AEW Dynamite Review – November 29, 2023
Gold League Match Of The 2023 Continental Classic
Jon Moxley (3) vs. Jay Lethal (0)
Jon Moxley & Jay Lethal starts the match taking each other down with headlock takeovers before Lethal puts on a Figure 4 as Moxley rolls them both to the outside.
They brawl a bit until Lethal runs back in to hit the suicide dive to Moxley on the outside but Moxley comes back with one of his own.
They start trading blows and bites before Moxley stops a Lethal Injection attempt with a Bulldog Choke attempt that gets stop itself.
Lethal starts working on Moxley’s legs before heading to the top and hits a flying elbow drop for two.
Lethal sends Moxley to the outside and into the crowd as they head to picture in picture break.
After the break they are on the top rope where Lethal knocks Moxley down with a dragon screw. They start trading chops and strikes before trading pin attempts.
Lethal eventually puts on the Figure 4 again but Moxley escapes and hits Paradigm Shift.
Moxley follows with the King Kong Lariat and a piledriver then goes for the cover but Lethal kicks out at two. Moxley puts on the choke right away as Lethal taps out.
Winner By Submission: Jon Moxley (6) (11:19)
Rate: 6
We get comments from Eddie Kingston after his loss to Brody King on Collision where he talks about knowing this wasn’t going to be easy and there aren’t any scrubs in this tournament. Kingston says he has Danielson next and he’s behind the 8 ball but he’s not going to go back and be humble in victory and defeat.
We go to Bryan Danielson on commentary who says Kingston is lacking confidence now and he’s coming in to win and be the 1st AEW Triple Crown Champion.
Tony Schiavone is backstage and announces that Revolution will take place on March 3rd, 2024 at the Greensboro Coliseum in Greensboro, North Carolina. Schiavone talks about Sting & Ric Flair wrestling there and how fitting for Sting to have his final match there as he brings in Sting & Flair. Sting talks about having his 1st ever World Title match there against Flair and wouldn’t think he’d be standing here years later with them. Sting continues to praise Flair and talks about how many memories they had in Greensboro. Flair talks about being honored to be there as they start wooing away with Sting saying this is the 80s all over again.
Gold League Match Of The 2023 Continental Classic
Rush (0) vs. Mark Briscoe (0)
Rush & Mark Briscoe starts the match by going after each other with chops and strikes and attacking each other in the corners with splashes and dropkicks.
They fight in the corner, where Mark Briscoe sends Rush to the outside and meets him with a dropkick through the ropes then on the outside they trade chops against the barricades before Rush starts sending Briscoe into the barricades.
Briscoe comes back by back body dropping Rush onto the barricade followed by the elbow drop off the apron. Back inside there are more chops and kicks before Briscoe sends them both down with a lariat as they head to picture in picture.
After the PIP break we get more chops and strikes before Rush takes Briscoe down with a headbutt but Briscoe comes back with an exploder suplex.
Rush hits a suplex himself sending Briscoe to the corner where he tries Bull’s Horns but gets stopped with a spear from Briscoe for a two count. Neckbreaker from Briscoe for another two count.
Bit of back & forth as they end up on the apron where the chop party continues until Rush sends Briscoe crashing to the outside with a toss.
They go back to the top rope as Briscoe knocks Rush down and hits Froggy Bow then goes for the cover but Rush kicks out at two.
Rush sends Briscoe into the corner again and hits Bull’s Horns to get the win.
Winner: Rush (3) (11:25)
Rate: 7
RJ City is in the back with Women’s Champion Toni Storm and asks her how she’s feeling after her Women’s Title win celebration. Storm says she’s very fatigued and tired as City tells her she has to defend her Women’s Title next week. Storm says she’ll turn out fine and tells City to take off her shoes as they are getting swollen.
