AEW Dynamite returns tonight from the Aragon Ballroom in Chicago, Illinois.
Singles Match: Máscara Dorada vs. Don Callis Family’s “The Protostar” Kyle Fletcher
The match starts off with Fletcher delivering some stomps on Dorada. He then delivers some right hands on him and pulls on his mask, but Dorada uses two of the top ropes to hits an arm drag on Fletcher. He then follows it up with a missile dropkick off the top rope before Fletcher looks to fly through the middle rope. Dorada then moves out of the way and hits a Tornillo over the top rope to nail Fletcher on the outside. Both men then return to the ring and Fletcher hits a swinging Sidewalk Slam on Dorada.
Dorada then hits a thrust kick on Fletcher and a Shooting Star Press on the outside off the ropes. He then follows it up with a series of kicks, then nails Fletcher with an enzuigiri and follows it up with a Code Red. Dorada then hits a hurricanrana on Fletcher off the ropes, then follows it up with a 450 Splash and goes for a pin. Dorada then kicks out. Dorada then hits a tijeras on Fletcher that sends him crashing into the corner face first and looks to fly off the ropes, but Fletcher catches Dorada and sends him crashing into the middle turnbuckle face first. He then follows it up with a Brainbuster for the win.
The winner of the Singles Match, Don Callis Family’s “The Protostar” Kyle Fletcher!
After the match, Fletcher kneels down and drools while talking about how Dustin Rhodes ruined the biggest moment of his life. Fletcher then says his life’s mission is to take everything from Rhodes. Schiavone then says new TNT Champion Dustin Rhodes will appear on Saturday’s Collision.
We then get video footage from earlier today of the Young Bucks arriving backstage and being greeted by Renee Paquette, who asks how they feel about no longer being EVPs. They then blow her off. The Bucks then cross paths with Marina Shafir. Matthew then asks how she was doing. Shafir then shakes her head and walks past them. The Bucks then arrive at their dressing room. A crew member was crossing out the “EVP” title on their locker room door sign. He writes “Matt” and “Nick” instead. Ricochet, Bishop Kaun and Toa Liona then show up. Ricochet says it sucks to be the Bucks and does his laugh before walking away. Don Callis then shows up and says he thought it was an abomination that the company was treating them like a couple of jobbers for losing one match. Callis then says he knew they had their issues in the past, but maybe they can do business now that Kenny Omega is dead. Matthew then tells him they will never join his family, but he thought they would work things out. Callis and the Bucks then hug.
All Star 8-Man Tag Team Match: ROH World Champion Bandido, JetSpeed (“The Jet” Kevin Knight and “Speedball” Mike Bailey) and Hounds of Hell’s Brody King vs. Don Callis Family (“The Walking Weapon” Josh Alexander and Hechicero) and The Young Bucks (Matthew Jackson and Nicholas Jackson)
The match starts off with King and Alexander and both men trade offense before Alexander finds himself unable to take King off his feet. Both men then mouth off at each other before Alexander sends King back with strikes, only for King to drop him to a knee with a massive chop. Alexander then looks for a tag, but the Bucks step off the apron, forcing Hechicero to tag in. Bandido then gets the tag as well and both men trade some offense. Bandido then charges at Hechicero in the corner before taking him to the mat with a hurricanrana. A tag is then made to Knight, who calls in Bailey for the assist in taking down Hechicero before Matt and Nick try to intervene. This then results in JetSpeed going after the Bucks to drop them on the floor outside.
Things then break down once again as the Bucks and Alexander take out King, only for Bailey to lay Alexander out. The Bucks knock him down, but are taken out by Knight before Bandido hits the X-Knee on Nicholas followed by a 21 Plex. This is then countered into a triple team. They then gang up on Bandido and Hechicero locks in a sleeper hold. Bandido then passes out and the referee calls for the bell.
The winners of the All Star 8-Man Tag Team Match, Don Callis Family (“The Walking Weapon” Josh Alexander and Hechicero) and The Young Bucks (Matthew Jackson and Nicholas Jackson)
Adam Copeland’s music then hits and he makes his way down to the ring as the fans sing his theme song. We then take a look back at the attack on Christian Cage at All In: Texas, leading to the return of Cope and a message for Christian to go find himself. Cope then enters the ring as the fans continue singing his song.
