1/17/24 AEW Dynamite Recap
The show opens with a video package for the AEW World Championship Match between the champion, Samoa Joe, and the challenger, Hook. Both men are then shown arriving to the arena.
Excalibur, Ian Riccaboni, and Taz are on commentary from North Charleston, South Carolina.
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Match #1 – AEW TNT Championship Match: Christian Cage (c) (w/Killswitch and Nick Wayne) vs. Dustin Rhodes
They lock up and back into the ropes, but have a clean break. They lock up again and Rhodes back Cage into the corner. Rhodes gives a clean break again, but Cage comes out and delivers right hands. Cage drops Rhodes in the corner and delivers more right hands against the ropes. Rhodes comes back with a power slam for a one count, and Cage rolls to the outside. Cage trips Rhodes up and drags him to the ring post, but Rhodes pulls his legs back and sends Cage into the post. Rhodes delivers shots on the outside and slams Cage into the announcers’ table. Rhodes throws Cage over the ring steps and follows with a clothesline off the steps. Rhodes gets Cage back into the ring and delivers right hands, and then puts Cage up top. Rhodes climbs as well, but Cage delivers right hands and slams his head into the ring post. Cage takes Rhodes down with a dive from the top as the show heads to a commercial.
Back from the break, Rhodes goes for a cross-body in the ring, but Cage ducks and Rhodes spills to the floor. Cage gets Rhodes back into the ring and goes for a diving headbutt, but Rhodes rolls out of the way. They exchange shots and Rhodes gains the advantage and slams Cage down. Rhodes goes for the cover, but Cage kicks out. Rhodes takes Cage down again, and then slingshots him into the top turnbuckle. Rhodes goes for the Un-natural Kick, but Cage gets free and delivers a few shots to Rhodes. Rhodes comes back with Code Red for a two count. Cage shoves Rhodes into the middle rope and stands on his back. Cage goes for the drop-down uppercut, but Rhodes dodges and delivers a right hand. Rhodes goes for a dive through the ropes, but Cage counters with a right hand and delivers a neck-breaker over the top rope. Cage connects with a frog splash and goes for the cover, but Rhodes kicks out.
Cage brings the title belt in the ring, but the referee takes it away. Rhodes gets Cage in a roll-up, but Wayne gets into the ring and reverses for Cage. Cage only gets a two count, and then he smacks Rhodes’ head a few times. Cage pie-faces Rhodes a few times, but Rhodes comes back with right hands. Rhodes goes for a bulldog, but Cage counters with a back elbow. Cage goes up top, but Rhodes kicks him down and delivers the Un-natural Kick. Rhodes puts Cage up top and delivers another right hand. Rhodes delivers a superplex and follows with Cross Rhodes for a two count. Wayne goes after Rhodes, but Rhodes goes after him. Killswitch grabs Rhodes, but Rhodes delivers a low-blow and drops Wayne with a Canadian Destroyer. Rhodes gets back into the ring, but Cage sends him into the turnbuckle. Cage delivers a Spear and follows with the Killswtich, but only gets a two count. Rhodes tries to fight back, but Cage drops him with another Killswitch for the pin fall.
Winner and still AEW TNT Champion: Christian Cage
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Renee Paquette interviews Swerve Strickland. Strickland says he has his eyes everywhere and would be foolish to not pay attention to the main event tonight. Strickland says it doesn’t matter who wins, because he is still going after the title. Strickland says he didn’t win the Continental Classic, but he is the guy everyone is talking about coming out of it. Renee says Adam Page is also going after the title, but Strickland says again that he has eyes everywhere. Strickland says Page is an impeccable performer who has beaten a lot of guys recently, but he couldn’t beat him. Strickland says he has beaten Page twice and has no reason to do it again.
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Footage of the Street Fight for the AEW World Tag Team Championship from last Saturday’s Battle of the Belts IX, in which Big Bill and Ricky Starks retained over Chris Jericho and Sammy Guevara, airs. Then, Renee interviews Jericho.
Jericho says the titles were ripped out of their hands by the Don Callis Family, and asks what he gets to use as a weapon on Konosuke Takeshita to get his revenge. Jericho says he is going to seek and destroy Takeshita. Matt Sydal walks up and says this isn’t the Jericho he knows. Sydal tells Jericho to get back to the wrestler he knows he is, he needs to get into the ring with someone who has beaten him before, like him. Jericho says if Sydal wants a match, he can have it this Friday on Rampage.
