10/2/24 AEW Dynamite 5-Year Anniversary Show Recap

The show opens with a pre-recorded segment with the Blackpool Combat Club. PAC says there is a war going on, and it’s time to pick a side. Claudio Castagnoli says they haven’t changed, and Wheeler Yuta knows where to find them. Jon Moxley says he prayed every night that Bryan Danielson wouldn’t win the AEW World Championship, but here they are. Danielson says there will be casualties, and that Danielson will be able to go out a warrior on his own soil and be buried in his own backyard. Moxley says he will officially relieve Danielson of duty on October 12th.

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Excalibur, Nigel McGuinness, and Tony Schiavone are on commentary from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

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Will Ospreay is shown talking with Kyle Fletcher backstage. Don Callis and Konosuke Takeshita walk up, and Callis says they have to talk about last week. Ospreay says he has a match, and then Callis tells him that’s okay because he and Fletcher have a flight to catch. Callis and Fletcher leave, while Takeshita watches Ospreay walk to the tunnel.

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Match 1 – AEW International Championship Match
Will Ospreay (c) vs. Ricochet
They lock up and Ospreay backs Ricochet into the ropes. They exchange side-headlock take downs, and then Ricochet gets a backslide for a two count. They go back and forth around the ring, with neither man gaining an advantage, and then stand at a stalemate. They exchange shots and chops, and then Ricochet gains the advantage. Ricochet sends Ospreay into the barricade, and then delivers more shots on the outside. Ospreay comes back with an elbow strike, but Ricochet drops him to the floor with a hurricanrana from the barricade. Ricochet gets Ospreay back into the ring and connects with a stalling senton. Ricochet sends Ospreay into the corner, but Ospreay kicks him in the face. Ospreay takes Ricochet down, and then follows with a leaping knee strike for a two count. Ospreay delivers a chop and goes for the Os-cutter, but Ricochet stops him and drops Ospreay with a pair of clotheslines for a two count. They exchange shots and kicks, and then Ospreay slams Ricochet with a Spanish Fly for a two count. Ospreay goes for the Os-cutter again, but Ricochet shoves him to the apron.
Ricochet attempts a pump kick, but Ospreay delivers a chop and sets up for Storm Breaker. Ricochet counters with an enzuigiri, and then Ospreay delivers a pump kick and a heel kick. Ospreay delivers the Os-cutter on the apron as the show heads to a commercial.
Back from the break, Ospreay is up top, but Ricochet climbs as well. They exchange shots, and then Ricochet goes for a hurricanrana but Ospreay lands on his feet. Ricochet delivers an Os-cutter and goes for the cover, but Ospreay kicks out at two. Ricochet kicks Ospreay in the head and goes for a 450, but Ospreay dodges. Ricochet delivers a backslide bomb and follows with a piledriver for a two count. Ospreay comes back with knee strike, but Ricochet kicks him in the face. Ricochet delivers a Northern Lights suplex, but Ospreay comes back with Stundog Millionaire. Ospreay goes for the Hidden Blade, but Ricochet blocks it. Ospreay delivers a Style’s Clash and goes for the cover, but Ricochet kicks out at two. Ospreay delivers the Os-cutter and goes for the cover again, but Ricochet kicks out at two once more. Ospreay goes for the Hidden Blade, but Ricochet ducks and takes Ospreay down. Ricochet connects with a Shooting Star Press and goes for the cover, but Ospreay kicks out at two. Ricochet stomps on Ospreay’s head and goes ofr Vertigo, but Ospreay counters with a reverse-rana.
Ricochet comes right back with a reverse-rana of his own, but then Ospreay connects with the Hidden Blade and both men’s shoulders are counted down. The referee rules the match a draw, but Ospreay and Ricochet both want the match to continue, and Tony Khan informs Justin Roberts that it will continue. They exchange elbow strikes and kicks, and then Ospreay delivers another Hidden Blade. Before he can make the cover, Takeshita attacks Ospreay in the ring and the referee calls for the bell. Takeshita delivers shots to Ospreay, and then delivers the running knee strike. Takeshita delivers a shot to Ricochet, and then slams him with the Raging Fire. Takeshita grabs the International title and holds it in the air as he stands over Ospreay and Ricochet.
Match Result: No Contest

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Renee Paquette is backstage with Mercedes Mone and Kamille. Mone says she is honored and blessed to have a small part of AEW, and then she plays a video of AEW’s best moments, which turns out to be a highlight video of her time in AEW. Mone says AEW is where the money resides and money changes everything. MVP walks up and agrees, and then hands his business card to Mone and says perhaps they should talk.

