AEW Dynamite Review – August 9, 2023
Kicking off this week’s Dynamite with Jericho Appreciation Society (expect for Chris Jericho) is in the ring as Matt Menard introduces tonight’s Mandatory Meeting as Jericho makes his own entrance. Jericho is upset that they all came to the ring without telling him and says he didn’t come here as the Rockstar or Demo God but as their friend. Daniel Garcia cuts Jericho off and tells him to stop talking and just listen to them. Garcia says Jericho took advantage of him last week by hitting him with a baseball bat and pinned him and he changed the fabric of his human being for Jericho. Garcia continues by saying he chose Jericho and wonders why Jericho never chooses them and because of that he can’t do this anymore. Garcia does his dance in Jericho’s face before leaving to the back. Jake Hager said he’s not surprised and Jericho made him a lot of money but if they have to cut ties tonight that’s alright because everyone knows they have a lot of options. Hager says he liked that hat but now he doesn’t appreciate Jericho as he leaves as well.
Jericho gets on the mic and says that they have to agree that their careers have grown since they got together and says that Anna Jay is getting a Women’s Title shot tonight while Tay Melo has become a bigger star. Melo says she used to be so proud to be in this group but not anymore and right now she feels sick and she’s not even talking about her baby. Melo continues to say that she will go have her baby then become champion without his help as she quits. Jay says that tonight it’s about her and she’s going to be selfish, by learning from the best it’s about winning the Women’s Title and it’s not about appreciating Jericho as TayJay both make their way to the back as well.
Angelo Parker gets on the mic and says he doesn’t want to be doing this as he loves being a sports entertainer and he took joining this group as a badge of honor. He gave Jericho his identity, trust and blood by hanging upside from a double cage to fight a battle that Jericho picked. Parker says he gave Jericho everything he can but asks what he has given him. Parker says he doesn’t want to do this but he’s given him no choice as he leaves as well. Matt Menard talks about Jericho being his childhood hero and when he was 15 years old with his 1st paycheck he bought a Chris Jericho t shirt when his wife was 8 months pregnant and had no job Jericho invited him to his home and helped bring him to AEW by taking him under his wing. The last 18 months have been nothing but a dream for Menard but it’s never sat right for him why guys like Eddie Kingston & Kevin Steen hate Jericho’s guts but now he’s starting to understand why, as he puts the mic down and leaves as well.
Jericho tries to talk but Sammy Guevara smacks the mic out of his hand and tells him to listen for once as he had his back from the very beginning. Guevara put Sting through a table not because he wants to but because he’s loyal to Jericho. Guevara said he’s not going to walk on him because Jericho is his friend and he did all these things because he thought Jericho would do them for him but maybe he was wrong. Guevara says Jericho has a lot of stuff to work on and when he does maybe he’ll be here as Guevara leaves through the crowd.
After the break Renee Paquette tries to get a word with Jericho but Don Callis interrupts him and says he is so sorry. Jericho says he has an answer for Callis but that he’ll answer it next week.
Tag Team Match
Young Bucks (Matt Jackson & Nick Jackson) vs. The Hardys (Matt & Jeff)
Matt Jackson & Jeff Hardy start the match with a lock up before Matt Hardy tags in and they suplex Nick Jackson on top of Matt Jackson before clotheslining Nick to the outside and double teaming on Matt Jackson as Matt Hardy gets a two count.
Nick Jackson is able to stop the Poetry In Motion as Young Bucks start taking control with Nick Jackson hitting a moonsault to Jeff on the outside before hitting Risky Business on Matt Hardy as Young Bucks stay in control as they go to picture in picture.
After the break Matt Hardy hits a Side Effect on Matt Jackson before tagging out to Jeff as Nick comes in as well. Jeff hits Whisper In The Wind but Young Bucks come back with superkicks and hits 3D on Jeff for a two count.
The Hardys stop Young Bucks and hit double Twist Of Fates followed by a Swanton Bomb by Jeff on Nick as Matt Jackson breaks up the pin attempt then they both hit Twist Of Fates on Nick but Matt Jackson stops them with superkicks.
