AEW Dynamite
Houston, Texas
August 18, 2021
Thanks to wrestleview.com for the results
Dynamite opens with Jon Moxley and Eddie Kingston heading down to
the ring to a thunderous ovation but 2.0 and Daniel Garcia attack
them from behind with a pipe. They beat Kinston and Moxley down and
then get in the ring and Parker screams that they just took out
Sting and Allin’s boys, so now they don’t have anything and they
dare Sting and Allin to come out and face them now. Sting comes out
and then lights go out and Allin appears in the ring and attacks
them with his skateboard.
Texas Tornado Match
Sting & Darby Allin vs. 2.0 w/Daniel Garcia
Sting and Allin hit stereo Stinger Splashes on 2.0 and then their
fight spills out into the crowd. The two teams fight near the
concession stand and Daniel Garcia helps 2.0 out. Garcia and 2.0
lift Garica up into the air and slam him into an overhang near a
wall. 2.0 throws Sting into the opposite wall. 2.0 and Garcia drag
Sting down back towards ringside and continue to beat on him as they
leave Garcia laid out near concessions.
Allin is shown walking a railing and he dives off it onto 2.0!
Kingston appears and attacks Garcia and drags him to the back! Allin
pulls out a table and sets it up in the ring. 2.0 attack Sting and
Allin’s knees and then throw Allin onto the ramp. Parker grabs
Allin’s skateboard and 2.0 Double Suplex Allin onto the wheels of
the skateboard.
Sting tries to fight back but 2.0 beats him down again and continue
going after his knee as Tony Schiavone points out the serious knee
injury Sting had in the early 1990s. 2.0 Double Bombs Sting through
a damn table! Sting just shrugs it off and beats his chest and
screams! Allin hits a Dropkick knocking 2.0 into a Double Stinger
Death Drop! Sting stacks 2.0 on top of each other and puts them in a
Double Scorpion Death Lock and they both tap!
Winners: Sting & Allin via submission (Double Scorpion Death
Lock)
(Sting blocks my mind every time he gets in the ring. He’s treated
like the legend he is in AEW and every time he wrestles it’s made to
be a special event, as it should be. I love it and 2.0 bumped their
ass off for he and Allin. ***)
Earlier today, Sammy Guevara is shown asking his girlfriend to marry
him during the Dark tapings. Backstage, Shawn Spears and Tully
Blanchard make fun of Sammy and Shawn says he’ll make Sammy’s
girlfriend a member of the Pinnacle for one night only and let her
be “on top” for once.
—-COMMERCIAL BREAK—-
“The Spanish God” Sammy Guevara vs. “The Chairman of The Pinnacle”
Shawn Spears w/Tully Blanchard
Spears tried to attack Guevara as Sammy was walking down the ramp
but Sammy saw it coming and knocks Spears off the ramp. Sammy hits a
Somersault Plancha off the ramp onto Spears on the floor and then
throws him into the ring post. Guevara throws Spears into the
barricade and then charges at him but Spears sidesteps him sending
Sammy into the ring steps. Spears lifts Sammy up as Tully dives off
the ring steps dropping Sammy with a Spike Piledriver!
Spears tosses Sammy in the ring and the match finally officially
starts but Sammy immediately rolls back to the floor where Spears
goes for another Piledriver, but this time the referee stops Tully
and ejects him from ringside. Tully hits the referee with his jacket
as Spears lifts Sammy back into the ring and hits a series of Knee
Strikes. Sammy again tries to roll out as Spears taunts Sammy’s
girlfriend. Sammy catches Spears with a Leaping Enziguri and then
goes for the Double Spring Cutter but Spears moves only for Sammy to
catch him with a rollup anyway for two.
—-COMMERCIAL BREAK—-
During the break, Spears set up a barricade between the apron and
barricade. They fight on the top rope after both spring up there at
the same time in a cool spot. Spears flips Guevara off and Sammy
hits a Super Cutter! 1…2…NO Spears kicks out! Sammy goes for the GTS
but Spears cuts it off and climbs back up top only for Sammy to leap
up and get caught in a Super C4! 1….2…NO Sammy kicks out!
Spears drags Sammy onto the apron and attempts to C4 Sammy onto the
barricade, but Sammy escapes and Superkicks him. Sammy hits his own
DVD on Spears onto the barricade, bending it! Sammy rolls Spears in
the ring and hits the 630 Splash! 1…2…NO Spears kicks out!
Sammy pulls his knee pad down and hits a series of knee strikes
followed by the GTH for the pin!
