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AEW Dynamite results 11/15/23: Omega finds some redemption, MJF has nowhere to turn

The Street Fight was wildly entertaining, but Bullet Club Gold left no doubt MJF is in its crosshairs on AEW Dynamite.

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If you can’t settle things in the ring, just take it to the streets like the Doobie Brothers once sang. If that very old reference is over your head, we promise that everything will become clear tonight on AEW Dynamite from Ontario, Calif.

The big match being promoted for this show is the Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name Street Fight, and yes, that is its full name thanks to some sponsorship love from Sega. On one side is The Don Callis Family, with Brian Cage filling in for the still injured Sammy Guevara.

On the other side are The Golden Jets, Chris Jericho and Kenny Omega. But to round out their four-man team, they each called a friend: Omega sent the Omega-Signal up for Kota Ibushi, while Jericho summoned former tag team partner Paul Wight.

Wight amusingly said he’s not even sure what the match will entail, so that can only mean fun. Sure, there’s other interesting stuff on tonight’s card as well, including The Young Bucks taking on Penta and Komander, as well as Red Velvet going up against Skye Blue in a TBS Championship eliminator.

But at the end of the day, we’re suckers for a good Street Fight. And this one should indeed be good.

Plus we’ll see if the Devil shows up to make MJF’s life miserable again, and perhaps the announce team will discuss this tidbit from Tony Khan:

AEW Dynamite results from Ontario (not that one):

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  • The show begins with a look at the Devil and “masked assailants” taking out The Acclaimed and Billy Gunn, followed by Samoa Joe mocking MJF for running out of friends
  • Jon Moxley and Wheeler Yuta def. Hook and Orange Cassidy by pinfall
  • After the match, Mox gets on the mic and says Cassidy is and has always been nothing, and that he’ll grind Orange into dust and win his International Championship at Full Gear
  • Swerve Strickland gets a severe verbal roasting from Hangman Adam Page, and can do nothing as Page attacks Prince Nana
  • Roderick Strong claims he knows who the Devil is and calls Adam Cole to tell him … it’s MJF; Cole suggests maybe it’s Strong and hangs up
  • Skye Blue def. Red Velvet by pinfall, earning a spot in the three-way TBS Championship match at Full Gear
  • Miro says what he predicted is coming true, and that his wife CJ Perry wants gold and fame and those trappings … but it will be Daniel Garcia who pays the price on Collision
  • Mariah May is overjoyed at the opportunity to meet Toni Storm, who seems put off by the meeting and asks Luther to contact “head of the studio” Khan to secure a tune-up match
  • Samoa Joe def. Jon Cruz by submission in a quick squash match
  • Joe then asks for a mic to extend his offer of friendship to MJF, but he also warns that the offer is time limited
  • The reveal of the AEW Continental Classic from the most recent episode of Collision is replayed, along with Bryan Danielson confirming he’s going to be in it
  • Young Bucks def. Komander and Penta El Zero Miedo by pinfall, taking some shortcuts to do so
  • The victorious Bucks run into Chris Jericho and Kenny Omega during a backstage interview, and it turns contentious in a hurry
  • The Gunns def. … uh, someone in a matter of seconds with a 3:10 to Yuma; afterward, they taunt MJF about what they’ll do to him since he has no friends left and will have to fight them alone
  • A hype video for Wardlow is shown, with him delivering a vow to “make the Devil my bitch” before the person in the Devil mask appears briefly at the end
  • The Golden Jets (Chris Jericho and Kenny Omega), Kota Ibushi and Paul Wight def. The Don Callis Family (Powerhouse Hobbs, Konosuke Takeshita, Kyle Fletcher and Brian Cage) by pinfall in a Like a Dragon Gaiden Street Fight
  • MJF is a marked man and Bullet Club Gold proves it

AEW Dynamite results 11/8/23: MJF is running out of friends

The good news is MJF is still AEW World Champion. The bad news is the person in the Devil mask plagued him again.

It’s time to see what Daniel Garcia is all about on AEW Dynamite from Portland.

Garcia has had quite the journey during his time in AEW. Originally positioned as a no-nonsense technical wrestler, he did almost a complete 180 by joining the Jericho Appreciation Society. He’s now known even more for his hip-thrusting dance, though his in-ring skills certainly haven’t gone away.

He’s also competed against some of the best the company has to offer, including Bryan Danielson, Jon Moxley, Eddie Kingston and Orange Cassidy. Garcia is somehow still only 25 years old, so his best days may very well still be in front of him.

Perhaps this will be one of those days. Garcia has a shot at the AEW World Championship held by MJF, and while it would be shocking indeed for AEW to do a big title change on free TV just 10 days out from a pay-per-view — where it’s already advertised MJF vs. Jay White as a featured bout — stranger things have happened.

