AEW Dynamite Review – January 17, 2024
TNT Title Match
Christian Cage (c) vs. Dustin Rhodes
Match starts off with a lock up in the corner and ropes before Dustin Rhodes hits a powerslam for a two count before Christian Cage escapes to the outside where Rhodes follows him attacking him against the barricades and commentary table.
Rhodes whips Christian into the steel steps before bringing him back inside where he hits the ten punches in the corner. They fight in the corner before Christian knocks Rhodes to the outside where he dives onto him from the top rope as we go to picture in picture.
After the break Christian dodges a crossbody from Rhodes as he spills to the outside. Back inside, Christian heads to the top rope but misses a flying headbutt. Back & forth until Rhodes hit a bulldog for a two count.
Rhodes sets up Christain for Golden Globes but Christian is able to put a boot up to stop it before Rhodes comes back with a Code Red for a two count.
Rhodes is able to dodge Christian’s springboard punch on the ropes and goes for a tope just to be stopped by a punch and snapped back on the ropes by Christian.
Christian hits Frog Splash but only gets a two count so Christian brings the TNT Title into the ring but as Aubrey Edwards is taking it away Nick Wayne runs in to reverse the small cradle as Christian still only gets two.
They fight in the corner as Rhodes sets up Christian for Golden Globes, this time delivering it as Edwards is distracted by Nick Wayne.
Rhodes follows with a superplex before hitting Cross Rhodes but Christian is able to get his shoulder up at two. Wayne swipes at the leg of Rhodes prompting Rhodes to go after him.
As Aubrey is distracted by Christian, Killswitch & Wayne start attacking Rhodes before Rhodes blocks Wayne’s World and hits a Texas Destroyer on Wayne.
Back inside Christian dodges Rhodes and hits a spear and Killswitch but Rhodes kicks out so Christian hits a 2nd Killswitch to get the win.
Winner & Still TNT Champion: Christian Cage (STILL CHAMPION!!!!!)
Renee Paquette is backstage with Swerve Strickland and asks if he will have eyes on tonight’s main event. Swerve says he has eyes everywhere and it doesn’t matter if it’s Samoa Joe or Hook who comes out as the AEW World Champion. Strickland says out of everybody in the Continental Classic, he’s the one everybody is talking about coming out of it and makes him a dangerous man going after the AEW World Title. Paquette brings up Hangman Page going after the title also as Strickland brings up having eyes everywhere and brings up all of Page’s accolades. Strickland says Page can have a chance at beating anybody else except him as he beat him twice and doesn’t have to prove he can do it again.
After the break Renee Paquette is with Chris Jericho and asks where Jericho goes next after losing the Street Fight at Battle Of The Belts 9. Jericho blames The Don Callis Family for costing them the match and Sammy Guevara being out with an injury. Jericho brings up Konosuke Takeshita and beating him in Tokyo a couple of months back but that does not mean anything now and brings up all the weapons he can use against him. Matt Sydal interrupts and says this is not how Jericho should handle it and suggests handling it in the ring against someone who has beaten Jericho before. Jericho agrees and makes the match for this Friday on Rampage.
Tag Team Match
Best Friends (International Champion Orange Cassidy & Trent Beretta) vs. Pentagon Jr & Komander
Orange Cassidy & Pentagon Jr starts the match and go back & forth doing their taunts to each other before going into arm drags and more.
Trent Beretta & Komander go at it next with Komander taking out Cassidy on the outside with a tope before being caught by Beretta right into a half & half suplex.
Beretta sends Cassidy back inside to get a two count as we go to picture in picture.
After the break Komander take control over Best Friends before making the tag to Pentagon & he hits a stalling Made In Japan to Cassidy as Komander takes out Beretta with a dive to the outside.
They go for an assisted Fear Factor but Beretta breaks it up as Cassidy hits Pentagon with a DDT and makes the tag out to Beretta before Beretta & Komander go back & forth with pin attempts.
Pentagon & Komander start double teaming on Beretta including Komander hitting a rope walk splash but Cassidy is there to break it up. Beretta dodges a Phoenix Splash and hits a running knee strike.
Cassidy takes out Pentagon with Beach Break then hits Orange Punch on Komander followed by Crunchie from Beretta for the win.
