Our AEW Dynamite results for tonight include Mercedes Moné (c) defending the TBS Championship against Yuka Sakazaki, Will Ospreay battling Brian Cage, Jeff Jarrett facing Claudio Castagnoli, and Ricochet taking on AR Fox.
AEW Dynamite Card
The announced card is as follows:
- Jeff Jarrett Gets World Title Shot With Win: Jeff Jarrett vs. Claudio Castagnoli
- Will Ospreay vs. Brian Cage
- AEW TBS Championship: Mercedes Moné (c) vs. Yuka Sakazaki
- MJF to speak
- Wheeler Yuta vs. Jay White
- Ricochet vs. AR Fox
AEW Dynamite Results:
Will Ospreay vs. Brian Cage
Cage is accompanied to the ring by Lance Archer and Don Callis. Before the match, Callis grabs a microphone and points to the video screen, which shows that Kenny Omega has been attacked backstage. Cage takes the fight to Ospreay and overpowers him. Ospreay rallies, but Cage catches him and suplexes him on the floor. Archer attacks Ospreay when the referee isn’t looking, as does Callis. Cage continues to control the action and grounds Ospreay. Ospreay fires up again and kicks Cage.
Ospreay hits a springboard elbow strike. He dives onto Cage at ringside. Cage again gains the upper hand with a suplex. Ospreay rallies with some kicks. Cage levels him with a lariat and powerbombs him. Archer gets on the apron, and Cage accidentally knocks him off the apron. Ospreay hits the Styles Clash for the win.
Winner: Will Ospreay
Archer attacks Ospreay, and Cage joins in. Kenny Omega makes the save and hits Cage and Archer with a chair. Konosuke Takeshita and Kyle Fletcher attack Omega and Ospreay. Cage and Archer get involved. Fletcher and Takeshita hit stereo piledrivers. The Don Callis Family stands tall. Omega tries to fight back, but Takeshita and Fletcher attack him again.
Grade: A
Good opening match here. Ospreay works well with everyone, and Cage remains very underrated as a powerhouse. This made for a good clash of styles. It would be good to see Cage get a big win, as it seems like he always loses matches like this. The post-match beatdown went a little long, but it got the point across.
Backstage, Renee Paquette is outside of Swerve Strickland’s locker room. “Hangman” Adam Page shows up looking for him. He briefly stares down MJF. Page walks away, and MJF says everyone loves Page, and he’s clearly frustrated about it. MJF says that his words are prophecy, and he’s going to teach Jeff Jarrett that the hard way. He says his new offer for Jarrett is one that he can’t decline.
Grade: B+
The tease of Page circling back to Strickland was intriguing, given their history. It seems like AEW is finally building the long-awaited feud between Page and MJF, which is one of the few matchups AEW has yet to fully deliver since the two became top stars.
Backstage, Powerhouse Hobbs says that he was not cleared to travel to AEW Dynamite tonight following his brawl with Big Bill on AEW Collision. He makes it clear that he’s coming for Bill once he’s cleared.
Jeff Jarrett Gets World Title Shot With Win: Jeff Jarrett vs. Claudio Castagnoli
Castagnoli and Jarrett go back and forth early on. Jarrett gains the upper hand, but Castagnoli overpowers him. Jarrett sends Castagnoli to the outside. Wheeler Yuta shows up and distracts Jarrett. Castagnoli maintains the advantage and continues to ground Jarrett. Jarrett drops Castagnoli with a Russian Legsweep. They trade blows. Jarrett rallies and targets Castagnoli’s knee. Castagnoli catches Jarrett in the Swing and locks in the Sharpshooter.
Jarrett turns it around into a Sharpshooter of his own. Yuta slides a chair into the ring and distracts the referee. Castagnoli goes to use the chair, and Jarrett avoids it. Jon Moxley runs in and drops Jarrett with a Paradigm Shift.
Castagnoli hits the Neutralizer. He hits another Neutralizer for the win.
Winner: Claudio Castagnoli
Fans chant for Jeff Jarrett after the match. MJF comes out and attacks Jarrett. He says he respects his elders, and that’s why he wouldn’t say “I told you so.”
Grade: B
With all due respect to Jarrett, this world title chase isn’t really working. It doesn’t seem like people are rallying around him, and there’s no reason to think he has any chance of actually winning the title. Given his age, he didn’t quite match up with Castagnoli, one of AEW’s strongest workers. Castagnoli needing Yuta and Moxley to help him win was overkill, and it made him look weak. It looks like the road forward is a match between MJF and Jarrett, which might have a lot of the same challenges as this one.
Backstage, Ricochet says he will talk to Renee Paquette at length on AEW Collision, but tonight he’s focused on his match against AR Fox.
