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AEW Dynamite results 01/10/24: Sting thrills Daily’s Place as Young Bucks loom

Will we be seeing Sting and Darby Allin vs. some AEW EVPs at Revolution?

Oh yeah, it feels so good
To be back where we belong
Oh yeah, it feels so good
This is where we started from

Thanks for that, New Edition. Those immortal words are echoing through this writer’s skull as we get ready to take in AEW Dynamite Homecoming from Daily’s Place in Jacksonville.

You might remember this as the pandemic-era home of AEW, the place where everyone buckled down and got through some very difficult times thanks to the Power of Pro Wrestling (don’t try to trademark that, I’ve already filed). It was the place where talent simply worked through it, the spot where The Gunns went from “Who are those lads with Billy on the right-hand side of the ring every week?” to actual weekly TV types.

On a sadder and more serious note, it’s also where the world at large got to know the late Mr. Brodie Lee better, which has gone into the thinking behind some of the matches on tonight’s card, according to Tony Khan. Yes, there are some random-ish eight-person tag matches, but they feature people important to Lee, and that is a cool touch.

Some of the more prominent singles matches may not have that kind of story behind them, yet they still could cook. Ricky Starks vs. Sammy Guevara for the first time ever? Sure. Claudio Castagnoli vs. Hangman Adam Page? Of course!

We’re also on Day 10, give or take, of Mercedes Watch, so there’s that too.

Plenty of reason to tune in. Light the fuse, Daily’s Place!

AEW Dynamite results from Jacksonville:

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  • Hangman Adam Page def. Claudio Castagnoli by pinfall
  • A short compilation of Brodie Lee highlights from Daily’s Place is shown, along with an explanation of how his two hand-picked proteges are in action tonight
  • Orange Cassidy, Preston Vance, Dustin Rhodes and Adam Copeland def. Brian Cage, Gates of Agony and Lance Archer by pinfall, with Vance pinning Cage after some turmoil between Archer and the Mogul Embassy members during the match
  • Renee Paquette talks to Bullet Club Gold about the Undisputed Kingdom, and The Acclaimed stops by to repeat their suggestion that they form a “Bang Bang Scissor Gang superfaction,” and you can tell Austin Gunn is still on board with the idea
  • Samoa Joe says he has changed the title challenge protocol, but that doesn’t stop Swerve Strickland, Hangman and Hook from all throwing their hats in the ring
  • Paquette is with Toni Storm and Mariah May, and the champ is both dismissive of May and a little disturbed by the arrival of Deonna Purrazzo

  • Sammy Guevara def. Ricky Starks by pinfall
  • Sammy shakes Ricky’s hand after the match, but it’s a ruse for an attack by Big Bill that also draws in Chris Jericho … all while “Judas” blares the whole time
  • Willow Nightingale, Kris Statlander, Anna Jay and Thunder Rosa def. Saraya, Ruby Soho, Skye Blue and Julia Hart by submission as Anna Jay gets Skye Blue to tap out to the Queenslayer
  • Wheeler Yuta fires back at the “disrespect” he’s been shown by Eddie Kingston and makes it clear he’d like to face Kingston for his Continental Crown Championship on Rampage
  • Roderick Strong def. Bryan Keith by pinfall
  • Adam Cole gets on the mic after Strong’s win and goes over the Undisputed Kingdom mission statement again

  • Paquette talks to Purrazzo about Storm, and Deonna gets a Collision challenge from Red Velvet

  • Darby Allin and Sting def. Konosuke Takeshita and Powerhouse Hobbs by pinfall
  • Schiavone gets in the ring to ask Sting who his last opponent will be, but the answer is interrupted by the more clean shaven Young Bucks, who linger on stage with their music playing before leaving

Hangman Adam Page does enough “Cowboy S–t” to beat Claudio Castagnoli

Upset as he has been recently, Hangman takes it right to Claudio as soon as the opening bell sounds. That’s not a bad idea, but you’re not going to just overwhelm the Swiss Superman, and sure enough Castagnoli takes control once the fight gets inside the ring.

Or is he just pissing Hangman off more? Page no sells some shots in the corner and marches forward, and they trade hard shots until Page ends up going for the Giant Swing.

Claudio goes for the Sharpshooter next, but he almost gets rolled up when he transitions to a crossface. Castagnoli fires right back with a Death Valley Driver, and both men are slow to rise.

Page breaks out with a fallaway slam as the fans applaud to egg him on. He kips up and hits a springboard lariat, then follows with a plancha and some right hands on the floor.

Once they’re both back inside the ropes, Page is caught on a corner charge and slammed hard over the top rope and onto the ramp. That couldn’t have felt good.

After some side by side ads, Page ends up right back on the ramp, and not by choice. Claudio punches him up to the stage, but the Cowboy sends him back toward the ring and then into it with a running lariat.

Castagnoli sees the Buckshot coming, however, and gets a near fall with a popup uppercut. The battle goes back to the floor, where Claudio catches Hangman and smacks him into a wall (yes) before getting countered with a DDT.

Page hits a moonsault off the wall, then counters a Tombstone with one of his own back in the ring. Castagnoli kicks out, though, and the match rolls on.

