This week’s episode of AEW Dynamite emanates from the SNHU Arena in Manchester, New Hampshire! The Conglomeration fight The Learning Tree in a fight without honor. Jamie Hayter battles Penelope Ford. Malakai Black goes one-on-one with Adam Cole. Orange Cassidy and Darby Allin face the BCC’s Pac and Claudio Castagnoli. Ricochet wrestles with a mystery partner, and more!
We break it all down in this week’s AEW Dynamite recap!
We Hear From The Hurt Syndicate
MVP introduces his business partners Shelton Benjamin and Bobby Lashley. MVP says their goal is to enrich the lives of young talents, much like they were able to help each other as the Hurt Syndicate. If MVP offers one a Hurt Syndicate business card, it is a golden ticket to success. Should someone reject it though, MVP says people will get beat down like Swerve Strickland.
Swerve Strickland’s appears on the stage surrounded by AEW officials and a chain in his hand. Strickland calls out Lashley for a match at AEW Full Gear. MVP agrees on behalf of Lashley.
PAC & Claudio Castagnoli (w/ Wheeler Yuta) vs. Darby Allin & Orange Cassidy
Darby Allin dives off the top of the stage, landing on Claudio and Pac. The pairs brawl to the ring until the bell officially rings. Pac rocks Cassidy with a series of kicks. Cassidy dodges his dropkick attempt, responding with a kick of his own. As Cassidy looks over at Yuta, Pac runs in with a kick to his head. Pac and Cassidy go up top, but Cassidy pushes his opponent to the ground. Cassidy hits a diving DDT on Pac, but Claudio breaks up the subsequent pin. Claudio then hits a gutbuster and backbreaker on Cassidy.
Back from break, Claudio puts Cassidy in an arm submission. Claudio charges toward Cassidy in the corner, but he sidesteps, sending Claudio shoulder-first into the corner. Cassidy tags in Allin. Allin connects with a dropkick to Pac, then levels him with a Coffin Drop to the outside. Allin goes to dive off the top again, but is caught by Claudio. Claudio follows up with a back body drop. Allin goes for a DDT, but Claudio reverses it into a backbreaker. Claudio delivers a German Suplex for a near fall. Claudio tags in Pac. PAC kicks Allin the face then tags Claudio back in. Claudio and Pac double team him, before Pac lands a brainbuster for another near fall.
Pac and Allin go up top, which allows the former to hit a drop brainbuster on the latter. Cassidy breaks up the pinfall and sends Claudio to the outside. Allin fends off Pac and tags in Cassidy. Cassidy sends Pac face=first into the turnbuckles, then does the same to Claudio. Cassidy hits a crossbody on Pac, then looks for a DDT on Cassidy. but Claudio blocks it. Allin hits a Code Red on Claudio. Cassidy and Allin dive onto both of their opponents. Back in the ring, Cassidy rocks Pac with a DDT.
Yuta enters the ring, only to meet an Orange Punch. Cassidy lands another Orange Punch on Claudio. He looks for a third on Pac, but Marina Shafir kicks the referee to the outside. Out of nowhere, Jon Moxley puts Cassidy in a choke hold. Allin hits him in the back with his skateboard, but is immediately taken down by Yuta and Pac. Allin fights back, hitting Yuta and Pac with his skateboard now. Allin dives onto Yuta through the ropes.
He then charges toward Claudio, but instead meets an uppercut from him. While Claudio launches Allin into the ring post, the rest of the BCC beat down Cassidy in the ring. Yuta hits a Psycho Knee on Cassidy, prompting the arrival of The Conglomeration. The BCC retreat.
Winners: No Contest
Backstage, The Hurt Syndicate wish Ricochet good luck in his tag team match tonight.
Fight Without Honor Six Man Tag: The Learning Tree (Big Bill, Bryan Keith & Chris Jericho) vs. The Conglomeration (Kyle O’Reilly, Mark Briscoe & Tomohiro Ishii)
Both team brawl at the sound of the bell, with Keith hitting Ishii with a kendo stick. Meanwhile, O’Reilly targets Big Bill, only to be thrown to the outside. Briscoe goes after Jericho, looking for a Jay Driller through a table, but Jericho escapes. Briscoe connects with a dropkick, paving the way for Ishii to drive Jericho through a table with a backdrop. Briscoe sets up a chair on the apron and uses it as a launching pad for a dive onto Bill. Keith and O’Reilly crash through another table on the outside. Bill chokeslams Briscoe into a ladder.
