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AEW Dynamite is live from the Maverik Center in West Valley City, UT. Our commentary team is Excalibur, Nigel McGuinness, and Tony Schiavone.
They start by running down tonight’s card, the major matches at Full Gear Saturday, and then a recap of Blood and Guts from last week. We then get a video of Will Ospreay’s crew after the match, and Will asks why Adam Copeland surrendered. He says he had to retire for nine years, and goes over the surgeries that his teammates have had. He then says if they don’t understand that, this isn’t the place for him.
Kyle Fletcher and Don Callis come to the ring in suits because it’s time for talking. Will Ospreay comes to the ring in a white T-shirt carrying the world title. Fletcher asks them to cut Ospreay’s music and then tells the crowd that they are done. He says they need to shut up and listen. He says the last time he was in this building, he shaved his head. He then goes over Ospreay’s career since then, and then he goes over his bona fides since then and thanks Ospreay for all of it.
Ospreay then says it means a lot to him, and he has kept his eye on Kyle for two years. He says he is proud of Kyle, and Kyle cuts him off. Kyle then says that, given the opportunity, Ospreay would stab him in the back and drop him on his head in a Tiger Driver again. Kyle says Ospreay went after Jon Moxley when he knew Kyle had broken his neck in the first place. Ospreay says that it is true that Kyle caused the most excruciating 10 months of his life.
Ospreay says he didn’t want to let anyone down, and the only reason he got through it was the start of his music. It would play, and everyone would lose their minds. He talks about how important it is for the people and him when that music plays. He also tells Kyle not to brag about breaking his neck, since he beat Kyle twice with that broken neck. Now, he is fully healed, and Kyle doesn’t have a chance. He then goes over his victories with the title.
He then has a video play of his walk to the ring at All In. He then asks what Kyle thought when Ospreay walked by him. They go back and forth, and he says that, deep down, Kyle and Mark Davis wanted to be reunited with him. Kyle then says he felt jealous because Ospreay was on his way to the ring to live HIS dream. And the jealousy didn’t last long; he knew he was going to be the man to take it all away from Ospreay.
Ospreay says that they could have been brothers, and they still can be. Kyle gets in his face and yells that Ospreay is just manipulating him and that this is all Ospreay’s fault. Kyle then says one day his wife and son will realize it and they will leave him. And at Full Gear, there is only hatred, and he will take everything from Ospreay.
Ospreay says Kyle has improved, but they do not stand on equal footing. They have fought six times, and Ospreay has won five of them. This Saturday, the lights will go out, and Ospreay will stand over him because he will always have the high ground. Kyle slaps him and gets in his face. Ospreay laughs at him, drops the mic, and leaves the ring.
We then get a hype video for Kazuchika Okada vs. Adam Copeland at Full Gear.
New Level (Austin Creed and Kofi) vs. Brodido (Brody King and Bandido)
Everyone starts fighting before Brodido gets to the ring, and they brawl around the ring. Brody grabs a chair and puts Creed in it before a charging crossbody into the barricade. Brody rolls Creed into the ring, and Creed gets a low bridge on Brody. Creed dives onto Brody. Bandido then dives onto Creed, and Kofi dives onto Bandido. Kofi grabs a chair and tosses it into the ring as we go to picture-in-picture.
When we return to full screen, each person gets a big move on the last person in the ring until all four men are down. Brody clotheslines Kofi and Creed. Brody then dives onto them from the ring to the floor. Kofi and Creed whip Brody into the steel steps. Bandido then springboards off the steel steps onto Kofi and Creed. Bandido drags Creed up the ramp, and Kofi takes a chair to Bandido.
No winner: The referee calls it a double countout.
Brody sets up a table on the ramp. Kofi gets a spear on Bandido, and security comes out to pull them apart. Kofi leaps at Brody, and they go through the table. Creed and Bandido fight to the back.
Renee Paquette is with the Brawling Birds and Wrathlander. They go back and forth in the conversation, and each asks if the other is ready to go at Full Gear.
