AEW Dynamite Review – February 21, 2024
Tag Team Match
Blackpool Combat Club (Claudio Castagnoli & Jon Moxley) vs. FTR (Dax Harwood & Cash Wheeler)
Jon Moxley & Cash Wheeler starts the match but Moxley quickly corners Wheeler and tags Claudio Castagnoli back in as they trade uppercuts.
Wheeler goes after Castagnoli’s knee and tags in Dax Harwood & he keeps Castagnoli in the corner with chops.
Harwood & Moxley go at it for a while including a leg drop from Harwood for a two before he tags out to Wheeler as FTR starts double teaming on Moxley.
Moxley escapes out of a suplex and puts on a sleeper hold but Wheeler ends up sending him to the outside.
Moxley & Wheeler start trading offense before all 4 start going at it in the ring including a flying double clothesline from Wheeler.
They all start fighting on the outside for a while until Harwood takes the bullet from a suicide dive from Moxley by pushing Wheeler out of the way.
FTR stays in control by keeping Moxley grounded in the ring until Moxley is finally able to stop Harwood and make the hot tag to Castagnoli.
FTR tries to double team Castagnoli but he is able to fight them off and take them both out with a double back body drop.
Blackpool Combat Club eventually take out Harwood with a Spike Piledriver on the outside as we go to picture in picture.
After the break Harwood dodges Castagnoli & goes shoulder first into the ring post before they both make the hot tags to Wheeler & Moxley.
Wheeler goes after Blackpool Combat Club before eventually hitting a brainbuster on Moxley for a two count.
Castagnoli stops a Shatter Machine attempt before Harwood escapes out of a Doomsday Device attempt and hits the superplex on Moxley followed by a splash attempt from Wheeler but Moxley gets his knees up.
Castagnoli hits Giant Swing on Harwood with a kick from Moxley for a two count.
They all are grounded on the mat as we hear a 2 minute warning.
Harwood puts the Sharpshooter on Moxley as Castagnoli puts on the Sharpshooter on Wheeler before Castagnoli & Harwood start slapping each other breaking the moves up.
FTR goes for Shatter Machine on Moxley but the time runs out.
Winners: No One (Time Limit Draw) (20:00)
After the match they all kept fighting until security, wrestlers and officials had to run out to try and keep them separated.
Renee Paquette is in the back with International Champion Orange Cassidy and Dr Michael Sampson & Paquette starts running down all the things that Cassidy has done in the last couple of weeks including his appearance at RevPro and asks if he is medically cleared to compete this week. Sampson says Cassidy is barely cleared to wrestle as Cassidy says if he’s cleared then he will wrestle.
Alex Marvez is in the back getting a word with FTR after what just happened and they suggest a match with Blackpool Combat Club at Revolution. Blackpool Combat Club enters the picture and gets into another scuffle with FTR.
Non Title Match
International Champion Orange Cassidy vs. Mike Bennett
Orange Cassidy rushes Mike Bennett during his entrance and takes out Matt Taven with the Orange Punch before tossing Bennett into the ring to start the match.
Bennett takes control and starts whipping Cassidy hard into the corners and hits a suplex for a one count. Cassidy takes control but Roderick Strong runs out and gets on the apron.
As referee Stephon Smith is busy getting Strong ejected, Bennett hits Cassidy with a wiener punch followed by a piledriver for two as we go to picture in picture.
After the break Bennett gets on the commentary headset after and says it’s people like Cassidy that are the problem in AEW but Cassidy hits a suicide dive to take out Bennett before running back inside and hitting another dive.
Bennett stops Cassidy with a spine buster against the apron and a Death Valley Driver on the floor then back inside Cassidy stops Bennett with an Orange Punch.
They see saw back & forth for a while until Bennett eventually hits Gotch Style Piledriver for a two count. After some more back & forth Cassidy hits Beach Break for the win.
Winner: International Champion Orange Cassidy
After the match Taven & Strong run in and start attacking Cassidy but out comes Oklahoma’s own Jake Hager to take out The Undisputed Kingdom to help Cassidy.
Renee Paquette is in the back with Angelo Parker & he says tonight he’s finally going on a date with Ruby Soho as Soho walks in the picture & Paquette says she will leave it to them two as Soho tells Paquette she’ll tell her all about it on Friday. A truck pulls up and Soho asks if it’s their ride but Parker says they have a Lyft. Out the truck comes Ric Flair who’s heading to the ring as we go to a break.
After the break Renee Paquette stops Flair and gets some thoughts about Sting’s final match coming up. Flair says he’s disappointed and thought he’d be a bigger part of this and was hoping he would be more involved and thought he should be right in the middle of all of this. Flair said he was going to explore some options and knocked on the door of the Young Bucks. Flair asks if they have time and Matthew Jackson said Let’s talk and lets him in.
