AEW Dynamite 10/30/2024 Fright Night Dynamite

AEW Dynamite 10/30/2024 Fright Night Dynamite

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2024/10/aew-dynamite-10232024.html

They show a BCC video and OC comes out and says to turn it off. The ring has orange ropes. OC says he isn't a leader. He said he saw Chuck Taylor get his neck crushed by a chair. He said he was surrounded by the future of AEW. He said they have no idea about the danger they are in and how dangerous Mox is.

He says those wrestlers have no place to go if Mox gets his way. He says Mox doesn't need AEW but he does. He says he doesn't exist without AEW. He says he needs to stop this and cut the head off the snake. He says he will do it alone to protect everyone. He then challenges Mox for the AEW title. He says he will wake the title off Mox's waist and put it in his backpack. He says he's here every week. He says he's OC and he's the next AEW champ. He then says he still doesn't need a catch phrase.

Mercedes Mone and Kamille are interviewed. They don't say much much of interest. Mone says Kamille doesn't need luck tonight because she's with the CEO.

Adam Cole vs Buddy Matthews

This is part of the thing where Cole has to win 3 matches to face MJF. Cole looks even smaller than before and seems to have put on some fat Cole side headlocks him. They shoulder each other. Buddy shoulders him over.

They shoulder battle. Cole headscissors him and teases a superkick. Cole ducks a punch on the apron, goes dow nto the floor and limps. Kyle O'Reilly is watching this on TV in the back. Buddy kicks him from the apron.

We go to PiP break and return. Buddy superplexes him. Cole holds on and hits oblivion on him. They trade shots on the apron and Cole ddt's him there. Both fall to the floor. Cole hits a heatseeker piledriver over the 2nd rope.

Buddy ddt's the leg. Buddy stomps the leg into the steps. Doc Sampson checks on Cole. Doc says Cole can't go and starts walking him to the back. Buddy gets on the mic and accuses Cole of running away. He says this Cole is fragile and says he's a little b!tch. Cole limps to the ring. 

They hockey fight. Buddy hits kicks and stomps the foot. Cole tells him to take the leg and hits 2 superkicks. Cole falls down due to leg pain and is hit with a knee and a curb stomp for 2. Buddy grabs a towel and tells Cole to throw it in. Cole throws it at Buddy and hits a bunch of superkicks. Cole running knees him for 2.

Cole comes off the buckles and is hit wit ha knee. Cole takes a buckle bomb and a curb stomp for 1. Cole then hulks up. We see MJF watching from his house. Cole superkicks Buddy and hits a panama sunrise. Buddy rolls out. Cole hits a panama sunrise on the floor. Cole hits the knee to the back of the head.

Thoughts: I was okay with this. Cole had an injured ankle. Buddy worked it and Cole sold it. It was hard to buy Cole beating Buddy though as he looks so weak and flabby. Buddy was an idiot here for having the match won and giving it away as a heel nonetheless.

Cole says Buddy reminded him of who the real Adam Cole is. He says he thanks him for that. They shake hands. The lights go out. Malakai Black appears in the ring in a suit, shaking Cole's hand. They stare down but nothing else happens.

Christopher Daniels and Private Party are interviewed. Daniels said him and Kaz were in the same spot a few years ago. He said he let him down and Kaz isn't here in the company anymore. He says The Bucks will do anything to keep what they have and tells them to think about it. Quen says they are okay and Zay says they will leave Cleveland as the tag champs.

Adam Cole is being worked on in the back with The Undisputed Kingdom there. Cole says he's good. He says Buddy Matthews gave him one of the toughest matches of his career and says Malakai Black is now on his tail. He says his ankle isn't the same and says he doesn't blame MJF for it. He said he blames him for pretending their partnership would ever work. He says they are meant to be enemies and not friends. He says MJF needs to be taught a hard lesson. Cole says what him and Undisputed Kingdom did needed to happen because he cares about AEW and it's fans. He says MJF will never be part of that team. He says they will get their hands on MJF at Full Gear. Cole says there's one down and 2 to go.

Don Callis and Kyle Fletcher come out to talk on the stage. Kyle says he wants to stand face to face with Will Ospreay and cals for Will to come out. Will does not come out. Mark Davis comes out instead. Kyle says he wasn't expecting him and says it's good to see him. He goes to hug him. Mark says he knows Will is laid out at home. He says he doesn't know who he is looking at with Kyle. Kyle says the only thing that has changed is that he has opened his eyes to the truth.

Kyle says Will forgot about Mark but he didn't. Kyle said he made sure Mark would always have a spot in The Don Callis Family. Mark says they had a United Empire and Kyle destroyed it. Mark then goes to walk away. Kyle says the day is coming when Mark has to make a hard decision. He says he has proven he has no problem cutting the past loose.

Thoughts: Mark Davis is finally back. It's hard to see where he's going to fit in right now.