Winner: Guevara via pinfall (GTH)
(Excellent match and easily Spears’ best singles match in AEW. They
both worked their asses off and pulled out some incredible spots.
Great stuff. ***1/2)
Backstage, Tony tries to interview Christian Cage but Dan Callis
interrupts and talks about being the one to give Christian his first
shot in wrestling. Callis says that he’s happy for Christian to get
his shot at Omega at All Out but he’s going to be put to sleep with
the One Winged Angel but he’ll get that five-star match he’s always
wanted. He makes fun of Christian’s age.
Christian says that Don is trying to get in Christian’s head but
it’s obvious that he is in Omega’s head and Omega is terrified that
Christian will now take the thing he loves the most, the AEW Title.
Christian calls Callis a “carnie piece of shit” again and says he
always will be.
—-COMMERCIAL BREAK—-
A video package highlights the performance that Dante Martin had
last week and Martin says that he took Kenny Omega to the limit and
his name is one that everyone will know soon.
Dan Lambert is in the ring and cuts a promo about how AEW is on the
“cancel culture train” trying to silence him by having Lance Archer
attack him last time. He said that they did that knowing that none
of his UFC contracted fighters would be able to help him but he says
that one phone call to Dana White fixed that. Lambert is in the ring
with former UFC Champions Junior dos Santos and Andrei Arlovsky and
dares anyone in the AEW to come out and face them.
Lambert cuts a promo on the AEW fans and makes fun of them and says
AEW is not the answer for professional wrestling. He says they have
a roster full of loudmouth wannabe tough guys that couldn’t wrestle
their way out of a paper bag. He says that the fans in AEW are only
there because they have nothing else to do other than comme to AEW
or sit in their mom’s basement looking up “really creepy shit on the
dark web.”
Lance Archer comes down but Scorpio Sky and Ethan Page attack him
from behind and beat him down.
Backstage, Chris Jericho says that he has endured everything MJF has
thrown at him and he has paid the price for it. He says he survived
it all and now he finally gets his prize, one more shot at MJF. He
says every drop of blood was worth it and he want need his music or
Judas Effect because he has the momentum and the upper hand over MJF
and he says the fans will sing him to the ring and MJF can’t stop
that. He says he finally gets his revenge and will kick his “bitchy
little ass.”
AEW World Tag Team Championships
The Young Bucks (c) w/Don Callis, The Good Brothers & Brandon
Cutler vs. The Jurassic Express
Nick Jackson and Jungle Boy start off and both of them show off
their athleticism early on countering each other. Nick does a
moonsault off the apron and lands on his feet and taunts Jungle Boy
as Jungle Boy charged after him. Jungle Boy hits a Slingshot Plancha
onto Nick as Nick was taunting him. Jungle Boy hits a series of arm
drags and dropkicks in the ring and tags in Luchasaurus.
Luchasaurus beats on Nick in the corner until Nick manages to slide
through his legs and tag in Matt. Luchasaurus proceeds to beat Mat
down, as well. Lucha deadlifts Matt in the area and hits a Spinning
Sidewalk Slam for two. Jungle Boy tags in and hits a Somersault
Senton off the shoulders of Lucha for a nearfall.
Nick kicks Jungle Boy from behind and they go for the Melter Driver
but Jungle Boy counters and hits a Diving Rana over the ropes on
Nick onto the floor! Matt then hits a Flying Dropkick through the
ropes on Jungle Boy followed by a Plancha onto Luchasaurus!
—-COMMERCIAL BREAK—-
Luchasaurus is on fire as he makes the hot tag and tosses Nick clear
across the ring before Press Slamming Matt. Nick goes up top but
Lucha kicks his legs out from under him and tags Jungle Boy. Jungle
Boy goes up and then stands on Lucha’s shoulders and hits a Super
Brainbuster off him! 1…2…NO Nick kicks out! Luchasaurus tags in and
goes for a Chokeslam but Cutlers gets on the apron and distracts
him. Lucha throws Nick into Cutler and then attempts a Double
Chokeslam on the Bucks but the Bucks counter only for Lucha to
backflip over a Superkick attempt. Luchasaurus hits a series of Tail
Whips and then a Double Piledriver with Jungle Boy! 1…2…NO Matt
kicks out as Jungle Boy hits a Tope Suicida on Nick on the outside!
