10/16/24 AEW Dynamite Recap

The show opens with the Blackpool Combat Club leaving the arena after WrestleDream on Saturday. Jon Moxley says someone has to be responsible, and he says it will be him. Moxley says he hates what AEW has become and he cannot stand the egos, the dancing, and the partying anymore. Moxley says they will do what has to be done, and they can make a better future happen. Moxley says anyone who wants to go with them can, but anyone who doesn’t better get out of their way. Moxley says the new paradigm is that they work for him now.

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Excalibur, Nigel McGuinness, and Tony Schiavone are on commentary from San Jose, California.

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Adam Cole makes his way to the ring. Cole says he has told Matt Taven, Mike Bennett, and Roderick Strong that he has to do this on his own, and then says no one wants to hear about his year-long recovery to come back. Cole says everyone wants to hear about MJF, and says he learned that you have to fight evil with evil. Cole says MJF will say that he turned on him and broke his trust, but the MJF that we see now is the real MJF. Cole says MJF and everything about him is fake, and then says he is a scared, insecure little boy. Cole says MJF tries to act tough when people insult him online, but he cries to himself in the corner when it happens. Cole says everyone in the locker room agrees with what he is saying, and then he hypes up the locker room. Cole says it makes him sick to think of the younger guys thinking MJF’s path is the path to success, and then says everyone hates MJF. Cole says he hates everything about MJF, and since they are going to fight they should just fight right now.
MJF’s music hits, but he shows up on the screen. MJF says he has been doing this since he was a teenager and now is a multi-millionaire at 28, and there is a lot of jealousy towards him. MJF says he let people in for years and paid the consequences, and then decided he would never do it again. MJF says he did it for Cole, and then Cole stabbed him in the back. MJF says he will never trust again, and then says Cole will never get him in the ring. MJF says Cole will die with a void of unfulfilled vengeance and then says he can thank him later for it.
Cole says he knows MJF better than anybody, and tells him he can run but he can’t hide. Cole says when he gets his hands on MJF, he will give him the ass beating of a lifetime and make him wish that they never met.

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This past Saturday, Renee Paquette interviewed Chris Jericho after his loss against Mark Briscoe. Jericho says he feels vindicated and then hypes up Terrifier 3 and Fozzy’s concerts. Jericho says Briscoe cheated to win the match and says he wants a rematch soon. Jericho says he is going to become a two-time ROH World Champion, just like Jay Briscoe.

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Back live, Renee interviews Briscoe. Briscoe says Jericho has been known to say a lot of dumb stuff, and the world saw him beat his ass up one side and down the other. Briscoe says if Jericho wants a rematch, he can’t let it slide that Jericho keeps using his brother’s name. Briscoe accepts the rematch, and then says it will be a Ladder War next Wednesday on Dynamite. FTR walks up and Briscoe says his boys are going to take care of Big Bill and Bryan Keith tonight.

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Match 1 – Tag Team Match
Big Bill and Bryan Keith vs. FTR (Cash Wheeler and Dax Harwood)
Keith and Harwood start the match. Keith sends Harwood off the ropes, but Harwood drops him with a shoulder tackle. Keith comes back with a pair of lariats, and then delivers chops and elbows in the corner. Harwood comes back with shots of his own, and then takes Keith down. Wheeler tags in and drops Keith with a clothesline for a two count. Wheeler delivers chops to Keith, but Keith comes back with a scoop slam and tags in Bill. Bill clubs Wheeler in the back and chops him in the corner a few times. Bill sends Wheeler across, but Wheeler escapes and delivers an uppercut. Wheeler follows with a dropkick, and then FTR double-team Bill with right hands. Harwood delivers a shot to Keith in the corner, and then Bill comes back with a Bossman Slam as the show heads to a commercial.
Back from the break, Wheeler dodges Bill and then splashes him in the corner. Wheeler delivers a shot to Keith, and than tags in Harwood. Harwood delivers shots to Bill and Keith and takes Keith down, but Bill comes back and drops Harwood with a shot. Wheeler comes back in with a shot to Bill, and then knocks Keith to the floor. FTR go for the Shatter Machine, but Bill counters out and powerbombs Harwood. Bill clotheslines Wheeler to the floor and Keith delivers Diamond Dust to Harwood. Bill delivers a big boot and goes for the cover, but Wheeler breaks it up. Wheeler pulls Bill to the floor and sends him into the barricade. Wheeler drops Bill with a DDT on the floor, and then tags back in. FTR drop Keith with the Shatter Machine and Wheeler gets the pin fall.
Winners: FTR
-After the match, Rush, Dralistico, and The Beast Mortos are shown watching on the monitor backstage, and then the Outrunners come to the ring. All four guys shake hands and pose in the ring.