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Match #2 – Tag Team Match: Komander and Penta El Zero Miedo (w/Alex Abrahantes and Rey Fenix) Orange Cassidy and Trent Beretta (w/Chuck Taylor)
Cassidy and Penta start the match, and Penta shoves his hand into Cassidy’s face a few times. Cassidy tries to put his hands in his pockets, but Penta stops him and delivers a few round kicks. They exchange arm-drags, and then Penta delivers a thrust kick that sends Cassidy to the outside. Beretta comes in with a shot to Penta, and then Komander takes Beretta down and dives onto Cassidy on the outside. Beretta catches Komander coming back in and throws him across the ring with a half-and-half suplex. Beretta gets Cassidy back into the ring and Cassidy goes for the cover, but Komander kicks out as the show heads to a commercial.
Back from the break, Beretta puts Komander up top and clubs him in the back. Cassidy goes for a shot, but Komander dodges and Cassidy slides to the floor. Komander delivers a few shots to Beretta and drops Cassidy with an up kick. Penta tags in and drops Cassidy with a pair of Slingblades. Penta delivers a thrust kick to Beretta and Komander takes Beretta down with a dive. Penta drops Cassidy with Made in Japan, but only gets a two count. Penta and Komander go for the Fear Factor, but Cassidy comes in and delivers a DDT to Penta. Beretta tags back in and delivers a few shots to Komander’s face. Beretta beats Komander down with elbow strikes, but Komander comes back and gets a roll-up for a two count. Komander gets another two count, but Beretta comes back with a chop. Penta delivers an enzuigiri to Beretta and follows with a Canadian Destroyer.
Komander runs the ropes and connects with a splash, but Cassidy breaks up the cover. Penta and Cassidy go to the floor, and then Komander connects with a back-heel kick to Beretta. Beretta comes back with a knee strike to Komander, but Penta comes in with a thrust kick to Beretta. Cassidy comes in and drops Penta with Beach Break. Cassidy delivers the Orange Punch to Komander, and then Beretta delivers the Crunchy for the pin fall.
Winners: Orange Cassidy and Trent Beretta
-After the match, Cassidy, Beretta, and Taylor go for a hug, but Roderick Strong, Matt Taven, and Mike Bennett interrupt and come to the ring. Strong says he has something to say to Cassidy, and tells him to take off his sunglasses and look him in the eyes. All six men get in each other’s faces, and Strong says they could end them right now if they wanted to. Strong says Cassidy has been a fighting champion and has fought anyone at any time. Strong says Cassidy chose to wrestle in a tag team match tonight instead, and then asks him why. Strong asks if Cassidy is running out of steam to defend it, and then says the title belongs to him. Cassidy says he will fight Strong right now, but Strong says no and Cassidy will have to wait until March 3rd at Revolution. Strong says he wants Cassidy to wake up every day for the next six weeks knowing that he is only keeping the title warm for him.
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Renee interviews Adam Page. Page says when he looked back, he always wanted to win the AEW World Championship. Page says not only will he win it in 2024, but he will put his name on it and keep it there as long as he can. Page says he doesn’t think about Strickland at all, but it doesn’t matter if he can’t beat Strickland because he is not the World Champion. Page says he will be watching the main event tonight.
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Mark Briscoe comes to the stage, while the Briscoe Family is at ringside. Briscoe says he is here tonight representing the Briscoes. It was one year ago today that Jay passed away, and then Briscoe says his nieces were also in the car that day. Briscoe says his oldest niece was told she would never walk again, but then he brings out all of Jay’s kids, with his niece walking out with them. The tribute video for Jay follows.
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Renee has a sit-down interview with The Young Bucks. Nick cuts her off and says they should be referred to by their given names of Matthews and Nickolas Jackson since they are Executive Vice Presidents and should be taking things more seriously. Matt says all of the rumors about them are false and asks Renee what all she would do if she were in their shoes with all of the rumors that get spread about them. Matt tells Renee she is welcome for her paycheck, and then Renee brings up their return from last week.
Matt says they used to say “change the world” when they started up AEW, and for a while they did that. Matt says they lost their way and the company changed a bit. Matt says they started to lean on old glory-hog Superstars who are here for their own egos, but that isn’t Sting. Matt says Sting is awesome and a model employee. Matt says, however, they are going to have to say goodbye to Sting, and Nick shows a message to Matt and says they will pull some strings before they walk away.
