AEW Dynamite
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
April 19, 2023
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It is Wednesday, my dudes…you know what that means.
Pyro kicks us off before “Jungle Boy” Jack Perry comes out to the
ring, microphone in hand as he looks to speak…but he’s soon met with
Sammy Guevara and Darby Allin coming out to the ring as well!
Darby ends up kicking us off, saying he’s known Sammy the longest of
all the pillars and liking him the most…but Sammy is least qualified
to compete for the title. Sammy is seen as a follower, whereas Perry
and Darby are much more equals. Darby says Jericho is holding Sammy
back, but if he has a problem with that he and Jericho can come take
it up with Darby and Sting. He then addresses Jack Perry, who in
Darby’s mind was handpicked because of being a part of a Southern
California clique. Darby was jealous of Jack at first, given his own
situation, but that jealously went away…because nothing about Perry
intimidates him. Nothing.
Perry speaks up, talking about the facepaint Darby wears and how he
sees kids with the same paint…if only they knew who Darby really
was. Perry calls Darby out on his career to this point, saying Darby
only came to pro wrestling because he couldn’t make it as a
skateboarder. Perry turns his attention to Sammy, who he says he
respects the most…before really going in on Sammy, letting him know
how he feels.
Sammy finally speaks up now, saying that Perry may hate MJF so much
but in fact, he is just like Max. He talks about the first episode
of Dynamite, where Darby wasn’t even in attendance and Sammy was
sitting up in the seats watching Bret Hart in the ring with…Jungle
Boy. Sammy says he and Darby are two sides of the same coin, and
that he respects Darby for what he’s gone through to be the first
pillar to earn a championship in AEW. He watched Darby win the TNT
Championship and said “I’m gonna do that better”…winning it three
times. There’s been a never-ending competition between Darby and
Sammy, but now it’s Darby’s turn to sit back and watch Sammy become
AEW World Champion!
Perry pokes fun at all this, saying that it is HE who will win the
AEW World Championship…and this brings out the champ himself, MJF.
MJF taunts the Pittsburgh crowd before having some fun at the
expense of his fellow pillars. The other pillars are tied up in the
rankings, so he talked to “notable best friend” Tony Khan and there
will be a Pillars Tournament. One of them will earn a bye in the
first round…MJF pulls a name out of a hat, revealing it’s Darby
Allin. In round one, Sammy Guevara takes on Jack Perry, and that
match…happens tonight!
MJF calls for his music to play, leaving us with the other pillars
in the ring as we go to commercial!
-Commercial Break-
Back from commercial, we get a quick rundown on the Pillars
Tournament (winner of Perry/Guevara faces Darby next week), and then
we hit ringside where The Outcasts are on their way to the ring for
our opening contest! Saraya gets into it at ringside with Britt
Baker’s mom as her fellow Outcasts enter the ring, and then we get
Jamie Hayter and Britt Baker stepping out to ringside…where they get
blindsided by the Outcasts! The action spills to ringside before the
match finally gets underway!
Tag Team Match
AEW Women’s World Champion Jamie Hayter and Dr. Britt Baker, D.M.D.
vs. The Outcasts (Ruby Soho and Toni Storm)
We start with Storm and Hayter trading holds before Ruby gets
involved, only to be taken down with a clothesline as does Storm by
the champ, who manages to fight both women back before hitting an
impressive suplex! Hayter hits the ropes but is intercepted by
Saraya, causing the champ to give chase on the outside…which briefly
causes some trouble as Ruby catches her, but the champ fights back
before taking a Terrible Towel to rally with the fans!
Hayter back in the ring as is Storm, who stops Hayer from a
clothesline before taking advantage of a distraction by Ruby to hit
a hip attack! Britt starts to even the odds again, but the Outcasts
take her down before taunting Baker’s mom as we go to
picture-in-picture!
Picture-in-Picture: The Outcasts continue the attack, focused on
Hayter as they bring the champ back in the ring. Tag to Ruby now,
who continues a focused assault on Hayter before taunting Baker
who’s returned to the ring apron on the other side. Hayter looks to
get a tag to Baker but is cut off by Ruby before the champ powers
her way toward the corner…just as Storm drops Baker off the apron!
Storm heads back for the tag from Ruby, looking to keep Hayter as
far away from her tag partner as possible as she takes the champ
down for a nearfall. The Outcasts continue their strategy as Ruby
gets the tag, and uses a ref distraction to get Saraya involved as
she hits some knee strikes on the champ! Storm looks firmly in
control now as we come back!
Hayter manages to take Storm down long enough to make the tag to
Baker, who goes on a flurry of offense before hitting a sling blade
on Storm and a superkick on Ruby! Storm charges at Baker, who drops
her face-first into the middle turnbuckle. The glove comes out, but
Baker gets distracted by Ruby, allowing Storm to get back into it as
she looks for a Storm Zero…but it gets reversed, and Baker gets a
nearfall!