AEW World Champion MJF heads to the ring still with his cane. MJF talks about Worlds End and the match against Samoa Joe for the AEW World Title. MJF says he doesn’t like Joe as a person but professionally he respects him. MJF says when Joe came here he didn’t come to line his pockets but for his love for the AEW letters. MJF says he remembers discovering TNA Wrestling and seeing a new cast of professional wrestlers he’d never heard of before and that’s when he discovered Samoa Joe. MJF says unfortunately later in his career Joe wasn’t given the opportunity to be World Champion in WWE but what Joe’s done in this sport is bigger than that by not having to be a male bodybuilder in this sport. MJF continues to talk about Joe breaking the mold and alternatives mattering and without a guy like Joe there might not be MJF or AEW and he thanks Joe.
MJF talks about himself not being too shabby as he’s been here since day one and helped build it brick by brick. MJF talks about beating names here including CM Punk but the one name he says he’s surprised to have survived was Joe and December 30th isn’t about Joe’s legacy but MJF’s. MJF makes a promise to everybody that on December 30th he doesn’t care if his left knee, hip or shoulder isn’t 100 percent he promises he’s going to show the world it’s not about the size of the dog in the fight but the size of the fight in the dog. And if Joe wants to take what’s his Joe’s going to have to put him down. MJF breaks the cane over his knee as the lights go out when they come back on we see 4 masked men about to take him out with a bat but Samoa Joe appears and chases them off. We see a message on the screen that says In the shadows our game begins. next week MJF & Samoa Joe will you face The Unknown in a Tag Team Match? are you a hero Max? MJF says he isn’t going to deal with this crap and he will unmask The Devil and next week he will give them the Tag Team match.
Wardlow vs. AR Fox
AR Fox attacks Wardlow before the bell rings and dives onto him a couple of times but Wardlow catches him and slams him onto the apron before bringing him inside and officially starting the match.
Wardlow starts tossing Fox around and Fox ends up on the outside again then Wardlow follows him out and tosses him back inside where he tries to press slam him.
Fox escapes & knocks Wardlow down and hits a 450 Splash from the top rope then goes for the cover Wardlow kicks out at 1.
Wardlow catches Fox and hits him with a chokeslam and a clothesline before hitting a couple of powerbombs and a Swanton Bomb.
Wardlow hits another big powerbomb as the referee calls off the match.
Winner By Referee Stoppage: Wardlow
Trios Match
Top Flight (Dante Martin & Darius Martin) & Action Andretti vs. The Hardys (Matt & Jeff) & Brother Zay
Action Andretti & Matt Hardy starts the match but Jeff Hardy comes in as The Hardys double team on Andretti. Darius Martin & Brother Zay tag in and start running the ropes and trading pinfalls before Dante Martin comes in as Top Flight now starts double teaming on Kassidy before they head to picture in picture.
After the break Matt & Action Andretti take each other down before they both tag out to Dante & Kassidy & Dante takes out Kassidy with a crossbody but Matt stops it before they all start going at it now trading moves.
The Hardys place Dante on their shoulders as Zay takes him out with a springboard dropkick to get a two count then they all start going at it again until Dante takes out Kassidy with a sit out suplex to get the win.
Winners: Top Flight & Action Andretti
After the break Renee Paquette is with Top Flight & Action Andretti as Paquette asks Dante Martin how he’s doing before he can answer Pentagon Jr interrupts fist bumps Dante and brings in Komander & El Hijo Del Vikingo to set up a Trios match.
TBS Title House Rules Match
Julia Hart (c) vs. Emi Sakura
Rule for this match was that you can not win by submission.
Julia Hart starts by attacking Emi Sakura in the corner but Sakura comes back with chops before Hart sends Sakura to the outside but Sakura reverses her and sends her into the steel steps where she hits her with a crossbody as we go to picture in picture.
After the break Hart & Sakura start trading submissions but Aubrey Edwards has to keep reminding them they can’t win that way then Sakura misses a top rope moonsault as Hart puts on Hartless.
Sakura starts tapping out until she finally lets go and hits a clothesline to the back of Sakura’s head followed by a top rope moonsault for the win.
Winner & Still TBS Champion Julia Hart (STILL CHAMPION!!!!)
Backstage RJ City is with Mariah May who says she had quite the run in Stardom and is dying to show AEW what she can do. She thanks City for hooking her up with Toni Storm and says this means the world to her as May enters Tony Khan’s office.
