AEW Dynamite Outcomes: Winners, Reside Grades, Response and Highlights Forward of All Out
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Credit score: All Elite Wrestling
On the heels of a historic All In pay-per-view from Wembley Stadium in London, All Elite Wrestling returned Wednesday for its newest episode of Dynamite, with appreciable uncertainty surrounding the present.
With little introduced upfront of the published, what did the corporate have in retailer for followers, simply days earlier than its second pay-per-view in as many weekends, All Out?
Discover out with this recap of the August 30 present on the NOW Enviornment in Chicago.
Match Card
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- AEW Worldwide Championship: Orange Cassidy (c) vs. Penta El Zero Miedo
- Adam Cole promo
Introduced upfront of the August 30 broadcast had been:
Komander vs. Jon Moxley
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- The rope stroll 450 splash failed miserably as Komander ate the knees of Mox to the midsection. The previous world champion rocked him with a lariat and added a spike piledriver.
- Moxley transitioned from the rear bare choke into an armbar for the win. “Straightforward cash, child!” he stated.
Credit score: All Elite Wrestling
Following Tony Khan’s announcement that extenuating circumstances had resulted in adjustments to the evening’s card, Jon Moxley kicked off the present in opposition to high-flying luchador Komander.
Tony Khan @TonyKhan
Resulting from minor diseases to huge expertise touring this week, +
Hurricane Idalia affecting flights,
I’ve modified some plans for #AEWDynamite TONIGHT!Coming off All In, @AEW‘s biggest evening + probably the most tickets offered for any wrestling present ever,
count on an awesome Dynamite TONIGHT on TBS!
For a man concerned in a bloody, violent Stadium Stampede match at All In, Moxley confirmed no indicators of being worse for put on as he defeated Komander in an unspectacular match that did nothing for the babyface however added one other win to the previous world champion’s resume forward of All Out and a shot on the AEW Worldwide Championship.
It could have been good to see the Blackpool Fight Membership member wrestle, no less than promoting the punishment he endured in London. As an alternative, he bulldozed his means via the opposition, together with his powerful man persona intact.
Backstage, a (scripted) confrontation between Bullet Membership Gold, FTR and The Younger Bucks led to the announcement of an enormous eight-man tag staff match at Sunday’s All Out.
Consequence
Moxley defeated Komander
Grade
C
High Moments and Takeaways
Toni Storm and Chris Jericho Promos
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- “I am unable to belief Saraya,” Storm stated, additional suggesting The Outcasts are getting ready to splitting up, a artistic selection that will be lengthy overdue.
- “That quantity is a shoot, child,” Jericho stated after reciting the All In attendance figures.
- Jericho apologized to Guevara however shortly insinuated that The Spanish God didn’t hit Ospreay laborious sufficient with Floyd the baseball bat.
- Jericho pitched a reunion of Le Intercourse Gods and the pursuit of the AEW World Tag Crew Championship, starting subsequent week. Guevara accepted, once more goaded into remaining loyal to a man who clearly doesn’t worth him past his personal private achieve.
Credit score: All Elite Wrestling
Backstage, Renee Paquette tried to talk with Toni Storm, who stated she couldn’t belief anybody or something earlier than hurling her footwear within the interviewer’s path.
Storm may be the most effective character in AEW during the last month, and this was additional proof of it. She has discovered a personality she will immerse herself in, and the outcomes have been spectacular.
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Within the enviornment, Chris Jericho hit the ring following his loss to Will Ospreay at All In.
An apology to Sammy Guevara for shoving him away after the defeat gave method to a backwards and forwards of private jabs earlier than they apparently resolved their points and vowed to chase the AEW World Tag Crew Championship, beginning subsequent week.
No follow-up to the Don Callis storyline. No point out of the frustration that the commentary staff was fast to level out following his defeat to The Aerial Murderer. As an alternative, Jericho basically manipulated Guevara to remain on his facet so he might chase a title.
The Jericho-Guevara stuff is nice and, in an ideal world, will additional elevate one of the proficient younger guys on the roster, however it will have been good to see both of the opposite tales resolved in any significant means.
