Our AEW Dynamite results for tonight include The Young Bucks defending the AEW World Tag Team Championship against Private Party, Swerve Strickland facing Shelton Benjamin, and Adam Cole taking on Buddy Matthews. Plus, Kamille will face Kris Statlander.
AEW Dynamite Card
The announced card is as follows:
- AEW World Tag Team Championship: The Young Bucks (c) vs. Private Party
- Swerve Strickland vs. Shelton Benjamin
- Orange Cassidy appears
- Kamille vs. Kris Statlander
- Adam Cole vs. Buddy Matthews
- We’ll “Hangman” Adam Page
AEW Dynamite Results
Jon Moxley and his group are shown walking to the parking lot, and Claudio Castagnoli starts talking about how Moxley built AEW with his bare hands. Orange Cassidy cuts off the video as he comes to the ring. He says this is not who he is, as he is not a leader. Cassidy says that when he watched Chuck Taylor get attacked. He highlights the courage of the young talent on AEW’s roster and calls them the future.
Cassidy says that they have no idea of the danger they are in, or how dangerous Jon Moxley is. He explains that he realized what he needed to do. Cassidy says that if Moxley has his way, there would be no AEW, as Jon Moxley never needed AEW. He says that he needs AEW, and he needs to stop this by cutting the head off the snake. Cassidy says he will do it by himself to make sure no one gets hurt. He challenges Moxley to a match for the AEW World Championship. Cassidy tells Moxley to let him know, as he’s not hard to find. He calls himself the next AEW World Champion.
Grade: A
This was a strong start to the show. Cassidy has become the face of AEW in some ways, and he is the perfect foil to this new version of Jon Moxley. They had a great feud last year, and with Moxley’s new persona, the story could be even stronger this time. Cassidy’s evolution into the reluctant hero has been well-done, too.
TBS Champion Mercedes Moné and Kamille are walking backstage, and they are asked about Kamille’s match against Statlander. Moné says Statlander doesn’t hold a candle to Kamille.
Adam Cole Returns To The Ring
Adam Cole vs. Buddy Matthews
Cole, making his return to the ring for the first time since September 2023, shakes hands with Matthews. They feel each other out early on. Matthews gains the upper hand. Cole fires up, and they’re evenly matched. They continue to battle for positioning. Matthews sends Cole to the outside, and he lands on his surgically repaired ankle. Matthews drills Cole with a kick and gains the upper hand again.
Back in the ring, Matthews grounds Cole and continues to control the action. He hits a superplex, but Cole fires back with a neck-breaker. Cole rallies and spikes Matthews. Matthews counters the Panama Sunrise and targets Cole’s ankle. He stomps on the ankle while it’s on the steel steps. Doctors check on Cole, and they start to help him to the back.
Matthews talks some trash and says Cole is running away. He calls Cole fragile. He calls Cole a bitch, and Cole comes back to the ring. Cole and Matthews trade blows. Cole drills Matthews with some kicks. His ankle gives out, and Matthews blasts him with a knee strike and a stomp.
Matthews talks more trash, and Cole answers with some kicks. Matthews hits a buckle bomb and a stomp. Cole hits a Panama Sunrise on the floor. He hits a running knee for the win.
Winner: Adam Cole
Cole grabs a microphone and says Matthews reminded him who the real Adam Cole is. He thanks Matthews, and he shakes his hand. The lights go out, and when they come back on, Malakai Black is standing in the ring, shaking Cole’s hand.
Grade: A
Cole had a strong performance in his first match in well over a year. This was a great showing for Matthews as well. The post-match angle was fun, and the prospect of seeing Cole face Black is an exciting possibility.
Backstage, Christopher Daniels is standing by with Private Party, and he gives them a pep talk ahead of their match with the Young Bucks. Daniels recalls how he and Frankie Kazarian lost to the Young Bucks. Isiaih Kassidy vows to win the titles tonight.
Adam Colei is shown in the trainer’s room, and he highlights how Matthews gave him an incredibly tough match. He sends a message to MJF and emphasizes MJF’s past behavior, as he looks back on the road up to this point. He promises to get his hands on MJF at AEW Full Gear.
