AEW Dynamite Review – March 22, 2023
Kicking off this week’s Dynamite with a ambulance taking away Young Bucks as Hangman Page,Kenny Omega,Don Callis & Brandon Cutler watching on. It was said that Young Bucks were attacked earlier as Page & Cutler left with them to go to the hospital.
Trios Match
International Champion Orange Cassidy,Darby Allin & Sting vs. Kip Sabian,The Butcher & The Blade
Orange Cassidy & Kip Sabian started this match off with Sabian sends Cassidy out of the ring almost right away but Cassidy does it right back to him. The Butcher tags in as Cassidy tags out to Sting & he no sells the clubs from The Butcher before attacking him in the corner and hits Stinger Splash. Sting tries the Scorpion Deathlock but everybody else runs in the ring.
The Butcher & The Blade hit a double suplex on Sting followed by a splash attempt from Sabian as Sting rolls away. Sabian tries in another corner but Sting rolls away and tags out to Darby Allin who hits the Code Red on Sabian for a two count. Penelope Ford gets on the apron distracting the referee as Sabian,The Butcher & The Blade take advantage going to picture in picture.
After the picture in picture Allin tags out to Cassidy who hits a diving crossbody to Sabian. While Sabian is celebrating, he turns around and Sting is there who attacks Sabian,The Blade & The Butcher before putting on the Scorpion Deathlock on Sabian. The Butcher & The Blade start punching at Sting and eventually break up the submission. Allin hits them with a double Coffin Drop off the ropes but gets attacked by Sabian.
Sabian & Cassidy go at it, before Cassidy dives to The Blade on the outside & Allin takes out Sabian with a Stunner before diving to The Butcher as Sting hits the Scorpion Death Drop to Sabian for the win.
Winners: International Champion Orange Cassidy,Darby Allin & Sting
After the match Cassidy puts his sunglasses on Sting as Allin is seen in the corner staring at the Double or Nothing banner.
We see footage from last weeks Re Bar Mitzvah from comments from MJF,Allin,Jungle Boy & Sammy Guevara after it happened talking about the AEW World Title.
We get a video package about the history leading to tonight’s dream match between Kenny Omega & El Hijo del Vikingo.
Excalibur says on commentary that Brandon Cutler texted him accusing Blackpool Combat Club of attacking Young Bucks.
AEW World Tag Team Titles Match
The Gunns (Austin & Coleton) (c) vs. Top Flight (Dante Martin & Darius Martin)
Austin Gunn & Dante Martin starts the match but right away after being taken down, Austin tags out to Colten Gunn. Darius Martin tags right in as Top Flight stays in control and clotheslines The Gunns to the outside as Austin distracts Aubrey Edwards, Colten snaps Dante’s neck on the rope as we go to a commercial break.
After the break Darius is in control attacking The Gunns as he hits Austin with a German and standing Spanish Fly on Colten for a two count. Dante hits the Nose Dive on Austin but Colten breaks it up at the last second.
The Kingdom run and start attacking Darius on the outside which distracts Dante who after saving his brother runs right into the 3:10 to Yuma from The Gunns for the victory.
Winners & Still AEW World Tag Team Champions: The Gunns (STILL CHAMPIONS!!!!!)
After the match Top Flight chases The Kingdom away, as FTR comes out to confront The Gunns. FTR says they want to discuss business but The Gunns says nobody wants to hear them talk as they are losers who lost to them and lost 3 sets of belts and nothing will convince them. Cash Wheeler says what about if they lose they could never challenge again which The Gunns say no to. Wheeler then offers to break up if they lose as Austin yells there is nothing they can offer them. Dax Harwood says if they can’t beat them and win the titles, they will quit AEW. Austin thinks it over and agrees to the stipulation as they go to shake FTR’s hands then they spit in their faces instead.
We go backstage where Renee Paquette asks TBS Champion Jade Cargill’s reaction for Taya Valkyrie’s debut last week. Mark Sterling shows a cease & desist to Valkyrie to no longer use Jaded as her finisher then Leila Grey offers to deliver the contract personally to Valkyrie this Saturday as a match is made before they all laugh about Stokely Hathaway’s debut coming up.
Before the match Stokely Hathaway gets on the mic and says that he isn’t medically cleared to compete and announces that he is retiring today and thanks all 12 of his fans as he hands Justin Roberts his doctor’s note & the note says he’s sick as Roberts says it’s a receipt for Wing Stop. Bryce Remsburg rips it up and starts the match.
