AEW Dynamite is live at 8/7c on TBS and HBO Max from the Chesapeake Energy Stadium in Baltimore, MD.
Tony Schiavone and Taz welcome us to the show, the show kicks off and Excalibur. We then waste no time getting right down to business.
Will Ospreay, Henare & Francesco Akira vs.. Meanwhile, Brian Cage, Rocky Romero & Lance Archer
The entrances begin for the opening contest, which is a major trios bout. The United Empire take on The Don Callis Family. A loud “F**k Don Callis!” chant echoes throughout the building. Taz points out the loud chant without Callis even being out here.
The bell sounds and Ospreay and Cage kick things off for their respective teams at the onset. Brian sending Ospreay to the corner for some shoulder charges. As an added layer to this, ospreay escapes, getting an opening with an enziguri that sends Cage flying to his corner.
Tag made to Romero, and Will tags in Akira, who takes Azucar down hard for a near-fall. Tag made to Henare and Rocky right away tags out to Archer. The two major men trade forearm and elbow strikes before Henare tries to take Lance off his feet — only for Archer to level Henare with a shoulder tackle of his own.
He sends Henare to the corner for some chops, before Henare fights out of the corner with some of his own. Meanwhile, and they double-team Archer before tagging in Akira for a major spot for a two-count — he ends up dropping Lance to a knee with a kick before tagging in Ospreay.
Sending Akira down hard before knocking Ospreay and Henare off the apron, now we see Archer back to his feet. Building on that, on that note, the premium live event shifts gears and heads into a mid-showdown commercial break as the action continues. Adding to the story, when the show returns, we see the action still ongoing.
Cage and Akira back in the ring as the Machine makes short work of Francesco. To add further context, akira manages to dodge Cage, who bumps into Archer as a result. Who lands some hard shots on Brian, this gives a chance to make the tag to Henare. Cage dodges a kick for a roll up, though Henare rolls through.
From there, he lands a kick on the Machine. Archer gets the tag as he goes after Henare, sending him to the corner for a Blackout, yet Henare counters into a deadlift German suplex. Just as Ospreay gets the tag as well, archer is back up and makes a tag to Romero.
Now Ospreay gets some shots in on Rocky for a near fall as the rest of the field comes in. Chaos ensues as they trade shots on each other, eventually leaving us with Rocky and Ospreay. Rocky tries to use the ref as a shield yet ends up getting taken to the mat by Akira.
Archer and Cage come in but get sent right back outside for a dive by Akira. On a related note, rocky is back up, charging to the corner for what ends up just being a pose — and this costs him as he is blindsided by a Hidden Blade from Ospreay. Ospreay follows up with the cover and gets the victory for his team in a good opener.
Winners: Will Ospreay, Henare & Francesco Akira Don Callis Family Business Aired Out
We get a reminder for the three-way International gold tilt at AEW All In: London later this month at Wembley Stadium. From there, we shoot behind the scenes where we hear from Kazuchika Okada about it. Okada always says nothing is more critical family.
He says unlike Takeshita who left the Family because he is too selfish. Fletcher isn’t willing to make the same mistake because he understands that the only thing that matters is the title stays in the Don Callis Family. He’ll be happy for Kyle, if the encounter ends with Fletcher retaining the title.
Despite this, if it ends with Okada becoming the brand-new champion, Fletcher should be happy for Okada and raise his hand. We then head back inside the stadium, where Tony Schiavone introduces Kyle Fletcher. Beyond that, with that said, out he comes for the next section of the evening.
Schiavone wants to get the champ’s thoughts on what Okada said moments ago, and Kyle says we’re in the midst of the greatest International Strap reign of all time. There’s no reason to think it will end anytime soon, above all not at Wembley Stadium.
He agrees with Okada that family means everything, and he trusts Don Callis enough to trust this plan. The crowd lets Fletcher know what they think with a “F**k Don Callis” chant, and Fletcher says that Okada needs to know his role in this.
He says if he’s a man of his word and holds the view that family is all that matters, he’ll make sure to have Kyle’s back in making sure he retains the gold. And that’s that they hate Konosuke Takeshita, there’s one other thing they have in common.
Who makes a beeline for the ring, he pokes fun at the Alpha losing the G1 Climax but is interrupted by the arrival of Takeshita. The two go at each other until Kyle lands a half and half on the Alpha. He hits the ropes looking for another shot.
