AEW Dynamite 9/28/2022

AEW Dynamite 9/28/2022

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2022/09/aew-dynamite-grand-slam-9212022.html

The JAS came out to start things for their celebration. Everyone is wearing pruple suits and they have balloons, flowers and pizza's. Luigi Primo is spinning dough. Parker says Philly is the city of losers. Menard says he brought Primo and Primo says he has made New York City pizza. They say the crowd gets no pizza. Jericho confirms they get no pizza but says they get Jericho instead. Jericho buries ROH saying he is the most viewed ROH champ ever because nobody watches ROH. Jericho says this is the era of Ring of Jericho and says he will give Bandido, a former ROH champ, a title shot since he never got his rematch.

Jericho has a gift for Daniel Garcia and it's a goofy looking purple hat. Garcia doesn't look pleased and says that's a look for the best technical sports entertainer of all time. Garcia throws the hat down then punches out Luigi Primo. Garcia says he has enough and tries to say more but Jericho interrupts. Jericho asks him if he is a sports entertainer or a pro wrestler.

Bryan Danielson then comes out with Regal, though Regal goes to the back. Bryan says he thinks Jericho is trying to tell Garcia what he should be. Bryan says Garcia can do anything he wants and invites him to the BCC if he wants. Jericho says Garcia does what he tells him to do. Garcia says he doesn't belong to him and doesn't have to do anything he tells him to. Garcia says we are supposed to be entertaining though and throws a pizza. He says throwing pizza with Primo would be entertaining as would he if he teamed with Justin Roberts. He then asked if a tag team with Bryan Danielson would be entertaining. He then says he and Bryan teaming up against Jericho and Sammy Guevara would be entertaining.

Menard says they are sick of his crap and says he wants to spit in their face and turn on them for Danielson. Menard says he wants to punch Bryan and Bryan says he was told he can come out there and have a match with anyone who wants to fight him. He then suggests Menard vs himself and says they should do it right now.

I thought it was a pretty good segment and a clever way to get Primo in there. 

We go to the announcers and they run down the show.

Matt Menard vs Bryan Danielson

Bryan is pushed and music randomly plays. Menard hits corner punches on Bryan then Bryan hits kicks in the corner. Bryan shoulders and armdrags him. They trade shots and Bryan is pushed off the top buckle onto the floor.

We go to PIP break and return. Menard is in control and Bryan tries to fire up through his chops. Bryan hits his own chops and then kick flurries him in the corner. Bryan flips off the top rope then flying elbows him. Bryan hits flying shoulder kicks then kicks him as he is on his knees. Parker pulls Menard out and he dropkicks both through the ropes. Parker saves him from an apron knee then Bryan is crotched into the post. Parker gets a shot in on Bryan then Menard powerbombs Bryan for 2.

Claudio comes out to take care of Parker then running euros him and carries him to the back. Bryan flying knees him and wins with the yes lock.

Bryan should have had an easier time with Menard here. IT was okay but nothing special.

We see a video of Mox beating Bryan for the title and Juice Robinson does a promo. He said he beat Mox last time they were in the ring and he says he has hated Mox for 10 years. He said he has a chance to face him for the title tonight if he wins.

We get a video on MJF and Yuta fighting last week. Wheeler Yuta comes out. He said Tony Schiavone has done more for AEW than MJF ever has. Yuta then asks MJF to come fight him in his city. Yuta says once the bell rings, MJF knows he can't hang with him. Yuta mocks him and insults the local sports team then tells him to come down and take an @ss kicking.

MJF comes out. He says everyone give it up for the hometown boy and says Philly is the place you live when you can't afford New York. MJF asks Tony how he is doing and calls him a fat prick and says he won't do anything. MJF said he grew up in wrestling with Yuta on the indies and says he is one of the best wrestlers in the world. MJF said he spanked him on the mic last week. MJF says Yuta has as much charisma as the now dead Joe Frazier. He then rips the Philadelphia Phillies. He said he makes more money than everyone and is a multi-millionaire at age 26. Yuta threatens to leave him in a pool of blood and said bad things happen in Philadelphia. He comes after him then the Gunn's show up.

