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Results
- MJF def. Mark Briscoe (AEW World Championship) (18:21) (Recommended)
- Kevin Knight def. Lio Rush (TNT Championship) (8:43)
Still to come
- Maika vs. Harley Cameron vs. Hikaru Shida vs. Persephone vs. Kris Statlander vs. Queen Aminata (Survival of the Fittest) (Vacant TBS Championship)
- Jon Moxley & Will Ospreay vs. Blake Christian & Lee Johnson
- We’ll hear from Jay White
AEW greats catch up at Forbidden Door
This week’s episode of AEW Dynamite, live from the Viejas Arena in San Diego, California, opened with a clip backstage from Sunday’s Forbidden Door pay-per-view, where Death Riders leader Jon Moxley caught up with Will Ospreay after he won the men’s Owen Hart Cup. Ospreay asked Moxley what he meant a few weeks ago when he said he was starting to see “it” in him.
“If I could explain it in words, I’d do it for everybody,” Moxley said. “He who defines himself can never know who he really is.” After a little more chatter, Moxley whipped out a Death Riders patch and asked Ospreay if he wanted to officially join the group.
While holding the Death Riders patch, Ospreay was approached by Kenny Omega, who described how proud he was of his performance at Forbidden Door. Ospreay expected a preaching from Omega, who clearly was listening in on the Death Riders convo.
“You’re not my dad … Just because you’ve given up on yourself doesn’t mean I’ve given up on myself,” Ospreay said.
Next to enter the scene was AEW champ himself MJF. Omega warned MJF that, if he survives Mark Briscoe on tonight’s Dynamite, he has other big challengers just around the corner.
Omega was forgiving of Ospreay’s harsh comment: “You’ll always be my friend, and I’ll always care,” Omega said before leaving.
MJF defends against Mark Briscoe, presents risky offer to Kenny Omega
We then went to the live feed, where the biggest match of the night got the action started. AEW World Champion MJF put his title on the line against Mark Briscoe, who earned the shot by prevailing in a six-on-six cage match at Sunday’s PPV. Briscoe was sporting damage from that plunder-heavy match, wearing a huge bandage across the forehead. MJF had his left thigh wrapped.
MJF played possum and faked an injury to his leg early on, allowing him to catch Briscoe with a piledriver. The champ was quick to rip off Briscoe’s forehead bandage and bite into his skull, causing blood to pour out.
Briscoe, sporting a crimson mask, climbed back into the match with a series of moves. He earned a near fall early on with a Froggy Bow elbow drop. MJF was able to escape a Jay Driller, but got caught with a pair of dives to the outside from Briscoe just moments later.
Briscoe set MJF up on a table at ringside and was about to go for another Froggy-Bow elbow drop. However, MJF got up to his feet and instead tossed Briscoe from the top rope to the ring apron in a huge slam. To get some heel heat, MJF put away the table Briscoe had set up as the show went to commercials.
The match got just a little bit more riskier when the broadcast returned, as Briscoe peeled off some padding from ringside. Briscoe tried for a Jay Driller onto the concrete floor, but MJF reversed it into a devastating back body drop. MJF tried to follow that up with a tombstone piledriver onto the floor, but Briscoe reversed it into an (understandably) safe slam to the floor.
Briscoe came off the ring apron with a huge elbow drop to the floor before the match got back into the ring. The challenger got a two-count after connecting with a Cutthroat Driver. The fight went to ringside again, where Briscoe came flying off a guardrail for a Blockbuster to MJF.
Briscoe took out the table once again, put MJF on it, then leaped off the top and to the outside with an elbow drop. They went back into the ring, where MJF put a boot on the bottom rope to just narrowly avoid a pinfall finish.
Briscoe kept the pressure on MJF, scoring yet another Froggy-Bow elbow drop. He followed this up with a Jay Driller, and MJF looked beat… But he just barely kicked out in time! Briscoe brought MJF to the top rope, where he tried for an avalanche Jay Driller. MJF gouged the eyes of Briscoe to avoid the move.
