AEW Dynamite live results: Chris Jericho addresses his return
AEW Dynamite airs live tonight from Rogers Place in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
Four segments have been advertised for the show ahead of time. Chris Jericho will address his AEW return from last week in Winnipeg on tonight’s episode. Kenny Omega is also advertised as he prepares to challenge MJF for the AEW World Championship in Vancouver on Sunday at AEW Dynasty.
Also scheduled for Wednesday’s show, Queen Aminata returns to the ring for the first time in six months and will receive a TBS Championship match against Willow Nightingale.
A trios match is also set for tonight, with Andrade El Idolo, Mark Davis, and Konosuke Takeshita of the Don Callis Family facing Darby Allin, Bandido, and Jack Perry.
- Willow Nightingale (c) vs. Queen Aminata for the AEW TBS title
- Chris Jericho to address his return
- Darby Allin, Bandido & Jack Perry vs. Don Callis Family (Konosuke Takeshita, Mark Davis, & Andrade El Idolo)
- Kenny Omega to speak
Our live coverage begins at 8 p.m. Eastern.
AEW Dynamite comes on the air with Excalibur welcoming us, but we cut backstage to Will Ospreay & Jon Moxley slugging it out in the parking lot, but all the Death Riders make the save and start beating Ospreay down until a car pulls up and Alex Windsor gets out of the driver’s seat. New IWGP World Champion Callum Newman, Henare & Francesco Akira step out of the car and the brawl is on. Akira leaps off the hood of a car onto Claudio Castagnoli, Henare slammed Wheeler Yuta onto it, as Shafir & Windsor spill out into the crowd, as does Moxley & Ospreay, fighting in the ring. Shafir saves Moxley, but Windsor decks her with a lariat. Newman & PAC are paired off ringside, as Moxley & Daniel Garcia put the boots to Ospreay until Henare sprints out from the back, launching Moxley with a Pounce. Akira flies in with an assisted dropkick on Garcia, as PAC returns and tries a lariat on Henare, who no sells, allowing Newman to run in with a big boot and slingshot dive outside onto PAC. Castagnoli runs out to dish out uppercuts aplenty, but he & Henare tumble to the floor. Moxley locks Ospreay in a Rear Naked Choke, but Ospreay rolls out right at Newman hits Moxley with a top rope double stomp. Moxley escapes a Tiger Driver, as Death Riders bail, leaving The United Empire standing tall in one hell of a start to Dynamite.
Ospreay takes the mic and said he flew to Japan to bring Henare, Akira, the youngest Heavyweight champ of all time, Callum Newman. He’s going to give Moxley about 90 minutes, challenging them tonight in the main event, Death Riders vs. United Empire.
-Don Callis is backstage to talk about Kyle Fletcher having to vacate the TNT Title, saying it’s thrown a wrench into their plans of becoming the longest TNT Champion of all time. Now, the TNT Title will be up for grabs in a Casino Gauntlet at Dynasty and was ready to make ProtOkada vs. The Young Bucks at the PPV, but he already has a pivot that will blow your minds. Okada & Takeshita, he only hears when will they fight, when he’s like Phil Jackson, and like Michael Jordan & Scottie Pippen, he kept those stars together and you won’t see them fight for a very long time, as Callis calls the shots. Callis said he might take the money MJF paid them for getting rid of Darby Allin, pick up Connor McDavid and hit the town. Tonight, they are Kyle Fletcher Strong.
National Champion Jungle Jack Perry, Bandido & Darby Allin vs. The Don Callis Family (Andrade El Idolo, Konosuke Takeshita & Mark Davis)
(I first want to say RIP Bo Lueders, guitarist for Harm’s Way and close friend of Brody King, who is attending the funeral, thus why Bandido replaced his tag partner in this match tonight. The match was an action packed party match and one that was controlled a lot by The Callis Family, who looked great in this one. I was surprised Davis, who had laid out Perry with his trifecta of moves, didn’t just pin him, instead it was Andrade standing tall. The post-match, more chaos aplenty, as we set up not only Takeshita & Okada vs. The Bucks at Dynasty, but keep the wheels going of the never-ending bad blood between the two crown jewels of the Callis Family.)
