AEW Dynamite Review – October 18, 2023
Jay White vs. Pentagon Jr
Before the bell rings Pentagon Jr dives onto The Gunns & Juice Robinson before Pentagon hits a sling blade before sending Jay White back inside and hitting a top rope double stomp on White as the match officially starts.
Pentagon continues on the attack before White goes to the outside to regroup as Colten Gunn trips up Pentagon while he is attempting to dive into White. White takes control of this going for numerous pin attempts.
White sends Pentagon to the outside where the Bullet Club Gold starts surrounding and teasing Pentagon before White drops Pentagon face first into the apron then White ties Pentagon’s mask to the bottom rope and stomps away continuing the attack as we go to picture in picture.
After the break Pentagon is in control as he dives onto White on the outside then back inside Pentagon tosses his glove to Alex Abrahantes and chops White who chops right back as we go to an exchange with White telling Pentagon to take off his top which he does.
We get a chop battle before White escapes out of a Fear Factor and hits a uranage followed by a brainbuster for a two count. White continues and tries Blade Runner but Pentagon reverses it into Made In Japan for a two count.
The Gunns distract the referee as Robinson takes out Pentagon with Left Hand Of God with the ring on it followed by Blade Runner to get the win.
Winner: Jay White
After the match White gets on the mic and tells them to cut his music and says he doesn’t suck MJF sucks as he isn’t here and unlike AEW World Champion MJF he is truly an elite World Champion and says MJF can’t find anyone to team up with him to take on Bullet Club Gold. Robinson gets on the mic and says tonight in the main event he will win the Dynamite Dozen Douchebag Battle Royal and after he throws 11 people over the top rope he’s going to knock MJF out take his ring and pawn it and he’s going to get another gold tooth with it.
Renee Paquette is with MJF and asks for his reaction from the Bullet Club Gold. MJF says he could have run out and got his ass whipped like every other good guy but he’s not a good guy, he’s a scumbag. He mentions he will do commentary in the main event and says Jay White reminds him of cosplayers at New York Comic Con and he hopes Robinson wins so it’ll be the Left Hand Of God vs. the Right Hand Of The Devil. Paquette asks for an update on Adam Cole but Trios Champions The Acclaimed & Billy Gunn interrupt as Max Caster they can be his partners and they can scissor after the match. MJF says no as Caster says he will enter the Dynamite Dozen Battle Royale and win the ring, so he can put a ring on it as Billy Gunn calls MJF a scumbag.
We get a video hyping up the match as teacher vs. student and talking up Hikaru Shida & Emi Sakura’s history.
Non Title Match
Women’s Champion Hikaru Shida vs. Emi Sakura
Emi Sakura attacks Hikaru Shida before the bell rings but once it does they they go into a chop/forearm exchange before Shida stops a crossbody attack with a knee strike before they roll around the ring with a pin attempt. Sakura tosses Shida’s kendo stick away as they go to picture in picture.
After the break Sakura sends Shida to the outside with a crossbody off the apron but Shida sends Sakura into the apron with a hurricanrana then sends her back inside and hits her with a missile dropkick for a two count.
They trade pin attempts before Sakura hits a Tiger Driver for a two count before Sakura misses a top rope moonsault as Shida hits Katana as Sakura kicks out at two.
Sakura rolls up Shida for a two count then hey trade backbreakers before Shida hits Falcon Arrow for a two count before Shida hits another Katana to put Sakura away.
Winner: Women’s Champion Hikaru Shida
We go to a sit down with Renee Paquette from earlier today with Adam Copeland as Copeland says he is confused at what’s been going on here as the whole reason he came here was to end his career with TNT Champion Christian Cage. Christian was down for it until it got closer to his debut and after sitting down thinking about it it has made more sense to him. Copeland talks about how he met Christian in the 6th grade and how the teachers sent Copeland to talk Christian into going to school and they became best friends because of their bond of loving professional wrestling. He talks about them talking about writing into the Toronto Star to get free wrestling training and Copeland wrote it and Christian didn’t. He fast forwarded to himself getting a deal and putting in the word for Christian as he believed in him. Copeland said it wasn’t by design to have everything be E&C and understands why that upsets Christian. Copeland says Christian would still be working an IT job in southern Ontario wondering what if if he didn’t help him out. Renee says the common thread they have is jealousy and competition and Copeland is surprised that it still continues at this stage. Copeland says he doesn’t want to take away Christian’s spotlight or TNT Title so Paquette asks what he wants at this point in his career. Copeland says when Nick Wayne & Luchasaurus leave Christian he will be the one to pick him up.
Wardlow vs. Ryan Nemeth
Ryan Nemeth attacks Wardlow right away but Wardlow stops him and hits 1 powerbomb then Bryce Remsburg calls for the bell to stop the match.
