Posted on 3/20/125 by Bob Magee
AEW DYNAMITE was broadcast on TBS and streamed on MAX live
from the Liberty First Credit Union Arena in Omaha, NE!
Excalibur, “The Human Suplex Machine” Taz, and Tony
Schiavone were the broadcast team for tonight’s event.
It’s Wednesday night and you know what that means!
Dynasty 2025 International Championship Eliminator
Tournament!
“Freshly Squeezed” Orange Cassidy vs. “Speedball” Mike
Bailey
vs. The Don Callis Family’s Mark Davis (with Don Callis) vs.
Ricochet!
The winner faces AEW International Champion Kenny Omega at
Dynasty 2025.
Bailey blasted Ricochet with rapid fire kicks. Orange
avoided kicks from Bailey and wiped out “Speedball” with a
dropkick. Bailey jumped out of the ring with a hurracanrana
and took down Ricochet.
Dunkzilla caught Bailey and power bombed him on the apron.
Bailey avoided a German suplex from Davis and chopped at
him. Davis didn’t budge and nailed Bailey, and then Cassidy,
with chops of his own. Davis splashed Bailey with a standing
senton. Davis blocked a Stun dog millionaire from Orange.
Bailey charged at Davis with a pump kick, followed up by a
missile dropkick.
Orange snap suplexed Mark Davis. Ricochet blindsided
Cassidy. Orange took down Ricochet with the déjà vu. Cassidy
clobbered Ricochet with a stun dog millionaire. Bailey
connected with a thrust kick on Orange. Bailey hit a short
falcon arrow on Orange. Bailey served up a shooting star
press on Orange but Dunkzilla yanked Bailey out of the ring.
Ricochet landed a shooting star press for a near fall on
Cassidy. Ricochet planted Bailey with a Death Valley Driver,
but Bailey kicked out at the two-count. Orange spiked
Ricochet with a DDT. Orange smashed Davis with the Orange
Punch for a near fall!
“How close was that?!” said Schiavone.
Davis power bombed Ricochet. Davis hit a spinebuster on
Cassidy. Davis spiked Orange with a piledriver, but Bailey
broke up the pin attempt. Bailey connected with a
backflipping knee drop onto Davis. Bailey went for the
backslide on Davis, but Ricochet came in out of nowhere and
put himself on top of Bailey, stealing the pin.
The ref declared that “Speedball” Mike Bailey and Ricochet
would both challenge Kenny Omega at Dynasty!
“Ricochet is a vulture,” said Taz.
“The ref never saw Ricochet’s feet on the ropes, but he did
see Ricochet engaged in the pin,” added Excalibur.
TBS Championship Match!
“The CEO” Mercedes Mone (c.) vs. Billie Starkz!
Mercedes grounded and pounded Billie. The challenger rallied
back with a tope through the second rope. Billie jumped off
the turnbuckles and crashed onto Mercedes outside the ring.
Starkz followed up with a senton for a near fall!
The champ blasted Billie with a backstabber and then began
to pummel Billie with strikes. Mercedes superplexed Billie.
Billie countered the three amigos with a brain buster on the
knee! Billie planted the champion with a beautiful bridging
suplex.
Mercedes smashed Billie with a knee strike. Billie fired
back with a kick, but Mercedes walloped Billie with a
lariat. Billie nailed the champion with a John Woo style
dropkick. Billie went for a senton, but Mercedes moved!
Mercedes locked on the Statement Maker and forced Starkz to
tap out!
“What a freakin’ match,” said Tony Schiavone
MJF was backstage!
MJF: “A lot of fans are placing bets on who will be the next
AEW World Champion. As much as it pains you hypocrites to
admit it, there’s only one horse to place your bet on, and
you’re looking at him. I’ve been looking at MVP’s card. If I
want a shot at Jon Moxley, perhaps I need a little clique of
my own. The last time I had a partner, I got burned pretty
bad. But as far as your offer, I’ll have an answer for you
next week. But the time for me to smile over popped
champagne, well, that’s just begun.”
AEW World Championship Street Fight!
Jon Moxley (c.) vs. “The Rated R Superstar” Cope!
Cope ambushed Mox as Mox was making his entrance from the
alley. They brawled into an AEW production truck. The brawl
spilled into the arena. Mox smashed the briefcase into
Cope’s skull.
Cope whacked Mox with the microphone. Cope suplexed Moxley
onto the arena floor! Mox rammed Cope’s head into the
barricade. Mox pulled out at kendo stick and cracked Mox in
the spine with it.
The challenger whipped Mox into the guardrail. Cope hurled a
trash can at Moxley. They traded forearms. Moxley spiked
Cope with a Paradigm Shift on the announcers’ desk!
