AEW Dynamite Review – June 7, 2023
International Title Match
Orange Cassidy (c) vs. Swerve Strickland
Match starts off with Orange Cassidy & Swerve Strickland trading pin attempts as Strickland tries to hold Cassidy down and pull him away from the ropes. Cassidy comes back by stretching Strickland while resting his elbow on his back before bending back Strickland’s hand.
They go back & forth before Cassidy ducks by sending Strickland to the outside but Strickland taunts Cassidy to come out by putting his hands in his pocket. Strickland starts tossing Cassidy against the barricades before slamming his hand against the ring post.
Strickland catches Cassidy off the top rope as they spilled to the outside. Cassidy holds on and turns it into a hurricanrana before diving to Strickland on the outside then Cassidy follows with a diving crossbody before they start fighting on the top rope. Strickland goes crashing to the floor as we head to picture in picture.
After the picture in picture they go back & forth until Cassidy is unable to lift Strickland up for the Beach Break then Cassidy comes back with the Stundog Millionaire, Strickland hits a flatliner as they are both laid out then we get more back & forth until Cassidy hits a DDT for a two count. Strickland catches Cassidy off the top rope and hits him with a Death Valley Driver on the apron.
They keep fighting on the apron as Cassidy hits 3 kicks before hitting a DDT from the steps to the floor. Cassidy sends Strickland back inside where he hits him with a diving DDT for another two count. Prince Nana gets on the apron but Cassidy dodges him as Nana & Strickland go crashing.
Cassidy follows with the Orange Punch and Beach Break but Strickland still kicks out at two. Orange tries a diving DDT to the outside but Strickland catches him and hits the Brainbuster.
Strickland sends Orange back inside as they go back & forth a bit until Strickland hits House Call then goes to the top rope and hits Swerve Stomp then goes for the cover but Cassidy kicks out at two then they go back & forth with roll ups a bit until Cassidy holds on to the tights for the win.
Winner & Still International Champion: Orange Cassidy (STILL CHAMPION!!!!!)
After the match The Embassy run out and start attacking Cassidy before the lights go out. when they come back on we see Darby Allin & Sting in the ring as The Embassy has escaped to the outside.
We have a video package with Ricky Starks & Jay White discussing tonight’s main event where Juice Robinson & AEW World Tag Team Champions FTR are banned from ringside.
Bryan Danielson comes out as we see a video of Kazuchika Okada highlighting with video of Danielson’s challenge to him for Forbidden Door. Danielson joins commentary as Excalibur says the match is official. Danielson gets upset that Okada was called a once in a lifetime performer as he is himself and will prove that he’s better than Okada ever was.
Trios Match
Blackpool Combat Club (Claudio Castagnoli, Jon Moxley & Wheeler Yuta) vs. Chaos (Rocky Romero, Trent Beretta & Chuck Taylor)
As Blackpool Combat Club is making their way out Chuck Taylor tosses a chair into Jon Moxley’s face as Rocky Romero jumps off the top rope onto Claudio Castagnoli. Taylor & Wheeler Yuta start the match officially as Taylor hits a piledriver right away but Castagnoli breaks up the pin attempt. Trent Beretta pulls Yuta off the apron.
Chaos starts triple teaming on Moxley until Taylor & Moxley are the legal men then Yuta trips up Taylor, as Moxley hits him with a cutter before tagging in Castagnoli then Blackpool Combat Club takes control with Yuta covering Taylor for a two count before we go to picture in picture.
After the break Beretta gets hot tag in and goes right after Moxley with a backdrop suplex. Everybody gets offense in before Romero & Beretta stop Moxley with a double knee Roppongi Vice style and hang Moxley on the ropes where Romero dives onto him. Beretta hits Moxley with a knee as Romero gets a two count.
Moxley & Beretta go back and forth as the Best Friends hits Strong Zero then Castagnoli breaks up the pin attempt and then gets sent to outside. Romero puts Moxley in an arm bar as Beretta tries a moonsault on Castagnoli but he stops it with an uppercut.