After sending Page face first into the top turnbuckle, Castagnoli hits a running uppercut and more of them in the corner. A big short arm lariat leads to a cover, but Page isn’t ready to be pinned yet.

Hangman pops up to deliver the DeadEye, but is somewhat slow to cover and only gets two again. They both end up ascending or trying to, and Claudio’s Ricola Bomb is countered with a hurricanrana. Two doses of the Buckshot are enough to keep Castagnoli down for the three count.

Samoa Joe has more than one person pursuing his title

Were some people tiring of MJF? It sure sounds like it as the current champion is getting “thank you Joe” chants. The champ says he’s making some changes to the title challenge protocol, saying people won’t have to whine in the ring or on social media.

Instead, you bring your record and reputation to the “championship committee,” and if they deem you worthy, you get an express pass for Joe to “stomp your ass out.” Wait, that doesn’t sound like a prize!

For anyone who wants a piece of him, the champion will be waiting. Of course, all that is unlikely to go unanswered, and sure enough, Swerve Strickland and the Mogul Embassy pop out on stage. Strickland boasts that he took Hangman’s spot, and just like that was, it isn’t personal between Swerve and Joe. He just wants the championship and he’s going to take it.

After winning the title, Swerve says he’ll be happy to make things personal between them. Of course, he already has a personal issue that somehow still isn’t done, and that’s with Hangman, who joins them. He also vows to make the AEW World Championship his in 2024, and Joe simply laughs as Page and Strickland stare holes in each other.

Page turns to Joe and says he hasn’t forgotten what Joe had done to him, and he’s going to take the title from him for it. After everyone leaves, Joe simply holds the belt aloft.

He’s not done, though. Hook’s music hits and the FTW Champion comes to the ring to have his own staredown with Joe. “One week,” Hook says before leaving.

Sammy Guevara rocks Ricky Starks for a big win

These two have never been in the ring for a singles match before, and they start off a little cautiously as a result. Guevara is the first to step on the gas, forcing Starks from the ring with a dropkick and dropping a moonsault on him from the top rope.

The battle goes to the apron, where neither man can impose his will into Sammy starts landing some nasty chops. Starks shrugs those off and slams Guevara hard onto the apron as side-by-side commercials slide in.

(They wasted Ricky’s awesome rope walk spot during the ads, darn them.)

Guevara seems to have a rally going now and gets a near fall right after the full broadcast is back. Sammy wants to climb but Ricky doesn’t want to let him, and Starks sets off on a flurry of offense that leads to his own near fall.

Starks’ great counter wrestling allows him to score another two count, but Guevara manages to nail him with a couple of superkicks and pulls off an inside cradle to get the dub.

Sting has one more crazy spot in him as he and Darby Allin top the Don Callis Family

Ric Flair and Don Callis are ringside with their respective teams, and this is going to be hard to recap since it immediately breaks down with fighting into the crowd in two different directions. No DQs, falls count anywhere for this one.

Takeshita is hitting rolling Germans on the floor on poor Darby as we get picture-in-picture action. Sting is faring even worse … until Allin gets tossed by both his foes and does like three revolutions before hitting the mat.

Sting comes back into the ring on fire but gets smacked down quickly by Takeshita. Flair decides to step in and chop Hobbs, which does nothing, but he thumbs Powerhouse in the eye and buys Sting enough time to recover.

All four men brawl up to the stage, and it feels like something nuts is going to happen. Sure enough it does, with Allin hitting a Coffin Drop on Takeshita from high up in the stands.

Hobbs hoists Sting and carries him down a walkway in front of the stands, but the Icon turns the tables with a Scorpion Death Drop down through some tables. Sting rolls over and throws an arm on top of Hobbs, and he stays undefeated as the ref counts to three.

AEW Dynamite preview 01/10/24: Homecoming at Daily’s Place

AEW Dynamite Homecoming will also feature Hangman Adam Page vs. Claudio Castagnoli and a stacked eight-woman tag match.

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The Daily’s Place era of AEW was a time. With the COVID-19 pandemic preventing the company from touring, it ended up creating a home for itself under difficult circumstances in Jacksonville. While tonight’s episode of AEW Dynamite will look to the future and be part of an extended goodbye to an Icon, it will also undoubtedly bring back some memories from several years ago with its Homecoming theme.

Sting is in tag team action on his farewell tour

Even though chronologically it makes perfect sense for Sting to hang up the boots and paint, it’s still a little surreal knowing that every time he performs somewhere is the last time fans in that market will see him wrestle. That’s true again tonight in Jacksonville.

As always, he’ll have Darby Allin by his side. They’re undefeated as a tag team, but maintaining that status against The Don Callis Family’s Konosuke Takeshita and Powerhouse Hobbs feels like a tough task. And that’s as it should be.

Has Hangman Adam Page bitten off more than he can chew?

It hasn’t been a good couple of months for Hangman Adam Page, who is understandably irritable after coming out on the short end of his feud with Swerve Strickland. The problem with looking for a fight, whatever the cause, is that you may find a very difficult one, which is what Hangman got tonight in Claudio Castagnoli.