Nick tags in but The Bucks hit them from behind with Double
Superkicks. Jungle Boy dives off the back of Lucha right into a
Double Superkick! The Bucks hit an Indy Taker on Jungle Boy and Matt
falls into a Senton on Lucha at the same time! 1…2…NO Jungle Boy
kicks out! Marko Stunt runs down but Kenny Omega hits him from
behind with a chair.
The Good Brothers distract the referee as Omega hands the Bucks a
chair and Christian runs out and attacks Omega. Jungle Boy hits a
Brainbuster on Matt onto the chair! 1…2…NO Nick breaks it up! Lucha
tosses Nick to the ramp and they hit the Thurassic Express! 1…2…NO
Nick breaks it up again! Jungle Boy knocks GB and Cutler off the
apron and Lucha hits a Moonsault onto them on the floor! Jungle Boy
hits a Backslide on Matt but Nick breaks it up and they hit the BTE
Trigger for the pin!
Winners & STILL Tag Champs: The Young Bucks via pinfall (BTE
Trigger)
(Unbelievable tag team match with some incredible nearfalls and
double team moves. Jungle Boy has superstar written all over him.
****)
The Elite drags Christian back out to the ring and beat him down.
Omega hits the One Winged Angel on Christian.
Tony Schiavone interviews Britt Baker backstage who is with Jamie
Hayter and Rebel. She calls Hayter her new “enforcer” and her
“problem solver.” She says that Red Velvet played dirty but she also
played dumb by asking Statlander to have her back. Hayter says that
she and Baker go way back and when her friend asked her to come in
and help her sort out all the “silly little girls in the back” the
answer was easy. Hayter challenges Red Velvet to face her next week.
—-COMMERCIAL BREAK—-
A video package highlights the beef between the Hardy Family Office
and Best Friends. Orange Cassidy challenges Matt Hardy to a match
and Hardy says that if Cassidy keeps sticking his “lazy nose” in his
business he’ll break it.
Paul Wight comes down to the ring and Schiavone thanks Wight for
helping his son and he says it felt amazing to get back in the ring.
Wight says he has a huge announcement to share but QT Marshall
interrupts him with The Factory. Marshall taunts Wight about his age
and says that in AEW they don’t say things to amp up the fans just
to let them down. Wight dares them to get in the ring with him but
Marshall says there is a reason that he was hired as an announcer,
not a wrestler.
Wight says Marshall is making things up and now he’s starting to
upset him a little bit. Marshall says he knows a lot of important
information because of his backstage role in AEW and puts up a photo
of Wight’s X-rays of the plate in his hip and then shows a picture
of his scar. He says that Wight has had five surgeries in the last
18 months.
Wight asks Marshall if he really thought it was a good idea to show
those X-Rays and pictures and asks if Marshall thinks that will
limit him. He says that for someone that claims to be in the know,
he doesn’t know jack shit. Wight says he had a discussion with Tony
Khan last week after he got in the ring and at All Out he’ll be
wrestling… against QT Marshall!
Jade Cargill will face Kiera Hogan on Rampage.
—-COMMERCIAL BREAK—-
Schiavone reveals that The Varsity Blonds, Lucha Brothers, Jurassic
Express and Private Party will face off in a mini-tournament with
the winners facing The Bucks at All Out in a Steel Cage Match!
Taz welcomes Ricky Starks out and he says that he wants to talk to
Cage right now but Will Hobbs is shown standing over a beaten down
Cage. Cage fights back, though, and Starks freaks out. Team Taz
heads to the back as Schiavone interviews Death Triangle.
PAC says that he told Andrade any place, any time and there is no
place better than the same place and same PPV where he obliterated
Kenny Omega. PAC says he’s glad that Andrade grew a pair of balls
and asks what chance a man like Andrade stands against a bastard
like PAC.
Andrade walks up and says that if PAC wants this match then he needs
to agree to his conditions. Chavo hands a stack of papers and says
those are his conditions. Chavo says that even if Lucha Brothers win
the tournament they will never be champions with a boss like PAC.
Thunder Rosa vs. “The Bad Girl” Penelope Ford
This is a matchup between two of the Top 5 in the women’s division
as Rosa is ranked No. 2 and Ford is ranked No. 5. Ford pie faces
Rosa as they trash talk each other but then eats a dropkick followed
by some chops and uppercuts. Rosa throws Ford into the opposite
corner and but misses a Flying Elbow. Ford charges at Ford but Rosa
moves and stomps Ford down in the ring.
