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AEW Dynamite Fright Night is live from the Chaifetz Arena in Saint Louis, MO. Our commentary team is Excalibur, Taz, and Tony Schiavone.
Death Riders (Jon Moxley and Daniel Garcia) vs. The Cut (Jay White and David Finlay)
Because the Last Outfit didn’t last more than an hour or so, Jay White’s new faction is called The Cut.
Mox and White start the match, and White goes to the apron and tags in Finlay. They lock up and run the ropes, and Mox gets a shoulder block and then lays in chops in the corner. He then gets a shoulder thrust and a dragon screw leg whip. Garcia tags in and stomps Finlay down in the corner, but he does it in The Cut’s corner, and White tags in and stomps down Garcia. Garcia chops his way out of the corner and whips White to the corner. Garcia gets a dragon screw and tags in Mox. White tags in Finlay and Mox goes after white, but Finlay hits a chop block on him.
The Cut works Mox over in their corner with quick tags. Mox gets a back suplex and tags in Garcia, who runs wild. The sequence ends as Garcia gets a dragon tamer on White. Finlay pulls White out of the ring,g and everyone starts brawling at ringside as we go to picture-in-picture.
When we return to full screen, Garcia has been unable to tag out through the break. Mox is tagged in, and he cleans the house. Mox ends the sequence with a rear naked choke on Finlay, and then goes to the juji-gitame into a triangle choke, broken up by White. Finally gets a backbreaker and tags in White.
White goes for a blade runner, but Mox trunks it in a paradigm shift. Garcia is tagged in, and they run forever charges on White in the corner. Mox gets a cutter on White and then dives onto Finlay. Garcia rolls up White for two. Ace Austin gets on the apron, and Wheeler Yuta hits him with a Busyko knee. Clark Conners hits Garcia with a spear as the ref is distracted,d and White follows with the Blade Runner for the pin and the win.
Winners: The Cut
Members of both the Death Riders and the Cut show up and are brawling at ringside. Claudio Castagnoli is able to get into the ring and give Conners the giant swing. The Death Riders, with chairs, take the ring and drive off The Cut.
Mox asks where they are going, because they are just getting started. He then says that at Full Gear, they will have Anarchy in the Arena.
We get a video recap of the women’s Blood and Guts match next week.
Kyle Fletcher vs. Jungle Jack Perry
Don Callis joins commentary.
Kyle leaves the ring to stall and talk to Callis. Jack Perry then does the same with Taz. They lock up, and Kyle forces them to the corner, where Kyle breaks after intimidating Perry. They run the ropes, and Kyle gets a shoulder tackle. Kyle gets an arm bar and then hits a scoop slam on Perry. They run the ropes, and Parry avoids Kyle going over, then under, and then hits a dropkick. Kyle goes to the floor, and Perry joins him. Kyle whips Perry over the steel steps, and Perry goes under the ring. He then surprises Kyle with a dropkick. Perry then runs Kyle into the barricade.
Perry drapes Kyle on the barricade, and Perry runs down the barricade and does a leg drop on Kyle. Perry rolls Kyle into the ring, and Kyle gets a running leg lariat to knock Perry off the apron. Kyle then hits a PK from the apron as we go to picture-in-picture.
When we return to full screen, Kyle gets a scoop slam, and Perry is up and leans on Kyle, who slams him again. Perry gets back to his feet, and Kyle gets another slam. Perry pops up and throws chops. They run the ropes, and Perry gets a clothesline. Kyle rolls to the floor, and Perry dives onto him twice, and on the third, Kyle catches and power bombs Perry on the apron.
They go back and forth on the apron. Perry gets a hurricanrana and then hits a moonsault from the top onto Kyle on the floor. Kyle is rolled into the ring, and Perry hits a moonsault from the top for two. Kyle dodges a running knee and hits a snap dragon suplex. Perry gets a leaping kick and then charges at Kyle, who catches him with a strike and hits a sheer drop brain buster for two.
Kyle puts Perry on top and joins him there. They fight on top, and Perry bites Kyle. Perry hits a running power bomb for two, and it looked like Perry bit Kyle’s swimsuit area as he was running. Perry tries to pick up Kyle for a piledriver, and Kyle turns it into a backdrop. Perry runs Kyle into the corner and hits a poisonrana. Perry charges, and Kyle picks up Perry. Perry escapes and gets the Snare Trap. Kyle crawls to the rope for the break.
Perry puts Kyle on top and tries for a muscle buster, but Kyle fights out of it. Perry joins Kyle on top and tries a hurricanrana, but Kyle blacks it out. Perry repositions and gets a hurricanrana and leaps from the top, but Kyle gets a thrust kick. Kyle gets a series of attacks in the corner. Kyle puts Perry on top and hits a brain buster on the middle rope for the pin and the win.
