AEW Dynamite 7/9/2025

AEW Dynamite 7/9/2025

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Mercedes Mone comes to talk and asks Toni Storm to come out. Toni Storm gets on the tron with Luther. Mone says she's hiding behind a screen, calls her a mark and tells her to come out. Toni then does.

Mone calls for a toast...to her and her title win. Toni said she has the emotional depths of a kiddie pool and says she's a fraud. Toni asks what she's so afraid of. Mone says she will always be better than her and says she's not afraid of anything or anyone. She said she's been through hell and back and made the devil her b!tch. She says no one will stop the money train, not even Toni. She says this is her legacy and destiny. She says she's the alpha, omega and everything in between.

Toni says legacies don't exist and we will all die. She says all that matters is that Mone fears an ordinary life but Toni only fears an ordinary death. Toni says Mone deserves all the titles in the world but not this one. She says she will go down as the woman who couldn't win the big one. Money says may the best woman win on Sunday...err Saturday. They toast. Toni says, "eat sh!t b!tch" and tries to attack her. Mone runs.

Jon Moxley does a promo. He talks about fighting Page long ago. He said he's been beaten before but has never lost a war of attrition. He says that's what this is. He asks if Page will hold the line under the pressure of attack. He says Page is a victim and is pathetic. He says Page is all the way in whether he wants it or not this time.

We see The Young Bucks arrive in limo.

Bandido and Brody King vs Kyle Fletcher and Konosuke Takeshita

King and KT trade forearms. KT facekicks him. They shoulder battle. KT eye rakes him. King shoulders Kyle over and hits chops. King slams Kyle and Band single leg dropkicks Kyle. King hits a senton.

Band and Kyle trade. Band flips over his back then sick kicks him. KT shoulders Band over. Band armdrags him then dropkicks him. KT lariats him. King is pulled over the top and Kyle topes him. Band tope con hilos Kyle through the ropes. KT tope con hilos Band. King then topes both opponents. Band takes a double basement dropkick.

We go to PiP break and return. Band facekicks Kyle. Band tornado ddt's Kyle. King lariats and chops Kyle over. King black hole slams Kyle. King cannonballs Kyle in the corner for 2. Kyle michinoku drivers King. Band hurricanrana's KT off the pop-up.

KT forearms Band. Band facekicks him. KT corner facekicks him. Kyle running facekicks Band. Band 2nd rope hurricanrana's KT. King sleepers Kyle from the apron. Band top rope frogsplashes KT for 2.

King sweeps Kyle on the apron. King misses a crossbody and goes into the rails outside. Kyle facekicks King over the top. KT forearms Band. Band top rope moonsaults KT outside. Band tornillos off the top and KT forearms him in mid-air. KT hits a raging fire and wins.

Thoughts: It was all action here with zero selling. Yeah it was fast paced and full of cool spots, but that's really about it. I liked it less the longer it went on.

The Outrunners do a promo. They said you saw history if you saw them vs FTR. Turbo asks how close they were. He said they stood toe to toe with them and proved that they will never quit. Turbo says this isn't over and they have their eyes on them.

Renee interviews The Patriarchy, FTR and Stokeley Hathaway. Christian says he expects nothing but the best in the Collision 8-man. Christian says if FTR scratch their bags, they will scratch theirs. Stoke says there's been a lot of miscarriages of justice and says FTR not being in the All-In Tag Title match is a big one. Stoke puts over his team. Stoke says let's see how it goes tomorrow night on the backscratching.

Ricochet vs Blake Christian

Blake does an inset promo. He says he's all alone here tonight after The Gates of Agony took out Lee Johnson. He says he sees no other way than to go for Ric. He says he hopes he leaves his dogs in the cage so they can fight 1v1.

Blake hits punches on Ric then chops. Ric hits Blake in the head. Blake hits some shots. Blake springboard dropkicks him in the back and slaps Ric on the head. Blake corkscrew topes Ric outside.

The Gates of Agony come out. Blake is distracted then thrown into the steps. We go to PiP break and return. Blake kips up and superkicks him. Ric pumping knees him out. Blake rolls and hits a spanish fly for 2.

Blake hits punches on Ric then he lariats him. Blake springboard 450's Ric for 2. Blake walks off the rails and GoA's backs outside then is lariated on the floor. Ric topes him.
Ric hits a spirit gun then vertigo and wins.

Thoughts: It was all flying as you would expect. They didn't overdo it too much so I was alright with it.

Blake takes a t-gimmick after from GoA.

Renee interviews The Hurt Syndicate. MJF says Mark Briscoe is about to get hurt in the gauntlet. He says it'll be over fast. MJF says he will be one step closer to getting the title. Kevin Knight and Mike Bailey leave a message on the board that they took the tag title belts in a real punk move. 

Mark Briscoe and MJF talk in the ring. Mark says they will have a talky-talk and MJF says it's the dumbest sh!t he has heard in his life. MJF makes a racial remark at Mark then tries to talk like a Southerner. MJF says stepping in the ring with him is like throwing rocks at a machine gun. MJF tells him to go back to his meth lab and calls his children inbred.

Mark says MJF needs an @ss whooping and says he will give him one he never experienced before. He says Saturday is @ss whooping day and Wednesday is talky-talk day. Mark says he's proud to be a country boy and a redneck.  Mark says MJF has money but he's blessed in ways MJF can't understand. He says MJF is bankrupt and says that's the word of the day. He says he's morally bankrupt and has no soul. 

He says he knows MJF will talk about his brother and try to get him riled up. He tells him to go at it. MJF says he would never say anything bad about his brother and says his brother will go down as one of the greatest wrestlers ever and one of the greatest humans in wrestling.