White has a hurdle of his own to clear tonight in Portland, where he’ll take on Mark Briscoe, who just recently returned from injury. White’s spot in the Full Gear match is on the line, but unlike MJF, the Switchblade has several buddies to watch his back and ensure he makes it out of Dynamite with that opportunity intact.

(And the title belt in his possession, since he’s been holding onto it even though it still belongs to MJF.)

Plus we’ll see Darby Allin and Sting in tag team action, Swerve Strickland vs. Penta, the in-ring return of Red Velvet, and a talking segment with the Golden Jets, Kenny Omega and Chris Jericho.

You ready? We’re ready to start recapping the action.

AEW Dynamite results from Portland:

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  • MJF tells Tony Schiavone that he’s not losing tonight or to Jay White before he gets a video call from BFF Adam Cole, but MJF seems upset that Cole suggests again that he consider Samoa Joe’s offer to watch his back; Daniel Garcia seems offended that MJF says he’ll handle him and confirms that Max will get the professional wrestler tonight …
  • … but that’s not all because Roderick Strong stops by, and he vows to remind everybody “who the hell I am”
  • MJF def. Daniel Garcia by submission to retain the AEW World Championship
  • Mark Briscoe talks about how he and Jay White have locked up in tag team matches but never in a singles match and warns him about what’s coming later tonight
  • Darby Allin and Sting def. The Outrunners by submission
  • Schiavone interviews Toni Storm and Hikaru Shida in black and white, where Timeless Toni essentially blames Hikaru for what happened to her
  • Swerve Strickland def. Penta El Zero Miedo by pinfall, but Hangman Adam Page gets the beginning of some payback afterward with a chair assault and a DeadEye through a table
  • Jay White gets in some barbs on MJF and tells him to sit back and watch what he does to Briscoe
  • Don Callis and Kenny Omega cut dueling promos on each other
  • Renee Paquette talks to Omega and Chris Jericho, who are interrupted by the bitter Young Bucks; one thing leads to another, and they agree on a tag team match at Full Gear with some stakes: If the Bucks lose, the tag team title shot goes to the Golden Jets, who will break up if they lose
  • Samoa Joe def. Keith Lee by submission to retain the ROH World Television Championship, then relinquishes his title to concentrate on the world title held by MJF
  • Orange Cassidy says Jon Moxley must be nuts thinking he overlooked Mox, and he says he needs to beat Jon to be the champ he knows he is
  • The Gunns def. Bollywood Boyz in less than a minute, then boast about their talent and mock MJF ahead of their ROH title match against him and a mystery partner at Full Gear; as MJF watches backstage, Joe approaches him and he decides to move on
  • Moxley gives his rebuttal to Orange Cassidy, suggesting he’s setting a poor example for Hook and that he doesn’t deserve to make it to Full Gear; Wheeler Yuta tells Hook he crossed the wrong crew too
  • Lest we forget that Wardlow is gunning for MJF too, a video package showing him working out reminds us that, yes, he is
  • Julia Hart def. Red Velvet by pinfall, but her post-match attack is interrupted by Skye Blue, and eventually, Kris Statlander and Willow Nightingale
  • Mariah May is in AEW and seems really excited to meet Toni Storm
  • Jay White def. Mark Briscoe by pinfall
  • MJF’s music hits after White’s match, and he sneaks in the ring from the back and lays out White’s Bullet Club Gold teammates with the Dynamite Diamond Ring; White heads for the safety of the ramp while MJF tells him playtime is almost over and says Switchblade will have to kill him to beat him because he is fighting for everyone who’s been riding with him, but then …
  • … the lights go out and people in all black are shown assaulting The Acclaimed, throwing Anthony Bowens through a window; the main in the Devil mask appears briefly as MJF heads backstage, too late to do anything, and Joe laughs at how he’s “running out of friends”

AEW Collision results 10/21/23: House of Black runs roughshod but faces rally to end the show

The AEW tag team champions were the unexpected beneficiary of the return of Malakai Black and company.

It’s not fun to think about, but since Bryan Danielson has said it himself, it’s time to face facts: We won’t have the pleasure of watching the American Dragon in the ring forever. That’s why it behooves AEW to get him in the ring with as many amazing opponents as possible while he’s still around, which is exactly what’s happening on tonight’s episode of AEW Collision in Memphis.

Tony Khan announced a few days ago that he had a dream match lined up for tonight, and while that inevitably led to fans’ imaginations running wild with potential opponents from just about everywhere, it turns out there was one within the company who has been appearing on Collision quite often. That’d be Andrade El Idolo, who has, pretty incredibly, never faced Bryan in a televised match of any kind.

(Seriously, we had our research intern look it up. Just kidding, we don’t have one of those.)