Life hasn’t been all dubs for the Swiss Superman either, so this should be an interesting barometer of where AEW feels each man might be headed next. And oh yeah — it should be a pretty sweet match on its own merits, too.

Most of the current players in the women’s division will be in one match

No “Timeless” Toni Storm in this one, but just about everyone else with a storyline going on in the women’s division is in an eight-person tag team match tonight. Kris Statlander and Willow Nightingale are having their friendship tested, but so far it’s proven stronger than Stoke.

On top of that, all eyes will be on Thunder Rosa. La Mera Mera only recently returned from a lengthy injury absence and hasn’t had all that much ring time just yet. Will she look like her old, championship-level self? Could she get in the mix with Julia Hart and the TBS Championship, perhaps? We’ll be watching anxiously to find out.

Also on the docket for tonight’s Homecoming episode from Daily’s Place:

  • Ricky Starks takes on Sammy Guevara in their first ever singles meeting
  • Lance Archer, Gates of Agony and Brian Cage team to face Orange Cassidy, Dustin Rhodes, Adam Copeland and Preston Vance
  • AEW World Champion Samoa Joe will be in the house

If this is a Homecoming you’ll want to attend, be sure to tune in tonight at 8 p.m. ET on TBS. We’ll also be serving up live results and other points of interest from the show here at Wrestling Junkie.

AEW Worlds End 2023 live report: The Devil in the details

Get the vibe of AEW Worlds End from amidst the live crowd from Wrestling Junkie’s Rob Wolkenbrod.

LONG ISLAND, NY — Entering Worlds End, it felt like a pay-per-view AEW needed to hit out of the park. The second half of the company’s 2023 left something to be desired, with lagging ticket sales, unfortunate injuries to Adam Cole, Kenny Omega and MJF, and backstage controversies remaining constant.

Filling the Nassau Coliseum wasn’t an issue Saturday night; AEW fans loaded the arena waiting on their favorite “scumbag,” the culmination of the Continental Classic and the next step of Christian Cage and Adam Copeland’s feud. The rest of the card had little fanfare since AEW glued it together within the last week, and it showed from the start of the main show until the main event matches.

At the same time, Worlds End was always billed as a three-match show featuring the three longest-running storylines in AEW. Along with the impending reveal of the Devil, the final 90 minutes of the five-hour show held all the eggs in the basket.

But even though fans were awaiting the identity of the person under the mask, questions loomed about MJF’s injury status. Was it his final night wrestling for a while? Did AEW extend his contract into 2024 and beyond? Tony Khan said he can’t comment on the AEW future of the Long Island native after the show, so take that as you will.

AEW answered questions beyond that during Worlds End, though, creating an interesting night of pro wrestling to close 2023.

AEW Worlds End results from Long Island:

  • Willow Nightingale def. Kris Statlander by pinfall in a solid match with a bumpy finish at the end.
  • A vignette teases Serena Deeb’s return to the ring.
  • Killswitch wins the battle royal to become the No. 1 contender to the TNT Championship. Not sure anyone expected Trent Beretta to be the runner-up over Danhausen, and it made the ending anticlimactic.
  • Hook def. Wheeler Yuta by submission to retain the FTW Championship.
  • Bryan Danielson, Claudio Castagnoli, Daniel Garcia and Mark Briscoe def. Jay White, Jay Lethal, Brody King and Rush by pinfall. Danielson and White stepping into the ring together created one of the best pops of the night, and King was very over with the crowd.
  • Miro def. Andrade El Idolo by submission in a relatively slow-paced match. During the post-show press conference, Tony Khan confirmed that El Idolo’s contract with AEW will expire at the end of the year, making that the former WWE United States Champion’s final match with the company.
  • Toni Storm def. Riho by pinfall to retain the AEW Women’s Championship. Storm’s impeccable character presentation highlighted a fine match.
  • Swerve Strickland def. Dustin Rhodes by pinfall. The atmosphere changed on a dime when “Big Pressure” played, waking a mild crowd from the last two matches. Rhodes also replaced Keith Lee, who was replaced an hour before the show due to injury.
  • Sting, Darby Allin, Chris Jericho and Sammy Guevara def. Konosuke Takeshita, Will Hobbs, Ricky Starks and Big Bill by pinfall. Boos toward Chris Jericho dominated this match, with various chants his way that made it to air and some explicit ones the live broadcast might not have registered.
  • Julia Hart def. Abadon by pinfall to retain the TBS Championship. A “This is spooky chant” rang out early, but the match work kept the crowd quiet.
  • Adam Copeland def. Christian Cage to win the TNT Championship. This show needed a hard-hitting, storytelling-focused match, and the crowd was lively for it. Copeland’s cross body in the crowd received a wild reaction, but the “We want fire” chants were arguably the popular aspect of the night.
  • Christian Cage def. Adam Copeland to win the TNT Championship. The live crowd had mixed feelings about Cage winning back the title within minutes after Killswitch gave up the contract. It surprised many, but it also served as a way to keep the feud going and shift the momentum back in the Patriarch’s favor.
  • Eddie Kingston def. Jon Moxley by pinfall to win the Continental Classic. This was the grueling, hard-hitting match everyone expected with stiff strikes and some tough spots, including the suicide dive that seemed to hurt Kingston more than Moxley.
  • Samoa Joe def. MJF by submission to win the AEW World Championship, ending the 27-year-old’s record title reign, in a match where the now former champion was clearly hurting and even had an audible scream of pain. After the match, Adam Cole revealed himself as the Devil, with Wardlow, Roderick Strong, Matt Taven and Mike Bennett as his goons.

