AEW Dynamite 8/24/2022
Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2022/08/aew-dynamite-8172022.html
Chris Jericho comes out and brings out Daniel Garcia. Jericho asks Garcia for an apology. Garcia talks about how special it was to be in there with Danielson. He said he dreamt about it and Garcia says Jericho ruined the moment for him. Jericho says the is the greatest technical sports entertainer and says he knows deep inside he is a sports entertainer and not a wrestler.
Bryan Danielson comes out and says Jericho is trying to bully him. Danielson says Garcia is a wrestler. Jericho tells him he is a sports entertainer. Garcia says he can't make this decision right now and tells Jericho to leave him alone. Jericho grabs him and Garcia pushes him down. Danielson says he isn't the biggest fan of sports entertainment, but says that was entertaining. Jericho says it bothers him that people say Danielson is the best wrestler in the world. Jericho said he has been around for 15 years and hasn't seen it once. Jericho says he knows more about wrestling than he does and then asks him who his mentor, Stu Hart and his hero Owen Hart, would say is the better wrestler between them. Bryan asks who would win that match. Jericho agrees to it on September 4th at All Out. Jericho tells him to watch out then Hager nails Danielson from behind him and leaves him laying.
The Garcia stuff was kind of weird since he calls himself a sports entertainer all the time, but they tried and I think they succeeded to make an interesting segment. I feel like Jericho/Bryan is a hot shot though since it's a big match and this is not the best build for it.
Jay Lethal vs Dax Harwood
Lethal gets hit off a top rope double axe handler attempt then is german suplexed. Lethal hits some punches then rolls up Dax into a figure four attempt. Jay topes him outside then figure fours him. Dax slingshot ligerbombs him. Dax puts him in the sharpshooter then Sonjay Dutt gets on the apron. Dax grabs him and runs into him then Lethal rolls him up off of it. Dax rolls him up then Dax 2nd rope twisting crossbodies him. Dax tries to roll him up but Lethal reverses it, grabs his tights and wins it.
It was good wrestling but there wasn't any great story to it.
Dutt gets on the mic after. He says they will be in a trios match, but said he never said who would be part of their team. A vignette then is shown for the Motor City Machine Guns.
Thunder Rosa is interviewed. She said there will be a new interim women's champ. She said she is hurt and will come back better and stronger.
Billy Gunn vs Colten Gunn
Billy shoulders him over early and he rolls out. We go to PiP break and return. Colten is stomping on his dad and misses a splash. Billy lariats him then flurry stomps him in the corner. Colten low blows his dad and hits the colt 45 to win it.
This was short, mostly cut off by the break and was hard to believe.
Stokeley gives the Gunns his card after. The Gunns stomp on Billy then Swerve and Keith Lee make the save.
Death Triangle and Aussie Open are interviewed in the same room. Will says he has his friends with him and says they want more gold for the United Empire. Pac says they have been waiting too long for this opportunity. They said they are not going to kill them, but murder them.
Britt Baker vs Kilynn King
King spin kicks her in the gut then Britt sling blades her. King 2nd rope dropkicks her. King is flatliner'd into the 2nd buckle. Britt chinlocks her then King germans her.King has her up in the casadora then half nelson slams her. Britt superkicks her then superkicks her as she is down. Britt curb stomps her then wins it with a lockjaw.
This was a quick squash. King did okay I guess.
Britt gets on the mic after and rips Rosa. She said she wrestled her title reign with a broken wrist and says that's what a champ does. She talks trash to Toni Storm. Toni Storm comes out and Jamie Hayter hits her from behind. The two fight and Rebel holds up a Terrible Towel since they are in Ohio. Hikaru Shida comes uout with a kendo stick and clears them off.
The Acclaimed, Swerve and Lee are interviewed. They said they saved them because they thought they were worth opponents. Max says they don't need their praise and are the best and winningest team in AEW. They say they are AEW's uncrowned champs and will take the titles home at All Out.
AEW World Title vs AEW Interim Title - CM Punk vs Jon Moxley
They lock up and Mox pounds on him in the corner with forearms. Punk hits knees then high kicks him and holds his foot that he injured.Mox hits a big lariat then elbow flurries him. Mox grabs the foot then double underhook high angle ddt's him. Mox then does it again and wins in a total domination squash.
