This week's episode of AEW Dynamite saw World Champion Kenny Omega in action in a No DQ match against Joey Janela. We also had a 12-man tag team match on the card as members of the Inner Circle faced Best Friends, Varsity Blondes and Top Flight. We also had action from the women's division with Ivelisse and Diamante taking on Serena Deeb and Big Swole.
Cody Rhodes was in singles action this week on AEW Dynamite against Angelico. AEW Dynamite kicked off with Hangman Page, Reynolds and Silver taking on Matt Hardy and Private Party.
Matt Hardy and Private Party vs Hangman Page, John Silver and Alex Reynolds kicked off AEW Dynamite
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Marc Quen and Hangman Page started the match off for their teams. Marc Quen quickly tagged in Matt Hardy but Page and The Dark Order cleared house. With Silver on his back, Hangman hit a senton on Isiah Kassidy.
Hangman went to hit a powerbomb on Isiah Kassidy who tagged in Matt Hardy. Hardy hit the Side Effect for a two-count. Page replied with a clothesline before both men tagged out.
Marc Quen and Alex Reynolds tagged in. Reynolds was all over Quen, taking him down and going for the cover. It was broken up by Isiah Kassidy. Page, Silver and Reynolds then hit a series of moves, a powerbomb followed by a German Suplex, before he went for the cover. Matt Hardy pulled him out of the ring, breaking up the cover. Hardy then hit John Silver with a DDT out at ringside.
Back in the ring, Quen and Kassidy hit Alex Reynolds with the Gin and Juice. Matt Hardy then tagged himself in and made the cover to pick up the win for his team.
Matt Hardy and Private Party def. Hangman Page, John Silver and Alex Reynolds on AEW Dynamite
RATING - B
Cody vs Angelico on AEW Dynamite
We got a pre-taped segment before the match announcing the Brandi Rhodes is pregnant on AEW Dynamite.
The match started with Cody and Angelico going back and forth. Cody tried to work on Angelico's arm but he got taken down. Cody went for a side-headlock but Angelico broke free. Both men got into each other's faces before Cody took Angelico down with a dropkick.
Jack Evans tried to get involved from ringside during the ad break only for Arn Anderson to get into the mix and push Evans down. In the ring, Angelico took control of the match. Angelico tied Cody up in a submission hold but he managed to reach the bottom rope and grab it by his teeth.
Cody hit back with a big boot and tried to follow up with a Disaster Kick, which he missed. Angelico locked in the Navarro Death Roll in the middle of the ring but Cody reached the ropes again. Cody followed it up with a Cody Cutter, planting Angelico. This was enough to put Angelico away as Cody covered him for the win.
Cody def. Angelico on AEW Dynamite
RATING - B
Team Taz came out as soon as the bell rang on AEW Dynamite. Taz warned that they would come down to the ring and send Cody on paternity leave. The lights went out at this point and Sting's music hit. Powerhouse Hobbs tried to get into Sting's face but was restrained by the rest of Team Taz.
Backstage interview with Miro
Miro was backstage with Alex Marvez on AEW Dynamite. Miro was asked about the three crew members he took out last week and informed that he was being fined $75,000 by management. Miro also revealed that Kip Sabian and Penelope Ford's wedding date would be announced soon on AEW Dynamite.
Eddie Kingston had a message for his enemies on AEW Dynamite
Eddie Kingson made his way down to the ring with a mic. He said that he had a message for his enemies on AEW Dynamite. The first person Kingston called out was PAC, saying that his career was done. Kingston also had a message for Lance Archer but Archer's music hit as soon as he was mentioned.
Archer and Kinston were brawling when The Butcher and The Blade came down to the ring. Pentagon and Fenix came out to even the odds but they were followed out by PAC. Lance Archer and PAC punished Eddie Kingston out at ringside as Pentagon and Fenix took out The Butcher and The Blade.
Lance Archer went to hit Eddie Kingston with a chokeslam in the middle of the ring but PAC hit Kingston with a boot to the face. It looked like things might break down between PAC and Archer at this point.
Eddie Kingston, The Butcher and The Blade made their way out of the ring area after being handed a pretty sound beating. It was quite a combustible moment on AEW Dynamite.
The Inner Circle vs Best Friends, Varsity Blondes and Top Flight on AEW Dynamite
Brian Pillman Jr. kicked things off on AEW with Chris Jericho, starting things off with the younger Pillman initially taking Le Champion down. Jericho replied by slapping Pillman across the face and taking him down. Pillman replied by slapping the former AEW Champion himself.
Pillman tagged in Griff Garrison who hit Jericho with a leg drop. Jericho regrouped and tagged in Sammy Guevara. Garrison took down Guevara with a hip toss before tagging in Dante Martin of Top Flight.
