AEW Dynamite 8/27/2025

AEW Dynamite 8/27/2025

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2025/08/aew-dynamite-8202025.html

Next week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2025/09/aew-dynamite-932025.html 

We are in Philadelphia, PA at the old ECW Arena.

Ian Riccaboni, Taz and Excalibur are on commentary.

FTR come out to talk. They run into technical problems with 2 mics as Dax tries to talk. Dax says there was a miscarriage of justice at the PPV. He says he was pinned by the illegal man. He says he wants to talk to ref Paul Turner. He asks how long he has been doing this and Paul say 27 years. Paul says his wife is here and Dax tells him how bad it would be to tell his family he failed and is an incompetent moron. Dax wants to him to admit he was wrong and reverse the decision, naming FTR the new tag champs. Paul says he's sorry but his decision is final.

Stoke gets on the mic and calls him a moron and an imbecile. He says Paul wants to appear the fans. Stoke shoves Paul and FTR block Paul from doing anything. Cope then comes out. Christian then appears from behind and hits a killswitch on Stoke. FTR fights with Cope and Cage and security tries to break it up.

Cage says they took care of his problem at Forbidden Door and now it's time to take care of Cope's problem. Cage says FTR both have father's. Cope says no then Cage does. Cage says one of FTR's dad's is dead and Cash gets mad. Cope challenges FTR for All Out in Toronto (their home town). He says it's time they took their pound of flesh. 

Darby does a video with fake blood supposedly coming from his ear. He says he told Mox he was taking everything from him. He says he cried over dead bodies on Mt. Everest and said he felt alive there. He says he will never stop coming after The Death Riders. We then see Darby painting with the blood and writing "All Out". He says he will take everything from Mox at All Out.

Jon Moxley vs Daniel Garcia

They do some amateur wrestling. They trade some basic holds and Mox shoulders him over. DG hits forearms and Mox back elbows him. Mox hits mounted corner punches. DG dragon screws him over the ropes. DG running hip attacks him against the rails. Mox boots DG off the apron. Matt Menard comes out to make sure Yuta and Shafir don't touch DG. DG and Mox trade forearms in the ring. DG backrolls and ankle locks him. Mox ropebreaks. 

We go to PiP break and return. Mox bites DG's head then rakes his back. They slap each other on the buckles. DG punches Mox's knee then bites it. DG superplexes him.

DG hits running lariats. Mox faacekicks him, DG rebounds off the ropes and lariats him for 2. Mox hits a surprise cutter. DG facekicks him out of the corner and chops him. DG blocks a ddt and half-crabs him. Mox eye pokes him outside then ddt's him on the steps.

DG rolls him up inside the ring for 2. DG hits forearms. Mox blocks a dragon screw and tries an armbar. DG then tries a sharpshooter. DG piledrivers him for 2. Mox then cradles him and wins.

Thoughts: The selling had issues near the end with DG being able to survive a ddt on the steps and Mox getting a win after taking a piledriver. The match was mostly okay with DG working the knee and Mox doing brawling.

Wheeler Yuta is given the mic by Mox. Yuta says Mox won't waste his breath answering Darby's challenge. He says the answer is no. DG and Mox argue during and after this.

Wheeler Yuta is on the mic again after break. Yuta said he was a ring crew member in this arena and broke bones here. He said it got him, "F-U Yuta" chants. He says the fans' tears mean nothing. He says his tears got Will on a stretcher, they got Chuck Taylor a broken neck and he replaced Bryan Danielson.

The lights go out and we see the Hook signal. Yuta misses a charge on Hook and is put in the red rum. Hook then superman punches him and Yuta goes out.

MJF talks in the back after Forbidden Door. He says the fans proved his point as he bled and the fans chanted "you deserved it". He said he had the match won but Mark Briscoe cost him the match. He says the fans then chanted "you deserved it" again. MJF says he's the best in the world and he should have burnt Mark alive. He says he will. He said Tony then told him he can't execute his contract whenever he wants. He says there's only one man who can take the title from Page and it's MJF. He says when he signs the contract, it won't be for Page's title but for his soul. 

Harley Cameron and Kris Statlander vs Megan Bayne and Penelope Ford

Kris pushes Ford over. Ford throws her down by the hair. Kris legsweeps her and basement dropkicks her. Ford takes a lariat + backbreaker combo. HC kicks Ford from the apron and lariats her on the ropes. Kris drops HC onto Ford for 2. Kris suplexes Ford.