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Highlights of a match on Dynamite between Chris Jericho and Tomohiro Ishii from November 23, 2022 airs.

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Highlighes of a match on Dynamite between The Acclaimed and The Gunns from February 8, 2023 airs, and then Renee interviews the Gunns backstage. They say the Juice is loose tonight, but Adam Page attacks them from behind and leaves them lying backstage.

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Big Bill is in the ring, and he introduces Chris Jericho, who will host a new edition of TV Time. Jericho comes to the ring with Bryan Keith. It is announced that Bill and Keith will take on Kyle O’Reilly and Orange Cassidy this Friday on Rampage. Jericho congratulates AEW on five years and a new TV deal, and then says there wouldn’t even be an AEW without him. Jericho says today is also the 34th anniversary of his pro wrestling debut, and then says he thought he wouldn’t be as focused on winning championships today as he is nurturing the new talent and beinging them into the Jericho vortex. Jericho says he then beat Mark Briscoe last week and wants an ROH World Championship Match at WrestleDream.
Briscoe’s music hits and he comes to the stage with the rest of the Conglomeration. Briscoe gets in the ring and tells the rest of his group to stand down, and Jericho does the same to Bill and Keith. Briscoe says he was brought up as a man to not make excuses and talks about how exactly Jericho beat him at Grand Slam. Briscoe says Jericho has been one of the best wrestlers on the planet and he would love to put that notch in his belt. Briscoe says the word of the day is consequential, because he is now going to get to put a legendary head on his wall at WrestleDream.
Jericho says he doesn’t think Briscoe can beat him, but maybe Jay could have. Jericho says Mark will never be as good as Jay was, and then Briscoe decks him with a right hand. Briscoe says if Jericho wants to go there he is going to get a Briscoe-style ass whooping and tells him to keep his brother’s name out of his mouth.

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A pre-recorded promo from Darby Allin airs. Allin is in a junkyard, and he talks about a group of guys who took turns spitting on him long ago. Allin says it was killing him on the inside for not doing something about it, and then he got into one of the guy’s faces. Allin says the guy was holding a switchblade and it didn’t take long for the fight to be broken up. Allin says it felt good to do something about it, and his issues with Moxley remind him of those three guys on the bus. Allin says it was supposed to be him and Danielson at WrestleDream, and it feels like people are losing faith in him. Allin says he is losing faith in himself, and then he issues an open challenge for anybody in the locker room to meet him at WrestleDream.

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Match 2 – Singles Match
Adam Page vs. Juice Robinson
They brawl on the ramp and stage during Robinson’s entrance, and then Robinson gets the leather strap and hits Page with it. Robinson jumps off the stage, but Page hits him in the midsection and then hits Robinson repeatedly with the strap. Page throws a piece of railing onto Robinson, and then slams him into the hand rail on the steps. Page sets up a table, but Robinson comes back with a back-body drop. Page climbs the steps, but Robinson follows and they exchange shots. Robinson throws a beer at Page and delivers a headbutt. Robinson hits Page with a popcorn bucket, and then they finally get into the ring and the bell rings. Excalibur informs us that Taz was attacked in the parking lot earlier and suffered a knee injury as Page comes back and beats Robinson down in the corner as the show heads to a commercial.
Back from the break, Page is up top and Robinson climbs as well after delivering a shot. Robinson delivers a superplex, but Page comes back with a few shots. Robinson delivers a running knee strike, and then follows with quick right jabs. Robinson goes for the cannonball senton in the corner, but Page dodges and throws Robinson into the barricade. Page drops Robinson face-first onto the apron, but Robinson comes back with a spine-buster on the apron. Robinson takes Page down on the floor, and then gets him back into the ring. Robinson comes off the top with a cross-body, but Page rolls through and delivers a fall-away slam into the turnbuckles. Page goes for an avalanche Deadeye, but Robinson counters with a powerbomb for a two count. Robinson goes after Page again, but Page delivers a low-blow where the referee can’t see it. Page delivers the Buckshot Lariat and gets the pin fall.
Winner: Adam Page
-After the match, Page takes off his belt and wraps it around Robinson’s neck. Page hangs Robinson in the ropes, but Jay White’s music hits. White gets in the ring behind Page and takes him down with one shot. White continues to beat down Page, but Page escapes the ring as White looks after Robinson. White goes after Page in the crowd, and then drives him through the table that Page set up earlier. White and Robinson back up the ramp as Page is still down by the table.

