All Elite Wrestling presents Dynamite
Date: 11/6/2019
From: Charlotte, NC
Matches:
1.) PAC defeated Trent
2.) Private Party (Isiah Kassidy & Marq Quen) defeated The Dark Order (Evil Uno & Stu Grayson) in the bronze medal match in the AEW Tag Team Title Tournament
3.) Emi Sakura & Jamie Hayter defeated AEW Women’s Champion Riho & Shanna
4.) Shawn Spears defeated Brandon Cutler
5.) AEW World Champion Chris Jericho & Sammy Guevara defeated Adam Page & Kenny Omega
Angle Developments/Notes:
1.) It’s announced that the winner of the match between Private Party and Dark Order tonight will be part of a three way match for the AEW Tag Team Championships at Full Gear.
2.) PAC and Trent trade wrist control in the opening moments of the match. PAC stares down Trent after taking Trent to the mat and the crowd makes it clear that PAC sucks. PAC goes to the floor and stares at Orange Cassidy. Back in the ring, Trent nails PAC with an elbow strike. Trent works over PAC in the corner with a chop several times. PAC rolls to the apron and shoulder rams Trent. Trent hits a northern lights suplex for a two count. PAC bails to the floor and sends Trent into the guard railing. PAC stomps on Trent at ringside and sends Trent into the guard railing again. PAC rams Trent onto the apron face first and drops Trent chest first over the railing. PAC yanks Trent down onto the ramp by Trent’s hair. PAC takes Trent out with a corkscrew dive to the floor. PAC rolls Trent into the ring and scares off Chuck Taylor and Cassidy. PAC heads to the top rope and hits a missile dropkick for a one count. PAC keeps Trent on the mat with a headlock. Trent fights back with strikes, but PAC returns strikes and sends Trent upside down into the corner. PAC hits a German suplex for a two count. PAC knee drops Trent and keeps a chin lock on Trent. PAC forearms Trent into a corner. PAC dumps Trent to the apron and drops Trent over the top rope. Orange Cassidy gets in the ring to confront PAC. Taylor distracts the referee on the apron. Cassidy delivers his soft kicks to PAC’s shins. PAC nails Cassidy with a kick to the face. Trent decks PAC with a couple of clotheslines. Trent hits an overhead suplex and PAC rolls to the apron. Trent takes PAC out with a somersault dive to the floor. Trent sends PAC into the railing back first. Tent sends PAC into the railing again back first and PAC staggers around ringside holding his back. Trent is sent into the railing, but comes back with a spear to take PAC out on the floor. Trent rolls PAC into the ring and waits in the corner. Trent nails PAC with a running knee strike for a two count. Trent decks PAC with a big lariat and spikes PAC with a tornado DDT out of the corner for a near fall. They go to the floor where PAC spikes Trent with a brainbuster on the floor! Trent rolls into the ring first and PAC goes to the top rope hitting the Black Arrow, but the referee doesn’t count the fall despite Trent not getting his shoulder up. PAC locks in the Brutalizer and Trent passes out to the pain for PAC to win the match. (***. The finish came across a little weird. Trent rolls into the ring first, but then can’t move out of the way despite PAC taking a bit to hit the Black Arrow off the top. Plus, the referee seemingly messing up the count didn’t help matters. Anyway, it’s a decent start to the show with a hot crowd. I feel like I liked this better watching it live than I did reviewing it years later.)
3.) PAC remains in the ring to cut a promo on Adam Page saying he heard what Page had to say. PAC promises to make an example out of Adam Page at Full Gear.. again.
4.) Earlier today, Cody and MJF walked together in the hallway. Cody had a brief interaction with Matt Jackson, as well.
