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AEW Dynamite is live from the Addition Financial Arena in Orlando, FL. The commentary team is Excalibur, Taz, and Tony Schiavone.
Tony is in the ring to speak to MJF, who brags about how well he dresses and how classy he is because he is the best wrestler on Earth. He brags about how much the title belt is worth and says that Bandido was the first to find out that 2026 is the year of the Devil and no one is on his level.
This summons Brody King from the back. Brody says that after what MJF did to Bandido last week, all he can think about is all the things he can do to MJF. He says he won’t beat MJF right now because we all know MJF is a bitch, and he won’t get what he wants: a title match.
MJF calls for complete silence so he can think, and we all know how that works out for someone. He then says he has thought about it, and he will have to say no—not because he is afraid of Brody, but because Brody is all bark and no bite. He says that Brody has only beaten jobbers, and to go for the world title, he needs to beat elite-level wrestlers.
MJF has a lot to do tonight, so he will take off and leaves.
We get a video recap of Hangman Adam Page, Speedball Mike Bailey, and Kevin Knight winning the Trios title last week.
Renee Paquette is with all three of them in the back, and Page says they need a trios team name. Knight says Jet Set Rodeo, and Speedball says Horse Guys. Page says it’s not gonna work, and they have big matches tonight. Page gives them advice for their upcoming matches and says he will face Katsuyori Shibata Saturday night.
Samoa Joe vs. Speedball Mike Bailey
Joe rolls out of the ring to start the match. He takes his time to get back in the ring, and when he does, he locks up with Bailey and forces him to the corner. Joe breaks and lays in jabs and headbutts. Bailey fights his way off the ropes and then gets a series of kicks off the ropes. Bailey then keeps laying in kicks and dodges attacks from Joe until he drop-kicks Joe to the floor. Joe pulls Bailey out of the ring and lays him out with a single chop.
Bailey gets a kick on the floor and then a baseball slide from the ring, followed by a moonsault. As he rolls Joe into the ring, Hook and Shibata come down to ringside. Joe knocks Bailey to the floor, and as he distracts the ref, Hook and Shibata stomp Bailey down and roll him back into the ring as we go to picture-in-picture.
When we return to full screen, Bailey gets a boot up in the corner and then gets a series of kicks on Joe, including a missile drop-kick from the top. Bailey keeps up the kicks, misses a standing shooting star, and Joe misses a senton. Bailey gets a shooting star press from the top for two.
They fight on the apron, and Bailey trips Joe and tries for a backflip knee drop, and Joe rolls out of the way. As Joe distracts the ref, Shibata gets a series of suplexes on the apron and the floor before rolling Bailey into the ring. Joe stomps down Bailey. Joe pulls Bailey up, and they trade chops until Joe slams Bailey with a knee breaker and then grabs a heel hook. Bailey gets to the rope for a break.
Joe lays in kicks of his own and keeps knocking Bailey to the mat. Joe gets a rolling kick to grab another heel hook. Bailey gets to the ropes again for the break. Joe goes back to kicks on Bailey’s leg. Bailey takes the pose for a crane kick and instead gets a roundhouse kick and a shooting star knee drop, and another round kick for two. Bailey gets a spin kick and goes for the Ultimo Weapon from the top, but Joe has the ref help him away. Hook tries to grab Bailey, but Bailey nails him with a back elbow and then rolls Joe up for two.
Joe grabs a Coquina Clutch, but Bailey rolls backward for two. Hook distracts the ref, and Shibata holds Bailey so that Joe can grab the Muscle Buster for the pin and the win.
Winner: Samoa Joe
We see that MJF is watching in the back to scout Samoa Joe.
Death Riders (Jon Moxley, Wheeler Yuta, and Daniel Garcia) w/ Marina Shafir vs. Don Callis Family (Rocky Romero, Lance Archer, and Hechicero) – Street Fight
Don Callis joins commentary.
They start brawling on the entrance ramp, and Mox and Archer go into the crowd immediately. Yuta and Romero pair up, as do Garcia and Hechicero. Garcia works over Hechicero with a garbage can. Archer and Mox fight back to the ring. Hechicero taps out, but the referee doesn’t see it, I guess. Mox and Archer fight in the ring, and Mox gives Archer ten in the corner. The Death Rider runs forever charges in the corner.
Taz tells us that the submission has to be in the ring, so that covers up Hechicero tapping, I guess.
Archer rolls to the outside and chokeslams Yuta through the timekeeper’s table. Everyone brawls at ringside as we go to picture-in-picture.
When we return to full screen, Mox is in the ring as Hechicero and Rocky work him over. Archer joins them, and Garcia gets into the ring and is taken out by Hechicero. A trash can is put over Garcia’s head, and Rocky and Hechicero drop-kick the can. Mox gives everyone forearms until they beat him down. The garbage can is put on Mox’s chest. Hechicero charges, but Mox tosses the can in his face. Rocky is dropped to the floor, and that leaves Mox and Archer throwing hands until Archer charges into Mox.