Moxley turns the armbar into a rear naked choke on Romero as Yuta keeps Taylor down with elbows as Romero taps out.
Winners By Submission: Blackpool Combat Club
We go to the Hung Bucks backstage as Brandon Cutler tells Adam Page & Young Bucks that they are live. Page says he didn’t see the Blackpool Combat Club match but it sounded great. Page talks about next week being in Washington, DC where Dynamite began and Anarchy In The Arena was only the beginning and challenge Blackpool Combat Club but without Danielson or Konosuke Takeshita. Danielson on commentary accepts on their behalf and says next week in Washington, DC it will be the Hung Bucks last television appearance.
We see a video package for the Kenny Omega vs. Will Ospreay match at Forbidden Door for the IWGP United States Title.
AEW World Champion MJF heads to the ring and right away tells them to cut his music and says he knows everybody here in Colorado has smoked their brain cells away and tells the drug addicts to keep their mouths shut when he talks. MJF says he nearly offed himself when he was told he was contractually required to be here, as this place sucks. MJF continues saying that he is bored because there is no competition in this company. The crowd chants that he sucks so he tells them that their mother swallows and that nobody is on the level of the devil as Adam Cole’s music hits.
MJF has the music cut tho before Cole can do his ‘boom’ which gets boos from the crowd. MJF says he’s excited as finally there is some noteworthy competition for the champ and says he’s a big fan of Cole. MJF talks about when CM Punk went and left him he thought his fandom for wrestling was gone before saying he flipped to Ring Of Honor. MJF asks if the crowd has heard of ROH and agrees with them that ROH sucks but before he could switch the channel out walked Adam Cole. MJF says he was instantly hooked and got as much tape on Cole as he could get his hands on from his time in CZW and every top independent company before going to Florida where he shocked the system. Cole was so good he became Shawn Michaels guy’ and become the top guy in NXT and undisputed. The crowd chants mark at MJF as MJF says he followed his footsteps and went to CZW, the Indies and then signed to AEW and knew Cole would make the jump over so they could have the rivalry of a lifetime. MJF says then This guy showed up and asked what happened to Cole as he used to be the Panama Playboy and now he’s the Panama Gameboy playing Twitch, hiding from the sun and looking like Gollum as Britt Baker leaves the house with his balls in her purse and asked if he didn’t use to have the body of a champion. And now Cole is so frail he makes crack whores jealous. MJF hears the people saying that AEW isn’t showcasing Cole properly and says they don’t know what they are talking about as the company has done everything to make Cole look cool and what they do to make MJF cool is they ring the freaking bell.
MJF starts naming his accomplishments and calls himself the best wrestler on God’s green earth he has beaten every single top guy and said he read a rumor that the reason he came to AEW was that a certain somebody in Titan Towers didn’t think Cole had top guy potential and that name was Vince McMahon, as he calls himself a big fan of Vince. MJF thought Vince was wrong but now that he’s standing eye 2 eye with Cole he thinks Vince was right.
Cole gets on the mic and asks if that’s the best MJF got and he’s coming across like a toxic social media troll. Cole says he’ll brush over the Britt part as she can beat the hell out of him and asks what his obsession with other people’s relationships is and brings up MJF’s fiancé leaving him and he can’t hold a relationship if his life depends on it. Cole says he finally figured it out and calls MJF a world class douchebag. Cole brings up his body as something he heard before and moves onto his ‘body of work’ with the matches he’s had, interviews he’s done and the world championship reigns he’s had that MJF can’t touch. Cole then proposes they go backstage, piss in a couple of cups and see who’s natural and who’s not which gets a big pop from the crowd. Cole says they are nothing alike because for 15 years he has traveled the globe and the boys and girls back there respect him, the human being Adam Cole. MJF on the other hand doesn’t have a single person who respects him as they think he’s selfish, lazy, and does the bare minimum to collect his paycheck. The crowd chants no respect as MJF says he’ll cry into all his money about it and says that’s a whole lot of talk coming from Keith Lee’s manager. Cole says that’s a false narrative and if MJF was a real champion he would tell him to shut his mouth and fight him but he won’t as he’s a coward as the crowd chants coward at MJF. Cole says that’s not worth it as he knows he’s wasting his breath and if there’s anything MJF should remember is that MJF won’t fight him because he’s better than him and they know it. MJF yells at Cole not to turn his back on him and says he’ll wrestle him any day of the week and beat his ass. Cole says it looks like they have themselves a match and then does his Adam Cole, bay bay pose.
