AEW Dynamite Review – March 08, 2023
All Atlantic Title Match
Orange Cassidy (c) vs. Jay Lethal
Orange Cassidy starts the match in control before Jay Lethal goes to the outside to regroup. As they run back in Cassidy dodges the Lethal Injection trying to the Beach Break as well, before stopping another Lethal Injection with a kick to the gut. They go and fight on the outside for a bit with Lethal going into the steel steps but he follows with a dragon screw to Cassidy in the ropes as they were reentering the ring.
Lethal sends Cassidy back outside, while he does a strut, before going right after Cassidy on the outside, sending him back first into the apron. Lethal starts showing injury to his elbow as Cassidy shows an injury to his knee. Lethal takes advantage of that by sending him knee first into the ring post as we go to picture in picture.
After the break Lethal & Cassidy are trading punches in the ring and go back & forth before Cassidy hits a brainbuster. They fight on the top rope for a while, before Cassidy hits a diving DDT, followed by another DDT for a two count. Lethal puts on the Figure 4 but Cassidy is able to to roll himself to the bottom rope, breaking it up. They start fighting on the apron, where Cassidy dodges an enziguri but Lethal goes right after Cassidy’s leg again hitting Lethal Combination.
Lethal goes to the top rope but Cassidy puts his knees up at the elbow drop. Lethal counters the Orange Punch with a cutter for a two count. Lethal goes for the Lethal Injection but his shoulder gives up and he stumbles. Cassidy follows that quickly with the Orange Punch for the win.
Winner & Still All Atlantic Champion: Orange Cassidy (STILL CHAMPION!!!!)
After the match Jay Lethal goes and grabs the Golden Globe trophy but Bryce Remsburg stops him from going in the ring as Cassidy is distracted, Jeff Jarrett runs back in from behind and hits The Stroke on Cassidy. Jarrett then hits Cassidy’s injured knee with his guitar as Best Friends run out to chase Jarrett away.
We see footage from Wardlow’s Twitter of his car being broken into with his gear and TNT Title being stolen.
Renee Paquette is with Powerhouse Hobbs who says it’s unfortunate Wardlow’s car got broken into and it wouldn’t have happened to him. The one thing he still has is being the TNT Champion and Hobbs will take it away from him tonight.
Ricky Starks comes to the ring and says for the past 10 days he’s been here in California and with beating Chris Jericho, he’s had a hell of a week. Week after week he has taken down the Jericho Appreciation Society & Jericho, and people have asked what’s next for him. Starks says the answer is he’s not sure but the question that weighs on his mind is where he’s going to go next. Before he can say anything else, the Bullet Club’s music hits. Juice Robinson runs in from behind Starks and takes him out with The Juice Is Loose.
After the break, Tony Schiavone is with TNT Champion Wardlow who’s wearing an FTR shirt since his buddies let him borrow some clothes. Since he’s dressed for it, he suggests tonight’s match be changed to a Falls Count Anywhere and he will still be TNT Champion tonight, regardless of having the physical title or not.
Renee Paquette is in the ring and introduces Ruby Soho. Paquette asked Soho why did she align herself with Saraya & Toni Storm at Revolution. Soho says it’s obvious and shouldn’t come as a surprise as the fans created this monster. Soho says her very first Women’s Title match at Grand Slam against Britt Baker, when Baker won, the people were thrilled. Ruby brings up going against Kris Statlander in the Semi Finals of the Women’s Owen Hart Tournament, and after she beat Statlander they booed her out of the building. Soho then talks about Jamie Hayter pinning her at Revolution, making her realize that nobody was ever going to come to her defense or be mad when she lost or appreciate her. Soho mentioned she wasn’t the only one bringing up them calling Toni Storm an Interim Women’s Champion and after begging Saraya to come out of retirement, everybody came after her. Soho talks about them being outcast since they came to AEW, as they came here to help rebuild the women’s division. She said you can’t build on broken foundation, you can only demolish and start something new and calls everybody in the back rookies who think they deserve the world as Tony Khan and everyone gives it to them before asking for her opponent Skye Blue to come out.