Back from break, Briscoe and Jericho slap chairs until Briscoe knocks Jericho’s out of his hand. Bill levels Briscoe, Ishii, and O’Reilly. Bill charges at Briscoe, but Briscoe sidesteps. Ishii, Briscoe, and O’Reilly take turns chopping Bill until Ishii takes him down with a lariat. O’Reilly follows up with a knee to Bill on the outside. Briscoe and Ishii then take turns chopping Jericho in the ring until Keith cracks Briscoe and Ishii with a kendo stick. Briscoe and Ishii deliver suplexes to Jericho and Keith, respectively. Meanwhile, O’Reilly and Bill fight further back into the arena. Bill places O’Reilly onto a crate then sets up two tables next to him. Bill looks to chokeslam O’Reilly through them, but O’Reilly counters with a guillotine. As Bill begins to fade, he and O’Reilly fall through the tables.
Back in the ring, Briscoe grabs a ladder, but Jericho blocks it with a dropkick. Jericho grabs a chair and swings, but misses. Briscoe hits a Jay Driller and sets up a table and ladder. He places Jericho on the table, then ascends the ladder next to it. Briscoe dives down for a fall, but Keith breaks the pinfall. Ishii rocks Keith with a lariat. Briscoe then wipes him out with a dive to the outside. Ishii delivers a sliding lariat to Jericho and follows up with a brainbuster for the win.
Winners: The Conglomeration
Backstage, Jon Moxley makes it clear that Wheeler Yuta is on the side of the Blackpool Combat Club.
Adam Cole vs. Malakai Black
Cole and Black lock up, exchanging blows until they reach a stalemate. Black picks up the leg of Cole, but lets it go. Black targets the upper body of Cole, primarily his right arm and wrist. Black kicks Cole on the inside of the leg, causing Cole to flee to the outside of the ring. Cole limps around the outside until Black charges after him. Cole sends Black into the barricade. Black throws him back into the ring. Black hits a knee strike, but Cole responds with a pair of big boots. Black knees Cole and charges at him off the apron, only to eat a superkick from Cole.
Back from break, Cole lays out Black with a backbreaker. Cole hits a Panama Sunrise, but Black hits a knee in turn for a near fall. Black and Cole trade strikes once again. Black sweeps Cole off his feet then goes up top. Cole meets him there. Black comes down, looking for a Sunset Flip. Cole blocks it. Black land a big kick.
Cole looks for The Boom, but Black sees it and counters with The End for a near fall. The referee checks on Cole, who stumbles to his feet. Cole hits another Panama Sunrise followed up by a superkick. Black sits up, seeing Cole preparing for another superkick. Black eggs him on for more. Cole finishes him off with The Boom.
Winner: Adam Cole
After the match, Cole extends his hand to Black. Black instead hugs him as a show of respect. Cole grabs a mic and says it’s time for story time. Cole firstly says Black is one of the best he’s fought in his entire career. Cole again calls out MJF, pointing out that he only needs to get one more match before he can face MJF. Cole reveals that he talked to AEW President Tony Khan. If he and Roderick Strong both get three consecutive wins, he and Strong will both battle MJF at AEW Full Gear in a triple threat match.
MJF appears in a promo and makes a call. He tells the other person they need to pay someone a visit.
Backstage, Jay White responds to Adam Page’s promo from last week, but is instantly attacked from Page himself. Page and White brawl onto the entrance stage. Page rams White into the barricade and traps White’s ankle in between it. Page grabs a chair and looks to hit the ankle with it, but Juice Robinson disarms him. White frees himself and rolls Page into the ring. Page, however, retreats through the crowd. White grabs a mic, vowing to beat and dismantle Page at AEW Full Gear. White says Page has never been ahead of him, and he never will be. White makes it clear that he intends to make Page tap out at Full Gear.
We Hear From Christian Cage & The Patriarchy
Cage welcomes Kip Sabian to the Patriarchy. He points out one moment that really solidified Kip’s loyalty. Cage shows footage of Kip taking his pen as he’s about to sign his guaranteed world title shot contract. As Cage chases him to the back, he comes across Pac and Claudio Castagnoli. Cage says Kip saved him from wasting his title shot, as it appeared the BCC would have prevented him from successfully cashing it in. Because of Kip Sabian, though, Cage still has title shot in his back pocket. Cage says Kip did more for him in that moment than any of his other sons have ever done. Cage and Kip hug.