Chaos ensues for a moment but Baker and Hayter get one over on Toni,
allowing for a nearfall before the Outcasts take control again.
Saraya hits Baker with the championship belt, but it’s only enough
for a nearfall for Toni Storm! Storm makes the tag to Ruby before
attacking Hayter on the outside, sending her into the steel steps as
Ruby goes for a superplex on Baker…who reverses before hitting a
Panama Sunrise! She goes for the cover, but Ruby kicks out! Baker
with a stomp on Soho now, dealing with Storm before going for the
cover…and gets a nearfall! But she’s not done, as she turns Ruby
over for a Lockjaw…and Ruby taps out!
Winners via submission: AEW Women’s World Champion Jamie Hayter and
Dr. Britt Baker, D.M.D.
We head backstage, where Wardlow talks about how a Horseman was once
brought out to even the odds, before bringing another Horseman to
even the odds tonight…bringing out Arn Anderson! Arn talks about
what was done to Wardlow recently, and what he should plan on doing
in retaliation to win back the TNT Championship.
Back at ringside, The Elite head to the ring to address the recent
acts of aggression by the Blackpool Combat Club. Omega talks about
what they’ve done to his friends and his uncle, and what he wishes
he could do to Jon Moxley as revenge for what they did. The purpose
of them being out here tonight is an invitation. They wanna see BCC
out here tonight in this ring…only for Bryan Danielson to speak up
from the big screen, taunting the Elite for coming out to have
“nothing much to say.” This turns out to be a ruse as BCC blindside
the Elite from behind, leading to a brawl between the groups!
Each side takes control of the situation as the fight goes on, until
BCC get the upperhand on The Elite just as Bryan Danielson comes
out, calling the Elite amateurs before Don Callis tries to come out
with a steel chair…only to run away when he gets called out. Bryan
continues to talk down Kenny Omega, saying if he wants to sit on his
potential, he needs to be gone. Danielson pulls out a screwdriver,
but we see Takeshita being brought out by Callis to go after BCC!
Takeshita does his best, confronted by the BCC until Kenny is able
to get back to his feet. Don is in the ring now and we see Omega and
Takeshita standing tall to end things!
-Commercial Break-
We’re back from commercial, and we are at ringside for our TNT
Championship match! Wardlow makes his way out first, accompanied by
Arn Anderson, and then the champ himself arrives accompanied by QT
Marshall before this title match gets underway!
TNT Championship
Wardlow vs. TNT Champion Powerhouse Hobbs
The big men stare each other down just briefly, before Wardlow
charges at Hobbs, hitting some hard shoulders in the corner until
Hobbs fights back. The two trade holds before things go to the
outside, where Hobbs gets sent to the barricade! The fight quickly
goes deep into the crowd as Wardlow gives chase to the champ, who
reverses a powerbomb to send Wardlow over the barricade. Wardlow’s
quickly back to his feet though, bringing Hobbs back to ringside the
hard way as we go to picture-in-picture!
Picture-in-Picture: Hobbs quickly turns things around in his favor
here, sending Wardlow into the steel steps before hitting a hard
uppercut. The attack continues as Hobbs brings his challenger back
into the ring, climbing up top for a frog splash that gets the champ
a nearfall! Hobbs stays on the attack, but is distracted enough for
Wardlow to fight back before the two end up trading blows! Hobbs
distracts the ref, allowing Marshall to get a cheap shot in on
Wardlow before Hobbs continues the offense, bringing Wardlow to the
corner as we come back!
Hobbs sets Wardlow up on the corner, looking for a superplex…but
Wardlow fights it off, sending Hobbs to the canvas instead. Wardlow
stands up on the top, leaping off for a senton bomb! Both men slowly
getting back to their feet now, before trading punches once more…and
the champ is taking control–but no! Big clothesline by Wardlow puts
the challenger back on the offense, hitting two German suplexes on
the champ before Hobbs starts to fight back…only to take a headbutt
and a big chop from Wardlow!
We see a distraction on the apron causing Wardlow to get dropped by
the now-standing Hobbs, but the champ only gets a nearfall! This
makes QT mad as he gets in the ring to confront the ref…which forces
Arn to come in to stand off with him, scaring Marshall out of the
ring and up to the ramp…where he gets kicked by Penta, bringing him
back in the ring for a DDT by Anderson! The non-competitors clear
out of the ring as Hobbs finds himself looking for a second wind,
but gets taken down hard by Wardlow who calls for a powerbomb
symphony, opting for just one this time around…but one is enough for
the pin and the win!
Winner via pinfall AND NEW TNT Champion: Wardlow
The ref raises his arm in victory, presenting the title…but the
celebration is cut short as Christian Cage comes out to the stage,
with a very dangerous-looking Luchasaurus standing beside him as the
pair stare down the new champion.