AEW Worlds End live notes from Long Island:

  • Allowing Sting to receive an ovation in one of his last matches was a nice touch and a needed atmosphere changer after a forgettable eight-man tag match.
  • The reveal of Cole as the Devil was deemed anticlimactic by some of the crowd. It failed to elicit a huge reaction, perhaps because people had suspected Cole to be the man behind the mask all along. However, at times, the proper call doesn’t need to send shockwaves.
  • Throughout the night, the crowd felt like a sleeping giant. They wanted something to cheer for, and they wanted to react loudly. It arguably took until Copeland vs. Cage for that to happen, though, which was too long.

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AEW Worlds End results: All the winners from Long Island

Get live AEW Worlds End results for the year-ending pay-per-view from Long Island.

It’s time to see how AEW will look going into 2024, with plenty of big matches in store for AEW Worlds End. And in the hometown of AEW World Champion MJF, will he even leave Long Island with the title?

It’s a legitimate question given the status of his health and contract. There’s every chance that Samoa Joe could walk out of Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum as the top champion in AEW, which is something not many probably would have predicted at the start of the year.

Many fans will also be watching to see if the Devil gets involved in the main event, with insiders suggesting their identity will be revealed before the end of the night. That only figures to make MJF’s chances of retaining his beloved Triple B even shorter.

Another highlight should be the Continental Classic final between Eddie Kingston and Jon Moxley, two men who know each other extremely well even in an industry in which saying that is something of a trope. Can the Mad King throw off his bad luck in the biggest spots, not to mention his winless record against Mox, and finally come through?

We’ll also see both women’s championships defended (finally), another grudge match between Adam Copeland and Christian Cage, and much more from Long Island. We’re raring to go, so hopefully you are too.

AEW Worlds End results from Long Island:

(click or tap on any match with a link for full details)

  • Claudio Castagnoli, Mark Briscoe, Daniel Garcia and Bryan Danielson def. Brody King, Jay Lethal, Rush and Jay White by pinfall; King also got into it with Daddy Magic who was on guest commentary
  • Miro def. Andrade El Idolo by submission after CJ Perry turns on Andrade and assists her husband during the match
  • Toni Storm def. Riho by pinfall to retain the AEW Women’s World Championship
  • Dante Martin says he’s looking to become a titleholder and gets the latest pre-emptive challenge from Orange Cassidy
  • Swerve Strickland def. Dustin Rhodes by pinfall in an unusually long match after Strickland attacked Rhodes before the bell and stomped his ankle on top of a cinderblock
  • Chris Jericho, Sammy Guevara, Darby Allin and Sting def. Big Bill and Ricky Starks and The Don Callis Family (Powerhouse Hobbs and Konosuke Takeshita) by pinfall
  • Julia Hart def. Abadon by pinfall to retain the AEW TBS Championship, with Skye Blue making an assist
  • Adam Copeland def. Christian Cage by pinfall in a No DQ match to become the new AEW TNT Champion; after the match, however, Killswitch (who won the Battle Royal during the pre-show to earn a title shot) attacks Copeland from behind …
  • … and he hands the contract to Cage, who quickly fills it out tells the ref to start a new match, and spears Copeland to win the title back by pinfall
  • Eddie Kingston def. Jon Moxley by pinfall in the AEW Continental Classic final, becoming the first ever AEW Triple Crown Champion
  • Samoa Joe def. MJF by submission to become the new AEW World Champion, despite some attempted assistance by Adam Cole
  • After the match, the ring is surrounded by the Devil’s masked men, and Cole and MJF are quickly overpowered; the lights go out and come back on to find Cole sitting on a chair — he’s the Devil, and the masked men are Wardlow, Roderick Strong and The Kingdom

AEW Worlds End 2023 predictions: Who ends the year with a win?

Vaughn Johnson picks winners for all the matches on Long Island at AEW Worlds End.

Alas, we have reached the end of a roller coaster year for AEW with the promotion’s final pay-per-view offering, World’s End.

Will AEW end close out 2023 with a bang, or will it stumble to the year’s finish line?

Let’s run through the show match-by-match and offer some predictions.

AEW Collision results 12/23/23: Eddie Kingston, back from the brink

Also on AEW Collision, Thunder Rosa made a triumphant return from a long injury absence.

A quick confession: Pro wrestling isn’t part of my holiday traditions. But there’s no reason it couldn’t be, especially since tonight’s AEW Collision is coming to us so close to Christmas.

This is no throwaway show, either, thanks in large part to its status as the final night of Blue League competition in the AEW Continental Classic. Andrade El Idolo and Bryan Danielson are in the best positions to advance, since they enter the night with nine points each. But everyone else except Daniel Garcia is still mathematically alive, so these three matches should be dynamite. No pun intended.