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Match #3 – ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Championship Match: Mogul Embassy (Bishop Kaun, Brian Cage, and Toa Liona) (w/Prince Nana) vs. Bullet Club Gold (Austin Gunn, Colten Gunn, and Jay White)
Liona and White start the match. Liona backs White into the corner, but White delivers a few chops. White delivers a few more shots, but Liona drops him with a back fist. Liona takes White to the corner and drives his knee into White’s back a few times. Kaun tags and and connects with a senton for a one count. Kaun picks White up, but White fights him off and takes him to the corner. Each of the Gunns tag in and deliver shots to Kaun, but Kaun dodges a splash from Austin and tags in Cage. Cage delivers shots to Austin and follows with a thrust kick. Cage delivers an uppercut and an enzuigiri in the corner, and then drops Austin with a German suplex. Kaun tags back in and delivers a Backstabber. Liona follows with an elbow drop and Kaun goes for the cover, but Austin kicks out at two as the show heads to a commercial.
Back from the break, Kaun knocks White to the floor and sends Austin to the corner, but Austin clotheslines Cage and Liona to the floor. Austin tags in Colten, who sends Kaun and Liona to the floor. Colten slams Cage down, and then does the same to Kaun and gets a two count. Colten sets up for the Famouser, but Liona drops him with a shoulder tackle. Colten gets triple-teamed, and then Cage drops him with a powerbomb. Kaun slams Colten down and goes for the cover, but Austin and White break it up. White and Austin get sent to the floor, but they slams Liona into the announcers’ table and White slams Cage into the ring post. White tags in and delivers chops to Kaun. White slams Kaun down, but Cage drops him with a discus lariat. The Gunns drops Cage with 3:10 to Yuma, but Kaun sends them back out with a double dropkick. Kaun shoves White into the ropes and Nana trips him up.
Kaun delivers double knees to White’s chest and goes for the cover, but White kicks out. Nana gets into the ring with a title belt, but Anthony Bowens runs out and takes it from him. Kaun gets a roll-up on White for a two count, but White comes back with the Bladerunner for the pin fall.
Winners and new ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Champions: Bullet Club Gold
-After the match, The Acclaimed look on at the new champions from the stage.
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Adam Cole and Wardlow are backstage. Cole says Wardlow hasn’t even scratched the surface of what he is capable of, but he will go down as the most dominant man in AEW history. Cole says Wardlow will continue to run over everyone until the AEW World Championship is the property of the Undisputed Kingdom. Cole asks Wardlow if that is right, and Wardlow says, “Boom.”
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Toni Storm has joined the commentary team for the next match.
Match #4 – Singles Match: Anna Jay vs. Deonna Purrazzo
They lock up and Purrazzo applies a wrist-lock. Jay turns it into one of her own, but Purrazzo gets free and taunts Jay. Purrazzo goes behind for a waist-lock, but Jay gets free. Jay tries to take Purrazzo down, but Purrazzo counters into a roll-up for a two count. Jay gets her own two count, but Purrazzo comes back with a shot to Jay’s arm. Purrazzo takes Jay down and goes for the cover, but Jay kicks out. Jay kicks Purrazzo away and delivers a forearm shot. Jay delivers a neck-breaker over the middle rope and gets a two count as the show heads to a commercial.
Back from the break, Purrazzo delivers a jaw-breaker and follows with a right hand a few short-arm clotheslines. Purrazzo takes Jay down and goes for an arm-bar, but Jay rolls over and gets a two count. Purrazzo takes Jay down again and goes for the cover, but Jay kicks out. Jay comes back with a kick and follows with a Backstabber for a two count. Jay goes for the Queen Slayer, but Purrazzo rolls through and goes for the arm-bar. Jay makes it to the ropes, but Purrazzo takes her down again and locks in Venus de Milo and Jay taps out.
Winner: Deonna Purrazzo
-After the match, Renee interviews Purrazzo in the ring. Renee asks Purrazzo if there is anything she wants to say to Toni Storm. Purrazzo says she doesn’t know what has gotten into Storm, but it is clear that she has changed. Purrazzo says she has changed, too, and Storm has never met the greatest women’s technical wrestler, the Virtuosa. Storm gets on Luther’s shoulders and says her past is none of Purrazzo’s concern and she ought to get into the ring and punch her in the mouth. Storm throws her shoe at Purrazzo, and then Purrazzo comes to the apron. Storm waves her off as Luther carries her away and Purrazzo stares her down.
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Match #5 – Tag Team Match: Private Party (Isiah Kassidy and Marq Quen) vs. Top Flight (Dante Martin and Darius Martin)
Darius and Kassidy start the match with a lock-up. Darius transitions into a side-headlock, but Kassidy gets free. They exchange quick shots, and then Kassidy delivers a shot after a handshake and tags in Quen. Dante also tags in, and then all four men stare down. Dante applies a headlock, but Quen counters and picks his ankle. Dante comes back with a wrist-lock, but Quen takes him down again. Dante comes back to the side-headlock, but Quen comes back with another ankle pick. Dante kicks Quen away and then kicks him in the midsection. Quen comes off the ropes, but Kassidy tags in and takes Dante down. Quen drops Darius with a cutter over the top rope as the show heads to a commercial.