Renee interviews Adam Page. Page says he knocked Jay White out of the title tournament. Page says there's no such thing as redemption and says there's only wins and losses. He says Jay doesn't know if he'll hit him in the head with a chair, light his house or fire or do other things. He says at the end of Full Gear, he will stand over him with his hand raised, leaving him hurt with less than he had before. He says he will leave him behind.

We see the BCC walks in the back. They head to the ring to talk.

The BCC is in the ring. Mox says one day we will all understand what he is trying to do. He says he challenged OC when he broke Chuck's neck. He said he freed him from some distractions so he could pursue his goals. He said everyone thought of OC as the leader and that guy, but OC doesn't want to lead his people. Mox say he doesn't OC to just collect a pay check. Mox says he's willing to die in this valley and OC better be ready to fight him in it.

Mox says let's see if OC is pulling the strings. Mox then motions for his crew to beat up Wheeler Yuta. CC puts a chair around Yuta's neck as Yuta is held. OC then comes down fro msone reason and goes after Mox. OC is taken down and stomped on. Yuta then stomps on OC. The Dark Order then come out to join the fight.

The Dark Order get beaten up and Pac drops OC. Yuta chairs uno. Pac drags OC. Darby then comes down from the rafters on a rope. Darby falls through the commentary table when CC puts him there. Darby bites CC. CC throws Darby onto the table remains. Darby throws CC into the rails. Top Flight, Private Party and Danie Garcia then come out to help. The BCC leave and The Bucks' music hits.

Thoughts: It was a weird angle with OC being declared the leader of OC and caring if Yuta get pillmanized even though they had issues with each other and even though Yuta helped beat him up. 

AEW Tag Titles - Private Party splits up if they lose - The Young Bucks (c) vs Private Party

Zay and a Buck lock up. Zay is shouldered over. Zay hit an armdrag and they try pins on each other. Zay piefaces Nick (he has the more floral outfit). Nick is popped up into a dropkick on Zay. Matt foot chokes Zay.

Zay walks up the ropes and hits an armdrag + headscisosrs takeover. Quen does a double hurricanrana. Zay jumps off of Quen's back into a dive on The Bucks outside. Matt is sent over the rails. Quen takes a back body drop out. Zay's head is banged off the apron. Quen grabs the ring bell from Matt and hits Zay with it on accident when Matt moves. Matt sends Quen int othe steps and Quen takes a PK from the apron.

Zay is sent into the steps then has his head banged off of them. Zay gets busted open. Nick enzugiri's Matt on accident then superkicks Zay. Zay takes a falcon arrow off the steps to the floor and Quen takes a superplex.

We go to PiP break and return. Zya is hot tgaged in. He hits lariats on The Bucks. Zay is popped up and hits a double dropkick. PP hit stereo superkicks then do stereo 450's for 2. Zay takes a canadian destroyer and Quen takes a shiranui. Zay is laid on the top rope and is double stomped int oa sitout powerbomb.

Zay takes punches to the head and is bitten. Zay takes a risky business for 2. Quen asai moonsaults onto Matt then topes Nick. Quen then tope con hilos onto Matt. Quen is held for a step up knee. Quen is in the electric chair and is kicked, then flipped to the floor. 

Quen is dragged near the entrance tunnel. Okada comes out and tombstones Quen on the stage. Zay takes a buckle bombo + enzugiri combo. Zay takes a gin n juice for 2. Zay takes superkicks form both and a double superkick. Zay avoids an EVP trigger and rolls up Matt. Zay takes an EVP trigger for 2.

Nick hits a one-winged angel on Zay for 2 when Quen breaks it up. Nick hits a tope outside. Nick gets crotched. Matt takes a poisonrana. Nick takes a gin n juice and is pinned.

Thoughts: I was really surprised to see Private Party win. They did maybe overdo it some but it was a big match with Party's team potentially on the line so I'll forgive it. I liked the match. The win was not built up well at all and felt like someone remembered that it had been 5 years and PP had done nothing. PP didn't get a ton of big wins or programs or have a lot of momentum building up to this and they just didn't make the most out of the story they had. They got like 20% of it right, but not the rest. It probably also would have been better served on a PPV or if it had happened like 3 years ago.

The Bucks shockingly give PP the titles after. PP celebrates with the fans. 

Jamie Hayter and Penelope Ford are interviewed. Ford says she's been here since Day 1 and thinks everyone forgot who she was. She says she will take what Hayter took from her. Hayter says Ford took an opportunity from her. She says she will mop the floor with her next week.

The Learning tree do a promo. Bill says team work makes the dream work but not if the team doesn't work together. Jericho talks about The Wrestling Observer and Dave Meltzer, saying the match last week with Briscoe was 4 stars and one that would be remembered. Jericho says he is now a 9x world champ, fulfilling his prophecy as "The Nueve".

He brings up the movie he was in recently and said AEW became a powerhouse because of him. He says he will do the same thing for ROH and take it to the highest success it has ever seen.

