AEW Dynamite live results: Darby Allin vs. Tommaso Ciampa
AEW Dynamite is live from Portland tonight. Three matches are scheduled for the show, which will be held at the Veterans Memorial Coliseum.
The AEW World Championship will be on the line tonight as Darby Allin defends against Tommaso Ciampa.
Also tonight, Will Ospreay faces a former stablemate from United Empire, Mark Davis, who is now a member of the Don Callis Family.
Mina Shirakawa is suspicious of Hikaru Shida and seemed to imply Shida might be responsible for the recent attack on Toni Storm. They will face off in singles competition tonight on Dynamite.
A separate segment regarding Darby Allin is also advertised, with AEW saying that we will hear from the new AEW World Champion on the show.
The full lineup:
- AEW World Champion Darby Allin defends against Tommaso Ciampa
- Mina Shirakawa vs. Hikaru Shida
- Will Ospreay vs. Mark Davis
- We’ll hear from Darby Allin
Our live coverage begins at 8 p.m. Eastern.
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AEW Dynamite comes on the air with Excalibur welcoming us to the show and throws it to a video package on Darby Allin shocking the world and winning the AEW Title last week. We think we’re going to hear from Allin, but MJF’s music hits and he storms to the ring, calling Allin a dirty little cheat, after that skank referee Aubrey counted his shoulders down, despite both being up. MJF calls the fans disrespectful little sh*theads who think Allin could actually beat him in match when he’s full prepared. MJF calls himself the man who has beaten every top name pro wrestling has to offer, the man who made sure Hangman Adam Page could never be World Champion ever again, the man who kicked out of the One-Winged Angel like it was freakin nothing. MJF screamed he is the best wrestler in the world and doesn’t give a sh*t about Darby Allin’s match against the Psycho Killer tonight and demands he comes out to give MJF back his World Championship.
TNT Champion Kevin Knight’s music hits, he comes to the ring and says different city, same Max, whining like a little b*tch. Knight said The Jet just landed and it’s about to get real and before MJF gets to hatin, be honest, doesn’t Knight look clean with a title around his waist? When you’re a real, fighting champion, you’re willing to put it on the line at any time and brings up having a visual pin on MJF a few weeks ago, saying he should be Jet 2 Belts right now.
MJF mocks how eloquent of a speaker Knight is, going over his promo and how he thinks it’s socially acceptable to be friends with Speedball Mike Bailey. Obviously, his memory isn’t great like Max’s, as he beat Knight with a Heatseeker for an easy dub. If anyone deserves to be champion, it’s MJF and MJF alone, but gives props to the new TNT Champion, calling the title cute, saying Knight is a good hand, average joe, someone with a ceiling, someone who will never be AEW World Champion, someone who should know better than to step in his ring and breathe MJF’s air. Knight said he’ll slap MJF’s big ass nose off his face and send him packing, while anyone can look at Knight and see a gold mine. Some of the best wrestlers have held the TNT Title, something MJF wouldn’t know about. Someone like MJF has had everything handed to him, so how about Knight hand MJF an ass whoopin? MJF questions what he would get out of that, but Knight sold him on wanting the TNT Title a little bit. If Knight wants to wrestle MJF, put the TNT Title on the line and he’s got himself a match. Knight agrees, he’s always ready and wants to rip MJF a new one in Rip City, tonight. MJF screams to get him a referee right now. Bryce Remsberg runs to the ring, holds up the TNT Title, but before the bell sounds, MJF bails up the ramp saying Knight will dance with the devil next week. While this was a long opening segment, it did get Knight some promo time against the best talker in the company and I thought he held his own, as the crowd really wanted to see this match tonight, until MJF swiped it away from them at the last moment.
-Renee Paquette is backstage with The Demand & Jericho, talking about a 6-man tag match on Collision. Ricochet mocks that Jericho doesn’t have teammates, all his bridges are burned and no one wants to be associated with the guy who gets his ass kicked by The Demand. Jericho starts doing his Mr. Subliminal promo and shows off his new t-shirt in the process. Ricochet said he’s going to beat Jericho again with a Rico-sault and Jericho said he doesn’t have to find partners who like him to team with, just two who don’t like Ricochet.
Brody King vs. Lio Rush
(This was a very fun clash of styles, as Rush continues to be fully committed to this Blackheart character and the crowd are into it. I just wish we had some vignettes on AEW to show what brought this character out, instead of Rush just randomly breaking this out one week instead of being with CRU. I very much enjoyed his match with PAC last week and tonight kept up that trend, I hope we see more of Rush and the Blackheart character has a chance to develop on TV, whether it be Dynamite or Collision.)
Rush is doing his Blackheart character and keeps telling the camera “he said it’s his house and it’s not his house anymore.” Meanwhile, the bell sounds and the crowd immediately break out in F*ck ICE chants, as King refused to let go of a handshake, as Rush got free, tried a misdirect, but was slammed and splashed in the corner. Rush bails outside, tries to throw a chop, but King no sold and destroyed Rush with chops of his own. Rush is laughing, as King sat him on a chair, charged and missed a running cross body against the railing. Rush leapt to the announce desk, tried a cross body, was caught, only to slide out, post King and send him into the railing. Rush tried a low Tope, but King caught and planted him on the edge of the apron. Back to the ring, King still is shaking out his shoulder, but it gave Rush a chance to bite the leg and hit a corkscrew kick for the reset.
Rush tried Rush Hour, but King was ready and turned Rush inside out with a lariat. Rush fought back by hanging up King between the ropes to the apron, looking for a Death Valley Driver, which was easily fought off. King wanted a Gonzo Bomb, but Rush slide out and hit a handspring kick, sending King outside. Rush galloped around the ring into a low Tope, following up with a huge cross body off the top onto the floor. Rush went up again and hit a Frog Splash to the back, but King kicked out at one. Rush up top a third time, rolls through a dive, trades standing switches until King drove him down with a Boss Man Slam. Big corner cannonball leads to a Gonzo Bomb to give King the win.
Post-match, King said he’ll be watching the main event and said if Ciampa wins, congratulations and while he’s proud of Darby Allin, he’s not proud enough not to bring the violence.
Match Result: Brody King defeated Lio Rush
-Renee Paquette approaches Tommaso Ciampa backstage and asks how tonight is going to go? Ciampa said he’s been told his entire career he’s not big enough, not passing the airport test, not charismatic enough, not main event material. Ciampa is a husband, father, son, brother, insane work ethic, tonight isn’t about heroes or villains, it’s about passion, glass ceilings are imaginary, tonight is for pro wrestling. Ciampa said you’ve never seen a man more prepared for his moment than he is tonight, go ask Darby Allin if he wants it more than Ciampa needs it. This was a brief, but excellent promo from Ciampa.
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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.