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Renee is in the parking lot, and she walks up to Jack Perry as he arrives to the arena. Katsuyori Shibata stops him and interrupts. Shibata challenges Perry to a TNT title match at WrestleDream, and then Perry says he will think about it before walking away. Perry comes right back and beats Shibata down before accepting.

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Highlights of a brawl on Dynamite between Jon Moxley and Kenny Omega on October 2, 2019 airs.

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Highlights of a match on Dynamite between Adam Page and Bryan Danielson on December 15, 2021 airs, and then Danielson cuts a promo backstage talking about his issues with both Jon Moxley and Kazuchika Okada.

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Match 3 – Singles Match
Dr. Britt Baker, D.M.D. vs. Serena Deeb
Deeb applies a wrist-lock, but Baker turns it into one of her own. Deeb turns it around again and takes Baker down. Baker comes right back and takes Deeb down, and then goes for Lockjaw. Deeb gets free and backs into the ropes as Mariah May is shown watching from ringside. Deeb applies a side-headlock and takes Baker down. Baker turns it into a scissors hold, but Deeb gets free and takes Baker back down. Deeb applies a single-leg crab hold, but Baker makes it to the ropes. Deeb applies a side-headlock, and then drops Baker with a shoulder tackle. Baker comes back with a leaping neck-breaker and follows with an elbow strike. Deeb comes back with a chop block to Baker’s knee as the show heads to a commercial.
Back from the break, Baker delivers a thrust kick and drops Deeb with a clothesline. Deeb drops Deeb again, and then follows with a ripcord elbow strike. Baker goes for a fisherman’s neck-breaker, but Deeb counters. Baker comes back with a slingblade, and then delivers the fisherman’s neck-breaker for a two count. Baker puts on her glove, but Deeb gets her in the ropes and delivers a dragon screw leg-whip. Deeb follows with a powerbomb and goes for the cover, but Baker kicks out. Deeb applies a modified Stretch Muffler, but Baker rolls through and gets a two count. Baker delivers a thrust kick and goes for a ripcord elbow, but Deeb ducks under. Deeb delivers a German suplex and runs the ropes, but Baker delivers a thrust kick. Deeb comes back with a lariat and goes for Detox, but Baker counters with an Air Raid Crash. Baker goes for Lockjaw, but Deeb rolls over for a two count. Baker goes right back for Lockjaw again, but Deeb gets free and goes for a single leg crab. Baker kicks Deeb away, but Deeb delivers a knee strike. Deeb delivers an elbow and goes up top, but Baker delivers a right hand.
Baker delivers an avalanche Air Raid Crash and goes for the cover, but Deeb kicks out at two. Deeb comes back with a roll-up for a two count, but Baker rolls out and submits Deeb with Lockjaw.
Winner: Dr. Britt Baker, D.M.D.
-After the match, Deeb attacks Baker and works over her knee with a single leg hold. Queen Aminata rushes the ring and makes the save. Aminata and Deeb exchange shots, and then Deeb escapes the ring as Aminata checks on Baker.

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Highligts of a match from Dynamite between Hook and Samoa Joe from January 17, 2024 airs, and then Renee is backstage with Hook. Renee asks Hook if he has any information about what happened to Taz earlier. Hook says he is going to find out who attacked Taz and he is going to come after them.