Archer pulls out a table from under the ring and shoves it into the ring. He sets it up in the corner, and Shafir gets into the ring. Archer grabs her for a chokeslam, and Shafir grabs a triangle choke to bring Archer down. She picks the leg, and Mox gets a cutter. Archer picks up Mox and drives him through the table. Garcia gets into the ring and hits a big chop. He dodges a charge from Archer, and Yuta hits Archer with a psycho knee. Hechicero and Rocky grab abdominal stretches on Garcia and Yuta, but Garcia and Yuta reverse into submission holds of their own. Yuta is knocked to the outside, and Mox grabs Rocky and Hechicero for DDTs.
Mox goes under the ring and pulls out a board of barbed wire and broken glass. Rocky and Mox fight over who gets tossed into the board. After Mox drops Rocky, Archer chokeslams Mox on the board for two, broken up by Yuta and Garcia. Archer drags Yuta to the top of the ramp, and Pac comes from the back on crutches and uses the crutch to attack Archer. Claudio Castagnoli joins in the fight.
As Hechicero goes to join, Shafir gets a low blow, and Yuta gets a psycho knee. In the ring, Mox and Rocky brawl, and Garcia hits the ring and gives Rocky a piledriver, followed by an ankle lock. Mox follows with a curb stomp, and Rocky is out cold.
Winners: The Death Riders
Mox heads over to Don Callis and says to tell his boy he knows where to find him.
The Triangle of Madness is in the back. Thekla says she gives Kris Statlander one week before she beats her for the title, and Julia Hart calls for a rematch with Willow Nightingale on Saturday.
Alex Price and Jordan Oliver come to the ring, and Stokely says they picked the wrong week to try to impress the world. He also says he has a website where you can donate to help his recovery.
FTR (Cash Wheeler and Dax Harwood), AEW Tag Team Champions, vs. Alex Price and Jordan Oliver
Stokely joins commentary.
Cash and Oliver start, and Cash gets a waistlock slam. Cash gets a shoulder tackle, and when Cash comes off the ropes, Oliver grabs him in midair and covers for two. Oliver gets a series of drop-kicks, and Price gets in the ring, and they both dive onto FTR on the floor. Price then dives onto FTR again. Cash is rolled into the ring, and Oliver gets a diving crossbody, and Cash rolls through for two. Price gets a foot stomp from the top, and Oliver covers for two.
Price is tagged in, and Cash knocks Price for a loop and tags in Dax, who beats down Price in their corner. Dax then beats down Price in another corner. They run the ropes, and Oliver gets a blind tag, and they run a series of double-team moves until Oliver gets a roll-up for two. Dax cuts him off with a lariat and dodges a dive from the top by Price. Price takes a clothesline and rolls to the floor, and Dax beats down Oliver in the corner.
FTR tries for Power and Glory, but Price gets a hurricanrana from the top on Cash. Oliver gets a slam from the top on Dax for two. Price is tagged in, and FTR gets rid of Oliver and hits the Shatter Machine on Price for the pin and the win.
Winners and still tag team champions: FTR
Kris Statlander, Willow Nightingale, and Harley Cameron are in the back. Kris says she will beat Thekla next week, and Saturday she is offering an open-challenge eliminator match. Willow says she can beat Julia Hart, and Harley will be there as well.
Kenny Omega vs. Josh Alexander
Josh attacks Kenny from behind on the stage and beats him up down the ring and tosses Kenny into the steel steps as Don Callis joins commentary.
Kenny starts to fight back and gets a moonsault off the barricade. Kenny then hits a dive from the ring onto Josh on the floor. Josh is rolled into the ring, and the match starts.
Kenny lays in chops and gets the boots up in the corner, and Josh charges, followed by a modified sling blade for two. Josh gets a jawbreaker and then runs into a hurricanrana and rolls to the floor. Kenny gets a big knee to Josh on the apron. Josh traps Kenny’s leg in the ropes and then slams Kenny on the apron as we go to picture-in-picture.
When we return to full screen, Kenny lays in chops, but Josh gets a kitchen sink as he comes off the ropes and then hits a spinning slam for two. Josh gives Kenny a knee strike. Josh hoists Kenny and goes to the top for a diving slam for two. Kenny rolls to the floor, and Josh pulls up the mats on the floor. Kenny gets free and hits a dragon suplex on the concrete.
Kenny hits a Terminator dive. Josh is rolled into the ring, and Kenny goes to the top. Kenny hits a missile drop-kick and then a vertical neckbreaker for two. Josh gets an enzuigiri. They both go over the top to the floor together. They struggle to get up, and when they do, they start throwing hands on the floor. Josh ends it by raking the eyes, and then Kenny starts slamming Josh’s head into the announce table.