There’s time to perform that, however it appears like it’s destined to be misplaced within the shuffle.
Grade
B
High Moments and Takeaways
NJPW Sturdy Openweight Championship: Eddie Kingston vs. Wheeler Yuta
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- Kingston does one thing that Terry Funk and Mick Foley all the time excelled at: Creating fan sentiment via the promoting of an harm and all the things that comes with it. The facial expressions, the physique language; it is simple to spend money on him and his efficiency due to the way in which he conveys his ache to the viewers.
- Kingston rocked Yuta with consecutive spinning again fists for the win.
Credit score: All Elite Wrestling
Not like Moxley within the evening’s opener, each NJPW Sturdy Openweight champion Eddie Kingston and challenger Wheeler Yuta seemed like guys who had endured ache and struggling within the Stadium Stampede match at All In.
Kingston, although, managed to combat via the agony and efficiently retain his title in , bodily match.
The gutsy babyface rocked Yuta with two large again fists after which stared a gap via Claudio Castagnoli who grabbed maintain of an unconscious Yuta and left the world, insinuating that the career-long points between them are removed from over.
A great match, with the slightest trace of extra to come back between The Mad King and Swiss Superman, this was the primary actual in-ring “hit” of the evening.
Consequence
Kingston defeated Yuta
Grade
B
High Moments and Takeaways
Adam Cole Promo
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- “Is my neck well being not essential to you?” a hilariously learn line from Sturdy.
- Taven accused Cole of leaping to the Bullet Membership to make merchandise cash and surrounding himself with their pals in NXT.
- “Max isn’t solely my good friend, rattling it, he is my greatest good friend,” Cole stated.
- Sturdy claimed he’s getting into the Grand Slam Match and beating MJF for the world title with Taven and Bennett by his facet: “I am breaking everybody’s again and successful that match as a result of I am a wrestling legend!”
Credit score: All Elite Wrestling
Adam Cole could have gained one good friend in MJF, however he has misplaced three others in Roderick Sturdy, Matt Taven and Mike Bennett.
Sturdy and The Kingdom confronted Cole in an in-ring promo, taking exception to his newfound friendship with the AEW world champion and what they contemplate to be his abandonment of them.
The Messiah of the Backbreaker has by no means been a very nice talker, however he was nice right here because the whining good friend.
The revelation that he’ll enter the Grand Slam Match and problem MJF for the world title is a pleasant reserving name that provides that story thread to what is going to doubtless be an occasion full of fine matches.
Do not be stunned if Taven and Bennett win the Battle Royal on Friday’s Rampage after which problem Cole and MJF for the Ring of Honor World Tag Crew Championship at All Out.
That will look like a predictable final result, however predictable is hardly a foul factor for the sake of this story.
Replace: The Kingdom isn’t formally entered into the Battle Royal on Rampage. Aussie Open is, which implies Kyle Fletcher and Mark Davis doubtless win their ROH tag titles again.
Grade
B
High Moments and Takeaways
Ladies’s Trios Match
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- How has AEW not discovered extra for Rose, Sakura and Shafir to do?
- Baker inadvertently rocked Shida with a superkick, the second time this week that The Good Physician has worn out the previous girls’s champion.
- Statlander earned the win for her staff by pinning Shafir however, because the champion was distracted by Baker and Shida arguing, Soho attacked from out of nowhere and stood tall with the TBS title.
- A match between Ring of Honor TV champion Samoa Joe and Shane Taylor was introduced for All Out.
Credit score: All Elite Wrestling
TBS champion Kris Statlander, Britt Baker and Hikaru Shida battled Nyla Rose, Emi Sakura and Marina Shafir in a trios match that felt random however did advance two tales: Mounting stress between Shida and Baker, and Statlander’s feud with high contender and All Out opponent Ruby Soho.
The motion was strong right here, and it is all the time good to see Rose and Sakura on tv.
Moreover, if the intention is to run with Baker vs. Shida, there are worse choices for the ladies’s division given their credibility and stature inside AEW.
