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Still to come
- Renee Paquette interviews Kyle Fletcher and Don Callis
- Will Ospreay, Jon Moxley & PAC vs. Myron Reed, Dezmond Xavier & Zachary Wentz
- Kris Statlander vs. Hikaru Shida (Lights Out Philly Street Fight)
- Andrade El Idolo vs. Ace Austin
- Mark Davis vs. Jungle Jack Perry (Men’s Owen Hart Tournament Quarter-Final)
Results
- Chris Jericho def. Ricochet (Everyone Banned From Ringside) (13:57)
- Rush def. Brian Cage, Orange Cassidy & Lio Rush (Four-Way) (12:09)
- Brody King def. Claudio Castagnoli (Men’s Owen Hart Tournament Quarter-Final) (12:01) (Recommended)
- Tay Melo & Anna Jay def. Ava Everett & Allie Katch (1:11)
JetSpeed is dead
This week’s episode of AEW Dynamite, the first since the promotion’s huge Double or Nothing pay-per-view, took place at the Liacouras Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Before any segments in the arena, we saw a clip from Sunday, where Will Ospreay ran into Kenny Omega backstage. Omega warned Ospreay about his close ties to the Death Riders in recent weeks. Omega asked Ospreay why he didn’t enlist him for help when he returned from injury. Ospreay said he didn’t ask for Omega because he’s not around every week.
“I’m not saying don’t trust them. All I’m saying is be careful, as a friend,” Omega said about the Death Riders. Jon Moxley entered the shot: “It’s good advice. We all have our skeletons, don’t we?” Despite their differences, the meeting between these three ended cordially.
We then went to the Liacouras Center, where TNT Champion Kevin Knight opened the show. Once the man “we all look up to,” Knight turned heel on Sunday night, by attacking Darby Allin following his main event loss against MJF.
Knight started his promo as the crowd chanted “F*** you Kevin.” Why did Knight attack Allin? “I told Darby Allin not to let me down … And guess what? He blew it.” For some cheap heat, Knight compared Allin to the Philadelphia 76ers, who suffered a brutal 4-0 sweep against the New York Knicks in this year’s NBA Playoffs.
Knight said he was the last one to humble MJF, and because of that, he should’ve been in the main event instead of not even being involved on Double or Nothing. This promo was eventually cut off by Knight tag partner Speedball Mike Bailey, who looked distraught.
“I hear what you’re saying, but I know you. I know how ambitious you are, and that’s your best and worst quality … But Kevin, you’re impatient. You get ahead of yourself, and you make mistakes. And what you did to Darby Allin at Double or Nothing, was a mistake,” Bailey said.
Bailey said it’s not too late for Knight to “make things right” by apologizing for attacking Allin as he was being loaded into a stretcher. I feel like I’d want more of an apology if I was Allin, but that might just be me. Bailey went for a handshake, but Knight instead dropped him with a leaping right hand. Just as Knight was about to leave the ring, he picked up Bailey for a big uranage. JetSpeed is over.
I think Knight could use a little more work on the mic, as much as I enjoy him as a wrestler. Bailey was great here and this was a decent little segment to remind us about Knight’s actions. I was surprised the show didn’t open with MJF, or with one of the bigger singles matchups.
Chris Jericho closes out Ricochet feud, suffers post-match attack
The first match of the night saw Chris Jericho face off against Ricochet. Riding the momentum of his seven-on-seven Stadium Stampede win from Sunday, Jericho had no teammates to lean on in this one, as this match had a special everyone-banned-from-ringside stipulation. It was mentioned before the match that Jericho sustained a knee injury on Sunday, this would be a major theme of the match.
Jericho went flying early on, sending Ricochet out of the ring then leaping off the top turnbuckle for a dive. The fight went on top of the commentary desk, where Ricochet was put in a Walls of Jericho.
Ricochet had the advantage as the show went to a break, as he shoved Jericho knee-first into steel stairs. Jericho scored a nasty Death Valley Driver onto the ring apron as the show returned. After scoring a brainbuster for a near fall, Jericho started to set up for a Judas Effect. Ricochet wisely rolled out of the ring to avoid the finisher.
Ricochet knocked Jericho off the ring apron with a springboard dropkick, then followed up with a tope suicida. Ricochet scored a brainbuster to the floor, hoping to earn a count-out win from the move. Jericho beat the 10-count just barely, but ate a Phoenix Splash off the ropes from Ricochet immediately after getting back into the ring. Still, it wasn’t enough to put away Jericho.
Jericho dodged a Sprit Gun then locked in a Walls of Jericho. Ricochet attacked the injured knee to get out of the submission. A misdirection spot from Ricochet involving referee Aubrey Edwards allowed Ricochet to score a low blow. He followed with a Rico-Sault (Lionsault), but Jericho kicked out again!
Ricochet tried to whip out the rare 630 Splash off the top, but Jericho got out of the way. Jericho scored a Codebreaker, but only got two from it. The former AEW World Champion followed up with a Judas Effect then a Lionsault for the pinfall win. After prevailing in the Stadium Stampede and now in a one-on-one match with Ricochet, you could consider their rivalry done. This match was inoffensive.
Jericho’s time to celebrate was short-lived, as Tommaso Ciampa hit the ring and attacked him from behind. Ciampa wiped out Jericho with a running knee strike to the head to end the segment.
Backstage, Andrade El Idolo made it clear that, with the Stadium Stampede in the rear view mirror, he’s focused on the AEW World Championship once again.
Rush wins four-way match, Jake Doyle returns
A four-way matchup was next, with Orange Cassidy, Rush, Brian Cage, and Lio Rush facing off.
Cage received some help around the 10-minute mark of this match, as Don Callis Family teammates Rocky Romero and Lance Archer appeared at ringside and started to circle Cassidy.