Instead, he runs into a Blue Thunder Bomb by Takeshita. They counter holds before Fletcher gets sent into the corner, setting him up for a poison-rana by Takeshita — which is then followed up by a Power Drive Knee and a Raging Fire. Takeshita stands tall holding the crown as the segment wraps up.
Renee Paquette Sits Down With Kenny Omega & Will Ospreay The program runs into some audio issues and then we head to a commercial break. We shoot to a sit-down interview with Renee Paquette talking to AEW World Reigning champion Kenny Omega and his approaching opponent Will Ospreay — when the show returns.
Ospreay and Omega talk about their history together to start things off. Some time after facing each other in PWG, they went at it again in Latest Japan Pro Wrestling a couple years back at Wrestle Kingdom, something that Omega addresses as viewers thinking he was facing the “new beloved star” of the company.
Omega says that the company did not see Ospreay’s name alone as drawing people in, needing to bring Kenny in. In a connected development, particularly focused on how they handled things in the midst of the COVID pandemic, ospreay addresses the difference in conditions they had during their respective eras.
He addresses having to take 15 hour flights to stay in a hotel no bigger than a broom closet for two weeks just to compete — whereas Omega got spoiled on 3 hour drives. Beyond that, kenny retorts by saying that things were rough in America during that time thanks to the lack of supporters — among other things, and even if fans could cheer in Japan, there’s no telling if they would.
They fast forward to five months past that, with Omega addressing their showdown at Forbidden Door. Omega runs Ospreay down for recruiting Don Callis for that match. Meanwhile, they go back and forth about how they embarrassed each other at different points, and the fact that Don Callis got involved near the end.
Ospreay admits that it bothers him how wrestling community call that a tainted victory, with Omega “forgiving” Will for it. He says that All In is not a rubber match since, for all intents and purposes he’s already beaten Ospreay twice — this is just a desperate attempt for Will to prove he’s on Kenny’s level.
The topic turns to how Omega’s life and career has changed since dealing with diverticulitis, something Omega is annoyed about as he admits he’s had to change, but it’s for the better. He asks Ospreay if he’s fully healed from that broken neck of his, running the challenger down some more before Ospreay cuts him off.
He cut him off for bringing up MJF in all this. He talks about proving that he can become the debut Englishman to win the world crown on home soil, and doing so without the help of Don Callis or the Death Riders. He knows he can do this on his own.
Although Omega says that he’s already proven he can’t topped Kenny, and this time it will be in front of his family. He says that win, lose, or draw, he’s sure Ospreay’s mom will be proud of him, but his son might need to find a latest hero when his dad can’t win the prize. Interestingly enough, ospreay is held back from going after the champ as Dynamite continues on.
TBS PrizeMaya World vs, and persephone vs. Hikaru Shida vs. Notably, kris Statlander
Back at ringside, Hikaru Shida makes her entrance for our next encounter. as Persephone makes her entrance we get a mic work from earlier as the pair address what happened at Collision. In a separate but related matter, kris Statlander makes her way to the ring next, and Maya World comes out as well.
The bell sounds and we’re officially off-and-running with this four-way crown tilt. In a separate but related matter, persephone and Maya fight to the outside as Shida and Stat go at it — with Hikaru catching Kris with an enziguri sending her off the apron. Shida goes after the champ but is swiftly sent to the outside as well.
Persephone is sent to the corner but sends the champ to the outside with a headscissors before going for a dive. Shida cuts it off but both are taken down by the champ, only for Persephone to gain control as she drops Maya to the floor. Shida brings World back into the ring as we head to a mid-showdown break.
When the show returns, we see the action still in progress. On another front, stat is trapped in a headlock by Persephone. Kris starts to break free before Persephone drops her to the mat with a suplex for two. Shida comes into the ring as Persephone is sent to the outside, and sends Maya to the corner.
The two fight it out until Stat comes in, dropping the champ to the mat. In comes Persephone yet she and Shida are taken down with a cross body by Stat. Only to be dropped by Shida forcing World to the outside, maya and Stat trade strikes until Kris gets the champ on her shoulders.
Falcon Arrow by Shida but in comes Persephone to break the decisive pin. And Persephone dodges Hikaru to send her into the corner with a dropkick, she and Shida fight it out for position. Maya goes after her, and catches Persephone for two before Shida breaks it up.