Non Title No DQ Match
FTW Champion Hook vs. Stokely Hathaway
Hathaway right away runs into the crowd but Hook runs right after him. Hook suplexes Hathaway on the outside before sending him back into the ring. Hook pulls a guard rail from under the ring and sets it in the corner as The Firm is watching in the back saying they didn’t train for this as Hook goes after Hathaway he sprays him with a fire extinguisher and tries to go after him with a chair.
Hook takes the chair from him and uses it before suplexing him onto the guard rail in the corner. Hook stops short from pinning Hathaway before putting on Redrum as Hathaway taps out
Winner By Submission: FTW Champion Hook
Matt Hardy tells Ethan Page that he could be the one that beats Hook as Page tells Hardy to get the contract ready.
We see rapper Tech N9ne sitting in the crowd.
Adam Cole talks how we are 7 days away from Cole returning to the ring. Cole mentions all the questions including who will his opponent be on March 29th but before Cole can say anymore he gets interrupted by Daniel Garcia. Garcia asks who’s ready for story time with Daniel Garcia and goes to update Cole on a few things as the crowd tells him to shut up. Garcia says that since Cole’s left he’s become a locker room leader and will not welcome him back but put him in his place as well. Garcia continues to say what he’s done while Cole was home playing stupid video games and talks about how he beat Brody King, Ricky Starks & Bryan Danielson and main evented more AEW programming more than anybody on the AEW roster in the last year. Garcia continues and stops short from calling himself one of the best wrestlers before correcting and saying sports entertainers and asks Cole what makes him so special.
Cole says when they ring the bell, that makes him special. He says he likes Garcia and someday he could be the guy that leads the charge in AEW but his problem is the company that he keeps and Jericho Appreciation Society has given him this false sense of security and even without wrestling in 9 months he is still Adam Cole. Cole said the whole time he was at home hoping for a 2nd chance and he looks like he found the 2nd chance and if Garcia is crazy enough to challenge him then he’s on and this is not only his return match but a statement that one of the best pro wrestlers in the world is back. Cole says it’ll be a great night for the AEW fans but not for Garcia.
Backstage Alex Marvez is trying to get a word with Kenny Omega & Don Callis as Omega says he’s worried about the Young Bucks. Callis says he sent Michael Nakazawa with them and them going in an ambulance could be the best thing to happen to Omega as now he could focus on his singles career and tonight’s match against El Hijo Del Vikingo.
Jon Moxley vs. Stu Grayson
Stu Grayson goes right after Jon Moxley in the corner but Moxley turns it right around as they start trading chops in the corner then they go back & forth with shoulder blocks, before Moxley escapes to the outside but Grayson quickly sends him back inside and takes him down with a hurricanrana. They fight on the apron as Moxley sends Grayson flying to hit the barricade as they go to picture in picture.
We are back from picture in picture Moxley is in control before Grayson takes control and heads to the top rope but gets distracted by Wheeler Yuta & Claudio Castagnoli but as they argue with Dark Order Grayson takes them out with a top rope moonsault. Grayson stays in control and hits a 450 Splash on Moxley for a two count. Grayson goes for the Nightfall, but Moxley reverses it into the Bulldog Choke.
After transitioning to a choke Grayson powers out and crashes Moxley into the corner with a cannonball to break it up. Grayson dodges the Paradigm Shift and hits a back flip kick before heading back to the top rope. Moxley meets him up there and rakes Grayson’s back, before hitting a headbutt and hits an avalanche Death Rider to score the win.
Winner: Jon Moxley
Backstage Renee Paquette is with Ricky Starks and asks where he stands with Juice Robinson. Starks says he’s sick and tired of all this talk and challenges Robinson this Saturday on Rampage because he’s so sick of all of this and calls this the craziest thing he’s been part of his whole life and tells Juice to be a man or not, he doesn’t give a damn anymore.
We go to another episode of QTV as Harley Cameron talks about a hot new prospect in Rey Fenix and shows footage from last week that she took of Powerhouse Hobbs defeating him on Rampage as QT Marshall talks about how Pentagon Jr didn’t even come out to help his brother and makes fun of Alex Abrahantes and they still make fun of Wardlow getting robbed as Aaron Solo talks about how it was him that hacked into Dave Meltzer’s Twitter and started posting about hotels. They mention TNT Champion Powerhouse Hobbs having another open challenge this Saturday on Rampage as it’s announced he’ll be facing Pentagon.