Meg and Hc get in. Meg piefaces her. HC boots her in the corner. Meg lifts her and throws her down. HC hits forearms on Ford. Meg lariats Hc from the apron. Ford dropkicks HC against the ropes for 2.

We go to PiP break and return. Kris hits shots on both opponents when she gets tagged. Kris ki-krushers Ford for 2. Meg throws Ford into Kris for a cutter then germans Kris. Meg flying lariats Kris for 2. Meg slams HC. Meg and Ford miss stereo moonsaults. Meg takes a double team and is dropped face first on the mat. HC neckbreakers Ford. Meg sick kicks HC then Kris lariats Meg down.

Kris superkicks Meg then Meg pump kicks her. Meg is lariated over the top. Harley spinning ddt's Meg on the floor. Kris drops Ford off her shoulders face first. Kris then does a headscissors + armbar on Ford and wins.

Thoughts: The crowd liked it but I didn't think it was that great. Bayne looked fine here and Harley has had better outings.

Meg and Kris fight in the ring after. Kris superkicks her. Willow Nightingale comes in. Harley tries to make Kris and Willow get along and holds up both their arms. 

Renee is in the ring with Mone's title belts on a table with flowers. Mone is having a celebration here for winning her 9th belt. Mone said Ultimo Dragon had 10 titles and she will smash that record. She says she's coming for any woman out there with a title. She says they will love the taste of Mone. Renee brings up Alex Windsor and she says she doesn't care about her. She says she will be sitting a hospital bed next to her husband. She then asks if she can just dance because she has 9 titles.

Mark Briscoe does a promo. He says the ECW Arena is extremely important to The Briscoe Brothers. Mark said he couldn't make it and shows off his newest son. He says it's been a week since MJF threatened to set him on fire. He says he will set MJF's goals and dreams on fire. He says he will light MJF's @ss up next time he sees him. He says MJF is haunting his mind by saying he can't win the big one. He says him and Kyle Fletcher have had a rivalry and he's challenging him for the TNT Title. 

Don Callis comes out with Wardlow then does the intro for Hechicero, Takeshita and Josh Alexander. 

Kazuchika Okada, El Hechicero, Takeshita and Josh Alexander vs Mike Bailey, Kevin Knight, Bandido and Brody King

KT = Konosuke Takeshita, KK = Kevin Knight

Hech shoulders over Band and they try pins. Hech trips him into a pin attempt. Band hurricanrana's him. Hech armdrags him out of the casadora. King gets in and hits shots on KT and Josh. He slams Josh and flapjacks KT onto him. He then sentons both.

Josh takes a double hiptoss then a double gordbuster and double basement dropkick. Okada trips up Mike then Josh drops Mike with a forearm. Okada and KT are tagged in at the same time and argue. The heels then knock the faces off the apron. King double lariats Okada and KT. King cannonballs them off the apron outside. The faces do triple stereo dives outside. 

We go to PiP break and return. Hech chokes KK against the buckles. KK hits a double dropkick on Josh and KT. King gets in and black hole slams Okada. King misses a corner cannonball then is german'd by Josh. Mike superkicks Josh. KT pop-up powerbombs Mike. KK pendulum ddt's KT. Band suplexes Okada.

Hech swinging hammerlock backbreakers Band. Hech and King try to cross body each other at the same time. Mike standing moonsault double knees KT for 2. Mike takes corner attacks and KT lariats Mike. Okada pushes KT then King sends KT into the table edge. Hech pulls King over the top. Band crossbodies Hech ovr the top. KT tope con hilos people including his own partner outside. KK springboard lariats Okada.

Mike top rope hurricanrana's Josh. Josh rolls up Mike and pins him.

Thoughts: It was the usual match with lots of action and people doing dies and cool moves. The big story here was KT and Okada having trouble getting along. It was fine but nothing memorable. I'm not sure why Wardlow didn't wrestle here since he is back.

Adam Page comes out to talk. Page thanks Will Ospreay for everything he has done for AEW. He says we will all miss him. He says he hopes Will will come back and challenge him for the title. Page says MJF had a shot at the title and failed. Page says if MJF ever signs his contract, he will beat his @ss before the ink is dry.