Moxley whacked Cope with a steel chair to the back. Cope got
to his feet and hurled the steel chair into Mox’s face! Cope
dug his fingernails into the back of Mox. Cope superplexed
Moxley for good measure!
“Two big dudes coming off the top like that, that was a
tough landing for both guys,” said Taz.
Prince Nana was watching the match on a monitor backstage.
Cope pulled out Spike from beneath the ring. Cope came at
Mox, but Mox countered with a cutter! Mox pulled out a table
and slid it into the ring. Mox set up a table and turned
around, right into Cope, who walloped Mox with Spike in the
midsection. Cope suplexed Mox onto Spike and it stuck in his
back!
Wheeler Yuta jumped into the ring and rocked Cope with the
busaiku knee. Cope rallied back by power bombing Wheeler
through a table. PAC and Claudio came out of nowhere and
double teamed Cope, wearing him out with an onslaught.
FTR—Dax Harwood and Cash Wheeler—sprinted to the ring to
even up the odds for Cope! Dax spiked Mox with a piledriver!
Cope speared Mox through a table that was set up against the
turnbuckles!
The fans chanted “A-E-W! A-E-W! A-E-W!”
Cope covered Mox but Marina Shafir jumped in to make the
save. Willow Nightingale ran down and wiped out Marina!
Willow cannonballed Marina. Nick Wayne smashed Cope with
Wayne’s World! Mox locked on the bulldog choke and the ref
stopped the match as Cope’s lights went out! Cope looked for
a hand up from Dax, but Dax refused and walked away.
Instead, Cash helped Cope get to his feet.
“I bet Cash is going back to look for Dax to have a
conversation,” said Taz.
Bandido was backstage with Renee Paquette!
Bandido: “I can handle the dangers but what Chris Jericho
did to my brother, Gravity, at Revolution…Jericho, you made
my mother cry in front of me, and I can never forgive you
for that. So this Sunday at Collision, I hope you show up
and act like a man and bring my brother’s mask back to me.”
Johnny TV interrupted.
Johnny TV: Who cares? You know what ratings would be? Me
against you on Sunday!”
Bandido: “Ok, I accept for Slam Dunk Sunday!”
“The Aerial Assassin” Will Ospreay vs. AR Fox!
Ospreay blocked a cutter and then Fox blocked a cutter
attempt from Ospreay! Fox went for a suplex, but Will
countered with a stundog millionaire. Ospreay jumped over
the top rope and connected with a crossbody press on Fox
outside the ring.
Ospreay dropped Fox with a standing Spanish fly! Will
followed up with a hook kick. Fox dodged the Hidden Blade
and charged into Will with a pump kick. AR Fox smashed Will
with the Lo Mein Pain for a near fall. Will avoided a 450
splash and then rocked Fox with the Hidden Blade, scoring
the pin!
Renee Paquette was backstage with “Hangman” Adam Page!
Page: “My thoughts on Mox and Swerve being official at
Dynasty? I swore Swerve would never be champion again. But
my focus will be on me. A lot of people have been jumping
the gun on joining the Owen. I’m entering the Owen!”
Renee Paquette interviewed “The CEO” Mercedes Mone!
Mercedes: “It takes more than a heart to beat me. Who
trained Billie? If I trained her, she might have had a
chance at beating me tonight. Who am I kidding? No she
wouldn’t!”
Kris Statlander vs. Megan Bayne (with Penelope Ford)!
AEW Women’s World Champion “Timeless” Toni Storm was on
commentary for this match.
Bayne battered Kris with a lariat, knocking Stat over the
top rope and to the floor. Statlander returned fire with a
shotgun dropkick. Statlander took Bayne down with a back
elbow off the turnbuckles.
After a distraction from Penelope, Bayne back suplexed
Statlander. Bayne nailed Kris with a running Liger Bomb.
They traded slaps and Stat connected with a kick. Penelope
got involved again and this time, ref Aubrey Edwards ejected
her. Stat power bombed Bayne!
Bayne staggered Stat with a German suplex. Bayne rocked
Statlander with a second suplex. Bayne connected with a tope
suicida. Bayne planted Kris with a falcon arrow for a near
fall. Bayne threw Kris into Toni Storm! Bayne drove down
Kris with Fate’s Descent on the arena floor! Back inside the
ring, Bayne finished off Stat with a second Fate’s Decent
and picked up the victory!
Toni Storm taped up her right hand, got into the ring, and
Toni and Megan began to brawl! Security jumped in to
separate the two of them!
Toni: “You keep looking at my title, but you don’t have much
to say. So you and I will have a date at Dynasty!”
Catch AEW DYNAMITE live next Wednesday at 8/7c on TBS and
streaming on MAX from the Roy Wilkins Auditorium in St.
Paul, MN!
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