Bell sounded and Andrade immediately left up the ramp, confusing Allin, who quickly hit Takeshita with a Code Red for two. Davis almost got his gut-wrench piledriver, but Perry flew in with a missile dropkick. Perry & Bandido hit double dives to the floor, as Allin took the mic, called Andrade one of the best wrestlers in the world, but stop being Don Callis’ little b*tch. Andrade came back to the stage, but Takeshtia laid out Allin with a Chaos Theory suplex down the aisle. Callis came to the ring to join commentary, as Takeshita worked over Allin back in the ring. Perry made a tag, cazadora arm drag to the outside on Takeshita, as Davis was sent out with him, allowing Perry to hit a big moonsault. Back inside, Perry tried leaping off the top, but was swatted in mid-air like a fly by a Takeshita forearm. Callis said Fletcher being injured will unite his Family and make them stronger than ever. Andrade dropped Perry over the guard rail before posing with yet another female fan ringside, taking a selfie that Callis said would cost her $60 Canadian.
Nigel McGuinness said Andrade could break up any marriage within a quarter mile and Callis said you’re calling him El Homewrecker and hopes they can get a sponsorship. Perry was worked over for an extended time until he avoided a Davis leaping senton and splash, catching him with an enzugiri and hot tag to Bandido. Cazadora hurricanrana on Davis, Gorilla Press to Takeshita onto Davis, as he signaled for 21-Plex, but Takeshita rolled out into a perfect Blue Thunder Bomb for two. Davis tried to catch Bandido with his bounce back lariat, only Bandido countered into a snap hurricanrana pin for two. Another enzugiri delivered, Takeshita comes in with a wild forearm, Perry met him with a Poison Rana, as Andrade tripped him up, only played to the crowd, giving Allin a chance to hit a Tope. Allin went after Callis, but Davis made the save, sending Allin crashing into the guard rail. Davis & Takeshita swing Allin clear over the railing and timekeepers table, crashing hard. Bandido was slammed on the edge of the ring with a powerbomb, as Perry tried fighting everyone back inside, but was clobbered with a home run right hand, bounce back lariat and gut wrench piledriver by Davis. Andrade came in to pick up the pieces and hit The DM on Perry for the win.
Post-match, Andrade kept making the belt gesture to Callis, as Perry had the boots put to him, as Bandido & Allin crawled back in. Andrade pointed to the Dynasty sign before punting Allin low, as Bandido was sent outside, while Callis gouged the eyes of Perry. The Young Bucks music hit and they sprint out to save Perry and take the fight to Davis & Takeshita until more Don Callis Family members hit the ring. Lance Archer, Hechicero, El Clon all take superkicks, as Davis took a BTE Trigger for good measure. Takeshita was about to take a Meltzer Driver, but Kazuchika Okada ran out and put a stop to it. Takeshita & Okada on the same page momentarily, putting the boots to The Bucks as they stare each other down, shove one another and start trading forearms. The Family step in to separate the two, as The Rascalz appear in the ring and hit a triple dive onto the entire Family, aside from Okada, who laughed in Takeshita’s face. That distraction allowed Myron Reed to lay out Okada with a huge dive, as we’re told Okada will face Reed on Collision for the International Title.
Match Result: The Don Callis Family defeated Jungle Jack Perry, Brody King & Darby Allin when Andrade pinned Perry
-Lexy Nair is backstage with Doc Sampson and said last week, MJF was trying to get into Kenny Omega’s head with what he said the doctor’s told him. Sampson said Omega did have issues with diverticulitis, but he’s in the best shape of his life, cleared by surgeons and by him and he’s not happy with MJF doing that. He has to get back to work and if Nair had any other questions, just ask.
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Since 2022, Ryan has been the Recapper/Reviewer for both AEW PPVs & Dynamite for F4WOnline & the Wrestling Observer. Previously, he recapped AEW Dark from 2021-2022 for PWTorch.