Don Callis comes out. He says Page took the title from his men as a weakling defended it against him. Don says he wants the title back in his family. He says it's not a question of if they will get the belt but which one will take it. Hechicero, Alexander, Lance and Rocky Romero walk down. Page says he can see how this wil lgo. He plancha's Josh then is beaten up.

Kevin Knight and Mike Bailey come down to help. Rocky hits Mike with a baton. Kenny Omega then comes out and beats up the heels. Bailey and Knight do dives to the outside. Lance then takes a double team from Page and Omega and goes down.

We see a promo from Toni and Mina outside. She says Athena broke Mina's hand and Mina will face her this weekend. Mina slaps Toni. Athena says she will throw Mina off the arena.

AEW Trios Titles - The Opps (Samoa Joe, Katsuyori Shibata and Powerhouse Hobbs) vs Ricochet and The Gates of Agony (Bishop Kaun and Toa Liona)

Ric chops Hobbs and hits punches and forearms. Ric rolls over his back and backflips. Hobbs stops his headscissors and punches him. Hobbs powerslams Ric. Hobbs flying shoulders Kaun.

KS and Kaun trade forearms then chops. KS punches him in the corner then corner dropkicks him. Kaun back elbows him then facekicks him. Kaun lariats KS. Ric stomps KS outside.

We go to PiP break and return. Toa hits a big lariat on Mike. KS facekicks Ric. Kaun then hits shots on KS. KS STO's Kaun. Hobbs comes in and hits a double lariat. Toa and Hobbs trade forearms. Toa hits corner lariats then Hobbs does a swell. Hobb lariats him over.

Joe hits punches on Ric. Ric superkicks him in the gut. Joe powerslams and sentons him. Kaun shotgun dropkicks Joe then Toa shoulders Joe over. Kaun lariats Hobbs. Joe corner uranages Kaun. Ric springboard dropkicks Joe then running ssp's him for 2. Ric gets on the 2nd rope and MVP his Ric with a cane. Ric takes a spinebuster, a PK and a grounded choke and submits.

Thoughts: It was an entertaining match as expected and Ric's team lost here with MVP coming down to hit Ric with a cane. I liked it and it's too bad it didn't get to go longer.

Bobby Lashley and Sheltn Benjamin then come out and fight with GoA in the aisle.

Falls Count Anywhere - Claudio Castagnoli vs Darby Allin

Darby jumps on him off a trailer then he is thrown into one. CC puts him in a shopping cart and sends him into a bunch of chairs outside. CC bridge a TV and slams Darby on it.

Darby is sent into a fence they have set up. CC giant swings him into a rail. Darby topes CC then shotgun dropkicks him into the rails. Darby climbs a pillar then coffin drops him for 2. CC pop-up euros Darby in the ring. Darby is gorilla press thrown from the ring onto the commentary table. He takes a very painful looking bump off of it.

We go to PiP break and return. Darby hits chops and is euro'd. Darby is then suplexed onto the apron. CC chairs Darby's back. Darby does a guillotine choke. Darby gets on his back with a sleeper and CC shoulder throws him down. CC misses a charge and goes into a table.

Darby chairs CC. Darby goes up top and takes a euro. CC chairs him. CC top rope karelin's lifts him onto chairs for 2. Darby is then thrown into a table which doesn't break. CC razor's edge's him through the table for 2. CC catapults Darby into the buckles, Darby springboards off of them and double stomps CC.

Darby victory rolls CC for 2. CC is tripped into the exposed buckle. Darby hits a code red for 2. Darby hits a top rope coffin drop then does a 2nd one to win.

Thoughts: They did too much here with Darby taking an awful looking gorilla press onto the commentary table, a throw outside through chairs and a top rope karelin's lift onto chairs. Darby got the crap beaten out of him as expected before picking up the win. It was what I expected. Good action, but they did too much and it was dangerous.

Gabe Kidd jumps Darby after. Mox joins in. Darby then escapes and runs. Gabe chases him.

Overall thoughts: The wrestling was mostly good here but there wasn't a lot of story going on as usual. Mox/Garcia was okay. The women's match wasn't that great. The 8-man was the usual entertaining match. The trios title match was entertaining too. The main was pretty wild as expected. It wasn't boring but it sure was dangerous. I'd give it a 6 out of 10 here. The show being at the ECW Arena made it feel special and the crowd really helped the show out. I'd give this a 6 out of 10 and I liked it overall.