AEW Tag Team Title Match: The Acclaimed (Anthony Bowens and Max Caster) vs. The Young Bucks (Nick and Matt Jackson) (c)
Max Caster and Matt Jackson started the AEW main event off, with the veteran bringing Caster down with an arm drag into an arm wrench. Nick Jackson tagged in, as did Anthony Bowens. The Young Bucks easily took out The Acclaimed with a slingshot dropkick. On the floor, a pair of baseball slides took out the challengers.
Matt Jackson cut Max Caster in half with a spear. The Bucks hit their standing moonsault/springboard splash combo on the floor. Back inside, Anthony Bowens was sent into the corner for the slingshot/roundhouse combo. A backbreaker/elbow drop from the AEW Tag Champions took Bowens down for a two-count.
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Caster tripped Matt up, and The Acclaimed sent Nick to the floor. Some tandem offense dropped Matt for a two-count. Matt escaped further damage and tagged to Nick, who hit Bowens with a springboard crossbody.
A slingshot X-Factor bounced Bowens off the mat, and Nick quickly moved to the floor for a moonsault on Caster. Back in the ring, Bowens got his knees up just in time for the Senton Bomb. Caster dropped him with a backdrop on the apron, further damaging the spine.
During the break, The Acclaimed managed to keep Nick from tagging in his brother. Caster drove his shoulders into the ribs in their corner, and the young duo hit a series of running strikes on Nick Jackson for a two-count, nearly securing the AEW Tag Team Titles.
Nick finally rolled through, tagging in his brother. Matt took on both challengers and hit a double DDT. Caster found himself on the floor, where Nick nearly kicked his head off. A series of northern lights suplexes from Matt set up the Sharpshooter.
Caster broke it up after sending Nick into the barricade. Well, he tried to, but Matt refused to break the hold. Nick dragged Caster to the floor, locking in a Sharpshooter of his own.
Bowens managed to make it to the ropes. A step up Doomsday Device took Bowens down to the mat, but he somehow kicked out. The AEW Tag Team Champions couldn't seem to put these kids away. Caster hung Nick up on the ring post and tagged in for a superplex. Connecting, Caster rolled through and held Nick up for a stalling suplex where Bowens hit a diving crossbody.
Matt just barely broke the pinfall up, saving the AEW Tag Titles just in time. Matt tagged in, and he and Caster traded blows. A superkick rocked Caster, but a roaring elbow laid him out. Nick caught Bowens with one, but a second one ended up hitting the referee.
The Acclaimed looked to steal the AEW Tag Titles with a low blow and a shot from the boombox. Another ref ran in, but Nick kicked out a two. Nick managed to rock Caster with a superkick as Bowens was tossed into a table with a powerbomb from Matt.
The BTE Trigger laid out Max Caster for the win.
Results: The Young Bucks defeated The Acclaimed via pinfall on AEW Dynamite.
Grade: B+