5.) Cody makes his way out to make an announcement. Tony Schiavone is in the ring to interview Cody. Cody says he’s not surprised about the rivalry with the Inner Circle being blunt. Cody says they have looked within their own group to matchup with the Inner Circle. Cody is on the marquee against AEW World Champion Chris Jericho on November 9th. Cody says that Tony Schiavone knows what he’s going to announce. Cody names Billy Graham, Bill Watts, and Dusty Rhodes as being the top guys at the box office. Cody notes that those three men where also management, similar to what Cody’s doing currently. Cody is proud of everything AEW. Cody considers AEW to be freedom. Cody can’t not hear about management being in a title match. Cody announces that if he doesn’t beat AEW World Champion Chris Jericho at Full Gear then he’ll never challenge for the AEW World Championship ever again. Cody says that Jericho has called him an entitled little millenial. Cody insults Jericho’s book being available for $3. Cody calls Jericho a stupid dick because they had a similar upbringing and Jericho has dismissed all of his accomplishments. Cody says that Jericho needs the new generation more than they need Jericho. Cody gets emotional saying it took fourteen years to go from Undesirable to Undeniable. Cody proclaims that at Full Gear he’ll win the AEW World Champion and Jericho will crumble. Cody says they are going to eat the Inner Circle alive at Full Gear.
6.) The Lucha Brothers make their way out wearing silver medals since they came out runner-ups in the tag title tournament. They join the Spanish announce team. AEW Tag Team Champions SCU also make their way out to join the commentary team.
7.) Grayson knocks Quen down with a few forearm strikes. Uno tags in and sends Grayson into Quen in the corner before delivering a strike of his own. Grayson returns to the match, but Quen fires back with strikes. Grayson is met with an atomic drop and then a kick by Kassidy. Kassidy leaps over Quen to double stomp Grayson to the mat. Grayson tries to cheap shot Kassidy, but is met with strikes instead. Grayson slams Kassidy and tags in Uno. Uno delivers a backbreaker to Kassidy and chokes Kassidy over the ropes. Grayson enters, but Kassidy kicks Uno and tries to tag out, but is stopped by Grayson. Uno boots Kassidy in the corner and Grayson delivers a shoulder ram. Uno yanks Kassidy down onto the apron. Grayson hits a slingshot senton onto the apron as the show goes to commercial.
Kassidy punches Grayson, but is stopped with an overhand strike. Uno tags back into the match and chops Kassidy into the corner. Uno continues with stomps in the corner and chokes Kassidy. Grayson slams Kassidy for a two count. Kassidy fights out of the corner with strikes, but misses a kick on Grayson. Grayson prevents Kassidy from tagging out and Uno enters the match. Uno hits a vertical suplex as Grayson kicks Kassidy on the way down for a near fall. Uno bites Kassidy’s hand. Grayson knee drops Kassidy on the mat and gets a two count on the cover attempt. Grayson taunts the crowd as Kassidy struggles to get up. Uno tags into the match and chops Kassidy followed by a kick to the midsection and face. Uno back rakes Kassidy in the corner and taunts Quen. Kassidy tries to reach the tag, but Uno blocks it. Kassidy takes Uno over with a suplex to stop his momentum. Quen gets the hot tag, but Uno clotheslines Quen and the Dark Order hit a side slam/top rope elbow drop for a two count. Grayson heads to the top rope as Uno has Quen, but Quen dropkicks Uno into the corner and knocks Grayson off the apron with a kick. Quen nails Uno with a middle rope moonsault. Quen dives over the ropes to hit a somersault dive onto the Dark Order. Quen clotheslines Grayson a few times, but Grayson sends Quen to the apron. Quen hits a springboard crossbody on Grayson for a two count. Grayson nails Private Party with kicks and Uno enters. Uno drops Kassidy over his knee with a neckbreaker for a two count as Quen breaks the cover. Grayson returns to the match and Quen enters. Grayson overhead tosses Quen into Kassidy in the corner. Grayson hits a 450 splash on Quen as Uno cannonball splashes Kassidy in the corner for a near fall. Quen head scissors Uno into Grayson. Grayson knee strikes Kassidy on a springboard attempt. Quen stops Grayson on the top. Kassidy plants Uno with a Silly String DDT. Private Party hit the Gin & Juice on Grayson to pickup the win. (***. A good match, but it felt like Dark Order was destined to win this match. They seemed to be one step ahead, but then Private Party barely squeezed out the win. I was probably most entertained by Dark Order with their double team moves. When it was announced the winner would be in a three way at Full Gear, I fully expected Dark Order to win. Private Party winning doesn’t bug me as I think they should be used in the tag title scene anyway.)