Tony Schiavone is in the ring and brings out Daniel Garcia and brings up how Adam Copeland is on the shelf no after what The Patriarchy did to him. Schiavone says that at Revolution Garcia will get his TNT Title shot against Christian Cage. Garcia says the you deserve it chant means a lot to him and he was always told by others that he would be great, but he started to lose that confidence and feeling. Garcia said he took advantage of the three seconds and they changed his life and every time he was down, the fans brought him back up and danced with him. Garcia thanks them for helping him restore that feeling. Garcia says if the match with Copeland had been longer, he would have made Copeland tap out and they would see each other again but when they do, Garcia will have the TNT title. Garcia starts talking about Christian as he comes out along with The Patriarchy.
Cage says Copeland won’t have another chance at his TNT Title ever and tells Tulsa to sit down and shut their mouths as he conducts his business. Cage talks about what happened just because he was in a ring with Copeland, but now he gets a title shot out of it. Garcia says as much as he would like to step in the ring with Garcia, he doesn’t think it should have at Revolution, because he doesn’t think Garcia is ready. Cage says he likes Garcia’s dance moves just fine but they are just distractions and Garcia just wants to entertain the fans. Cage brings up Garcia’s dark childhood and his happy memories, before asking if Garcia knows Jackie Garcia at 2 Baker Court in Buffalo, New York who was married to David Garcia and says he knows that his father is dead. Cage brings up how Garcia’s dad was a piece of crap and a loser alcoholic who lost his life to the bottle and unlike ‘him’ he doesn’t want to hurt him but help him. Cage says at Revolution, he doesn’t want to be his opponent but he wants to be his father. Garcia says if Cage ever mentions his mother again and if he knows so much about his dead father, he can put Cage right on the ground next to him. Nick Wayne runs to the ring but gets taken down and put in the Dragon Slayer. Cage sends Killswitch to break it up but Matt Menard takes out Killswitch with chair shots.
Renee Paquette is in the back with Rob Van Dam, Hangman Page & FTW Champion Hook and asks Page how he’s feeling going into tonight’s match. Page says tonight is about opportunity and brings up how Hook & RVD can redeem themselves tonight. Page & RVD get into a couple of words before Page tells them both to get on the same page as RVD asks if Prince Nana is there tonight.
Non Title Match
Women’s Champion Toni Storm vs. Sydni Winnell
Toni Storm goes after Sydni Winnell right away but Winnell tries to fight back.
Storm takes her down with a press slam before splashing her in the corner and hitting a running bulldog.
Storm follows with a hip attack and Storm Zero but instead of going for the pin she puts on Break A Leg before letting go and putting on the Venus De Milo as Winnell quits.
Winner By Submission: Women’s Champion Toni Storm
Deonna Purrazzo vs. Madison Rayne
Deonna Purrazzo & Madison Rayne take it to the center right away by trading side headlocks before Rayne keeps Purrazzo in the corner with a boot choking her.
They go back & forth until Purrazzo sends Rayne out of the ring with a boot before hitting a sliding dropkick as we go to picture in picture.
After the break they are trading blows back & forth until Purrazzo spikes Rayne down with a flatliner but Doc Sampson checks in and says she is fine.
Purrazzo puts on Break A Leg as Rayne taps out.
Winner By Submission: Deonna Purrazzo
After the match Toni Storm runs out and tries to attack Purrazzo but she is able to dodge her as Mariah May distracts Purrazzo & Storm takes down Purrazzo and puts on Break A Leg.
We go to a video where AEW World Tag Team Champion Darby Allin talks about the material objects they chase that don’t mean a simple thing before asking AEW World Tag Team Champion Sting if it’s ok that they show the Young Bucks some old photos they found. We see a picture of Sting and his sons when they were young, and when this photo was taken they were the same age as the Young Bucks kids currently are. Allin says family is the only thing that matters in the end as Sting walks in and says family is all that matters and in all the years he’s been a wrestler nobody has messed with his flesh and blood until the Young Bucks did. Sting talks about having a rough couple weeks and how his father just passed away last week and his father was a hero to him and taught him right. Sting says it makes him think a lot about his own mortality and how he used to think he was invincible and sometimes he feels that way. Time catches up with everyone and it caught up to him for sure and truly he is not invincible but one thing that he does know is that everything that he has left in him he is bringing to Revolution and Young Bucks have a fight on their hands. The fight of their life.