Winner By Referee Stoppage: Wardlow
After the match Tony Schiavone enters the ring and asks Wardlow what he’s back for as Wardlow shows his wrist tape that says MJF then leaves the ring knocking Schiavone down on his way out.
Backstage Renee Paquette is with Kenny Omega & he talks about his win/lost record being a bit putrid but Kyle Fletcher has reminded him who he is and says he will take out Fletcher 1st then The Don Callis Family and after that maybe we will see the Kenny Omega of old targeting the AEW World Title. MJF interrupts and tells Omega he’s always been a massive fan and goes to shake his hand which Omega does. MJF whispers 13 days b*tch in his ear as Omega says we’ll see about that.
We go to Roderick Strong’s house as Mike Bennet is playing a Neck Strong song on bongos. Adam Cole gives Strong coffee but he spits it out and says he absolutely hates hot coffee. Cole says he’s done with this and starts to leave but Strong says he’s sorry and says he’s crazing peanut butter & jelly, and Cole makes the best as Strong & The Kingdom start chanting for PB & J. We see a montage of Cole making sandwiches and once Strong bites into it he says he hates crust. Cole gets pissed off and says he hasn’t talked to MJF for weeks and says he is done with this and needs to get surgery as Strong yells for Adam. Strong says he knows what he has to do to get his best friend back and be nice to that scumbag.
Tony Schiavone is in the ring and with disgust introduces Don Callis before spitting on the mat. Callis comes out with Powerhouse Hobbs & Konosuke Takeshita and says he has something to say as we cut to a sign that says Don Callis worse than Dallas. Callis says they made history last week as Chris Jericho was never manhandled like he was last week, as Hobbs broke him in half. Hobbs brings up February 22nd, 1998 as what was supposed to be the greatest day of his life and had the chance to meet his hero Chris Jericho his grandmother got him front row tickets to meet him as Jericho walked past her told his grandma to shut up and told Hobbs to sit his ass down. For 25 years Hobbs had the frustration of a 7 year old child but he swore that the day he got to look Jericho in the eye, he would hurt him over and over. Callis says they bottle it up in his Family and they are not done with Jericho they will unleash Hobbs on AEW because The Don Callis Family is on a role as they are undefeated in 4 months except for one match where Sammy Guevara was hurt by Jericho.
Callis brings up that Kyle Fletcher let them down and screwed The Don Callis Family as Fletcher heads to the ring and gets in Callis’s face. Fletcher says he did that match as a favor as Will Ospreay called him and said Callis was on his knees begging. Fletcher says he might have been the weak link but tonight he will prove to everything that he doesn’t need anybody’s help to beat Kenny Omega. Callis says he likes the confidence and if he beats Omega tonight they might have an opportunity to discuss next week.
Kyle Fletcher vs. Kenny Omega
Kyle Fletcher goes right after Kenny Omega at the start of the bell before Omega hits a vertical suplex as Fletcher goes to the outside where Omega dives onto him.
Fletcher goes right after Omega by sending him over the barricade into the crowd before Omega takes advantage and runs to Fletcher but Fletcher trips him up and sends Omega into a chair seated ringside as we go to picture in picture.
After the break Omega meets Fletcher on the outside with a top rope moonsault followed by a missile dropkick to Fletcher’s back inside for a two count.
Fletcher comes back with a brainbuster for a two count and continues with a Michinoku Driver for another 2 count.
Fletcher counters One Winged Angel and locks in Dragon Sleeper with a body lock but Omega is able to escape but Omega comes right back and is able to hit One Winged Angel to get the win.
Winner: Kenny Omega
We get another vignette for Danhausen.
Lance Archer vs. Barrett Brown
Lance Archer kicks Barrett Brown down to the ring before chokeslaming him onto the apron then as the bell rings Archer follows with a chokeslam and a bunch of running elbows in the corner. Archer follows with the Blackout to get the win.
Winner: Lance Archer
We go to Swerve Strickland & Prince Nana who are at the Graffiti Park in Houston where many other famous rappers have been as they hype up the premiere of the Big Pressure (Remix) this Friday on YouTube then send out a warning to Hangman Page that it’s not always you that pays for your actions.
Tony Schiavone is in the ring and introduces Sting. Sting says before he says the word he wants to reflect and talks about going up and down the road with people like Lex Luger, The Steiners & Buff Bagwell and how they looked at people who shaped their careers like Dusty Rhodes, Hulk Hogan as Sting says he learned from the guy. The one guy he really wants to give a lot to is Ric Flair and thanks him for all the moments as he goes over their matches together. The crowd then starts a Thank you Sting chant as he thanks the fans. Sting then says they used to wonder what these wrestlers had left to prove and here he is after all these years later and he understands why they hung on. He mentions the fans and the arena making them keep coming back for more. Should he be jumping off of balconies he questions and says we will get there. Sting talks about his “retirement speech” as the key thing being nothing is for sure as he brings up the word retirement again as the crowd tells him they are in Rosenberg. Sting brings up his 1st match for AEW being at Revolution 2021 and his last match will be at Revolution 2024 and the only thing about that will be for sure.