8.) A video by the Inner Circle was sent into the show. Jericho is sitting at a table as Sammy Guevara offers Jericho some of the bubbly. Sammy says that Jericho is like a father figure and knew that Cody was done for. Jericho is drinking in a bath at some point. Soultrain Jones (Virgil) notes that Jericho is driven. Santana tells Cody to leave it alone it’s not going to happen for him. Ortiz says that Cody is a bully and doesn’t have chest hair. Sammy notes that Jericho is the youngest AEW World Champion at the age of 48. Jericho says it’s tough to wake up every morning to be as great as he is. Jake Hager is shown, but just silently stares into the camera.
9.) Riho and Sakura kickoff the tag match. Sakura shoves Riho to the mat to start the bout. Sakura gets out of a head scissors and kicks out of a pin attempt quickly. Riho is stopped in the corner and met with a chop. Sakura snapmares Riho to the mat and delivers a boot to the face. Sakura tosses Riho to the mat by her hair. Hayter gets in the ring and strikes Riho. Riho knee strikes Sakura to the mat and tags in Shanna. Shanna forearms Sakura and delivers an uppercut followed by an arm drag a couple of times. Shanna delivers a running uppercut into the corner and a seated running boot for a one count. Shanna forearms Sakura against the ropes and delivers a boot to the midsection to hit a flipping neckbreaker for a two count. Sakura is met with a double boot and double bulldog. Shanna assists Riho on a wheelbarrow splash for a two count on Sakura. Riho tries for a northern lights suplex, but Sakura blocs it and chops Riho. Riho drop toe holds Sakura over the middle rope. Riho tries for a 619, but Sakura counters with a double under hook backbreaker and tags in Hayter. Hayter delivers a snap suplex to control Riho. Hayter continues with a second snap suplex as the show goes to commercial.
Hayter rams Riho into the middle turnbuckle and Sakura delivers a running dropkick. Sakura stands on Riho’s thighs and pulls back onto Riho with a surfboard. Sakura rolls around the ring and lets go dropping Riho to the mat. Hayter enters the match and puts a camel clutch on Riho forcing a smile on Riho’s face. Hayter performs a double wet willy! Hayter stomps on Riho and keeps control with a chin lock. Hayter elbow strikes Riho several times on the neck. Hayter slams Riho a couple of times. Hayter puts a sleeper on Riho in the middle of the ring. Riho reaches the ropes with her foot to break the hold. Riho ducks a clothesline and head scissors Hayter to the mat sending Hayter into the corner. Sakura stops Riho with a strike, but Riho double stomps Sakura. Shanna gets the hot tag and pummels Hayter with strikes in the corner. Shanna hits a running forearm in the corner a couple of times. Shanna nails Hayter with a leaping forearm for a two count. Shanna delivers a stunner, but Hayter drives Shanna down with a backbreaker. Sakura tags back into the match and sends Shanna into the corner. Sakura hits a running crossbody and stands on the middle rope, but misses a splash as Shanna got her knees up.
Riho is ready for the tag, but Hayter yanks Riho off the apron to the floor. Shanna forearms Sakura, but Sakura chops Shanna. Shanna comes off the ropes to hit a hurricanrana to send Sakura to the floor. Shanna climbs to the top rope and leaps off the top to hit a flying crossbody onto both Sakura and Hayter. Shanna hits a Slice Bread on Sakura and hits a double under hook DDT for a near fall. Shanna puts a full nelson on Sakura, but Sakura breaks free and hits an inverted swinging neckbreaker. Hayter sends Shanna into the corner and delivers a couple of uppercuts. Hayter forearms Shanna in the corner and hits a running boot for a near fall. Hayter hits a sit out powerbomb on Shanna for a two count. Shanna tries for a sit out DDT, but Hayter counters with a front suplex. Hayter clotheslines Shanna twice, but Riho breaks the cover. Hayter sends Riho to the floor. Sakura tags into the match and hits a double under hook backbreaker. Sakura hits a splash off the middle rope, but Riho double stomps Sakura off the top rope. Shanna tags in Riho and Riho misses a running knee. Sakura almost pins Riho. Riho almost gets a rollup pin on Sakura. Sakura counters Riho with a cradle and pins Riho to win the match. (***. A solid tag match. I like Sakura getting the win on Riho just a few days before their title match. It provides doubt that Riho can retain. All four women were impressive and provided some hard hitting action. There wasn’t a lull to the match. AEW has a strong women’s division and they are putting on good matches on a regular basis.)