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Christian Cage cuts a promo. He says we haven’t seen anything from him yet, because he is the father figure, the patriarch, and the next AEW World Championship. Cage says he will soon have it all: hook, line, and sinker.

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Highlights of a match on Dynamite between Bryan Danielson and Kenny Omega from September 22, 2021 airs.

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Renee is backstage with Mariah May. May says Willow Nightingale is the definition of failing up, and runs down everything she has lost lately. Nightingale walks up and they argue. They come to blows and yell at each other again as they are pulled apart.

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Match 4 – Tag Team Match
Private Party (Isiah Kassidy and Marq Quen) vs. Iron Savages (Boulder and Bronson) (w/Jacked Jameson)
Kassidy starts the match with Bronson, and then Quen joins him and they double-team him. They also double-team Boulder and send him to the floor as Stokely Hathaway is shown watching the match backstage. Kassidy sends Bronson into the corner, and then Private Party take him down with Gin and Juice for the pin fall.
Winners: Private Party
-After the match, Kassidy says they meant it when they said “new year, new champs” back in January. Kassidy says they don’t care if they’re injured, they’re going to be the next AEW World Tag Team Champions. Kassidy says they have beaten the Young Bucks once, and they can do it again. Kassidy calls the Bucks out, and the Bucks are shown sitting on the stage. Nicholas Jackson says you can’t have an anniversary show without them, and Matthew says Private Party seem pretty confident. Matthew says they have a significant overrun tonight, so why don’t they put the titles on the line against them tonight. The Bucks walk to the ring, but then Matthew says they have super limited dates and they aren’t going to waste one in Pittsburgh. Jack Perry hits the ring, and then he and the Bucks beat down Private Party before Katsuyori Shibata makes the save. Christopher Daniels comes to the stage and makes a trios match for this Friday on Rampage.

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Highlights of a contract signing on Dynamite between Samoa Joe and Swerve Strickland from April 3, 2024 airs.

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Renee interviews MVP backstage. MVP says he wants to introduce someone, but Prince Nana interrupts and says MVP was talking a lot of spice on him and Strickland last week. MVP says it sounds like Nana is complaining, and he doesn’t deal with complaints, but “he” does. MVP points Nana towards Shelton Benjamin, who takes Nana’s coffee cup and walks away with MVP.

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A highlight package for the late Mr. Brodie Lee airs.

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Highlights of a match on Dynamite between MJF and Will Ospreay from July 17, 2024 airs.

