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SICKOS! It’s Wednesday, you know what that means! AEW Dynamite is LIVE tonight from the Viejas Arena in the hometown of the Masked Marvel himself, Excalibur, in San Diego, California! What, did you think I was going Rey Mysterio Jr.? Get out of here with that nonsense! All kidding aside, we are set for the fall-out from Forbidden Door and will hope to get a better picture of what the card for Redemption looks like in the coming weeks. And while a lot hasn’t been announced for tonight (as of the time of me typing this), what was announced is definitely a big deal!
For more on that, let’s roll those Headlines!
So, how is everyone doing on this Hump Day? Everything free agency in both the NHL and the NBA has been set off as of today, and the Phillies continue to get my hopes up for an eventual overtaking of Atlanta atop the NL East, possibly before the All-Star Break in two weeks.
I also want to send out my well wishes to the people who are suffering through this “Heat Dome” that has gripped the country. I don’t take things like air conditioning for granted, especially since I never had that luxury until me and my parents moved to a new place in December of 2000, nearly 16 years into my lifespan. Furthermore, I want to close my intro by saying that, even though Pride Month is over, it shouldn’t be encapsulated to just one month, as it should be celebrated and honored all year around, no matter what the bigots and haters believe.
But enough about me and enough about you, let’s get ready to make the Dynamite go BOOM!
Tonight, Dynamite is LIVE from the 619 Area Code aka San Diego, California! Hometown Man Excalibur, Tony Schiavone, and Nigel McGuinness are on the call!
YOU WANTED WAR aka the opening sequence! Excalibur welcomes us to the show, and I would say I like his mask, but he’s wearing Padres on it lol.
After Forbidden Door, Renee Paquette got a word with Will Ospreay, who is seen holding hands with WINDSAH! Ospreay says that this was an amazing moment. We see Jon Moxley pop out of the training room, but then he pops back in. Both Renee and Alex take off, and Ospreay wants to know, when Moxley said he was beginning to see it, what did you mean by that? Moxley stares at him before saying if he told you he’d have to tell everyone. You can’t just be the real thing; you have to live it. AEW can be something great, this sport is the best in the world. The business has always had carnies and con artist. It’s like someone with a bucket of crabs. We need to protect this business from that. Moxley pulls out a Death Riders patch, he says he doesn’t give them to anyone, but if you want to ride with us, then put that on.
We’re not done yet, as Ospreay walks into Kenny Omega! Kenny says what Will did was incredible shit, but he is concerned about Will throwing his lot in with the Death Riders. Will says he appreciates that, and he sees Kenny looking at the patch, but just because you gave up on yourself, it doesn’t mean that he is.
MJF walks out of the training room now, and MJF says, more or less, that both guys suck. Omega says that you have to defend your title against Mark Briscoe, and if you somehow survive him, then I will be waiting for you. MJF doesn’t like this, so he says he will see Ospreay at Wembley, BRUV!
Oh shit, that World Title match is our opener!
AEW World Heavyweight Title Match: MJF (C) vs. Mark Brsicoe
The Dapper Yapper with the in-ring intros for this match. MJF stops Justin and says that he doesn’t hail from a cesspool like San Diego, he is from the best coast, the East Coast. I’m staying out of that one lol.
The bell rings, as the fans flip off MJF and are behind Briscoe. Mark tries to win with the headlock takeover, but Mark sends him off and beats him into the corner. Corner leapfrog, but MJF fakes a knee injury to suck in Briscoe for a piledriver for a two. MJF removes the Band-Aid on the head of Briscoe and bites down.
(INSERT SOMETHING HERE ABOUT ZERO DAYS WITHOUT A BITING INCIDENT!)
MJF continues to gouge at the forehead of Briscoe, as he is busted open again. MJF sends off Briscoe and hits a back body drop. He does it again and then asks the fans if they want one more, but Briscoe lands on his feet. MJF celebrates, oblivious to the fact that Briscoe is waiting for him. Mark lays in the E. Honda slaps and hits a running dropkick. Corner charge, a DVD, and a basement lariat from Briscoe follows. Mark to the top, but he takes WAY too long and MJF shakes the ropes, causing Mark to lose his footing.
MJF heads up, but Briscoe fights him off and bites him with his tooth. When Excalibur said that it reminded me of the Beer City Bruiser lol. Froggy Bow from Mark, but MJF is out at two. Briscoe looking Jay Driller, but MJF grabs his arm and gets free. MJF won’t get free from a CANNONBALL on the floor, however, and Mark throws the chair into the ring. Briscoe sets up the chair after using it to clap a bit, and he hits a Senton Atomico to MJF!
Briscoe goes under the ring now, and he pulls out a table, much to the approval of the SICKOS! Mark throws MJF into the ring steps before setting up the table and putting MJF on it. I have a feeling this won’t end well for Mark, and as if on cue, MJF springs to life and throws Briscoe to the apron. He kicks the table over and puts it back under the ring, in perhaps the worst case of heel mannerisms he has ever shown lol. He poses in the corner as we hit the break.
