AEW Dynamite 2/19/2025

AEW Dynamite 2/19/2025

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2025/02/aew-dynamite-2122025.html

Excalibur, Tazz and Ian Riccaboni are on commentary.

Adam Page and MJF talk in the ring. MJF talks about the first event with the Casino Battle Royale. He said he had the match won and Page screwed him. MJF said he had to scratch his way to the top. He says he beat Page for his Dynamite Diamond Ring. He says he's the greatest wrestler of all time and the greatest wrestler on earth.

Page says he knows who MJF is. He says MJF sounded angry about his accomplishments. He says maybe there's something MJF still hasn't been able to win from the crowd. MJF says he doesn't care about the crowd.

He says Page has had everything handed to him, has drank blood and put a syringe through a human's face. He says he also burnt someone's house down, but he's still the good guy, right?

MJF says everyone loves Page. He asks if Page loves Page though after he ended the career of his mentor, Christopher Daniels. MJF calls Daniels a talentless hack and Page comes to Daniels' defense for some reason. Page says he died a warriors death and wouldn't have had it any other way. Page says MJF doesn't have the stomach for Daniels humility.

Page says he has lied hundreds of times and said he faced all problems head on. He says MJF schemed his way to the top. MJF asks if he's a child. MJF says he earned everything. MJF said Page was the chosen one and all the buzz and propaganda. MJF said he came in with a scar and a mic. He says Page earned nothing.

MJF says he's better than Page and tells him to name something he does better than him. Page says he's real. They stare down. MJF says he has no problem being the bad guy. They then go to fight and security surrounds the ring. MJF spits on Page. Page goes after him and MJF leaves.

Daniels then gets in the ring and Page almost hits him by accident. Daniels says this is what he was fighting for the whole time. Daniels says he knows who he is as does Daniels.

Thoughts: I didn't get Daniels being brought up. Page sure didn't seem to respect him and vice versa when they were beating the crap out of each other.

Roderick Strong, Adam Cole and Kyle O'Reilly talk. Strong says it seems him and OC are destined to fight forever. Strong says OC being friends with Kyle won't stop him tonight. Kyle says The Conglomeration isn't a stable but a lifestyle. Cole says Strong will whoop OC's @ss. 

The Patriarchy (Christian Cage, Nick Wayne and Kip Sabian) vs The Ops (Samoa Joe, Hook and Katsuyori Shibata)

Shibata and Kip go at it. Kip wristlocks him and Shibata reverses it. Shibata knees Kip in the gut and stomps him.  Kip is chopped on the ropes. Joe trips and sentons Kip then Nic is tripped and senton'd. Joe chops up Nick then Shibata does too.

Shibata chinlocks Nick. Nick suplexes him for 2. We go to PiP break and return. Hook gets in and overhead suplexes Kip and Christian. Hook lariats Christian over the top and northern lights suplexes Hook. Everyone starts getting a move in and Christian is thrown out. Joe then topes Christian.

Nick rolls up Hook for 2 and high kicks him. Nick goes for an os cutter and Hook catches him with red rum. Hook that submits Nick with it.

Thoughts: It wasn't that good and Joe's team won as expected. It didn't get a ton of time and it really wasn't anyone's best work here.

Renee interviews Chris Jericho in the locker room. CJ says if there's no Chris Jericho, there's no AEW. He says he doesn't get treated with respect around here. He says he will give Bandido a shot at the ROH Title on Collision. He says Bandido can prove he can beat him and CJ can prove that people around here are getting too comfortable with CJ.

Street Fight - Powerhouse Hobbs vs Big Bill

Bill boots him from the apron and they go out. Bill's head is banged off a guard rail in the stands. They fight on the steps. Hobbs splashes Bill against the rails. Bill throws something heavy at Hobbs then hits him with a keyboard. 

Bill misses shots with a wrench on Hobbs. Hobbs chairs him in the gut and the back. Bill facekicks him. Bill chokeslams Hobbs on the steps. We go to PiP break and return. Hobbs hits Bill with a trash can. Bryan Keith comes in with a chair and Hobbs knows it away. Hobbs then chokeslams Bryan through a table.

Bill facekicks Hobbs over the top. Hobbs hits a world's strongest slam on Bill on the stage. Hobbs hits Bill with a backpack with bricks in it. Hobbs hits a punch flurry on Bill. They trade punches on the ramp and Bill's head is banged off the steps. They get on the steps and Bill is pushed off of them through a barbed wire table. Bill is stuck in the barbed wire and can't get out to meet the 10 count. Hobbs wins.

Thoughts: It wasn't pretty and both guys got busted open hardway without even really trying too hard. It was your usual hardcore match but it felt like a fight and I'd say they did a decent job with it.

Renee interviews Brian Cage and Lance Archer. They say they have words for the Hurt syndicate but they are nowhere to be found. Lance says they will take their tag titles.

Justin Roberts says they are returning to Phoenix with Double or Nothing on May 25th.

Toni Storm comes out to talk. She says this tramp is your new champ. She says Mariah May has been compromised to a permanent end.  She says if you want to go face to face, she's not hard to find. 

Gabe Kidd is going to be on Collision on Saturday.

Renee interviews Willow Nightingale. Willow complains about Renee's husband Mox attacking her during an interview. Shafir then comes in and attacks Willow. She hits her with a briefcase then Mox comes in.

Mox and The Death Riders come out. Mox asks if we know who he is. Mox says Adam Copeland is still in the dirt in Australia. Mox says he will finish the job with Copeland if he shows up at Revolution.

