8/7/24 AEW Dynamite Recap

Excalibur, Taz, and Tony Schiavone are on commentary from Winston-Salem, North Carolina, and they are joined by Don Callis for the opening match.

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Match 1 – AEW American Championship Eliminator Match
MJF vs. Kyle Fletcher
MJF ducks out of the ring and grabs a microphone. MJF says Fletcher can lock up with him like a real wrestler, or he will grab his belt and leave. MJF gets back into the ring and delivers a shot to Fletcher, but Fletcher comes back with a few quick two counts. Fletcher applies a side-headlock, and then drops MJF with a scoop slam. Fletcher runs the ropes, but MJF cuts him off with a back elbow. MJF slaps Fletcher in the back of the head, but Fletcher comes back and goes for a Tombstone. MJF gets free and pulls Fletcher’s arm down over the top rope. MJF delivers another shot to Fletcher’s arm and then stomps on his hand. MJF continues to work over Fletcher’s arm, but Fletcher gets free with shots from his free hand. MJF pulls him down by his hair, but Fletcher comes back with a jaw-breaker. MJF slams Fletcher down by his arm, and then follows with a shoulder-breaker.
MJF grabs Fletcher’s arm again, but Fletcher gets to his feet. MJF turns it right back around and slams Fletcher with a gut-wrench bomb for a two count. MJF goes for the Kangaroo Kick, but Fletcher counters with a thrust kick. Fletcher sends MJF to the corner and delivers a forearm shot. Fletcher follows with rights and lefts, but MJF delivers a shot to his arm. MJF charges out, but Fletcher catches him and slams him with a side slam for a two count. MJF comes back with a shot to Fletcher’s arm, but Fletcher sends him to the apron and delivers a kick to the face to send him to the floor. Fletcher sends MJF into the barricade with a dive, and then gets him back into the ring. Fletcher goes up top, but MJF rolls back to the floor. Fletcher kicks MJF in the chest and takes him down with a moonsault press. Fletcher gets MJF back into the ring and goes up top again, but MJF rolls to the floor again.
MJF sits in a chair, but Fletcher delivers right hands and a chop. Fletcher charges at MJF, but MJF sends him into the barricade with a drop-toe hold. MJF bites Fletcher’s head and charges, but Fletcher trips him into the barricade this time. Fletcher dives over the barricade and takes MJF down, and then gets him back into the ring. Fletcher delivers an enzuigiri and goes up top again. Fletcher delivers an elbow drop and goes for the cover, but MJF kicks out at two. Fletcher grabs MJF, but MJF slams him down by his arm again. MJF picks Fletcher up and wrenches his arm, but Fletcher comes back and goes for a Tombstone. MJF gets free and gets a two count on a roll-up, and then follows with a back elbow and stomps on Fletcher’s arm. MJF delivers an Alabama Slam and follows with a hammer-lock DDT for a two count. MJF kicks Fletcher a few times and spits in his face, but Fletcher comes back and slaps him in the face.
Fletcher delivers rights and lefts, but MJF pokes him in the eye. MJF runs the ropes, but Fletcher delivers a thrust kick. They exchange elbow strikes, MJF delivers a destroyer, and then Fletcher comes right back with a clothesline for a two count. MJF applies Salt of the Earth, but Fletcher counters into a roll-up for a two count and then lawn-darts MJF into the corner. Fletcher delivers a kick in the corner and puts MJF up top. Fletcher goes for a brain buster, but MJF counters and bites his head. MJF goes for a Tombstone out of the corner, but Fletcher gets free. MJF goes for the Long Island Sunrise, but Fletcher counters and gets a roll-up for a two count. Fletcher delivers a leaping Tombstone and goes for the cover, but MJF kicks out at two as Callis walks to ringside and gets on the apron. Callis throws the screwdriver to Fletcher, but Fletcher throws it out of the ring. MJF delivers a low-blow and follows with the Kangaroo Kick. MJF delivers a brain buster and gets the pin fall.
Winner: MJF
-After the match, Will Ospreay exits his locker room after some difficulty. We see that someone put a cart in front of his door, and then MJF hits the referee in the head with the belt. MJF puts the Dynamite diamond ring on, and then drops Fletcher with a shot. Fletcher has been busted open, and MJF delivers more shots with the ring. MJF tells Ospreay the blood is on his hands and then sets up for a Tiger Driver 91. Ospreay rushes the ring before he can, and MJF escapes through the crowd. Ospreay checks on Fletcher and calls for the doctor. The doctor and Callis get into the ring and Callis and Ospreay argue for a bit before the doctor helps Fletcher sit up.

