AEW Dynamite live results: Hangman Page and MJF face-to-face
The AEW World Champion and the top contender to his title will go face-to-face on tonight’s Dynamite.
AEW Champion Hangman Adam Page and number one contender MJF will have a face-to-face confrontation on tonight’s show in Cincinnati. The two almost came to blows at the conclusion of last Wednesday’s show after MJF defeated Mark Briscoe, then continued to brutalize him after the match. Page ran in for the save, but MJF begged off.
By virtue of winning the Casino Gauntlet match last month, MJF holds a contract for a guaranteed AEW World title shot.
Hometown boy Jon Moxley will be in action on tonight’s episode, facing Kevin Knight. Moxley defeated Knight’s tag partner Mike Bailey in the opener on last week’s show.
Adam Copeland will return to the ring for the first time in four months on tonight’s show against FTR’s manager Stokely Hathaway.
Kyle Fletcher will have his Forbidden Door challenger for the TNT Championship revealed on tonight’s episode as well, and the two will also go face-to-face.
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The horror that is the Big Bang Theory has come to a close and it’s time for another healthy serving of AEW Dynamite!
-The show kicked off with the Most Hated Man In Wrestling, MJF striding to the ring mic in hand. AEW World Champion Hangman Page, came down next. The two brawled last week but were under threat of “MASSIVE” fine should they throw hands tonight.
MJF ran down the crowd and then told Page that he knows he’s at his most vulnerable when he’s angry. MJF promised to make Page very, very angry. Page took the bait and called MJF an edgelord and dumbass. Page said that MJF isn’t going to goad him into a title shot, he’s going to have to earn it or cash in his Casino Gauntlet Contract.
MJF said that “good” and “bad” is a matter of perspective and he’s not the problem, Page is. MJF then took a shot at God (?) saying he can’t be all good and neither is Page. Page isn’t a God, he’s a little boy and MJF would rather be seen as the Devil than a False Idol like Page.
MJF said getting the title back isn’t all he wants. He has a point to prove and that is to show the world what a fraud Page is. At Forbidden Door, MJF promised to crucify Page.
Page said that he owns up to his faults and doesn’t run from them. Page reminded him that he doesn’t have a match at Forbidden Door. Just a contract. Any time, any where. Page said that MJF won’t take his shot because he’s afraid and knows he doesn’t have what it takes to hold the AEW Title.
A frustrated MJF took the bait this time and said that he was going to cash in his Casino Gauntlet Contract at Forbidden Door. At least that’s what I assume he said, the mic cut out.
Page called him a dumbass one more time and then left so MJF could kick the ropes and stomp around the ring
Kinda wild that the promo began with Page saying MJF wouldn’t goad him into a title match and then turned it around and goaded MJF into one.
-Footage was shown from last week of Darby Allin kidnapping Wheeler Yuta last week to staple a note to his forehead challenging Jon Moxley for Forbidden door. Mox joined us live to say that wasn’t happening, then strode to the ring.
Jon Moxley vs Kevin Knight
Knight stepped in last week to help his JetSpeed partner Speedball Bailey against Mox, setting up tonight’s confrontation.
Knight charged Mox off the top, kicking him into the corner and stomping a proverbial mudhole. As soon as he backed up though, Moxley took control and threw some hard strikes. The chops began with Moxley coming out on top when he started throwing elbows.
Moxley dodged a dropkick and tried for a Texas Cloverleaf, but Knight pushed him out of the ring. They battled at the barricade, with Moxley punching and wrenching Knight’s head, eventually hitting it off the announce table. Baliey arrived to urge on Knight while Mox broke the count in the ring.
Knight sent Moxley into the ring steps and as Mox staggered up, Knight hit a dropkick from the ring apron (the droppiest part of the ring!).
The fight moved back into the ring and up the entrance ramp with Knight raining punches down on Moxley. Knight dove off the entrance ramp, but Mox dodged it and Knight flew into the barricade.
Back in the ring, Moxley hit a big suplex and dragged Knight around the ring. Bailey tried to get involed, but Marina Schafir and Wheeler Yuta cut him off, allowing Moxley to toss Knight outside and into the stairs. Mox pulled him back into the ring and locked in a stretch hold.
The two started trading punches again but this time it was Knight that got the upper hand. Then Moxley bit that upper hand. Knight responded with a dropkick and a little biting of his own. Knight started throwing lariats and a big scoop slam on Moxley, followed by a splash.
