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It’s Wednesday!!! You know that means AEW Dynamite is LIVE, on the air and in living color from Bakersfield, CA. Taz, Excalibur and Tony Schiavone have the call of all the action. It’s the go home show for Double or Nothing this Sunday night.
We have a Mad Max inspired opening as we’re told Don Callis has joined the booth.
Orange Cassidy & Will Ospreay vs. Trent Beretta & Roderick Strong w/Matt Taven & Mike Bennett
Callis refers to Ospreay and Cassidy as “both of my guys”
Strong and Ospreay start us off but Cassidy and Trent immediately brawl on the floor. Ospreay and Cassidy both with topes to Trent. Dropkick by Ospreay for 2. Backbreaker by Strong. Trent tags in and nails chops. Back elbow by Trent and tags Strong back in. Kneelifts and punches by Strong. Big leg lariat by Strong. Rear chinlock slows things down. Ospreay slips out of a back breaker and hits a clothesline. Cassidy tags in. He slams Strong into the corner but Trent sweeps OC’s feet out from under him. Gut buster by Strong. Trent pulls him out and tries a piledriver. Ospreay with the save. Strong sends him into the post as we go to commercial.
We are back and Ospreay tags in and nails a flying forearm to Trent. Ospreay blocks a DDT but Trent is able to hit a ½ and ½. Strong tags in, he nails Ospreay with running forearms and a kick for 2. Ospreay with a kick after trapping Strong in the corner. Cassidy tags in and nails a tope rope elbow for 2. Trent blocks an Orange punch. Ospreay saves him. Diving DDT by Cassidy for 2, save by Trent. Callis runs to the ring and blocks Strong from backbreakering Cassidy. Wardlow attacks Ospreay on the floor. Running knee by Trent to Cassidy and Roddy finishes him off with a backbreaker.
WINNERS TRENT BARETTA & RODERICK STRONG
The Undisputed Kingdom continue the attack. Strong with a backbreaker on OSpreay as Trent chokes out Cassidy on the ramp.
Backstage, the Young Bucks have officially banned Darby Allin from the building. Sonjay Dutt vows that Satnum Singh will injure Bryan Danielson.
Bullet Club Gold (Bang Bang Gang) come out. White has the mic. White insults Pac, pretending to not know his name. White fires off a list of all the mistakes Pac has made lately.
Pac appears on the screen and introduces his partners, The Lucha Bros, Death Triangle is back. All 6 men begin to brawl. The Bang Bang Gang scurry. Pac challenges them for Double or Nothing.
Chris Jericho comes out for commentary
Triple Threat FTW Title Eliminator: Hook vs. Katsuyori Shibata & Bryan Keith
(There is something I REALLY like about Bryan Keith)
Keith jumps Hook but Shibata with chops. Keith sends Hook into Shibata. Armdrag into Redrum by Hook to Keith, Shibata with the save. Keith suplexes Hook and Shibata suplexes Keith. All 3 are down as we go to commercial.
As we return, Keith with a powerbomb to Hook. Shibata with a running kick and a series of punches to Keith. Shibata scores a 2. Redrum by Hook, Keith escapes. Blockbuster by Keith and a PK and neckbreaker by Shibata. Shibata with a figure 4 to Keith and Hook comes up from behind and applies Redrum to Keith. Keith taps.
CO-WINNERS: KATSAYORI SHIBATA & HOOK
Jericho mocks the 2 winners.
Tony Khan sends Tony Schiavone a text. The triple threat is official for Double or Nothing.
We see a video package on the history of Willow Nightingae & Mercedes Mone’
We get a video package ahead of Jon Moxley vs. Konosuke Takeshita this Sunday.
Konosuke Takeshita w/Don Callis vs. Already in the Ring Matt Sydal
Quick, furious beat down by Takeshita. Deadlift brainbuster by Takeshita. Kicks by Takeshita. Hurancanrana by Sydal into a DDT. Blue Thunder Bomb by Takeshita. Elbow to the face and Takshita scores the pin.
WINNER KONOSUKE TAKESHITA
Release German by Takeshita for good measure. He beats down Sydal and here comes Jon Moxley. Moxley punches Takeshita with the AEW weapon of choice lately, a microphone.
