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AEW Dynamite
Meanwhile, over on TNT, AEW Dynamite opened with a celebration! Chris Jericho's Thanksgiving Extravaganza saw Soul Train Jones - AKA Virgil - introducing Le Champion, before The Inner Circle would give Jericho some presents and show their thanks, including a Sammy Guevara cardboard cutout and a goat called Chris JeriGOAT, before Chris Jericho's dad, New York Rangers legend Ted Irvine, emerged from a massive gift box inside the ring!
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An incredibly entertaining segment for everyone aside from Justin Roberts, whose delivery of a "thank you" from TNT was subpar, so much so that The Inner Circle would attack, bringing SCU to the ring to make the save.
During this segment, AEW would also send out a press release announcing their own branded sparkling wine - A Little Bit of the Bubbly - released in collaboration with Chris Jericho and Nocking Point Wines, founded by Stephen Amell.
The first match on Dynamite saw Best Friends take on Lucha Bros, with some miscommunication between Fenix and Pentagon allowing Chuckie T and Trent to enforce themselves as arguably the strongest contenders for the AEW Tag Team Championships.
Another tag team match followed, with Kris Stadtlander making her Dynamite debut, teaming with Hikaru Shida to take on Bea Priestley and Emi Sakura. A quick match saw Sakura win for her team after hitting Statlander with her microphone stand.
If that match was short, though, it wasn't as short as Cody's return to the ring, as he made quick work of Matt Nicks in less time than it took you to read this sentence. The true news was what happened post-match, though, as Butcher (Andy Williams of metal band Every Time I Die) and Blade (Braxton Sutter) debuted to assault Cody Rhodes after he called out MJF. Allie would come to the ring to reveal herself as the manager of the pair, but now going by The Bunny.
AEW's standout match of the night had to be PAC vs Kenny Omega in a rematch from All Out. This match was frantic, to begin with, before Omega seemed to favor his knee. A tremendous back and forth saw some incredibly high octane action, but the match would end in a roll-up as Omega took the win via crucifix pinfall.
The match following this would be the match for the Dynamite Diamond Ring between MJF and Hangman Page. MJF was flanked by Wardlow, who would make his presence felt in more ways than one - but the final blow would come from MJF, who won the match using Cody's finishing move.
A really entertaining segment would follow, as DDP would have to present the ring to MJF (which is even cooler if you know how the WWE Hall of Famer really feels about the rising star) only for a scuffle to break out, potentially teasing one more match from the WCW legend!
Dustin Rhodes would return to AEW to call out Jake Hager following a previous assault from the Bellator star, but Guevara, Santana, and Ortiz would attack Rhodes mid-interview, only for The Young Bucks to come out and turn the tables.
The AEW World Championship was on the line in the main event, as Le Champion would defend his gold against Scorpio Sky. Sky would have a great showing in this encounter, but come up short in a match that saw, much like on NXT, an attempt to use the belt as a weapon - by Jericho - for Sky to get the near fall, before being hit with a Codebreaker and tapping out to the Liontamer.
The night wasn't over there, though, as Jon Moxley would emerge from the crowd to seemingly stake his claim at a title shot!