Hook’s music hits. He says he doesn’t have much patience tonight, so he urges Cage to say what he has to fast. Cage calls Hook an ass kicker and says he needs a son like him. Cage first needed to get his real father out the way first, though. Cage says Taz say Cage’s face when he attacked him with a pipe, yet he still made Hook seek out security footage. Cage says Taz realized that he could take Hook to heights that even Taz couldn’t imagine. Cage says Taz is a legend in the business, but he buckled under the pressure, hung up his boots, and hid the announce table. Cage asks Hook if he wants to be like his dad or be a revered talent with The Patriarchy. Cage wishes Hook’s father was dead. Hook charges through security and goes after Kip, then Cage. Securify eventually separate them, but Hook fights them off, applying a Redrum to one of them.
Backstage, Don Callis is approached with an offer from MJF. He is handed an envelope of money and a red box with MJF’s ring. A man plays MJF’s voicemail for Callis, outlining MJF’s call for Callis to take care of Adam Cole. If he does as such, MJF says there’s more money waiting for him. If he scratches his ring, though, Callis may get hurt by more men in suits.
Jamie Hayter vs. Penelope Ford
Ford hits Hayter as her back is turned, then follows up with a knee drop. Ford rains down with right hands. Ford charges at Hayter, but Hayter dodges and drops Ford back-first onto the mat. Hayter rains with right hands of her own. Hayter chops Ford in the corner, then stomps her. Ford fights back with a back handspring-elbow combo in the corner. Ford drops Hayter for a near fall. Ford drives her shin across the throat of Hayter. Ford traps Hayter in between the ropes. Ford follows up with a trip kick and drop kick to Hayter’s back.
Ford goes up top, looking for a moonsault, but Hayter rolls out of the way. Hayter plants Ford with a brainbuster. Hayter looks for a ripcord lariat, but Ford ducks and connects with a cutter. Ford puts Hayter on her shoulder, but Hayter breaks free and hits the Hayterade for the win.
Winner: Jamie Hayter
Ricochet vs. The Don Callis Family (Konosuke Takeshita & Kyle Fletcher)
Ricochet reveals Powerhouse Hobbs as his surprise tag partner for the evening. Hobbs and Ricochet charges into the ring and go right after Takeshita and Fletcher. Hobbs takes down both Takeshita and Fletcher. Hobbs launches Fletcher into the barricade, while Takeshita drops Ricochet with an elbow strike. Ricochet regains his footing as Hobbs places him on his shoulders. Ricochet comes down with a moonsault onto Takeshita and Fletcher.
Back in the ring, Hobbs delivers a delayed vertical suplex to Fletcher. Hobbs tags in Ricochet. Ricochet charges at Fletcher, but Fletcher sends him up and over. Fletcher drives Ricochet into the mat with a DDT. Takeshita and Fletcher double team Ricochet as the referee is preoccupied with Hobbs.
Back from break, Hobbs takes down Fletcher with lariats, then grounds Takeshita with a powerslam. Hobbs follows up with another powerslam, this time off the top rope. Fletcher isn’t happy, and gets thrown out of the ring. Hobbs drops his singlet straps. Takeshita connects with a big elbow strike. Hobbs and Takeshita exchange strikes. Takeshita lands a German Suplex on him. Hobbs tags in Ricochet as Takeshita tags in Fletcher.
Ricochet looks for a crossbody, but Fletcher catches him, laying him out with a powerbomb. Fletcher kicks Hobbs to the floor. Ricochet fends off the double team and goes up top. Ricochet descends with a 450 Splash, but Takeshita rolls out of the way and rocks him with a jumping knee. Takeshita hits a German Suplex, but Ricochet lands on his feet. Fletcher and Takeshita execute a Doomsday Device, but Ricochet kicks out. Takeshita looks for a knee strike, but Ricochet dodges and lands an enziguri. Hobbs wipes out Fletcher on the outside.
Takeshita hits a German Suplex on Hobbs. Ricochet looks for a hurricanrana, but Takeshita catches him. Ricochet reverses into a near fall. Ricochet again goes up top, finally hitting a Shooting Star Press. It only gets a two count though. Ricochet follows up with a Spirit Gun for the win.
Winners: Ricochet & Powerhouse Hobbs
Post-match, Fletcher hits Hobbs and Ricochet with a chair. Mark Davis rushes down to the ring to stop him. Fletcher repeatedly pushes him, but Davis pushes back. Lance Archer hits Davis from behind. Brian Cage follows suit by raining down with right hands. Adam Cole appears as well, fighting Takeshita to the back. Will Ospreay rushes down to save Davis from a further breakdown. Hobbs and Ricochet help him even the odds and cause The Don Callis Family to retreat.