It could have been good to see the heels put over slightly stronger as there was by no means actually any doubt the babyfaces would win, however match with a while and story development is best than what we get out of the reserving of the AEW girls’s division most weeks.
Consequence
Statlander, Baker and Shida defeated Rose, Sakura and Shafir
Grade
C+
High Moments and Takeaways
The Acclaimed’s Ribbon Reducing
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- Bowens launched new trios belts, with a scissor closure. You learn that proper.
- It feels just like the trios titles had been taken off the Home of Black simply to introduce new belts, sacrificing their momentum within the course of.
Credit score: All Elite Wrestling
The Acclaimed defeated Home of Black at All In and celebrated by slicing a ribbon and introducing new trios titles, full with a scorching pink strap.
That was it. That was your complete objective of the phase.
Sure, Anthony Bowens, Max Caster and Billy Gunn are tremendous over and convey the group to its toes, however certainly there was a greater use of the tv time than what we received right here?
Moreover, we are not any nearer to a legitimate clarification as to why Home of Black had been overwhelmed simply as they had been rolling alongside.
Grade
D
High Moments and Takeaways
AEW Worldwide Championship: Orange Cassidy vs. Penta El Zero Miedo
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- Penta launched Cassidy into the guardrail, however the touchdown was something however clean.
- Cassidy put his hand in his pocket to keep away from his arm being snapped in an armbar by Penta in a intelligent transfer.
- The trade of Canadian Destroyers with none actual promoting of the maneuvers is tremendous disappointing. It is among the most visibly gorgeous strikes in wrestling and it means subsequent to nothing at this level. A flipping piledriver means nothing.
- The challenger delivered a Concern Issue, however Cassidy kicked out. Shocked, Penta fell to a crucifix roll-up as Freshly Squeezed retained his title.
- “I am the champion and I’ll proceed to defend my championship for so long as I would like and there is nothing anybody can do to take it from me. Jon Moxley, you higher convey greater than only a fork as a result of I’ll all the time be the worldwide champion as a result of I am ‘Freshly Squeezed’ Orange Cassidy and I do not need a catchphrase.”
Credit score: All Elite Wrestling
Orange Cassidy efficiently defended the AEW Worldwide Championship Wednesday evening after absorbing all the things Penta El Zero Miedo threw at him.
Freshly Squeezed finally caught his opponent off-guard and scored a roll-up win to make sure his spot in what seems to be the principle occasion of All Out.
Cassidy will defend his title in opposition to Jon Moxley by the use of the win over Penta, a match that has been teased for weeks.
That match can have the tall activity of headlining a present in Chicago that lacks star energy and stakes in the mean time, however it ought to have sufficient warmth to raise it.
Wednesday’s bout with Penta was sturdy and noticed Cassidy proceed to painting a battered, overwhelmed champion who does simply sufficient to flee every title protection together with his reign intact.
Cassidy spoke at size for the primary time after the combat, and the gravity of the second helped put over the upcoming title protection in opposition to Moxley.
Consequence
Cassidy defeated Penta to retain
Grade
B+
High Moments and Takeaways
General Grade
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AEW had its work lower out Wednesday evening, not solely to comply with up a monumental evening of motion at All In, but additionally to shortly reserving a card for All Out pay-per-view that already felt like an afterthought.
The outcomes had been diversified.
The corporate introduced matches for Sunday however by no means actually made the PPV really feel like vacation spot viewing.
On paper, the cardboard has just a few apparent highlights (Kenny Omega vs. Konosuke Takeshita, for instance), however lacks the sense of urgency that AEW PPVs sometimes have.
After all, there have been a number of components that adversely affected Wednesday’s present, however it might be value rethinking the thought of holding a PPV one week after an exhausting present in London subsequent yr.
The principle occasion of this week’s Dynamite was sturdy, we noticed a bodily outing from Eddie Kingston and Wheeler Yuta, and there was some precise storyline improvement within the girls’s division. So, this one will get a strong grade if nothing else.
Grade: B
