Posted on 4/24/125 by Bob Magee
Excalibur, “The Human Suplex Machine” Taz, Ian Riccaboni,
and Tony Schiavone were the broadcast team for tonight’s
event.
It’s Wednesday night and you know what that means!
Kicking off tonight’s show, along with Tony Schiavone…Hip
Hop Legend Master P!
Master P: “Welcome to AEW Dynamite! It’s my pleasure to
introduce the new Trios Champions—The Opps!”
New AEW World Trios Champions—Samoa Joe, Shibata, and
Powerhouse Hobbs—came down to the ring!
Samoa Joe: “It is good to be in the building tonight because
you see The Opps have come here to celebrate. But before we
do, I have to give props to Master P for welcoming to this
city. We love New Orleans and this is the best city to
celebrate a new championship!”
Marina Shafir walked to the ring, but it was a trap. AEW
World Champion Jon Moxley, Claudio Castagnoli, and Wheeler
Yuta ambushed The Opps and Hobbs! Moxley got in Master P’s
face, but Samoa Joe put Mox in a rear naked choke, a repeat
of what we saw one week ago.
Master P: “Put him to sleep!”
Nicholas and Matthew Jackson, The Young Bucks—and Okada ran
down to the ring and cleared the ring of The Opps and Hobbs,
coming to the aid of Jon Moxley.
Swerve Strickland’s music began to play, and Swerve strolled
to the ring. Samoa Joe chased the Bucks and Okada out of the
ring! Kenny Omega came out with a steel chair in hand and
the Bucks and Okada retreated!
Samoa Joe: “With respect to whose house this is, it is nice
to see you Swerve. Jon Moxley! You wanted me? Now you have
me. I’ll be taking back my AEW World Championship.”
Renee Paquette was backstage with The Patriarchy!
ROH TV Champion Nick Wayne was about to speak when Christian
Cage took the belt away from him and put it around his own
shoulder.
Christian: “I’m the one that forced you to find yourself and
spread your wings and to become the Prodigy. We’re all proud
of you. In fact your mother and I celebrated your victory
extensively that night. But you see what happens when you
listen to me? Good things happen.”
Nick Wayne: “Well when you stick to the plan, you actually
win championships.”
Christian handed the belt back and said, “I love my family.”
Mark Briscoe vs. Ricochet!
Briscoe hammered Ricochet with right hand strikes as the
crowd taunted Ricochet with “bald” chants. Briscoe unleashed
some redneck Kungfu and then drilled Ricochet with a scissor
kick through the ropes.
Ricochet clobbered Mark with a pump kick. Mark dropkicked
Ricochet on the apron and followed up with the Cactus elbow
on the outside. Ricochet sent Briscoe throat-first into the
ropes. Ricochet hit a cutter for a near fall.
“Excellent cutter but Mark is tough to topple,” said Taz.
Briscoe rocked Ricochet with a fisherman’s buster. Ricochet
retaliated with a brainbuster, but Briscoe kicked out at the
two-count. Briscoe caught Ricochet with a high collar suplex
and sent him soaring overhead and to the mat. Ricochet
blocked a Jay Driller but Briscoe fired back with the Death
Valley Driver. Briscoe went for the froggy bow but Ricochet
rolled inward to avoid it.
Ricochet connected with a springboard 450 splash, but
Briscoe kicked out at the two-count! Briscoe jumped out of
the ring with a tope con hiro. Mark followed up with a
lariat, good for a near fall. Ricochet put his boots on the
ropes and tried to cheat, using them for leverage, but
Briscoe rolled up Ricochet and scored the pin!
After the match, Ricochet whacked Briscoe with a steel
chair, taking out his frustrations on the winner. Ricochet
pulled out a pair of gold scissors but “The Jet” Kevin
Knight sprinted to the ring to make the save! Ricochet ran
for the hills!
Tony Schiavone was in the ring as FTR—Dax Harwood & Cash
Wheeler—made their return!
Stokely Hathaway walked out first and said: “They are top
guys! New Orleans, give it up for FTR!”
Stokely came to the ring with FTR.
Stokely: “So I’m Stokely Hathaway and I’m going to address
the elephant here in the room. Let me get this straight. You
two were fined for accidentally hitting someone and touching
Tony Schiavone? That’s interesting to me. Hangman Adam Page
has committed arson. Ricochet comes to work every week and
shake people with scissors. And should I list the crimes
that Jon Moxley has committed? Yet he walks around AEW
unpunished. That suspension…I’m going to have expunged from
your permanent record and have the fine reimbursed to you.
