AEW Dynamite Review – June 21, 2023
Tag Team Match
The Gunns (Austin & Coleton) vs. The Hardys (Matt & Jeff)
Matt Hardy & Austin Gunn start the match as Matt takes control before tagging in Jeff Hardy. The Hardys start double teaming The Gunns including a double suplex on Austin and hitting a splash on Colten Gunn in the corner & as the referee is distracted Colten hits a cheap shot on Jeff as Austin takes control by stomping out Jeff in the corner.
Jeff is able to dodge Colten in the corner then fights off Austin and makes the hot tag to Matt who takes out The Gunns with clotheslines and a Side Effect. Matt hits the Twist Of Fate on Austin then goes for the cover but Colten puts Austin’s foot on the rope to break up the count.
Matt & Austin go at it but Colten helps prevent another Twist of Fate. Jeff knocks Austin into the pin attempt from Colten to break it up. Jeff goes after The Gunns before finally hitting a Twist Of Fate on Colten.
Jeff goes to the top rope but Juice Robinson distracts the referee as Jay White knocks Jeff off the top rope before The Gunns hit 3:10 to Yuma to get the win.
Winners: The Gunns
After the match Bullet Club Gold & The Gunns continue attacking The Hardys including Robinson hitting Jeff with a roll of quarters. Robinson goes to hit Matt next but Ricky Starks runs out and he gets ambushed 4 to 1. AEW World Tag Team Champions FTR run out next but they get outnumbered as well. CM Punk runs out to a big ovation to even up the odds. Punk goes to hit the GTS on Robinson but he is able to escape. Punk grabs the mic and says if they want to fight so bad they can fight next week on Collision. Punk says he’s not even supposed to be here as Excalibur clarifies the match will happen this Saturday on Collision.
Concession Stand Brawl
Jeff Jarrett vs. Mark Briscoe
Jeff Jarrett starts tossing hot dogs & popcorn at Mark Briscoe before Paul Turner can officially ring the bell but not before asking everybody if they are ready including the ladies working at the concession stand.
Briscoe tosses Jeff into a table that’s up against a pillar before they start using condiments, paper plates and hot dogs on each other. We see one of the concession workers spray ketchup in Briscoe’s face just to reveal herself to be Karen Jarrett.
Another worker tosses water into Briscoe’s face to clear up the ketchup. Briscoe puts Jarrett on a table and starts climbing a ladder but someone follows him up and tosses him off onto a table just to reveal himself to be Sonjay Dutt as we go to picture in picture.
After the break we see Papa Briscoe who was in disguise take out Jay Lethal as he approached the timekeeper’s table. Papa Briscoe & Jarrett go at it in the ring until Satnam Singh runs out and stops Mark Briscoe from hitting a Jay Driller on Jarrett.
Best Friends, Lucha Bros & Christopher Daniels all run out to take out Singh as Pentagon Jr assists Mark tossing Jarrett into him as Mark gets the roll up for the win.
Winner: Mark Briscoe
We go to Blackpool Combat Club which is along with Don Callis & Konosuke Takeshita and says that the Blackpool Combat Club define pro wrestling in 2023 & for Forbidden Door they have assembled an elite team with Jon Moxley, Wheeler Yuta, Claudio Castagnoli Takeshita & Shota Umino, and challenge The Elite to a 5 on 5 match at Forbidden Door. Bryan Danielson then talks about Kazuchika Okada by claiming he’s not even here and says he’s nothing but an amateur when he gets to the ring and calls out Okada if he doesn’t show up he will prove to everyone what he just said about him being an amateur and a coward.
Trios Match
La Suzuki Gods (Chris Jericho, Minoru Suzuki & Sammy Guevara) vs. Action Andretti, AR Fox & Darius Martin
Action Andretti & Sammy Guevara starts the match but Guevara quickly tags out to Minoru Suzuki & Darius Martin tags in and starts exchanging forearms with Suzuki. Chris Jericho tags in as he & Suzuki take down Martin with a double shoulder block as Suzuki & Jericho pose La Sex Gods pose.
AR Fox starts attacking Jericho in the corner with a lariat and dropkicks before going to the top rope but misses Jericho & as Jericho pulled Aubrey Edwards in Guevara takes out Fox with a kick as we head to picture in picture.
After the break Fox is in control but Jericho tags in and stops Fox from tagging out. Fox is able to escape and makes the hot tag to Andretti. Andretti is able to escape Jericho and takes out Guevara with a dive on the outside before going right away Jericho again with a shotgun dropkick.
Andretti misses a split legged moonsault as Suzuki puts him in a rear naked choke. Martin breaks it up which just makes Suzuki smile and takes down Martin with a hard forearm. Guevara comes off the top rope with a double cutter on Andretti & Martin but Fox takes him out with a missile dropkick.
Andretti & Jericho go at it next as Andretti hits a running shooting star press that Jericho barely kicks out at two then they all start hitting wild offense on each other until Suzuki catches Fox and hits Gotch Style Piledriver.
More offense from everybody until Martin hits a Flatliner on Jericho for a two count then Martin jumps off the top rope but Jericho catches him and puts on the Liontamer as Martin taps out.