Winners: Best Friends
After the match Best Friends go to do their hug, but they get interrupted by Undisputed Kingdom’s Roderick Strong, Matt Taven & Mike Bennett. Strong gets on the mic and says he’s said it to the fans but will now say it to Cassidy’s face and tells him to take off his glasses. He refuses as Strong says they can take them out now but they won’t. Strong says Cassidy always defends the International Title but tonight decided to be in a tag match and asks if it’s because it’s all happening too much and if Cassidy has nothing left in the tank to keep it. Strong says maybe it’s because the International Title belongs to him and he is coming for it and he’s here to make Cassidy face it. Cassidy says he will shut up Strong and says he will do the match right there right now. Strong says not right now and says Cassidy has to wait until March 3rd at Revolution because he wants Cassidy to live with the next 6 weeks thinking about this.
Renee Paquette is in the back with Hangman Page and asks what’s with his change lately. Page talks about nobody else caring more about the AEW World Title then he has and says in 2024 not only will he win it but he will hold it, put his name on it and keep it there for as long as he can. Paquette brings up Swerve Strickland also going for it and hit words of Page not being able to beat him. Page says he doesn’t think about Strickland at all and it doesn’t matter if he can’t beat him because Samoa Joe is the AEW World Champion not Strickland. Page ends with saying God be with you for Hook if it ends up being him as AEW World Champion after tonight.
Justin Roberts introduces Mark Briscoe & The Briscoe family as today marks 1 year since Jay Briscoe’s passing. Mark gets a bit emotional talking about his brother’s accident and his nieces also being injured and told they would never walk again which prompts Jay’s kids to join Mark on stage as Mark talks about The Briscoe Family never being able to be stopped. They followed this with an video on Jay Briscoe’s life.
After the break we go to a sit down interview with Renee Paquette with Young Bucks as Nick Jackson cuts her off and tells her that they are going to be treated more seriously and call themselves to be called Nicholas & Matthew. Matt brings up all the rumors about them not being true and asks Paquette what she would do to preserve herself and her baby and what she would be willing to lose as her reputation and legacy would go out the window. Matt says he would go and do it all again and says You’re welcome to Paquette getting a paycheck this week. Paquette brings up Sting as Matt says they changed the world at the start of AEW as it was out with the old and in with the new but eventually they lost their way. Matt says how the company changed due to cancerous superstars but says Sting isn’t one of those as he is a role model employee. Matt brings up Sting not being in line with the changing the world agenda and says unfortunately they will have to say goodbye to Sting and everybody like Sting. Paquette asks if this is an official call out to Sting as Nick says as EVPs they will pull some strings and say they have a meeting to go to.
ROH 6 Man Tag Team Titles Match
Mogul Embassy (Bishop Kaun, Brian Cage & Toa Liona) (c) vs. Bullet Club Gold (Jay White, Austin Gunn & Coleton Gunn)
Toa Liona & Jay White starts the match before Bullet Club Gold keeps Bishop Kaun in their corner before Kaun is able to escape and make the tag to Brian Cage.
Cage goes after Austin Gunn by hitting him with a German suplex as Austin lands right in front of Prince Nana as he taunts him with his dance.
Gates Of Agony start double teaming Austin in the corner with an assisted elbow drop getting a two count as we go to picture in picture.
After the break Colten Gunn gets the hot tag and goes after all his opponents in a flurry.
Liona is able to stop all of Colten’s momentum with a Pounce before hitting Open The Gates on Colten followed by an Air Raid Crash from Kaun to Colten which Austin breaks up the pin for. Cage whips Liona but The Gunns are able to dodge him as he goes crashing over it.
Back in the ring Colten reverses Kaun and tags out to White & he chops away at Kaun.
Everybody joins in now and hits offense on each other before it’s back down to White & Kaun again as Nana trips up White after a Blade Runner attempt.
Nana gets in the ring and tries to hit White with the ROH 6 Man Tag Team Title but Anthony Bowens runs out and stops Nana. Kaun & White go back & forth until White hits Blade Runner for the win.
Winners & New ROH 6 Man Tag Team Champions: Bullet Club Gold (NEW CHAMPIONS!!!!)
After the match Trios Champions The Acclaimed & Billy Gunn have a bit of a staredown with Bullet Club Gold after hoping to form the Bang Bang Scissor Gang.
We go to Adam Cole & Wardlow in the back as Cole says it’s horrifying that Wardlow hasn’t even scratched the surface but with Undisputed Kingdom he is unstoppable now just wait and see as Wardlow runs over each opponent after opponent until just the AEW World Title is left and then it will be the property of the Undisputed Kingdom as Wardlow just says Boom.
Deonna Purrazzo vs. Anna Jay
Deonna Purrazzo & Anna Jay starts the match going back & forth before Purrazzo starts attacking Jay’s arms as she cowards to the ropes as we go to picture in picture.
After the break Purrazzo escapes out of Queen Slayer and puts on an armbreaker but Jay is able to get her foot on the rope.