Back from the break, Darius delivers a shot to Kassidy in the corner. Darius takes Kassidy down and applies a grounded abdominal stretch. Darius delivers more shots to Kassidy and tags in Dante. Kassidy comes back with a kick to Dante’s face and Darius’ midsection, and then Dante gets sent to the floor. Quen tags in and sends Darius into the announcers’ table with a dive. Quen dives onto Dante as well, and then flips onto Darius. Quen corkscrews into Dante on the other side, and then gets Dante back into the ring. Quen hits a 450 splash and goes for the cover, but Dante kicks out. Dante comes back with a knee strike and tags Darius in. Top Flight double-team Quen and Darius goes for the cover, but Kassidy kicks out. Dante gets sent to the floor, but Darius comes back with a kick to Kassidy. Quen dropkicks Darius, and then Dante delivers a knee strike to Darius.
Dante kicks Kassidy, but Kassidy comes back with an enzuigiri. Dante comes back with a kick to the face, but Private Party drop him with Gin and Juice. Darius comes back in, but Quen rolls him up and grabs the ropes for extra leverage on the three count.
Winners: Private Party
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A vignette airs for Darby Allin and Sting. Allin says they have accomplished so much together in AEW and are 26-0 together. Allin says they are nearing the end of their run, but their run is going to end as the AEW World Tag Team Champions.
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Match #6 – AEW World Championship Match: Samoa Joe (c) vs. Hook
Hook goes right after Joe and delivers shots in the corners. Joe throws Hook to the floor and follows, but Hook delivers more shots. Joe comes back with a shot and throws Hook toward the barricade, but Hook climbs on top of it and dives back onto Joe with more shots. Joe shoves Hook away and gets him back into the ring. Hook runs the ropes, but Joe drops him with a back elbow. Joe delivers body shots into the corner and follows with chops. Joe connects with a back elbow and an enzuigiri, and then slaps Hook across the back. Joe kicks Hook in the chest and drops an elbow for a two count. Hook comes back for a T-bone suplex, but Joe counters with a few elbow strikes to Hook’s back. Hook comes back with a right hand and takes Joe down. Hook delivers a shot on the mat that sends Joe to the outside. Hook delivers a right hand as he comes off the apron, and then goes for a suplex on the announcers’ table.
Joe counters and slams Hook onto the table, and then marches around the ring as the referee checks on Hook. Joe asks if Hook understands yet and asks him what he has for him. Hook clips Joe off, and Joe powerbombs him onto the ring apron. The referee calls for the doctor as Joe gets back into the ring. Hook gets to his feet as the doctor talks to him, but Hook shoves him away and gets into the ring at the nine count. Joe sends Hook into the corner and drops him with a power slam. Joe goes for the cover, but Hook kicks out at two. Joe delivers a Death Valley Driver and goes for the cover, but Hook kicks out again. Joe slams Hook into the corner and puts him up top. Joe delivers a chop and follows with the Muscle Buster. Joe goes for the cover, but Hook kicks out at one. Hook drops Joe with a few flying clotheslines and follows with body shots in the corner. Hook drops Joe with a T-bone suplex and goes for Redrum, but Joe counters, locks in the Coquina Clutch, and Hook passes out.
Winner and still AEW World Champion: Samoa Joe
-After the match, Joe leaves the ring, but Hook gets to his feet and asks Joe if that’s all he’s got. Joe comes back in and kicks Hook in the midsection. Joe drops Hook with another Muscle Buster. Joe leaves the ring again, but Hook pulls himself up again and tells Joe to come back. Joe gets into the ring, but Adam Page’s music hits and he runs to the ring. Joe exits the ring and he and Page stare each other down. Swerve Strickland appears in the crowd and also stares Joe down. Joe walks backstage and Page helps Hook to his feet. Hook leaves the ring as Strickland and Page stare each other down. Strickland and Nana back away and leave through the crowd, and then Hook gets back into the ring. Page helps Hook to his feet again and Hook walks up the ramp as the show comes to a close.
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Announced for this Friday’s Rampage:
-Anthony Henry vs. Penta El Zero Miedo
-Chris Jericho vs. Matt Sydal
-Darby Allin vs. Jeff Hardy
-Kris Statlander vs. Queen Aminata
Announced for this Saturday’s Collision:
-Bryan Danielson and Claudio Castagnoli vs. Eddie Kingston and Ortiz
-Buddy Matthews vs. Daniel Garcia
-Jon Moxley returns