Shida and Persephone now fight it out, their alliance breaking down after newest events as Persephone goes for a BT Bomb, though Stat comes running in, pulling Shida down before sending her out of the ring. She turns her attention to Persephone for a near-fall before Maya breaks it up.
Stat turns her attention to the champ for a Wednesday Night Fever, but Maya counters, clutching deep for the cover to retain. The champ celebrates as commentary hypes up what’s next, coupled with the AEW Women’s World Tandem Title match at All In.
Winner and STILL TBS Defending champion: Maya World
Behind the scenes With The Brawling Birds Speaking of which, we hear from the Brawling Birds as they address dealing with Divine Dominion ahead of their crown match. They look forward to beating the champs at Wembley and having quite the celebration, as Dynamite rolls on.
AEW Continental Challenge Cup QuarterfinalJon Moxley vs. Jay White Back at ringside, Jay White makes his way out for our inaugural Continental Challenge Cup quarterfinal of the evening. As an added layer to this, jon Moxley makes his entrance next, getting the “pep talk” from Marina Shafir before heading through the crowd toward ringside.
Renee is behind the scenes addressing that Kyle O’Reilly. Orange Cassidy are watching this battle closely ahead of their match on Collision before we get things underway back in the ring. Dueling chants for both men as they circle the mat, each looking for an advantage as they go for a test of strength.
Powering back to his feet before taking the champ to the ropes, mox starts to take over before Jay does a back bridge. Break is made before they lock up once more, this time Mox has a hammerlock cinched in until White gets to the ropes.
He gets back to his feet, yet is sent down hard by the champ, and Jay takes a breather on the outside for a moment as we go to a mid-battle commercial break. When the episode returns, we see the action still in progress. Mox has Jay by his arms in the ring now, but the Switchblade fights back to his feet, only to be taken to the corner with a release German suplex by Mox.
Jay slowly gets to his feet before Mox lands some shots on him. White stops himself at the ropes for some shots of his own, sliding to the corner off an Irish whip before taking the champ down with a DDT. He takes Mox to the corner for a flurry of strikes, before Jon starts fighting back to send Switchblade into the turnbuckle.
White ends up taking Mox to the outside, where the champ avoids a dive to take Jay to the barricade. Jay turns things around as he brings the champ back into the ring — sending Mox into the corner with a snap suplex before pulling him in for a cover and a two count.
He sets Mox up for a Nagata-style submission trapping the arms, on the flip side Mox manages to roll through to get to the ropes for a break as we go to another commercial. When we comeback, both men back in the ring and trading shots now, with Mox on the ropes as Jay charges at him.
The champ sends White to the outside and dives on him through the ropes, favoring his arm from damage done earlier. He brings Jay back in and goes up top, though White dodges him and lands a cutthroat suplex not once but twice.
He goes for a third and connects, still Mox finds a grip for a bulldog choke! Building on that, jay gets to his feet for a fourth suplex, which is good for a nearfall. He brings the champ to the corner for a superplex, but Jay took some of that as well.
He looks for a Blade Runner but Mox fights out of it, only to be intercepted on the ropes by White. He responds in kind, going for a sleeper into a rear naked choke — but Jay rolls through and gets the champ’s shoulders on the mat for a close two count! Jay pops back up and catches Mox with a Blade Runner, but the impact sends Mox rolling through the ropes to the outside before Jay can make a cover.
He leaves the ring to bring the champ back in, and this nearly costs him as Jon goes for a rear naked choke, still Jay fights back to his feet, only to get caught with a Death Rider DDT as Mox picks up the win.
Winner and ADVANCING: Jon Moxley
After The Bout: Chaos Ensues
Marina gets to the ring to check on Mox, who acknowledges how difficult an opponent Jay was before the Death Riders leave through the audience — just as The Dogs go after Jay White. Orange Cassidy and Kyle O’Reilly come to even the numbers up, however they’re taken out by a returning Gabe Kidd.
Roderick Strong heads to the ring still doesn’t get much in before The Dogs take control, until the trios champs in Brodido and Adam Page make their way out. The Dogs escape the ring and the wrath of the champs. Page gets a mic looking to address The Dogs, but is interrupted by Ricochet as he, GOA, and the Lethal Twist step out onto the stage.
Ricochet ultimately lets Page finish what he has to say. Page says he and his pals are the trios champions and there’s no way they’re missing Wembley Stadium. Telling them to meet the champs under the Wembley arch at dusk because the champs will be waiting, he calls out anyone who has set sights on a shot at the titles.