Backstage, Renee talks to Sammy Guevara about tonight’s main event
until MJF interrupts, offering something of a proposal to Sammy…a
guaranteed spot in the main event of Double or Nothing, if Sammy
lays down. Sammy, of course, refuses this, saying he’s gonna beat
Jack Perry and go on to win the title. MJF talks down to him on
this, offering him the guaranteed spot and a blank check. Sammy
looks at the blank check and writes his price down…which stuns MJF,
who may or may not consider it. He offers to shake hands, but as
Sammy says, “friends don’t shake hands…friends hug.”
Back at ringside, Komander and Jay White are on their way out for
our next match!
Jay White vs. Komander
After a moment to soak in the cheers for the match, the two men lock
up before Jay goes on the attack, putting boots to the luchador as
he taunts him before laying in a hard chop. Komander blocks an Irish
whip, overwhelming White with a flurry of offense in the corner,
before sending the Bullet Club Gold leader(?) to the outside!
Komander ends up on the middle rope, looking for a moonsault…but Jay
White takes him down to the floor hard as we go to
picture-in-picture!
Picture-in-Picture: Jay White continues the attack on Komander,
really laying it on thick as he confronts Shawn Spears at ringside,
who pokes fun at White by giving low “scores” much to the chagrin of
Jay, choosing to focus back on Komander as he brings the luchador
back into the ring. Jay beats Komander down but only gets a set of
nearfalls, before locking in a chinlock that the luchador struggles
to fight out of. Komander makes it to his feet, but is sent to the
corner by Jay as we come back!
Jay is still firmly in control as he lays in a couple hard chops…but
Komander responds with one of his own, followed by a series of hard
strikes, before hitting an arm drag and a unique pinning combination
for a close nearfall! Jay gets back on the attack here, but is
caught in the turnbuckle by Komander who hits a hard high kick to
the face. Komander sets Jay up on the turnbuckle but gets a finger
in the eye instead.
Komander sends White down before looking to walk the ropes as he is
want to do…and hits a big dive on Jay White in the process! Komander
sends Jay back in the ring, hitting a ropewalk shooting star press,
but because of a hesitation only gets a nearfall. A springboard
phoenix splash gets the same result here, and White avoids the third
attempt before looking for a Blade Runner. Komander reverses it, but
gets caught with a Blade Runner in the end as Jay White picks up the
pin and the win!
Winner via pinfall: Jay White
After the match, Juice Robinson brings Spears to the ringside area
as Bullet Club Gold attack him until Starks makes his way to the
ring for the save! He heads them off, forcing them to regroup on the
ramp.
Backstage, Renee starts to talk to FTR but addresses an attack that
happened on Mark Briscoe. They rush to medical to check on their
friend, where Jeff Jarrett and his crew are checking on him as well.
Discussing a future eight-man tag match, an agreement is eventually
reached where FTR will team with Jeff Jarrett and Jay Lethal! They
shake hands as we head back to ringside, where Chris Jericho is on
his way to the ring as we go to commercial.
-Commercial Break-
Back from commercial, Adam Cole makes his way to the ring for this
apparent confrontation, as we see Jericho having a big ol’ smirk at
the sight of Cole doing his usual thing arriving to the ring. The
crowd in Pittsburgh showing their love for Cole here, something
Jericho calls to attention before Cole talks about how much he
studied and idolized Jericho in his early days. Cole says it’s cool
to have the two of them in the ring in Pittsburgh, saying as well
that he has a lot of respect for Chris Jericho.
The two shake hands, and Jericho says he appreciate the kind words,
saying from the bottom of his heart that he has…absolutely zero
respect for Adam Cole. In fact, he thinks Cole’s arrogant, having
the audacity to interrupt Jericho’s celebration last week. He’s
lucky Jericho doesn’t slap him right here, right now.
Cole says he knew this would come to this, saying that he and his
friends in Pittsburgh would agree that Jericho is a bit of a jagoff
recently. All this talk about looking, but when has Jericho looked
in the mirror and asked “who is the real Chris Jericho?” Cole thinks
the real Jericho is nothing more than a coward, saying he’s got
Cole’s attention here…so now what?
Jericho denies the jagoff remark off the bat, stating Cole doesn’t
impress him. You don’t want to meet your heroes, and that is true of
Chris Jericho. Cole doesn’t want to meet or know Jericho, and he
should leave the ring. This quickly turns physical as Jericho shoves
Cole, leading to them coming to blows until JAS shows up to beat
down Cole. Britt Baker rushes down the ramp to confront Jericho,
pulling him away and slapping him as the Outcasts slide in the ring
to blindside her!
