AEW Dynamite Results: Kenny Omega announces leave of absence, Former world champion makes in-ring debut, CM Punk teases feud with top heel

AEW Dynamite started with Kenny Omega with The Young Bucks and Adam Cole. Omega said he needed to take some time off and make some changes.

He asked The Young Bucks to hold down the fort while he was gone. Adam Cole responded that Omega could count on him, but the former world champion corrected Adam and said he was talking about The Young Bucks.

Hangman Page returns home to Virginia as AEW World Champion

The Dark Order were in the ring as John Silver introduced Hangman Page. The fans erupted as Page made his way down to the ring. We got chants of 'You deserve it.'

Page said he was ready to celebrate, but being Champion came with its responsibility, and he had to look ahead to defending his title against Bryan Danielson next. Speaking of Danielson, his music hit.

Bryan Danielson said he came out to congratulate Hangman Page. Bryan added that he was excited for his Title Match against Page, but he was both surprised and disappointed it wasn't Kenny Omega he was facing. Hangman replied that he had beaten Omega, and he had done it in less than 30 mins.

Daniel Bryan replied that unlike Omega, he did not dress up as the Ghostbusters for Halloween. Bryan said he was ready to face Hangman tonight, but he didn't want the new AEW Champion to have any excuses after beating him.

Page didn't like what he heard, and both men clashed, only to be separated by the members of The Dark Order.

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Bryan Danielson vs Evil Uno on AEW Dynamite

The match started with Bryan Danielson working over Evil Uno's arm before locking in a Single Leg Boston Crab. Uno showed a lot of heart in this match, repeatedly fighting back and finding openings for himself.

Danielson wasn't happy with Evil Uno slapping him in the face and repeatedly struck him with rights and lefts. Danielson then took down Evil Uno with a Knee Strike before constantly pounding Uno with boots to the head and chest area. Danielson then locked in a Triangle Choke to pick up the win.

Result: Bryan Danielson def. Evil Uno

Grade: B

Bryan took the mic after the match and said he would face each member of The Dark Order until he squares off against Hangman Page for the World Title. Next week, he will face Colt Cabana, in Chicago.

Eddie Kingston confronted backstage on AEW Dynamite

Eddie Kingston was backstage on AEW Dynamite with Tony Schiavone. Tony wanted to ask Kingston about his match against CM Punk before they were interrupted by 2.0 and Daniel Garcia.

2.0 said that Garcia had lasted longer in the ring against Punk than Kingston. Eddie and Garcia almost came to blows before Daniel and 2.0 left the scene.

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Orange Cassidy and Tomohiro Ishii vs The Butcher and The Blade on AEW Dynamite

Ishii and The Blade started the match.The Blade bounced off the ropes and charged at Ishii, who took him down with a shoulder tackle.

Tomohiro tagged Orange Cassidy in. Ishii took down The Blade again and Cassidy followed up with a lateral press.

The Butcher tagged in and was all over Orange Cassidy. He continued to dominate Cassidy until Blade tagged back in.

Butcher and Blade went for a double team move but Orange Cassidy took both men down and tagged in Ishii.

The Japanese hit some chops in the corner to The Blade and followed it up with a backdrop. The Butcher tagged in and hit Ishii with repeated chops in the corner. They had little to no effect on Tomohiro, who hit back with a right hand of his own and followed it up with a superplex.

Orange Cassidy tagged back in, hitting The Blade with a DDT for a nearfall. The Butcher and The Blade hit back with a double-team powerbomb but Ishii broke up the count.

He then dragged Orange Cassidy over to his corner and tagged back in. Ishii hit repeated strikes to The Butcher. Matt Hardy had the referee distracted and The Bunny passed the brass knuckles to The Blade.

Rocky Romero pulled The Blade out to ringside where Matt Hardy came after him. Orange Cassidy took out both Hardy and The Blade with a dive off the top rope.

Ishii then hit The Blade with a Lariat and hit the Brainbuster to pick up the win.

Result: Tomohiro Ishii and Orange Cassidy def. The Butcher and The Blade

Grade: B

Britt Baker sends a warning to Thunder Rosa

Britt Baker said she was getting tired of carrying the AEW Women's division on her back. Baker put over Jamie Hayter as someone who was the future of the female roster before touting her to beat Thunder Rosa next week.

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Hikaru Shida vs Nyla Rose on AEW Dynamite (TBS title tournament)

Both women started off strong but it was Nyla Rose who took control early. Shida fought back, forcing Nyla Rose to roll out of the ring.

Rose quickly hit back, using her strength advantage to toss Shida knee-first into the turnbuckle. The former AEW Women's Champion went crashing out of the ring and Nyla Rose followed her outside.