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Renee interviews Billy Gunn and The Acclaimed. Gunn says they are about to head to the gym, and then Anthony Bowens says they have a lot to say. Bowens says they are live on TBS and in San Jose where everyone loves The Acclaimed, and then Max Caster says what’s next for them is that they want more and more and more. MVP and Shelton Benjamin walk up and MVP says when they want to get serious to give them a call. Bowens says they don’t need anything from him, and then he and Benjamin smirk and walk away.

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Match 2 – AEW TBS Championship Match
Mercedes Mone (c) (w/Kamille) vs. Queen Aminata
Kamille swipes at Aminata’s leg, and then Mone takes her down. Aminata comes back, but Mone takes her down with an arm-drag. Aminata comes back and goes for a waist-lock, but Mone counters out and they exchange roll-ups for two counts. Mone goes for a cross-body, but Aminata catches her and delivers a fall-away slam. Kamille pulls Mone out of the ring as Aminata charges, but Aminata delivers a headbutt to Kamille on the outside. Mone slams Aminata into the ring steps, and then delivers a double running knee strike against the steps as the show heads to a commercial.
Back from the break, Mone has Aminata in a headlock. Mone turns it into another hold, but Aminata gets to her feet and delivers a few body shots. Aminata takes Mone down and gets a two count, and then Mone comes back with an elbow strike. Aminata gets Mone in the corner, and then slams her with an Air Raid Crash for another two count. Aminata takes Mone down with a sunset flip bomb for a two count, and then gets another two count right after. Aminata delivers a swinging neck-breaker for yet another two count, and then applies a submission before rolling Mone around the ring. Aminata gets another two count, and then follows with a snap suplex. Aminata charges into the corner, but Mone counters with a kick and a knee strike. Mone delivers a meteora, and then delivers the Backstabber. Mone locks in the Statement Maker and Aminata taps out.
Winner and still AEW TBS Champion: Mercedes Mone

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A replay of the happenings in the AEW World Tag Team Championship Match between The Young Bucks and Private Party from WrestleDream is shown. Then, Renee is backstage with both teams. Private Party says The Bucks beat them fair and square, but they were this close to beating them. The Bucks ask them what they want, and Private Party say they want another shot. The Bucks say that doesn’t work for them, and say that was Private Party’s last shot before walking away.
Stokely Hathaway walks up and says if he hasn’t gotten another shot then why should they? Hathaway says the next time Private Party get a shot and lose, they should be done, and then says Isiah Kassidy is a singles star anyway.

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The Elite are backstage. Jack Perry says today is a special day, because today is Kenny Omega’s birthday. Perry says he knows Omega had an operation to save his life, but they have something special for him. They have a cake, but they smash it to reveal the inside of it looking like internal organs. Okada calls Omega a bitch and wishes him a happy birthday, and then Perry says he hopes Omega gets well soon, or dies, and then says it doesn’t matter to him.

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Match 3 – Trios Tag Team Match
The Conglomeration (Kyle O’Reilly, Orange Cassidy, and Rocky Romero) vs. The Elite (Kazuchika Okada, Matthew Jackson, and Nicholas Jackson)
O’Reilly and Okada start the match. O’Reilly delivers a few shots, but Okada comes back with a boot to the face. Nicholas tags in, but O’Reilly delivers a knee to the midsection. Cassidy tags in, and he and O’Reilly double-team Nicholas, and then do the same to Matthew. Okada comes back in, but Romero comes in and drops him with a hurricanrana. The Conglomeration take down the Elite with strikes and moves on the outside as the show heads to a commercial.
Back from the break, Cassidy causes the Bucks to collide, but Okada tags in. Cassidy goes for a sunset flip, but Okada holds on. Cassidy gets free of him and tags in O’Reilly, and then O’Reilly delivers quick strikes and kicks to Okada. O’Reilly delivers strikes to the Bucks, but Okada goes for the Rainmaker. O’Reilly counters and locks in a guillotine, but Matthew breaks it up with an elbow strike. Okada goes for the cover, but O’Reilly kicks out at two. The Elite triple-team O’Reilly in the corner, and then Okada delivers a neck-breaker. Okada goes for the cover, but Romero breaks it up. Romero delivers corner clothelines to the Bucks, and then takes him down. Romero goes for Sliced Bread on Okada, but Okada counters with a Tombstone Piledriver. Matthew gets tagged in, and the Bucks double-team O’Reilly. The Bucks pump up their shoes for too long, and O’Reilly is able to just walk away and tag in Cassidy. Cassidy delivers shots to the Bucks, and then knocks Okada to the floor. Cassidy drops the Bucks with a double DDT, and then delivers Stundog Millionaire to Okada. Cassidy and O’Reilly deliver a High-Low to Okada, but the Bucks double superkick O’Reilly.Cassidy goes for the Orange Punch on Nicholas, but Wheeler Yuta hits the ring and attacks Cassidy and the referee calls for the bell.
Winners via disqualification: The Conglomeration
-After the match, the rest of the Blackpool Combat Club come to the ring and continue the beat down as the Elite look on from the outside. Claudio Castagnoli, PAC, and Yuta stomp Cassidy in the ring, while PAC holds a briefcase, but Action Andretti and Top Flight hit the ring and try to save him. The BCC beat them down as well, and Marina Shafir and Jon Moxley get involved now. More guys run down to help as the Elite still stand on the ramp. Dark Order hit the ring, but then Jack Perry comes out and gets the Elite to head backstage. The BCC beat down Dark Order now. Shafir chokes Alex Reynolds with his belt wrapped around the ring post, and then Moxley says anyone who is involved with AEW is under attack. Moxley says this is the cost of doing business, and then the BCC leave through the crowd.
Backstage, cameras have caught up to the Elite. They say what just happened was not their business, and then Daniel Garcia gets in Matthew’s face and argues with him. Perry gets in Garcia’s face, and then Private Party pull Garcia back as The Elite pull Perry back.

