AEW Dynamite airs live tonight at 8/7c on TBS from the T-Mobile Center in Kansas City, Missouri.
Scheduled for tonight’s “Winter Is Coming” themed episode is Ricochet vs. Brodie King and Claudio Castagnoli vs. Will Ospreay in two AEW Continental Classic Tournament matches, as well as Adam Cole vs. Kyle O’Reilly with the winner facing MJF at AEW Worlds End.
Additionally, the show this evening will feature “The Glamour” Mariah May vs. Mina Shirakawa for the AEW Women’s World Championship, as well as Jon Moxley & PAC vs. Jay White & Orange Cassidy in the tag-team main event.
The following are complete AEW Dynamite: Winter Is Coming results from Wednesday, December 11, 2024. The following report was written by PWMania.com reporter Matt Boone (@MattBoone0709) as the show aired live from 8-10pm EST. on TBS.
AEW DYNAMITE: WINTER IS COMING RESULTS – DECEMBER 11, 2024
We shoot inside the T-Mobile Center in Kansas City, MO., as Excalibur welcomes us to this week’s special “Winter Is Coming” themed episode of AEW Dynamite.
Jon Moxley & PAC vs. Jay White & Orange Cassidy
The Death Riders theme hits and out comes Jon Moxley and his partner PAC, accompanied by Wheeler Yuta and Marina Shafir, as they make their way through the crowd for our scheduled opening tag-team contest. They settle into the ring to a bunch of boos and their music dies down.
Now the theme for the first of their two opponents plays, and out comes Jay White of the Bang Bang Gang. After The Bullet Club Gold member heads to the ring, the music shifts to the catchy-ass entrance tune for Orange Cassidy. “The Freshly Squeezed” one hits the ring hot, starting the action off with a bang.
Cassidy and PAC fight it out inside the ring, while White and Moxley duke it out on the floor. A minute later, Cassidy takes over on Mox, beating on him against the barricade, as “Switchblade” works over “The Bastard” in the ring. Mox takes over and rams Cassidy into the steel steps.
After that, White and PAC finally enter the ring, and when they do, the bell sounds to officially get this one off-and-running. PAC works over White and then Mox tags in and takes over. After some more back-and-forth action, we head into a mid-match commercial break with The Death Rider duo in a comfortable offensive lead.
When the show returns, we see much of the same, until finally White shows signs of life. Cassidy eventually gets the much-needed hot tag and he and Mox begin wildly trading shots back-and-forth. Cassidy hits Beach Beak, but his follow-up pin attempt is broken up. Cassidy lands an Orange Punch, and has it won, but looks for a second one.
Before he can connect with a second one, Hangman Page hits the ring out of nowhere and attacks Mox. Cassidy isn’t happy. Cassidy and Hangman end up brawling. White heads over and starts brawling with Hangman. Cassidy accidentally hits White with an Orange Punch while trying to hit Hangman with one. He hits Hangman with one next and then walks into a Bladerunner from White.
All three are down. Excalibur and Tony Schiavone stress that Hangman cost Cassidy and White the win. The Death Riders are shown pointing and laughing as all three are down. They head to the ring and all begin a brutal post-match attack on each of their top three foes. Fans boo loudly as they all exit the ring and head through the crowd to end the post-match scene. We head to another commercial break on that note.
Winners via DQ: Jon Moxley & PAC
“The Most Wanted” Bandido Coming Soon
Another old-school Western movie style video package airs when we return to continue the build-up to the long-awaited AEW return of Bandido. This time, we see Bandido, in his ring gear and mask, beating up a bunch of random cowboys as triumphant Western music plays. “The Most Wanted Bandido” text flashes on the screen as he rides off on a horse to end the segment.
Jon Moxley Issues Fatal-4-Way Title Challenge For AEW Worlds End
From there, we shoot to Jon Moxley and The Death Riders backstage. Mox rants about egos running AEW. He says at AEW Worlds End 2024 in Orlando, FL., it will be a Fatal-4-Way with him defending his title. He never says the three names, but afterwards, Excalibur mentions Jay White, Hangman Page and Orange Cassidy as the expected opponents.
HOOK Beats Down Christian Cage
Christian Cage is in the nosebleed seats in the crowd inside T-Mobile Center when we return inside the arena. He holds his contract in-hand and reacts to Mox’s fatal-4-way challenge for his title defense at AEW Worlds End 2024. He taunts Mox and mentions how he’ll send him back to rehab after he’s forced to have his first drink again.