Jeff gets on the top rope but Matt Jackson superkicks his ankle to knock him down before Young Bucks follow with BTE Trigger on Matt Hardy to get the win.
Winners: Young Bucks
After the match Young Bucks get on the mic as Nick Jackson says FTR which prompts them to come out and enter the ring & both teams face off in the middle of the ring then Nick Jackson simply says All In and drops the mic.
The announce team announce a Women’s Title Tournament where the 4 winners will compete in a Fatal 4 Way match for the Women’s Title at All In.
Hikaru Shida (c) vs. Anna Jay (Dynamite August 9th)
Saraya vs. Skye Blue (Rampage August 11th)
The Bunny vs. Britt Baker (Dynamite August 16th)
Toni Storm vs. N/A (She gets a bye due to cashing in her rematch)
We see footage from last week with AEW World Champion MJF & Adam Cole as MJF thinks it’s skinny dipping with some rats since Cole told him to wear shorts. We see that they are at a trampoline park instead as we see footage of Cole jumping and having fun as young children are there as well. MJF doesn’t seem too happy until Cole mentions that there’s dodgeball there. MJF asks if Cole wants him to play with kids as get slow motion of MJF hitting kids with dodgeballs while throwing them insults as well. Cole tells MJF to stop it as they can’t do that before a young girl walks in and calls them nerds and asks what 2 grown men are doing at an amusement park. Cole tells her she shouldn’t talk like that and she gives him the middle finger. Cole says one more as MJF tosses the ball to her as it fades to black.
We go to the Blackpool Combat Club in the back as Jon Moxley says he hopes the Best Friends learned their lesson from the Parking Lot Fight and says he sent flowers to Sue. Moxley says the Lucha Bros think they will win but they know they will win. Claudio Castagnoli brings up PAC and says he told them he would pay for this and he did. Wheeler Yuta says it sucks that PAC will have to miss Wembley now because he’s injured. Moxley says the BCC doesn’t fear death but death fears them.
FTW Title FTW Rules Match
Jack Perry (c) vs. Rob Van Dam
Jack Perry attacks Rob Van Dam during the introductions for the match then RVD kicks Perry down but Perry escapes to the outside so RVD follows him as Perry attacks him around the ring until RVD places Perry on the barricade and hits him hard with a spinning leg drop as we go to picture in picture.
After the PIP break there are chairs all over the ring as RVD monkey flips Perry and grabs a chair, using it with a dropkick to Perry in the corner. RVD follows with Rolling Thunder with the chair and gets a two count.
RVD goes for the split legged moonsault but Perry gets out of the way and tosses a chair but it misses RVD and knocks out Bryce Remsburg right in the face.
Perry stops RVD on the top rope but RVD is able to toss Perry off the top rope onto a table on the outside then RVD tosses Perry back inside and hits him with 5 Star Frog Splash but the referee is still out and can’t make the count.
Aubrey Edwards runs out and makes the count but Perry kicks out at two then Perry hits RVD with a low blow sends RVD head first into a chair on the corner and rolls up RVD for the win.
Winner & Still FTW Champion: Jack Perry (STILL CHAMPION!!!!!)
Backstage Renee Paquette is with the Lucha Brothers and Alex Abrahantes as Abrahantes says every time they come out there they fight in the spirit of competition while the Blackpool Combat Club want to hurt people as they did with PAC. Rey Fenix calls them the Blackpool Coward Club before Pentagon Jr does his catchphrase.
MJF & Adam Cole make their way to the ring as MJF tells the Majestic Midwest that the Devil has arrived. MJF talks about alleged footage of him telling everybody here that they are mid and says that footage is heavily edited and fake may God strike him where he stands as he says his favorite place in the United States of America is the Midwest. He waits and no bolt strikes him. Cole says he knows they will be wrestling for MJF’s title and says he knows he will beat him for it as MJF asks if he wants a little promo battle and says Cole is so skinny and white that if this was the ’80s Hulk Hogan would snort him. MJF continues but Cole stops him and says he doesn’t want to do a promo battle. MJF apologies as Cole says they will make history at Wembley but says they should go All In on making history and talks about them having Tag Team Titles on their waists. Cole talks about having their eyes on another set of Tag Team Titles and brings up the ROH World Tag Team Titles and says he owes his entire career to Ring Of Honor.