We’re also only a week away from Worlds End, so there should be more parts of that card falling into place as well. Let’s see what this night brings, and if we don’t speak again before then, Merry Christmas!

AEW Collision results from San Antonio:

  • Bryan Danielson and Claudio Castagnoli go to a time limit draw in their Continental Classic Blue League match; Danielson advances to the Blue League final thanks to getting to 10 points
  • A highlight package of Gold League matches from this week is aired, interspersed with some of the post-match promos cut by Jay White, Jon Moxley and Swerve Strickland
  • The Acclaimed and Daddy Ass def. Top Flight and Action Andretti by pinfall to retain the AEW World Trios Championship, though it appeared Max Caster may have pulled the tights to help secure the victory, which is something to file away
  • Hook accepts the challenge from Wheeler Yuta for his FTW Championship on his turf at Worlds End next Saturday

  • Keith Lee def. Brian Cage by pinfall; after the match, Lee says he was taken out for almost two months by someone a year ago and that person hasn’t
  • Renee Paquette finds out Toni Storm doesn’t remember Mariah May, who says she will be making her in-ring debut soon, and Storm also sends a message to Riho

  • Christian Cage and Nick Wayne (but mostly just Christian) invite Shayna Wayne to the ring to explain why she helped Cage defeat Adam Copeland; she says that after seeing Copeland hit Nick with a steel chair, she did what any loving mother would do and protected her son, and that the only person who loves Nick as much as she does is the Patriarch; Cage says he will face Copeland at Worlds End in a No DQ match so he can put Adam down for the last time

  • Lexy Nair catches up with the tag team champions, who immediately suggest Kenny Omega is too scared to face them; Chris Jericho stops by and promises to take their titles, regardless of who his partner will be and when the match might take place

  • Daniel Garcia def. Brody King by pinfall in a Continental Classic Blue League match, eliminating King from advancing to the group final, but …
  • … after the match, the lights go out and return to reveal Malakai Black and Buddy Matthews in the ring, which brings Matt Menard and FTR to the rescue; Dax Harwood makes it clear FTR wants House of Black in the ring
  • Abadon and Thunder Rosa def. Skye Blue and Julia Hart by pinfall
  • Eddie Kingston def. Andrade El Idolo by pinfall in a Continental Classic Blue League match, advancing to the group final against Danielson next week on Dynamite

AEW Collision results 12/16/23: Eddie Kingston, Claudio Castagnoli stay alive

Also on AEW Collision, Thunder Rosa made her return to form a surprising alliance.

We’re getting down to the nitty gritty in the Continental Classic tonight on AEW Collision. For the Blue League, especially, several competitors are in must-win situations, particularly Eddie Kingston.

Maybe he wouldn’t be under so much pressure if he wouldn’t have put both of his titles up for grabs in this tournament, but he did and there’s no going back now. To get them back and become the first ever AEW Continental Champion too, he’s got to go on and win it all.

Kingston made that more difficult for himself by losing his first two round robin matches, but a victory over his archrival Claudio Castagnoli kept him alive. Kingston will need to win against Brody King tonight to still have a chance, and as luck would have it, Castagnoli is in the very same boat against group leader Andrade El Idolo.

All of which is to say that this is an important night in the Continental Classic, and there’s also a title defense by Orange Cassidy, always a good time. Let’s do this.

AEW Collision Winter is Coming results from Garland, Texas:

  • Claudio Castagnoli def. Andrade El Idolo by pinfall in a Continental Classic Blue League match, utilizing a low blow while the ref is distracted to set up the finish, and Claudio stays alive to advance from the Blue League
  • A highlight/promo video combo takes us back through the Continental Classic Gold
  • Abadon def. Jazmin Allure by pinfall in a quick squash match, but …
  • After the match, Julia Hart appears to taunt Abadon with the TBS Championship again, and when Abadon decides to just attack Hart, Skye Blue comes to the ring and helps Hart; in turn, Abadon gets some unexpected assistance from a returning Thunder Rosa, and Abadon shakes Rosa’s hand after they clear the ring
  • Renee Paquette gets a word with The Acclaimed and Daddy Ass, who are pretty mad about getting attacked by the Devil and his goons a few weeks ago; Top Flight and Action Andretti stop by to issue a title challenge, and since the champs are in a fighting week, they accept for next week
  • Orange Cassidy def. Bryan Keith by pinfall to retain the AEW International Champion
  • Miro says he’s done avoiding people to please his wife and is ready to kill everyone
  • Roderick Strong says he thinks he’s found his next “victim” in Komander
  • FTR dares the House of Black to come out and face them, accusing the House of jealousy of their extended run of tag team success; Malakai Black and Buddy Matthews appear on the big screen to repeat the claim that no one in the back will save them and only the House loves Cash Wheeler, and they punctuate their point by burning a picture of Dax Harwood, his wife and his daughter
  • A hype video promotes the recent run of Keith Lee, including his assertion that Shane Taylor was not “him”
  • Kris Statlander and Willow Nightingale def. Diamante and Mercedes Martinez in a wild Texas Street Fight that is the wildest AEW women’s division match in some time
  • Paquette talks to “Timeless” Toni Storm and Mariah May, with the latter ending up disappointed that the former says she’s too busy to watch her debut match
  • Brian Cage def. Kari Wright by pinfall in a quick squash match
  • Cage and the Mogul Embassy (sans Swerve Strickland) are in a celebratory mood, but Keith Lee tells them they they can tell “him” that his patience is running out; hmm …
  • Eddie Kingston def. Daniel Garcia by pinfall in a Continental Classic Blue League match
  • Bryan Danielson def. Brody King by pinfall in a Continental Classic Blue League match

AEW Rampage results 12/8/23: Bryan Danielson teaches Daniel Garcia another lesson

It also appeared Julia Hart welcomed a challenge from Abadon for her TBS Championship on AEW Rampage from Montreal.