We got some really fast-paced work between Sammy and Dante. Sammy took Martin down with a dropkick before he was hit with a legdrop takedown. Darius Martin tagged in and went to try and pin Sammy. Ortiz came out and broke the count.
We got a massive brawl in the ring after this involving all 12-men. The Inner Circle members came off worse but regrouped after the referee took back control of the match.
Santana and Trent were the legal men. MJF tagged in and distracted the referee as the Inner Circle members punished Trent at ringside. Sammy Guevara tagged back in and had a headlock locked in. The Inner Circle worked over Trent for a while here, tagging in and out all the while, but he eventually managed to avoid a Shooting Star Press, rocking Sammy with a running knee.
Things broke down again, as Dante Martin and Ortiz tagged in. Dante went for a dive over the ropes but Santana stopped him in his tracks. Darius tagged in and took both Santana and Ortiz out with dives over the ropes. Griff Garrison was the legal man after the smoke cleared, and Chris Jericho hit him with a shot from the baseball bat at ringside.
Jake Hager came in and hit Garrison with an F-10 before he tagged in MJF who made the pin in the massive AEW 12-man tag.
The Inner Circle def. Best Friends, Varsity Blondes and Top Flight on AEW Dynamite
RATING - B+
SCU vs The Acclaimed on AEW Dynamite
Frankie Kazarian and Anthony Bowens started things off in this AEW tag match. Kazarian had the upperhand early on and he was all over Bowens. Christopher Daniels tagged in but got distracted by Max Caster who was on the apron. This gave Bowens the chance to tag out. Caster and Daniels went back and forth before Kazarian tagged in, hitting Caster with a legdrop.
Max Caster tagged out and Bowens sent Kazarian shoulder-first into the turnbuckle. Caster and Bowens had Kazarian isolated in their corner. Caster took Kazarian down with a neckbreaker before working on his left arm. Bowens tagged in and locked in a headlock. Kazarian made his way back to his feet as Caster tagged back in. He hit Caster with a DDT before tagging Daniels back in.
The experienced veteran came in on the hot tag and took down both Caster and Bowens. Daniels headed to the top rope and hit Bowens with a diving crossbody for a two-count. Caster got involved from ringside and hit Daniels in the head with their boombox. Bowens quickly capitalized and pinned Christopher Daniels for the win.
The Acclaimed def. SCU on AEW Dynamite.
RATING - B-
Ivelisse and Diamante vs Big Swole and Serena Deeb on AEW Dynamite
Serena Deeb and Ivelisse started the match for their respective teams on AEW. Deeb took down Ivelisse with a flying clothesline before tagging Big Swole in. Diamante tagged in and went right after Swole.
Swole hit a backbreaker and tried to tag out but was stopped by Diamante. She followed it up with a German Suplex to Swole. Diamante then tagged in Ivelisse and they hit Swole with a double suplex.
Diamante tagged back in rained in left hands on Swole. She followed it up with a suplex before locking in a headlock. Deeb finally tagged back in and went after both Ivelisse and Diamante. Deeb hit Ivelisse with a neckbreaker against the middle rope followed by a gutbuster. Deeb followed it up by locking in a Figure Four but Diamante managed to tag herself in.
Ivelisse and Diamante followed it up by double-teaming Deeb but it only got a 2-count. Swole tagged back in and hit Diamante with a Tiger Driver. She then locked in the Clearwater Cloverleaf, forcing Diamante to tap out.
Big Swole and Serena Deeb def. Ivelisse and Diamante on AEW Dynamite.
RATING - C
Nyla Rose came out after the match and attacked Serena Deeb. Red Velvet came down to the ring with a steel chair and drove the Nyla Rose, Ivelisse and Diamante away.
No DQ Match: Kenny Omega vs Joey Janella on AEW Dynamite
Joey Janela wasted no time, tossing a trash can at Kenny Omega's face as he was making his way down to the ring. The AEW World Champion hit back by sending Janela face-first into a chair at ringside. Omega followed it up with a tope con hilo out to ringside. Omega then hit Janela with what looked like a metal baking tray.
Omega took a mic and did play by play as he continued to punish Joey Janela. Kenny then took the trash can and hit Janela with a moonsault while holding it. Omega hit Janela with the metal baking tray once again before placing the trash can on Janela and hitting a nasty looking double stomp.
Joey Janela hit back. He set up Kenny Omega on a table at ringside and then hit a leg drop from the top rope. Back in the ring, Kenny Omega hit a V-Trigger, followed by a second. He then hit Joey Janela with the One Winged Angel to pick up the win.
Kenny Omega def. Joey Janela on AEW Dynamite
RATING - B+
PAC, Fenix and Pentagon came out on the entrance ramp after the match. PAC informed Omega that he would be facing Fenix on the last Dynamite of 2020 in two weeks.