Copeland starts off by thanking the fans in response to a “thank you Cope” chant, saying those reactions are the reason he gets up and gets in this ring. Copeland then says he wants to address a few questions, the first being did he come down to save Christian Cage. Copeland then says no because Cage is an a-hole and he has tried to make him miserable. Copeland then reminds the fans that Cage wanted to cripple him. Copeland also reminds the fans that Cage cashed in his World Title contract and got choked out.
Copeland then says everything has crumbled around Cage and it’s all out of jealousy. Copeland then says Cage couldn’t handle seeing him be first to achieve success including the World Championship. Copeland then tells Cage that verbatim is going to happen to him, but now he’s just hoping Cage is watching and pulling his cranium out of his ass. Copeland then says he came back at All In: Texas to go after FTR. Copeland then says five years ago he was cleared to return to the ring again and the first two men he called about it were FTR, who helped him get back in shape. Copeland then says they talked even back then about going after trios titles as Rated FTR and two weeks after they finally started getting going they started complaining. Copeland then says FTR talked about being held back from their tag title aspirations and that makes no sense to him. Copeland then says they put him on the shelf for four months, time that he doesn’t have as every time he gets in the ring may be his last. Copeland then says he came back after that time for one thing and that is to end FTR.
FTR’s music then hits and Stokely Hathaway appears with four security guards to protect himself. Hathaway says Harwood and Wheeler predicted exactly what Copeland would do tonight and Tony Khan and Warner Media have received three anonymous e-mails about Copeland’s behavior. He then says if Copeland comes anywhere near FTR, interferes in their matches or tries to share their hands, then he will be fired. Copeland then responds by telling Hathaway that he never said anything about getting near him. Hathaway then tells one of the security guards to go after Copeland, but Copeland quickly nails him and takes out the other security guard. The two other security guards outside the ring then run to the back and Cope hits a spear on Hathaway. Copeland’s music then hits as he mouths off with Hathaway before posing for the crowd in the corner.
$100K 4-Way Fight: Willow Nightingale vs. Kris Statlander vs. “The Toxic Spider” Thekla vs. Queen Aminata
The match starts of with Nightingale and Aminata taking the fight to the outside as Thekla sends Statlander to the corner, but Statlander fights back with a delayed vertical suplex and sends Thekla to the mat. Thekla is back on her feet with a flurry of offense until Aminata stops her at the ropes, pulling her out of the ring to get some offense in on Statlander. This is then stopped by Nightingale, who breaks up a pin attempt before sending Statlander out of the ring.
Nightingale then sends Aminata to the corner with a lariat, but Aminata brings her to the middle of the ring for some chocolate kisses before Thekla breaks it up. She then sends Aminata to the ropes before Nightingale picks her up for a torture rack and then drops Thekla to the mat. Nightingale then goes after Aminata, but is sent to the floor only for Aminata to face a similar fate before Thekla gets a cross body on both of them.
Statlander then returns to the ring to go after Nightingale and Thekla. She then sends Thekla to the corner, but Aminata gets involved to hit a chop on Thekla. Thekla then hits a spider suplex on Aminata. Nightingale then nails Thekla with a chop before setting up Aminata up for a Death Valley Driver, but Thekla gets on Statlander’s shoulders and sends her into Nightingale. Chaos. then ensues until Aminata hits a headbutt on Thekla and a right hand on Statlander. Nightingale then hits some offense before Statlander drops all three women to the mat, only to fall to the mat herself and that leaves all four women on the canvas. They then eventually make it back on their feet, trading offense until Aminata hits an Air Raid Crash. Thekla then drops her, but is met with a Doctor Bomb by Nightingale for the pin. Statlander then pulls the referee out of the ring to break the count. This then leads to Nightingale going after Statlander and both women battle it out up the ramp as Thekla drops Aminata to the mat for a two count.
Skye Blue then makes her way down the ramp and hops on the apron to distract the referee while Julia Hart appears from behind Aminata to spray her with the mist. Thekla then hits her finisher for the win.