Moving forward, if you want to have a conversation with
these guys, then you need to have a conversation with me.
And as of today, I’m the new agent for FTR! Now Tony
Schiavone, do your job!”
Cash: “Thank you Mr. Hathaway. What happened last week with
Danny Garcia, that wasn’t an easy decision for us but he
gave us no choice. Danny made his own decision. It was 2.0
that go in front of our face that said they wanted to fight.
I don’t think they were ready to fight. And when Danny asked
us to stop, we stopped. We got you to the TNT Title. We put
Garcia first. We put Cope first, and it got us nowhere.”
Dax: “Speaking of living legends, we have the Rock N Roll
Express in the house tonight.”
Dax invited Ricky and Robert into the ring.
Dax: “One of the greatest tag teams of all time, Rock N Roll
Express. They had some of the greatest matches of all time.
What would you say is your greatest match ever? If it was up
to me, I would say Philadelphia with the Midnight Express
and if I’m being honest, they were better than you. But
we’re here tonight to talk about the Rock N Roll Express. If
I was judging by looks alone, I’d say you’re about 108 and
109 years old.”
Ricky Morton: “We’re going to stop this right now. You’re
not going to embarrass us in front of the entire wrestling
world tonight.”
FTR stuffed Ricky with a spiked piledriver!
The Paragon—TNT Champion Adam Cole, Kyle O’Reilly, and
Roderick Strong—hit the ring and chased off FTR!
EVPs The Young Bucks—Nicholas & Matthew Jackson
vs.
Speedball Mike Bailey & “The Jet” Kevin Knight!
Kevin Knight connected with a springboard crossbody press
onto Matthew Jackson. Speedball and Knight jumped over the
top rope and crash landed on The Bucks. Nicholas moonsaulted
off the apron and wiped out Kevin on the floor.
The Bucks ate a series of rapid fire kicks from Speedball
Mike Bailey. Kevin Knight tagged in and cleaned house on the
EVPs with a flurry of offense. Kevin body slammed Matthew
and then crashed onto him with the UFO splash!
Matthew used a Northern Lights suplex on Bailey and Knight.
The Bucks hit combination offense on Knight for a near fall
by Matthew. Bailey tagged in but Matthew spiked him with a
DDT. Bailey blocked a superkick from Nicholas, but Matthew
blasted Bailey with a superkick. Kevin Knight took flight
with a dropkick to Nicholas. Kevin hit a hurracanrana on
Nicholas. Knight cracked Nicholas with a backstabber, but
Matthew jumped in to break up the pin attempt.
Knight splashed Nicholas while Bailey moonsaulted Matthew.
Knight dropped the UFO splash from up top, but Matthew was
there to break up the pin again, as he and Bailey were
brawling and fell on top of Knight, their momentum knocking
him off Bailey.
The Bucks stuffed Bailey with a Meltzer Driver off the
apron. Kevin fired back with a double DDT! Ricochet ran down
and grabbed Kevin Knight’s ankle. The Bucks seized the
moment to nail Knight with the EVP Trigger and Nicholas
pinned Knight.
Renee Paquette was backstage with AEW Women’s World Champion
“Timeless” Toni Storm!
Toni Storm: “This Saturday on Collision I’m going to have an
open challenge with an eliminator match!”
Queen Aminata appeared to accept the challenge!
AEW World Tag Team Champions The Hurt Syndicate—Shelton
Benjamin and Bobby Lashley—along with Bobby Lashley, came
down to the ring!
MVP: “Attention AEW viewing audience, this is an official
announcement from the Hurt Syndicate. We are the Hurt
Syndicate, and we hurt people. As a matter of fact, we’re so
good at it, that every team we’ve faced, they haven’t been
back.”
Bobby Lashley took the microphone, but he was interrupted by
the sound of MJF’s exotic sports car pulling up to the
arena.
MJF: “Cut my music, cut my music. Gentlemen, I know, hell,
we all know you had a good time last week. And if you want
to have a good time for the rest of your lives, all I need
are three thumbs up.”
MVP: “All right, boys, let’s try this one more time.”
MVP raised his thumb. Shelton gave a thumbs up.
Shelton: “Let’s make something real clear. I didn’t give you
a thumbs up because of a bunch of broads and a watch. It’s
because of MVP and don’t you forget that.”