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A replay of what went down between Swerve Strickland, Prince Nana, MVP, and Shelton Benjamin at WrestleDream airs.

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Match 4 – Singles Match
Lio Rush (w/Leila Grey) vs. Shelton Benjamin (w/MVP)
Benjamin shoves Rush down, but Rush comes back with a waist-lock. Benjamin sends him off the ropes and then throws him into the corner. Rush comes back with a quick kick, but Benjamin drops him with a shoulder tackle. Benjamin splashes Rush in the corner, but Rush comes back with a a kick to the midsection. Rush sends Benjamin to the apron, and then drops him to the floor with a kick to the head. Rush runs the ropes and goes for a dive, but Benjamin counters with a leaping knee strike. Benjamin throws Rush to the floor and delivers a belly-to-belly suplex as the show heads to a commercial.
Back from the break, Benjamin delivers shots to Rush in the ring. Rush comes back with a few shots, but Benjamin knocks him back down with another of his own. Benjamin sends Rush to the corner and charges, but Rush dodges and delivers a low stunner. Rush goes for a hurricanrana, but Benjamin gets free. Rush delivers a few quick shots and sends Benjamin to the outside. Rush connects with a few dives through the ropes, but Benjamin gets him back into the ring. Rush comes back with a cutter and goes up top, but Benjamin dodges and connects with a spinning heel kick. Benjamin goes for the t-bone suplex, but Rush gets free and kicks Benjamin in the face. Rush delivers a spinning DDT and goes for the cover, but Benjamin kicks out at two. Rush goes up top, but Benjamin leaps up and throws him back down. Benjamin suplexes Rush across the ring and goes for it again, but Rush delivers back elbows. Benjamin fights through and suplexes Rush again. Benjamin delivers a kick to the head, and then drops him with a flapjack. Benjamin delivers an exploder powerslam and gets the pin fall.
Winner: Shelton Benjamin
-After the match, MVP gets into the ring and leaves a business car beside Rush, who is still down in the ring. MVP says Benjamin closed Rush’s mouth, and then says Rush gave it a good try. MVP says he can’t make more of a statement than Benjamin just did, but then tells Swerve Strickland that he needs to reconsider his decision from Saturday night. MVP says this is Strickland’s future, and then asks how this cam be Swerve’s house when Swerve’s house got burned down. MVP says Strickland and Benjamin should finish their conversation from WrestleDream.

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Backstage, Renee interviews Swerve Strickland. She asks him what he is going to do about MVP and Shelton Benjamin’s challenge. Strickland laughs about it, and then says he will take on Benjamin anytime and anywhere. Strickland says Benjamin broke records in college, but he has broken bones. Strickland tells Benjamin he better not miss, because he doesn’t.

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Tony Schiavone is in the ring, and he introduces Don Callis. Callis comes to the ring with Lance Archer and the new ROH World Television Champion, Brian Cage. Callis says with all the news about his family, he thought they should have a press conference. Callis says he acquired Archer through a trade, and then says Cage righted a wrong and brought the ROH TV title back to the family. Callis says he wants to add the tag titles, and Archer and Cage will be the men to do it. Callis then introduces Kyle Fletcher and the new AEW International Champion, Konosuke Takeshita.
Callis says Takeshita is going to go to all corner of the globe to defend the title, and then Takeshita says if anyone wants the belt they can try to take it from him. Callis says Fletcher has a lot on his mind and has a lot of emotions and wants some respect from the crowd. Fletcher says all anyone wants to talk about is Will Ospreay, and then doesn’t give an explanation for why he turned on Ospreay at WrestleDream. Callis says the family has never been stronger than it is today.