He talks some more trash and teases cashing in his contract to become the AEW World Champion whenever he pleases. He tries to exit on one final line, but while saying it, he sees HOOK standing behind a door in the background. HOOK blasts through the glass of the door and starts to beat the living crap out of Cage.
He brawls with Cage all over the place. Cage’s fellow members of The Patriarchy try to help, but HOOK beats them down and runs off. The intense segment wraps up on that note, and then Excalibur runs down the lineup still to come tonight as the official match graphics flash across the screen.
AEW Continental Classic (Gold League)
Will Ospreay vs. Claudio Castagnoli
The familiar sounds of Will Ospreay’s theme hits and out comes “The Aerial Assassin” for Gold League action in the ongoing AEW Continental Classic Tournament. The crowd goes wild as he makes his way down and settles inside the squared circle for our next match of the evening.
His opponent, Claudio Castagnoli of The Death Riders, comes out next. The bell sounds and off we go with our second match of the evening, and our first of two Continental Classic tourney tilts for tonight’s “Winter Is Coming” show. Ospreay starts off with an immediate high spot into a close two-count.
After giving Castagnoli the initial scare coming out of the gate, it is all The Death Rider member who controls the offense for several minutes from that point forward. As he continues to beat down Ospreay, the show heads into a mid-match commercial break. When we return, we see much of the same, with Castagnoli dominating the offense entirely, but failing to find a way to finish Ospreay off.
Out of nowhere, Ospreay rolls Castagnoli up and gets the win. Afterwards, Castagnoli attacks Ospreay until Darby Allin runs out to make the save, chasing Castagnoli off. Excalibur promotes Allin vs. Ospreay for next week’s AEW Dynamite: Holiday Bash special themed episode.
Winner: Will Ospreay
MJF Is In The Building
Following a quick look at the updated standings in the AEW Continental Classic Tournament, we shoot backstage to Renee Paquette, who talks briefly with Ricochet about his showdown against Brody King.
After this wraps up, we shoot to the parking lot where we see a car pull up. All we see at first is a hand with a Dynamite Diamond ring on it closing the car door. The camera pans and we see it is MJF, live and in person on the show for the first time in weeks.
As he begins walking into the building, we shift gears and head into another commercial break.
Matt Cardona Issues Challenge For AEW Rampage: Winter Is Coming
We return to footage of Matt Cardona being attacked by Chris Jericho and Bryan Keith on last week’s episode of AEW Rampage. We then shoot live to Renee Paquette backstage. She introduces her guest at this time, “Alwayz Ready” Matt Cardona.
He says it feels great to be back in AEW. He says he belongs here. He talks about being “The Indy God” and “The Death Match King” and vows to take out Jericho for the ROH World Championship at ROH Final Battle 2024. He calls out Keith for a match on AEW Rampage: Winter Is Coming.
Winner Faces MJF At AEW Worlds End 2024
Adam Cole vs. Kyle O’Reilly
Back inside the T-Mobile Center, we hear the familiar sounds of Adam Cole’s theme music. Out he comes to the ring for his high stakes showdown against Kyle O’Reilly. The two were the final men standing in this year’s annual AEW Dynamite Dozen Battle Royal.
The winner of this match moves on to face MJF for the AEW Dynamite Diamond Ring at the upcoming year-end AEW Worlds End 2024 pay-per-view on December 28 in Orlando, FL.
We shoot backstage to Renee Paquette again, who is standing by with Kyle O’Reilly, who is in his ring gear and ready to rock. Paquette asks O’Reilly how he’s feeling. Up walks Matt Taven and Mike Bennett asking why he’s doing this.
They say he doesn’t have to. They say don’t forget we’re friends when this is all over. O’Reilly says they should have thought of that before they let Roderick Strong get hurt. O’Reilly walks off. His theme hits and he power walks down to the ring. The bell sounds and we’re officially off-and-running with this one.
Cole and O’Reilly lock up and push-and-pull. Fans chant for Cole, and some try getting an O’Reilly chant going as well. The two reach a stalemate on the lock-up and back up. They lock up again and O’Reilly snatches a tight side headlock. Cole shucks him off and hits the ropes, but O’Reilly shoulder blocks him down for a two-count.