Tony Schiavone is in the ring and brings out Wardlow & he kicks out Schiavone and says he’s pissed off and has been pissed off for a long time. He talks about how he used to have people cheer for him but the rocket has been taken off his back and he has been driven to the ground over and over again. Wardlow talks about the one true day 1 AEW original and how he should have been champion a long time ago and people in the back should be in jail for that not happening. Wardlow talks about kings and gods being here and what that makes him before alluding to taking out CM Punk and how his body is still falling apart because of him. Wardlow talks about squashing MJF more than anybody else has in his career. Wardlow brings up the current champ in Samoa Joe and talks about choking out Joe and beating him also, and says shiny suits look better on him. Joe brings up Punk, MJF and Joe’s catchphrases and calls himself the uncrowned king of AEW and it’s time he starts eating like one. Wardlow says there is nobody bigger than him or that can stop him and if anyone wants to try and stop him, this is no longer wrestling but war.
Backstage Renee Paquette is with The Don Callis Family and asks Don Callis if he’s thought about how this will help his family. Callis talks about how Ospreay didn’t go back with Tony Khan in his jet but with Callis instead. Callis brings up how Powerhouse Hobbs will also be in the Meat Madness before bringing up how he’s not done with Sammy Guevara yet.
Trios Match
AEW World Champion Samoa Joe & Mogul Embassy (Swerve Strickland & Brian Cage) vs. FTW Champion Hook, Hangman Page & Rob Van Dam
Hook & Samoa Joe starts the match as Joe pushes Hook away while laughing.
Hook is able to dodge Joe and use his speed to keep Joe in the corner but Joe comes right back with strikes.
Brian Cage & Rob Van Dam tag in as Cage catches RVD and drives him into their corner as Swerve Strickland tags in and takes out RVD.
Hangman Page makes the blind tag and gets right in Strickland’s face as they start brawling around the ring just to get separated by their partners as we go to picture in picture.
After the break Cage is holding Hook up in a big vertical suplex then gets a two count.
RVD comes in and takes everybody out including a Rolling Thunder on Strickland follow by 5 Star Frog Splash on Cage then a cover but Joe breaks it up.
Strickland takes Page off the apron with a boot as Joe takes out RVD with kicks in the corner for two as we go back to picture in picture.
After the break RVD fights off Joe with a kick in the corner as both men are laid out.
Page comes in and takes out Cage with a hurricanrana before fighting Strickland on the outside. Page tries a diving crossbody on Cage but he catches him into bicep curls.
Page gets out and hits a Death Valley Driver for a two count then everybody runs in by hitting moves including a pumphandle driver from Cage to RVD.
Page goes to the top rope but Cage stops him and joins him on the top rope as Hook joins in and takes out Cage with a suplex as he is holding Page.
Hook puts on Redrum on Cage but Joe is able to tag in as Hook puts Redrum on Strickland as Page hits Buckshot Lariat on Cage.
Strickland, Joe & Page all have a face off before Strickland & Joe start double teaming Page including Joe taking out Page with a tope on the outside.
Strickland takes out Joe with a kick on the apron by accident before getting powerbombed through the commentary table by Page.
Joe dodges a Buckshot Lariat in the ring and hits a powerslam for a two count.
Joe tries Muscle Buster on Page but he escapes out as RVD tags in.
Hook takes out Joe with a t bone suplex as RVD gets on the top rope just to get pushed off by Cage.
Joe puts the Rear Naked Choke on RVD before he eventually passes out to get the win.
Winners By Submission: AEW World Champion Samoa Joe & Mogul Embassy
Friday’s Rampage
Triple Threat Trios Match
Private Party (Isiah Kassidy & Marq Quen) & Matt Sydal vs. Top Flight (Dante Martin & Darius Martin) & Action Andretti vs. Pentagon Jr, Bryan Keith & Komander
Tag Team Match
Young Bucks (Matthew Jackson & Nicholas Jackson) vs. Cappuccino Jones & Jonny Lyons
Mariah May vs. Anna Jay
Roderick Strong vs. Jake Hager
Saturday’s Collision
Bryan Danielson vs. Jun Akiyama
Thunder Rosa vs. TBD
Serena Deeb vs. TBD
Trios Match
Bang Bang Scissor Gang (Trios Champion Billy Gunn, Jay White & Coleton Gunn) vs. TBD
Updated Revolution Card (March 3rd)
AEW World Tag Team Titles Tornado Match
Darby Allin & Sting (c) vs. Young Bucks (Matthew Jackson & Nicholas Jackson)
International Title Match
Orange Cassidy (c) vs. Roderick Strong
AEW World Title Triple Threat Match
Samoa Joe (c) vs. Swerve Strickland vs. Hangman Page
Women’s Title Match
Toni Storm (c) vs. Deonna Purrazzo
Continental Crown Title Match
Eddie Kingston (c) vs. Bryan Danielson
Will Ospreay vs. Konosuke Takeshita
TNT Title Match
Christian Cage (c) vs. Daniel Garica
Meat Madness Match
Wardlow vs. Powerhouse Hobbs vs. More TBD
