AEW Dynamite 5/19/2021

AEW Dynamite 5/19/2021

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2021/05/aew-dynamite-5122021.html 

Christian vs Matt Sydal

Christian shoulders down Matt early and they stare down. Matt hits a nice snapmare and they stare down again. Christian hits a big slap then is hurricanrana'd. Matt tries to springboard but gets kicked in the leg and falls down in an odd way. Christian dropkicks him through the ropes.

Christian hits a 2nd rope twisting euro uppercut then he headbutts him in the shoulder. Christian then backbreakers him Christian tries for it again and is hurricanrana'd then spin kicked. Matt then meteora's him off the top and lariats Christian while he is on his knees. Matt spinning heel kicks him and Christian comes back with some kind of backbreaker.

Matt gets the back of neck bounced on the top rope then Christian spears him for 2. Matt jumping knees him but Christian gets his knees up on his standing twisting moonsault. Christian then wins it with an unprettier. This was a fairly good match with Christian working the upper shoulders then hitting the unprettier which affects it.

Taz starts yelling at Christian after and tells him he will pay and Sydal will too. Ricky Starks then comes out. He says the f-word and calls out Team Taz. They then jump both from behind. Adam Page makes the save and eventually succumbs to Team Taz. Cage powerbombs him. Surprised the Dark Order didn't come out.

The Varisty Blonds' do a promo and mention the dark side of the ring. Julia Hart is with them. Griff says the Bucks aren't the same Bucks they met years ago. They say they won't stop until they are the tag champs.

Mox and Eddie Kingston did a promo. Eddie said one of the Acclaimed is a rapper and the other is his friend. Eddie said he doesn't get the superkick party thing. He says he doesn't throw them so can he go to it? They do a jump cut then Mox says he wil beat the breaks off of them.

The Acclaimed said they are mad. They said they are ranked higher and Mox and Eddie need to go through them.

The Acclaimed vs Eddie Kingston and Jon Moxley

Moxley now comes out to the correct version of Wild thing since he is doing Onita cosplay. Max says Eddie looks like a box of newports and brings up Renee Young's oral sessions. Bowens goes to do his part on the mic and gets nailed.

The faces double shoulder Max. Eddie hits a delayed vertical suplex on Max and Max dragon screws Eddie while he sits on the top. We go to p-i-p break where the heels have control and Mox breaks up Bowens' submission on Eddie as we return.

Mox gets the hot tag in and slaps around Max then he rebound release german's Max and lariats him. Max then takes a piledriver. Acclaimed hit a suplex/crossbody combo for 2. Mox is thrown int othe rails outside and Bowens is thrown Max's chain. The ref catches it and Max goes with the boombox instead but Mox ends up hitting him with it. The do a double team wheelbarrow ddt and Mox wins it. It went a little longer than it needed to.

Dean Malenko is with Jericho in the back. Jericho gets interviewed quickly. Dean tells Jericho that he still has 4 more holds than him but Jericho says he forgot a few.

Ethan Page and Scorpio Sky get interviewed by Tony in-ring. Sky says he loved Sting when he was a kid. He says Sting isn't the same guy he used to be. He then tells him to step aside or he will put him down. Page kicks out Tony and brags about throwing Darby down the steps. He takes credit for Darby losing the TNT title too. Page says he will be the nail in Darby's coffin then Sting comes out.

Darby attacks the heels from behind and they beat up the heels. Sting then taps out Sky with the scorpion deathlock. Well, I guess that's the end of the feud since Darby got his revenge.

The Dark Order come out as Page and Sky try to leave, but they exit through the crowd. Where were they during Page's beatdown?

The Pinnacle are at a restaurant. MJF says Chris is so funny. MJF says he always gets the last laugh. Dax said the Pinnacle should be chasing all the titles instead of dealing with Jericho. Dax says Jericho is making a mockery of wrestling and idd so at Stadium Stampede. Spears then grabs the waiter and says he wants his drink, hitting his head off the table. MJF says it will be Jericho's last match if they do Stadium Stampede and says when you are in the Pinnacle, you are always on top.

Hikaru Shida vs. Rebel (Not Reba) w/ Dr. Britt Baker D.M.D

Rebel fakes an injury to start and is stomped. Rebel does jumping jacks and poses then eats forearms. Shida puts on a glove like Britt does. Britt distracts the ref and Shida then Rebel hits Shida with a crutch. Rebel throws her from the suplex position for 2. Shida does a weird sitout kneebreaker and wins with the stretch muffler in a quick one. Britt attacks her after and curb stomps her on the title.

