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Cody defended the TNT Championship on this week's episode of AEW Dynamite against former Impact Wrestling star Eddie Kingston. We also had MJF returning to singles action against Griff Garrison. The Young Bucks were also in action on tonight's show as they faced The Butcher and The Blade in a Falls Count Anywhere match.
We also had women's action on the show with Diamante going one-on-one with Ivelisse. After throwing in the towel on Brian Cage's behalf at Fyter Fest, both Taz and Cage were out tonight in a show of solidarity after talk that the duo could go their separate ways.
The main event of the night saw Chris Jericho and Jake Hager in tag-team action against Luchasaurus and Jungle Boy.
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Cody vs Eddie Kingston (for the AEW TNT Championship)
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The first match of the night saw Cody defend the AEW TNT Championship against a mystery opponent. Cody's opponent turned out to be former Impact tar and LAX member Eddie Kingston. Kingston goaded Cody into changing the match to a No DQ match.
Cody and Kingston went back and forth to start the match before Cody hit his patented sliding uppercut. He followed it up with a tope suicide to Kingston out to ringside. Back in the ring, Cody was in control and hit Kingston with a dropkick.
The duo continued trading strikes and going back and forth. Kingston then locked in a Dragon Sleeper. Kingston then rolled out of the ring and came back in with thumbtacks.
Kingston then spread the thumbtacks out in the middle of the ring and hit Cody with a powerbomb right into the thumbtacks. This wasn't enough to put the champion away. Cody regrouped and locked in a Figure-4-leglock and forced Eddie Kingston to tap out. Cody retained the AEW TNT Championship but it wasn't easy.
AEW Dynamite Results: Cody def. Eddie Kingston
AEW GRADE: A
MJF vs Griff Garrison
MJF railed on Garrison on the mic before the AEW match began. He definitely wasn't happy when Garrison reminded him of his loss at AEW Fyter Fest and MJF ended up hitting Garrison with the mic,
MJF then whipped Garrison into the corner before locking in a submission hold. When Garrison tried to reach for the ropes, MJF bit his hand before throwing him out of the ring. MJF followed Garrison out and whipped him into the barricade.
Garrison tried to fight back but he was sent head-first into the ring post. MJF rolled Griff back into the ring and took a mic inside with him, trying to get Garrison to say that he was undefeated. Garrison did utter the words MJF wanted but then he rolled MJF up for a nearfall.
MJF replied with a nasty looking clothesline, taking Garrison off his feet again. He didn't waste any more time playing around and hit Garrison with the Heatseeker before pinning him to continue his undefeated streak with another singles win.
AEW Dynamite Results: MJF def. Griff Garrison
AEW GRADE: A-
Taz and Brian Cage have a message on AEW Dynamite
Taz and Brian Cage were out next on AEW. Taz congratulated Jon Moxley for his performance last week, saying that he was forced to throw in the towel at AEW Fight For The Fallen to stop Moxley from injuring Brian Cage again and added that it was a business decision he had to make. Taz added that he himself had torn his bicep once and didn't want Cage to be put on the shelf for another 6 months.
At this point, Darby Allin's music hit and he made his way down to the ring. As Allin was about to enter the ring, Ricky Starks attacked him from behind and laid him out. Cage then powerbombed Allin onto the entrance ramp before following it up with another inside the ring.
Before Brian Cage and Ricky Starks could do any more damage to Darby Allin, they were forced to scamper by the AEW World Champion Jon Moxley. Moxley came down to the ring through the crowd with a barbed-wire baseball in his hand, forcing the heels to scamper and leave the arena.
We will see a tornado tag-team match next week on AEW Dynamite pitting Moxley and Darby Allin against Cage and Starks.
The Butcher and The Blade vs The Young Bucks (Falls Count Anywhere)
Next up on AEW Dynamite, The Young Bucks confronted The Butcher and The Blade backstage in the kitchen area where we saw the duo cutting meat on AEW. The match started right there and then spilled out into the parking area where we saw The Butcher lawn dart, Nick Jackson, into the door of a supply truck.