Ruby Soho vs. Skye Blue
Ruby Soho goes right after Skye Blue in this match. Soho takes Blue down with a step up enziguri before kicking away at Blue. Blue struggles to get up but is able to land a slap on Soho. Soho blocks Blue, taking her down for a two count as we go to picture in picture.
When we come back from PIP Soho is in control and hits a pair of Saito Suplexes to Blue. Blue mounts a comeback hitting an enziguri and a boot in the corner before hitting a top rope crossbody for a two count. Blue tries the Code Blue but Soho blocks it before blocking the Skyfall with a hair pull and hitting Destination Unknown for the win.
Winner: Ruby Soho
After the match Toni Storm & Saraya joins Soho in the ring and start spray painting Skye Blue before Willow Nightingale runs in the ring & she tries to talk some sense into Soho, but Saraya & Storm attacks Nightingale from behind. Soho takes out Nightingale with the No Future, before they start spray painting her as well.
Backstage Renee Paquette is with Hangman Page who’s sporting a black eye and ask how he’s doing. Page says physically he’s been better but his heart, soul and mind is doing well. He says if you want to try him, he’ll take them to hell by ripping off your flesh, choking you and that he’ll ride them out. Paquette asks if his rivalry with Moxley is done as Page apologizes for what she had to say and if she had to blame someone to not look at him and after Texas Death, he’s finished.
We see footage from a bloody AEW World Champion MJF after Revolution saying he made the Dragon tag out and maybe he’s the devil with horns coming out his forehead and has the grand prize of them all with the AEW World Title and now it’s time to celebrate but brings up next week, March 15th being his birthday and it’s not going to be a regular birthday, he’s going to have his re Bar Mitzvah. MJF ends it by saying his reign of terror has just begun.
Tony Schiavone is in the ring and welcomes FTR who get a big reaction from the crowd here in Sacramento. Cash Wheeler talks about how he missed this but how the last couple of months have been bad to him, before bringing up all the titles and matches they have lost before bringing up losing one of their best friends in wrestling as the crowd chants for Jay Briscoe. Wheeler says he know they had to recharge but he can’t sit at home as The Gunns call themselves the best tag team in wrestling. Wheeler admits they are good but also they are spoiled, entitled, disrespectful little assholes and how their father gave them everything they could ever ask for which is something his own father couldn’t do for him. Wheeler did teach him how to be respectful and fight, and will teach The Gunns that as well.
Dax Harwood talks about how he cares about all the fans here and when he thought he couldn’t be loved, the fans and professional wrestling never left him and he loves them too. Harwood brings up how December closed the book on the greatest trilogy they ever had in their career and that feeling was taken away from The Gunns and now it’s time for retribution and to get even. It would be easy to beat them, but now they have to beat them and become the AEW World Tag Team Champions and they have to do it for them, The Briscoes and all of the fans.
Renee Paquette is backstage with The Baddies as she brings up her 53-0 record and asks if TBS Champion Jade Cargill is feeling challenge. Leila Grey says there is no challenges and Cargill says she ran through everybody here and since they are in Canada next week she challenges any of the ‘wack ass Canadians’ to step up and get stepped on.
Trios Match
Jericho Appreciation Society (Chris Jericho,Sammy Guevara & Daniel Garcia) vs. Top Flight (Dante Martin & Darius Martin) & AR Fox
Chris Jericho & AR Fox start the match with a bit of a staredown before Fox sends Jericho in the corner with an enziguri followed by a running clothesline. Jericho heads to the outside, where Fox takes him out with a suicide dive, before throwing him back inside. Darius Martin & Daniel Garcia come in next, before Dante Martin makes a blind tag as Top Flight double teams Garcia with Dante taking him out with a moonsault to the outside. Angelo Parker tries to interfere which distracts Dante to run into a fist by Garcia as they go to commercial.