It’s time for some magic. And by that we mean Daddy Magic Matt Menard, who is on guest commentary tonight on AEW Rampage.

Only fitting since Menard is from Montreal, sight of tonight’s show (which was taped on Wednesday). There’s some good stuff in store, including a Continental Classic match between Bryan Danielson and Daniel Garcia. There’s almost no way that’s not good stuff.

Let’s find out, shall we?

AEW Rampage results:

  • Orange Cassidy def. Angelico by pinfall to retain the AEW International Championship
  • Abadon def. Trish Adora by pinfall; afterward, the lights go out and back on to reveal Julia Hart, who lays the TBS Championship in front of Abadon, who picks it up but finds it gone (along with Hart) once the lights go off and on again
  • The Mercedes Martinez and Willow Nightingale promo is shown again
  • The Don Callis Family (Powerhouse Hobbs and Konosuke Takeshita) def. Christopher Daniels and Matt Sydal by pinfall, with Callis offering his “insight” as the fourth man at the commentary table
  • Renee Paquette talks to Top Flight and Action Andretti, who say they’ll accept the trios challenge sent their way by Penta El Zero Miedo last week
  • Bryan Danielson def. Daniel Garcia by submission in a Continental Classic Blue League match, sending Danielson to six points and mathematically eliminating Garcia from contention to advance from the group stage; notably, Garcia didn’t do his dance and reverted to trunks and wearing a towel around his neck on the way to the ring

AEW Collision results 12/2/23: Bryan Danielson leaves Eddie Kingston down bad

Some intriguing matches also got set up for Dynamite and Final Battle on AEW Collision this week.

Saturday night’s alright for fighting, and tonight, it’s more than alright for fighting in a tournament. The Blue League of the Continental Classic takes center stage tonight on AEW Collision from Erie, Penn.

Most notably, Bryan Danielson makes his debut in the Classic as he’s only recently been cleared to compete. He’s back now, and he can compound the misery of one Eddie Kingston by beating the Mad King tonight.

Maybe Eddie is having some remorse over putting both of his championships up for grabs in this tourney, eh?

Get ready, Erie. Here we go.

AEW Collision results from Erie:

  • Brody King def. Claudio Castagnoli by pinfall in a Continental Classic Blue League match, going to six points after his first two matches
  • Jon Moxley’s passionate promo from earlier this week is shown
  • Abadon def. Kiera Hogan by pinfall; after the bell, the lights go out and come back on to reveal TBS Champion Julia Hart standing in the corner, then disappearing when the lights go off and on again
  • Samoa Joe is interrupted backstage by Roderick Strong, who insists MJF is the Devil and tries to convince him that the tag team match MJF agreed to on Dynamite is a setup; Joe simply laughs and walks away

  • Andrade El Idolo def. Daniel Garcia by pinfall in a Continental Classic Blue League match, sending Andrade to three points and dismaying Matt Menard, who was sitting in with the commentators
  • Willie Mack throws out a challenge to Wardlow for next week after seeing what Wardlow did to his friend, AR Fox

  • Strong dedicates The Kingdom’s match to his best friend, Adam Cole
  • The Kingdom def. Iron Savages by pinfall, with Strong getting in a shot after the bell before stumbling back to his wheelchair
  • Ethan Page says he’s refocused himself and wants to check off a bucket list item, challenging Kenny Omega to a match next week to determine who is the true King of Canada

  • Willow Nightingale and Mercedes Martinez exchange words in recorded promos
  • Buddy Matthews and Malakai Black def. Christopher Daniels and Matt Sydal by pinfall; afterward, FTR hits the ring and violently declines Black’s invitation to join the House of Black, though it ends badly for the top guys and Black mocks them for having no one to come to their aid
  • Earlier this week, Toni Storm is upset Renee Paquette is interviewing her instead of RJ City, and Storm warns Skye Blue before throwing Renee’s own shoe at her

  • Blue taunts Storm for her “midlife crisis” and says she’ll shove Toni’s shoe right up her ass
  • A hype video promotes next week’s Dynamite showdown between Adam Copeland and Christian Cage
  • El Hijo del Vikingo def. Kip Sabian by pinfall, then extends his hand but we don’t see if Kip accepts it
  • Shane Taylor barges in and challenges Keith Lee to a match at Final Battle, which Lee accepts

  • Miro tries to barge in and attack Andrade, but CJ Perry gets him to promise not to lay a hand on her client
  • Bryan Danielson def. Eddie Kingston by pinfall in a Continental Classic Blue League match, keeping Eddie at zero points

AEW Dynamite results 11/29/23: Moxley, Swerve grab 3 points, Devil makes a challenge

A TBS Championship match was also a highlight of AEW Dynamite from Minneapolis.