Jay & Purrazzo start going into a forearm exchange but Purrazzo quickly traps Jay right into the armbar turning it into Venus De Milo for the submission win.
Winner By Submission: Deonna Purrazzo
After the match Renee Paquette joins Purrazzo in the ring and brings up her having 2 impressive victories in just four days and asks if he would like to say anything to Toni Storm since she’s there. Purrazzo says she doesn’t know what’s got into Women’s Champion Toni Storm as she’s known her for a long time and they used to be like sisters. Purrazzo says Storm might have changed but so as she as Storm has never met the technician that is The Virtuosa. Storm gets on Luther’s shoulders and says Technically speaking Purrazzo is a tanned hag and her past is none of her business and threatens to get in the ring and what sounds like she will sock her right in the box before tossing her shoe at Purrazzo. Purrazzo & Mariah May start getting in a shoe toss exchange before Storm leaves still on Luther’s shoulders.
Tag Team Match
Private Party (Isiah Kassidy & Marq Quen) vs. Top Flight (Dante Martin & Darius Martin)
Isiah Kassidy & Darius Martin starts the match and have a bit of back & forth before facing off again in the middle of the ring. Marq Quen & Dante Martin tag in as both teams face off before exchanging respect for each other.
Dante is able to hold Quen down and work on his arm before Quen is able to maneuver out and tag out to Kassidy & takes out Top Flight as Private Party poses on the ropes going into picture in picture.
After the break Quen tags in and hits a tope to Darius crashing into the commentary table, dives to Dante on the other side before going back and diving to Darius then back to Dante once again.
Quen heads to the top rope and hits a 450 splash on Dante then a cover but he kicks out at two. Top Flight starts double teaming on Quen but Kassidy is there to break up the pin attempt.
Darius hits a sick Pele kick in the corner to Kassidy, as Dante goes after Quen.
Private Party hits Gin & Juice on Dante before Quen rolls up Darius while holding onto the top rope for the win.
Winners: Private Party
After the match Action Andretti joins them in the ring as both teams start arguing about the finish before Private Party leaves.
We see a video from Sting & Darby Allin showing all their accolades in AEW as Allin says this run will end with them being AEW World Tag Team Champions without mentioning Young Bucks at all.
AEW World Title Match
Samoa Joe (c) vs. FTW Champion Hook
Hook goes after Samoa Joe in the corner with punches but quickly gets tossed to the outside where they continue with punches and chops. Joe whips Hook into the barricade but he hops off with a punch to Joe.
Back inside Joe stops Hook’s momentum with a back elbow before challenging him to get back up.
Joe stays on top for a while before Hook comes back and takes out Joe on the outside with a punch from the apron.
They start fighting by the commentary table where Joe viciously spikes Hook with a uranage onto the table totally destroying it and Hook in the process.
Joe starts yelling at Hook if he understands yet and if he has anything for him as Hook flips him off as Joe returns that exchange with a powerbomb onto the apron.
Taz shows concern and talks about having to take his headset off. Hook barely beats the 10 count but Joe is there to meet him with a powerslam for a two count.
Joe follows with a Death Valley Driver then a cover but Hook kicks out yet again then Joe places Hook in the corner and hits Muscle Buster then a another cover as Hook kicks out.
Hook starts mounting a come back taking Joe down with 3 clotheslines before keeping him in the corner with punches and hitting a t bone suplex.
Hook puts on Redrum but Joe escapes and puts on the Coquina Clutch as the referee eventually calls off the match after raising Hook’s arm up and down 3 times.
Winner By Submission & Still AEW World Champion: Samoa Joe (STILL CHAMPION!!!!)
After the match Hook starts yelling at Joe if that’s all Joe has so Joe runs back in and takes out Hook with another Muscle Buster. As Joe starts to leave again Hook gets back up on his feet and tells Joe to come back. Joe does but Hangman Page’s music hits as he runs out and chases Joe away. We cut to Swerve Strickland & Prince Nana as they are watching from the crowd. The crowd starts chanting for Strickland as he & Page now lock eyes before Strickland & Nana leave through the crowd. Hook re enters the ring as Page helps him up.
Friday’s Rampage
Chris Jericho vs. Matt Sydal
Anthony Henry vs. Pentagon Jr
Kris Statlander vs. Queen Aminata
Darby Allin vs. Jeff Hardy
Saturday’s Collision
Tag Team Match
Continental Crown Champion Eddie Kingston & Ortiz vs. Blackpool Combat Club (Bryan Danielson & Claudio Castagnoli)
Buddy Matthews vs. Daniel Garica