OC is in the trainer's room with Best Friends. Omega goes up to him with Callis. Omega says they need OC as the mascot of AEW, not the champ. They try to convince OC to sign a contract for a match down the line when he is healthy and he rips up the contract for it.

The Inner Circle come out. Oritz says he wants to fight Pinnacle. Sammy agrees and says this won't end until they do Stadium Stampede. Jericho said he isn't sure if it's worth it to put them breaking up on the line if they lose at Stadium Stampede. Jericho says the Inner Circle accepts the challenge for Stadium Stampede. Who wants the match and who doesn't has been all over the place at this point and has been confusing.

Jade Cargill is interviewed and Mark Sterling comes in. He says he wants to work for Jade, not have her work for him. He says this is Team Jade and he wants to help her take the brand to the top. Jade yells at him for interrupting and tells her goodbye.

NWA World Women's Championship Match: Serena Deeb (c) vs. Red Velvet

Deeb pounds on her to start with a flurry then euro uppercuts her. She twisting neckbreakers her. They trade flurry strikes. We go to p-i-p break with Deeb in control. When we return, Red starts to make her comeback. Red standing moonsaults her. Deeb guillotines her through the ropes and is tossed off the apron. Red then moonsaults her off the apron. Back in and Red gets a close count with a pin attempt.

Reed moonsaults off the top but Deeb puts her knees up then folding powerbombs her for 2. Deeb puts her in the tequila sunrise. Red is able to get out then she puts it on again for the win. This was fine though Red isn't getting enough air on her moonsaults and risks botching it.

Pac is interviewed. He said he is tired of getting passed over in this company. He said something else but I couldn't make it out.

Anthony Ogogo vs Austin Gunn

Austin gets a bunch of offense early then is gut punched. Gunn gets his mouth busted open and Ogogo hits another gut punch. Bryce the ref wants to stop the match. Ogogo pop-up punches him for the win. Well, at least Ogogo wasn't bleeding as that would have looked awful for his debut. It was what it needed to be.

Cody and Arn check on Gunn. Ogog grabs the US flag and throws it at Cody.

SCU does an interview. Daniels is asked what his future holds. He shakes Kaz's hand, says something in his ear and walks off. Kaz says Daniels deserves to take the path he chooses. Kaz says he lost part of himself with the loss last week. Kz says he will get his revenge on the Bucks or die trying. He says he is a bomb that can't be stopped and says "that's the gospel according to Frankie Kazarian".

Miro comes out and thanks Jesus for protecting him then for giving him power to destroy people. What? Miro says he wants a challenge for next week and Lance Archer comes out. Jake tries to hold him back. Archer says he will walk out TNT champ when they fight. He says he will put him on the ground and make him his Bulgarian b*tch. Miro agrees with his phrase that everybody dies but says Archer dies first. The big problem with this program is that someone has to lose and neither should.

AEW World Tag Team Championship Match: The Young Bucks (Matt Jackson & Nick Jackson) with Brandon Cutler vs. The Varsity Blonds (Brian Pillman Jr. & Griff Garrison) with Julia Hart

Matt Jackson is wearing something very odd on his head. Griff kicks Nick in the chest to start then Matt is 2v1'd. The VB's then hit dropkicks on the Bucks at the same time and do their pose. Griff holds up a Buck for a Pillman dropkick. The Bucks get back in control and throw Pillman onto the stage. Matt then walks the ropes with Nick's help, almost trips and double stomps Pillman's back. Then they do their pose.

We go to p-i-p break and return with Pillman doing a run up the buckles twisting crossbody on a Buck. Griff gets a hot tag in and beats up on both Bucks then splash/lariats both in the corner. He then lariats both and dives over the top on them.

Pillman takes a superplex and Griff takes a running kick to the chest from the apron. The Bucks take turns kicking Pillman's back and he swings one of the Bucks' boots into the other's head. Pillman is put in a sharpshooter and sprayed in the eyes with spray. Griff eats a big superkick and The Bucks get one of their spray bottles taken then they get another and spray Hart with it. One of the Bucks then wins it with a sharp shooter in an odd ending, since they never win by submission.

The Bucks celebrate with Cutler and Callis then Mox and Eddie come in. They fight with the Bucks and both put sleepers on them. Eddie then steals the shoes of the Bucks.

Overall thoughts: I didn't have a lot of issues with this one. The worst offenders of AEW weren't in wrestling roles this week. It had some issues but was fine.