The Continental Classic remains front and center for AEW Dynamite tonight from the Target Center in Minneapolis.

Three Gold League matches are on the card, including one that should be the featured bout between Jay White and Swerve Strickland. Both men won their tournament opener, so a victory tonight could go a long way toward earning one of the spots in the semifinals. Since they’re so evenly matched, a draw seems possible too, which could let some of the other participants back in it.

Speaking of those other men, they’ll be in action too. Jon Moxley will try to run his record to 2-0 against Jay Lethal, looking to rebound from an 0-1 start. The final round robin bout tonight features Mark Briscoe and Rush which should be a banger even though both lost their opening matches.

AEW often announces an intriguing match just hours before the show, and that was the case today as well, with Tony Khan casually tweeting that Julia Hart will defend her TBS Championship against Emi Sakura. It’s not going to completely shut down criticism of the women’s division getting short shrift on AEW shows, but it’s a start.

All this plus we get Bryan Danielson on commentary and we’ll hear from Christian Cage. Light the fuse!

AEW Dynamite results from Minneapolis:

Bryan Danielson is rocking the eye patch as he joins Excalibur and Taz at the announce table.

Jon Moxley def. Jay Lethal by submission in a Continental Classic Gold League match, is first to 6 points

This seems like much more of a must win for Lethal after he dropped his opener. The announcers discuss the tournament format and how a loss in your opener doesn’t mean doom, but having zero points after two matches is pretty bad news.

Danielson criticizes Lethal for strutting on the apron after hitting a suicide dive, and if you guessed Mox makes him pay for it, you guessed right. But Danielson is concerned about the way Moxley’s knees bent back on the landing.

Lethal works over Moxley’s left knee before dropping a top rope elbow. Mox kicks out at two only to get blasted into the barricade as commercials slide in.

The announcers admire Lethal’s transitions, though they wonder if his weak covers may cost him. Sure enough, Mox looks like he’s going to rally even though he’s still selling his knee damage, but Lethal snuffs it out with a Figure Four.

Jay is thinking Lethal Injection after that hold, but Moxley turtles up to avoid it and surprises his foe with a Paradigm Shift. A King Kong lariat and stuff piledriver lead to a two count, after which Moxley immediately wraps Lethal in a choke. Jay fights it briefly but has to tap.

Eddie Kingston is shown musing about his opening match loss, wondering if he came in too cocky by putting his titles on the line. He’s behind the 8-ball with Danielson up next but says he’s not going back to his old mentality and will be ready for Bryan.

Tony Schiavone reveals that AEW Revolution will take place Sunday, March 3 at the Greensboro Coliseum. Sting and Ric Flair talk about their history with that location, and the Nature Boy puts over Sting’s 45-minute match with him there that helped put him on the map.

Rush def. Mark Briscoe by pinfall, gets on the board in a the Continental Classic

Nothing subtle about this, as you’d expect. Briscoe gets the upper hand first by sending Rush to the floor and hitting a dropkick through the ropes, but he finds himself facing chops and being sent into the barricade multiple times.

Briscoe drops an elbow off the apron in response and has the fans fired up. Rush dumps him on his head with a release German suplex but takes a huge lariat seconds later.

During commercials, it appears Rush is having some leg issues, so he tries his best to ground Briscoe. They decide to stand and trade chops again until Briscoe can hit an exploder suplex; Rush answers with a belly-to-belly into the corner.

Briscoe charges out of the corner with a spear, good for a near fall. A neckbreaker gets another in quick succession.

Maybe the biggest move yet comes when Rush manages to throw Briscoe back first onto the floor from the apron. Briscoe beats the ref’s count but appears to be in trouble on the top turnbuckle … until he sends Rush to the mat for the Froggy Bow. Rush kicks out at two.

Another suplex into the corner and an elbow strike has Briscoe in the corner to take the Bull’s Horns, and Mark isn’t able to recover before the ref counts to three.

RJ City gets an audience with “Timeless” Toni Storm, who scoffs at the idea that she’d be worried about her upcoming title defense.

MJF, Samoa Joe get a challenge from the Devil

Walking out with his cane again, MJF hypes up his Worlds End title defense against Samoa Joe. The champ doesn’t like Joe as a person but respects him as a person and for his belief in AEW.

MJF recalls seeing TNA on TV when he was younger, opening his eyes to a lot of new wrestlers, but especially Samoa Joe. He reminds everyone that Joe never got a world championship opportunity in WWE, but without a guy like Joe, there may not be an AEW. So he reluctantly says thank you, and the crowd joins in.

However … MJF says he’s not too shabby himself and has helped build AEW brick by brick since day one. Their match won’t be about Joe’s legacy, but Max’s, to see if he can outlast “the final boss” of this sport one last time.

MJF says he doesn’t care about his ailments or what else might happen, and that on Dec. 30, Joe will have to put him down to take his title.