While that bout may just be for the pure in-ring excitement, the rest of Collision looks like it stems from things going on over AEW programming in recent weeks. Eddie Kingston will battle Jeff Jarrett in a Memphis Street Fight, attempting to keep Jay Lethal from earning a shot at his ROH World Championship.

New-ish AEW World Tag Team Champions Big Bill and Ricky Starks will try to remain in that position when they face Claudio Castagnoli and Wheeler Yuta, while the previous titleholders, FTR, return to action for the first time since losing them. And Action Andretti will try to keep his head attached to his shoulders while staying out of any marital drama as he takes on Miro.

If that weren’t enough for you, be sure to stay tuned afterward as Battle of the Belts VIII presents three championship matches. We’ll get to that in due time, but for now, let’s see what Collision has in store.

AEW Collision results from Memphis:

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  • Bryan Danielson def. Andrade El Idolo by pinfall, but Malakai Black appears after the bell and lays out Danielson with a spin kick
  • Skye Blue def. Hollyhood Haley by pinfall
  • The Gunns def. Outrunners by pinfall; after the match, the lights go out and the man in the devil mask appears on screen, but doesn’t go after Bullet Club Gold
  • While Orange Cassidy is being interviewed, Kris Statlander says she needs a pump before her match and squats the interviewer
  • Jeff Jarrett def. Eddie Kingston by pinfall in a Memphis Street Fight thanks to help from Jay Lethal, Karen Jarrett, Satnam Singh and Sonjay Dutt (yes, all of them); Lethal will receive a ROH World Championship shot as a result
  • The Acclaimed and Daddy Ass have to apologize for Max Caster’s behavior but are ready to take down Daniel Garcia, Daddy Magic and Cool Hand Ang on Battle of the Belts
  • Miro def. Action Andretti by submission in a match that was probably harder than Miro would have figured; C.J. Perry applauds from ringside and Miro decides against beating up Andretti after the bell in what passes as a show of respect from him
  • Anna Jay seems like she’s still trying to keep the peace between Daniel Garcia and Matt Menard; Angelo Parker and Ruby Soho have an amusing exchange about family problems before Soho says she deserves to be a champion and is willing to challenge any of them
  • Rush says he’s sick and tired of all the opportunities going to other wrestlers and mad about the company saying he’s too dangerous … to be continued …
  • Kingston is getting checked out by the trainer but still delivers an angry promo to Lethal, calling him “Jeff Jarrett’s little bitch” and promising to beat Lethal down in front of his mother
  • FTR vs. Bad Thad Brown and Darian Bengston is interrupted by an attack from the House of Black, who lays out FTR
  • Big Bill and Ricky Starks def. Claudio Castagnoli and Wheeler Yuta by pinfall to retain the AEW World Tag Team Championship thanks to interference by the House of Black, but …
  • … when the House of Black tries to press its advantage after the match, the faces get reinforcements: from Bryan Danielson, FTR, and eventually, Jon Moxley, leaving the faces standing over a prone Starks to end the show

AEW Rampage results 10/20/23: Mistico comes calling

Get full results for the Oct. 20, 2023 episode of AEW Rampage, featuring Mistico making his AEW debut.

Think AEW can’t bring in anyone else to help move tickets? Think again.

With tonight’s show (which also included this week’s episode of Dynamite) needing some late sales, Tony Khan wisely added Mistico to the card. And in the Houston area, he’s a very big deal. And it seems to have set up an ongoing working relationship between AEW and CMLL, which would be interesting.

Even better, he’s going up against Rocky Romero, who is a face in New Japan but is a noted heel in Mexico. So this should be fun.

Let’s see how this hour of Rampage went down.

AEW Rampage results:

  • Mistico def. Rocky Romero, 2 falls to 1
  • Jay Lethal makes his case for a title shot against Eddie Kingston, saying he and his teammates know the real Eddie and he doesn’t care about the ROH World Championship; they eventually land on Jeff Jarrett facing Kingston on Collision to earn Lethal a title shot if Jarrett wins, but Kingston is not happy about them mentioning Homicide during this segment
  • John Silver def. Kip Sabian and Brother Zay to win an International Championship shot against Orange Cassidy at Battle of the Belts VIII on Saturday night
  • Things are still tense between Mike Santana and Ortiz and pretty obviously headed for a fight — at Dynamite in Philadelphia next week, as it turns out
  • Claudio Castagnoli and Wheeler Yuta def. Bryan Keith and Exodus Prime by pinfall
  • Renee Paquette tries to get to the bottom of the tension between the former members of the Jericho Appreciation Society, and Jake Hager finally tries to squash things between Matt Menard and Daniel Garcia: “I didn’t give up my hat for this!” … and it looks like it’s squashed
  • Hangman Adam Page and the Young Bucks say they haven’t forgotten that they are the ROH trios champs and want to defend their titles on the next Dynamite before berating Brandon Cutler for the umpteenth time
  • Ruby Soho def. Skye Blue by pinfall after Saraya gets in a shot or two with the spray can from the floor; after the bell, The Outcasts stomp away on Blue, who gets (perhaps unwanted help) from Kris Statlander

AEW Rampage results 10/6/23: Komander is coming for Eddie Kingston

Full results for the Oct. 6, 2023 episode of AEW Rampage, where a No. 1 contender was found for Eddie Kingston’s ROH world title.