We see footage of Matt Hardy gaining Ethan Page’s contract after their win over him at Double Or Nothing.
We go to The Hardys & Isiah Kassidy as they bring out the newest member to their party Ethan Page. Jeff Hardy says he loved the Moan Event idea and says Page owes Kassidy an apology. Page does and shakes Kassidy’s hand as Matt says he won’t make Page’s life a living hell and wants to make him a decent human being. Matt says when it’s all said and done he can make Page a better man and it’ll be a lot of fun.
Texas Tornado Tag Team Match
JungleHook (FTW Champion Hook & Jungle Boy) vs. La Faccion Ingobernable (Preston Vance & Dralistico)
As JungleHook are making their entrance, they get attack from behind by Los Faccion Ingobernable. Jose The Assistant tries to get involved with a chain but as Hook chases after him he gets taken out by Preston Vance with a clothesline. Dralistico starts using a cable on Perry as Hook & Vance start fighting in the crowd. Perry starts choking away at Dralistico with the cable while trying to tear his mask off. Vance takes control of Hook as we head to picture in picture.
After the picture in picture Hook sends Vance back ringside and hits him with a flying forearm with the chain wrap around his fist. We see that Dralistico had set up 2 tables ringside. LFI try to chokeslam Hook through the tables but Hook reverses and suplexes Dralistico off. Vance comes right back with a discus lariat taking down Hook.
Vance starts choking Hook on the ropes with the chain but Perry stops it with a chair shot to Vance’s head. Hook follows this with a t bone suplex to Vance through the tables on the outside as Perry hits Dralistico with a DDT on the chair. Jose breaks up the pinfall attempt and takes off his shirt but Hook is behind him and puts on the Redrum.
Perry stops Dralistico and puts on the Snare Trap as Dralistico taps out.
Winners By Submission: JungleHook
We go to Tony Khan’s announcement as he talks about the 1st ever main event for AEW Collision on June 17th and announces it’ll be AEW World Tag Team Champions FTR & CM Punk vs. Bullet Club Gold & Samoa Joe.
Konosuke Takeshita vs. Damon Ace
Don Callis tells Konosuke Takeshita to hit Power Drive for the quick win.
Winner: Konosuke Takeshita
After the match Don Callis gets on the mic as the boos rain down. Takeshita speaks but also gets booed as Callis says you might not want to hear it but he’s here to tell you the truth about Kenny Omega. Everything Omega has in his life is because of Callis and this is all Omega’s fault. Everything The Elite has is because of him and Omega beat Ospreay because of him. Omega has been like a cancer in his body and you cut cancers out and he will cut The Elite out of this company.
Alex Marvez is knocking on Christian Cage’s locker room as we wear Luchasaurus yelling inside. Cage says Arn Anderson cost him the TNT Title and he is the uncrowned TNT Champion. Arn took something from him and now it’s time to take something from him and says his son Brock Anderson got him an early Father’s Day present as we see Brock laid out inside the locker room.
TBS Title Match
Kris Statlander (c) vs. Anna Jay
Kris Statlander & Anna Jay go to the mat right away where Statlander gets out of a headscissors and puts on a side headlock as Jay tries to get out but Statlander takes her right down as Matt Menard yells to the referee to watch the choke. They tussle a bit until Statlander powers out with a backdrop and runs the ropes but Jay escapes to the outside.