Winners By Submission: La Suzuki Gods
After the match Renee Paquette joins the winners in the ring after and asks Jericho how it felt to be in the ring with Sting last week. Jericho says it was a monumental moment in pro wrestling history and everybody was so excited except for him. Jericho says he knows who Sting is and how selfish and egotistical he is. How Sting claims to be a hero but he just shows up wherever the highest bidder is and says he’s not a harlequin but a whore. Jericho says Les Suzuki Gods are challenging Sting & Darby Allin to find a partner and face them in a Trios match at Forbidden Door. Jericho says he doesn’t think Sting is going to accept as he’s a coward which prompts Sting & Allin to come out. Sting puts his arm around Jericho and asks why he is so uptight and cussing under his breath. Sting says a moment isn’t enough and he needs some time with Jericho and Sunday he plans to have some time with him and he accepts his lame challenge. Allin says Jericho has made a lot of enemies in a lot of places and they have the guy for Sunday. Allin says he will find out on Collision.
Backstage Tony Schiavone & RJ City start drawing random names for the Blind Eliminator Tag Team Tournament but say the brackets will be revealed next week on Dynamite.
We go to The Elite backstage and talk about the challenge from Blackpool Combat Club and say since Omega is busy on Sunday, they will get to friends, as they have friends all over. Omega says a lot of people hate the Blackpool Combat Club and it’s not just them and they found a friend in an unexpected place as Eddie Kingston walked into the picture. Kingston says he doesn’t like or respect them at all but he hates Claudio Castagnoli more but says they still need a 5th person and he will make the announcement.
Adam Cole goes to the ring and asks the crowd who’s ready for story time. Cole says he hates to admit this but he has to give the devil its due and says MJF gave him one of the toughest matches of his entire career, last week. Cole says AEW World Champion MJF did the coward thing by not going an extra 5 minutes and brings up how MJF has never beaten Cole then Cole then tells MJF to come out so they can talk about their rematch.
MJF enters the ring and says the crowd isn’t really bright but when he talks they can keep their poor mouths shut. MJF says congratulations to Cole that for the 1st time in a very long time, somebody came to play and the Panama Playboy came back better than ever and knows Cole won’t thank him for bringing him back. MJF says he’s worried about Cole and if the time didn’t run out he would have had Cole beat. MJF says as a close personal friend’ and because he cares about Cole’s health and well being he’s going to have to say no for his rematch. Cole says he knows he was going to say that and says how about he whoops his ass right here in Chicago. Tony Schiavone stands up as they both say Shut up, Schiavone and says the names he drew for the Blind Tournament as a tag team were Cole & MJF. We see Hiroshi Tanahashi on screen and calls MJF a coward for not accepting his challenge. Cole calls MJF a coward for not accepting and says Tanahashi is better than him. MJF gets mad at the coward chant and accepts the match with Tanahashi. Cole says Good luck, partner and leaves MJF.
Tag Team Match
International Champion Orange Cassidy & Katsuyori Shibata vs. Zack Sabre Jr & Daniel Garica
Zack Sabre Jr & Katsuyori Shibata starts the match & they do some chain wrestling before we go to a picture in picture break.
After the PIP break Shibata & Daniel Garcia are trading blows but Orange Cassidy tags in just for Garcia to dance in his face. Cassidy comes back with his own dance and rolls up Garcia for a two count. Garcia puts on a waist lock but Cassidy puts his hands in his pockets to slither out and escape.
Cassidy tries his kicks on ZSJ but ZSJ grabs him as they go back & forth for a while with takedown attempts. Garcia tags in, as he and Sabre start double teaming and twisting Cassidy up before ZSJ knocks Cassidy to the outside as they go back to a another picture in picture.
After the 2nd break Shibata is going after Garcia with kicks but he mocks his pose. Cassidy & Shibata start trading their lazy kicks on Garcia then Cassidy takes out ZSJ on the outside as Shibata hits a dropkick on Garcia and a suplex for a two count.
Garcia puts on Dragon Tamer but Shibata turns it into a heel hook before ZSJ breaks it up. Cassidy comes in and hits a DDT on ZSJ before Garcia & Shibata trade boots. Shibata hits a pump kick and puts on the sleeper hold but ZSJ breaks it up.
Cassidy tries an Orange Punch but Garcia ducks as Cassidy takes out Shibata instead as ZSJ holds back Cassidy as Garcia rolls up Shibata for the win.
Winners: Zack Sabre Jr & Daniel Garica
We see a graphic that all 4 of these men will battle for the International Title at Forbidden Door. They all tussle the International Title before Cassidy snatches it from Shibata and heads to the back.
We go backstage to Alex Marvez as he bumps into Will Ospreay and asks about him disparaging Canadians going into Forbidden Door. Ospreay talks about needing security for the people who are going to bumrush him at the airport. Don Callis walks in and says that Kenny Omega has been exciting his fanbase with violence and says he will need better security and will make his own security available for Ospreay. Ospreay asks what he wants out of this and Callis just says he wants a fair fight.