Rosa goes for a Brainbuster but Ford blocks it only for Rosa to dump
her over the top onto the apron. Rosa dropkicks Ford off the apron
and tries to slam her into the ring post only for Ford to do it
instead. Ford then hits a Leaping Cutter on the floor.
—-COMMERCIAL BREAK—-
Ford counters a Fire Thunder Driver into a rollup for two and then
puts Rosa in a Muta Lock. Rosa counters out and comes back with a
DVD for two and then goes for the Fire Thunder Driver but Ford
counters back into the Muta Lock. Rosa counters out into a Rear
Naked Choke and Ford taps.
Winner: Rosa via submission (Rear Naked Choke)
(Okay match that was very clunky early on. **)
Footage of Malakai Black’s run in AEW is shown and Schiavone
interviews Arn Anderson and his son. Anderson reveals that his son
will face Black and he appreciates him wanting to get revenge for
him but he doesn’t want to see him get hurt this early in his
career. Brock says he isn’t asking for Arn’ permission.
Miro cuts a promo about killing Fuego del Sol last week and says
that Fuego didn’t earn his contract and that will not be forgiven.
Miro challenges Eddie Kingston to a match!
—-COMMERCIAL BREAK—-
Jon Moxley is pissed off backstage and says that everyone wants to
show up in AEW from everywhere and they think it’s easy to run
things in there. He makes fun of The Elite and says he would walk
through Christian’s ‘should of retired ass’ and anyone else in AEW.
He says he waved the flag for AEW through uncertain times and empty
buildings and now everyone wants a piece of him. He says he needs to
send a message about who is still on top of AEW and if Daniel Garcia
wants a taste of the main event he will give him a taste of it this
Friday night on Rampage. Moxley says that Garcia needs to ask
himself if this is really what he wants before he gets in the ring
with him because the doctor at ringside is for his safety but that
isn’t of his concern.
Main Event
“The Demo God” Chris Jericho vs. MJF
Jericho is banned from using the Judas Effect and he can’t come to
the ring to the song, but the fans sing it as he makes his entrance
anyway in an incredible moment. MJF taunts Jericho early on and
smacks him repeatedly until Jericho sweeps his legs and goes for the
Liontamer, but MJF escapes to the outside. As MJF tries to get back
in the ring, Jericho hits a Springboard Dropkick followed by a
Slingshot Plancha.
Jericho beats MJF around ringside and tries to throw him into the
barricade but MJF reverses it and then grabs the camera and flips
the fans off before Jericho punches the camera into MJF’s face.
Jericho grabs the camera and tries to hit MJF with it but he rolls
back in the ring. Jericho chops away at MJF’s chest but MJF pokes
his eyes and throws him into the ring post through the
turnbuckles.MJF goes to work on Jericho’s injured arm.
—-COMMERCIAL BREAK—-
Jericho hits a series of shoulder blocks and then dives off the top
with a Flying Axe Handle. Jericho charges at MJF but he catches
Jericho’s arm and throws him into the turnbuckles. MJF rips off
Jericho’s brace and hits a Ghetto Stomp off the middle rope onto the
arm. MJF puts Jericho in an Armbar but Jericho fights him off with a
series of forearms with the other arm. MJF pokes Jericho in the eyes
but runs into a Shoulder Block and then the Lionsault! 1…2…NO MJF
kicks out!
Jericho beats MJF down in the corner and then hits a Corner
Clothesline followed by a series of even more clotheslines. Jericho
caps off the sequence by lifting MJF up to the top and hits a
Frankensteiner! 1…2…NO MJF kicks out and grabs Jericho’s arm in the
Salt of the Earth! Jericho rolls through and into the Walls of
Jericho!
MJF rolls back over and kicks Jericho in the face with one of his
legs. Jericho and MJF trade straight punches until MJF sends Jericho
to the outside and slams his arm across the top rope. MJF hits the
Heat Seeker as Jericho was caught in the ropes and gets another
nearfall. Jericho puts MJF in a Sleeper but MJF low blows Jericho
and puts him in a version of the Walls of Jericho. Jericho manages
to get to the ropes to break the hold and then reaches down to the
floor and grabs his bat as MJF puts his ring on.
The referee catches MJF and takes his ring away allowing Jericho to
hit MJF with the bat as she was turned around! Jericho almost went
for the Judas Effect but stopped when he realized he can’t allowing
MJF to hit one of his own! MJF locks in the Salt of the Earth but
Jericho rolls him over into a nearfall only for MJF to roll right
back into the armbar and Jericho taps!
Winner: MJF via submission (Salt of the Earth)