The lights go out, then start strobing before the Devil’s henchmen appear in the ring. One has a baseball bat, but Joe is able to help fight them off before the whole feed goes black.

A printed message appears, word by word, challenging MJF and Joe to a tag team match against “the unknown.” An angry Max vows to unmask the Devil and accepts the match though Joe seems less than thrilled about it.

Wardlow squashes AR Fox by referee stoppage

Can Fox fare better than some of the lesser lights who Wardlow has run through over the past few weeks? He gets his licks in outside the ring before the match officially starts, but getting in more will be the issue.

Well, he does hit a 450 Splash, so that’s something. But his kicks to the head just sort of piss Wardlow off, and he effortlessly chokeslams Fox, delivers a lariat and starts with the powerbombs.

A Swanton Bomb leads to a third powerbomb, and referee Bryce Remsburg calls a stop to it.

Dante Martin is back, sealing a win for Top Flight and Action Andretti over The Hardys and Brother Zay

Not going to do play-by-play for this one, just going to enjoy Dante Martin back in action after his horrific injury (which AEW shows again for some reason).

Andretti gets some nice time to show his stuff against Matt Hardy before making a popular hot tag to Dante. It’s great to see him fly around the ring, looking like he’s fully healthy and confident.

Some cool spots on the outside take the Hardys out of the mix, and Dante is able to pin Zay after some triple team offense to get a nice comeback victory.

Top Flight and Andretti get a backstage visit from Penta El Zero Miedo, Komander and El Hijo del Vikingo, who look like they’re issuing a challenge for a trios match.

Julia Hart retains her TBS Championship, pinning Emi Sakura

Hart sneers at her more experienced challenger, definitely not intimidated in any way. Sakura doesn’t care, of course, hurling the champ into the steel steps and splashing her there.

Things get no better for the hometown champ during commercials, as Sakura holds Hart upside-down and shows her to all four sides of the arena before dropping her down for a backbreaker.

The House Rules stipulation that Sakura selected was no wins by submission, so Hart can’t use Hartless to finish the challenger. Sakura regains the upper hand as the crowd chants for Hart. She gets Hartless applied, and even though Sakura is tapping, the match continues, with Aubrey Edwards reminding Julia about the rules.

Hart launches into a moonsault (that Sakura has to roll back into a tad) and gets the pinfall to retain.

Mariah May thanks RJ City for connecting her with Storm before going to visit Tony Khan.

Adam Copeland gives Christian Cage a taste of his own medicine

Christian Cage has plenty of security with him as he takes the ring to a chorus of boos, and he may need them as he invites Adam Copeland to the ring. He seems a little flustered when Copeland doesn’t come out immediately.

The Rated R Superstar eventually obliges, sneering at Cage behind his wall of security. Christian asks the guards to step away and says they won’t make it to next week at Montreal … because “I’m sorry.” Wait, what?

Cage says he knows everyone thinks he’s only sorry because he’s on his own as a “bulls–t” chant starts up in the crowd. But he maintains he had a road trip of reflection and soul searching after seeing Copeland Conchairto his underlings, remembering the good times he and Adam had together.

After that, they went on to become the greatest tag team ever and world champions individually. Cage says they were brothers and his dad was essentially Copeland’s father, and still Adam’s biggest fan to this day.

“I love you man. We are family.”

Cage says they should have one last run together for Copeland’s late mom. But when Copeland’s back is turn, Cage tries to attack him from behind … but Adam is ready and kicks him in the crotch.

He tells Cage to get the belt shined up because it’s going home with him and says “go f–k yourself,” which the TBS censor misses wildly so is clearly audible.

Swerve Strickland joins Mox with 6 points after Continental Classic victory over Jay White

Danielson is back on commentary, watching White send Swerve halfway over the barricade and just kind of stick there. Switchblade mocks the “Who’s house?” catchphrase before continuing his assault in the ring.

Both men light each other up with chops but White is still in command when the final commercials slide in.

Back from break, the announcers say we’ll stay with this match even if it overruns the 10 p.m. ending time for Dynamite. It’s still White in command, with Taz saying he’s executed a great game plan.

Strickland finally manages to slam White shoulder first, setting off a series of counters that Swerve ends with a Flatliner rolled into a vertical suplex. Strickland covers but White kicks out at two.

Both men hit some moves that impress Danielson before they end up on the mat together. They rise forehead to forehead as the fans get the “this is awesome” chant going. Strickland gets the better of an exchange of forearm shots, but White hits him with a chop block to the left knee.

An uranage gets White a two count as Excalibur reminds us there are about nine minutes left in the 20-minute time limit. White wants an armbar, but Strickland rolls through and snaps White’s left arm with his boot in painful fashion.

The ref nearly takes a bump, but Strickland sees the low kick coming that White used last week and hits a backbreaker. The House Call is next, and the Swerve Stomp … but White kicks out before the three.

Switchblade hits a Blade Runner out of nowhere only to see Strickland roll to the floor. White has to force him back in the ring, where his schoolboy goes for naught and Swerve’s pinning attempt does too.

Five minutes are left now, but when White goes for a Blade Runner, Swerve counters with a rollup and gets the three count.