Ricochet vs. AR Fox
Ricochet and Fox feel each other out. Fox catches Ricochet with a stunner and a brainbuster. He dives onto Ricochet at ringside. Ricochet hits Fox with a hip toss on the apron. Ricochet catches Fox with a dropkick. He hits a standing moonsault.
Both men are down after a double crossbody. Fox slams Ricochet for a two-count. He drops Ricochet with a cutter and hits a 450 Splash for a two-count. Ricochet catches Fox with a face-buster. He hits the Spirit Gun and the Vertigo for the win.
Winner: Ricochet
Ricochet goes to attack Fox with scissors, but Strickland blindsides him and takes the fight to him. Ricochet grabs Fox and uses him as a human shield to escape while holding scissors to his neck.
Grade: B+
Fox is always fun to watch. The outcome was never in question, but both guys looked good. Ricochet’s heel run has been a pleasant surprise so far, as he has showed a side of himself fans never got to see in WWE. The build to the Strickland vs. Ricochet match has been strong, and it’s safe to bet they’ll deliver the goods next week.
Part of Renee Paquette’s interview with Jon Moxley and the Death Riders is played.
In a taped message, Chris Jericho hypes up his new movie. Big Bill responds to Powerhouse Hobbs and says he understands Jericho’s words more than ever, as he feels stronger. Jericho says he’s proud of himself for being a great mentor. He tells Bill to take Hobbs out. Jericho says he and Bryan Keith will face The Outrunners on AEW Collision. He says he expects Bill to make him proud.
Wheeler Yuta vs. Jay White
White goes for a Bladerunner, sending Yuta to the outside. Yuta and White battle for positioning. White takes control and takes Yuta down with a back body drop. He maintains the advantage. Yuta kicks White’s knee. He trips White, sending him into the apron. Yuta slams White into the steps. He continues to target White’s leg. White fires up and drops Yuta with a superplex. Yuta goes back to the leg with a chop block and taps White in a single-leg crab until White reaches the rope.
Yuta slams White. White responds with a slam of his own. Yuta counters the Bladerunner. Yuta suplexes White. White counters the running knee into the Bladerunner.
Winner: Jay White
White hits Yuta with another Bladerunner. Jon Moxley comes out and distracts White. Claudio Castagnoli attacks White from behind, and Cope and FTR make the save. Harwood says it’s an even fight now. He says he hated what the Deathriders did to the Rock ‘n’ Roll Express. Harwood challenges the Deathriders to a Midsouth Street Fight for AEW Collision.
Grade: B
This was fine. Another match where the outcome was never in doubt. Yuta got in a good amount of offense, which only delayed the inevitable. Cope and FTR making the save helped add some excitement, but the Death Riders story has been repetitive for a while now.
Mariah May Speaks
AEW Women’s World Champion Mariah May takes a shot at Huntsville. When asked about Toni Storm, May says Storm is not “real”. She sends a message to Storm, recalling how she used Storm for her gold. May says Storm’s most memorable moment was bleeding and crying because of her. May says that whatever role Storm plays, the ending will be the same, as she is the “Woman from Hell”.
Grade: B+
Solid promo from Mariah May here. It fell short of the great segment she and Toni Storm had on Collision, but it was a good follow-up. May and Storm had an excellent story the first time around, and the sequel has been superb as well.
A vignette highlights The Gunns, who have been absent in recent months.
MVP hypes up AEW World Tag Team Champions The Hurt Syndicate in a video package.
A video package hypes up AEW International Champion Konosuke Takeshita.
Deonna Purrazzo and Taya Valkyrie discuss the main event, and Deonna says she should be challenging for the title. Purrazzo says Harley Cameron belongs to them, and Valkyrie says they’re coming to collect.
AEW TBS Championship: Mercedes Moné (c) vs. Yuka Sakazaki
Moné and Sakazaki battle back and forth early on. Sakazaki drops her with a shoulder tackle. She rocks Merceced with a sliding lariat. Moné takes Sakazaki down with an arm drag. Mercedes hits a Meteora at ringside. In the ring, she grounds Sakazaki. Sakazaki rallies and evades a Meteora in the corner. Sakazaki keeps rolling with a flurry of offense.
Yuka evades the Moné Maker and kicks the champion. She slams Moné for a two-count. Mercedes hits a Backstabber and traps Yuka in the Statement Maker. Sakazaki escapes and drills Moné with an elbow strike.
Sakazaki goes for a splash, but Moné gets the knees up. Mercedes hits the Moné Maker for the win.
Winner and still TBS Champion: Mercedes Moné
Grade: B+
Again, the outcome wasn’t in doubt, but this was a solid main event. Sakazaki hasn’t really been built up enough within AEW for a spot like this, but having Mercedes main-event Dynamite was long overdue. She needs more strong challengers moving forward.