We go to RJ City & he keys up Toni Storm’s next film Gone With The Storm before Storm walks in and yells at them to play the picture before we get another picture in picture silent film this one includes Storm and City and includes intertitles for their dialogue.
Jim Ross is with Nick Wayne & his mother Shayna and questions what he has done to Darby Allin and brings up that having friends in wrestling is rare and asks his mother what she thought as this was going down. Shayna says this is out of character of Nick and to align himself with Christian Cage after what he said about her and their family and starts begging to her that this is not the way. Nick tells her to shut up and says they don’t understand, as he was always in Allin’s shadow and it’s time to prove himself and now he’s under a new father figure in Christian Cage a better father figure than his dad ever was. Christian walks in and asks Nick if he’s ready to come home son as he leaves and calls his mother a terrible mom. She slaps him as Christian tells him not to abuse him. We see Darby attacking Christian & Nick as they take it ringside where Luchasaurus & Sting join in the brawl. Wayne is bleeding from the mouth as Luchasaurus saves Cage from a Scorpion Deathlock attempt from Sting.
We hear from FTW Champion Hook & Best Friends as TBS Champion Kris Statlander says she will defend the TBS Title against Willow Nightingale as she’s someone she respects greatly. International Champion Orange Cassidy brings up how you don’t know what you got until it’s gone and he will continue to defend the International Title.
12 Man Dynamite Dozen Battle Royal
Trios Champion Max Caster vs. Juice Robinson vs. Dustin Rhodes vs. Johnny TV vs. Trent Beretta vs. Matt Sydal vs. Jake Hager vs. Komander vs. Matt Menard vs. Jeff Hardy vs. Matt Hardy vs. Daniel Garica
Johnny TV takes out Matt Sydal then starts having a dance off with Daniel Garcia but Matt Menard stops him then Jeff Hardy starts dancing before Dustin Rhodes & Matt Hardy eliminate Johnny TV.
Jake Hager picks up Matt Hardy and dumps him out then MJF starts heading down to the ring and hands some cash to Rhodes to take out Juice Robinson & he hits Golden Globes as we go to picture in picture.
After the break Garcia & Menard team up to dump out Komander then Trent Beretta & Rhodes hug which upsets Hager but Beretta ends up knocking Hager off the apron to eliminate him before Menard goes and knocks Beretta off the apron.
Garcia eliminates Jeff Hardy over the top rope but gets stop again from doing the dance as Garcia & Menard start shoving each other. Rhodes eliminates Menard but Garcia quickly eliminates Rhodes right after as it’s now down to Garcia, Max Caster & Robinson for the final 3.
Garcia finally does his dance but gets eliminated by Caster & they start fighting on the apron then head to the top rope as Caster knocks Robinson down and hits Mic Drop.
Jay White starts attacking MJF at the commentary table as they start brawling on the stage before MJF takes his AEW World Title back.
MJF goes to hit White with it but he hits him with a low blow while Caster is distracted by this Robinson puts the ring on his hand and knocks Caster with it before eliminating him to win the match.
Winner: Juice Robinson
Friday’s Rampage
2 Out Of 3 Falls Match
Mistico vs. Rocky Romero
Tag Team Match
Blackpool Combat Club (Claudio Castagnoli & Wheeler Yuta) vs. Bryan Keith & Exodus Prime
Ruby Soho vs. Skye Blue
International Title #1 Contenders Triple Threat Match
John Silver vs. Kip Sabian vs. Brother Zay
Saturday’s Collision
Action Andretti vs. Miro
AEW World Tag Team Titles Match
Ricky Starks & Big Bill (c) vs. Blackpool Combat Club (Claudio Castagnoli & Wheeler Yuta)
Battle Of The Belts 8 Card (Oct 22nd)
Trios Titles Match
The Acclaimed (Anthony Bowens & Max Caster) & Billy Gunn (c) vs. Angelo Parker, Matt Menard & Daniel Garica
TBS Title Match
Kris Statlander (c) vs. Willow Nightingale
International Title Match
Orange Cassidy (c) vs. John Silver
Next Week’s Dynamite
Dynamite Diamond Ring
MJF (h) vs. Juice Robinson
Tag Team Match
FTW Champion Hook & Rob Van Dam vs. TBD