Have things calmed down a bit in AEW land? We mean relatively speaking, of course.

After three pay-per-views in less than two months, plus the Grand Slam show at Arthur Ashe Stadium plus the high profile debut of Adam Copeland, maybe AEW can catch its breath just a bit.

That doesn’t mean tonight’s AEW Rampage doesn’t have some interesting stuff planned, mind you. There’s a very intriguing four-way match to find a contender for Eddie Kingston. We’ll also see two of our favorites, Kris Statlander and Hikaru Shida, join forces.

So let’s enjoy this hour of pro wrestling simply for what it is, shall we?

AEW Rampage results:

  • The Hardys (Matt Hardy and Jeff Hardy) and Best Friends (Chuck Taylor and Trent Beretta) def. Daniel Garcia, Jake Hager and 2point0 (Matt Menard and Angelo Parker) by pinfall
  • Renee Paquette talks to Eddie Kingston, who expects everyone competing for the right to challenge him for the ROH World Championship to “wild out”; Sonjay Dutt gets in his face to accuse him of disrespecting Jay Lethal, but Kingston says Lethal needs to prove himself before he gets a title shot … and then Stokely Hathaway arrives with a proposition for Dutt
  • A promo hypes the return of Danhausen “very soon”
  • Blackpool Combat Club (Claudio Castagnoli and Wheeler Yuta) def. Colt Stevens and Levi Shapiro
  • Paquette gets a close-up look at the finger-pointing between the former members of the Jericho Appreciation Society, who actually have Angelo Parker become the voice of reason
  • Komander def. Johnny TV, Penta El Zero Miedo and Lince Dorado to become No. 1 contender for the ROH World Champion (with Kingston on guest commentary)
  • Ortiz says he wanted to speak to Mike Santana eye to eye, questioning the authenticity of his tough guy persona and vowing to expose him
  • Kris Statlander and Hikaru Shida def. Marina Shafir and Nyla Rose

AEW WrestleDream results: Seattle sees thrills plus a Rated R debut

Full AEW WrestleDream results from Seattle including title matches, a betrayal and a familiar face from Christian Cage’s past.

What’s in a dream? We’re about to find out, pro wrestling style, thanks to AEW WrestleDream in Seattle.

Tony Khan conceived this new addition to the AEW pay-per-view lineup as a way to honor the great Antonio Inoki, the founder of New Japan Pro-Wrestling who passed away a year ago. While this isn’t a straight up dual-branded PPV with NJPW a la Forbidden Door, there will definitely be some New Japan talent who are prominently featured in the show.

There are also several levels of intrigue around the event. Khan hasn’t been shy about calling WrestleDream the end of one era of AEW and the beginning of a new one, but he has declined to elaborate on what that might mean.

Could there be some debuts? Perhaps. Many fans are anxious to see if WWE Hall of Famer Edge, likely using his real name of Adam Copeland, might show up since his WWE contract has expired. The fact that the main event will feature Darby Allin and Copeland’s longtime friend Christian Cage has only ratcheted up the hype.

Even if no one new shows up, the card should deliver on pure in-ring action as AEW usually does. Let’s see what the night has in store.

AEW WrestleDream Zero Hour pre show results:
  • Satoshi Kojima, Keith Lee, Athena and Billie Starkz def. Shane Taylor Promotions (Shane Taylor and Lee Moriarty), Diamante and Mercedes Martinez by pinfall
  • Claudio Castagnoli def. Josh Barnett by pinfall; afterward, Barnett gives Claudio a big show of respect afterward and says Inoki-san would be a fan of his, then says he will come after Castagnoli again down the road, to which he says “any time, any place” and pays respect in return
  • Luchasaurus def. Nick Wayne by pinfall
  • The Acclaimed (Anthony Bowens and Max Caster) and Billy Gunn def. TMDK (Shane Haste, Mikey Nicholls, and Bad Dude Tito) by pinfall to retain the AEW World Trios Championship

AEW WrestleDream results:

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  • MJF addresses the crowd, talking about how pissed he is that someone stole his mask and that Adam Cole isn’t here tonight; he also tells The Righteous exactly what he’s about to do to them
  • MJF def. The Righteous by pinfall to retain the ROH World Tag Team Championship
  • Eddie Kingston def. Katsuyori Shibata by pinfall to retain the ROH World Heavyweight Championship and NJPW Strong Openweight Championship
  • Kris Statlander def. Julia Hart by pinfall to retain the AEW TBS Championship
  • Young Bucks def. The Gunns, Lucha Bros. and Orange Cassidy and Hook to win a future AEW World Tag Team Championship shot
  • Swerve Strickland def. Hangman Adam Page by pinfall
  • Ricky Starks def. Wheeler Yuta by pinfall
  • Bryan Danielson def. Zack Sabre Jr. by pinfall
  • The Don Callis Family (Konouke Takeshita, Sammy Guevara and Will Ospreay) def. Chris Jericho, Kenny Omega and Kota Ibushi by pinfall
  • FTR def. Aussie Open by pinfall to retain the AEW World Tag Team Championship
  • Christian Cage def. Darby Allin 2-1 in a 2-out-of-3 Falls match to retain the AEW TNT Championship after Nick Wayne turns on Allin during the match
  • Cage and Wayne stomp away on Allin after the bell, but Sting comes down the ramp to make the save, except Luchasaurus arrives to aid the heels, and it looks bad for our heroes …
  • … until a short film plays that says “Rated R” on a road, bringing Adam Copeland, formerly known as Edge, to the ring; he takes a chair from Wayne and teases a Con-chair-to before using the chair to save the day; Sting and Copeland shake hands as the show goes off the air

AEW WrestleDream predictions: Who walks out of Seattle on top?

Who will emerge victorious in the first ever AEW WrestleDream in Seattle? Vaughn Johnson gives his picks for all the matches.

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During a media call earlier this week, Tony Khan revealed that the plans behind Sunday’s pay-per-view began back on Oct. 1 of last year, when he heard that legendary wrestler and founder of New Japan Pro Wrestling Antonio Inoki had passed away at the age of 79.

Khan told the media that he took a mental note of the date and immediately began the ideation process of putting on a tribute show with New Japan to honor Inoki. The result is WrestleDream.

The last time AEW did something with a distinct NJPW flavor was the dual-branded Forbidden Door event back in June, which produced some of the best wrestling matches of the year. With a title like WrestleDream, I’d imagine we’ll see more of the same Sunday night.

Here are my predictions for the event:

Bryan Danielson vs. Zack Sabre Jr.

What is a better way to headline a supposed dream card than with a dream match between two of the best technical wrestlers in the world?

When matches like this come around, fans usually cheer for both participants because they are so happy to see the match become a reality. However, I believe that can take away from a match.

Danielson and Sabre should have no such issue as it emanates merely two hours away from the former’s hometown of Aberdeen, Wash. With Seattle being Danielson’s surrogate hometown for the evening, I’d imagine most of the fans in the building will be rooting for the hometown hero, which should elevate the match.

When it comes to picking a winner, that’s where things become difficult. Danielson has openly discussed the end of his full-time in-ring career being in the near future, which could lead to him looking for someone to pass the torch to as this generation’s best technical wrestler.

Sabre would certainly fit that bill.

However, because this match takes place in Danielson’s neck of the woods, I believe he will walk away with the victory, sending the fans in Seattle home happy.

Winner: Bryan Danielson

Swerve Strickland vs. Hangman Adam Page

The segment between these two on this week’s edition of Dynamite was fantastic, and it added to my own personal excitement to see this encounter.

While that was fun, this is another match that is proving tough to predict. Why? Because both guys need the win.

Sure, Page has been to the top of the mountain before and has been heavily featured in the past, but he hasn’t been involved in a lot of eventful angles lately. A win here could re-energize his momentum and get him back to the top of the card.

However, Strickland has never been given a main event-caliber push, and it was only until recently that he was a consistent presence on the weekly television shows. And some of that credit should go to the hysterically funny Prince Nana.

Not to mention, it has been a while since Strickland picked up a big win. In my opinion, he’s due.

The match itself should be a classic.

Winner: Swerve Strickland

AEW World Tag Team Championship: FTR (c) vs. Aussie Open

Another match, another potential classic for the world tag team titles.

While Aussie Open is a great team, I don’t see a reason to take the titles away from FTR at this point. 

Winners: FTR

AEW TNT Championship (2-out-of-3 Falls): Christian Cage (c) vs. Darby Allin

I may not hit on all of my predictions, but if there is one that you can take directly to the bank, it is that Allin will take chances with his body during the match — and some of them will be unnecessary.

I can easily see Cage doing something that would damn near incapacitate Allin, only for it to be used as a means to have the latter come back from behind and win the match.