Backstage With Maya World & Willow Nightingale In the back, we start to hear from Maya World after her victory before Willow Nightingale interrupts. She congratulates Maya on retaining the TBS Belt before telling her that she is making good on a promise, offering World a title shot on Collision.
She starts to address Mercedes Moné on the flip side Maya stops her to say that it might be her facing Moné at All In, which ends the conversation.
Andrade El Idolo vs. Jonathan Cruz Now we head back to ringside, where MJF’s “personal Spanish translator” Jonathan Cruz has a statement from the “One True Reigning champion” as he runs down Andrade. Saying in English how he is a real Latino man compared to El Idolo, cruz tosses the statement aside.
Attacking him as we find out this is now a match, he starts to leave the ring when Andrade El Idolo comes out. He sends Cruz into the ring before blindsiding him with Dia de los Muertos followed by a DM for a quick and easy pinfall fall victory.
After the clash ends, Andrade gets on the microphone. He runs down MJF in Spanish before calling him out for a fight. After a video starts to seemingly start early, we get MJF’s music only for that video to start back up, revealing that MJF is not in Baltimore but back home.
“The One True Title holder” himself proceeds to run down El Idolo ahead of the Casino Gauntlet Bout, saying he isn’t on the level of the “One True Champion,” but Andrade promises to take MJF down to earn a shot at the world gold as we go to commercial break.
Winner: Andrade El Idolo
Renee Paquette Sits Down With Willow Nightingale & Mercedes Moné
Now we head off-camera for our second notable interview of the night ahead of the Women’s World Crown match at All In: London. The champ and challenger are in separate rooms after Willow was assaulted by Mercedes not long ago. Mercedes talks smack about this still Willow addresses the connection she has with the faithful.
Whereas Moné tries to chase that affection, and the crown. She likes her chances going into All In. Mercedes talks about Willow “smiling” at her being hurt in Latest Japan, eventually calling her a bully for what she did to her before.
Things get heated considerably swiftly, to where Willow decides this interview is done. Which quickly turns into a brawl to ringside, she and Mercedes take their microphones off before seeking each other out in the back. To add further context, officials try to break things up as the two women go at it.
Things start to settle down before reaching a boiling point as security pulls Moné out of the ring, taking her up the ramp as Willow’s music hits to wrap things up here.
In the back With Swerve Strickland
Now we hear from Prince Nana and Swerve Strickland backstage. Swerve aims to to make sure he heard right when Page called for anyone to come get their shot at the trios champ — telling Page to be careful what he wishes for.
AEW Continental Challenge Cup QuarterfinalNigel McGuinness vs. On another front, hechicero
From there, we head back down to ringside, where Nigel McGuinness makes his entrance for our next quarterfinal battle in the ongoing AEW Continental Challenge Cup. We get an update on his ankle, which we know is less than 100 percent going into this one.
McGuinness makes impressive on that as he takes the CMLL titleholder down, tearing at the mask before Hechicero breaks free. Hechicero back to his feet now, wringing the arm of McGuinness before transitioning to a front headlock. Nigel forces a rope break, only for Hechicero to slam the rope against his disappointing leg.
Hechicero makes his way out and settles in the ring next. To add further context, the bell sounds and we’re officially off-and-running with this one. Hechicero is focused on going after the suffering from a setback leg of Nigel, who we catch telling the luchador that he if he keeps going after the ankle he will go after the mask.
Now he takes control as he sends McGuinness to the mat hard for a two count. On that note, the show shifts gears and heads into a mid-battle commercial break as the action continues. Adding to the story, both men are on their feet as they trade strikes.
Hechicero brings the straps down on his singlet as he calls for Nigel to take another shot, and trips Nigel on his bad ankle. As an added layer to this, however the erstwhile ROH World Champion fights back until Hechicero takes him around with a swinging hammerlock — with that he brings McGuinness to the corner.
Nigel breaks free and brings the luchador to the corner for a Tower of London, yet Hechicero breaks free. Nigel transitions to a London Dungeon, but the hold is broken as Hechicero pulls him down by the ankle. He starts bending the leg around before Nigel manages to break free.
Hechicero goes for a single leg yet gets caught with a hard kick, and McGuinness traps him with a guillotine and bodyscissors. Hechicero tries to break free of the hold, but fades quickly and is out cold as the ref calls for the bell to end this one.
