This week’s episode of AEW Dynamite emanates from San Jose, California! We break it all down in this week’s Dynamite recap.
The Don Callis Family (Hechicero & Konosuke Takeshita) vs. Death Riders (Claudio Castagnoli & Jon Moxley)
Hechicero and Claudio trade pinfall attempts. Hechicero dodges a senton from Claudio, then cinches in an leg bar. Claudio reaches the bottom rope to break it. Claudio fires off stomps on Takeshita. Takeshita answers with a dropkick. Hechicero charges in with a high knee to Moxley in the corner. Claudio and Hechicero trade strikes. Hechicero slams Moxley to the mat. Claudio lands a seated senton on Hechicero to the outside.
Back from break, Claudio swings Hechicero around the ring, then covers him. Hechicero kicks out. Claudio connects with an uppercut in the corner. Hechicero runs in with a high knee, then lands a leg drop for a two count. Claudio thumbs Hechicero in the eye as the referee isn’t looking, then rolls him up for the win.
Winners: Death Riders
After the match, Mark Davis and Lance Archer rush down to the ring, attacking Claudio from behind. Moxley gets in the ring trying to even the odds. Archer runs over Marina Shafir. Davis grabs a chair. Takeshita refuses to hit Moxley with it. He convinces the DCF to stop their attack on Moxley, though he still stares him down.
TNT Title: Kyle Fletcher (c) vs. Mike Bailey
Bailey takes down Fletcher with a hurricanrana. He then cinches in an arm bar. Fletcher escapes by reaching the bottom rope with his foot. Bailey locks in another one on the outside floor. Fletcher slams Bailey to the mat. He follows with a backbreaker and a chop in the corner. Bailey delivers another hurricanrana and a standing shooting star press for a two count. Bailey blasts Fletcher with a spinning heel kick. He follows with a poisonrana off the apron.
Back from break, Fletcher drops Bailey with a brainbuster for a near fall. He turns Bailey inside out with a lariat. Bailey rolls up Fletcher for a near fall of his own. He follows with a spinning heel kick. Fletcher dodges Bailey’s Ultima Weapon. Bailey still rolls him up for another two count. Bailey lands a thrust kick. Kazuchika Okada distracts the referee, allowing Fletcher to gouge Bailey in the eyes, then hit him with the title belt. When the referee turns around, Fletcher drops Bailey with a brainbuster for the win.
Winner (And Still): Kyle Fletcher
Brody King vs. Local Talent
King runs over his opponent with a lariat. He follows with a Gonzo Bomb for the win.
Winner: Brody King
After the match, Swerve Strickland sneaks up behind King and chokes him with the chain. He drives King into the ring post. Strickland wraps the chain back around King’s neck. King reaches his feet and breaks the chain in half. King drops Strickland with a back suplex. He follows with a cannonball in the corner. King locks in a sleeper hold as Strickland dangles from the ropes. Prince Nana intervenes, giving Strickland a chance to break free.
Backstage, Mike Bailey issues a warning to The Don Callis Family.
Darby Allin & Orange Cassidy vs. The Dogs (David Finlay & Gabe Kidd)
Kidd knocks Allin off the apron. Finlay then fires off stomps on Cassidy. Allin drops Kidd onto the apron. The action trickles to the outside, where Finlay bounces Cassidy off the apron before launching him into the barricade. Kidd chops Allin. Cassidy delivers a pair of dropkicks to Finlay. Allin nails Kidd with a dropkick of his own. The action returns to the ring, with Cassidy landing a PK. Allin wipes out Finlay with a dive through the ropes. Finlay launches Cassidy across the ring.
Back from break, Allin lands a missile dropkick to Kidd on the outside. Clark Connors blasts Cassidy with a tire iron from behind. Allin rolls Kidd back into the ring. He goes up top and descends with a Coffin Drop, but Kidd sees it coming. Kidd cinches in a sleeper hold. Allin reverses into a pinfall attempt. Kidd kicks out. Finlay delivers a backbreaker to Allin. Kidd follows with a forearm shot and a piledriver for the win.