Orange Cassidy vs. David Finlay
Cassidy knocks the shillelagh Finlay brought to the ring, and it is knocked under the ring. They run the ropes and quickly get two counts on each other with different types of rollups. Cassidy then rolls out of the ring to the floor. Finlay finally rolls out after him, and Cassidy rolls into the ring and then rolls out the other side of the ring and waits. Cassidy and Finlay both get back in the ring at 9, and Cassidy drops Finlay with a dropkick. He then dives onto Finlay on the floor. Cassidy goes to the top and goes for a crossbody, but Finlay catches and slams him as we go to picture-in-picture.
When we return to full screen, Finlay is knocking Cassidy down, and Cassidy gets back up immediately, and Finlay does it again over and over until Cassidy goes for his pockets. Finlay goes for Cassidy’s pockets and hits a rolling elbow strike. Finlay keeps trying to pick up Cassidy, who blocks it and then hits a suplex of his own. Cassidy slams Finlay’s head into the top turnbuckle pads. Cassidy goes for a springboard DDT and instead hits a Stundog Millionaire. Cassidy gets a spinning DDT.
Finlay leaps on Cassidy in the corner, and Cassidy dodges it, and Finlay goes into the turnbuckle. They both go to the top, and Finlay bites Cassidy. They fight on top, and Cassidy bites Finlay. Cassidy knocks Finlay down and hits a diving DDT. Finlay rolls to the floor and looks for his shillelagh. He throws a chair into the ring and grabs the shillelagh. Cassidy goes to grab him, and Finlay nails Cassidy and covers for the pin and the win.
Winner: David Finlay.
As the Conglomeration and The Cut head to the ring, Clark Connors hits a spear on Cassidy.
Renee is with Andrade El Idolo, and he says the National Championship meant everything to him. He says he is still one of the best wrestlers in the world. He came back to AEW to make history, but when one door closes, another one opens. Now, he can make history as the first Latino AEW World Champion.
Lexi Nair is with Stokely and tells him that whoever wins between FTR and the Motor City Machine Guns gets a title shot after Full Gear. Stokely says FTR will win because they want all of the best things the money from winning can give them.
Persephone vs. the Already-In-The-Ring Gypsy Mac
Britt Baker joins commentary.
Persephone beats down Mac while screaming that the TBS title is hers before winning with a Black Hole Slam for the pin and the win.
Winner: Persephone
Renee is in the back and asks Hangman Adam Page about the Texas Death Match at Full Gear. Page says he has fought with Swerve Strickland for three years, and he understands him. He thought it was all behind them, and he is at a loss for words. He says a Texas Death Match is the most dangerous thing you can do in your career. He says that the title is on the line, but this is about something else. He says it is not about him anymore. He brings out Brody King and Bandido, and they both want and need this match.
Brody says that he will be returning to the man he used to be and coming from a place of hate. Bandido then says he will take Swerve and New Level out.
FTR (Dax Harwood and Cash Wheeler) w/Stokely vs. Motor City Machine Guns (Chris Sabin and Alex Shelley) - Match five of a best-of-five series.
Cash and Alex start, and Cash forces him to his corner, where Dax tags in. Alex escapes, and Chris gets in the ring, and all four men face off. Cash and Chris leave the ring. Dax gets a shoulder tackle and then an O’Connor roll for two. Alex gets an arm drag. Cash tags in, and Alex gets a double takedown. Alex gets an arm bar, and Chris tags in. Again, all four men are in the ring, and they all start throwing hands and then move to brawling around the ring as we go to picture-in-picture.
When we return to full screen, Alex has been the babyface in peril through the break. Alex dodges a charge from Dax, and Dax hits the ring post from the inside as Alex crawls to his corner. He gets the tag after Cash tries to attack Chris, but the ref doesn’t see the tag, and Alex has to stay in the ring. Alex crawls through Dax’s legs for the hot tag to Chris.
Chris cleans house. Chris ends the sequence with a spinning DDT for two on Cash. Cash hits a back suplex and then puts Chris on top. Cash joins him there, and they fight back and forth. Alex gets into the ring and tries for a powerbomb, but Cash escapes. Dax tags in, and Dax goes for a jackknife pin, but Chris rolls through and holds on for two.