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The video package for tonight’s match between Bryan Danielson and Jeff Jarrett airs.

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Match 2 – Singles Match
Mariah May vs. Viva Van
May delivers a headbutt as the bell rings, and then drops her with a release German suplex. May delivers a few more shots, and then follows with a dropkick. May slams Van’s head into the turnbuckle repeatedly, and then stomps her down in the corner. May gets in the referee’s face, and Van gets her in a roll-up for a two count. May comes back with a lariat and follows with a dropkick. May delivers right hands on the mat as the show heads to a commercial.
Back from the break, May delivers shots to Van in the corner. Van comes back with an up kick and charges, but May trips her up and delivers a hip attack. May delivers right hands and kisses Van’s cheek. May delivers a running knee strike and follows with Mayday. May delivers Storm Zero and gets the pin fall.
Winner: Mariah May
-After the match, May opens a picture that shows Storm holding her in the ring, but says “Die Mariah Die” on the back. Storm attacks May from behind, but May cuts her off and grabs the shoe. Storm takes the shoe and tries to hit May with it, but referees rush the ring and pull them apart. They get free and exchange shots, but referees pull them back again. They get free once more and take each other down, but referees and security finally pull them apart for good.

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The video package for the feud between Darby Allin and Jack Perry airs. Perry will defend the AEW TNT Championship against Allin at All In. Allin then says he hasn’t lit Perry on fire yet because it would be an excuse for him to not show up to All In. Allin says Perry doesn’t have to show up on Dynamite, Rampage, or Collision, but he does have to show up at All In.

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Big Bill and Chris Jericho join the commentary team for the next match, while Taz has been removed.

Match 3 – Singles Match
Bryan Keith vs. Katsuyori Shibata
Shibata delivers quick shots to Keith, but Keith comes back with a knee strike. Keith sends Shibata to the corner and charges, but Shibata dodges and delivers a back elbow. Shibata takes Keith down and works over his arm. Keith rolls to the floor, but Shibata follows him out and delivers a shot. Keith counters and throws Shibata into the barricade. Keith follows with a shot to the back, and then kicks Shibata in the face. Keith drops a knee on Shibata’s arm and gets him back on the apron. Keith delivers another kick to Shibata’s arm as the show heads to a commercial.
Back from the break, Keith delivers a chop to Shibata and follows with a few elbow strikes. Shibata comes back with an elbow strike of his own, and then beats Keith down in the corner. Keith comes back with a headbutt, and then follows with a neck-breaker over his knee for a two count. Keith delivers an exploder suplex and goes for the cover, but Shibata kicks out at two again. Keith delivers a headbutt, but Shibata comes back and slams Keith down. Shibata delivers an overhand chop and applies the Claw. Shibata rolls into an arm-bar, and Keith taps out.
Winner: Katsuyori Shibata
-After the match, Bill rushes the ring and beats Shibata down. Jericho joins in on the beat down, as does Keith. Bill and Keith pick Shibata up and Jericho goes to hit him with the belt, but Hook makes his return and rushes the ring. Hook sends Bill over the ropes to the floor and delivers shots to Jericho. Hook sends Jericho off the ropes, but Jericho ducks under and The Learning Tree back up the ramp as Hook and Shibata stare them down. Jericho tries to get the title out of the ring, but Hook grabs it and holds it in the air.

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Renee Paquette interviews Orange Cassidy and asks him what he is going to do without the rest of the Conglomeration against Roderick Strong, Rush, and The Beast Mortos later on. Cassidy says he found a couple local boys to help him out, and then asks if Renee wants to wrestle for him. She says no, and he says he has stuff to do and walks away.

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Renee interviews Adam Page. She says Page hasn’t been getting the outcomes he is looking for since he returned, and Page says he only wants to get to one man, but everyone keeps getting in his way. Page says he will have what he wants.