Cole brings up all the accomplishments he had in ROH but never having held the ROH World Tag Team Titles and brings up teams like Kings Of Wrestling, ReDragon & The Briscoes and says they should challenge for the ROH World Tag Team Titles at the All In Pre Show. MJF asks if Cole wants him to wrestle twice in one night and calls him a sick pervert. MJF says usually he would say no but he’s a sucker for a cheap pop and asks Columbus, Ohio who wants to see them become the new ROH World Tag Team Champions. They cheer as MJF officially challenges Aussie Open for the ROH World Tag Team Titles at All In Pre Show. We start hearing Roderick Strong screaming Adam as he makes his way out to the ramp. Strong says he can’t believe Cole actually wants to win the ROH World Tag Team Titles with MJF instead of an actual legend and friend in him. MJF calls him Roddy The Simp Strong and is getting tired of his jealous ex girlfriend vibes and wants Strong to get in his car, go home run up the stairs slam the door, jump in his bed cry into his Hello Kitty pillow put his headphones on, listen to some Taylor Swift and shake it off calling him a bland bitch. Strong asks Cole if he’s going to just stand there and let MJF talk to him like that. Strong says never mind and The Kingdom was right about Cole saying he was never really his friend. The Kingdom come out and hug Strong. Cole pushes MJF and asks him if he understands him about Strong being his friend too but MJF gets mad. Cole says he’s sorry as MJF hugs him and says it’s fine and tells him to go check on his boy as Cole makes his way to the back.
Tag Team Match
Blackpool Combat Club (Claudio Castagnoli & Jon Moxley) vs. Lucha Bros (Pentagon Jr & Rey Fenix)
Blackpool Combat Club are waiting for the Lucha Bros during their entrance they show up behind them from the crowd and take them to the outside where they dive on them then Pentagon Jr hits Made In Japan to Claudio Castagnoli for a two count.
Castagnoli dodges superkicks from the Lucha Bros as they hit each other then Jon Moxley comes in and hits a double DDT on the Lucha Bros but Pentagon is able to block Moxley and hits him with a sling blade.
Castagnoli dodges Fenix and distracted Aubrey Edwards as Wheeler Yuta hits Rey Fenix with the ROH World Title. Blackpool Combat Club follows with a press slam/cutter combo but Fenix kicks out at two so Castagnoli stays on top of Fenix as they go picture in picture.
After the break Blackpool Combat Club hits a spiked piledriver on Fenix as Moxley gets the two count. Castagnoli puts Fenix on his shoulders but Fenix ducks a Doomsday Device attempt and victory rolls right into a stomp on Castagnoli before making the hot tag to Pentagon & he goes after Blackpool Combat Club by hitting a backstabber on Castagnoli for two before tagging Fenix back in who misses a Frog Splash.
Both teams go at it in the ring with offense including a cutter from Moxley to Pentagon before Fenix knocks Moxley down with a superkick as both teams are now laid out. Castagnoli & Fenix start trading chops and strikes before Fenix bounces off the ropes with a kick. Castagnoli stops Pentagon off the top rope with an uppercut before Moxley tags in and gets a two count.
Moxley dares Pentagon to hit him as they start trading chops now then they go back & forth before Lucha Bros hits a stalling piledriver for a two count then Yuta gets on the apron and stops an assisted Fear Factor but Alex Abrahantes stops Yuta.
Fenix takes out Yuta with a top rope moonsault as Castagnoli snatches Pentagon’s mask off followed by Moxley rolling up Pentagon while holding the tights to get the victory.
Winners: Blackpool Combat Club
After the match Blackpool Combat Club keep attacking Lucha Bros.
