AEW Dynamite 7/30/2025

AEW Dynamite 7/30/2025

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2025/07/aew-dynamite-7232025.html

Next week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2025/08/aew-dynamite-862025.html

We are still in Chicago, Illinois at the Aragon Ballroom. Taz, Excalibur and Tony Schiavone are on commentary.

The Outrunners do an inset promo. Truth says they are rich as hell and loving every second of it after last week. Turbo says win, lose or draw tonight, they are rich.

The Young Bucks do an inset promo. They say the $200,000 came out of their salaries and they say their entrance is disrespectful.

AEW World Tag Team Title Eliminator Tournament 1st Round - The Outrunners (Truth Magnum and Turbo Floyd) vs The Young Bucks (Matt and Nick Jackson)

The Bucks get a generic graphic and no entrance. The Runners have Newport themed tights on. A Buck is shouldered over then Truth hits a hiptoss and slam. The Bucks take stereo back body drops then take stereo corner mounted punches.   

The Bucks take stereo atomic drops, get sent into each other and are then sent out. The Runners heads are baned off the apron then they take stereo topes. Turbo takes a double back elbow. 

Nick hits punches on Turbo. Turbo hits a double suplex. Truth gets in and hits chops on The Bucks. Turbo takes a bridging neckbreaker and is held for a slingshot swanton. A Buck runs up the buckles and corkscrews off the top out. A Buck then yells at Tony Schiavone.

We go to PiP break and return. Truth avoids a double superkick. Truth boots Nick out of the corner but Turbo is pulled away on a tag attempt. Truth takes a corkscrew kick and Turbo takes a flipping cutter on the floor. Truth takes a springboard crossbody for 2. 

The Bucks hit a standing moonsault + top rope splash combo. Turbo is tagged in. He hits shots on The Bucks then he slams them. Turbo hits like a northern lights bomb on a Buck. The Runners do a handshake and Nick superkicks it. Turbo hits a lariat + bulldog combo.

Truth is superkicked then The Runners take superkicks. Trubo hits a double clothesline. The Runners then do a double elbow drop for 2. Truth takes a slingshot facebuster. Truth then takes an assisted shiranui for 2.

Truth rolls up a Buck for 2. Truth then is low blowed while the ref is grabbed The ref then pushes a Buck into a pin from Truth after he gets shoved. One Buck superkicks the other. A Buck takes a total recall for 2. Turbo is rolled up for 2. Turbo takes a Meltzer driver and is pinned.

Thoughts: It was your usual Bucks match with them doing their usual spots. The Runners don't do all that stuff though so it was a little more tolerable as only one team was overdoing it. It was one of the better Bucks matches thanks to The Outrunners.

Kazuchika Okada comes down after. The Runners are triple teamed. Swerve Strickland comes down to make the save. Okada is triple teamed and backdropped. Swerve hits a top rope double stomp on the heels outside.

Mark Briscoe is interviewed in the back by Renee. He's looking for MJF. Ricochet and The Gates of Agony interrupt. Ric says he needs to worry about them and not MJF. He says he will send him out of Chicago bloodied. Mark says he's on the warpath and will whoop his @ss. He says it's a fraction of what he has for MJF as MJF has crossed the line. Ric says he will see hm later and calls him a loser.

MJF does a promo. He says there's rumors online that The Hurt Syndicate is in trouble and he's here to quell that. MJF apologizes to Shelton and says now him and MVP can take care of things now that Lashley is out of the question. Shelton says MVP isn't here as he's disgusted with MJF. Shelton asks if MJF has the time. MJF says no as he gave Bobby Lashley his watch. Shelton then pulls out the watch and says it's the nicest watch he has ever seen from Teemu. He asks if he thinks he's so stupid that he doesn't know the difference from a knockoff and a real Rolex. Shelton said they knew about him the whole time and said he didn't get laid out because MVP stuck up for him. Shelton says he better get out of here before he ends up in a pool of his own piss. Shelton says MJF is out of The Hurt Syndicate, gives him the thumbs down and slams the door in his face.

Thoughts: Well, there it is, that's the end of MJF in The Hurt Syndicate. It was a weird alliance from the start and I'm surprised they ended it before they did that much with it.  

Tony Schiavone is in the ring and brings out Christian Cage. Cage says his name and says he's an @sshole. He said he was obsessed with becoming the AEW champ. He said he briefly became an @sshole with feelings and it cost him everything. He said he didn't realize Nick and Kip had the courage to step up to him. He says they didn't earn the right to question him.

He says he spent more money on rental cars making towns then Kip and Nick made their entire career. He said he didn't think his crew was smart enough to pull off the plan to get him the title so he went with another plan. He said there's probably a bunch of people in line at his door to maim him for what he did.

