AEW Dynamite 3/30/2022

AEW Dynamite 3/30/2022

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2022/03/aew-dynamite-3232022.html

CM Punk vs Max Caster

Caster brought up Will Smith and Hunter Biden in his rap.

Punk gets the edge on Max early. Punk gets caught on a crossbody and takes a backbreaker. Punk gets whipped into the buckles then flips out of it and axe handles Max off the other set of buckles. Max then fisherman busters him for 2. Punk hurricanrana's Max off the top then bulldogs him.

Punk goes for a springboard but Bowens pulls him then Max leg drops him from the top while he hangs on the rope. Max misses a top rope elbow then Punk piledrivers him and anaconda vices him for the win.

It was okay but really nothing special. There wasn't any big story or great logic here.

Tony Schiavone interviews Punk after. Punk is asked about a belt gesture then does it again confirming he wants a title shot. Punk says he will become champ in AEW and either is going to fight Cole or Page.

Alex Marvez interviews FTR and MJF. MJF says Mark Sterling is his lawyer and Mark is putting up posters of Wardlow. MJF says Wardlow doesn't exist and says Pinnacle is going to get some wins. Dax says he doesn't get what is going on with MJF and Wardlow, but both are his friends. MJF says Wardlow used to talk about FTR and FTR hesistantly does the hands in pose with him.

Jon Moxley vs Jay Lethal

Jay gets thrown out to start. They come back in and trade headlocks and the crowd is super hot. Jay gets german suplexed then they fight up top and Mox gets crotched. Lethal then topes him. We go to PiP break and return to them trading chops then they crossbody each other at the same time.

Mox splashes him in the corner then hits a big lariat on Jay. Mox hits a nice spinning forearm. Lethal goes for a lethal injection but is caught with a sleeper. He gets out and then brainbusters Mox. Jay then hits a top rope elbow for 2. Mox kicks out and comes back with a paradigm shift ddt to win it.

The crowd was really hot for this and it wasn't a bad back and forth match at all.

They do a promo for Marina Shafir who has pparently been on Dark and will be on the main shows soon.

FTR vs The Gunn Club

MJF comes out to do commentary. He seemingly sarcasticly cheers FTR. The Gunns taunt Dax early and Cash hits some armdrags and dropkick. He then chops Colten and does his gun taunt to him. Cash then trips and holds down Austin for a Dax legdrop. Outside, Billy Gunn takes a cheapshot on Cash and Austin hits some bad punches on him.

We go to PiP break and return. Cash backdrops Austin then Colten splashes and dropkicks Cash for 2. Colten misses a splash and goes outside then Dax hits some punches on both opponents. Dax hits a stiff lariat on Austin for 2. Dax goes for a suplex near the apron but gets it reversed and Colten holds down Dax's foot. Wardlow is seen arriving. He beats up security and powerbombs one of them on a table. Wardlow beats up more staff on his way down to MJF and finally gets stopped.

Back to the action and Billy distracts Dax then tries ot hold Austin from getting a sunset flip. Cash breaks it up and FTR hits a flapjack into a codebreaker to win it.

It was alright. Not great or anything.

MJF came out after to celebrate with FTR and FTR is mad aout what he did to Wardlow. MJF eventually cools them down.

Hobbs does a promo on Keith Lee. He said he's been a pain since he arrived. Hobbs says Rampage is his show and Starks' show. He says Lee will bask in defeat, not glory, when he beats him. Lee then tells him to bask in his glory.

The Jericho Appreciation Society does a promo. They did a goofy promo as usual. Matt looked through the curtains and said he saw nobody there. Jack then did it and saw Santana, Ortiz and Eddie who proceeded to beat them up. Jericho went into the crowd and Eddie followed. Ortiz and Matt then brawled out there and Eddie hit a uraken on Jericho in the ring. Santana kicked Garcia in the face and Matt was thrown into the steps. Santana got pushed off the top hard then Hager hit a big slam on Eddie. Garcia put Eddie in a sharpshooter and Jericho hit him with a bat.

Eddie had his shirt ripped off and Jericho whipped eddie with a belt. Eddie then got a judas effect spinning back elbow. Jericho was shirtless here and he really needs to keep a shirt on as he looks awful.

Mark Sterling and Jade Cargill were interviewed. He said Leva Bates is Jade's next opponent. Jade isn't happy and says no, saying she wants harder competition. Mark then offers Marina Shafir and Jade accepts it.