Both men are trading hands as we return from break. MJF spits in the face of Briscoe, who retaliates with right hands and a clothesline to the floor. Briscoe follows to the floor, and he peels back the padding on the floor. Briscoe looking Jay Driller on the concrete, but MJF with a back body reversal to the exposed floor. Paul Turner keeps telling both men to get in the ring, as MJF looks for a Tombstone, but Briscoe escapes and very lightly suplexes MJF on the floor. The next one isn’t so light, though, as Briscoe hits the Nestea Plunge!
Back in the ring, and Briscoe loads up the Cutthroat Driver! The cover, but MJF kicks out at two! MJF rolls out to the apron, where he looks for the Jay Driller, but he settles for a headbutt to send MJF to the floor. Briscoe takes MJF around the ring before dumping him in the corner by the barricade. Briscoe brings the table back out sets it up. He sees Briscoe in the chair at ringside and looks to charge, but MJF trips him up and he smacks his face in the chair.
MJF mocks Briscoe’s clapping of the chair and flips the fans off. He goes to deliver a running big boot, but Briscoe with a Kung-Fu chop stops that! Briscoe walks the barricade and he hits a big flying clothesline to MJF. He sets MJF up on the table, heads to the top, AND HE HITS THE ELBOW TO MJF THROUGH THE TABLE! Briscoe returns MJF to the ring, and before the count gets to three, MJF gets his foot on the bottom rope!
Briscoe looking Jay Driller, but MJF counters out with a thumb to the eye. MJF off the ropes, but Briscoe follows in with an elbow. Briscoe off the ropes, MJF with a thrust kick, but Briscoe absorbs it and hits punches and an enziguri. Both men collide in the middle of the ring. Briscoe is first to his feet, and he hits ANOTHER Froggy Bow! Jay Driller connects, but MJF kicks out at 2.99999999999!
Briscoe doesn’t let it get to him, as he sets MJF on the top rope. Briscoe looks for an avalanche Jay Driller, but MJF frees himself and gouges the eyes of Briscoe. MJF looking Heat Seeker, but Briscoe counters with a sunset flip for a two. MJF catches Briscoe running in, sends him to the apron, and connects with the Heat Seeker for the retention!
WINNER: MJF (And Still!)
TIME: 18:25
THOUGHTS: Never a doubt that MJF was going to retain, but no one told Briscoe that. These two men went out there and damn near killed each other after the steel cage match on Sunday.
RATING: ****
Post-match, poor winner MJF puts on his Dynamite Diamond ring and smacks Briscoe with it. Medical staff check on Briscoe, and MJF says he is the best, not that white trash hick. MJF bullies the medical staff out of the ring, and he loads up for another shot. Briscoe rolls over and flips him off, but Kenny Omega is here! MJF heads for the hills, as Omega checks on Briscoe. He gets a mic. He says that MJF sure is full of piss and vinegar, and he told him that if he survived Briscoe, then he would be waiting to kick down his door. Truth is, Max, if you have that much energy, then how about you defend your title, oh I don’t know, tonight?
MJF has the mic. He says it’s bad enough that he had to come to this shit hole, it’s bad enough that he had to wrestle that white trash hick, now you want me to face you as well?
Kenny: Yes, Max.
Max: NO!
MJF says that Omega is as stupid as Briscoe is, and he kicked out of the so-called greatest move in wrestling, the One-Winged Angel. You are not a God, you are a fraud, Kenny. So, the answer is no!
But wait, the big Hebrew has an idea. You want a shot at the Triple B; he will face him next week on one condition. Omega says name it, and MJF says next week, in the main event at Beach Break, he will defend the Triple B against Omega, but IF Kenny losses, he will be just like his best friend Hangman Page and he will never be World Champion again! Max wants an answer tonight.
We see Omega contemplating this as Excalibur runs down the matches for tonight’s show.
BREAK IN PROGRESS!
Post-break, Renee has MJF in the back because LAWD knows he isn’t done freaking talking. Renee wants to know if MJF is ready for Omega. MJF says he will answer that in a minute (more like an hour), but he wants to issue a threat to Andrade El Idolo that he will get payback on him. You won’t know when, you won’t know where, but it’s coming. As for your question, Renee, MJF runs down a ton of names and asks her what they have in common. They are the people that he has beaten during his title reigns. And now, Omega thinks he deserves it, and Ospreay thinks he is a “jolly good BRUV”. He says Omega won’t accept his demand because he is gutless.
He said the magic word, because Ospreay is here! He wants to know if MJF really feels confident, and is so, why add the stipulation? MJF says because he is the Champion, and that is what the Champion does, BRUV! He’ll see your pale ass at Wembley!
AEW has become ATT now, as Tony Schiavone is on the ramp. He welcomes out Andrade El Idolo, and he says that Andrade turned in his resignation later to Don Callis. Andrade says he was tired of the Family and he had to go. He wants that World Heavyweight Title, and he has one question for us. The fans ruin the surprise, because he CLEARLY wasn’t going to say HOW YOU KNOW?