MJF says he will wrestle him next week, but not here. He says he will watch Mox be a terrible wrestler tonight and maybe cash his title shot in tonight. He then has the Gunn's do his catch phrase.

Yuta came across as a dorky millenial here and this wasn't anything too special. 

Dutt, Lethal and Singh do a promo on Darby. They said it seems like Darby has something to prove. He said Lethal and Darby are fighting next week and Jay says let's see how well Darby walks around when he breaks his leg with the figure four. Darby said he needs to remind himself what he is capable of. Darby says he wants no Dutt or Singh for this and Jay agrees as he says he can do this on his own.

Jon Moxley vs Juice Robinson

Juice gets a title shot if he wins this. Mox spit water at a girl during his entrance and she marked out for it. Juice jumps Mox during his entrance and stomps on him. Mox is sent into the rails. Juice throws him in the ring and poses then is lariated over the top. Juice is thrown into the rails and is suplexed on the mat. MJF is shown watching from a luxury box then Juice is thrown over a table.

They trade forearms in the ring. Juice bites him and lariats him in the corner. Mox lariats him out of the corner. Juice cannonballs Mox against the rails outside. We go to PiP break and Mox is thrown over a table during it and somehow bleeds from it. We retunr from break and Juice headbutts his cut. Juice misses a cannonball off the apron and lands on a chair. Mox topes Juice then they collide with lariats. Mox RKO's him for 2.

Juice last ride powerbombs him out of the corner for 2. Juice throws Mox into the buckles then hits an unprettier for 2. Mox evades a move then knees him and reverse curb stomps him. Mox then armbars him and wins it.

The finish was out of nowhere and Mox's blade job was just silly. The match wasn't too bad but the premise was silly. AEW has this big rankings system and somehow, Juice catapults to essentially the top of it while having no AEW matches. They give him a promo to explain some of it during the show, but this didn't help people get hyped for it since the only people who would have saw this were already watching the show. Juice also lost on his debut here.

Aadam Page comes out in sissy jeans with pink flowers on it and pink t-shirt looking real gay. He goes face to face with Mox. They tease fighting and MJF interrupts. MJF says they aren't fighting each other, they are fighting to lose as he may cash his chip in. He says he is a generational talent. Wheeler Yuta comes up behind him and hits him. He throws him into a couch knocking it over then throws him over the box into the seats. Security has to break it up.

We see a highlight reel of Bandido with Tony Schiavone talking about it.

Saray comes out and says she is back. She says it feels good to be back and it's been a long, crazy road. She says she took bumps but isn't broken. She says she will create change and is the revolution. She says she doesn't care about going over time and calls all of the women out. Skye, Toni, Athena, Willow and Madison Rayne come out.

She said Toni is being used to her full potential and said she is a fighting champ and the best champ AEW has seen. Britt Baker came out with Rebel, Penelope Ford and Jamie Hayter. She said Saraya is nothing until she proves herself. She said she put her blood, sweat and tears into the company and put her neck in, but unlike Saraya, her neck was strong enough to handle it. Britt said she made such an impact that people don't even know how to say her name. Saraya then made a comeback, but it was edited out.

Britt said Toni's tag partner broke her nose and made her a conspiracy victim. Britt brings out Serena Deeb then Saray said a lumberjack match would be made for the AEW title between Deeb and Toni Storm. Saray left and stared down Britt and left. This was not a good segment and the road to making this a lumberjack match didn't work.

AEW Women's Interim Title - Lumberjack Match - Toni Storm vs Serena Deeb

Saraya joins the commentators. Deeb slaps on a side headlock and Toni bowls her out of the ring with a shoulder. Deeb is thrown in and Toni kicks and chops her.  Toni forearm flurries her and goes for a top rope backdrop but Deeb reverses it and lands on her. Toni is thrown out and stomped by the heels then the faces interrupt as we go to PiP break.