The both climbed to the top rope and Moxley twisted Knights finger before poking him in the eye. Knight sprang back up though and nailed a top rope superplex for a two count.
Moxley hit a cutter out of nowhere and went for a piledriver, but Kight reversed it and sent Moxley into the ropes for a powerbomb and two count. Moxley bailed from the ring, but Knight dove over the turnbuckle right onto him. Yuta tried to get involved, but Knight kicked him off.
Knight hit a DDT and a UFO splash, but Moxley got the knees up and a sleeper locked in. Knight tried his best to wriggle out, but had to tap out.
Match Result: Jon Moxley defeated Kevin Knight
After the match, Baliey tried to help out Knight, but Yuta took him down, peppering him with elbows and sending him out of the ring for Shafir to finish off. Darby Allin’s music hit and Allin dragged a body bag and a skateboard down the entrance ramp.
Allin’s arrival allowed Knight to dropkick Moxley to the floor. Allin jumped Yuta and zipped him into the body bag. He went up top for a Coffin Drop, but Claudio Castignoli arrived and took out Allin, releasing Yuta from the body bag.
Claudio gut-wrenched Allin into his own body bag and zipped him up. He then put Allin on his shoulders for a big spin and threw him to the mat, still in the bag. Then Yuta grabbed a chair and pulled Allin out of the bag to put a chair around his neck. Before the damage could be done, Will Osprey arrived and took out Yuta and Castignoli.
Moxley grabbed Yuta a tried to bold, but Osprey grabbed a mic and said that he was going to snap Moxley’s neck. Osprey suggested that Moxley bring his friends to London and he’ll get his friends and they can have a lights out steel cage match.
Boy that was a lot. The after-match shenanigans were almost longer than the match. However, the match was great. Mox and Knight have such conflicting styles, it made for a really good back and forth match.
TBS Champion Mercedes Moné, Thekla & Skye Blue vs. Alex Windsor, Queen Aminata & Willow Nightingale
Thekla and Blue of the Triangle of Madness have been making life difficult for Aminata and Nightengale (who I’m calling the Rhombus of Sanity). Windsor will be part of the 4-Way match for Mone’s TBS title at Forbidden Door.
Suddenly, the match got Timeless as Toni Storm appeared on the baclony. As well, ROH Women’s world Champion Athena appeared on the other side of the balcony. At home, a single proud tear rolled down Sting’s cheek.
Windsor and Blue kicked it off with a quick exchange with Windsor taking control with a big shoulder block. Nightingale tagged in and pounded Blue in the corner. Blue managed to get a tag to Mone as Aminata came in. The TBS champion got picked up and slammed by Aminata who laid in some “chocolate kisses.” Google it.
Aminata isolated Mone in her team’s corner and Windsor tagged in for some side slams. Julia HArt tried to grab Windsor from the outside and Money used that distraction for a chinbreaker. Storm and Athena watched approvingly from their respective balconies.
Back from a break, Nightingale flattened Thekla and Blue jumped in to get some revenge. Nightingale caught her with a Death Valley Driver though and Windsor took out Blue. Thekla, Blue and Money got stacked up in the corner to take punishment from all three of their opponents, ending with a cannonball from Nightingale.
Aminata slammed Thekla and Hart tried to get involved again, but Thekla took advantage and hit Aminata from behind, hanging her up in the ropes. Thekla tagged in Mone and Aminata brought in Windsor who side-russian-legswept Mone to the mat.
Windsor locked in a Scorpion Sharp Lock Shooter, but Mone was able to get a tag to Blue, but NIghtingale hit her, then Blue hit Nightengale and all hell broke loose. Everyone brawled leaving only Blue and Windsor standing. Blue put the Scorpion Death Lock on Blue who was forced to tap right the heck out.
Match Result: Alex Windsor, Queen Aminata & Willow Nightingale defeated Mercedes Moné, Thekla & Skye Blue
After the match, Athena and Storm started brawling on the balcony and Mone laid a beating onto Windsor in the ring. Taking a page from Sheamus/Rusev a coup,e RAWs ago, Athena and Storm battled down to the entrance ramp with Storm beating Athena down. Windsor took out Mone in the ring and Storm grabbed a mic. Storm said that they were going to “bareback [Athena and Mone] all over scotland.”
That means they will be in a tag match, Windsor & Storm vs Mone & Athena on Dynamite in Scotland.
I hope.