As to be expected, here come Don Callis Family members to ambush Andrade and they beat him down to the ring. It’s the group heavies (Archer, Doyle, and Cage) along with Knight. Cage hits the Drill Claw on Andrade, and Callis says he has something important to say. He tells Andrade this is what you get when you turn your back on the family and play the role of a turncoat. He wants this piece of garbage out of his ring, because Knight has a match to win!
BREAK IN PROGRESS!
Mercedes Mone is here post-break. She’s on a dock in front of water somewhere. She says they told her she couldn’t go back-to-back, but she did. She’s won the Owen Hart Women’s Tournament again, because that is what she does. And like she said before, dreams don’t win titles, I do!
IT’S FINE! IT’S FINE!
AEW TNT Title Match: Kevin Knight (C) vs. ROH TV Champion Lio Rush
Lio tries to take Knight’s TNT Title before the bell, and Kevin rips it away. The bell rings, and Lio throws a backpack at Knight. Kevin is very hesitant to open it, but he finally does, and he pulls out a black ROH TV Title! Knight asks Doyle what this is, but Rush rolls up Knight for a two. Rush bites the head of Knight and lays in some chops. Doyle pulls Knight to safety in front of the ref, and they go over to gameplan with Callis. Knight tries to get back into the ring, but Rush hits the handstand kick! Rush takes off and wipes out Knight on the floor. Lio sneaks up on Callis, and he scares the scar right off his forehead! That’ll take us to the break.
We return to see Knight and Rush fighting on the top rope. Knight knocks Lio back down to the mat, but Rush doesn’t seem bothered and he wants Knight to attack him. Kevin obliges, and he’s a spinning back breaker on Rush for a two. Knight to the top, but he misses and favors his knee. Both men slide out of the way, Knight jumps, but he comes up lame, allowing Rush to hit a misdirection dropkick for a two.
Rush sets up Knight in a beck crank submission, but Knight eventually gets to the ropes. Doyle, again in front of the ref, pulls Knight out of the ring. Rush leaps onto Doyle, who catches him, but Lio escapes, and he shoves Jake into the ring post. That gives Knight the chance to leap up to the apron and he hits a flying clothesline.
Back in the ring, and Knight scores with a springboard lariat. Knight with a thrust kick, and he hits the Rock Bottom for the retention!
WINNER: Kevin Knight (and still!)
TIME: 8:50
THOUGHTS: Credit where it is due, Lio has completely thrown himself into the Blackheart gimmick, and he makes it work. There was never a question about these two guys putting on a good match.
RATING: ***3/4
Post-match, Darby Allin is here! Now that he has Kevin’s attention, what will he do with it? He wants a TNT Title shot, and if he doesn’t get it, then what happened at Forbidden Door will happen every day until he gets one. You started this, how will you finish it?
Knight objects to his claims and was about to give him a shot at his title, but Callis rips the mic out of his hands. Callis says that the little stunt that Allin pulled at Forbidden Door went beyond wrestling and turned him into a criminal. And the way Don sees it, they don’t reward criminals, and he will never get a TNT Title shot for as long as he has a word in this.
Allin says if that’s what you want Kevin, then you’ve dug your own grave. Knight’s music plays, but of course Don has to keep talking.
We go back to Collision, as we see Chris Jericho get Tony Shciavone to say that he is better than Tommaso Ciampa. To the here and now, as Renee has Ciampa. She wants to know what Ciampa things about this, and he says that Renee is going to tell everyone that he IS better than Jericho. She refuses, and we see a garbage can strike the head of Ciampa. Jericho is here, and we get a wild brawl out into the back lot! Ciampa takes out security and he tries to kill Jericho with a hand drill, but Jericho saves himself. More security tries to restrain Ciampa, but Jericho jumps out the back of an AEW truck and takes them all out!
We see the graphic for their match next week, and the graphic for the second half of tonight’s show. Ospreay and Moxley will team up next!
BREAK IN PROGRESS!
We’re not done talking, as Renee approaches the Elite locker room. She knocks on the door, and Brandon Cutler answers and lets her in. We see the Young Bucks and Kenny Omega discussing what Kenny is going to do about next week. Matt Jackson says that two of the Elite comrades were fallen by MJF and his stipulation, and he isn’t sure about this. Nick says if he was a betting man, he would bet on the Cleaner, the Best Bout Machine. Omega says he hasn’t made a decision yet, but IF he does accept the challenge, he wants to do it alone. The Bucks say they have his back.
BRUV!
Will Ospreay and Jon Moxley vs. The Swirl w/Jay Letahl
The Swirl attack before the bell. Ospreay is sent from the ring, and Moxley gets his leg worked over, and he hobbles over to the corner. Christian and Johnson beat on Moxley in the corner before taking him to the other corner. Moxley fights them off and mounts punches on Christian. Blake responds by throwing Lee into Moxley for a lariat.
Moxley manages to tag out, as Ospreay cleans house of the Swirl. He boots Christian off the apron and hits a snap Rana to Johnson. Both men are on the floor, so Ospreay hits the ropes and wipes out the Swirl with a Tope! Ospreay returns Christian to the ring, and he hits a corner elbow, a scoop slam, and a knee drop. He tags in Moxley before the break comes.
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