10.) A video promoting Brandi Rhodes is shown. Brandi says that she has worked hard to get where she got. However, she is dismissed because of who she is. She’s only there because she’s married to Cody and she’s just another pretty face. Brandi says calling her stupid doesn’t make it so. Brandi knows dreams and nightmares. However, there is nothing worse than a night terror. Brandi doesn’t have any authority and doesn’t run a women’s division. Brandi says they can’t be denied and nobody can stop her. Brandi asks who the bullies are now. Throughout the promo, Awesome Kong’s face flashed on the screen a few times.
11.) Spears gets wrist control on Cutler to kickoff the match. Cutler counters with a wrist lock, but Spears decks Cutler with a clothesline. Spears misses a chop in the corner and Cutler delivers a flurry of strikes. Cutler springboards off the ropes and taunts Spears. Cutler avoids Spears in the corner to deliver a couple of kicks. Cutler delivers a leg drop over the bottom rope and plays to the crowd. Spears chop blocks Cutler on the apron. Spears sends Cutler hard into the guard railing. Spears sends Cutler into the railing a second time. Spears pummels Cutler against the railing and delivers a knee strike against the railing. Spears chops Cutler to the floor and rolls into the ring. Spears chops Cutler in the corner. Cutler kicks Spears a few times. Cutler nails Spears with a leaping spin kick. Cutler leaps off the top, but Spears charges the corner and ends up nailing Cutler with a big boot. Spears hits a Death Valley Driver for the win. (*. A quick showcase for Spears. Spears showed some good intensity in the match. I typically don’t care for Spears, but his showing here wasn’t bad. Cutler bumped around well for Spears.) After the match, Joey Janela runs to the ring to save Cutler from further attack.
12.) Backstage, AEW World Champion Chris Jericho is showing off the title to Sammy Guevara. They are ready to kick some ass tonight.
13.) Backstage, Adam Page is doing pushups to get ready for the main event. Kenny Omega is taping up his wrists.
14.) A video package promoting the match between Kenny Omega and Jon Moxley at Full Gear is shown. Their match is officially a lights out match and the match will not count against their record. Omega is looking forward to being in a dark place and meeting Mox there.
15.) AEW World Champion Chris Jericho grabs a microphone and says he can’t understand the stupid southern accents of the fans. Jericho asks Justin Roberts what the fans are calling him and he can’t believe they are calling him an asshole. Jericho jokes that the fans are saying “Katie Vick” and jokes it wasn’t his idea. The fans are calling him a stupid hick. Jericho calls the fans assholes. This exchange occurred during a commercial break.
16.) Omega and Guevara kickoff the main event. Jericho tags in before there’s any physical interaction. Jericho proceeds to fake out Omega and tag in Guevara again. Guevara backs Omega against the ropes and gets a takedown. Omega gets up and breaks free from a waist lock attempt. Omega takes Guevara down to the mat with a front face lock. Guevara takes Omega down to the mat with a wrist lock and controls Omega with a front face lock. Omega counters with a wrist lock and slaps the back of Guevara’s head. Guevara arm drags Omega, but Omega responds with a few chops. Omega chops Guevara over the back and continues with chops against the ropes. Omega hits a leaping splash into the corner. Omega plants Guevara with a back suplex. Omega plays to the crowd as Page enters the match. Omega hits a leg lariat and Page hits a standing shooting star press for a two count on Guevara. Page knee strikes Guevara into the ropes and tries for a suplex, but Guevara counters. Page catches Guevara on his shoulders, but Guevara breaks free. Page avoids a kick and hits a bridging fallaway slam for a two count. Page chops Guevara against the ropes, but Guevara knee lifts Page and tags in Jericho. Page ducks a clothesline and nails Jericho with a big boot. Page chops Jericho into the corner, but is met with an elbow strike. Jericho nails Page with a missile dropkick followed by right hands on the mat. Jericho plays to the crowd. Jericho takes Page over with a snap suplex and tags in Guevara. Guevara gets a two count on a pin attempt.