Another fun match in the ring with absolute chaos out of it. Exhausting, but fun.
-Backstage Will Osprey joined Rene Paquette and said that Osprey, Darby Allin and Hiroshi Tamahashi will be a team (with a “couple” others) in their Lights Out match at Forbidden Door. He also asked Rene to ask her husband if they could have a chat in Scotland next week.
Adam Copeland vs Stokely
So, if FTR interferes in this match it means the restraining order they have against Cope becomes null and void. Now, I don’t know much, but I have seen like 20 seasons of Law & Order and this seems perfectly legit.
A reluctant Stokely was dragged to the ring by AEW Security and tossed through the ropes. Stokely tried to spear Cope off the top, but Cope barely felt it. He offered Stokely a free shot and then casual stepped aside, drawing a “holy shit” chant from the crowd that may not have been entirely sincere.
Stokely tried to be friends with Cope, offering him a fist bump. So Copeland punched him in the face about it and grabbed a mic. He then asked audience members what they thought of Stokley. They concurred that he had no Ho’s.
Copeland dragged Stokely back to to the ring while the commentary team pretended to not know what a ho was. Cope speared Stokely in the ring and FTR arrived on the entrance ramp. They begged Copeland to stop, but instead he speared Stokely again.
FTR couldn’t take it anymore and ran to the ring, negating their restraining order. Copeland took out Wheeler and Cash and went for a third spear on Stokely, but Stokely threw powder at Copeland’s face, causing the ref to call off the match and rendering him vulnerable to attack from FTR. They slammed his head with a mic and Wheeler held Copeland so Stokely could punch him.
Match Result: Adam Copeland vs Stokely went to a no contest
FTR went to finish off Copeland when a wild Christian Cage appeared with Spike in hand. Then Nick Wayne showed up. Then Kip Sabian with a chair. Cope speared Sabian and the heels backed off leaving Christian and Copeland in the ring standing tall, with the crowd begging for them to “hug it out,” which they did to great ovation.
I think that was a fun segment, with the ultimate goal being the reunion of Copeland and Christian, which is awesome. But jeez, there have been three matches and all have ended with multi-person run-ins. I’m not saying that isn’t exciting, it’s just a lot. I barely saw Wayne in that schmozz.
All Star 8-Man Tag: Young Bucks, Kyle Fletcher & Josh Alexander vs. Tomohiro Ishii, Hologram, Brody King & ?
Don Callis asked New Japan Pro Wrestling to send their best to face Kyle Fletcher and now we find out who they landed on in this 8-man match. Drum roll please:
HIROMU TAKAHASHI
Yeah, that was worth the wait!
Fletcher and Takahashi kicked it off with a great exchange until the Young Bucks interfered. Hologram and King sent the Bucks to the outside as a brawl broke out. the Bucks Superkicked King and then the ring announcer Justin Roberts for not announcing them the way they wanted. Hologram then dove over the ropes and took out everyone.
After it settled down, King and Hologram double teamed Fletcher in the ring. They isolated him in the corner and King, Takahashi and Ishii took turns beating Fletcher up. King charged him in the corner, but Fletcher got a foot up and Alexander came in to get beat up by King.
It was also announced that Tony Khan had fined the Young Bucks $10,000 each for superkicking Justin Roberts.
Back in the ring, King was laid prone by Alexander as Fletcher tagged in for some stomps. Fletcher took a shot at Takahashi which opened him up for a shot from King, who tagged in Ishii. Ishii threw Fletcher around the ring, looking for a brainbuster. Fletcher reversed it and Takahashi kicked Fletcher’s legs out from under him.
Ishii set Fletcher up for a shot and a 450 from Hologram, but Fletcher got the knees up. The Bucks ran in and started spamming superkicks. Alexander grabbed Takahashi and slammed him on the ring apron while everyone brawled again.
Fletcher got King up for a Young-buck assisted spiked piledriver on the ring apron. Back in the ring, Hologram was at the mercy of all four of his opponents who took turns hitting big moves on him. He reversed a Nicholas Jackson hurricanrana and got a hot tag to Takahasi who used Nicholas as a weapon on Kyle Fletcher.
Takahashi flew around the ring, stacking up Fletcher and Alexander for a lariat in the corner. He went up top but wasnt fast enough and caught a Fletcher kick to the head. The Bucks jumped in and laid him out with kicks and then Fletcher hit a leaping tombstone, but Takahashi kicked out at two.
