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9/30 AEW DYNAMITE TRIBUTE TO PAC REPORT

AEW Dynamite is live from the Petersen Events Center in Pittsburgh, PA.

Our commentary team is Excalibur and Tony Schiavone.

The show starts with Excalibur talking about Benjamin Satterley “Pac”. We then go to Tony Schiavone in the ring to talk about Pac as well, explaining that tonight’s show is to honor Pac.

We are shown a promo recorded after All Out where Jon Moxley talks about his match with Will Ospreay and how wrestling is a gift every single day. He then tells Ospreay that all he has earned is more hard work and goes over the challenges Ospreay will be dealing with as World Champion. Tony then leads us in a ten-bell salute as the roster honors him on stage.

The Death Riders come out and walk past an empty chair honoring Pac.

Jon Moxley (AEW Continental Champion) vs. Orange Cassidy

Cassidy has to take a moment to start, overcome by emotion.

They lock up and move to arm bars. Cassidy gets a foot on the rope to break the hold. They lock up again and move back to arm bars, and Cassidy gets an arm bar takedown. They lock up again and move to headlocks, and Cassidy gets an arm drag takedown. Mox forces Cassidy to the ropes for a stroke, and Cassidy gets a sunset flip for two points. They reverse the pins and go back and forth until they both get to their feet.

They lock up with a Greco-Roman knuckle lock, and Mox forces Cassidy to the mat. Cassidy reverses it, and Mox turns it into a rear chinlock, and Cassidy gets to the ropes for the break. Cassidy gets a side headlock, and Mox shoots him off. Cassidy gets a shoulder tackle, and Mox does the same. Cassidy rolls to the floor, and Mox follows, bouncing Cassidy’s head off the announce table as we go to picture-in-picture.

When we return to full screen, Mox is working over Cassidy and gets ten in the corner. Cassidy escapes and gets ten in the corner by slamming Mox’s head into the turnbuckle ten times. Mox gets a dropkick, knocking Cassidy to the floor. Mox rolls Cassidy into the ring, and Cassidy rolls out the other side of the ring to the floor. Mox follows him and rolls him into the ring, and Cassidy rolls out the other side of the ring again.

Mox rolls him back in the ring again, and as Mox is rolling across the ring, Mox runs to the other side of the ring, and when he sees Mox, he rolls to the middle of the ring. Cassidy then gets to his feet and dives onto Mox on the floor. Cassidy goes to the top and dives onto Mox in the ring and then hits a DDT for two.

Cassidy goes back to the top, and Mox rolls away from Cassidy, glaring at Cassidy. Cassidy comes down from the top, and they charge at each other. Cassidy gets an Orange Punch, and Mox counters with a cutter. Both men are down and slowly get to their feet. Cassidy starts the soft kicks, and Mox punches him for it, and Cassidy answers with a soft kick. They go back and forth with this until Cassidy gets a real thrust kick. They throw hands, and Cassidy knocks Mox to his knees. Mox then gives soft kicks.

Cassidy goes for pockets, and then Mox starts to do the same and flips Cassidy off. Cassidy gets a dropkick and then hits an Orange Punch. Cassidy hits another Orange Punch. He then gets a casadora for two. Cassidy hits Stundog Millionaire and Mox gets a rear chinlock, but Cassidy turns it into a crucifix pin. Mox counters a beach break, but Cassidy gets a PK. Mox gets a lariat after coming off the ropes, and then tries to get a Brutalizer, but Cassidy turns it into a two-count. Cassidy goes for the Brutalizer, and Mox fights free and gets a driver on Cassidy.

Mox hits a Death Rider for the pin and the win.

Winner and Continental Champion: Jon Moxley.

Mox sits in the ring, and we hear Bryan Danielson’s music before he comes to the ring. They stand face-to-face in the ring and then hug.

We then get Hangman Adam Page talking about Pac and their backstage relationship.

Don Callis Family: Kevin Knight, Kyle Fletcher, Trent Beretta, and Rocky Romero vs. The Elite: The Young Bucks (Matt and Nick Jackson), Kenny Omega, and Hangman Adam Page

The Family attack at the bell, and after the initial brawl, we get Kyle and Nick in the ring, and Matt joins Nick. The Bucks take out each member of the Family individually. Rock sends the Bucks to the floor and then celebrates in the ring. He is then surrounded by Page and Omega, who ping-pong him between them. He is sent to the floor, and Page and Omega work over Trent.