After the break Fox is in control taking out both Jericho & Sammy Guevara, before going to the top rope and hitting a double cutter on Guevara & Garcia, getting a two count on Garcia. Darius hits a Spanish Fly on Jericho for a two count, before hitting a back flipping kick for another two that Garcia & Guevara break up. They all go at it, inside and outside of the ring including Fox hitting an imploding senton.
Back inside the ring Jericho stops Darius, and tries a Walls Of Jericho but Darius rolls him up for a two count as Aubrey Edwards was distracted, Jake Hager hits Darius with the bat before Darius walks right into the Judas Effect, as Jericho gets the win.
Winners: Jericho Appreciation Society
After the match Angelo Parker gets on the mic and calls it the best trios win in history and calls for Sacramento to light the beam then Matt Menard says that tonight is the 1 year anniversary of the Jericho Appreciation Society before Daniel Garcia says they should be the #1 contenders to the Trios Titles. Sammy Guevara calls themselves the sexiest group alive, before Jake Hager screams that he likes his sexy hat. Chris Jericho calls out the House Of Black and tells them to turn off the lights and come to the ring.
The lights go out, but when they come back on it’s The Elite. Kenny Omega says that, for the last couple of years they haven’t gotten into each other’s business. He starts talking about the Trios Titles but Don Callis comes out and takes the mic and says The Elite established those Trios Titles and after the match they had at Revolution, it’s obvious that The Elite are the #1 Contenders, and not the Jericho Appreciation Society. Callis brings up bring friends with Jericho for 33 years and agrees he’s one of the best wrestlers of all time, but he’s only the 2nd best wrestler from Winnipeg. Callis said if he had a couple months to train, Jericho would be number 3. Jericho tells them to come to the ring, but the lights go out again. When they come on, we hear from the new Trios Champions House Of Black for a brief second who said if they want the Trios Titles to come and get them, as the House Of Black appears on the stage.
We go to Tony Khan who has a special announcement. Khan says he is going to honor Orange Cassidy’s open challenge next week against Jeff Jarrett but it will be the final time it’ll be the All Atlantic Title as in partnership with Shazam: Fury Of The Gods it’ll be renamed the International Title.
We see footage of Bryan Danielson after Revolution, where he is near tears and says he realized that MJF was right. His whole career he thought it was best to fight, but when he woke up from being unconscious, his first thought was to fight. He then realized he couldn’t feel his arms or his left leg, and when MJF said he wouldn’t be able to play with his kids, he dawned on him that he was right that he was putting himself before his family. And that made him more ashamed then tapping out and it’s time for him to go home.
Tag Team Match
Dark Order (John Silver & Alex Reynolds) vs. Blackpool Combat Club (Jon Moxley & Claudio Castagnoli)
Claudio Castagnoli goes after John Silver as Jon Moxley takes out Alex Reynolds on the outside before coming in and going after Silver. Castagnoli & Silver go back & forth before Silver hits a suplex but Castagnoli tags right out to Moxley. Blackpool Combat Club tag in &out and go after Silver including a leg drop from Castagnoli for a two count. Castagnoli keeps Silver in the corner with body shots and uppercuts but Silver comes right back by dropping Castagnoli on the turnbuckle and makes the tag out to Reynolds. Reynolds goes right after Castagnoli with an uppercut before taking Moxley out with a suicide dive. Castagnoli is able to take Reynolds off the top rope where Moxley attacks him on the outside before they go to picture in picture.
After the break Castagnoli is holding Reynolds down on the mat, but Reynolds fights his way out and hits a double stomp on Castagnoli. Reynolds escapes and makes the hot tag to Silver, who meets Moxley in the corner with kicks. They run the ropes, before Silver hits a couple kicks and German suplex for a two count. Moxley starts kicking away, until Silver knocks him down with a punch. Moxley traps Silver in a triangle choke but Silver gets out and puts on submission with knees. Castagnoli breaks it up but Dark Order takes him out with an uppercut and then start double teaming Moxley. Moxley catches Reynolds in rear choke that he turns into a half & half suplex. Moxley puts on a choke hold on Reynolds before Reynolds taps out.