Statlander keeps chasing her in and out of the ring before Menard gets in Statlander’s face and asks what she will do about it. Statlander stops a kick attempt from Jay and hits her with a roundhouse kick and a shoulder tackle for a two count.
Jay dodges a running Statlander in the corner and hits her with a roundhouse kick to the back then keeps stomping on her as we head to picture in picture.
After the break Statlander is attacking Anna in the corner and hits a powerslam for a two count then Statlander gets on the top rope but Menard gets on the apron and distracts her as Jay takes her down and drives her face down for a two count.
They go back & forth until Statlander hits a discus lariat but Menard gets on the apron yet again as Jay rolls up Statlander and puts on the Queen Slayer but Statlander powers her way up and takes her off with a snapmare.
Statlander follows with a lariat/backbreaker combo and a Tombstone Piledriver for the win.
Winner & Still TBS Champion: Kris Statlander (STILL CHAMPION!!!!!)
We have a promo from Women’s Champion Toni Storm with Ruby Soho talking about the winner of the Fatal 4 Way getting a Women’s Title shot in the home of the 1st ever Dynamite where the 1st ever Women’s Champion was crowned.
Ricky Starks vs. Jay White
Ricky Starks attacks Jay White as he’s making his entrance down to the ring before sending him back inside as the match starts. Starks starts looking under the ring before moving the steel steps around but he notices White is up the ramp and follows him up there. Starks & White sort of bumble their way back down as White starts moving the steps around again before they head to picture in picture.
After the picture in picture break White is chopping Starks in the corner but Starks is able to fight back with punches and whips White in the corner. White blocks a DDT attempt and puts Starks on the top rope and hits a superplex for a two count. Stark blocks Blade Runner attempt and hit a jumping lariat and a DDT off the ropes for a two count. White blocks a Rochambeau and hits a uranage for a two count.
They go back & forth a bit until Starks hits the spear followed by the Rochambeau but Paul Turner gets taken out then The Gunns run out and take out Starks at 3:10 To Yuma. White takes advantage and hits Blade Runner on Starks for the win.
Winner: Jay White
Friday’s Rampage
Trios Match
Lucha Bros (Pentagon Jr & Rey Fenix) & Bandido vs. Ethan Page, Lee Moriarty & Big Bill
Women’s Title #1 Contenders Fatal 4 Way Match
Skye Blue vs. Britt Baker vs. Mercedes Martinez vs. Nyla Rose
Powerhouse Hobbs vs. Caleb Crush
Trios Match
Spanish Announce Project (Angelico, Serpentico & Luther) vs. The Acclaimed (Anthony Bowens & Max Caster) & Billy Gunn
Wednesday’s Dynamite (Spoilers on Women’s Title challenger)
Trios Match
Blackpool Combat Club (Claudio Castagnoli, Jon Moxley & Wheeler Yuta) vs. Hung Bucks (Hangman Page, Matt Jackson & Nick Jackson)
Women’s Title Match
Toni Storm (c) vs. Skye Blue
8 Man Tag Team Match
International Champion Orange Cassidy, Darby Allin, Sting & Keith Lee vs. Mogul Embassy (Swerve Strickland, Brian Cage, Toa Liona & Kaun)
Non Title Match
AEW World Champion MJF vs. Adam Cole (If Cole wins he gets a AEW World Title Match)
Saturday Night Collison Card So Far (June 17th)
Trios Match
AEW World Tag Team Champions FTR (Dax Harwood & Cash Wheeler) & CM Punk vs. Bullet Club Gold (Jay White & Juice Robinson) & Samoa Joe
Forbidden Door Card So Far (June 25th)
IWGP United States Title Match
Kenny Omega (c) vs. Will Ospreay
Bryan Danielson vs. Kazuchika Okada