Winner: Darby Allin

AEW TBS Championship: Kris Statlander (c) vs. Julia Hart

As excited as I am to see the TBS title get some shine on a pay-per-view, I am just as disappointed in the fact that Statlander versus Hart is the only women’s match on this card.

When AEW and New Japan link up, in my eyes, it is a showcase of the best professional wrestling the world has to offer outside of WWE. There are enough great women’s wrestlers out there to warrant putting more than one match on a card of this magnitude. But guess how many women’s matches were on Forbidden Door?

One.

There are enough wrestlers in AEW’s women’s division that would warrant more than one match. But guess how many were on All In, the supposed biggest wrestling show of all time?

One.

Guess how many women’s matches were on All Out?

One.

And no, I’m not counting the pre-show matches. I’m talking about the proper pay-per-view that people pay their hard-earned money to watch.

Somehow, there’s never enough time for more.

Both Statlander and Hart are great wrestlers, and I love seeing the latter’s maturation into someone who has main event potential, but there are more talented wrestlers in AEW’s women’s division. They deserve to be put on this stage as well.

As far as a winner, I’m going with Statlander. I do believe that Hart will have a star-making performance in defeat.

Winner: Kris Statlander

Ring of Honor World & NJPW Strong Openweight Championship: Eddie Kingston (c) vs. Katsuyori Shibata

On paper, this sounds like it should be a banger, but with Kingston recently revealing that he is dealing with a lower back injury that forced him to step away from independent wrestling, I’m not sure what to expect.

Kingston also revealed that he recently signed a four-year extension with AEW. AEW making such a commitment tells me that the promotion is firmly behind Kingston as the ROH champ.

Winner: Eddie Kingston

Ring of Honor World Tag Team Championship: MJF (c) vs. The Righteous

As I wrote in a previous column, it would make total sense to have MJF lose to The Righteous and move on from tag team competition since his partner is sidelined with a broken ankle.

Winners: The Righteous

Chris Jericho & The Golden Elite (Kenny Omega & Kota Ibushi) vs. The Don Callis Family (Will Ospreay, Sammy Guevara, & Konosuke Takeshita)

After all of the trouble the Callis family has caused over the last few weeks, my instinct is usually to take the good guys in this situation.

However, I feel like Guevara needs a chance to redeem himself after losing to Jericho at Grand Slam. Sure, he gained some measure of revenge by getting some of his heat back on Jericho after the match.

But I feel like in order for him to get the maximum amount of revenge, he needs to beat Jericho. Maybe that will happen in a one-on-one match one day in the future, but I would make it happen here, and further elevate The Don Callis Family in the process.

Winners: The Don Callis Family 

No. 1 contender’s match for AEW World Tag Team Championship: Young Bucks vs. Lucha Bros. vs. The Gunns vs. Orange Cassidy and Hook

Since three of the four teams have already been heavily featured in the past, I’m going to call for the upset and go with the odd couple pairing of Cassidy and Hook to come out on top.

Winners: Orange Cassidy and Hook

Ricky Starks vs. Wheeler Yuta

Yuta is cool and all, but if Starks doesn’t pick up the win here then we have some serious problems.

Winner: Ricky Starks

AEW Dynamite results 09/27/23: Switchblade guns for MJF, Swerve and Hangman are fired up

Adam Cole also delivered some bad injury news on AEW Dynamite from Broomfield.

The card for AEW WrestleDream this Sunday seems pretty much set since there are already nine confirmed matches. But that doesn’t mean tonight’s episode of AEW Dynamite from the greater Denver area couldn’t still shake up things for Seattle somehow.

It’s not 100% clear how just by looking at what’s been promoted for tonight’s show, to be fair. Willow Nightingale will take on Julia Hart in what should be a great pairing of two of AEW’s rising stars, but Hart already has a title shot this weekend against Kris Statlander.

The same is true of the four-way battle between Orange Cassidy, Penta, Matt Jackson and Austin Gunn. Will it be fun? Almost certainly. But those peeps are already half each of four teams who will be competing for a future tag team title shot in Seattle.

Hangman Adam Page and Swerve Strickland will sign on the dotted line before they tear into each other at WrestleDream, so perhaps there will be a wrinkle added there. A last minute stipulation of some sort can’t be ruled out.

There’s also the unfortunate matter of a potential injury to Adam Cole. Tony Khan said that his status would be addressed on Dynamite, and since he and his Better Than You Bay Bay partner MJF are scheduled to speak, hopefully it won’t be to tell us that Cole can’t go come Sunday.

Certainly, Khan’s cryptic comments about the end of an era and the beginning of a new one, which he has chosen to keep enigmatic, have raised some eyebrows. Could there be some hints toward what might be coming on Dynamite?

