AEW Dynamite emanates from the OVO Hydro in Glasgow, Scotland, a taped show.
Will Ospreay Kicks Things Off
The show opens with Excalibur’s catchphrase as always. “It’s Wednesday, and you know what that means!” We then hear Will Ospreay’s music. “The Aerial Assassin” comes down to the ring to kick things off on the final Dynamite-stop on the road to All In.
Ospreay talks about it being a year since they last spoke, and he was getting ready to undergo surgery. He also addresses his history as a British wrestler making his way up here in the area, noting the “beams and boards” rings that he wrestled in back then, all to fly the flag for the UK and to show that it is where the best wrestle.
A lot of people would’ve hated it, but he loved being in the foxholes. He loved learning from the legends of British wrestling. He loved paying tribute to those who are no longer with us. All in the name of finding out of he is truly the best.
When it comes to that, it is hard to look past our AEW World Champion, Kenny Omega. Smattering of boos mixed in with “Kenny” chants as Ospreay says the champ isn’t here tonight, which gets more boos. Omega’s absence doesn’t bother him as he talks about his respect for Kenny, which went out the window the moment Kenny brought up his son.
He remarks on Omega saying Will’s son will need a new hero when he loses to Kenny, promising that won’t happen. He also makes a promise that Kenny is not gonna want to f*ck with a man looking after a boy. He’s fired up now as the crowd encourages him, with Ospreay saying there is a debt to be paid to those who saw him come up.
And it is time to bring it home, alluding to the World Championship. Kenny is gonna help him show his kid that heroes are ordinary people who can do extraordinary things, and Ospreay is gonna take it all. Ospreay’s music plays again to wrap up the opener.
AEW Continental Challenge Cup Semifinals
Jon Moxley (c) vs. Claudio Castagnoli
We’re starting off hot with in-ring action this evening, as a battle of Death Riders in the semifinals of the ongoing AEW Continental Challenge Cup will kick things off, with Jon Moxley going one-on-one against Claudio Castagnoli.
Mox makes his entrance through the crowd per usual and Claudio Castagnoli comes out next. Renee Paquette gives some background on the match and then the bell sounds to get things officially off-and-running. Both men look for the advantage on a test of strength.
Claudio wins out, pinning the champ to his shoulders but only getting a one count. Castagnoli continues to go for this with the same result, eventually looking to catch Mox in the corner instead. Ref forces a break, only for Claudio to send the champ across two other corners for a chop in each.
Mox fires back with a chop, but Castagnoli drops him to the mat for another near-fall. A whole lotta grappling going on as Claudio brings Mox to his feet, only for the champ to break free and escape the ring for a breather momentarily.
Castagnoli follows him to the outside, but gets dropped as Mox goes for a figure four leglock to wear him down Claudio manages to break free, however, and brings the champ around for a giant swing into the barricade. On that note, the show shifts gears and heads into a mid-match break.
When the show returns, we see the action still ongoing.
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