He talks about Cope. He talks about the nasty things he said he would do to him. He asks if they were really that bad though. He said Cope told him to go find himself the last time he saw him. He said maybe he did and maybe he didn't, but they are so different but are the same.

He says The Patriarchy embarrassed him at All In when they left him laying. He said Mother Wayne was right when he had a hard time getting up that night then he makes a dirty joke. He said maybe they thought he ruled with an iron fist but they come from his past. He said the things they said came from entitlement. He asks how things will go for Nick when he has to answer for the things he did. Cage says when he shows up, he answers the bell for the things he said.

He puts over Nick. He says every tool to be the face of AEW but he will have to go through him to do it. He says Nick already has one dead father and now he has another father who is dead to him. He says he disowns Nick and Kip.  

Cage walks up the ramp and runs into Mother Wayne. She tries to slap him and Cage stops her. Cage stops Kip from hitting him then he is hit by Nick with a title belt. Nick says he disowned him. Cage then takes a conchairto while standing (two chair shots to the head at the same time). Nick says he disowned him and turned his back on him. 

FTR and Stokeley Hathaway do a promo. Stoke says FTR won last week and are one step closer to the tag titles. He says Cope is banned from the building. He says what The Hurt Syndicate did was an act of cowardice last week. He says Juice and Austin Gunn will face the greatest tag team alive and while they are good, they aren't FTR.

The Young Bucks come in. FTR says they are happy they won and happy they got their groove back. They say maybe they will see them in the finals. Stoke asks if they are the bosses. They say no and he tries to scare them.

AEW World Title - Adam Page (c) vs Jon Moxley

Everyone is banned from ringside for this. They lock up. Mox hits him in the corner and Page forearm flurries him. They trade chops. Mox bites his head. Page boots him out of the corner and hanging sleepers him. Page lariats him over the time keepers rail then pounds on him. Page sliding lariats him.

Page bends over and is thrown backwards. Mox germans him. Mox hits mounted corner punches. Mox slams him. They trade chops. Mox germans him. Mox facekicks him then germans him. Mox hits a corner lariat then Page corner lariats him.

Page spinning forearms him and both go down. Page fallaway slams him. Page lariats him then slingshots plancha's him. Page death valley drivers him. Mox hits elbows to the back of the head then Page pop-up sit-out powerbombs him for 2. Mox eye rakes him then sends him into the steps. Mox piledrivers him on the steps. We go to PiP break and return. 

Mox crossfaces Page. Mox chest kicks him then elbows him in the head. They trade forearms. Mox bites his head. Page facekicks him and backdrops him. Page lariats him. Page is facekicked off the apron. They get on the commentary table and Page deadeye's him on it.

Page has blood on the top of his head. Page moonsaults into a tombstone on Mox for 2. Mox bulldog chokes him. Page does a yes lock on Mox. Mox piledrivers him on the apron. Mox gotch style piledrivers him in the ring for 2. They trade slaps. Page hits forearms and facekicks him off the apron. Page hits a top rope moonsault outside. Page hits deadeye on Max but hits the ref on accident.

The Death Riders try to come out and security goes up to them. Marina Shafir throws the title belt to Mox then Mox hits Page with it for 2. Paul Turner throws Shafir out even though she's not allowed to be out there anyway. The Death Riders head to the back near the balcony and Darby Allin jumps off the balcony onto them in a cool spot. Page buckshot lariats Mox then he hits deadeye on Mox. Page hits a buckshot lariat and wins.

Thoughts: I didn't like The Death Riders coming out when they were banned from ringside. That was dumb. They did a bit too many head drops here with both guys taking head bumps onto steps, the commentary table and the apron and none of them meant that much. They got a ton of time for this one. Shockingly, no one really bled, though Page got some blood on the top of his head on accident that we couldn't really see.

Toni Storm and Alex Windsor vs Athena and Billie Starkz

Ath and Alex go at it. They trade wristlocks. Toni gets in and Ath gets out. BS gets in and Toni side headlock takeovers her. Toni shoulders her over then basement dropkicks her. Toni backbreakers her.

BS takes corner attacks and a double kick with a dance. Ath takes a double clothesline. Alex bridging ddt's her over the 2nd rope. BS nails Toni outside. Alex cannonballs Ath off the apron.

BS catapults Alex into a spinebuster from Ath. We go to PiP break and return. Alex gets hit and is bridged on the top rope. BS top rope double stomps her. BS stomps on Alex. Alex hits forearms on BS. Alex headbutts her and both go down. Ath misses a senton. Alex hits corner lariats on Ath.