Kyle Fletcher Waits For Will Ospreay’s Response
Kyle Fletcher and Don Callis come to the stage. Fletcher says he is there to call out Ospreay. Nobody comes out. Mark Davis, Fletcher’s tag team partner, comes out. Davis says that Fletcher knows that Ospreay is laid up at home. He says that Fletcher has changed. Fletcher says that Callis has helped him see who Ospreay really is. He says that he’s sure that Ospreay forgot about Davis. Fletcher says he ensured that Davis would have a spot in the Don Callis Family.
Davis responds by saying that they had an empire, and Fletcher, and he destroyed it. Fletcher says that there will come a day when he has to make a hard decision, and he says he has no problem cutting the past loose.
Grade: B
Mark Davis’ return was a great surprise. His injury sparked Fletcher’s breakout singles run in the first place. His place in Fletcher’s feud with Ospreay was the elephant in the room, and it looks like we got an answer here, as this seemingly shut the door on Aussie Open getting back together for the time being.
Backstage, “Hangman” Adam Page comments on facing Jay White at AEW Full Gear. He discusses their feud and says there is no such thing as redemption. Instead, there were only wins, loses, and consequences. Page says he knows White will target his injured leg, but White doesn’t know what he will do to him. He says that he will leave White, and he will leave him behind.
Jon Moxley Responds
AEW World Champion Jon Moxley, Wheeler Yuta, Claudio Castagnoli, and Marina Shafir come to the ring. Moxley says that one day, Orange Cassidy will understand. He says that Cassidy thinks that he challenged him, but it was the other way around. Moxley said that he challenged Cassidy last week by attacking Chuck Taylor, as he cut out some of the distractions he was dealing with.
He says that he doesn’t want Cassidy to catch the disease that seemed to affect a lot of people in AEW, as people were happy with their paychecks. Moxley agrees to face Cassidy and says he will fight him “in the valley”, and he had better be prepared to die. He says that if Cassidy thinks he’s free from distractions, they should put that to the test.
The group turns on Wheeler Yuta, and Castagnoli wraps a chair around his neck. Cassidy runs in and tries to make the save, but the group outnumbers him. They gang up on Cassidy, but the Dark Order makes the save.
Moxley’s group still gains the upper hand. The beatdown continues, and PAC wraps a chair around Cassidy’s neck. Darby Allin comes down from the rafters and takes the fight to Castagnoli.
They keep fighting, and more members of the locker room come out. The Young Bucks come out after Private Party and others joined the fight.
Grade: B
Moxley’s response was good for what it was, and he’s doing a good job of conveying how important his mission to reshape AEW is to him. The teased turn on Yuta was unexpected, and it shows that Moxley will do whatever it takes. Cassidy looked a little weak by making the save when he was so heavily outnumbered. Darby Allin coming down from the rafters was fun, and it set up a tag team match for next week.
Young Bucks Defend The Gold
AEW World Tag Team Championship: The Young Bucks (Matthew & Nicholas Jackson) (c) vs. Private Party
Matthew and Isiah start the match and feel each other out. The Young Bucks double-team Kassidy and take control. Private Party rallies, and Kassidy hits a dive to the outside. Kassidy evades Matthew when he goes to hit him with the ring bell. Quen accidentally hits Kassidy with the bell. The Young Bucks double-team Quen. Kassidy is busted open, and Matthew slams him into the steel steps.
The Young Bucks maintain the advantage. Kassidy tags in and clears house with a flurry of offense. Private Party keeps rolling with a flurry of offense. The Young Bucks take control again, but Private Party rallies. The Young Bucks squash their rally and drag Quen to the stage. Kazuchika Okada shows up and huts Quen with a Tombstone on the stage. The Young Bucks hit Kassidy with a cutter. The Bucks kick Kassidy and get a two-count. Kassidy counters the EVO Trigger and gets a two-count with a roll-up. He rolls Matthew up again. The Bucks hit the EVP Trigger for a two-count.
Matthew hits a V-Trigger and a One-Winged Angel, but Quen breaks it up. Quen breaks up the TK Driver. Private Party hits the Gin and Juice to win the AEW World Tag Team Championship.
Winners and new AEW World Tag Team Champions: Private Party
Grade: B+
The match was very good, and fans have been rallying around Private Party, so the pop for the win made it even more special. This got a little overbooked, especially with Kazuchika Okada’s interference. Plus, Private Party’s win was undercut by the fact that they lost to the Young Bucks just weeks ago. Still, their victory could be a shot in the arm for the tag team division.