MJF says he feels bad for Jay as he has to see what Mark has become. He says he went from part of the greatest tag team of all time and is nothing but a joke. He says if Jay was here, he'd say it shouldn't of been him, it should been Mark. Mark then attacks him and hits punches. MJF fires back. The rest of The Hurt Syndicate come out. Kevin Knight and Mike Bailey then attack them. MJF runs from Mark. They fight and Mike dropkicks Shelton against the steps. Bobby takes a double facekick.

The Patriarchy then come out and beat up The Hurt's. Bobby's leg is conchairto'd. Mike spin kicks Shelton. Kevin top rope 180 splashes Shelton.

#2 Spot in the Women's Casino Gauntlet - Tay Melo vs Queen Aminata vs Megan Bayne vs Thekla

Meg piefaces Tay and the four fight. Meg hits a double lariat on Tay and Queen. Meg is pulled over the top then Tay cannonballs her off the apron. Thek 2nd rope plancha's Meg and Tay. Queen top rope cannonballs all 3 otuside.

We go to PiP break and return. They botch a cutter spot. Meg dropkicks Tay. She hits corner attacks on Tay and Queen. Meg double splashes Queen and Tay. Meg sitout slams Queen for 2.  

Meg blocks Thek's spinning ddt then Meg falcon arrows Thek. Meg takes a double lariat over the top. Tay pump kicks Thek. Meg flying lariats Tay. Thek's 2nd rope diving codebreaker is blocked. Meg throws Thek out onto the other 2 outside. Meg topes the 3 girls outside. Tay spins Meg off her back and knees her in the face.

Thek forearms Tay then spears her. Thek rolls up Queen for 2. Queen running kicks her. Penelope Ford and Anna Jay fight outside. Meg sitout powerbombs Queen and pins her.

Thoughts: It wasn't bad with only one real botch. the girls all did a bit more than usual and it was fast and action packed. I'm glad Meg won here and that Thek didn't get pinned.

Renee interviews Thekla backstage. Queen goes after Thek, they fight and security breaks it up. 

Mark Briscoe comes in and rants. He says he will kill MJF and win the casino gauntlet.

Samoa Joe vs Wheeler Yuta

Yuta wristlocks Joe. Joe gets his back and slaps him. Joe hits punches on Yuta. Joe walks away from Yuta's top rope dive. Joe then walks away from a plancha.

We go to PiP break and return. Yuta eye rakes Joe then 2nd rope dropkicks him. Yuta topes him outside. Yuta top rope dives on him for 1. 

Joe atomic drops him, facekicks him and sentons him for 2. Yuta bites Joe's head and backrolls him. Joe then does his choke out of it and taps out Yuta.

Thoughts: It was short but it was what it needed to be with Joe not really being threatened and Yuta just getting some high flying stuff in.

Gabe Kidd hits Joe with a title belt after. Shibata and Hobbs then come help out Joe.

The Death Riders (Jon Moxley and Claudio Castagnoli) and The Young Bucks (Matt and Nick Jackson) vs Adam Page, Will Ospreay and The Opps (Katsuyori Shibata and Powerhouse Hobbs)

Page lariats Matt then hits punches. Page boots him over. Page's throat is pulled down over the top. Will hits a springboard double crossbody on The Bucks. Will then handspring double pele kicks them.

Shibat corner dropkicks Nick then suplexes him. Hobbs powerslams Nick. Will corkscrew moonsaults off of Hobbs' back onto a Buck. All 8-men fight. Will plancha's 2 people outside. Nick is kicked off the apron. Page top rope moonsaults onto people outside. 

We go to PiP break and return. Will escapes CC's bearhug. CC misses a corner spear. Mox is suplexed by Will. Page fallaway slams a Buck then plancha's CC. Nick is swept on the apron. Page apron moonsaults CC outside.

Page throws a Buck out. CC and Hobbs square off. They rade forearms. Hobbs bodyblocks CC then corner lariats him several times. Hobbs lariats Mox. Shibata gets in and jumping facekicks CC. He hits chops and punches on him. KS back kicks CC and his PK is blocked. Page takes a superkick then a double superkick. Hobbs is double superkicked off the apron then double powerbombed throguh a table.

Shibata takes an EVP trigger. CC neutralizers Shibata and the ref stops the match with Mox bulldog choking Shibata.

Thoughts: It was all action here and fine for what it was. It wasn't anyone's best work though and was a bit rushed.

The heels beat up on Page after. Gabe Kidd comes out to help. Will tries to help and is grouped up on. Will and Page are held. The Bucks grab plastic bags. We then see Swerve Strickland on the tron in a vehicle. He says he once told a man he has to choose between peace and vengeance. He says he was then reminded they are one and the same. Swerve says everything him and The Bucks have been through is about control. Swerve then uses a bulldozer and crushes The Buck's limo.

The Bucks run to get the limo. Joe comes out to help the faces and the faces get the edge. Will then top rope moonsaults outside. 

Page spinning lariats Mox. Page buckshot lariat's CC and Page stares down Mox. Page gets a chain and Shafir pulls Mox out. 

The Bucks head outside and are upset about the limo. They run into Prince Nana who says something. Swerve then jumps off a forklift and M. Bison stomps them. Swerve then hugs Will.

Overall thoughts: I liked the opening tag match at first but then it kept going and I liked it less. Ricochet vs Blake was all flying but they didn't overdo it. MJF/Mark's talking segment was as expected. The women's 4-way only had one botch and wasn't bad. Joe/Yuta was short and what it needed to be. The main was fine but not great. I'd give the show a 6 out of 10 as it made sense and the in-ring work was fine.