TNT Champion Christian Cage enters the ring with 5 security guards and calls out Adam Copeland. After a couple of times of asking Copeland doesn’t come out then Christian tells the truck to play Copeland’s music. Copeland eventually does come to the ring as security stands in front of Christian. Christian says he didn’t ask for security tonight and asks them to leave the ring. Christian tells Copeland they aren’t going to make it to Montreal next week to have their match because he’s sorry. Christian knows everybody is thinking he’s only sorry since he’s on an island by himself.
Christian talks about being so upset after Copeland took out Killswitch that he drove until it turned into a road trip of reflection and soul searching. Christian talks about them taking his mom’s car and having fun driving around and having the time of their lives. Christian says they ended up becoming the greatest tag team ever and world champions and brings up how everybody knows Copeland grew up without a father but says he’s not his father but his brother. Christian says his father became Copeland’s father and he became one of their own. Christian says they aren’t some random guys who were thrown together and he loves him as they are family. Christian says before Copeland’s mother passed away she asked for them to team up just one last time and says they should do this for her. Christian goes to hit Copeland with the belt, but he stops him with a low blow and tells him Nice try, dumbass and to shine up the TNT Title real nice as it’s coming home with him before he leaves he tells Christian to go f*ck yourself.
Gold League Match Of The 2023 Continental Classic
Jay White (3) vs. Swerve Strickland (3)
Jay White & Swerve Strickland quickly take the match to the outside and start fighting against the barricades before White sends Strickland back inside and starts going after his right arm then they head back outside where Strickland sends White into the crowd.
Strickland keeps on the attack with a Swerve Stomp of the apron to White’s back before sending him back inside as White takes control as we head to picture in picture break.
After the break as Strickland takes out White with a back drop before attacking with punches against the ropes then Strickland hits a vertical suplex on White then goes for a cover but it’s only good for a two count.
White stops any momentum from Strickland with a clothesline that sends both men down then White continues by hitting a uranage to get a two count and puts on an armbar on Strickland.
Strickland escapes and snaps White’s arm before Strickland stops a low blow attempt with a backbreaker and hits House Call then goes to the top rope and hits Swerve Stomp then goes for the cover but it’s good for a two count.
White comes back with Blade Runner but Strickland rolls to the outside then back inside they trade pin attempts before trading chops back & forth.
White hits a sleeper suplex and goes for Blade Runner but Strickland turns it into a rollup for the win.
Winner: Swerve Strickland (6) (15:27)
Rate: 7
Gold League Standings After Night 3
1st Place- Swerve Strickland & Jon Moxley (6 Points) (2-0)
2nd Place- Jay White & Rush (3 Points) (1-1)
Last Place- Mark Briscoe & Jay Lethal (0 Points) (0-2)
Friday’s Rampage
8 Man Tag Team Match
Best Friends (International Champion Orange Cassidy & Trent Beretta) & Hookhausen (FTW Champion Hook & Danhausen) vs. Dark Order (Alex Reynolds & Evil Uno), Matt Menard & Angelo Parker
Trios Match
The Don Callis Family (Konosuke Takeshita, Powerhouse Hobbs & Kyle Fletcher) vs. Kit Sackett, Renny D & Jah-C
Trios Match
The Outcasts (Ruby Soho & Saraya) & Anna Jay vs. Kris Statlander, Hikaru Shida & Skye Blue
Trios Match
The Workhorsemen (JD Drake & Anthony Henry) & Brian Cage vs. El Hijo Del Vikingo, Pentagon Jr & Komander
Saturday’s Collision
Blue League Match Of The 2023 Continental Classic
Bryan Danielson (0) vs. Eddie Kingston (0)
Blue League Match Of The 2023 Continental Classic
Andrade El Idolo (0) vs. Daniel Garica (0)
Blue League Match Of The 2023 Continental Classic
Claudio Castagnoli (3) vs. Brody King (3)
Next Week’s Dynamite
TNT Title Match
Christian Cage (c) vs. Adam Copeland
Women’s Title Match
Toni Storm (c) vs. TBD
Tag Team Match
AEW World Champion MJF & Samoa Joe vs. 2 Masked Men