Matt Jackon hit a massive dive onto both The Butcher and The Blade. The Bucks then tossed The Blade into the concession area, through a plexiglass window. They then set up The Butcher on a table and Matt Jackson hit him with a senton off the concession stand.
We then saw The Young Bucks hit The Blade with a superkick onto an escalator. As The Blade took the ride to the top of the escalator, we headed to commercial.
Back from commercial, the action was back at ringside. The Bucks had The Butcher isolated but he somehow took back control single-handedly. The Blade arrived with a steel chair right after this and dished out chairshots to The Bucks.
The Bucks took back control and set up a table against the barricade at ringside. They tried to suplex The Butcher through the table but he reversed it with a double suplex. The Butcher then hit a crossbody to Nick Jackson, right through one of the tables.
The match moved over to the entrance ramp soon after this. The Bucks set up tables on the entrance ramp and set up The Butcher and The Blade. They then dived off the set and simultaneously pinned The Butcher and The Blade for the win on AEW.
AEW Dynamite Results: The Young Bucks def. The Butcher and The Blade
AEW GRADE: A-
Ivelisse vs Diamante
Ivelisse took control of the match early on but Diamante didn't stay down for long. Diamante forced Ivelisse to roll out of the ring. The duo then brawled out at ringside with Diamante sending Ivelisse back-first into the barricade before rolling her back in. Ivelisse replied with a boot to the head.
Ivelisse and Diamante traded chops after this and Ivelisse's strikes left a lot to be desired. Diamante tried to follow it up with a neckbreaker but Ivelisse reversed it and hit her with a powerbomb for a nearfall.
Diamante replied by rolling Ivelisse and pinning her.
Diamante def. Ivelisse
GRADE: C
Hangman Page vs Alan "5" Angels
Adam Page returned to singles action in AEW against Alan 'Five' Angels of The Dark Order. Page caught Angels with a forearm followed by a series of chops. Page then caught Angels with a massive big boot, nearly beheading him.
Angel replied with a kick off his own but this let to Page hitting another boot of his own. Angels went crashing into the barricade at ringside. We saw the rest of The Dark Order come out at this point.
The finish of the match saw Hangman Page hit a pop-up powerbomb to pick up the win.
AEW Dynamite Results: Hangman Page def. Alan "5" Angels
Brodie Lee came down to the AEW ring and offered Page a spot in the Dark Order. Page replied that he didn't want to join a cult at this point in time. As Brodie Lee left the arena, the rest of the Dark Order went down to the ring.
FTR came out to help Page out and together they cleared the ring. Omega came down to the ring right after FTR had cleared it off.
AEW GRADE: C
Chris Jericho and Jake Hager vs Luchasaurus and Jungle Boy
Jungle Boy and Chris Jericho started things off in the main event of AEW Dynamite. Jungle Boy got the better of the opening exchanges before both men made tags. Hager and Luchasaurus collided into each other in the middle of the ring like two unstoppable forces.
Hager soon had Luchasaurus isolated in his corner but not for long. Both men tagged out once again. Jungle Boy came close to pinning Jericho after a roll-up and hit Santana and Ortiz with a suicide dive at ringside.
Jericho planted Jungle Boy face-first into the mat before catching Marko Stunt with a right hand and laying him out.
Back from commercial, Jungle Boy hit a crossbody from the top rope. Jericho soon took back control for his team and even tried to bring his baseball bat into the ring, only to be stopped by the referee.
Jungle Boy tried a roll up but the experienced Chris Jericho was not caught out and managed to kick out. Jericho tagged out and Hager stopped Jungle Boy from tagging out for the time being.
The finish of the match saw Serpentico, who was at ringside, get involved, helping the Inner Circle to pick up the win. Another big win for the Inner Circle in AEW.
AEW Dynamite Results: Chris Jericho and Jake Hager def. Jungle Boy and Lucasaurus
AEW GRADE: B
Just when it looked like Serpentico had joined the Inner Circle, he unmasked and it was Sammy Guevara returning to AEW after his suspension. Orange Cassidy and Best Friends came out at this point and drove the Inner Circle away.
Overall, AEW went pretty well, although the second half was not as good as the first half.
Grade: B+