Don takes off into the crowd, and Kenny returns to the ring. Josh grabs an ankle lock on Kenny as Kenny is getting in the ring and then slams Kenny’s leg on the apron. Kenny blocks Josh from suplexing him into the ring. Josh gets a dragon screw in the ropes and then a crossbody to knock Kenny to the floor.
Don rejoins commentary.
Kenny gets a V-Trigger on Josh when he gets on the apron, and Kenny gets a powerbomb for two. Kenny then pulls Josh into the One Winged Angel and gets the pin and the win.
Winner: Kenny Omega
MJF is in the back watching this one as well.
Kenny has something to say and says that Don struck when Kenny wasn’t at 100 percent. Kenny says in his new home of Orlando, where he lives now, he hasn’t felt this good in years. Don doesn’t have anyone in his family who can beat him or come after him after he wins the world title.
Taz then breaks down how MJF won his match with Bandido last week. I have missed Taz’s match breakdowns.
Megan Bayne and Penelope Ford vs. The Timeless Love Bombs (Toni Storm and Mina Shirakawa) w/ Luther
They brawl at the start of the match, and after Ford is tossed to the floor, Toni drops Mina on Bayne for two. Toni is tagged in, and they double-team Bayne so Toni can cover for two. Bayne gets a fallaway slam on Toni. Bayne then tosses Mina onto Toni on the floor. Bayne then throws Ford into Mina and Toni as we go to picture-in-picture.
When we return to full screen, Mina has been the babyface in peril. Mina gets a big kick from the ropes into Bayne and then a shotgun drop-kick from the top. Mina makes the crawl for the hot tag as Ford is also tagged in. Toni runs wild. She tags in Mina again and then sets Ford for a double-team, but Bayne shoves Toni into Mina on top. Toni and Mina hit Bayne and Ford with double hip attacks on the apron. Mina then dives from the top into Bayne and Ford. Ford is rolled into the ring, and Mina gets a sling blade from the top for two.
Bayne knocks Toni to the floor. Bayne gets a psycho knee and then tosses Ford for a cutter for two, with Toni breaking it up. Everyone gets a big move on the last person, ending with Mina getting a spinning back fist on Ford and then starting a figure-four, and Bayne gets a leaping clothesline. Ford leaps off the top for the Doomsday Device for the pin and the win.
Winners: Megan Bayne and Penelope Ford
While this is going on, Shafir has locked Toni in Mother’s Milk so she couldn’t break up the pin.
We then see an update where Roderick Strong beat Hechicero in AAA to become the number-one contender for Claudio Castagnoli’s AAA World Title. Excalibur goes down the matches set for upcoming shows.
Swerve Strickland w/ Prince Nana vs. Kevin Knight
MJF is watching from a skybox.
They lock up, and Swerve forces them into the corner. Swerve flips Knight into a headlock and then tosses Knight into the corner. Swerve gets a quick series of takedowns on Knight. They run the ropes, and Knight gets an arm drag and holds on for an armbar. Knight gets a low bridge on Swerve. Knight is able to get a flying crossbody onto Swerve on the floor.
When Swerve is back in the ring, Knight gets a frog splash and then mocks Swerve’s dance. Swerve sends Knight to the floor, and when they climb the steel steps, Knight gets a back body drop and then a leaping drop-kick from the apron as we go to picture-in-picture.
When we return to full screen, Knight is whipped to the corner, and Swerve gets a shoulder-based backbreaker. Swerve goes to the top and then a diving strike to Knight’s back. Swerve tries for a one-legged crab, but Knight uses up-kicks to escape. Knight lays in blows, and Swerve takes them and asks for more before punching Knight in the face. Knight is able to get a suplex.
Knight gets in a series of blows, leaps over Swerve’s strike, and then gets a leaping lariat. Knight gets a scoop slam but misses a splash. Swerve gets a flatliner and misses a House Call. Knight gets a splash for two. Swerve drops Knight on the top rope and then gets a boot. He puts Knight on top and joins him. Knight tries a sunset flip, and Swerve holds on. Knight is able to get a powerbomb and DDT for two.
They fight on the apron, and Swerve gets a Death Valley Driver on the apron. Swerve drags Knight to the barricade and hits a piledriver on top of the barricade. Swerve goes to the top as the ref counts. Knight gets in the ring at 9. Swerve hits a 450 splash and then locks on the dragon sleeper. Knight gets to his feet, and Swerve puts him on top. Swerve joins him there, and Knight drops down and leaps up for a hurricanrana.
Knight gets a coast-to-coast drop-kick and goes to the top. Knight hits the UFO splash, and Swerve gets a foot on the rope at two. Knight gets a House Call, and Knight hoists him up, and Swerve fights free and gets a big boot. They trade blows, and Swerve gets a House Call in midair as they charge at each other. Swerve hits a Vertibreaker followed by Big Pressure for the pin and the win.
Winner: Swerve Strickland
And we are desperately out of time.
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