Winners: The Dogs
After the match, Connors spears Cassidy. Roderick Strong comes down as The Dogs hold Cassidy in place. Strong launches Cassidy into Finlay. He follows with a dropkick to Kidd, then fires off right hands on Connors. Allin returns to help Strong level The Dogs. Strong and Cassidy high five each other.
TBS Title: Willow Nightingale (c) vs. Persephone
Willow cinches in a side headlock. Persephone escapes, only to take a flying head scissors. Persephone lands her own flying head scissors in return. Persephone rolls up Willow for a two count. Persephone blasts Willow with a kick in the corner. Willow answers with an enziguiri and a series of forearms in the corner. Willow bridges into a Fisherman’s suplex. Persephone responds with a fallaway slam.
Back from break, Persephone sends Willow into the corner with dropkick. She goes up top, where Willow meets her. Persephone escapes to the mat and looks for a Crucifix Bomb. Willow drops down to avoid it, then backslides into a successful pinfall.
Winner (And Still): Willow Nightingale
Mark Briscoe & The Young Bucks (Matt Jackson & Nick Jackson) vs. FTR (Cash Wheeler & Dax Harwood) & Tommaso Ciampa (w/ Stokely)
The Young Bucks fly through the ropes to wipe out FTR. Briscoe does the same to level Ciampa. Three brawls ensue at ringside. Briscoe sets up a table at ringside and lays Ciampa on top of it. Harwood trips up Briscoe on the ropes, then superplexes him off of the top. Nick lands a 450 Splash on Harwood. Briscoe covers Harwood for a two count. FTR and Ciampa fire off strikes on Matt in the corner. Nick lands a pop-up dropkick on FTR. Matt and Nick deliver a sunset flip-German suplex combo on Ciampa. Briscoe and Nick charge in with a shining wizard and clothesline on FTR. Harwood eats a double superkick. Ciampa does as well.
Back from break, Matt launches Harwood into Wheeler on the outside. Harwood blasts Matt with the monitor. He and Wheeler then drop Matt with a piledriver on the announce desk. Back in the ring, Ciampa nails Briscoe with a running knee for a near fall. Briscoe looks for a Jay Driller, but Ciampa blocks it. Ciampa hits Briscoe with another knee for the win.
Winners: Tommaso Ciampa & FTR
After the match, Ciampa and FTR grab chairs. Ciampa cracks a chair over Briscoe’s back. He then digs a chair into Briscoe’s throat. Ciampa sends Briscoe crashing through a pair of chairs from off the top.
MJF & Adam Page Press Conference
Bryan Danielson introduces Adam Page and MJF. A reporter asks Page if he’s seeking pure revenge at AEW Revolution. Page says it isn’t just about revenge; it’s about the AEW World Championship. Page is going into Revolution with the intention of taking away what MJF holds dearest to him. Another reporter asks what Page and MJF want fans to leave with from their Texas Death Match. MJF wants them to understand that he is a real professional wrestler and a winner. Page says MJF will leave in an ambulance, which will leave fans with extreme images in their minds.
Another reports asks MJF what adjustments he’s making in this match against Page. MJF calls it a stupid question. MJF says his previous losses to Page were flukes. He adds that Page is all out of bullets and will never challenge for the AEW World Championship again. Another reports asks what lessons Page is taking from his previous Texas Death Match experience into his upcoming one. Page says he is the master of Texas Death, while MJF doesn’t stand a chance. He vows to teach MJF a lesson in Texas Death. Another reporter asks if this is the convergence of all Page’s past stories in California. Page says it is. Page points out that people have compared him and MJF for six years, but at Revolution, they get to finish them. Page says this year will be a replay of last year, just a lot more bloody. Another reporter asks if Page isn’t a world champion, then who is he in AEW. Page says that won’t happen because he will be world champion again. MJF claims it’s obvious that Page isn’t actually winning. MJF then brings in two beers for a cheers.
MJF tosses a beer at Page, prompting Page to strike MJF. A brawl breaks out and trickles into the crowd. Page wipes out security guards, then drops MJF with a Dead Eye. Page retrieves a bed of barbed wire from under the ring. Page looks for another Dead Eye, but MJF escapes.