Winner and ADVANCING: Nigel McGuinness
Kevin Knight Attacks Darby Allin
From there we go to a video package hyping up the TNT Crown battle between Darby Allin and Kevin Knight at All In. We head to ringside (after what should’ve been the end of the timeslot!) as Tony Schiavone introduces the TNT Defending champion himself.
Kevin Knight comes to the ring, telling Tony to leave as he addresses Darby Allin ahead of their Falls Count Anywhere contest at Wembley Stadium. He talks about Darby’s comments most recent week, calling the challenger out to have a chat with him.
Darby gets to the stage yet is cut off by Knight, who demands security check on him to confirm he didn’t bring any surprises or weapons. Along those lines, he says the people need to shut up when the champ is speaking, starting to run Darby down some more.
Where he gets blindsided by what appears to be a pyro malfunction, allin starts walking down the ramp. Bringing him to the ring to prop a chair against his head for a Coast to Coast dropkick, this allows Knight to get the jump on Darby.
Knight leaves the ring with his gold as a medic checks on Darby. A stretcher is brought out as Steven Borden Jr. It's worth noting that on that note, we head to another commercial break. And the crowd chant Darby’s name as he is helped to the back, checks on his friend as well.
Kenny Omega & The Young Bucks vs. El Clon, Mark Davis & Jake Doyle
It’s main pay-per-view time!
The two teams make their respective entrances and then the bell sounds. We start off with Clon and Nick Jackson, who gets the upper-hand before tagging in Matt. Meanwhile, bucks fend off an approaching Doyle and Davis as well, before sending Clon to the outside.
Clon makes his way back into the ring though is taken to the corner, where Omega attacks him before getting a tag. He attacks Davis and Doyle on the apron before triple-teaming Clon with the Bucks — only for Dunkzilla to come in.He gets sent to the floor outside, before the Elite send Clon crashing into him.
Only for Clon to counter with a knee strike, matt with a tag and he looks for a DDT. Doyle and Davis send Omega and Matt off the apron before triple-teaming Nick. Don Callis Family stands tall as we go to our final break of the evening.
The broadcast returns and things start to break down in the ring as Matt fends off Doyle and Davis. Clon and Omega get tags as the World Title holder lands a hard chop on the luchador, followed by a neckbreaker for a nearfall before it get broken up.
The Bucks come in for an assist and Clon finds out he Can’t Escape as Omega drops him to the mat. Bucks keep Doyle and Davis away as Omega gets a cover and a two count — and the Family escapes to the outside only to be taken out with a triple dive by the Elite.
Clon is brought back to the ring though he pops up from a leg lariat by Omega…who drops him again for praiseworthy measure. In come Davis and Doyle off a tag made to the latter, but they each get superkicks and a snap dragon suplex leading to a superkick party.
From there, the ring is cleared out aside from Doyle and Omega, who lands a V-Trigger. He follows up with a One-Winged Angel, keeping Doyle down for the win. A celebration is cut short as more of the Don Callis Family comes out for a sneak attack.
Archer sets up the Bucks for a double chokeslam before Cope comes running to the ring. On another front, cage makes his way down as well, less in a flash as the spectators sings Cope’s theme acapella style. Cope is laid out still Cage is able to get some shots in of his own.
This ends when the Bucks collide with Cage by mistake, leading to an argument with Cope before the Family goes back at it. This leads to a brawl heading up the ramp and to the back, leaving us with Kenny Omega alone in the ring with a mic, but Will Ospreay makes his way out with a mic as well.
He says Kenny told him he’d have some words after the battle, so let’s hear it. Ospreay is still angry about his kid being brought up, though Kenny says he only has one thing to say to the likes of Will. “Security, get this man out of the building!”
Yet Omega continues taunting him, security escorts Ospreay up the ramp. Ospreay stops in his tracks and vows to fight back, when Omega makes a comment about Ospreay’s young son. What's more, he slides back into the ring and takes Omega down, but security pulls him off before he can do more damage.
That opening is all Omega needs, as he hits a V-Trigger. Calling him a son of a bitch before connecting with a One-Winged Angel through the table, omega then tosses the security guards out of the ring and tells Ospreay he has one more lesson to teach him. The end. Omega stands over Ospreay with a wild look in his eyes. Thanks for joining us!
Winners: Kenny Omega & The Young Bucks