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AEW Dynamite Results: Review, Grades, Card For March 12

By Matt Black

Our AEW Dynamite results for tonight include first-round matches in the International Eliminator Tournament, Willow Nightingale taking on Penelope Ford, and we’ll hear from newly crowned International Champion Kenny Omega.

AEW Dynamite Card

The announced card is as follows:

  • International Eliminator Tournament Match: Wildcard vs. The Beast Mortos
  • International Eliminator Tournament Match: Orange Cassidy vs. Hechicero
  • Willow Nightingale vs. Penelope Ford
  • Powerhouse Hobbs and Hologram vs. Brian Cage and Dralistico
  • We’ll hear from Kenny Omega, Will Ospreay, MJF, and Timeless Toni Storm

AEW Dynamite Results:

This week’s episode of AEW Dynamite kicks off with the newly crowned AEW International Champion, Kenny Omega. The Best Bout Machine reflects on his journey to get back to this point. Omega says not only is he back with AEW, but thanks to the support of the fans, the doctors, and his friend Will Ospreay, not only is he back, he’s holding a singles title. The crowd chants “You deserve it!”

Omega also thanks Konosuke Takeshita for pushing him harder at the pay-per-view than he could have ever pushed himself. Kenny says Takeshita made this title truly international so when Tony Khan had the idea to come up with the Dynasty Eliminator Tournament, he thought it was a great idea.

Omega says he wants to face the best and he’ll be watching the tournament closely. As Omega makes his way backstage he crosses paths with The OPPS, Katsuyori Shibata has a face-off with Omega. Shibata will face Ricochet in a tournament match this Saturday on Collision.

The OPPS (Samoa Joe, HOOK, and Katsuyori Shibata) vs. Vinny Pacifico, Eli Theseus, and Gabriel Aeros

  • The finish saw Katsuryori Shibata hit the PK to score the pinfall victory for his team.

Winners: The OPPS

Grade: N/A

Just a quick squash match, not a big deal. The match wasn’t even advertised.

Ricochet sends a warning to Katsuyori Shibata

Ricochet is backstage and puts Revolution in the rearview mirror and hypes his match this weekend with Katsuyori Shibata on Collision. He warns Shibata to not even show up and just take the loss without physicality.

It’s announced that due to the finish at Revolution, Jon Moxley will defend the AEW World Championship against Cope next week on Dynamite in a street fight. The winner will defend against Swerve Strickland at AEW Dynasty.

We hear from Jon Moxley who says he underestimated Copeland at Revolution. Mox says he knows he hurt Cope at the pay-per-view and whatever he’s made of is rare. Moxley says their rematch next week won’t have any rules since it’s a street fight and then he won’t have any more excuses to give.

Powerhouse Hobbs and Hologram (w/ Harleygram) vs. Brian Cage and Dralistico

  • The finish of the match saw Powerhouse Hobbs hit Dralistico with a spinebuster to score the pinfall victory for his team.

Winners: Powerhouse Hobbs and Hologram

After the match, Lancer Archer and Mark Davis come up and argue with Dralistico and Cage for losing the match.

Grade: B+

This was a fun match. The interactions at ringside between Harleygram and The Beast Mortos were entertaining. Weird to see trouble in paradise for the Murder Machines already. I guess we’ll see where it goes.

The Hurt Syndicate has the week off

We get a promo from The Hurt Syndicate that took place following Revolution. MVP gives Bobby Lashley and Shelton Benjamin a week off. Perhaps they’ll return in time for next week’s show.

A video package plays recapping the epic rivalry between Toni Storm and Mariah May. Toni Storm comes out onto the stage and says the tramp is still the champ. Storm says she had her Hollywood Ending at Revolution and a chunk of her heart is gone forever but when she looks at the title, it was well worth it.

Storm says it’s an honor to be the AEW Women’s World Champion and says it’s the most talented locker room in wrestling. Toni takes sly shots at other champions on the roster. Storm essentially calls out the entire locker room like only she can. She’s attacked from behind and laid out by Megan Bayne.

Speedball Mike Bailey is revealed as the Wild Card to face The Beast Mortos tonight.

International Championship Eliminator Tournament: Speedball Mike Bailey vs. The Beast Mortos

  • The finish of the match saw Speedball Mike Bailey hit The Beast Mortos with a Crescent Kick to score the pinfall victory.

Winner: Speedball Mike Bailey

Grade: A

This was a ton of fun and a great debut for Speedball in AEW. I don’t believe these two men have ever faced each other before and they had great chemistry. Speedball is the easy choice to face Kenny Omega at Dynasty as far as I’m concerned.

There are issues in The Patriarchy

The Patriarchy is backstage with Renee Paquette but Christian Cage refuses to speak until she leaves. Cage makes a bunch of excuses and lies about why he didn’t win the AEW Championship at Revolution. Cage is cut off by Nick Wayne who calls him out on his lies and there is a heated exchange between Cage and Wayne. It seems this group might not be a thing for much longer.

