This week’s episode of AEW Dynamite emanates from Glasgow, Scotland. We break it all down in this week’s AEW Dynamite recap!
We Hear From Will Ospreay
Ospreay says last week he got some news that will change his life. He confirms that he didn’t get cleared to wrestle in his hometown following his neck injury, so he took matters into his own hands. That’s why Ospreay called for an unsanctioned Lights Out Steel Cage match, so AEW won’t be liable. Ospreay says he’s aware of the risks and it comfortable taking them because AEW means so much to him. Ospreay says he is going to leave everything in the ring at Forbidden Door. Ospreay says he’s doing this because he wants revenge on the Death Riders. Ospreay vows to take a pound of flesh from Jon Moxley.
The Death Riders’ music hits. Jon Moxley and Marina Shafir meet Ospreay in the ring. Wheeler Yuta and Claudio Castagnoli surround the ring too. Ospreay says if Moxley wants to get rid of him, then do it himself. Kevin Knight and Mike Bailey run to the ring. The begin fighting the Death Riders, while Ospreay slides out of the ring. Hiroshi Tanahashi runs down to the ring to even the odds. The bell rings for their trios match.
Hiroshi Tanahashi & JetSpeed (Kevin Knight & Mike Bailey) vs. The Death Riders (Jon Moxley, Claudio Castagnoli, & Wheeler Yuta)
Tanahashi lands a crossbody on Claudio. He and Moxley then trade strikes. Claudio kicks Tanahashi in the leg, then connects with an uppercut. Yuta stomps on Tanahashi. Bailey unloads kicks on Yuta. He follows up with a standing Shooting Star Press. Claudio slams Bailey to the mat. Yuta then kicks him in the side of the head. Shafir kicks Knight on the outside. The referee then ejects her. Claudio then swings Bailey around the ring. Knight dropkicks him to the mat. Ospreay carries Shafir to the back.
Back from break, Knight and Claudio trade strikes. Claudio then knocks Bailey off the apron. Knight lands a dropkick on Claudio, then a thrust kick to Moxley. Tanahashi and Yuta tag in. Tanahashi takes down Yuta with an elbow strike. He then slams Yuta to the mat. Tanahashi goes up top and descends with a spinning senton. Bailey kicks Moxley and Claudio. He then levels Moxley with a moonsault off the apron. Knight leaps off the ropes with a flying clothesline on Claudio.
Tanahashi hits a sling blade on Yuta. Tanahashi, Bailey, and Knight take down Death Riders with three Twist and Shouts. Bailey dives onto Moxley, while Knight dives onto Claudio. Gabe Kidd and the Bullet Club War Dogs come down to the ring and level Bailey and Knight. Yuta and Tanahashi meet up top. Ospreay emerges onto the stage with a body bag. Bailey and Knight wipe out Kidd and the War Dogs. Tanahashi finishes off Yuta with a Frog Splash.
Winners: Hiroshi Tanahashi & JetSpeed
After the match, the men begin brawling, with The Death Riders and allies beating down Tanahashi, Bailey, and Knight. The Young Bucks sneak up behind Ospreay and superkick him. Kyle O’Reilly and Roderick Strong even the odds against the Young Bucks. Darby Allin bursts out of the body bag and attacks the Death Riders. Ospreay joins him. The Opps comes out to side with Ospreay and Allin. Brawling continues around the ring and into the crowd. Allin leaps off a platform and lands onto a sea of competitors below.
We Hear From Adam Copeland & Christian Cage
Cage begins to tell the crowd to sit down and shut their mouths. Copeland rips the mic from his hand and asks what’s doing. Copeland says Cage is an asshole, but his asshole. Cage says he took Copeland’s advice to find himself and did just that. Cage says he found that he is perfect just the way he is. Cage says he and Copeland are not on the same page by a long shot, but they are writing in the same book. Cage says this is a reunion out of necessity as they have agreed to help each other with their Patriarchy and FTR problems. Cage says he can’t commit to anything beyond that, but he will be the best tag team partner Copeland has ever had. Cage extends his hand. Copeland shakes it.
Kip Sabian and Mama Wayne come out to the stage. Sabian calls their reunion cute, but also says Cage is pathetic. Mama calls out the crowd for booing them. Nick Wayne announces via video that he has a broken foot due to Cage’s attack last week. Nick confirms that he won’t be at Forbidden Door because of it. Nick says he would have embarrassed Copeland and Cage. Wayne says that he is always one step ahead, though. Luchasaurus emerges and lays out Copeland and Cage with a chokeslams. Luchasaurus, Sabian, and Mama Wayne stand tall.
Backstage, Mark Briscoe says he’s going to kill MJF. Elsewhere, Ricochet and Gates of Agony agree to help MJF with his Mark Briscoe problem.
AEW Tag Team Title Eliminator Tournament Final: Brodido (Brody King & Bandido) vs. FTR (Cash Wheeler & Dax Harwood) (w/ Stokely)
Harwood and Bandido lock up, with the latter dropping the former with a shoulder tackle. Harwood responds with a headlock takedown. Harwood follows up with a shoulder tackle. Bandido sweeps Harwood off his feet. Harwood shoves Bandido. Wheeler tags in. He locks up with Bandido. Bandido trips up Wheeler, then dropkicks him. Bandido dropkicks Harwood to the outside. King tags in. King takes down Harwood with a series of chops. Harwood tries to return the favor to no avail. Harwood spikes King with a piledriver. King responds with a pair of clotheslines. He then crushes FTR with a senton. King slams Bandido onto Harwood. FTR launch King into a right hand from Stokely, who is at ringside in a sling. Harwood grabs a mic and tells the crowd to respect Stokely. King is busted open.