Jay White comes out then Pac gets behind Jay. Jay is stuck between The Death Riders and Pac. Copeland then appears behind Mox and beats him up. Jay blade runners Pay on the apron. Cope spears Yuta then CC.

Cope goes into the stands. He says this isn't Mox's seats or arena or people, this is his people. He says Mox is a coward with no spine. Cope says he will take out Mox's goon squad one by one and says he will kick his @ss at Revolution.

Thoughts: It was pretty much the same segment it feels like we've been seeing forever here. 

Mercedes Mone is interviewed by Renee in the locker room. Mone says to say hello to The CEO and says she was no surprises or puppets. Renee says it feels like there's no stopping The Money Train. She says Harley learned first hand that there's a price to pay when you mess with Mone.

We see a Momo Watanabe interview from Grand Slam. Momo says she wants to challenge Mercedes Mone at Revolution since she won the international tournament. She says she wants to stop The Money Train. Mone says she needs to show up to Dynamite and say it in her face.

Thoughts: This is a waste of time. Nobody except smarks know who Momo is and it won't be more than filler.

Kris Statlander vs Megan Bayne

They shoulder battle. Kris sentons her and standing moonsaults her. Kris baseball slides her. Kris hits corner punches. Kris high kicks her. Meg then hits a big spear.

We go to PiP break and return. They lariat each other. Meg pump kicks her then Kris spinning lariats her. Kris gordbusters her then scissors kicks her for 2. Meg germans her for 2. Meg backdrops her on the apron. Meg backdrops her from the bottom rope. They fight on the buckles.

Penelope Ford pushes Kris off the top then Meg F-5's Kris to win.

Thoughts: Well, at least it wasn't a clean loss for Kris. It was an okay match with the two having a more heavyweight style match.

Ford pounds on Kris after. Thunder Rosa then comes out with a chair. Rosa teases hitting Meg and Meg doesn't flinch. Ford then tries to take the chair from Rosa.

Thoughts: The post match stuff was horrible. Someone forgot what they were supposed to do and it looked awkward.

Renee interviews Max Caster. Max says he's not reconsidering his open challenges as he's 0-2. He says the problem is he has people like Page chasing him around the ring before it even begins. He says the open challenge continues on Collision. he says he will prove to everyone you can't be better than the best.

Ricochet comes out in Prince Nana's robe. Ric complains about the crowd booing him. Ric says he has a helicopter waiting for him and is trying to get out of the town as soon as possible like Kevin Durant (it's been rumored he's being traded but it hasn't happened yet). Ric says he's a winner and proved it when he beat Swerve 2 weeks ago. Ric talks about all the people he beat.

He says winners always have something to show for it and says he does as well with Nana's robe. Ric says he will be the main man on this roster and said he came to win gold. 

Swerve Strickland's music hits. Prince Nana comes out. He says he wants to see Ric 1 on 1. He says he doesn't know where their feud is going but Ric is wearing something that doesn't belong to him. Nana says he's been in wrestling for 3 decades. He says the robe has a lot to do with it. He says the robe represents pride and integrity. He says anyone who wears it has honor but says he never gave Ric that opportunity.

Nana tells him to give him the robe back if he's that humane and happy go lucky individual. Ric asks if he wants the robe back. Ric tells him to take it. Ric tells him he won't get the robe back.

Thoughts: I don't like how we got here but this is much better than Ric getting toilet paper thrown at him.

Revolution International Championship Series Match - Roderick Strong vs Orange Cassidy

Jim Ross is on commentary for this. RS waistlock takedowns him. OC snapmares him. OC then hits a weak chop and poses. OC slides out. RS shoulders OC over then goes out and hugs Cole and Kyle outside. OC then topes him. OC then goes out and hugs Kyle. OC comes off the buckles and is dropkicked by RS.

RS stomps on OC then does a slingshot powerslam for 2. We go to PiP break and return. OC slingshot ddt's him. RS hits chops on OC. OC puts his hands in his pockets and lets RS chop him. OC dropkicks him with his hand in his pockets.

RS' head is banged off the buckles. OC top rope crossbodies RS. OC armdrags RS then ddt's him for 2. OC beachbreakers him for 2. RS hits backbreakers on OC. RS goes for the crab and OC rolls him up for 2. RS uranage backbreakers him then does a texas cloverleaf on him.

OC hits boots on RS. RS pop-up gutbusters him. RS hits a sick kick then OC stunners him. OC hits an orange punch and wins.

Thoughts: It was the usual OC match that I don't like. This is a qualifier for a title shot and both guys were screwing around here. That would never happen in reality and they turned this one into a joke. OC then ended up winning like he usually does.

Tony Schiavone interviews OC in the ring. The Don Callis Family comes out. Don says OC is nothing but a redheaded hippie. He tells his boys to beat him up and they do. Mark Davis slams and sentons OC. Don then boots OC as his men hold OC. Kenny Omega comes out and fights Takeshita and Davis.

KT hits a big forearm on Kenny. Davis is sent out. OC stunners KT then Kenny pumping knees KT. OC orange punches KT. The heels then back off. Kenny then holds up KT's International Title. OC looks at it as he does. 

Overall thoughts: I liked the Ricochet segment and the street fight the best here. I didn't like the main, I didn't like the Samoa Joe trios match much and I don't understand why Adam Page was defending Christopher Daniels. I didn't think it was the most interesting show ever but I'd give it a 5 out of 10 total. I wouldn't recommend it.