AEW Dynamite Review – April 19, 2023
Kicking off this week’s Dynamite with Jack Perry is in the ring & before he can say anything we hear the music of Sammy Guevara & as soon as he grabs the mic and goes to talk he gets interrupted by Darby Allin. Allin says out of all the pillars he’s known Guevara the longest and likes him the most, but he’s the least qualified to fight for the AEW World Title. Allin says he & Sting consider themselves equals as it’s not called the Sting Appreciation Society and tells him that he thinks Chris Jericho is holding him back and if they have a problem with him they can talk it out Allin moves on to Perry and asks what he even calls himself nowadays and says Perry was handpicked as he was part of this California click. Darby says he was jealous of Perry at first, but once he saw what he was all about nothing intimidated him. Perry mentions all the kids here in Allin’s facepaint and makes him wonder if they knew what Darby was like in being anti social, unfriendly, and rude to everybody in the back. Perry says this isn’t even Allin’s 1st choice and he only came here because he didn’t make it as a skateboarder. Perry moves on to Guevara and says what you see is what you get with him and he respects that but says he’s still a scumbag piece of sh*t.
Guevara says Perry hates MJF so much, but he’s just like him and calls him & MJF the golden children of AEW. Guevara brings up at Double Or Nothing, Bret Hart shared the ring with MJF & Jungle Boy, and at the last pay per view, it was still MJF & Jungle Boy. Guevara then thanks Allin for giving him hope in this place by losing all his matches and then becoming the 1st pillar to win a championship here. Guevara saw Darby become TNT Champion and said he would do it, and he did but better and 3 times. Perry cuts in and says he will become the new AEW World Champion and will do it for every single person who’s supported him since day 1 this prompts MJF to come out. MJF says he doesn’t care what Pittsburgh thinks of him especially since they think Britt Baker is talented and says he’s blushing by the ladies fighting over him in the ring. MJF brings up talking with Tony Khan and they decided that there would be a 4 Pillars Tournament and the winner of that will get to face him for the AEW World Title at Double Or Nothing. In the 1st Round, someone is going to get a bye as he asks for a hat with all their names in it. He goes to pull a name out and it’s Darby Allin and says Round 1 will be Jack Perry vs. Sammy Guevara and it’s happening tonight.
Tag Team Match
Women’s Champion Jamie Hayter & Britt Baker vs. The Outcasts (Ruby Soho & Toni Storm)
Jamie Hayter & Britt Baker & The Outcasts brawl on the ramp then Hayter & Toni Storm get in the ring to start the match and Hayter stays in control taking them both out and then chasing Saraya outside of the ring as Storm distracts the referee Ruby Soho attacks Hayter on the apron who then gets knocked off by a hip attack from Storm. Baker joins in but gets stopped short of doing a Panama Sunrise on the floor. Soho gets in Baker’s family’s faces as they go to picture in picture.
After the picture in picture break Baker gets the hot tag and goes right after The Outcasts. Baker pulls out her black glove but Soho distracts her as Storm hits her with a German suplex. Baker reverses a Storm Zero attempt and hits an Air Raid Crash for a two count. Baker & Hayter double team Storm with elbow strikes and keep double teaming her until Soho runs in to break up a pin attempt.
Storm & Soho take over attacking Baker in the corner, and as the referee isn’t looking Saraya hits Baker with the Women’s Title followed by a Storm Zero by Baker stills kicks out at two. Soho & Baker head to the top rope where Baker tosses Soho off and hits the Panama Sunrise for a two count. Baker follows that with a stomp and takes out Storm off the apron but Soho kicks out at two then Baker locks in Lockjaw & Soho taps out.
Winners By Submission: Women’s Champion Jamie Hayter & Britt Baker
Backstage Renee Paquette is with Wardlow and asks if he hasn’t a different approach for tonight’s match. Wardlow talks about having a Horseman once telling him to keep the playing fields even and introduces another Horseman to help him tonight as Arn Anderson walks into the picture. Anderson brings up all the things QTV have done to him being kid stuff but now they took his TNT Title and ask Wardlow if he wants to start a group like the 4 Horsemen because that wakes people up. Anderson says starting tonight they are going to start playing chess.