A Heatseeker attempt was escaped by Briscoe. After they both searched for roll-ups, a Jay Driller from Briscoe was countered by MJF into a slam, then a Heatseeker for the pinfall win.
This was a great match, and credit to Briscoe, who really bumped his ass off in this one. Considering MJF took a million huge moves from Briscoe, I would’ve liked it if MJF needed a little more to earn the win here. Also, while I don’t dislike spots at ringside, maybe they overdid it a little, heading outside three or four times within a few minutes. But this was nonetheless still a fun title match.
MJF put on his Dynamite Diamond Ring afterward and landed a cheap shot on a defeated Briscoe. He planned on further hurting Briscoe, but Kenny Omega eventually came in for the save.
Omega got on the microphone and said that if MJF has the energy for all the plunder he utilized, maybe he has energy for another match with him later tonight. Wishful thinking on the part of Omega here. MJF, surprisingly, said he would wrestle Omega next week! But there was one condition: If MJF wins, Omega can never challenge for the world title ever again. Same stipulation Hangman Adam Page fell to earlier this year.
Andrade gets a parting gift from the Don Callis Family
Backstage, MJF addressed Andrade El Idolo, who turned against him during the cage match on Sunday. He warned that “payback’s coming” for the “Real Latino Man.” He said in the promo that Kenny Omega won’t accept his title challenge because he is “literally” gutless. Will Ospreay walked into the frame and asked why MJF insisted on the stipulation for the Omega match. MJF said it’s cause the champ does what he wants. The champ then said that, no matter what anyone thinks will happen in the coming weeks, he’ll see him at Wembley.
Speaking of Andrade, he appeared on-stage for an interview with Tony Schiavone in the next segment. He was asked by Schiavone about wearing a shirt on Sunday that said “F*** MJF, f*** [Don] Callis.” Andrade made it clear that he’s “done” with the Don Callis Family and is fully in pursuit of the AEW world title.
After Andrade said his “How you know” catchphrase, numerous goons from the Don Callis Family attacked him from behind. Brian Cage brought Andrade into the ring and gave him the Drill Claw driver. Don Callis himself got on the mic, mocked Andrade’s “How you know?” phrase, then ordered his squad to toss Andrade out of the ring as Kevin Knight has a match next.
The latest – 9:07 p.m. ET: Kevin Knight defends TNT title, Darby wants next
The next matchup saw TNT Champion Kevin Knight defend against “Blackheart” Lio Rush. This match was made after Rush’s surprise cameo during Sunday’s cage match, where he went after Knight and other Don Callis Family members.
It was revealed early in the match that Rush had turned the ROH World Television Championship all-black, custom for his “Blackheart” gimmick. Rush was on a roll early on, galloping around the ring then delivering a tope suicida to the floor.
Jake Doyle briefly distracted Rush at ringside, allowing Knight to score a huge lariat to drop the challenger. Back in the ring, Knight connected with a huge springboard lariat. A move from Rush was quickly countered into a pop-up spinebuster from Knight. He followed up with a Uranage for a somewhat sudden pinfall win.
Knight’s time to celebrate his latest win was short-lived, as Darby Allin came out immediately after. The former AEW World Champion said he wants a TNT title shot. He warned that if Knight says no, he’ll keep terrorizing him as he did on Sunday.
A fired-up Knight was about to accept his challenge, but had the microphone ripped from his hands by Don Callis just before he could! Callis said that, as long as he is able, he will prevent Allin from getting a title shot.
“You’ve dug your grave, Kevin,” Allin said.
It was kind of skipped past during this segment, but Speedball Mike Bailey was watching on from the crowd.
Backstage, Chris Jericho crashed a Tommaso Ciampa interview and started to brawl with him. The fight went outside the venue, where a shopping cart was utilized. Ciampa tried to take an electric screwdriver to Jericho’s head but was thankfully stopped. Jericho jumped off a production truck onto Ciampa and a group of security guards before they were finally pulled apart. Those two will face off on next week’s show.