Winner: Kyle Fletcher
Kyle gets on the shoulders of Davis and Doyle. He says he decimated a pillar of the company and goes over his recent victories. He says he has beaten Will Ospreay at Full Gear before,e and he will do it again, and he dares Ospreay to put the title on the line.
We then get a video package for Blood and Guts next week.
Renee Paquette is in the ring to talk to The New Level, Kofi, and Austin Creed. She asks them about the rematch for the Trios titles, and Austin says that Swerve was talking crazy about a Texas Death Match. Kofi says after their matches, they want to clock out and be with their families. Austin says it sounds bad: if they lose the match, they have to die?
Kofi says they haven’t been here long enough to hate their opponents; they kinda like them. But they like the fact that they will be the new Trios champions even more. Brody King comes to the ring, and the New Level gets in his face, asking where Swerve is. Adam Page shows and says they can’t do a Texas Death Match. When he fought Swerve in one, he lost years of his life. Page says that Swerve has shown who he is.
Prince Nana comes to the stage, and we see on the big screen that Swerve has attacked Bandido and taken his mask. Swerve then says to give them the match he asked for as we see a bloodied Bandido unable to respond. Age tries to hold Brody back and Page yells at him to not give Swerve what he wants. The New Level says they had nothing to do with this. Brody and Page run to the back.
We then get the Don Callis Family in the back as Callis talks about their recent victories and their upcoming matches. Callis then says that Steven Borden should be listening to him instead of Darby Allin.
FTR (Dax Harwood and Cash Wheeler) w/Stokely, who is dressed as James Brown for Halloween,n vs. Motor City Machine Guns (Chris Sabin and Alex Shelley) - Match 3 in a best of 5 series.
Alex and Dax start the match and quickly move to arm bars. Dax gets a side headlock takedown,n and Alex gets an arm drag. Sabin is tagged in and gets an arm bar, but Dax gets a body slam. Cash tags in and Sabin gets a drop toe hold into an arm bar. They run the ropes, and Dax gets a blind tag; Alex tags in, and they go back and forth with attacks. Sabin tags in and they double team Dax. They then double team Cash, and both members of FTR roll to the floor to regroup.
Dax returns to the ring and Sabin tags in Alex. Dax runs him into the corner and beats him down. Dax gets a pair of snap suplexes for two. Dax runs Alex into the top turnbuckle. Alex is able to hit a series of machine gun chops on Dax in the corner and then gets ten in the corner. Cash tries to break it up, but that sets off the tag team siren, and all four men are fighting in the ring as we go to picture-in-picture.
When we return to full screen, Sabin gets a crossbody from the top, but Dax rolls through for two. Sabin gets a rollup for two. Sabin gets an insigiri on Dax, but Cash attacks Sabin. Alex takes down Cash. Dax gets a slingshot power bomb on Alex, but Sabin is the legal man and rolls up Dax for two. Dax pouts Sabin onto the top,p and FTR tries for Power and Glory, but Alex grabs Dax’s leg to stop the suplex. Dax takes out Alex and FTR hits Power and Glory for two.
Dax is tagged in again, and FTR double-team Sabin, but Sabin is able to escape, and the Guns double-team Dax. All four men are fighting in the ring, and Alex gets a sunset flip for two. FTR runs into each other, and Alex gets a rollup for two. After everyone is brawling, the Guns get the Shatter Machine on Dax for two. The Guns get a double team move on Dax for two, broken up by Cash.
Alex is able to take a suplex from Cash into Dax, and he rolls up Dax for the pin and the win.
Winners and up 2 to 1: The Motor City Machine Guns
Another great match, with tons of fast action.
The Guns ask for a handshake, and the FTR obliges them, and then Stokely throws powder, allowing FTR to jump the Guns.
In the back, Lexi Nair is with Queen Aminata, Persephone, and Britt Baker. Aminata explains how she will beat Persephone, and Persephone mocks her.
Tomasso Ciampa comes to the ring and says he was cheated out of the title when he faced Andrade El Idolo, and that is why he attacked the referee last week. He then says on Saturday night, he will be taking on Matt Sydal (there’s a name I haven’t heard in a while) and he hopes Andrade will be watching. He says he is tired of waiting, and he is interrupted by the music for Ilja Dragunov.
Ilja comes to the ring. He then says that Ciampa says he can beat anyone and is the best signing ever. He knows Ciampa has a match on Saturday, but that means he is free for a match tonight. Ciampa says, “Not tonight, jackass,” and rolls out of the ring.
Renee is with Orange Cassidy, Kyle O’Reilly, and Roderick Strong. Kyle says the fight with the Cut isn’t done by a long shot. Roddy says he is sick of being laid out and challenges any three of the Cut for a match on Saturday.
Marina Shafir vs. the Already in the Ring Rachel Armstrong
Mox joins commentary.