Bryan Danielson vs Wheeler Yuta

Regal was on commentary here. Bryan takes control early and rides Yuta's bridge.  Bryan shoulders yuta and hits some kicks in the corner. Yuta then comes back with a dropkick then ties up his legs and bridges. Yuta comes off the top and Bryan kicks him as we go to PiP break.

We return and Yuta is coming back and trading chops. Bryan rolling elbows Yuta but he hangs onto the bottom rope, comes back in and german suplexes Bryan. Bryan then dragon suplexes him for 2. Bryan hits an elbow flurry on him then Yuta does the same back. Bryan armdrags him and hits the busaiku knee kick. Bryan then hits a gotch style piledriver and does a crossface variation to win.

It was okay with Yuta getting a comeback in before getting put in. This was your standard rookie vs vet match but I just don't see what this promotion does in Yuta.

Darby and Andrade do promos on each other. Darby tells him to be who he is and Andrade tells him to show him who he is.

Cole, O'Reilly and Fish come out for a celebration. They have the title belts they stole and Cole says "you can't steal something that belongs to you. Cole say the celebration will go on all week long then Adam Page arrives in a car with bullhorns on it. Page beats up on Undisputed Era. He fallaway slams Cole and Cole is pulled out from a buckshot lariat. Jurassic Express then gets Undisputed Era from behind. Cole gets back body dropped onto his partners and the faces get their belts back.

Tony Schiavone interviews Thunder Rosa. She talks about being the first Mexican born women's wrestler yet claimed San Antonio was her hometown 2 weeks ago. She said she wants to be the face of women's wrestling. She said pillars get knocked down, but foundations remain standing. She said she wants to remain standing. She then calls out a certain person who won't be named here and that's the segment.

FTR does a promo. They said they are told they take things too seriously and say they do. They said they will be the ROH tag champs this week. They said they came to AEW to build a reputation, not to lose it. Dax issues a challenge to the Young Bucks

Owen Hart Foundation Women's Tournament Qualifer - The Bunny vs Toni Storm

This is Toni's debut after leaving WWE and she is a mystery opponent here. Bunny pushes Toni then gets dropped. They each hit forearms then Toni suplexes her for 2. Toni basement dropkicks her and gets knee'd from the apron as she bends over the middle rope. Bunny lariats her on the floor and we go to PiP break.

They trade shots as we return and Toni lariats her. Toni headbutts her to the chest and running boots her. Toni then fisherman suplexes her for 2. Bunny hits a running death valley driver for 2 then a superkick. Toni reverses a reverse ddt with a german then short piledrivers her to win.

Toni didn't really do anything bad here but she should have won this easier. Bunny got more in than Toni did and this wasn't a real great debut for Toni. I don't know what it is, AEW just does not do debut's well. I'm not a huge Toni Storm fan while AEW is kind of hoarding a bunch of talent, maybe this wasn't the worst pick-up.

Darby Allin vs Andrade El Idolo

Darby skateboards down the ramp then Andrade tornillo's on him before he gets in. Darby gets thrown over a table and Andrade shakes a camera. Andrade then drops Darby on a table then on the apron. Darby comes back and does a skateboard jump on his back. He then jumps off the steps and gets caught. Andrade then throws him onto the side of the steps.

Darby flips for a sell when he gets thrown into the buckles. Andrade drops double knees in the corner on him. Darby takes a wild flip bump for a back body drop and we go to PiP break. Back from break and Darby turns a razor's edge into a code red. Andrade stomps on Darby and they trade slaps. Andrade then drops him with a hard slap.

Darby trips up Andrade with a belt then flips over him for a stunner. Andrade uranage backbreakers Darby in the corner. Darby does a nasty flipping crucifix bomb on Andrade from the top. Jose (Andrade's assistant) comes down and Sting nails him, thne Butcher and the Blade beat up Sting. Darby dives on Butcher and Blade. Darby gets a coffin drop caught then gets pinned with a buckle bomb.

I didn't have any issues with this. It didn't go too long and it furthered their storyline some. Darby's dive and crucifix driver were cool.

Andrade's crew beats up on Sting then The Hardy Boyz make the save, which I feel like we've seen a few times already. Quen takes a twist of fate and a swanton bomb to end the show.

Overall thoughts: This was a decent show. A lot of the people I don't like weren't on it and it was a very wrestling heavy episode. I really didn't dislike anything except the quick JAS promo adn the way they handled Toni's debut.