AEW Dynamite Outcomes: Winners, Reside Grades, Response and Highlights From June 5

The AEW World Championship was up for grabs on Dynamite as Swerve Strickland defended towards Undisputed Kingdom’s Roderick Sturdy.

The match headlined the newest broadcast on the street to Forbidden Door on June 30, which additionally featured the return to Wednesday nights of MJF and the primary look by the entire Blackpool Fight Membership in months.

What went down, who emerged victoriously from the high-stakes fundamental occasion, and what affect did it have on the upcoming pay-per-view occasion?

Discover out with this recap of the June 5 present.

Introduced upfront of Wednesday’s present had been:

MJF made his long-awaited return to AEW Dynamite, making his first look since Double or Nothing.

The previous world champion focused AEW continental champion Kazuchika Okada, AEW world champion Swerve Strickland, and worldwide champion Will Ospreay together with his slicing remarks and scathing insults.

Rush interrupted the proceedings and took exception to MJF stepping again into the corporate and pondering he was owed something. The Salt of the Earth responded by paying him respect for establishing himself in arenas throughout Mexico earlier than insulting him in Spanish.

A pull-apart ensued and we had our first style of the quick program awaiting MJF.

Whereas there could also be an urge to ebook that match as quickly as doable, holding it off till June 30 at Forbidden Door appears like the precise transfer, avoiding the seeming randomness of the cardboard, which MJF introduced up.

Develop the rivalry, construct to the match, and execute it.

MJF was nice on the mic right here however Rush was not the man to ship on the market to go verbal blow-for-blow with The Satan and, extra importantly, reserving his motivations to be that of a generic overseas heel in 2024 feels fairly uninspired.

At the least the brawl was strong and the match has the potential to be sturdy.

MJF particularly focusing his consideration on Strickland, Ospreay, and Okada looks like a performer mendacity the groundwork for a busy subsequent yr towards among the prime stars within the firm and followers ought to be enthusiastic about that.

Grade

B

Prime Moments and Takeaways

Tony Khan introduced on X earlier than the present that 4 opponents would meet for the precise to problem Will Ospreay for the AEW Worldwide Championship.

There was no revelation of the opponents or why they, particularly, had been chosen. As an alternative, Orange Cassidy, Rey Fenix, Jay Deadly, and Kyle O’Reilly had been rolled out to have a match.

Fenix nursed a knee damage via the match and finally overcame it, catching Deadly with an inside cradle to attain the win and earn the precise to problem Ospreay in a match that needs to be filled with some extraordinary offense if nothing else.

After the match, Don Callis marched Trent Beretta to the ring, just for Cassidy to seize a chair and fend him off. Kris Statlander hit the ring, coming face-to-face along with her former good friend earlier than slapping him.

Willow Nightingale made the save because the heels retreated to shut out the section.

The match was all motion, with some sturdy work from Deadly and O’Reilly, but it surely nonetheless felt extremely random.

Bringing Beretta out for nothing, adopted by Statlander and Nightingale, felt like low cost reminders that these three are nonetheless hanging round fairly than efficient reserving.

End result

Fenix defeated O’Reilly, Deadly, and Cassidy

Grade

C+

Prime Moments and Takeaways

Interim EVP Christopher Daniels revealed one other qualifying match for the TNT Championship Ladder Match within the type of ROH world champion Mark Briscoe vs. “The Machine” Brian Cage, with the winner becoming a member of Konosuke Takeshita, who cashed his ticket to the match per week in the past.

The match was hard-hitting; one which noticed Briscoe’s mouth bloodied and physique battered. The ROH champion absorbed the punishment as he has his total profession and stayed within the combat, combating again towards his stronger opponent earlier than downing The Machine and scoring the hard-fought victory.

Briscoe remains to be a superb employee and top-of-the-line babyfaces within the firm. He’s additionally the ROH champion, a title that feels fairly diminished when he’s now competing for the TNT title.

Some will argue that belt collectors have been a factor in AEW earlier than and that no star ought to ever need much less gold, however that model as an entire has been so poorly introduced that the very last thing it wants is to be overshadowed by one other singles title that isn’t the world championship.

Jack Perry popping up after the match and declaring himself the longer term TNT champion feels way more like a risk given the tone and path of the Elite-heavy present than not.

End result

Briscoe defeated Cage

Grade

B-

Prime Moments and Takeaways

Ring of Honor Pure champion Wheeler Yuta returned to the squared circle for the primary time in 4 months, teaming with Blackpool Fight Membership teammates Bryan Danielson, Claudio Castagnoli, and IWGP heavyweight champion on Moxley to battle Crew CMLL’s Magnus, Volador Jr., Rugido, and Esfinge.