Alex Marvez stops Kenny Omega as he’s entering the building and asks Omega what he has planned for All In. Omega says next week he is sitting down with Jim Ross to talk about his future Don Callis & Konosuke Takeshita and says he’s looking for to it. Marvez asks for a scoop but Omega walks off.
Prince Nana tells the crowd to shut their faces up when Mogul Embassy is in the ring. Swerve Strickland talks about going to Seattle and putting the fear of God in Nick Wayne and says Mogul Embassy is above the law especially in his city of Seattle. AR Fox gets on the mic and tells Darby Allin to bring his ass out there. Allin comes out with his music and tells Fox to tell these people the whole story about how he tried to call Fox but he never answered and said he lived with Fox and his demons. Allin says there was only one person who could save Fox and that was him so he had to leave. Allin says Fox then got to AEW all by himself and he didn’t even have to put a word in and if he’s upset that Wayne put a word in for Nick Wayne. Allin says he respects Fox and will always credit him for changing his life but it looks like he has some new friends before saying he has some friends too as the lights go out when they come on we see Sting in the ring and he starts taking out Mogul Embassy with his bat. Allin chases away the rest through the crowd as Sting goes after Strickland with his bat before pointing to the All In sign but Strickland escapes out of the ring.
Semi Final Match Of The Women’s Title Tournament
Hikaru Shida (c) vs. Anna Jay
Hikaru Shida dodges Anna Jay in the corner and hits her with 10 punches but Jay escapes out and knocks Shida on the apron where she hits her with a spinning kick knocking her to the outside. Jay sends Shida back inside and gets a two count as we go to picture in picture.
After the break Shida is on the attack on Jay by hitting her with a running forearm for a two count. Jay puts Shida on the corner and hits her with a spinning knee kick but Shida hits Jay with an enziguri on the apron before finding a chair under the ring.
Shida tries to jump off the chair but Angelo Parker stops her as Jay drives Shida face first into the steel steps then sends Shida back inside and gets a two count. Jay reverses a Falcon Arrow and puts on the Queens Slayer but Shida is able to fight her way out.
Jay puts it back on but Shida starts climbing the ropes and falls back before hitting a Falcon Arrow for a 2 count then follows with Katana as Parker tries to stop the count but Paul Turner makes the 3 count anyway.
Winner & Still Women’s Champion: Hikaru Shida (STILL CHAMPION!!!!) (She will join Toni Storm in the Finals)
Friday’s Rampage (Spoilers)
Semi Final Match Of The Women’s Title Tournament
Saraya vs. Skye Blue
Darby Allin vs. Brian Cage
International Title Match
Orange Cassidy (c) vs. Johnny TV
ROH World Tag Team Titles Match
Aussie Open (Mark Davis & Kyle Fletcher) (c) vs. The Outrunners (Truth Magnum & Turbo Floyd)
Saturday’s Collision
Trios Titles Match
House Of Black (Malakai Black, Brody King & Buddy Matthews) (c) vs. AEW World Tag Team Champions FTR (Dax Harwood & Cash Wheeler) & CM Punk
Tag Team Match
TBS Champion Kris Statlander & Willow Nightingale vs. Mercedes Martinez & Diamante
Tag Team Match
The Acclaimed (Anthony Bowens & Max Caster) vs. TBD
All In Card So Far (August 27th) (Spoilers)
AEW World Title Match
MJF (c) vs. Adam Cole
AEW World Tag Team Titles Match
FTR (Dax Harwood & Cash Wheeler) (c) vs. Young Bucks (Matt Jackson & Nick Jackson)
Finals Of The Women’s Title Tournament
Hikaru Shida (c) vs. Saraya vs. The Bunny or Britt Baker vs. Toni Storm
Tag Team Coffin Match
Mogul Embassy (Swerve Strickland & AR Fox) vs. Sting & Darby Allin
ROH World Tag Team Titles Match
Aussie Open (Mark Davis & Kyle Fletcher) (c) vs. AEW World Champion MJF & Adam Cole (Pre Show)