The Young Bucks remind us that Allin in banned from the building. Swerve Strickland approaches and tells them to hit his music.
Swerve Strickland vs. Nick Wayne
Wayne bails quickly, Swerve chases him. Swerve catches him and whips him with a leather belt. Wayne blocks a throw into the post. Swerve throws him into the ring. Forearm by Wayne followed by a dropkick to the floor. Swerve catches him attempting a moonsault but gets shoved into the post. We go to commercial.
Wayne blocks a suplex but Swerve with a back suplex onto the apron. Swerve stomp on the floor. Swerve goes for the Swerve Stomp in the ring but Wayne with an upkick for 2. Code Red for 2 by Wayne. Powerslam by Swerve. Swerve with a running kick for the pin.
WINNER SWERVE STRICKLAND
Killswitch attacks Swerve. Christian Cage and Nick Wayne’s Mom. Swerve gets the better of Killswitch and chases Cage to the back. Cage jacks car and tries to drive off by an SUV driven by Prince Nana blocks him. They brawl on top of the car. Swerve with a DDT. Nana hands Swerve a chair. Cage runs off.
Malakai Black vs. Kyle O’Reilly
Jab and kick feeling out process. Black avoids a double wrist lock and they trade kicks. Kneelifts by Black. Leg sweep by Black. Leg kicks by Black. Big knee to the head by Black as we head to commercial.
We’re back and it's O’Reilly with a series of kneelifts and nails a running forearm. O’Reilly with a German Suplex and a kick for 2. Bakersfield thinks this is awesome. They trade elbow strikes, Kyle gets the edge with ground and pound. Ankle lock by O’Reilly.
This is actually a heck of a back and forth match.
Brainbuster for 2 by Black. The End by Black and he scores the pin.
WINNER MALAKAI BLACK
The lights turn red. Black gets a blood bath. Adam shows up on the screen and sinister-ly laughs.
We see a preview of Anarchy in the Arena.
Toni Storm & Mariah May w/Luther vs. Saraya & Harley Cameron w/Zak Knight.
Harley and May kick us off. Kick by Harley into a shoulderblock. May with a legsweep. Helicopter by May. Saraya tags in, as does Storm. Forearm exchange. Thez press by Storm. May tags in and gets slammed into Saraya. They do it twice and Storm scores a 2. Knee by May. Harley attacks May and the ref pulls her away as we go to commercial.
As we return, Harley with a facedrop. Storm gets the tag and nails a backstabber. Headbutt by Storm. Sky High for 2 by Storm, Saraya breaks it up. The Outcasts with tandem powerbombs for 2. Strom Zero and a May Day after a kiss distraction. Storm scores the pin.
WINNERS TONI STORM & MARIAH MAY
Serena Deeb runs in and lays out Storm and May. Deeb nails Storm with a shoe. Half crab through a chair by Deeb.
The Bang Bang Gang challenge Lucha Bros to a match on Collision. If the Lucha Bros win, the six man match at DoN will be for the titles.
Bryan Danielson vs. Satnum Singh w/Jay Lethal, Jeff Jarrett & Sonjay Dutt
Singh misses a chop but shoves Danielson away. Singh connects with a chop. Suplex by Singh. Singh throws Danieslon over the top rope. Round kicks and 2 knee strikes by Danielson. Danielson with a running dropkick. Singh with a chokeslam on the apron. Danielson kicks out at 1. Singh tears off a buckle pad. Low blow and a Busaiku knee by Danielson. Yes kicks by Danielson. Chop by Singh. Hammer elbows by Danielson. Lebell Lock by Danielson and Lethal and Jarrett attack for the DQ.
WINNER BY DISQUALIFICATION BRYAN DANIELSON
Danieslon avoids the guitar shot but gets overpowered. The Young Bucks come out with the payoff for Singh hurting Danielson. The EVPs dismiss Sonjay and company. Danielson avoids the EVP Trigger and fires away at Nichoas. Okada and JAck Perry come out. It’s 4 on 1. Rainmaker by Okada. They drag Danielson up the ramp.
A car pulls up to the arena. Tony Khan drove a flame thrower wielding Darby Allin to the building. Allin scares off the Elite. Nicholas Jackson went through a table somewhere in all of this.
We go to credits
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