Kenny Omega talks about Blackpool Combat Club making these last couple of weeks the worse of his life and he’s been having trouble sleeping at night with the image of seeing the screwdriver in the top turnbuckle and he wishes he would have taken that screwdriver and plunged it into Jon Moxley’s face. Omega extends an invitation to the Blackpool Combat Club and calls them out to squash the beef once and for all. Bryan Danielson pops up on the screen from backstage and starts talking about how they got mic time and are wasting time as this is happening Claudio Castagnoli, Wheeler Yuta & Jon Moxley show up from behind. They start brawling in and out of the ring, including diving into the crowd. Matt Jackson starts hitting northern lights suplexes on the outside to Yuta as Moxley starts choking out Omega. Back inside Yuta attacks Matt Jackson’s injured bicep with the ROH World Title as Castagnoli takes out Nick Jackson with a powerbomb. They all continue to brawl including a Death Rider from Moxley to Omega. Danielson makes his way out to the ring and calls The Elite a bunch of amateurs. Don Callis makes his way out with a chair but Danielson stops him and asks what he’s doing. Callis drops the chair and runs to the back. Danielson pulls out a screwdriver as the rest of the Blackpool Combat Club hold Omega down. Callis runs out with Konosuke Takeshita and sends him to the ring to help out The Elite. They clear out the ring of Blackpool Combat Club as Takeshita stands tall with Callis & The Elite.
TNT Title Match
Powerhouse Hobbs (c) vs. Wardlow
Wardlow goes after Powerhouse Hobbs driving him into the corner but Hobbs comes right back with 3 back 2 back belly 2 belly suplexes. They start brawling on the outside as Hobbs gets whipped into the barricade and clotheslined over into the crowd. Wardlow & Hobbs start brawling in the crowd for a bit as Hobbs reverses a powerbomb attempt before they head to picture in picture.
After the break Wardlow knocks Hobbs over the top rope and hits a Swanton Bomb. They start trading blows back & forth before Wardlow hits a pair of German suplexes. They go back & forth a bit until Wardlow headbutts Hobbs down. Harley Cameron gets on the apron, along with Arn Anderson as QT Marshall runs in and hits a cutter on Wardlow but Hobbs only gets a two count.
Marshall comes into the ring and starts getting into it with the referee but Arn Anderson comes out and does the Glock motion which scares Marshall towards the back but he gets stopped by ROH World Tag Team Champion Pentagon Jr. Back inside the ring Wardlow takes control and hits 2 powerbombs on Hobbs then hits 1 more for the win.
Winner & New TNT Champion: Wardlow (NEW CHAMPION!!!!!)
After the match Wardlow is being awarded the TNT Title he gets interrupted by Christian Cage & Luchasaurus as they have a staredown.
We go backstage where Renee Paquette is with Sammy Guevara but before he can say anything MJF interrupts. MJF says they have gotten on the wrong foot since the Inner Circle days but Guevara tells him to get to the point. MJF says they have an agreement for both of them and offers a guaranteed spot in the main event of Double Or Nothing against him and all Guevara has to do is lay down. Guevara cuts him off and says he is going to beat Jack Perry tonight then Allin next week, and then MJF at Double Or Nothing. MJF says he thinks Guevara is better than Perry & Allin but the chances of beating 3 pillars are slim to none so offers him a blank check with Guevara’s name on it and tells Guevara to put any number on it. MJF is taken aback by the price that Guevara puts down but agrees to it as Guevara & MJF hug.
Jay White vs. Komander
Jay White goes right on the attack before Komander takes over and starts bouncing on the ropes before taking out White with a hurricanrana sending him to the outside. Komander heads to the top rope but White gets him off. Komander misses a moonsault to the outside, as White picks him up and drops him face first onto the apron as they go to picture in picture.
We come back from the picture in picture break White & Komander are trading slaps and chops until Komander bounces off the ropes into a pin attempt for a two count but White comes right back with a clothesline. They head to the top rope where Komander starts stretching White’s arm until White pokes Komander’s eye.
White gets sent to the outside, as Komander runs the ropes and flips onto White on the outside. Shawn Spears put up a 10 sign for that move. Komander follows with a Shooting Star Press off the ropes but only gets a two. Komander follows with a springboard Phoenix Splash for another two count. White comes back with a cutthroat suplex followed by Blade Runner to score the win.
Winner: Jay White
After the match Juice Robinson goes and drags Spears into the ring as Bullet Club Gold start attacking him. Ricky Starks runs out and takes out Robinson with a spear as White escapes out.
Renee Paquette is trying to get a word with AEW World Tag Team Champions FTR in the back but informs them that Mark Briscoe was attacked, as we see footage of Briscoe talking to Mark Sterling before being attacked by Varsity Athletes & The Trustbuster’s Slim J & Ari Daivari. FTR runs to the medical room to see how he’s doing but Jay Lethal,Jeff Jarrett,Sonjay Dutt & Satnam Singh are there already. They start fighting over who will get revenge for Briscoe, so Briscoe suggests FTR teams up with Jarrett & Lethal. They are reluctant at first but decide to do it for Briscoe.
