Unlike many pro wrestling stables, The Elite and Blackpool Combat Club don’t really have designated leaders. They’re more collections of equals in many ways. But Kenny Omega and Jon Moxley are certainly the frontmen when necessary, and that’s extremely relevant to this week’s episode of AEW Dynamite in Detroit.
See, the beef between the two groups has gotten to the point where something dramatic needs to be done to settle it. And well, Omega and Moxley stepping in against each other in a steel cage fits the bill.
That’s a spectacular main event for free TV by any reckoning, but Little Caesars Arena will also be treated to a pair of title bouts: Orange Cassidy will defend his International Championship against Daniel Garcia, and House of Black will put their World Trios Championship on the line against Bandido and Best Friends under their unique “House Rules.”
There’s more, too, but let’s not waste any more time. Here we go.
AEW Dynamite results from Detroit:
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- Claudio Castagnoli def. Rey Fenix by pinfall, meaning he and a partner of his choice will get a ROH World Tag Team Championship shot against the Lucha Bros.
- Renee Paquette welcomes Miro back to Dynamite, but he ignores her question and walks right into Tony Khan’s office
- MJF compares the AEW Pillars to The Beatles, calling himself Paul
- A hype video is shown for the Steel Cage match, not that we need it to get any more amped up
- FTR come out to apologize to Mark Briscoe, but Jeff Jarrett and Jay Lethal want an answer to their challenge, and Briscoe reveals that the title match is on for Double or Nothing — with Mark himself as special guest referee; Sonjay Dutt spits moonshine in Dax Harwood’s eyes, and in his blind fury, he accidentally piledrives Briscoe
- Paquette wants to know how Chris Jericho feels about Adam Cole getting the best of him, but The Ocho has lawyered up and gotten a restraining order, but that doesn’t apply to Roderick Strong, who challenges Jericho to a Falls Count Anywhere match … and Jericho accepts only to find that Strong has ensured that the JAS will be banned from the building next week when it goes down
- Thunder Rosa makes her return to Dynamite, also passing Paquette on her way to talk to Khan
- A video promotes Sammy Guevara, which includes testimonials from Jericho and Tay Melo
- Khan puts over tonight’s show but also wants everyone to tune in for one of the most important AEW announcements ever
- Orange Cassidy def. Daniel Garcia by pinfall to retain the AEW International Championship
- Britt Baker and Jamie Hayter accept the challenge from The Outcasts for a trios match next week on Dynamite
- Tony Schiavone gets some time with Christian Cage, who brags about his ability to get a title shot and mocks the relationship between Wardlow and Arn Anderson
- Another hype video shows Darby Allin preparing for his world title shot, and offers insight from Sting and Darby himself
- Julia Hart def. Anna Jay by submission in a No Holds Barred match
- Best Friends and Bandido are ready for their title shot and decide the final rule for the Open House Challenge is going to be “all witches are barred from ringside”
- House of Black def. Best Friends and Bandido by pinfall in an Open House Challenge to retain the AEW World Trios Championship
- Backstage, Cassidy has been laid out by Kyle Fletcher of Aussie Open
- The final Pillars hype video is about Jack Perry, which strangely has validation from Christian Cage
- Ricky Starks is sick of Bullet Club, but Jay White remains unimpressed ahead of their match next week on Dynamite
- Jon Moxley def. Kenny Omega by pinfall in a Steel Cage match after Don Callis turns on Omega and hits him in the head with a screwdriver