Alex and Cash fight on the floor. Chris gets a diving crossbody on Dax for two. Cash grabs the ring bell and nails Chris with it, and Dax covers for two, and we go to picture-in-picture again.
When we return to full screen, FTR hits Power and Glory on Alex, but Chris hits a dropkick from the top on Cash. Chris and then Cash are sent to the floor, and Dax gets a backslide for two. Dax lays in chops, Alex fires back, and they go back and forth.
We are told there are five minutes left.
All four men are in the ring, and the Machine Guns get a series of double-team attacks, and Cash is sent to the floor. Chris dives onto Cash, and Alex dives onto Stokely. The Guns hit an assisted slam from the top on Dax for two. Chris and Cash go over the top rope to the floor. Dax gets a springboard crossbody from the apron on Alex as Stokely is holding Alex’s boot. Dax covers for two, and Alex sits up and gives Stokely the evil eye. He then chases Stokely around the ring, and when Alex gets into the ring, FTR hits the Shatter Machine for two, broken up by Chris.
Stokely gets into the ring, and Chris hits him with a Cradle Shock. FTR gives both Chris and then Alex a piledriver. Dax covers Alex for two.
We are told one minute remains.
Alex drops to his knees to avoid a piledriver and then a Shatter Machine. Alex gets a rollup on Dax for the pin and the win as Chris takes Cash to the floor.
Winners and winning the best-of-five series: Motor City Machine Guns.
Both teams shake hands after the match.
Tommaso Ciampa (AEW National Champion) vs. Speedball Mike Bailey
They start by throwing chops, and Bailey kicks Ciampa down. Bailey then gets a series of kicks in the corner. Ciampa gets a big boot up and tosses Bailey to the floor; Bailey gets on the apron, and Ciampa gets a knee strike to knock him back down. Ciampa follows him and rolls him into the ring. Ciampa whips Bailey to the ropes. They go back and forth, and Ciampa slides to the floor. Bailey gets a sky twister off the top rope onto Ciampa on the floor. Ciampa is whipped into the ring, and Ciampa rolls out the other side. Bailey follows him and kicks him onto the floor.
Bailey rolls Ciampa into the ring. Ciampa gets a DDT through the ropes, and Bailey drops to the floor. Ciampa then gets a knee strike into Bailey and knocks Bailey’s head into the steel steps. Bailey is busted open, and we go to picture-in-picture.
When we return to full screen, Ciampa gets a suplex and holds on. Ciampa hammers Bailey on the head. Bailey then hits a suplex. Bailey climbs to the top, and Ciampa rolls to the floor. Ciampa gets back on the apron and sets up for an air raid crash from the top. Bailey escapes, and they fight on the apron. Ciampa gets an air raid crash on the apron. Ciampa hits Project Ciampa for two.
Ciampa goes for a running knee strike, and Bailey drops to the mat. Ciampa sets up for a powerbomb, and again, Bailey collapses to the mat. Ciampa gives Bailey mocking slaps, and Bailey gets a spin kick, and both men are down. Bailey tries for a powerbomb, and Ciampa drops down to cover for two. Bailey then gets a rollup for two. They both struggle to get up.
Bailey hits a PK and follows with a 450 knee drop. They fight in the corner, and Ciampa sweeps Bailey off the turnbuckle. They fight through the ropes, and Bailey hits a backflip knee drop on Ciampa on the apron. Bailey goes to the top, and Ciampa chops him to stop the leap. They fight on top. Ciampa is trapped in the ropes, and Bailey starts kicking, but Ciampa bites Bailey’s feet to escape.
Bailey kicks Ciampa and hits the Ultimo Weapon for two. Bailey gets the spin kick in the corner. They fight in the corner. Ciampa gets an Avalanche Project Ciampa for two. Ciampa gets the running knee for two. Ciampa hits another running knee strike for the pin and the win.
Winner and still National Champion: Tommaso Ciampa
The lights in the arena go red, and we get the entrance of Ilja Dragunov. He comes to the ring in a suit, and Ciampa pulls him down from the second turnbuckle. Ilja points to the big screen, and they will be facing off for the National Championship at Full Gear. Ciampa flips him the bird and goes to the back, and it’s time for Collision!
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