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Jim Ross conducts a sit-down interview with the AEW World Champion, Swerve Strickland. Ross asks if he is motivated for All In, and Strickland says he absolutely is. Strickland says the path he has been on has changed him as an individual, and then Ross says Strickland has done some questionable things over his career and asks him why he did it. Strickland says he knocked on the door for so long, and he finally just had to let himself in. Ross brings up Danielson saying this will be it for him if he loses, and Strickland says Danielson is one of the greatest and he needs something to fight for. Strickland says if the roles were reversed, would Danielson give a damn about him. Strickland says he controls the company, and that’s what makes people worry.
Strickland says he doesn’t care about Danielson being a father and a husband, and then Ross says he believes Danielson will be the toughest match Strickland has had. Strickland asks what happens if Danielson’s arms stop working and his neck locks up on him. Ross says Danielson will be hard to beat and asks Strickland if he can beat him. Strickland says not only can he beat Danielson, he will beat him and his legacy will belong to him.

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Don Callis and Taz have rejoined the commentary team.

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Match 4 – Trios Tag Team Match
FTR (Cash Wheeler and Dax Harwood) and Orange Cassidy vs. Roderick Strong, Rush, and The Beast Mortos
Harwood and Rush start the match with a lock-up. Rush delivers a few chops into the corner, and Mortos tags in. Rush and Mortos double-team Harwood and Mortos gets a quick one count. Strong tags in and delivers a shot to Harwood. They exchange chops, and then Harwood gains the advantage and Wheeler tags in. Cassidy immediately tags in, and Wheeler delivers a shot to Strong. Cassidy delivers shots to Strong in the corner, and then Harwood tags back in. Harwood suplexes Strong and drops an elbow for a one count. Wheeler tags back in and delivers an elbow drop, and then Cassidy tags in and delivers one of his own. FTR deliver shots to Rush and Mortos and sends them to the outside. Strong goes to the floor as well and FTR and Cassidy taunt them as the show heads to a commercial.
Back from the break, Mortos delivers a shot to Wheeler in the corner. Wheeler comes back with an uppercut, but Strong tags in and delivers a shot to Wheeler. Rush tags in, and then Mortos tags in, and they triple-team him in the corner. Mortos slams Wheeler down and goes for the cover, but Wheeler kicks out. Strong tags in and stomps on Wheeler. Strong applies a rear choke, but Wheeler delivers body shots to get free. Strong delivers a back-breaker and goes for the cover, but Wheeler kicks out at two. Strong applies a rear face-lock, but Wheeler backs him into the corner. Wheeler gets a roll-up for a two count, and then Harwood tags in. Harwood delivers rights and lefts to Strong, and then drops Rush and Mortos with shots as well. Harwood deliver shots to Strong in the corner, but Rush cuts him off. Harwood clotheslines Rush, and then drops Mortos with a spine-buster.
Harwood rolls Strong up for a two count, and then gets another quick two count and drops Strong with a cross-body for a third two count. Harwood puts Strong up top and delivers a chop. Harwood follows with more chops and climbs as well. Strong gets free and kicks Harwood in the face as Mortos tags in. Mortos connects with a shot from the top and goes for the cover, but Wheeler breaks it up. Mortos chops Harwood in the corner and sends him to the floor, and then Matt Taven and Mike Bennett hop the barricade and deliver shots to Harwood as the show heads to a commercial.
Back from the break, Rush delivers shots to Harwood in the corner. Harwood comes back with shots, and they drop each other with right hands. Strong delivers a shot to Wheeler and delivers a back-breaker on the apron, and then Cassidy takes Mortos down and makes the tag. Cassidy takes Rush down and sends him to the outside with a hurricanrana. Cassidy drops Strong with a DDT and takes him out with a dive through the ropes. Cassidy drops Mortos with a DDT and sets up for the Orange Punch. Strong cuts him off, but Cassidy drops him with a right hand. Mortos drops Cassidy with a Spear, and then slams Harwood as well. Wheeler takes Mortos down, Rush takes Wheeler down, and then Cassidy slams Rush with Beach Break for a one count. Strong delivers a knee strike to Cassidy as Harwood and Rush exchange shots in the ring.
Rush drops Harwood with a German suplex and follows with a knee strike. Rush goes for the cover, but Wheeler breaks it up. Mortos sends Wheeler to the outside and takes him out with a dive. Cassidy throws Mortos onto Taven and Bennett, and then drops Strong with the Stundog Millionaire on the floor. Rush puts Harwood in the corner, but Cassidy counters with the Orange Punch. Rush drops Cassidy with a right hand, and then delivers chops to FTR. Cassidy comes back with the Orange Punch, and then FTR hit the Shatter Machine and Harwood gets the pin fall.
Winners: FTR and Orange Cassidy
-After the match, The Acclaimed come to the stage. Max Caster tries to rap, but his microphone isn’t working. Harwood says it sounds like the mic people don’t want to hear Caster talk, and then says he has nothing but respect for The Acclaimed. Harwood tells The Acclaimed to break through security and to fight them. All four guys exchange shots as security tries to pull them apart. Cassidy just walks around ringside and watches security finally get them pulled apart.

