AEW isn’t promoting this week’s Dynamite from Independence, Missouri this way, but if it wanted to, it could make an excellent claim that it has the past, present and future of pro wrestling all on one card.
The past? That’d be Sting, still going strong in the Year of Our Lord two thousand twenty-three, taking part in a six-man tag alongside Orange Cassidy and Darby Allin against The Butcher, The Blade and Kip Sabian.
The present? Take your pick. But start with Jon Moxley vs. Stu Grayson as the Blackpool Combat Club and Dark Order continue their ongoing rivalry. Plus The Outcasts are trying to stake their claim to control of the women’s division, with Toni Storm taking on Skye Blue. If that weren’t enough, Kenny Omega is going to be in a rare singles match on Dynamite.
That’s where the future comes in. As you may have heard, Omega is stepping in against El Hijo del Vikingo, the 25-year-old sensation who is revolutionizing lucha libre (which is really saying something). It’s a pairing that almost happened in late 2021, but fans will now get to see on free TV. It’s almost certain to be spectacular.
The Gunns vs. Top Flight would fall into that future category as well. It’s brothers against brothers for the tag team titles, and both teams are likely to be a factor in AEW or anywhere they go for years to come.
AEW Dynamite results in 60 seconds:
- We start with an ambulance … or two, as someone has attacked the Young Bucks, and Hangman Adam Page rides with one of them to the hospital
- Orange Cassidy, Darby Allin and Sting def. Kip Sabian, The Butcher and The Blade by pinfall
- A replay of MJF’s encounter with the other pillars of AEW is played with some new commentary from all involved
- The Gunns def. Top Flight by pinfall to retain the AEW World Tag Team Championship …
- … and accept a challenge from FTR — but if FTR loses, they must quit AEW
- Jade Cargill and Mark Sterling have a cease and desist order for Taya Valkyrie to stop using her finisher, and Leila Grey plans on delivering it Friday on Rampage
- Hook def. Stokely Hathaway by submission in a No Disqualification match
- Adam Cole wants to talk about who his first opponent back will be, and Daniel Garcia talks his way into that honor … though it may be a dubious one
- Don Callis tries to calm Kenny Omega after he saw his best friends get attacked and frames his match tonight as the return of the God of Pro Wrestling
- Jon Moxley def. Stu Grayson by pinfall
- Renee Paquette asks Ricky Starks what’s going on with Juice Robinson, and Absolute tells Juice to meet him on Rampage
- The QTV crew mocks Rey Fenix and says Powerhouse Hobbs will defend his title again on Saturday; his challenger is then confirmed to be Penta
- Toni Storm def. Sky Blue by pinfall
- The BCC finds Grayson backstage without his Dark Order teammates and attacks him
- Kenny Omega def. El Hijo del Vikingo by pinfall, but …
- … the BCC attacks Omega afterward, Page comes to the rescue, and Don Callis makes it look like Hangman attacked him
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