Dutt

  • Jarrett and Omega kick us off, headlock switches by Jarrett, followed by a Jarrett shoulder block and a body slam
  • Lethal tags in and eats an arm drag. Matt Jackson tags in and hits an elbow
  • Nick tags in and he and Matt tag in and out with kicking Lethal
  • Singh tags in and goes face to belly button with Matt. Matt tags in Nick. Bucks with dropkick and a low cross body by Singh as we go to commercial
  • As we return, Jeff and Nick Jackson are fighting. Superkick by Nick
  • Omega tags in and cleans house of LEthal and Jarrett. Singh with a choke to Omega and Bucks pull him off the apron. Bucks hit a double superkick on Jarrett and Lethal
  • Singh tries to make the save but the Elite take him out with kicks and a BTE Trigger.
  • Karen distracts the ref but Brandon Cutler sprays her.
  • Dutt attacks Cutler but the Hardys make the save
  • Jarrett tries to nail Omega with a guitar but Hangman Page nails him with a Buckshot.
  • Omega nails a OWA on Lethal for the pin.

WINNERS THE ELITE

There was a LOT more going on.  Omega announces that The Elite have re-signed with AEW. Here's to the next 200.

We hear from Mogul Embassy.  AR Fox wasn't happy that Darby Allin never thanked him for training him.

We see video of the Embassy interrupting Nick Wayne's training. I expect a beat down. As expected, Wayne takes a beating from Fox and Swerve, with a framed picture of Buddy Wayne getting slammed on Nick's head.  Wayne is busted open. I think Fox is holding a knife of Waynes head. They actually call Darby Allin on the phone to brag.

ROH World Tag Team Title: Aussie Open vs. El Hijo De Vikingo and Komander

Fletcher and Vikingo kick us off. Kick by Vikingo. Vikingo with a cross body after avoiding a series of strike attempts. Komander tags in and ranas Davis, who came in to help. Davis formally tags in and Aussie Open goes to work on Komander, nailing a double clothesline and a senton. Double team GTS by Aussie Open. They score a 2. Fletcher tags in and misses a charge. Chops by Komander. Fletcher kicks a balancing Komander off the top rope. Vikingo comes in to help and they double team Fletcher. Legdrop off the top by Vikingo. Tandem topes backfire on the challengers as Aussie Open catches them and slams them together. We go to commercial.

As we come back its Aussie Open with a double superkick on Vikingo. Deep Hook for 2 by the champions.

Davis tags in. Double forearm sandwich by Aussie Open. Komander helps out and nails a destroyer. Double moonsaults by the challengers on the floor off the top. Double 450s by the challengers for 2, Fletcher with the save. Fletcher and Vikingo fight on the floor. Komander misses  a shooting star and Aussie Open hit the Corealis for the pin.

WINNERS AND STILL ROH WORLD TAG TEAM CHAMPIONS AUSSIE OPEN

We see CM Punk declaring himself the Real World Champion. We get video of the upcoming Collision with Ricky Starks.

AEW Women's World Championship: Toni Storm vs. Hikaru Shida

The Outcasts are with Storm.  They slug it out immediately with forearms, Storm bails.  Kick by Shida. Knee strike by Storm. Shoulder blocks finally sends Storm down.  Shida with strikes and a rear chinlock. Action spills to the floor. Running knee by the challenger. Shida sends Storm into the barricage. Hammer punches by Strom. Storm sweeps the leg out and sends Shida into the rail.

Action re enters the ring. Shida with a suplex and runs Storm's head into the mat. Storm fights back and nails a hip attack that sends Shida to the floor. Storm sends Shida into the apron and back into the ring, scoring a 2 as we go to commercial.

We're back and Storm is in control, Shida blocks a hip attack and nails a German. Enziguiri by thechallenger following by a running knee. 2nd knee strike and Shida with 18 punches in the corner. Dropkick by Shida and she scores a 2. Double knees by Shida for 2. Headbutts by Shida but Soho pulls her off as Saraya had the distraction. Hip Attack and DDT by Storm for 2. 

Kick by Storm. Forearm exchange. Storm with chops amd a a big elbow by Shida. Knee strike by Shida into a Falcon Arrow for 2. Saraya throws a Kendo Stick into the ring. Shida throws it out. Spray paint to the eyes for 2 by Storm. Ref didn't see that. Rollup by Shida for the pin.

WINNER AND NEW AEW WOMEN'S WORLD CHAMPION HIKARU SHIDA

The confetti goes off as we go to credits.

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