The Bucks get into the ring with them and send Trent to the floor before hitting Terminator dives. The Babyfaces then give the Family 8 in the corners. Then, we get the Family coming back and taking out the Bucks’ team and start getting dives of their own as we go to picture-in-picture.

When we return to full screen, Matt has been the babyface in peril, and he is able to take out everyone in the corner of the Family one at a time. Rocky stops him and gives a clothesline, but Matt gets a series of Northern Lights suplexes, and when Trent tries to stop it, Matt adds him to the last suplex and tags in Nick. Nick cleans house until Kyle and Knight stop him. Nick runs them into each other and tags in Page.

Page runs wild on Kyle and Knight, ending the sequence with a running shooting star press on Knight for two. Omega is tagged in, and Knight goes for Omega’s eyes on the ropes. They run the ropes, and Omega gets a snapdragon suplex. Omega then gives Rocky and Trent suplexes as well. This leads to each person getting a big move on the last person in the ring.

The sequence ends with the Bucks’ team standing tall and giving Rocky a four-man superkick. The Bucks’ team dives onto each member of the Family, with Omega holding on for a two-count on Trent. Trent takes a Buckshot lariat, a V-trigger, a BTE trigger, and a One Winged Angel for the pin and the win.

Winners: The Elite

We get tributes from Cash Wheeler and Jay White.

Renee Paquette is at ringside, and she reads a message from Pac’s family.

Swerve Strickland is out next, with Prince Nana. He is joined by the New Level, and they are all in street clothes when they come to the ring. They hold their trios championship belts, and then they put them on the mat and cover them with a cloth with Pac’s name on it.

We get a tribute from Ricochet.

Will Ospreay (AEW World Champion) w/Andrade El Idolo, Speedball Mike Bailey, and Akira vs. Ricochet w/ Toa Leona and Bishop Kaun

They hug on their knees before starting the match.

Ricochet gets a snapmare and then moves to arm bars and headlocks. They run the ropes and trade a series of high-flying moves into quick two counts. They run the ropes via the corners, and Ricochet gets a flying crossbody for two. Ricochet gets a pair of uppercuts and then chops in the corner. Ricochet charges into the big boot in the corner before Ospreay dives onto Ricochet. Ricochet is rolled into the ring, and Ospreay slams his head into the top turnbuckle.

Ospreay gets a series of chops in the corner and then whips Ricochet across the ring. Ricochet gets a big boot followed by an enzuigiri. Ricochet dives onto Ospreay as we go to picture-in-picture.

When we return to full screen, they are brawling on the floor. Ospreay rolls Ricochet into the ring and then peppers him with blows. Ospreay gets a corkscrew kick and then a springboard elbow strike for two. They trade chops in the middle of the ring and then fight over who will get a backslide. No one gets one, and Ospreay gets Stundog Millionaire. Ospreay gets a leaping DDT for two. Ospreay hoists Ricochet, who turns it into a hurricanrana for two. Ricochet gets a backbreaker and a standing shooting star press. Ricochet goes to the second rope for a Phoenix Splash for two.

Ricochet goes to the top, and Ospreay joins him there. Ricochet knocks him down, and Ospreay leaps up for a poisonrana, but Ricochet lands on his feet. They trade German suplexes, and Ospreay hits a pair of poisonranas. Both men are down and struggle to get up. They throw hands on their knees and fight as they get up. Ricochet gets a series of kicks, and Ospreay fires back with an enzuigiri. Ricochet leaps onto Ospreay’s shoulders, and Ospreay hits him with a Blue Thunder Bomb for two.

Ricochet gets a backslide bomb and follows with a Liger bomb for two. Ricochet charges into Ospreay in the corner and then goes to the top for a shooting star Pele kick and follows with a shooting star press from the top for two. Ospreay avoids the Spirit Gun and gets a Styles Clash for two. Ospreay hits the Hidden Blade. Ospreay then goes to the top and hits a Black Arrow for the pin and the win.