Winners By Submission: Blackpool Combat Club
After the match Moxley keeps the move on Reynolds, before Silver tries to break it up. Claudio tosses Silver to the outside, as Moxley puts on a Bulldog Choke on Reynolds. Evil Uno runs out and goes after Moxley, but Wheeler Yuta takes him out from behind. They continue the attack on Uno, before Adam Page runs out. Page walks past Moxley, and punches Castagnoli. Blackpool Combat Club then all jumps Page before officials run out to break them up.
We go backstage as Renee Paquette is with The Acclaimed, who said they are back on the road to the AEW World Tag Team Titles but they get interrupted by JAS’s Angelo Parker & Matt Menard. Parker said even they love The Acclaimed & Menard say they love rap music. Parker calls them sports entertainers at heart but The Acclaimed just laugh in their face and walk away.
TNT Title Falls Count Anywhere Match
Wardlow (c) vs. 2023 Face Of The Revolution Powerhouse Hobbs
Can win the match by pinfall, surrender or knockout.
As Wardlow’s music hits we cut to the back where Wardlow & Powerhouse Hobbs are brawling. They fight on a car, where a keg is thrown into the window. The bell rings to officially start the match as they head to a picture in picture.
When we come back from the break, they have made their way to the ring where Wardlow hits a big spinebuster but Hobbs gets right back up and hits one of his own. Wardlow gets right up as well as they start trading punches before Wardlow takes down Hobbs with a lariat. Wardlow follows with the F10 for a two count.
Hobbs comes right back with two more spinebusters, but Wardlow still kicks out. They go to the outside, where Hobbs tosses Wardlow into the barricade before grabbing a table from under the ring. Wardlow places Hobbs on the table and hits a senton from the top rope through the table that Hobbs kicks out at two.
Wardlow follows this by powerbombing Hobbs on the ramp, before taking him all the way up the ramp near the commentary table. Wardlow goes for another powerbomb but QT Marshall comes out and takes out Wardlow with a steel chair including a chair shot. Marshall & Hobbs hit a double powerbomb to Wardlow through the stage, as Paul Turner counts Wardlow out.
Winner & New TNT Champion: Powerhouse Hobbs (NEW CHAMPION!!!!)
Friday’s Rampage
Tag Team Match
The Acclaimed (Anthony Bowens & Max Caster) vs. Starboy Charlie & Jack Cartwheel
Riho vs. Nyla Rose
Konosuke Takeshita vs. Preston Vance
Sammy Guevara vs. Action Andretti
Monday’s Dark Elevation
Jake Hager vs. Levi Shapiro
Marina Shafir vs. Mighty Mayra
Brian Cage vs. Jack Cartwheel
Tag Team Match
The Butcher & The Blade vs. Midas Kreed & Vinnie Massaro
Athena vs. Inder Mundi
Tag Team Match
Best Friends (Trent Beretta & Chuck Taylor) vs. Olumide & Starboy Charlie
Tag Team Match
Lucha Bros (Pentagon Jr & Rey Fenix) vs. The Wingmen (Ryan Nemeth & Peter Avalon)
Next Weeks Dynamite
TBS Title Match
Jade Cargill (c) vs. TBD
Trios Title Triple Threat Match
House Of Black (Malakai Black,Brody King & Buddy Matthews) (c) vs. The Elite (Kenny Omega,Matt Jackson & Nick Jackson) vs. Jericho Appreciation Society (Chris Jericho,Sammy Guevara & Daniel Garcia)
International Title Match
Orange Cassidy (c) vs. Jeff Jarrett
Trios Match
Blackpool Combat Club (Jon Moxley,Claudio Castagnoli & Wheeler Yuta) vs. Dark Order (Evil Uno & Stu Grayson) & Hangman Page