The match was a showcase for the BCC and the returning Yuta.

The CMLL stars had their alternative to get their stuff in and shine, however the crowd didn’t come alive and make investments themselves in something till the AEW stars had been on the offensive. Sure, it’s simple for anybody to go to Google, do their due diligence, and skim up on CMLL lucha libre.

There’s a affordable expectation that AEW itself will nonetheless not less than clarify what makes them particular and why the match is going on within the first place. A easy vignette or two can accomplish that.

The response to Wheeler’s return to the squared circle needs to be encouraging however will probably be of the utmost significance to comply with it up in a manner that capitalizes on that heat welcome. In any other case, will probably be one other wasted alternative.

End result

Blackpool Fight Membership defeated Crew CMLL

Grade

B

Prime Moments and Takeaways

The rivalry pitting AEW ladies’s world champion “Timeless” Toni Storm and Mariah Might towards Saraya and Harley Cameron continued Wednesday night time when Might squared off with the previous Outcast.

The match was longer than anticipated and extra aggressive, too.

Saraya shocked Might with Good Knight, then tapped her out with the PTO to safe what felt like an upset victory. The win would seemingly preserve her in rivalry for the AEW Girls’s World Championship.

That’s if Storm retains her title towards Mina Shirakawa, who made her presence felt after the match, chasing Saraya and Cameron off earlier than checking on Might and fascinating Storm in a tense staredown.

There are numerous items at play and it’s a welcome change of tempo to see a number of storylines ongoing throughout the division, fairly than the singularly targeted reserving of years previous.

It ought to assist the standard of issues, however Khan and Co. should work on establishing heel and babyfaces as a result of this felt like a section that includes 5 heels, with followers left to cheer de facto babyfaces greater than something.

End result

Saraya submitted Might

Grade

C+

Prime Moments and Takeaways

Swerve Strickland confirmed his spot in the primary occasion of Forbidden Door, towards worldwide champion Will Ospreay, by efficiently defending his AEW world title towards Roderick Sturdy.

A top quality fundamental occasion that includes two of the most well liked in-ring employees within the firm proper now, it highlighted how good Sturdy has been lately whereas confirming that Strickland is a performer able to meshing his type with that of any opponent.

Sturdy offered an injured knee, dodging one Home Name by Strickland, solely to fall sufferer to a different because the champion retained and closed out the present alongside Prince Nana and probably the most cute fan.

As is commonly the case, the trouble was there and the motion was sturdy, however there may be nonetheless this overwhelming feeling that Strickland has not been introduced sufficient just like the face of the corporate that the world champion needs to be.

Is the champion going to be the middle of each main ongoing story? Not at all times, however The Elite, MJF, and Will Ospreay all really feel like larger offers than Swerve, who put within the work, acquired over, and received the title, solely to chill down considerably via no fault of his personal.

Hopefully, the showdown with Ospreay turns issues round as a result of Strickland has a ton to supply AEW as its face and centerpiece.

End result

Strickland defeated Sturdy to retain the title

Grade

B+

Prime Moments and Takeaways

The Forbidden Door pay-per-view has at all times been an attention-grabbing one in AEW.

Ongoing storylines oftentimes screech to a halt within the title of the inter-promotional crossover match-ups, leaving tv to really feel considerably inconsequential.

Wednesday, AEW did a strong job of thwarting that to an extent.

MJF could also be on a collision course with Rush however he launched three potential new rivalries. Toni Storm could also be defending her ladies’s title towards Mina Shirakawa on the PPV, however the feud with Saraya and Harley Cameron lives on, setting her up for a possible showdown along with her former Outcasts accomplice.

There was the teased continuation of the EVPs’ working relationship with The Patriarchy and the introduction of Bryan Danielson’s “one final shot” story, too.

Tony Khan launched new tales and continued others, setting a distinct tone than in years previous. How and if he capitalizes on these tales, or if he unceremoniously drops them, will finally decide how efficient this street to the June 30 occasion will likely be.

As an entire, the present itself was merely OK.

The Studying Tree stuff is just not good, neither is the EVP Younger Bucks shtick and doubling down on both to make a degree will solely damage the present greater than something. That there have been a number of segments and skits dedicated to each didn’t assist.

Name it a middling present, leaning upward due to the vitality of MJF and an excellent fundamental occasion.

Grade: C+