They attack Baker as Jericho taunts Cole, handcuffing him to the
bottom rope as the Outcasts force Baker to take notice. Garcia hands
Jericho a kendo stick, and Cole dares him to go for it…but instead,
Jericho hands the kendo stick to Saraya, who cracks it against the
back of Britt Baker! Britt cries out to Cole as Saraya continues the
assault, Jericho taunting him all the while. Saraya finally stops,
and she and Jericho have a nice big hug as the crowd lets them know
exactly what they think of all this. The JAS and Outcasts regroup on
the ramp, with Jericho telling Cole he doesn’t want to know Jericho.
Video Package: Things are heating up between The Firm and the
Hardyz!
Back at ringside, the JAS of Matt, Angelo, and Hager make their way
to the ring for our next match. Out next are The Acclaimed and Billy
Gunn, but JAS interrupt their rap as this match gets underway!
Trios Match
The Acclaimed and Billy Gunn vs. JAS (Jake Hager, Angelo Parker and
Matt Menard)
Chaos ensues pretty quickly here between all six men, with JAS
getting the early attack on the Acclaimed, but it ends up in favor
of The Acclaimed as we go to picture-in-picture!
Picture-in-Picture: The advantage Acclaimed have falls pretty
quickly as JAS take control, with Hager making the most of his
strength to keep Caster at bay….but Caster is finally back in it,
just as we come back!
Caster with the tag to Billy Gunn! Gun takes out JAS before going
for the Famouser on Hager, who counters with a double leg takedown
for a nearfall! Tag made to Bowens and Menard, as Bowens takes Daddy
Magic down with a superkick…but the ref is distracted as Cool Hand
takes him down with an object of some sort!
We’re told it looks like a loaded comb, but the weapon ends up being
taken away by Daddy Ass who breaks the comb to Ang’s dismay…and a
rolling elbow by Bowens! Acclaimed with the drop on Ang, getting the
pin and the win!
Winners via pinfall: The Acclaimed and Billy Gunn
Rundown: All that’s happening on Friday and next week on Dynamite!
Back at ringside, Sammy Guevara heads to the ring gearing up for our
main event before we go to commercial break!
-Commercial Break-
Back from commercial, “Jungle Boy” Jack Perry makes his way to the
ring as this main event is underway!
Pillars Tournament
Sammy Guevara vs. “Jungle Boy” Jack Perry
The two go at it quickly from the jump, each man getting a flurry of
offense on his opponent as we see MJF watching on from backstage.
Sammy hits a Spanish Fly on Perry that takes him down hard as we see
Darby watching on from the rafters, but Sammy is back to his feet…as
is Perry, who goes for a powerbomb from the apron! It’s blocked by
Sammy and the two go toe to toe on the apron now, before Perry
connects with a superkick! Up on the turnbuckle now is Perry, but
Sammy catches him before both men are sent flying to the floor as we
go to picture-in-picture!
Picture-in-Picture: We see Sammy slowly starting to get the
advantage here as he gets back in the ring, but the action stays
focused on the outside as it ends up in the crowd. Things get rough
for a moment before the action finally comes back to ringside, where
Sammy sends Perry back into the ring before hitting some punches and
a chinlock. Perry is struggling here, slowly getting to his feet as
we come back!
Guevara takes Perry down as we hear MJF backstage saying “that’s my
friend!” before coming back to the action, where Perry is finally
starting to really mount a comeback, much to the enjoyment of Darby
from the rafters. Guevara’s back up though, sending Perry to the
corner…but we find Perry coming to the outside, where he catches
Sammy with a powerbomb onto the apron! Back in the ring, Perry
climbs the turnbuckle to hit a big Destroyer on Sammy for the
nearfall!
Jack stays on the attack before going back up to the top, but he’s
cut off by Sammy this time as Guevara hits to the top himself…but
Perry avoids a shooting star press! He can’t stop a cutter though,
followed by an implant DDT by Guevara for a nearfall! Sammy back to
his feet, bringing Perry back looking for a GTH…but Perry counters
with a reverse rana! Sammy dodges an elbow strike, hitting a rana of
his own…but Perry connects this time with an elbow strike! Both men
are down now as the ref starts the count…and both men are to their
knees before trading blows!
This ends with Perry catching Sammy with the Snare Trap! Sammy
struggles, but crawls to the ropes to force a break of the hold.
Perry sets Guevara up on the turnbuckle, leaving him in a tree of
woe as Perry climbs up…but Sammy frees himself, hitting a dropkick
that sends Perry flying through a table at ringside! Ref with the
count as we see Perry barely moving, but manages to slide onto the
apron…but the ref is distracted by Sammy as MJF arrives, knocking
Perry out cold with the ring to keep him down for the full ten
count!
Winner via countout and advancing in the Pillars Tournament: Sammy
Guevara
MJF celebrates with Sammy in the ring as we get a replay of what
happened, with Darby looking on with a sense of disgust as the show
comes to a close.