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Match 5 – AEW World Championship/AEW Continental Championship Match
—The Continental Championship will only be on the line for the first 20 minutes of the match
Bryan Danielson (c-World) vs. Kazuchika Okada (c-Continental)
They lock up and Okada backs Danielson into the corner. Danielson turns it around and they have a clean break. They lock hands and Okada goes behind, but Danielson cuts him off with a wrist-lock. Okada takes Danielson down, but Danielson counters out and applies a wrist-lock. Okada sends Danielson off the ropes and goes for a dropkick, but Danielson holds onto the ropes. Danielson goes for a shot, but Okada ducks and goes for the Rainmaker. Danielson ducks under, and they take each other down before standing at a stalemate as the show heads to a commercial.
Back from the break, Okada gets Danielson down in the corner and delivers shots. Danielson comes back with elbow strikes on the apron, and then dropkicks Okada into the barricade. Okada comes back into the ring as Danielson runs the ropes and drops him with a single-leg flapjack. Okada works over Danielson’s neck and goes for the cover, but Danielson kicks out. Okada delivers back elbows in the corner, and then sends Danielson across before delivering a leaping back elbow. Okada delivers more elbow strikes, but Danielson comes back with shots of his own. Danielson comes off the ropes, but Okada puts him on the apron. Danielson delivers a headbutt and slams Okada’s head into the turnbuckle. They go to the ropes, and Danielson delivers another headbutt to send Okada down. Danielson goes for a diving headbutt, but Okada rolls out of the way and applies a Moneyclip submission. Danielson counters out with an arm-drag, but Okada drops him with a DDT for a two count. Okada sets up for a Tombstone, but Danielson fights out with body shots.
Okada rakes Danielson’s eyes and dropkicks him to the floor. Okada throws Danielson into the barricade a few times, and then kicks him in the face to send him over the barricade. Okada brings Danielson back over the barricade, but Danielson throws him into the barricade a few times before kicking him in the face. Danielson gets Okada back into the ring and delivers a dropkick, but Okada rolls to the floor. Danielson takes Okada down with a dive through the ropes, and then gets him back into the ring. Danielson delivers a dropkick from the top, and then follows with round kicks. Okada ducks the kick to his head and rolls Danielson up for a two count. Danielson counters into the LeBell Lock, but Okada rolls through and they exchange roll-ups for two counts. They exchange uppercuts, and then slap each other across the face repeatedly. Danielson runs the ropes, but Okada drops him with a dropkick and follows with a scoop slam. Okada delivers an elbow drop from the top and goes for the Rainmaker, but Danielson counters and locks in a triangle submission. Danielson delivers elbow strikes and transitions into the LeBell Lock.
Danielson pulls Okada’s arm back deeper into the hold, but Okada gets his foot on the ropes. Danielson delivers the Busaiku Knee, but Okada rolls to the floor and the time limit for the Continental Championship has expired. Danielson dives over the top to take Okada down, and then throws him into the barricade. Danielson charges, but Okada catches him and delivers a Tombstone onto a chair as the show heads to a commercial.
Back from the break, Danielson slams Okada back to the mat from the top. Danielson delivers chops and kicks in the corner, and then they exchange running kicks. Danielson kicks Okada’s arm and drops him with a German suplex. Okada comes right back with a dropkick, but Danielson kicks him in the head. Okada delivers another dropkick, and then Danielson comes back with more kicks of his own. Danielson takes Okada down and repeatedly stomps on his head , and then goes for Busaiku Knee. Okada ducks under and delivers the Rainmaker, but cannot make the cover. They exchange elbow strikes and Okada gains the advantage for a bit. Danielson comes back with the advantage, and then they exchange Busaiku Knee strikes and Okada gets a two count. Danielson comes back with a Rainmaker and gets a two count of his own. Danielson delivers the hammer-and-anvil elbow strikes, but Okada comes back with a neck-breaker over his knee. Okada delivers a short-arm lariat as Claudio Castagnoli and PAC show up in the crowd. Danielson ducks under the Rainmaker and gets a back-slide for the pin fall.
Winner and still AEW World Champion: Bryan Danielson
-After the match, Okada lays Danielson out with the Rainmaker. Okada grabs his title and heads backstage, and then Castagnoli and PAC get into the ring. They get Danielson to his knees, and then Moxley and Marina Shafir get into the ring. Moxley says none of this is about him and everything he is going to do is because h has to. Moxley says if it was about him, he would have put Danielson out of his misery years ago. Wheeler Yuta rushes the ring with a hammer and swings it at the Blackpool Combat Club, but Moxley gets back into the ring and stares him down. Danielson attacks Moxley, and then Yuta brawls with Castagnoli. PAC attacks Danielson, and then Yuta gets Castagnoli out of the ring. PAC gets out of the ring, and then Yuta says he is sick and tired of Castagnoli and Yuta treating him like a child. Yuta says he can make his own decisions and fight his own fights. Yuta challenges them to a tag team match against him and Danielson next week. Danielson asks them what do they say, and then Tony Khan makes the match official. Danielson and Yuta stand in the ring and Castagnoli and PAC look on from the ramp as the show comes to a close.

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Announced for this Friday’s Rampage
-Trios Tag Team Match: Jack Perry and The Young Bucks vs. Katsuyori Shibata and Private Party
-Big Bill and Bryan Keith vs. Kyle O’Reilly and Orange Cassidy

Announced for next Tuesday’s Dynamite Title Tuesday
-Special start time of 9E/8C
-Bryan Danielson and Wheeler Yuta vs. Claudio Castagnoli and PAC