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Renee interviews Mariah May. May says she wants explanations about why everyone wants to talk about Willow Nightingale and the journalists couldn’t even ask her one question after WrestleDream. May wants to know why Mina Shirakawa is still in Japan, and then wants to know why Christopher Daniels is not finding her anyone to wrestle. May says AEW is supposedly where the best wrestle, but it looks like it’s where every woman is scared of her. Anna Jay walks in and gets in her face, and then Jay accidentally hits Daniels in the face after May ducks the shot and runs away.

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Shelton Benjamin vs. Swerve Strickland is made official for Fright Night Dynamite on October 30th.

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Renee interviews Ricochet backstage. Ricochet says he will give credit to Takeshita, but says Takeshita only beat Ospreay at WrestleDream. Ricochet says he has still not been pinned in AEW and says to be the best in the world you don’t need lackeys behind you. Ricochet says he will be at Collision on Saturday and says if Takeshita wants to show up he will show him that he is out of the world.

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Backstage, the BCC are still brawling with all the guys from earlier. The BCC gain the upper hand, leave them lying, and leave the arena in a truck. Evil Uno yells at the camera and says if BCC wants to take their livelihoods away and come for a fight, they’ve got one with them. Dante Martin says BCC is going to have to go through them as well, and then Action Andretti challenges them to an AEW World Trios Championship Match this Saturday on Collision.

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Match 5 – Singles Match
Christian Cage (w/Mother Wayne and Nick Wayne) vs. Jay White (w/Colten Gunn and Juice Robinson)
Cage backs away from White and goes to the floor, but finally gets back into the ring after talking with the Waynes. They lock up and Cage backs White into the corner. White turns it around and delivers an uppercut. White slams Cage into the corner and kicks him in the midsection. White delivers right hands and takes him down in the corner. White applies an Indian Deathlock, but Cage makes it to the ropes. Nick tries to slide a chair into the ring, but Robinson and Gunn run over and take it away. The referee catches Robinson with the chair, and then ejects Robinson and Gunn from ringside. Gunn attacks Nick from behind and then throws him into the barricade. Gunn and Robinson drag Nick up the ramp, and Mother chases after them as the show heads to a commercial.
Back from the break, Cage is in control. Cage chokes White on the mat, and then gouges at White’s eyes. Cage applies a neck-wrench, but White fights back with body shots. Cage delivers a knee to White’s midsection, and then throws him to th floor. Cage delivers a few shots, but White comes back with some of his own. They get back into the ring and exchange more shots. White delivers a back-body drop and pokes Cage in the eye in the corner. White pulls Cage’s turtleneck over his face and delivers a series of right hands. White delivers chops to Cage and drops him with a DDT for a two count. White goes behind for a waist-lock, but Cage delivers back elbows and sends White throat-first into the top rope. Cage drops White with a reverse DDT on the apron, and then slams him into the turnbuckle. Cage delivers a spinning DDT from the ropes and goes for the cover, but White kicks out at two. Cage sets up for a Spear, but Kip Sabian gets on the apron. Cage gets distracted, and then White takes advantage and gets a roll-up for a two count. Adam Page appears at ringside as White catapults Page into the bottom rope.
White delivers more shots, but Cage delivers a neck-breaker over the top rope. White comes back with a urinage for a two count, but Cage comes back and gouges White’s eyes. Cage delivers the Killswitch and geos fort he cover, but White kicks out at two. They exchange shots, and then White delivers a flatliner. Cage goes to the corner and delivers back elbows, but White drops him with a side suplex. White delivers a running uppercut in the corner, and then suplexes Cage into the turnbuckles. White puts Cage up top, but Cage shoves him down and connects with a diving headbutt for a two count. Sabian gets on the apron again, and then Page drops White with the Buckshot Lariat as White was going for the Bladerunner on Cage. Cage crawls back over and gets the pin fall.
Winner: Christian Cage

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Announced for this Friday’s Rampage
MxM Collection vs. Private Party

Announced for this Saturday’s Collision
Rush and The Beast Mortos vs. The Outrunners
Atlantis Jr. vs. Kyle Fletcher

Announced for this Saturday’s Battle of the Belts XII
AEW Women’s World Championship Eliminator Match: Mariah May vs. Anna Jay

Announced for next Wednesday’s Dynamite
ROH World Championship – Ladder War: Mark Briscoe (c) vs. Chris Jericho
Trios Tag Team Match: Daniel Garcia and Private Party vs. Jack Perry and The Young Bucks