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Footage of the confrontation between The Bang Bang Gang, The House of Black, and The Patriarchy from this past Saturday’s Collision. Christian Cage says there seems to be an issue at the top of the AEW trios division. Cage says The House lost a member for a bit and are now looking to reclaim their spot, and The Gang are looking to get the titles back. Cage says he set it up to where The Gang and The House will face off on Collision this Saturday, and the winners will challenge for the titles at All In. Cage says he will be the special referee for the match on Saturday.

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A video package for Hologram airs.

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Match 5 – Handicap Match
Kamille (w/Mercedes Mone) vs. Clara Carter and Jazmyne Hao
Kamille drops Hao with a kick to the face, and then delivers an elbow strike and an uppercut to Carter. Kamille drops Carter with another shot, and then stomps her in the corner. Hao jumps on Kamille’s back, but Kamille continues to stomp on Carter. Kamille throws Hao onto Carter and charges, but they dodge her and stomp her in the corner. They send her across, but she drops Hao with a clothesline and Carter with a pump kick. Kamille slams Hao with the Torture Rack Bomb, and then slams Carter down and pins both of them,
Winner: Kamille
-After the match, Mone says say hello to Kamille. Kamille throws Carter and Hao out of the ring as Mone says say hello to the CEO. Mone says Britt Baker is not in the arena, because she is suspended. Mone says they don’t have to deal with her until All In, and Kamille says that is very sweet. Mone says Baker was the first woman signed in AEW, but she has never been the best. Mone says she is the best in AEW, but Schiavone interrupts. Schiavone says Christopher Daniels has told him that Tony Khan has overruled The Elite and lifted Baker’s suspension.
Schiavone says Baker is live via satellite, and Baker appears on the screen. Baker says Mone can get a bodyguard and get her suspended, but she can’t run. Baker says she always sees things through to the end, unlike Mone who takes her ball and goes home when things don’t go her way. Baker says AEW is her home, while it is just the flavor of the month for Mone. Baker says this all ends when she wins the AEW TNT title at All In and becomes the first woman to beat Mone in AEW. Baker says she has a week to figure out how to get her hands on Mone, and Mone can rest assured that she will get her hands on her.

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The video package for the feud between Bryan Danielson and Swerve Strickland airs.

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Footage of the Trios Match between Claudio Castagnoli, Lee Moriarty, and Tomihiro Ishii from this past Saturday’s Collision airs. Castagnoli won, and will be face-to-face with the AEW Continental Champion, Kazuchika Okada, next week.

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Ricky “The Dragon” Steamboat joins the commentary team for the main event.