The winner of the $100K 4-Way Fight, “The Toxic Spider” Thekla.
AEW Women’s World Champion “Timeless” Toni Storm’s music then hits and she makes her way down to the ring. Storm starts off by introducing herself as a number of things before reminding the fans that she is still champion. She then thanks Mercedes Moné for going all in with her, saying they did everything they set out to do but in case she forgot, she did say that if Moné made one small mistake she would eat her alive. Storm then tells Moné that she was delicious. Storm then tells Moné if she wants to come back for seconds and she is sure that Moné will, then from her lips to Moné’s, this buffet is always open. Storm then says Luther got injured and talks about what happened and how he needs reattachment surgery. Storm then says there are so many people with the knives and she ought to be careful now because this is the big one and tn this company, in this business and on this planet.
Storm is then interrupted by Athena, who introduces herself as, among other things, the Forever Champion. Athena then says no one will remember Storm because soon she will be the Forever AEW Champion. She then talks about taking out Mina, meaning there’s no one to save Storm when she cashes in her contract to get her shot. She then teases possibilities on when that match will happen and we head back to ringside where Storm promises to be ready because she is Timeless.
We then head to the back, where The Patriarchy addresses taking out Christian Cage at All In: Texas. Sabian then talks about no longer being underneath a Patriarch but alongside a Matriarch as Mother Wayne jokes about Cage being unable to get up by himself on Saturday. Nick Wayne then runs down Cage for going his own way instead of following the plans they set out for themselves. He then reminds Christian that he is the youngest champion in AEW history and the question is how many world titles is he going to win. Wayne then asks how much better can he possibly be. Wayne then says Cage created this monster and he and AEW will have to deal with it as he becomes the new face of TNT, the new face of AEW, now and forever.
Non-Title Match: Don Callis Family’s AEW Unified Champion “The Rainmaker” Kazuchika Okada vs. Rafael Quintero
The match starts off with Okada getting the jump early and sending his opponent to the corner for some hard stomps. He then steps away just long enough to send his opponent to the mat with a dropkick and follows it up with a Rainmaker for the win.
The winner of the Non-Title Match, Don Callis Family’s AEW Unified Champion “The Rainmaker” Kazuchika Okada
After the match, Callis gives the mic to Okada, who calls out Swerve Strickland for screwing the Young Bucks at All In: Texas. Swerve Strickland’s music then hits and he makes his way down to the ring with Prince Nana to confront Okada. Strickland tells Okada that he did do that and asks Okada what he is going to do about it before leaving the ring.
Trios Match: The Death Riders (Jon Moxley, Claudio Castagnoli and Wheeler Yuta) vs. AEW World Champion “Hangman” Adam Page, The Opps’ AEW World Trios Champion Powerhouse Hobbs and The Conglomeration’s Mark Briscoe
The match starts off with Powerhouse Hobbs and Claudio Castagnoli and Hobbs quickly takes control sending Castagnoli to the mat before tagging in Hangman Page. Page then rushes at Castagnoli for some right hands, only for Castagnoli to get to his feet to tag in Wheeler Yuta. Page then sends Yuta to the corner and tags in Briscoe. Briscoe then gets some hard strikes in on Yuta before sending him to the ropes for a double team with Hobbs following a tag. Hobbs then lays it into Yuta until Yuta gets a tag to Moxley, who backs off from Hobbs.
Death Riders then go for a Doomsday Device after a tag but Page fights back and sends them away before Briscoe hits a cannon ball sending Castagnoli to the outside. Moonsault by Page who sends Castagnoli back in for a Buckshot Lariat, but Moxley blocks it by biting Page. He then gets shoved into a spinebuster by Hobbs and Yuta is sent back out by Briscoe as Page goes after Castagnoli once more. Castagnoli then looks for a Neutralizer, but Page counters with a jackknife cover for the win.
The winners of the Trios Match, AEW World Champion “Hangman” Adam Page, The Opps’ AEW World Trios Champion Powerhouse Hobbs and The Conglomeration’s Mark Briscoe.