We return and Deeb is lariated and dropkicked. Toni top rope crossbodies her. Deeb is thrown in then gets german suplexed then Toni blocks a dragon screw. Deeb sits on her neck and pulls her arms then puts her in the moss covered 3 handed family gradunza. Toni germans her and Hayter pulls Toni out. Hayter decks Skye then her and Willow fight and run to the back. Deeb puts toni in the serenity lock then Athena gets in Britt's face.

Toni top rope crossbodies Deeb and Deeb rolls through it then half-crabs her. Toni running hip attacks Deeb then Toni short piledrivers her for 2. Toni gets dragon screwed on the ropes then Toni 2nd rope piledrivers her for the win.

I didn't really think the match was anything special and the set-up to it wasn't good. I didn't think the 2nd rope piledriver was needed here.

The Acclaimed and Billy Gunn are interviewed. They say the tag champs have arrived. Billy says next week is nationa lscissoring day and Max says to bring shirts, signs and scissors next week. Bowens says everyone loves The Acclaimed and they have an open contract for the belts on Rampage. Keith Lee comes in, saying Swerve is "exceptionally disgruntled". Lee says Billy interrupted their match and cost them the titles. Billy says he has two words for him - "scissor me".

AHFO argues. Andrade said he is Private Party's boss. Andrade tries to break it up and tells Jose to fix things. Jose tells them to shape up or get shipped out. Matt Hardy walks in and says what happened with Private Party felt right. He said they always felt connected and Mat tells them to get out of their deal and he will wait for them when the storm ends. Matt promises that they will do it right this time. Oh great, I can't wait to revisit that pairing again. I didn't even known AHFO was still a thin since Rush has been with Andrade.

Ricky Starks vs Eli Isom

Starks side headlocks Eli then Eli hits a corner move on him. They mess up something then Starks spears him and hits the roshambo to win it.

This was a short squash.

We see JB saying his win over Rey Fenix was one of the hardest fought matches of his life. He said he was then screwed over by people he once liked the most. He said he will get both Luchasaurus and Christian.

ROH World Title - Chris Jericho (c) vs Bandido

Jericho flips him off on the handshake then lariats him. Jericho is thrown over the top and Bandido topes him. Bandido hits a phosbury flop on him outside. We go to PiP break and return. Jericho comes off the top and is dropkicked. Bandido does a one minute long delayed suplex. Bandido goes up top and frogsplashes him for 2.

Jericho hits corner chops and lariats and Bandido takes a codebreaker after jumping off the 2nd rope. They fight on the apron and Bandido hurricanrana's Jericho to the floor. We go to PiP break and return.

Bandido has blood on his mask and sunset bombs him off the 2nd rope. Jericho lionsaults him for 2. Bandido hits a crucifix bomb then Jericho blocks his move and boston crabs him. Jericho stands on the bottom rope and suplexes him in and Bandido enzugiri's him as he is on the top rope. Bandido does the ultimo guerrero special moonsault bodyslam off the top on Jericho for 2. Bandido puts him on his shoulders and rolls him into a knee to the face then he does a 21plex, which he handsprings over Jericho's back into the top rope then rebounds and germans him. Jericho pokes him in the eye and pulls his mask down but is rolled up. Jericho puts him in the lion tamer and wins it.

They did way too much here and there wasn't a lot of selling. Jericho really took some big bumps here and really went out of his way here doing different stuff than usual. I appreciated them trying to explain the reasoning for this match, but they didn't do so until the the show when they could have hyped it up some. They also had Bandido lose here in his debut and had him in the main when most people wouldn't know who he is.

Bobby Cruise gets in the ring and announces Jericho as the winner. Jericho said the Ring of Jericho era has become. He says he will destroy its legends and desecrate it's legacy. He said he will continue with Bryan Danielson on October 12th. He said he will beat every ROH champ, ref and commentator. He also said he would destroy every ROH ring announcer then nails Bobby Cruise and hits a judas effect on him to close the show.

Overall thoughts: A very wrestling heavy show. The show had issues with Juice and Bandido losing on their debut and basically being thrown out there with little explanation. Bandido was in the main event despite never wrestling before in AEW. Adam Page wore the sissiest looking outfit he has ever worn and the women's segment sucked. I wasn't a big fan of this though credit to Jericho for trying hard in the main.