Adam Cole talks about how he was inspired by Jericho, including his catchphrase. Cole talks about reading Jericho’s book and says someday he wants to be like him and find this moment in the ring with him pretty damn cool. Cole says he respects Jericho as they shake hands. Jericho says he’s been watching Cole’s stuff lately and says he has absolutely zero respect for Cole and calls him an arrogant son of a bitch. Jericho says what Cole did with Keith Lee last week was unacceptable and he’s lucky he won’t slap his dumb face right here and right now. Cole comes back and says he and the crowd here think Jericho is a jag-off, which gets the crowd to chant it. Cole asks when was the last time Jericho looked in the mirror and asked who the real Jericho is. Cole thinks the real Jericho is an insecure, fickle, stupid idiot. Cole says Jericho wanted his attention, now has it, and asks now what. Jericho says Cole doesn’t want anything to do with him and if he’s smart, he’ll turn around and leave the ring. Jericho pushes Cole then he starts attacking Jericho in the corner before Daniel Garcia runs out to attack Cole. Britt Baker runs out and pushes Jericho off, before smacking him. The Outcasts show up from under the ring and attack Baker. They handcuff Cole to the rope and keep attacking Baker including Garcia handing Jericho a kendo stick.
Cole dares Jericho to hit him with it, but instead, he hands the stick to Saraya who attacks Baker with it, repeatedly. Baker yells for Austin then Jericho,Garica & The Outcasts leave.
We see a video from The Hardys,Isiah Kassidy & FTW Champion Hook who talk about them now being in charge and tell everybody to keep their phones on and charged for the date of The Firm Deletion. Jeff Hardy says he will speak on Rampage on Friday for the 1st time and says be there or be triangular.
Trios Match
Jericho Appreciation Society (Jake Hager, Angelo Parker & Matt Menard) vs. The Acclaimed (Anthony Bowens & Max Caster) & Billy Gunn
If JAS wins The Acclaimed & Gunn must join them unit Double Or Nothing.
Both teams start brawling before the bell rings before Max Caster & Angelo Parker are in the ring as Anthony Bowens hits Scissor Me Timbers. The Acclaimed & Billy Gunn follow this by scissoring before we go to picture in picture.
After the break Gunn is in control until Bowens & Matt Menard go at it. Parker takes out Bowens with his knife comb as the referee is distracted but Bowens kicks out at two.
Parker takes out Jake Hager by accident with the comb before Gunn takes it from his hand and breaks it. Bowens takes out Parker with a rolling elbow then The Arrival is followed by the Mic Drop for the win.
Winners: The Acclaimed & Billy Gunn (Since they won they don’t have to join JAS)
Semi Final Match Of The 4 Pillars Tournament
Sammy Guevara vs. Jack Perry
Jack Perry sends Sammy Guevara to the back but Guevara comes right back then they fight on the apron where Perry takes Guevara to the outside with a hurricanrana. Back inside the ring Guevara hits a top rope Spanish Fly as both guys get laid out. They fight on the apron until Perry hits a Spanish Fly to the outside before heading to picture in picture.
After the picture in picture break Perry is in control taking Guevara down with a clothesline. Perry comes off the top rope and hits a Canadian Destroyer to Guevara for a two count. Guevara heads to the top rope but misses a Shooting Star Press before coming right back with a cutter and a implant DDT for a two count. Guevara goes for the GTH but Perry reverses it into a poisonrana.
Guevara comes back with a poisonrana of his own before Perry hits a rolling elbow as they are both laid out. They go back and forth before Perry is able to put on the Snare Trap, but Guevara crawls over and reaches the bottom rope. They head to the top rope and Guevara dropkicks Perry off as he goes crashing into a table ringside. Perry is about to get counted out but goes to go in at 9.
Guevara distracts the referee as MJF shows up from out of the crowd and knocks Perry out with his Dynamite Diamond ring. Guevara tells the ref to keep counting and he does as Perry is laid out and gets counted out.
Winner By Count Out: Sammy Guevara (He will face Darby Allin in the Finals)
After the match Guevara & MJF embrace then they celebrated to end the show as Allin is watching on.
Saturday’s Rampage
AAA Mega Title Match
El Hijo Del Vikingo (c) vs. Dralistico
Jon Moxley vs. Christopher Daniels
Julia Hart vs. Kiera Hogan
8 Man Tag Team Match
AEW World Tag Team Champions FTR (Dax Harwood & Cash Wheeler), Jeff Jarrett & Jay Lethal vs. Varsity Athletes (Josh Woods & Tony Nese) & The Trustbusters (Ari Daivari & Slim J)
Next week’s Dynamite so far
Finals Of The 4 Pillars Tournament
Sammy Guevara vs. Darby Allin
TBS Title Match
Jade Cargill (c) vs. Taya Valkyrie