We get the same Anna Jay vs Mariah May video we saw.

Alex Marvez goes up to Jack Perry to talk to The Young Bucks. Jack tells him to go away. Daniel Garcia goes up to Jack and says he's next to lose his title. He calls him an entitled piece of trash and they each say they think they are so special. Jack says they used to dance for him too. Jack goes in The Elite's locker room. The Bucks say they are going and gotta talk. We see Brandon Cutler shredding documents.

Kamille vs Kris Statlander

They lock up. Kris has red eye paint on and some hair dye on maybe. They pull each other by the hair and Kam shoulders her over. Kris dropkicks her. Kam pulls Kris' throat down over the top rope then lariats her.

We go to PiP break then full break. They lariat battle as we return. Kris powerslams her. Kris F-5's her for 2. Kris misses a 450. Kam leg lariats Kris for 2. Kam torture rack bombs Kris for 2. Kris hits a one legged package piledriver and wins.

Thoughts: What the heck was this and why? Kamille lost here for no real reason which hurts her. Kris didn't exactly have the greatest build up here to do this either. This was a shocking outcome.

Kris poses. Mone nails her with the title then tells Kamille to get to the back now. Mone says when you want something done right, you do it yourself.

The Patriarchy talk. Kip Sabian is with them. Christian says him and Hook had a misunderstanding. He says he wants to meet Hook in the middle of the ring next week and let him explain himself.

The Conglomeration do a promo. Mark says ROH and the ROH Title mean a lot to him. He wonders when Chris Jericho stopped caring about his health. He says Jericho let his brother's name come out of his mouth again and says he will pay. He says Jericho only won because he had his boys with him. Kyle asks for a Fight Without Honor next week.

We see The Young Bucks hurry out to the building. Alex Marvez asks them if they are leaving then Daniels does as well. The Bucks say they wanted to make this place a better place but Daniels wouldn't listen. Matt says they will be working from home. Daniels says they need them here and gets mad for some reason. Brandon Cutler is late and is left here alone with a box of their shoes. The BCC come and beat up Cutler. Daniels tries to stop it. Mox grabs Daniels. CC hammers Cutler's fingers. Mox asks where The Bucks went and says things are just getting good.

Thoughts: Why would Daniels care if The Bucks leave? They've done nothing but cause him trouble.

Swerve Strickland vs Shelton Benjamin

They stare down and talk trash. Shelton has MVP with him and Swerve has Nana with him. Swerve side headlocks Shelton and they shoulder battle. Swerve headscissors Shelton. Swerve hits a punch and is belly to belly suplexed over the top rope. Shelton is armbarred around the post and Swerve splits the fingers.

Swerve is swept on the apron and sent into the rails and apron. Shelton overhead suplexes Swerve. Swerve 619's Shelton in the gut. Swerve goes to springboard and Shelton step up knees him.

We go to PiP break and return. Shelton release germans Swerve. Swerve corkscrew kicks Shelton. Swerve 2nd rope euros Shelton in the neck and then poses and dances. Swerve kicks him from the apron. Swerve dropkicks Shelton in the back of the neck. 

Shelton kimuras Swerve. Swerve hiptosses Shelton then Shelton suplexes him. They stare down and trade shots. They then try to superkick each other at the same time. Swerve hits a house call kick. Swerve 450's Shelton for 2.

Shelton germans him and step up knees him. Swerve rolls into a flatliner on him. Swerve goes up top. Shelton walks up the buckles. Swerve then sitout powerbombs him while standing on the mat. Swerve hits a top rope double stomp and wins.

Thoughts: It didn't really feel like a main event level match and it wasn't that great. I expected Shelton to lose here but him winning would have extended this story some.

MVP gets on the phone after and calls someone. The lights go out for a second and come back on. The lights then go off except for the ring and stage lights. Bobby Lashley then comes out with music similar to his WWE music. Bobby has a red leather suit on and poses.

Bobby hugs MVP then stares down Swerve. Swerve gets beat up on while MVP chokes Nana with a cane. Bobby spinebusters Swerve. Bobby puts Swerve in the full nelson. Security and refs come out. Bobby's crew beats them up. MVP gets on the mic and says "guess whose back in business".

Thoughts: We knew Bobby was coming and he arrived. It was fine and all but nothing that would blow you away or surprise you. I don't think AEW really needs Bobby and I don't think he fits in, but it's kind of hard to pass on him if he's available.

Overall thoughts: It wasn't perfect but I liked the show overall.  It felt like a different show than usual with a lot of recaps and a lot of different things going on. Bobby Lashley arrived, Private Party won the tag titles and Kamille lost in a surprise. Cole/Buddy was okay and I liked The Bucks/Private Party. I didn't think the main was that great and there were logic issues with Daniels/The Bucks, Kamille losing and OC being worried about Wheeler Yuta. I would give this a 6 out of 10.