Toni Storm vs. Skye Blue
Skye Blue starts the match in control by taking Toni Storm to the outside with a dropkick and follows that with a hurricanrana on the outside. Blue heads to the top rope, but Storm knocks her right down and knocks her off the apron with the hip attack where Saraya & Ruby Soho start attacking Blue. Storm places Blue by the ring post and starts chopping her, but Blue is able to move out of the way as Soho gets a shot instead as they go to picture in picture.
When we come back from PIP Blue takes control by hitting Storm with a roundhouse kick then a diving crossbody. Blue hits a rising knee strike and an enziguri for two count on Storm. Storm stops a Code Blue attempt and hits a tornado DDT for a two count. Blue blocks a hip attack attempt and hits the Code Blue but Soho distracts the referee on the apron. They go back & forth a bit before Storm hits a shotgun dropkick and the hip attack in the corner. Storm follows with a German suplex then Storm Zero for the win.
Winner: Toni Storm
After the match The Outcasts continue to attack Blue after but before they can use their spray paint Riho & Willow Nightingale run out for the save.
We see Stu Grayson getting medical assistance backstage before he gets chokes out from behind by Jon Moxley who’s with Wheeler Yuta & Claudio Castagnoli.
Kenny Omega vs. El Hijo Del Vikingo
El Hijo Del Vikingo attacks Omega before the bell rings with two dives to the outside as Paul Turner has to stop them on the inside to officially start the match. Vikingo hits an implosion hurricanrana in the corner plus a corkscrew kick and a knee strike sending Omega to the outside. Vikingo follows with a shooting star press to Omega on the outside.
Vikingo follows with a 450 Splash on the inside for a two count. Omega comes back with a tilt a whirl backbreaker for a two count then they head to the outside where Omega whips Vikingo into the barricade before grabbing a table from under the ring as we go to picture in picture.
After the picture in picture Omega & Vikingo are exchanging chops on the apron before Omega hits Vikingo with a monkey flip. They head back to the apron where Vikingo reverses a snap dragon suplex and hits a Dragon Rana to Omega from the apron to the floor. They head to the top rope where Vikingo counters an Awesome Bomb with a hurricanrana followed by a Phoenix Splash from outside the ropes to the inside for a two count.
Omega counters a springboard move from Vikingo and hits him with 2 powerbombs and a V Trigger for a two count. Omega follows with a snap dragon suplex and another V Trigger before lifting him up for the One Winged Angel but Vikingo punches his way out and hits a diving poisonrana sending Omega to lay on the table. Vikingo follows that with a 630 Splash to Omega through the table.
They slowly roll back inside where Vikingo gets a two count. They go back & forth as Vikingo hits a sunset powerbomb for another close two count. Vikingo heads to the top rope and misses a 630 Senton as Omega hits V Trigger followed by the One Winged Angel to put away Vikingo.
Winner: Kenny Omega (Recommend)
After the match Tony Schiavone heads to the ring to get a word with Kenny Omega who starts to say how he doesn’t know how much of this he can do anymore before he gets attacked from behind by the Blackpool Combat Club. We see an ambulance driving to the arena as Hangman Page steps out with weapon before heading to the ring with it and scares off the Blackpool Combat Club. Callis goes to grab Page who almost hits him with the weapon before realizing who it was and lets go. Callis falls to the floor as if he’s been attack as Omega gets up and starts yelling at Page thinking he attacked Callis. Callis starts saying don’t hurt me and rolls to the outside, as Page looks disappointed.
Saturday’s Rampage
TNT Title Match
Powerhouse Hobbs (c) vs. Pentagon Jr
Trios Champion Brody King vs. Jake Hager
Taya Valkyrie vs. Leila Grey
Tag Team Match
The Acclaimed (Anthony Bowens & Max Caster) vs. The Kingdom (Matt Taven & Mike Bennett)
Monday’s Dark Elevation
Tag Team Match
Tony Nese & Ari Daivari vs. Lane Summers & Campbell Myers
Tag Team Match
Beast Of Burdens (Nyla Rose & Marina Shafir) vs. The Hales (Sage & Brian)
Willow Nightingale vs. Maggie Lee
Tag Team Match
The Firm (Big Bill & Lee Moriarty) vs. Zack Clayton & Cyclone Anaya
Proving Ground Match
ROH Women’s Champion Athena vs. Tootie Lynn
Trios Match
The Firm (Ethan Page,Matt Hardy & Isiah Kassidy) vs. Spanish Announce Project (Luther,Serpentico & Angelico)
Riho vs. Diamante
Next Wednesday’s Dynamite So Far
Adam Cole vs. Daniel Garcia