Winner: Will Ospreay

Ospreay and Ricochet hug after the match, and everyone else shakes hands.

The next tribute is from Will Ospreay.

Persephone, Britt Baker, and Mercedes Mone vs. Thunder Rosa, Hyan, and Marina Shafir

Hyan and Persephone start the match with a headlock and then a quick two-count from Hyan after sweeping Persephone’s leg. Hyan gets a running boot and tags in Rosa. They drop Persephone, and Rosa follows with a basement dropkick for two. Rosa gets a tijeras and follows with a sunset flip; Persephone pops up into a dropkick for one.

Baker is tagged in and starts hammering Rosa in the corner. Persephone tags in and tries for splash mountain, but Rosa escapes and tags in Shafir. The tag team siren goes off, and everyone is fighting in the ring. Persephone’s team is sent to the outside as we go to picture-in-picture.

When we return to full screen, Rosa has been the babyface in peril through the break. Rosa and Mone wipe each other out, and Rosa crawls to her corner to tag in Shafir and works over Mone. Mone starts to fire back, and they throw hands in the middle of the ring. Shafir hits a snap suplex followed by a snap suplex DDT combination. Shafir grabs Mone, and Persephone breaks it up. Baker is tagged in and gets a sling blade, and it’s time for each woman to get a big move on the last person in the ring.

Baker gets a curb stomp and grabs her glove for the Lockjaw. Baker shoves the glove to Mox and then shows it to the ring. Persephone is pulled out of the ring. Shafir fights off the Lockjaw and gets a Brutalizer on Baker, and Baker has to tap out.

Winners: Thunder Rosa, Hyan, and Marina Shafir

We then get a tribute from Swerve Strickland. Darby Allin then gives his tribute.

Mox joins commentary. We then get Bryan Danielson’s music, and he joins the Death Riders.

The Don Callis Family (John Alexander, Mark Davis, Lance Archer, Jake Doyle, and Wardlow) vs. The Death Riders (Claudio Castagnoli, Wheeler Yuta, Daniel Garcia, Gabe Kidd, and Bryan Danielson)

Everyone is brawling as the bell rings and the fight spills onto the floor. As the brawl starts to settle down, Garcia and Doyle are in the ring, and Doyle gets a scoop slam. Garcia is brought to the Family’s corner, and all five of them work him over as a team. Garcia dodges a splash from Archer and tags in Kidd. Kidd slams his head into the turnbuckle and then headbutts Archer. They throw hands, and Kidd is in the Family’s corner. Josh tags in and gets a few attacks, but Kidd escapes and tags in Claudio.

Claudio gets a vertical hold and drops him on the top rope when Bryan gets a guillotine leg drop. Claudio gets the giant swing, and Yuta dropkicks Josh for two, which sets off the tag team siren, and everyone is brawling again as we go to picture-in-picture.

When we return to full screen, Yuta has been in peril through the break (I can’t bear to say he is a babyface in peril). Yuta gets a dropkick off the top onto Davis and tags in Bryan. Bryan runs wild. Josh is able to get an ankle lock on Bryan, and Bryan rolls through into the LeBell lock, broken up by Doyle. Everyone gets a big move on the last person in the ring.

We end up with Bryan and Josh. Josh gets a trio of suplexes, but Bryan lands on his feet and gets a roundhouse kick. He then tags in Garcia, who goes after Doyle. Garcia beats down Doyle and tries for a piledriver, but he is interrupted by Davis and Wardlow. Davis and Wardlow send Garcia to the floor, and they are hit by Busaiku knees from Yuta and Bryan. Archer grabs Shafir on the apron, and Shafir gets an arm bar in the ropes.

We are down to Doyle and Garcia again, and Garcia powers up and dances. The Death Riders then hit his forever clothesline in the corner on Doyle. Bryan dives into the Family on the floor. Kidd gets a clothesline on Doyle. Garcia gets a Boston Crab. Claudio gets a stomp, and Garcia covers Doyle for the pin and the win.

Winners: The Death Riders

We then get a video tribute to Pac showing scenes from his entire career: 

Thank you for reading, and when I think of the losses in AEW lately, I can just use this quote from Hamlet: When sorrows come, they come not single spies, but in battalions.

 

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