Backstage, Penelope Ford and Jamie Hayter have a heated confrontation ahead of their match next week.
ROH World Champion Chris Jericho and The Learning Tree come out, and Jericho hypes up his win last week. He takes another shot at Mark Briscoe by bringing up his late brother, Jay. He says that he could not have done this without Big Bill and Bryan Keith. Jericho says that he thinks big picture, and he brings up the success of “Terrifier 3” as well as the growth of ROH.
He says he will take ROH to the biggest stage it has ever seen. He tells everyone to enjoy the ride, as he will take ROH to new heights.
In a vignette, Anna Jay looks forward to her match against AEW Women’s World Champion Mariah May on AEW Collision.
Daniel Garcia confronts TNT Champion Jack Perry and pushes him up against a wall, calling him an entitled piece of trash. The Young Bucks are shown packing their bags, and they are shredding documents.
Kamille Faces Kris Statlander
Kris Statlande vs. Kamille (with Mercedes Moné)
Kamille and Statlander square off and battle for positioning early on. Early on, Kamille takes control and overpowers Statlander. Statlander rallies, but Kamille takes control again. Kamille maintains the advantage, but Statlander dumps her with a slam. Kamille evades a 450 and slams Statlander.
Kamille hits a Torture Wrack Powerbomb. Statlander counters a Tombstone into the Stat-urday Night Fever for the win.
Winner: Kris Statlander
Moné attacks Statlander from behind and tells Kamille to go to the back. She grabs Statlander’s head and talks some trash.
Grade: C+
Given the buildup, this one fell somewhat flat, and it didn’t get enough time. Kamille taking a clean loss was surprising as well. Moné scolding Kamille after the match teased some dissension between the two, while the attack continued to set up a title match between Mercedes and Kris.
Backstage, Christian Cage extends an olive branch to HOOK for next week, saying that he wants to explain himself.
Mark Briscoe, Kyle O’Reilly, and Tomohiro Ishii are interviewed backstage. Briscoe says he will make Chris Jericho pay for bringing up Jay Briscoe leaving. Kyle O’Reilly pitches a Fight Without Honor next week.
The Young Bucks are shown leaving, and Christopher Daniels tries to stop them. The Bucks say it’s too chaotic, so they will be working from home. They drive off into the night. Jon Moxley and his group attack Brandon Cutler, and Moxley smashes Cutler’s arm.
Swerve Strickland Faces Shelton Benjamin
Swerve Strickland (with Prince Nana) vs. Shelton Benjamin
Strickland and Benjamin feel each other out early on, and Benjamin takes Strickland to the mat. Benjamin sends Strickland over the ropes and onto the floor. Strickland counters Benjamin and wraps his arm around the ring post. Benjamin slams Strickland onto the apron. He maintains the advantage and drills Strickland with a knee.
Benjamin continues to control the action. Strickland rallies with a kick. He hits a diving uppercut to the back of the neck. Strickland kicks Benjamin again. Benjamin slams Strickland again. Strickland hits a House Call and a 450. He drops Benjamin with a flatliner. Benjamin hits Benjamin with a Liger Bomb and a Swere Stomp for the win.
Winner: Swerve Strickland
MVP is shown calling someone. The lights go out, and when they come on, Bobby Lashley makes his entrance. He hugs MVP, and they get in the ring. Lashley stares down Strickland and drops him with a cheap shot. Benjamin and Lashley gang up on Strickland.
They also attack Prince Nana. Lashley puts Strickland in the Hurt Lock. They attack officials that try to get involved. MVP says “Guess who’s back in business” as he stands tall with Lashley and Benjamin.
Grade: A+
The match was superb, as Shelton Benjamin has impressed since he arrived in AEW. Strickland has not missed a beat since his last match back at AEW All Out. It was easy to predict Lashley’s debut, as his arrival has been expected for months. Still, it was done well, and the Hurt Business reunion was a crowd-pleasing way to end the show.
AEW Dynamite Review:
Overall, “Fright Night Dynamite” was a fun show. Adam Cole’s in-ring return was a solid match and a feel-good moment, Orange Cassidy’s promo continued his ascension to the main event, and the tag title match was a buzzworthy moment as well. Lashley’s debut will dominate the headlines, and he is a significant addition, given his star power. Benjamin has been built up well so far, and with Lashley joining him, it’ll be exciting to see what’s next for the Hurt Syndicate.