Alexander tagged in but Takahashi reversed his attack into a flatliner. King then rejoined the match after that piledriver and took out Fletcher. Hologram jumped on a bunch of people, the bucks were there, all hell broke loose and Alexander and Takahashi were the only ones left standing and presumeably legal.
Takahashi planted Alexander with a huge driver and got the pin to pick up the win.
Match Result: Tomohiro Ishii, Hologram, Brody King & Hiromu Takahashi defeated Young Bucks, Kyle Fletcher & Josh Alexander
After the match, it was made official: Kyle Fletcher will defend his TNT Title against Hiromu Takahashi at Forbidden Door.
Whew, what a frantic match! There was so much happening so fast I could barely keep up. Killer moments for everyone though and a great way to end the sho– Holy crap, it’s not over! This is great, AEW never fails to pack in the action in a 2-hour show!
-Swerve Strickland joined Rene Paquette next, but there were some mic issues causing Taz and Excalibur to exclaim “bangers!” over and over to kill time. Once those issues were resolved, Rene asked if Swerve was medically cleared for Forbidden Door. Swerve said that he doesn’t care if he is or isn’t, his only priority is Unified Champion Okada at Forbidden Door.
Okada took that as a good time to come on out and stare down Strickland. Okada said that Swerve has “no chance” thanks to his knee injury. Okada said he might as well give up now, but Swerve still questioned who’s house it might be. The crowd confirmed it was Swerve’s.
Okada then called him a bitch and security came out to pull the brawlers apart.
-Backstage, Jon Moxley was asked if he had chosen his teammates for Forbidden Door. He was somewhat excited at Osprey’s partner Hiroshi Tamahashi, but then walked into the “Extra’s” locker room where the Young Bucks were sitting. Mox closed the door and the segment ended.
Back from commercial, Honorary Ring Announcer Tony Schiavone made two big match announcements for Forbidden Door:
Adam Copeland & Christian Cage vs Kip Sabian & Nick Wayne
The Death Riders and The Young Bucks vs Will Osprey, Darby Allin, Hiroshi Tamahashi, Kota Ibushi and Kenny Omega in a Lights Out Steel Cage Match!
Trios Match: AEW World Trios Champions The Opps (Samoa Joe, Katsuyori Shibata and Powerhouse Hobbs) vs. LFI (RUSH, Dralístico and The Beast Mortos)
Samoa Joe returns from injury here to back up his fellow Champions, Hobbs and Shibata.
Hobbs and Mortos kicked things off making my hoss-loving heart sing. Hobbs tagged in Joe to take on Dralistico and he looked like he hadn’t missed a step. Shibata tagged in and set Dralistico down to kick Rush in the head. That brought all six into the match for a quick brawl.
Things settled down and Dralistico locked a strech onto Shibata. He dragged him to his team’s corner and tagged in Mortos who laid him out with a stretch, preventing Shibata from making a tag. Mortos, Rush and Dralistico took turns tagging in and out to beat down an isolated Shibata.
Rush taunted Joe, trying to drag him into the match, but Joe was cut off by the ref while Rush wrenched Shibata in a chinlock. Dralistico and Mortos worked Shibata’s leg over and over, preventing tag after tag attempt. Rush tagged in to taunt some more as Shibata tried to get to his feet.
Shibata began no-selling chops from Rush and landing a high knee. Rush turned the tables though and stomped him in the corner. Grabbing Shibata by the throat, Rush left himself open to some chops and Shibata hit a leg sweep slam to give himself a chance to get the hot tag to Hobbs.
Mortos tagged in and Hobbs took out Mortos and Dralistico, stacking them up in the corner and hitting a big spinebuster on Mortos. Rush broke up the pin though. Joe tagged in to take on Dralistico who tried a springboard, but got caught in a coquina clutch! Hobbs kept the other team at bay while Dralistico was forced to tap out.
Match Result: The Opps (Samoa Joe, Katsuyori Shibata and Powerhouse Hobbs) defeated LFI (RUSH, Dralístico and The Beast Mortos)
Great way to really end the show. I love me a big match with big dudes hitting each other bigly and this delivered that. With Forbidden Door shaping up and big matches planned for Dynamite in Scotland, Dynamite was absolutely packed from opening to close tonight!
Oh but wait! One more interview in the parking garage with Hangman Page! MJF jumped Page before he could say anything and bounced his head off of a series of cars. MJF reiterated his promise to break Page and left the Champ slumped against a car.