A surprising business offer for MJF

MJF comes to the ring and much like Christian Cage makes excuses for his loss at Revolution. Friedman says the issue between him and Hangman Page is far from over. This brings out MVP. The two pretend like they have heat but end up hugging instead. MVP runs down his history with MJF and tells him that he’s proud of him.

Porter says he isn’t proud of what happened to him on Sunday at Revolution. MVP wants to know why he’s out there whining to these people about what happened at the pay-per-view. MVP wants to know why he’s not hurting people. Porter says MJF has lost his edge and that the people in the back don’t respect or fear him anymore.

MVP says they fear The Hurt Syndicate. MVP pulls out his business card and tells MJF it’s a golden ticket to change his career. Porter suggests it’s time for him and MJF to talk business. MJF declines the card and says he’s not the same bright-eyed bushy-tailed kid he was years ago. MJF says he doesn’t need MVP’s help and he was World Champion for a long time.

MVP tells MJF to focus on the word “was” and hands him the card, this time MJF takes it as MVP leaves to let MJF think about it in the ring.

Max Caster comes out to do his open challenge and it’s answered by Konosuke Takeshita.

Konosuke Takeshita vs. Max Caster

  • The finish of the match saw Konosuke Takeshita hit Max Caster with Raging Fire to score the pinfall victory.

Winner: Konosuke Takeshita

Grade: A+

I will NEVER get sick of these Max Caster squash matches. I love them so much! Hahaha!

Chris Jericho cuts a promo backstage holding Gravity’s mask. It’s abundantly clear the rivalry between Jericho and Bandido will continue.

Willow Nightingale vs. Penelope Ford

  • The finish of the match saw Willow Nightingale hit Penelope Ford with The Pounce to score the pinfall victory.

Winner: Willow Nightingale

After the match, Ford attacks Nightingale with a chair. This brings out Kris Statlander who takes out Ford. Statlander tries to help Willow to her feet but they have a standoff. Bayne comes out and attacks Statlander and Nightingale, hitting Statlander with the F5.

Grade: B+

Very good match. Willow is back on track in AEW with a big win, but I can’t help but feel like she and Marina Shafir will be at each other’s throats again sooner rather than later. But it appears she might need to repair her friendship with Statlander first.

Mercedes Moné is backstage with Renee Paquette. Paquette brings in Billie Starkz and asks what she learned at Revolution. Starkz jokes that she learned not to get kicked in the throat. Starkz talks about their similarities and challenges Mercedes to a TBS Championship match next week. Mercedes accepts.

Will Ospreay calls his shot

Tony Schiavone is in the ring and brings out Will Ospreay. Ospreay says he has four stitches in his head and feels like he got stabbed in the side but he made it out alive. Will says it was a struggle to keep up with Kyle Fletcher in the steel cage match at Revolution. Ospreay says Fletcher will be a World Champion someday.

Will reflects on a phone call with his wife and she told him not to do anything stupid at the pay-per-view off the cage. Ospreay got yelled at by his wife after. Tony Schiavone asks Ospreay what’s next for him and Ospreay says he wants to be the man in AEW but he needs to have the title around his waist.

Ospreay says he’s going to enter the Owen Hart Tournament and win it in order to challenge for the AEW World Championship at All In. Will says he wants to be the AEW World Champion because the people believe in him.

Did Jay White do it on purpose?

Renee Paquette is backstage with Jay White. White congratulates Ospreay for his win at Revolution. Paquette questions if White hit Cope with the briefcase on purpose and says he didn’t. White says Cope gets his redemption next week and teases that he’s coming after Swerve Strickland in order to get his shot at the AEW Championship.

Renee Paquette tries to interview Hangman Page, but it turns into an intense confrontation backstage between MJF and Hangman Page. It’s clear there will be a race between these two men to find out who will be the first to become a two-time AEW World Champion.

International Championship Eliminator Tournament: Orange Cassidy vs. Hechicero

  • The finish of the match saw Orange Cassidy catch Hechicero in the Mouse Trap to score the pinfall victory.

Winner: Orange Cassidy

Grade: B

Speedball Mike Bailey comes out and stares down Orange Cassidy from the stage as AEW Dynamite goes off the air.

AEW Dynamite Review:

I gotta be honest, heading into tonight’s show, I wasn’t looking forward to it. The card looked weak and I felt it was going to be an underwhelming follow-up to what happened at Revolution. I couldn’t have been more wrong. This show was fantastic from top to bottom. We had some great matches and some awesome storyline-building that will seemingly set up the next several months of AEW programming. I’m eating my words right now, and I’m very happy about it. Well done AEW!

Grade: A

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What did you think of this week’s episode of AEW Dynamite? What was your favorite match or segment? Let us know your thoughts by sounding off in the comments section below.

Matt Black
Matt Black

Matt Black has been covering wrestling video games since WWE Warzone from Acclaim. Coverage of wrestling video games eventually lead him into the world of wrestling news. Matt is a fan of every wrestling company and enjoys the current state of the industry in 2024.

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