TBS Title Match
Kris Statlander (c) vs. Taya Valkyrie
Kris Statlander goes for takedowns and pin attempts but ends up sending Taya Valkyrie to the outside where Statlander hits her with a moonsault off the apron to the outside. As they head back inside Valkyrie knocks Statlander back outside as we head to picture in picture.
After the break Valkyrie hits a double underhook suplex as Statlander kicks out at two. Statlander comes back with a discus lariat for two of her own. Valkyrie takes control with a sliding suplex before going to the top rope but Statlander stops her and hits a superplex followed by Wednesday Night Fever to get the win.
Winner & Still TBS Champion: Kris Statlander (STILL CHAMPION!!!!!)
We go to Eddie Kingston in the ring who said he has to put a shirt on because he just had surgery and ate a lot of ice cream. He brings up that he can’t stand Claudio Castagnoli at all as Jon Moxley makes his way out to the ring and gets in Kingston’s face. Moxley says if they stand against you to destroy them and says he drew the line but Kingston says Moxley drew the line and Moxley decided to side with Claudio. Moxley says every time as Kingston tells him to finish his thought. Kingston then announces the 5th man Tomohiro Ishii & he makes his way out. Wheeler Yuta, Castagnoli & Bryan Danielson jump in and attack Kingston as Ishii runs in and gets attack as well. Danielson gets on the mic and says if Kazuchika Okada isn’t going to come out he will stomp Ishii’s face out which prompts Okada to come out. Okada & Danielson have a face off but Yuta attacks Okada from behind. Okada ducks as Danielson takes out Yuta with the Busaiku Knee. Okada tries the Rainmaker but Danielson is able to escape. Okada hits Yuta with Rainmaker instead.
Owen Hart Cup Tournament
Quarter Finals
CM Punk vs. Satoshi Kojima (Forbidden Door June 25th)
Roderick Strong vs. Samoa Joe (Collision June 29th)
Dustin Rhodes vs. Powerhouse Hobbs (Collision June 29th)
Juice Robinson vs. Ricky Starks (Collision June 29th)
Women’s Owen Hart Cup Tournament
Quarter Finals
Britt Baker vs. Ruby Soho (Dynamite June 28th)
Anna Jay vs. Skye Blue (Rampage June 23rd)
Nyla Rose vs. Willow Nightingale (Collision June 24th)
Athena vs. Billie Starkz (Forbidden Door Pre Show June 25th)
Friday’s Rampage
8 Man Tag Team Match
Chaos (Chuck Taylor, Trent Beretta, Rocky Romero & Yoh) vs. United Empire (Will Ospreay, Kyle Fletcher & Jeff Cobb) & Swerve Strickland
Trios Match
The Acclaimed (Anthony Bowens & Max Caster) & Billy Gunn vs. Axel Rico, Darius Latrell & Koda Hernandez
Quarter Final Match Of The 2023 Women’s Owen Hart Cup
Anna Jay vs. Skye Blue
Jack Perry vs. Douki
Saturday’s Collision
8 Man Tag Team Match
AEW World Tag Team Champions FTR (Dax Harwood & Cash Wheeler), CM Punk & Ricky Starks vs. Bullet Club Gold (Jay White, Juice Robinson, Austin Gunn & Coleton Gunn)
Quarter Final Match Of The 2023 Women’s Owen Hart Cup
Nyla Rose vs. Willow Nightingale
Swerve Strickland vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi
Trios Champion Brody King vs. Andrade El Idolo
Forbidden Door Card (June 25th) (Spoilers)
IWGP United States Title Match
Kenny Omega (c) vs. Will Ospreay
NEVER Openweight 6 Man Tag Team Champion Kazuchika Okada vs. Bryan Danielson
IWGP World Heavyweight Title Match
Sanada (c) vs. Jack Perry
AEW World Title Match
MJF (c) vs. NEVER Openweight 6 Man Tag Team Champion Hiroshi Tanahashi
Trios Match
La Suzuki Gods (Chris Jericho, Minoru Suzuki & Sammy Guevara) vs. Darby Allin, Sting & TBD
10 Man Tag Team Match
NEVER Openweight 6 Man Tag Team Champion Tomohiro Ishii, The Elite (Hangman Page, Matt Jackson & Nick Jackson) & Eddie Kingston vs. Blackpool Combat Club (Jon Moxley, Wheeler Yuta & Claudio Castagnoli), Shota Umino & Konosuke Takeshita
Quarter Final Match Of The 2023 Owen Hart Cup
CM Punk vs. Satoshi Kojima
International Title Fatal 4 Way Match
Orange Cassidy (c) vs. Television Champion Zack Sabre Jr vs. Katsuyori Shibata vs. Daniel Garica
Women’s Title Match
Toni Storm (c) vs. Strong Women’s Champion Willow Nightingale
Quarter Final Match Of The 2023Women’s Owen Hart Cup
Athena vs. Billie Starkz (Pre Show)
Adam Cole vs. Tom Lawlor
Next Wednesday’s Dynamite So Far
Quarter Final Match Of The 2023 Owen Hart Cup
Britt Baker vs. Ruby Soho