There’s only one way to find out. Well, two ways, really. Let’s get into this show and see what’s what.

AEW Dynamite results from Broomfield:

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  • Rey Fenix def. Jeff Jarrett by pinfall to retain the AEW International Championship
  • A video shows MJF trying to cheer up Adam Cole by hanging out together on a boat (his dad’s, apparently) off Long Island, but Max is disappointed that Adam was on the phone with Roderick Strong so long and teases hitting him with the Dynamite Diamond Ring and tossing him overboard … but Cole sees that coming (though MJF denies it) and explains it’s OK to have more than one friend, and they end up drinking beers with Captain Insano after catching him with a fishing rod
  • Don Callis and Konosuke Takeshita are shown in Tokyo looking for Kenny Omega’s secrets or something, but that was apparently before tonight as they’re up next
  • Renee Paquette talks to The Don Callis Family, who revel in adding Sammy Guevara to their ranks and apparently have already attacked Kota Ibushi in Japan
  • After the Death Match with Bryan Danielson, Ricky Starks brags that he survived, but Wheeler Yuta drops by to call him an entitled prick and says if he disagrees, they can find out in Seattle … and the match has already been added to WrestleDream
  • Nick Jackson def. Brian Cage and Claudio Castagnoli, earning himself a shot at Fenix next week
  • The Righteous deliver a message to Adam Cole and MJF about fake friends ahead of their title match at WrestleDream
  • Adam Cole has bad injury news, and to make matters worse for MJF, Jay White has the Triple B in his sights
  • Jim Ross has a sitdown interview with Christian Cage and Darby Allin, who argue about the tutelage of Nick Wayne and their upcoming TNT Championship match at WrestleDream
  • Orange Cassidy def. Penta El Zero Miedo, Matt Jackson and Austin Gunn
  • Julia Hart def. Willow Nightingale by pinfall, then gets out of dodge when Kris Statlander hustles to aid Willow after the bell
  • Swerve Strickland and Hangman Adam Page sign on the dotted line, but not without some verbal barbs and a touch of violence
  • Backstage, Jay White is getting beaten up by men in all black and devil masks …

AEW All Out 2023 results: Mox, Takeshita, Danielson win big in Chicago

Get full AEW All Out 2023 results from the United Center in Chicago, where Jon Moxley and Konosuke Takeshita were among the big winners.

Has the week’s drama been put behind AEW? That’s what we’re about to find out as All Out originates from the United Center in Chicago.

As you’ve likely heard by now, Chicago’s favorite son won’t be on this show nor any other AEW show ever again. All the company can do now is try to move forward, something made a tiny bit harder by the fact that this is the company’s second pay-per-view in the span of a week.

It’s doing the best it can, as despite a card that has no AEW World Championship match, it’s not without a number of intriguing matchups. One will see Kenny Omega take on Konosuke Takeshita in what could be a bit of a passing of the torch. Another bout, potentially the night’s main event, will see Orange Cassidy try to defend his AEW International Championship against Jon Moxley in a pairing of two men who are arguably the MVPs of AEW over the past few years.

Ricky Starks, rumored to be the potential opponent for CM Punk before this week’s events, still gets a big showcase against Bryan Danielson, freshly returned from injury. And the irrepressible Darby Allin will throw his body around again in pursuit of the AEW TNT Championship.

This feels like a night where the in-ring work of a talented roster can, at least temporarily, wash away everything else. Let’s find out.

AEW All Out 2023 Zero Hour results:

  • Hangman Adam Page wins the Over Budget Charity Battle Royale
  • Hikaru Shida, Willow Nightingale and Skye Blue def. Athena, Diamante and Mercedes Martinez by pinfall
  • The Acclaimed and Billy Gunn def. Jay Lethal, Jeff Jarrett and Satnam Singh by pinfall to retain the AEW World Trios Championship

AEW All Out 2023 results – Main card:

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

  • Adam Cole and MJF def. Dark Order (Alex Reynolds and John Silver) by pinfall to retain the ROH World Tag Team Championship
  • On his way out for his match, Samoa Joe shoves MJF, and the world champ makes a beeline for the ring to confront Joe; a ton of staffers and officials have to separate MJF and Joe as the crowd chants “let them fight”
  • Samoa Joe def. Shane Taylor by submission to retain the ROH World Television Championship
  •  Luchasaurus def. Darby Allin by pinfall to retain the AEW TNT Championship after Allin hesitates when Christian Cage threatens Nick Wayne with a Con-chair-to; a selection of random faces saves Darby from a post-match attack
  • Miro def. Powerhouse Hobbs by submission, but after an apparent sign of respect, Hobbs attacks Miro from behind and pummels him on the mat; Miro’s wife attacks Hobbs with a chair, allowing Miro to do the same, but he leaves without her
  • Kris Statlander def. Ruby Soho by pinfall to retain the AEW TBS Championship, with a strange assist by Toni Storm, who takes the spray paint can from Soho and distracts her to set up the finish
  • Bryan Danielson def. Ricky Starks by submission in a Strap match that also saw Big Bill and Ricky “The Dragon” Steamboat get involved
  • Nigel McGuinness announces the $50K donation from the Battle Royale is going to The Chicago Public Education Fund in Page’s name
  • Blackpool Combat Club (Claudio Castagnoli and Wheeler Yuta) def. Eddie Kingston and Katsuyori Shibata by pinfall
  • Konosuke Takeshita def. Kenny Omega by pinfall
  • Bullet Club Gold (Jay White, Juice Robinson and The Gunns) def. The Young Bucks and FTR by pinfall
  • Jon Moxley def. Orange Cassidy by pinfall to become the new AEW International Champion

AEW Dynamite results 08/30/23: Orange Cassidy wins but must face Mox at All Out

Orange Cassidy cut the most fiery promo of his career after the AEW Dynamite main event in Chicago.

Unlike AEW pay-per-views, which tend not to have too may matches promoted too far in advance, tonight’s episode of AEW Dynamite from Chicago is shrouded in some mystery.

There could be … reasons for that. The scuttlebutt is that some talent experienced delays returning from London for All In. Tony Khan also reportedly told anyone who needed it that they could have this week off to attend Bray Wyatt’s funeral service, though that is now next week and could bring some people back into the fold for this Dynamite.

On top of that, CM Punk and Jack Perry are reportedly suspended following their run-in at All In. While Punk has been exclusively on Collision since that show started and almost certainly wouldn’t have been on tonight’s show, the uncertainty regarding his status for this weekend’s PPV could definitely be having a ripple effect on Khan’s plans.

All of which brings us back to Dynamite, which is the rare AEW Wednesday show without tons announced ahead of time. We know there will be a title match, with Orange Cassidy defending the AEW International Championship against Penta El Zero Miedo. The winner gets the gold, which is nice, but also has to face Jon Moxley Sunday, which is less nice.

We’ll also hear from Adam Cole, the loser of All In’s tremendous AEW World Championship title bout. Cole decided not to cheat to beat MJF, just as the champ passed up opportunities to take shortcuts to defeat him. Is he experiencing any remorse over his choices? We may learn that tonight.

Other than that, everything else for tonight’s show is, for now anyway, a surprise. Sometimes that’s fun, though, and we hope that’s the case for the second straight go home Dynamite in a row.

AEW Dynamite results from Chicago:

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  • Jon Moxley def. Komander by submission
  • A short promo video hypes up Orange Cassidy’s title reign, and the champ vows he’ll show Moxley he’s not the same man he was four years ago if they end up fighting at All Out
  • After All In, FTR finds the Young Bucks to see why they didn’t show respect after their match, but their conversation is crashed by Bullet Club Gold, who ends up setting up FTR and the Bucks vs. them in an eight-man tag match at All Out
  • Renee Paquette talks with Toni Storm, who claims to be happy for Saraya and now says she has no title and no friends
  • Chris Jericho and Sammy Guevara iron some things out
  • Moxley says the person who leaves All Out with the belt will be the wrestler with the biggest bite
  • Eddie Kingston def. Wheeler Yuta by pinfall to retain the NJPW Strong Openweight Championship
  • After All In, MJF tells Adam Cole he’s taking a week off, and his partner says he deserves it
  • Paquette wants to talk to Guevara but is interrupted by Don Callis, who is quickly rebuffed by Sammy and told to get lost
  • Adam Cole gets a huge guilt trip laid on him by Roderick Strong and The Kingdom
  • Penta El Zero Miedo and Alex Abrahantes deliver a warning to Moxley
  • Kris Statlander, Hikaru Shida and Britt Baker def. Nyla Rose, Marina Shafir and Emi Sakura by pinfall, though Statlander gets attacked by Ruby Soho after the bell
  • A promo video hypes Shane Taylor, who will face Samoa Joe at All Out
  • Callis and Konosuke Takeshita go over strategy for Konosuke’s match against Kenny Omega at All Out
  • Daddy Ass confirms that he’s back, and The Acclaimed have a ribbon-cutting ceremony that introduces new, pink Trios title belts; the trio will defend their titles for the first time Saturday on Collision
  • Orange Cassidy def. Penta El Zero Miedo by pinfall to retain the AEW International Championship
  • Somewhat surprisingly, Cassidy takes the mic afterward, saying he’s in pain and so tired, but the title means everything to him.; Moxley joins him in the ring and the champ tries to take a shot at him, but he’s got nothing left and Mox simply sneers at him