Page takes Guevara over with a suplex. Guevara decks Omega off the apron and tags in Jericho. Jericho chops Page in the corner several times. Page storms out of the corner to clothesline Jericho. Omega and Guevara are tagged in with Omega delivering strikes to clean house. Guevara kicks Omega, but is met with a double sledge to the chest for a two count. Omega chops Guevara to the mat a couple of times. Omega hits a rolling fireman’s slam and a middle rope moonsault for a two count. Omega tries for a full nelson suplex, but ducks a clothesline. Guevara nails Omega with a kick to the head. Guevara spears Omega in the corner followed by a kick to the head. Omega hits a dropkick in midair to avoid a springboard by Guevara. Omega is stopped by Jericho with a strike. Omega hits a hurricanrana on Jericho, but is hit by Hager from the floor. Guevara dropkicks Omega as the show goes to commercial.
Jericho works over Omega in the corner with knee lifts and stomps Omega in the corner. Jericho chokes Omega over the middle rope. Hager nails Omega with a right hand strike over the middle rope. Guevara tags into the match and axe handles Omega over the back. Guevara tries for a cover, but Omega kicks out at two. Guevara has Omega on his shoulders and does a squat. Guevara gets a two count and decks Omega with a clothesline. Guevara stomps Omega on the mat and tags in Jericho. Jericho elbows Omega coming off the ropes. Guevara cheap shots Omega as the referee is distracted by Omega. Omega avoids Jericho in the corner and Page gets the hot tag. Page chops Jericho and boots Guevara off the apron. Page tosses Jericho with a fallaway slam. Page nails Guevara with a slingshot crossbody to the floor. Page nails Jericho with a clothesline and tries for Dead Eye, but Jericho counters with an attempted Walls of Jericho, but Page breaks free and clotheslines Jericho to the floor. Guevara decks Page, but is backdropped to the floor where Hager catches Guevara. Omega takes them both out with a dive. Page moonsaults onto Jericho and Guevara off the top to the floor. PAC runs out and low blows Page on the apron as the referee was distracted. Jericho nails Page with the Judas Effect and pins Page for the win. (***. A fine main event. The heels winning works and the involvement with PAC adds some extra heat for PAC/Page at the PPV. I’m glad there was a finish to the match and it wasn’t a DQ.)
17.) Cody runs to the ring to make the save and punches Sammy Guevara to the floor. Jericho and Hager bailed to the aisle. MJF comes out and whacks Hager over the back with a chair. MJF jabs Jericho with the chair and rolls Jericho into the ring where Cody plants Jericho with Cross Rhodes! Cody picks up the AEW World Championship and stands tall. Jon Moxley comes out through the crowd with a barbed wire bat. Kenny Omega is standing in the ring. Jericho pulls Cody to the floor to brawl. MJF brawls with Hager while trying to help Cody. Omega has a barbed wire broom. Santana and Ortiz slide into the ring to attack both Moxley and Omega. The Young Bucks run into the ring and superkick Santana and Ortiz to the floor. Bucks hit stereo suicide dives to the floor. Omega saves Matt from being powerbombed off the stage. Mox hits a DDT on Santana and brawls with Omega on the ramp. They brawl towards the backstage area. Nick Jackson leaps off the top of the ramp to take everyone out with a swanton bomb! The Inner Circle retreats back towards the ringside area. The Elite and MJF storm towards ringside to continue brawling. The show goes off the air with more brawling taking place.
Off air, AEW World Champion Chris Jericho grabs a microphone, but feed cuts off and it’s not known what Jericho said.
Final Thoughts:
I feel like typically when a babyface says they will never challenge for a title if they lose or they will leave a promotion if they lose likely means they are going to win the title. I can’t imagine Cody never challenging for the AEW World Championship ever again. That presents a limitation to the character that doesn’t seem to be necessary, at all. For a go-home show it was a decent showing, but there wasn’t anything that was major in terms of last minute hype for Full Gear. Full Gear itself has a good card and this show didn’t need to do much of anything to get extra hype for the event. Looking forward to Full Gear.
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