Ath flying lariats her. Ath wasteland's Toni then Alex spinning lariats Ath. BS top rope swantons Alex on a pin attempt. Toni comes in and dropkicks BS then mongolian chops her. Toni thesz presses BS then hits mounted punches.

Toni corner hip attacks BS but Ath hits a top rope diving o-face on Toni and pins her.

Thoughts: I was surprised Toni did the job when Alex was right there. The work was fine and the match was okay. 

BS sends Alex into the rails after. Ath tells Toni it's only a matter of time and it's her time.

Renee interviews Adam Page. MJF comes in. He congratulates Page. MJF says Page called him a coward last week but says Page is the coward as he refuses to face him for the title unless it's under his terms. MJF says he remembers when we had a real fighting champ named Swerve Strickland. Page asks if he thinks that's how he will get him to give him a title shot. Page says there's people in line in front of him and he names Mark Briscoe. He says he needs to fight him to get a shot. MJF calls them hicks sticking together. Page says he doesn't know what's stopping him from beating his @ss right now since The Hurt Syndicate isn't here.

Willow Nightingale does a promo on Thekla. She says she's not leaving Chicago until they have a fight. She says she asked Tony Khan for a match with her. She says her and Thekla will fight tomorrow. She says she will kick her spider @ss and rip off every single one of her 8 legs.

Mark Briscoe vs Ricochet

Mark hits punches then shoulders him over. Mark flying forearms him. Mark back enzugiri's him. Mark boots him in the corner. Mark hits punches on the ropes. Ric back elbows him.

Mark hits punches and bangs Ric's head off the buckles. Mark chops him. Mark suplexes him for 2. Mark hits forearms and corner facekicks him. Mark slams Ric.

Mark chops Ric. Ric sits on top and Mark knocks him down with a punch. The Gates of Agony come out as Mark goes to dive out. Mark hits punches on Ric. The GoA get on the apron. Mark is distracted and he is jumping knee'd out. Ric topes Mark. We go to PiP break and return.

Ric brings a chair in and goes to use it. The ref stops him. Mark rolls up Ric for 2. Ric hits shots on Mark. Mark flips Ric and slaps his head. The ropes are pulled and Mark goes out. Ric fosbury flops Mark outside.

Ric springboard lariats Mark then running ssp's him for 2. Mark lariats Ric over the top. Ric hits Mark outside and throws him back in. Mark uppercuts him. Mark jumps off a chair and flip dives onto Kaun and Ric.

Mark running lariats Ric for 2. Mark lariats Ric. Toa throws Mark off the top. Ric hits vertigo on Mark for 2. Bandido and Brody King come out and throw Toa over the rail. Brody and Toa fight and go to the back with it.

Mark cradles Ric for 2. Ric pumping knees him. Ric spin kicks him in the face. Ric enzugiri's him then Mark lariats him. Mark hits a jay driller on Ric and pins him.

Thoughts: The match was fine but nothing too memorable. It was what you would expect with a lot of flying and we had shenanigans with The Gates of Agony. This was only in the main because they likely didn't know how long Page/Mox would go so they let them go in the midcard.

Mark does a promo after. He says we are just getting started tonight. He says MJF brought his brother's name forth once and shame on him. He says he did it again and shame on him if he doesn't obliterate his @ss. He said he never felt like this. He says he needs help. Mark says he may feel like he may never see his brother again. He says if he kills MJF, he can't repent and he worries. He tells MJF to make his day and tells him to come out here right now.

MJF's music hits and he only appears on the tron. He says he's not an idiot and isn't coming out there. He asked if Mark dropped the comedy routine as he sounded serious. He says if Mark sounds serious. He says he thought Mark was a waste of his time. He says next week, it will be MJF vs Mark if Mark makes it. MJF then appears and kicks Mark in the nuts.

MJF pounds on Mark and asks who's a coward now? He then asks Page in the camera who the coward is now? He hits Mark with the mic and chokes him. MJF goes to punch him with his ring then Adam Page comes out. Page boots MJF then Mark grabs MJF. MJF slides out and runs to the back.

Overall thoughts: It was a bit of a long show here. This went until 10:15PM and Mox/Page was a longer one. The show wasn't that bad though I didn't like Page/Mox. They just took too many piledriver and headbump variations that didn't mean a lot and it was mostly all striking otherwise. I also didn't like The Death Riders coming out even though they were banned. The Outrunners carried The Bucks to a decent match. The women's tag was fine and Mark/Ricochet was as well. I'd give this one a 6 out of 10 total as everything mostly made sense and had a reason for happening.