The announcers ask if Punk came back too soon and Punk is looked at by a doctor after. Ace Steel, Punk's old partner, is seen helping him out.
Christian is interviewed. His arm is in a cast. He says he extended an olive branch to Jungle Boy and was giving him one last chance to apologize. Christian says JB will never be as smart as him. He said he has seen and done it all and says JB will find out that he is not average. He said JB will figured out that he is not in his league.
Ricky Starks come out. He said he is hurt and pissed off due to Hobbs. He said he was told it is show business, but assumed he was the exception. He said Hobbs checked up on him when he broke his neck. He said people want to see you do good, but never better than them. Starks says he made sure the spotlight was big enough for the both of them. Starks said Hobbs hit him in his neck and said he was close losing all of this. He said he considered him his friend and said he considers him a dirty, scheming snake. He quotes New Jack City and challenges him to a match at All Out.
Mox does a promo. He said people always write him off and said the answer to every problem in wrestling is Jon Moxley. He said there is only one Jon Moxley and said he is pro wrestling. He said is the guy in wrestling and said there are no limitations to what he can do. He says his time is right now.
We get a package on Kenny Omega.
AEW Trios Title Quarterfinal Match - United Empire vs Death Triangle
Will and Fenix start off and Will hurricanrana's Fenix. Fenix cartwheels out then Will does the same. Will handstands out of a cutter and some superkicks are thrown around. All 6 men get in and fight then Fenix handspring double cutters aussie Open. Will is back body dropped by Pac and Penta then Death Triangle does triple dives outside.
Penta casadora's Fenix onto Will then Penta chops Will. Fenix springboard double axe handles Will. Penta kicks around Will then Fenix fujiwara armbars Will. Fenix superkicks Will in the head. Fenix is bridged over the apron then double stomped off the apron. Will does a corkscrew moonsault off the top onto the outside then Will is launched into a dropkick on Fenix for 2.
Davis sentons Fenix and pounds on him from the mount. Best Friends are watching from the seats. Fletcher slams Fenix and Fenix takes sandwich forearms. Fenix does El Unicorn's flip off the ropes into a double armdrag then Penta top rope crossbodies Aussie Open. Penta then is rolled into a crucifix bomb on Fletcher. Willd handspring back enzugiri's Penta then Penta takes a double team botched bulldog. Fenix is chopped over the rail.
Davis chokes Penta then Will tries to take off Penta's mask. Will delay suplexes Penta and they trade forearms. Will eyepokes Penta. Pac gets in and dropkicks both Open members then germans Will off the rebound. Pac deadlift germans Will after Fenix kicked Will to get him off the ropes. The Lucha Bros and Aussie Open trade superkicks then Pac and Will double poisonrana both from behind. Will and Pac stare down and trade forearms.
Will flips off of Pac then Pac rebound germans him. Will then hits an os cutter. Pac does a top rope brainbuster on Will in a seriously nasty move. Aussie Open and the Lucha Bros fight outside. Fletcher pounds on Pac with forearms then Will spinning backbreakers Pac. Will brainbusters Fenix on the floor. Pac pushes Will off the top then is crotched up there. Fenix spin kicks Will off the 2nd rope as Pac is up there too. Fenix hurricanrana's Will off the top and Will lands on his feet. Fenix rolls into a cutter. Fenix and Penta do dives to the outside then. Pac goes for the black arrow twisting ssp and Will gets his knees up. Will gets his stormbreaker reversed into a hurricanrana. Fenix springboards and is hit with a Davis forearm.
Penta jumps off of Davis' back with a canadian destroyer on Fletcher. Pac 2nd rope backflips into a tornado ddt on Will. Pac moonsaults off the post onto people outside then Pac stares down Kip Sabian, who has a box over his head. Pac takes the box off and it's not Kip then Kip hits him from behind. Kip twisting neckbreakers him on the floor.
Davis lariats Fenix twice then Fenix takes a triple forearm. Fenix is lifted into an os cutter and Will's team wins.
It was a match with a lot of flipping and big moves as expected. They had a lot of time for this and they definitely did too much. It kept my attention, but it was mostly a spotfest. I don't think that was the best way to solve the Kip Sabian thing.
Kenny Omega and The Young Bucks get on the ramp after. Don Callis holds back Kenny after.
Overall thoughts: Pretty good episode with a lot of action and happenings. Mox/Punk was a disappointment but there clearly was more to that story.
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