Some members of The Conglomeration came in for the save. Joining other Callis Family members, the returning Jake Doyle appeared as part of this brawl (they felt a little too low-key about this in the moment, considering he had been on the sidelines for a few months). The two groups brawled to the backstage, leaving it up to just Rush and Lio Rush to finish this match.
It was Rush who closed out this one at the 12-minute mark, giving Lio the Bull’s Horns doublekick in the corner for the pinfall win. I was hoping this match would be a little more wild.
Backstage, Kevin Knight approached MJF and made it clear that he wants the AEW World Championship someday. MJF brushed him off: “Goals are good, Kev. See you around.”
Kyle Fletcher approached Knight and eyed his TNT title. Don Callis appeared in the shot and said that if Knight is serious about earning a second title, he should consider joining his family.
Backstage, Jamie Hayter didn’t seem too upset about losing the AEW Women’s World Championship four-way on Sunday, because she at least got to take Thekla’s head off with a gnarly Hayterate. Alex Windsor cut a promo about how she’s chasing her Wembley Stadium dream alongside partner Will Ospreay, as they’re both in the Owen Hart Tournament. It was announced her match against the ominous “Wild Card” opponent will take place on Dynamite next week.
MJF books title match for next week
The next segment was MJF’s official championship celebration, honoring the now-three-time world champion. The champ ppeared on-stage, sitting on a throne carried around by four men. MJF tossed the default AEW World Championship on the ground, as he will instead now be carrying around his “Triple B” version of the title.
MJF flaunted that he’s among an exclusive class of wrestlers to obtain three world title runs before the age of 30. He asked fans in the arena and watching at home to bow down and declare him the greatest of all time. A huge MJF flag sprawled out as confetti went flying. This celebration was interrupted by long-time rival Mark Briscoe!
Briscoe reminded MJF that he actually has a win over him from last year, and that he’d like a title shot against him! “No,” MJF said.
MJF said that AEW is a business as well as a sport. Briscoe getting a title shot would be simply bad for business, he said. MJF said Briscoe isn’t on his level then left the ring.
As MJF was on his way out, he went face-to-face with Rush, who was hot off his recent win. “He’s a chicken farmer,” Rush said about Briscoe. “But you? You’re a chickens***.” Rush made it clear that he also wants a title shot.
MJF said that Rush is much more marketable than Briscoe, and thus is more open to giving him a title shot. After doing a fake-out for a match tonight, MJF announced that they’ll meet on next week’s show.
“The bull is about to lock horns with the devil,” MJF said to end the segment. I guess the story here is that MJF hates Briscoe so much he took the match against Rush to spite him?
Brody King punches (or laraits) his ticket to the Owen Cup semis
Owen Hart Tournament action continued in the next matchup, as Claudio Castagnoli and Brody King faced off in quarter-final action. For anyone who missed out, Will Ospreay and Swerve Strickland advanced to the semis as part of Sunday’s show.
This was a hard-hitting match to start, as King and Castagnoli spent numerous minutes going back and forth with strikes. The 50-50 exchanges continued after the show returned from a break. Both men’s knees buckled after they traded hard lariats in the center of the canvas.
King seated Castagnoli in the corner after scoring a thudding forearm, allowing him to connect with a cannonball. Taz suggested that was the first real “move” of the match after 10 minutes. King attempted to follow Castagnoli to the outside with a tope suicida, but the Swiss star caught him coming through the ropes with an uppercut.
Back in the ring, King escaped a Neutralizer then tried for a Gonzo Bomb that Castagnoli was able to work his way out of. King came running off the ropes for a move, but Castagnoli reversed it into a pop-up uppercut. King remained on his feet after consuming the blow and used the momentum to charge forward at Castagnoli with a hard lariat. That final lariat was the straw that broke the camel’s back, as it flattened Castagnoli and allowed King to earn the pinfall in 10 minutes. King advances to the Owen Cup semi-finals.
This was so unlike most of what we see on TV, from moveset to match structure, but I quite enjoyed it.
The Dogs want Cope & Cage
We had another title celebration in the next segment, as the newly-crowned tag duo of Adam Copeland and Christian Cage hit the ring to reflect on their recent win over FTR.
Cage gave credit to FTR, saying they are “top guys” and got the best out of them. “The thing is, you guys just aren’t the tippy-top,” Cage said.
Copeland said that, considering they had once both been told that their careers were “over,” they had already said no to quitting before. So, FTR challenging them to an “I Quit” match was a poor choice.
To celebrate their title win, Cage and Cope decided tonight they’d bring back their famous five-second pose… At least, that’s what we expected.
“Yeah, I’m not doing that,” the cold Cage said. “They don’t even make flash photography anymore.”
Cope went under the ring and pulled out two dozen disposable cameras. He handed them out and, for “anyone under 25 years old,” he explained to some at ringside how to use them.
After the cameras were handed out, Cope & Cage were ready to do the pose. But, their moment was spoiled by Clark Connors and David Finaly of The Dogs, who attacked the tag champs!
As Cope was knocked out in the ring, the former NJPW duo wrapped an arm of Cage under a set of steel steps, then stomped on it! Standing over the knocked out champs, Connors and Finlay did their own five-second pose to end the segment. Great stuff.
The latest – 9:52 p.m. ET: TayJay return, Bailey calls out Knight
We saw the TayJay team of Anna Jay and Tay Melo pick up a quick win, taking down independent wrestling veterans Ava Everett and Allie Katch in a tag bout. They scored a double-team finisher, slingshotting Everett into a knee-strike for the finish in 71 seconds.
Backstage, Speedball Bailey called for a match against former tag partner Kevin Knight: “You wanna show the world who you really are? Well, let’s see how that goes.” No date was mentioned here but I assume it’s next Wednesday.