Shida sent Nyla Rose crashing into the barricade and went to set up a steel chair. Rose attacked Shida and made her sit on the chair. Nyla then headed to the apron and went for a crossbody. However, Shida got out of the way, causing The Native Beast to crash through the steel chair.

Shida then rolled Nyla Rose back into the ring. Vickie Guerrero tried to get involved from ringside at this stage but Shida took her out with a strike with the kendo stick.

Nyla Rose took back control of the match once again, locking in a submission hold. Shida managed to reach the bottom rope. She then sent Rose crashing out of the ring once again and took her out with a dive.

As Shida rolled Nyla Rose back in the ring, Serena Deeb came out and blindsided her, hitting a chopblock to the knee.

Nyla Rose failed to finish Shida off and the former Women's Champion locked in a Triangle Choke. Rose powered her way back to her feet and hit a powerbomb followed by a senton to the knee. Nyla then locked in a Modified Stretch Muffler to force Hikaru Shida to tap out.

Result: Nyla Rose def. Hikaru Shida

Grade: B-

CM Punk confronts MJF on AEW Dynamite

Shawn Spears took a shot at the AEW fans, saying that MJF could beat their heroes with a headlock takedown.

The Pinnacle Leader then took the mic and ran down the fans in attendance before saying that he was going to be the person to take the title from Hangman Page.

However, before MJF could talk more, CM Punk's music hit and the Straight Edge Superstar made his way down to the ring.

MJF didn't look too impressed and offered CM Punk a handshake. Punk didn't accept it and ended up walking away without saying anything.

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Darby Allin speaks after Full Gear

Tony Schiavone was backstage with Darby Allin. Allin said that MJF had not managed to break him and he was ready to wrestle The Salt Of The Earth once again down the line.

At this point, Darby Allin's interview was interrupted by Billy Gunn and his sons. Billy said that if Darby Allin wanted to face the biggest and baddest person in All Elite Wrestling, he was right there.

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In a backstage segment, Adam Cole and Bobby Fish laid down the challenge to Jungle Boy and Luchasaurus for Rampage.

Dante Martin and Lio Rush vs The Acclaimed on AEW Dynamite

Dante Martin and Lio Rush made a brilliant start to the match on AEW Dynamite. The babyfaces were all over Anthony Bowens in the match's opening stages, trading tags and showing off their incredible athletic ability.

Max Caster managed to blindside Dante Martin at ringside, and The Acclaimed then hit a double suplex out to take back control.

They traded tags working on Dante Martin until Lio Rush finally came in. Rush was all over both members of The Acclaimed. More back and forth ensued as Anthony Bowens took down Lio Rush.

Dante Martin then hit a huge Springboard Dropkick to take out Bowens. All four men were down as the fans chanted "AEW."

Bowens tagged out, and The Acclaimed double-teamed Rush, with Caster hitting a top rope Elbow Drop.

Martin hit back with his patented Springboard Moonsault to Bowens. Rush then headed to the top rope and hit a Frog Splash to finish Bowens off.

Result: Dante Martin and Lio Rush def. The Acclaimed

Grade: B

Team Taz came out after the match and reiterated the offer they made to Dante Martin last week.

Sammy Guevara vs Jay Lethal (AEW TNT Championship Match)

Jay Lethal made his AEW in-ring debut against Sammy Guevara, challenging for the TNT Championship in tonight's main event.

We got a brilliant start to the match with both men matching each other. Sammy almost found an opening for his finisher early, but Lethal quickly got out of the dangerous position.

Guevara sent Lethal crashing out to ringside and followed it up with a dive over the top rope. Sammy rolled Lethal back into the ring and headed up to the top rope. He went for a Swanton Bomb, but Lethal got his knees up in time.

Sammy was in a bad state after crashing into Lethal's knees with Doc Sampson having to check on him at ringside. Guevara continued to fight on despite the injury, hitting a Spanish Fly to buy himself some time.

Lethal rolled out of the ring before coming back in and throwing Guevara out. Lethal went for a suicide dive of his own, but Sammy hit him with a suplex at ringside.

Guevara and Lethal continued to brawl outside. Sammy had Lethal reeling on the time keeper's table and headed to the top rope. Guevara went for a dive from the top turnbuckle but crashed through the table as Lethal moved out of the way.

Back in the ring, Sammy Guevara hit a Superkick. Lethal replied with a Figure Four Leglock in the middle of the ring. Sammy reached the bottom rope and hit a Knee Strike after the hold was broken.

Sammy followed it up with the GTH to pick up the win.

Result: Sammy Guevara def. Jay Lethal

Grade: A