Match 6 – Anything Goes Match
Bryan Danielson vs. Jeff Jarrett
Jarrett hits Danielson with his guitar during his entrance and beats him down to ringside. Jarrett slams Danielson into the barricade, and then tosses him into the crowd. They brawl farther into the crowd and up the steps. Danielson delivers a few shots, but Jarrett pokes him in the eyes. Danielson comes back with more shots and they brawl into the concourse area. Jarrett throws a trashcan at Danielson, but Danielson comes back with a few right hands. Danielson kicks Jarrett in the chest repeatedly, but Jarrett delivers a low-blow. Jarrett slams Danielson onto the trashcan and suplexes him onto another one. Jarrett delivers right hands, but Danielson counters with a suplex onto the trashcan as the show heads to a commercial.
Back from the break, Jarrett beats down Danielson with a chair in the ring. Strickland and Prince Nana are shown watching the match from backstage, and then Jarrett delivers right hands in the corner. Jarrett sends Danielson across the ring, but Danielson comes back with a flying elbow strike. Danielson delivers a running kick in the corner, and then follows with right hands. Danielson bites Jarrett’s head and sends him off the ropes, but Jarrett kicks him in the face. Jarrett charges, but Danielson sends him to the floor and takes him out with a dive. Danielson puts Jarrett in a chair and kicks him in the chest against the barricade. Danielson delivers a running dropkick, and then delivers more chest kicks against the barricade. Danielson slams Jarrett into the ring steps and runs the apron, but Jarrett throws a chair at him to cut him off.
Jarrett gets Danielson back into the ring and works over his knee. Jarrett hits Danielson with the chair and wraps his knee in it. Jarrett goes up top, but Danielson gets free and hits him with the chair. Danielson suplexes Jarrett onto the chair and follows with a missile dropkick. Danielson delivers more chest kicks to Jarrett, but Jarrett dodges the head kick and locks in the Figure Four. Danielson uses the chair on Jarrett’s knees to break the hold and goes for the LeBell Lock, but Jarrett counters with the Stroke onto the chair for a two count. Jarrett applies a Sharpshooter, but Danielson rolls through and locks in the LeBell Lock. Jarrett gets free and delivers a shot to Danielson. Danielson kicks Jarrett in the face, and they exchange shots. Jarrett delivers an enzuigiri and goes for the Stroke, but Danielson slams him into the chair in the corner. Danielson uses the other chair to deliver the Busaiku Knee and gets the pin fall.
Winner: Bryan Danielson
-After the match, Jay Lethal, Karen Jarrett, Sonjay Dutt, and Wheeler Yuta all come to the ring. Yuta checks on Danielson as the others check on Jarrett. Steamboat makes his way to the ring and checks on Danielson. Steamboat also checks on Jarrett and helps him to his feet as Yuta raises Danielson’s hand in the air. Steamboat raises both their hands in the air, and then Danielson and Jarrett shake hands and hug in the middle of the ring.
Strickland and Nana come to the stage. Strickland says we just saw Jarrett and Steamboat, and now we get to see Strickland. Strickland says they have all defined pro wrestling on TBS, and they have all been World Champions on the network, unlike Danielson. Strickland says Danielson is one of the greatest of all time, which is why it will be great for him to retire him at All In. Strickland says he will not hesitate to take the kill shot and asks him how he is feeling. Strickland says if Jarrett just did all that to Danielson, just imagine what he is going to do to him. Strickland says since Danielson just got tested, he should as well. Strickland says he’ll take on Yuta next week on Dynamite and he will show Danielson why he is the most dangerous man in AEW. Strickland holds the title in the air and Danielson talks to Yuta as the show comes to a close.

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Announced for this Friday’s Rampage:
-Darby Allin in action

Announced for this Saturday’s Collision:
-#1 Contender’s (AEW World Trios Championship) Match: The Bang Bang Gang vs. The House of Black
—Christian Cage will serve as the special guest referee
-Texas Bull Rope Match: Deonna Purrazzo vs. Thunder Rosa

Announced for next Wednesday’s Dynamite:
-Swerve Strickland vs. Wheelr Yuta

Updated card for All In:
-AEW World Championship – Title vs. Career Match: Swerve Strickland (c) vs. Bryan Danielson
-AEW Women’s World Championship Match: Toni Storm (c) vs. Mariah May
-AEW American Championship Match: MJF (c) vs. Will Ospreay
-AEW TNT Championship Match: Jack Perry (c) vs. Darby Allin
-AEW TBS Championship Match: Mercedes Mone (c) vs. Dr. Britt Baker, D.M.D.
-AEW World Trios Championship Match: The Patriarchy vs. The Bang Bang Gang or The House of Black
-Casino Gauntlet Match: Participants to be determined
—-the winner will receive a future AEW World Championship match