Shafir makes short work of Rachel and wins with Mother’s Milk.
Winner: Marina Shafir.
Shafir grabs a mic and calls out Mercedes Mone, who obliges her. Mone says she is not a pussy and has more balls than the whole Death Riders, and she’s not ready for Mercedes Mone. She then slaps Shafir. Shafir offers herself for another slap, and Mone slaps her again. Shafir drops Mo,ne and while they are jerking jaws, The Cut attacks Jon Moxley.
The Death Riders start to attack. Mone takes off through the crowd, and Shafir follows her. The Cut beat down the Death Rider, and Yuta is left in the ring alone. Garcia tries to help, but they are hopelessly outnumbered. Claudio comes from the back and tosses a trash can at the Gunns. When he gets into the ring, he’s swarmed and taken down. Juice Robinson beats down Claudio with a chair, but Claudio slowly rises up. Claudio tosses Conners and blocks a low blow from White. Finlay finally takes Claudio out with the shillelagh. White then gets a Blade Runner on Mox on the concrete floor after they ripped up the mats around the ring.
Darby Allin (TNT Champion) vs. Josh Alexander.
Don Callis joins commentary.
Josh attacks before the bell and beats down Darby in and out of the ring. Darby takes a lot of damage on the floor from Josh. Darby finally rolls into the ring, and Josh beats him down in the corners. Josh charges at Darby, who finally gets a big boot and then comes off the top with a stomp. They fight on the apron, and Josh gets an ankle lock into a German suplex on the apron.
Josh then wraps Darby's arm around the ring post. Josh gets a back drop. Josh goes to the top, and Darby shoves him off the top to the floor as we go to picture-in-picture.
When we return to full screen, Darby goes to the top for a coffin drop to the floor, but Josh catches him and hits a German suplex. Darby is rolled into the ring, and he rolls out the other side. Darby then trips Josh and traps him in the ring skirt and slams his head into the apron. Darby then dives onto Josh.
Josh is rolled into the ring, and Darby goes to the apron, and Josh grabs an ankle lock. Darby escapes and pulls off Josh’s headgear and covers his face with it. Darby gets a Scorpion Death Lock, and Josh gets to the top for the break. Darby gets a dragon screw in the ropes. Darby goes to the top for a coffin drop on Josh on the apron. Both men are on the floor. Darby grabs a chair and sets it up at ringside.
Josh is put in the chair,r and Darby goes to the top. Josh crawls away, and Darby has to drop down. Josh trips Darby and grabs a chair of his own. He sets up the chairs and then gives Darby a leaping piledriver off the apron into the chairs. Darby is rolled into the ring, and Josh covers for two.
Rocky Romero and Trent Beretta come to ringside,e and they see a man at ringside with a clown mask. He takes it off, and it’s Steven Borden, and he takes out Rocky and Trent. In the ring, Josh gets an ankle lock and starts stomping Darby’s face. Darby is able to roll backward and holds on for the pin and the win.
Winner and still TNT Champion: Darby Allin.
In the back, Steven Borden speaks to Don Callis and says he knows what is at stake. He wants this. He goes over his team, and he wants Blood and Guts.
Persephone w/Britt Baker (TBS Champion) vs Queen Aminata
They lock up,p and Aminata forces them to the corner. Persephone reverses it and tries to shove Aminata into the turnbuckles, and Aminata smiles. They trade quick rollups,s and they trade slaps. Persephone goes after Aminata’s neck and then whips her into the corner. Aminata goes up and over and gets a shoulder thrust followed by a sling blade. Aminata follows with chocolate kisses. She gets a PK and goes to the top. Baker gets on the apron,n and that allows Persephone to put Aminata on her shoulders and drop her onto the top turnbuckle as we go to picture-in-picture.
When we return to full screen, Persephone has Aminata in a head scissors, and Aminata gets to the rope to break the hold. Persephone lays in kicks. Aminata is able to get a headbutt and a pair of lariats. Aminata gets a rollup for two. Aminata gets a twisting neckbreaker. She then gets a foot stomp from the second rope for two.
Persephone gets a spear and then rips at the tape on Aminata’s neck. The ref stops her, and they have words. Persephone gets a German suplex with a bridge for two. Persephone gets a series of stomps and then comes off the second rope, and Aminata gets the knees up and then dropkicks Persephone to the floor.
They fight on the floor, and Aminata sets Persephone in a chair and gets a dropkick off the apron. As the ref is checking Persephone, Baker nails Aminata with the title belt. Aminata is rolled into the ring, and Persephone goes to the top for a moonsault press for two. Aminata gets a headbutt and then hits Off With Her Head for the pin and the win.
Winner and NEW TBS Champion: Queen Aminata.
As the women’s locker room celebrates in the ring we are desperately out of time!
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