MJF: “Put your hand down, Bobby. I know you have your
reservations, but if I’m in the Syndicate, we’ll have it
all. Bob, I know you bring a lot to the table, but there’s a
lot that I bring to the table. You let me in the Syndicate,
we don’t just run AEW, we run professional wrestling, Bob. I
know we got off to the wrong start, but it’s not my fault.
But I’m willing to admit I’ve been a little prickly with the
rejection. Bob, from the bottom of my heart, I’m sorry.
Before you put that thumb down…you saw that car I drove up
in? Bob, you give me a thumbs up, that car is yours.”
Bobby: “Let me see the keys.”
MJF: “The keys are in the back. Let’s go take a walk.”
Bobby and Shelton got into the car. Bobby gave a thumbs down
and drove off with the car!
Renee Paquette was backstage to interview Hangman Adam Page
about his match next week against Kyle Fletcher!
Hangman: “I’m going to put him in the ground the moment I
see him!”
MJF interrupted and taunted Page, saying he was going to
join the Hurt Syndicate and reclaim the AEW World
Championship. “You think you’re a bad ass because you’re in
the Owen Cup? If you get to the finals, you’re going to do
what you do best…choke.”
“The Aerial Assassin” Will Ospreay & Hounds of Hell’s Brody
King
vs.
The Don Callis Family’s Josh Alexander & Konosuke Takeshita
(with Lance Archer & Don Callis)!
Takeshita and Alexander hit tandem offense on Ospreay.
Ospreay took down Josh with a hurracanrana. Brody scoop
slammed Takeshita and deposited him on top of Alexander.
Brody walloped Josh with a chop.
Alexander charged at Ospreay and knocked him out of the ring
with a low cross press under the bottom rope. Brody back
dropped Josh. Brody clubbed Takeshita with a monstrous
lariat. Brody flew out of the ring with a tope suicida onto
Takeshita and Alexander!
Ospreay tagged in and stomped the back of Takeshita’s head.
Takeshita planted Ospreay with a Blue Thunder Bomb for a
near fall!
Josh power bombed Ospreay. Takeshita sent Brody flying with
a German suplex. Josh joined in and hit a German suplex on
Brody. Takeshita smashed Brody with a PowerDrive knee
strike. Josh spiked Brody with the C4 and picked up the
victory! After the match, Archer choke slammed Will Archer.
Kyle Fletcher went to attack Will Ospreay as Archer held up
Ospreay, but Hangman Adam Page walked toward the ring to
make the save. And then Trent and Rocky Romero ambushed
Page! The Don Callis Family ganged up on Hangman Adam Page,
making it essentially six on one! Fletcher spiked Page with
a brain buster!
It was announced that on May 14th at Beach Break, it’ll be
Jon Moxley defending the AEW World Championship against
Samoa Joe!
The Owen Hart Foundation Women’s Tournament Semifinal!
Kris Statlander vs. Jamie Hayter!
Hayter hit a German Suplex on Stat. Hayter followed up with
a double knee strike in the corner. Statlander knocked down
Hayter with a leg sweep. Statlander crashed and burned after
a Hayter dodged a moonsault on the arena floor.
Back in the ring, Statlander dumped Hayter with a German
Suplex. Stat applied a dragon sleeper. Statlander hoisted up
Hayter and drove her down face first. Statlander rammed
Hayter with a double knee strike to the back.
Hayter clobbered Kris with the Hayte Breaker! Statlander
fired back with a 450 splash for a near fall! Hayter rallied
back with a wicked lariat and pinned Statlander, advancing
to the finals of the Owen!
After the match, TBS Champion “The CEO” Mercedes Mone walked
onto the stage and taunted Jamie Hayter!
“Mercedes is a belt collector,” said Taz.
“The only piece of hardware she doesn’t have by the looks of
things is that Owen Cup,” replied Ian.
***Programming Note*** Don’t miss AEW COLLISION:
PlayoffPalooza Saturday immediately following the NBA
Playoffs coast-to-coast on TNT and streaming on MAX from the
Lakefront Arena in New Orleans, LA!
Catch AEW DYNAMITE live next Wednesday at 8/7c on TBS and
streaming on MAX from the Chartway Arena in Norfolk, VA!
Tickets On Sale Now! – www.AEWTix.com
And remember… We are AEW—Where The Best Wrestle!