Back from break, Bandido sends Wheeler flying with a head scissors. He then drives Harwood into the mat for a near fall. Bandido sends FTR to the outside. He dives onto them, but gets caught and slammed against the apron. Harwood drops Bandido with a brainbuster. Wheeler leaps off the top with an elbow drop on Bandido. Bandido and Harwood trade chops. Bandido knocks Harwood off the top, then descends with a splash for a near fall.
Back from another break, Bandido takes down FTR with a double hurricanrana. He then spikes them with a double DDT. King tags in and crushes FTR in the corners. King then charges in with a cannonball. King plants Harwood and sends Wheeler to the outside. King takes out FTR with a cannonball to the outside. Bandido wipes out Harwood with a dive over the top rope. He then crushes Wheeler against the barricade. Bandido kicks away Stokely.
He climbs the turnbuckle and leaps off the top with a frog splash for a near fall on Harwood. Wheeler pushes King into the ring post, then spikes him on the floor with a DDT. King puts Wheeler in a chokehold. Meanwhile, Bandido and Harwood descend off the top, with Bandido covering for another near fall. King and Harwood go up top. Wheeler pushes Bandido to the floor. Harwood sends King crashing to the mat with a superplex. Wheeler follows up with a splash.
King reaches his feet. FTR hit the Shatter Machine. Bandido takes out Harwood with a hurricanrana. He rolls up Wheeler for a two count. Wheeler hoists Bandido onto his shoulders. Harwood jumps off the top and drives Bandido into the mat. Bandido kicks out of his pinfall attempt. King stops another Shatter Machine, then locks Harwood in a sleeper hold. King chops Harwood off the apron. Harwood returns and spikes King onto the apron. Bandido wipes out Harwood and Wheeler with a dive to the outside.
Bandido rolls Harwood into the ring. Harwood dodges a moonsault. Bandido spikes Wheeler with a DDT. FTR hit the Shatter Machine on Bandido. King breaks up the pinfall attempt. King elbows FTR on the outside, then sends them into the barricades. Harwood dodges a crossbody from King. Wheeler misses a dive and crashes through a table as the bell rings, signaling the 30-minute limit.
Time-Limit Draw
After the match, the ring announcer confirms that both teams will challenge The Hurt Syndicate at Forbidden Door. The Hurt Syndicate come out to the stage and stare at their upcoming challengers.
We Hear From Adam Page
Page recalls being jumped in the parking lot last week by MJF. Page says MJF doesn’t have the balls to face his problems head on. Page says once MJF signs his title match contract, there will be no underhand tactics and only one opportunity for the title. Page vows to shove his boots up MJF’s ass. MJF appears on the Titantron with a warning for Page to stay in the ring. MJF reveals a tied up Mark Briscoe, with Ricochet and GOA surrounding him. MJF says he will let Briscoe go and not light him on fire if Page obliges with his three requests. MJF requests that the world title can change hands on a DQ or countout. He also requests that he doesn’t have execute his contract for their world title match at Forbidden Door. MJF takes a lighter and prepares to light up Briscoe unless Page agrees. MJF counts to five, with Page agreeing at the count of four. MJF blows out the lighter and congratulates Page on still being a hero. Page runs to the back with a chair in hand.
Backstage, Page attacks Ricochet with the chair and asks where MJF is at. AEW security drags Page off of Ricochet. One says MJF is already gone. Page strikes down the security member.
Athena & Mercedes Mone vs. Alex Windsor & Toni Storm
Windsor and Mone lock up. Windsor executes a headlock takedown. Mone escapes, but meets a shoulder tackle from Windsor. Mone arm drags Windsor across the ring. Mone lands an elbow strike next before following up with another arm drag. Mone leaps off the top with a crossbody. Windsor tosses Mone with a fallaway slam. Storm tags in. Athena sweeps Storm off her feet, then connects with arm drag. Storm responds with a shoulder tackle and a basement dropkick.
Windsor tags in. Athena and Mone kick Windsor and Storm in the midsections. Storm and Windsor crush them in the corners in return. Storm and Windsor follow up with headbutts. Athena slams Storm into the mat. Athena dives onto Windsor through the ropes. Storm knocks Mone to the outside with a hip attack. Athena plants Storm on the floor with a powerbomb. Windsor levels both Athena and Mone with a senton.
Back from break, Storm dropkicks Athena, then connects with a Thesz Press. Storm whips Windsor into Mone. Windsor follows up with a short-arm lariat to Athena. Mone pushes Windsor off the top turnbuckle. Athena rolls up Storm for a two count. Athena and Mone land a lungblower-backstabber combo on Storm. Storm locks in a crossface. Windsor breaks it up.
Mone stomps away at Storm. Athena kicks Storm in the corner. She and Mone then choke Storm with their boots. Storm spikes Athena with a tornado DDT. Windsor tags in, as does Mone. Windsor hits a running shoulder and a Russian leg sweep. She follows up with a lariat. Mone kicks Windsor away. Windsor plants her with a Blue Thunder Bomb. Athena sends Storm to the floor, then drops her onto the steps with a piledriver. Mone and Windsor trade pinfalls.
Windsor drops Mone on her back. Windsor locks in a Sharpshooter. Mone taps, but she’s not the legal competitor. Athena surprises Windsor with an O-Face for the win.
Winners: Athena & Mercedes Mone