3/19/25 AEW Dynamite Recap
Location: Omaha, Nebraska
Venue: Liberty First Credit Union Arena
Commentary Team: Excalibur, Taz, and Tony Schiavone
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Match 1 – #1 Contender’s (AEW International Championship) Eliminator Tournament – Final Four-Way Match
Mark Davis (w/Don Callis) vs. Mike Bailey vs. Orange Cassidy vs. Ricochet
Bailey delivers a kick to Davis as Ricochet gets Cassidy in a side-headlock. Davis and Cassidy get sent to the outside, and then Bailey delivers quick kicks to Ricochet. Cassidy comes back in with his own set of kicks and dodges some kicks from Bailey. Cassidy runs the ropes, but Ricochet pulls him to the floor and throws him into the barricade. Bailey takes Ricochet down with a hurricanrana, and then kicks him against the barricade. Bailey comes off the apron onto Davis, but Davis powerbombs him. Davis slams Cassidy onto the apron and chases Ricochet back into the ring. Ricochet escapes out as Bailey gets back in and rolls Davis up for two. Bailey kicks Ricochet in the face and chops Davis a few times. Davis blocks a kick and drops Bailey with one chop. Davis drops Cassidy with a chop, and then clotheslines Bailey in the corner as Ricochet starts talking on commentary. Davis throws Bailey and Cassidy around the ring, and then chokes Bailey in the corner. Ricochet tries to pin Cassidy, but Davis throws him out of the ring. Davis throws Cassidy across the ring and sits out onto Bailey before getting him out of the ring.
Cassidy comes back with Stundog Millionaire to Davis, and then holds onto him as Bailey delivers double knees to his back. Cassidy takes Ricochet down, and then Bailey drops Davis with a missile dropkick. Bailey delivers a few kicks to Davis and connects with a running Shooting Star Press. Ricochet tosses Bailey to the outside and hits a running SSP of his own. Cassidy throws Ricochet to the outside and goes for the cover, but Davis kicks out at one. Bailey, Cassidy, and Ricochet all exchange shots, but then they all pump kick Davis into the corner. Bailey and Cassidy throw Ricochet toward Davis, but he comes back and takes all three guys down as the show heads to a commercial.
Back from the break, Davis tries to suplex Cassidy in the ring. Cassidy counters out, but Davis slams him into the corner. Cassidy comes back with a snap suplex, but Ricochet takes him down from behind. Ricochet goes for Vertigo, but Cassidy counters with a hurricanrana. Cassidy goes for a DDT, but Ricochet counters and goes for a suplex. Cassidy counters with Stundog and Bailey comes back in. Cassidy dodges a kick, and Bailey flips onto Davis and Ricochet on the outside. Bailey kicks Cassidy in the corner and goes for a powerbomb, but Cassidy counters with a roll-up for a two count. Bailey delivers a thrust kick and goes for the cover, but Cassidy kicks out at two. Bailey slams Cassidy down with a Falcon Arrow and goes up top. Bailey connects with a SSP and goes for the cover, but Davis pulls him out of the ring. Ricochet drops Davis with a dive and connects with a SSP on Cassidy for a two count. Ricochet kicks Davis back to the floor, and then delivers a few kicks, a knee strike, and a lariat to Bailey. Ricochet delivers a Death Valley Driver to Bailey and goes for the cover, but Bailey kicks out at two.
Cassidy drops Ricochet with a DDT and follows with Beach Break to Bailey. Cassidy dodges a kick to Davis and delivers the Orange Punch. Cassidy tosses Ricochet to the floor and goes for the cover, but Davis kicks out at two. Ricochet drops Cassidy with a springboard clothesline, and then he and Bailey deliver pump kicks to each other. Davis comes back in and drops both of them, and then delivers powerbombs to both of them. Davis slams Cassidy with a spine-buster, and then follows with a piledriver for a two count as Bailey breaks it up. Bailey and Davis exchange roll-ups for two counts, and then Bailey delivers a PK and a knee drop. Bailey knocks Ricochet to the floor and delivers a heel kick to Davis. Bailey goes for a back-slide, but Ricochet comes over the top and they both have Davis’s shoulders pinned to the mat at the three count.
Winners: Mike Bailey and Ricochet
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A vignette airs for The Hurt Syndicate.
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Match 2 – AEW TBS Championship Match
Mercedes Mone (c) vs. Billie Starkz
Mone delivers a kick into the ropes, and then follows with right hands. Mone grinds Starkz’s face into the mat and slaps her in the back of the head a few times. Mone chokes Starkz with her boot in the corner, and then follows with a running meteora for a two count. Starkz comes back with forearm shots, and then kicks Mone in the head. Starkz delivers a spinning DDT and goes for the cover, but Mone kicks out at two. Starkz goes up top, but Mone rolls to the floor. Starkz drops Mone with a dive through the ropes and goes up top again. Starkz connects with a senton to the floor and gets Mone back into the ring. Starkz goes up top again and connects with another senton, but only gets a two count. Starkz puts Mone on her shoulders, but Mone delivers a few right hands and follows with a backstabber. Mone goes for the cover, but Starkz kicks out at two. Mone delivers right hands and tosses Starkz to the floor as the show heads to a commercial.
Back from the break, Mone delivers a gut-buster and goes for the cover, but Starkz kicks out at two. Mone slams Starkz into the corner and follows with right hands before putting her on the top turnbuckle. Mone delivers a right hand and follows with a superplex. Mone goes for the Three Amigos, but Starkz counters with a brain-buster over her knee. Starkz slams Mone’s face onto her knee, and then follows with a rolling elbow strike and a German suplex for a two count. Mone comes back with a back elbow, and then kicks her in the face. Mone slams Starkz’s head into the turnbuckle, and then follows with a knee strike. Starkz comes back with a knee strike of her own, but Mone drops her with a lariat. Mone goes for the cover, but Starkz kicks out at two. Starkz comes back with a roll-up for a two count, and then they exchange roll-ups for two counts. Starkz delivers a dropkick into the corner and delivers an Alabama Slam into the top turnbuckle. Starkz puts Mone on her shoulders and slams her down, but only gets a two count as Mone puts her foot on the ropes to stop the count. Starkz goes up top and goes for a senton on the apron, but Mone dodges and gets a roll-up for a two count. Mone rolls into the Statement Maker and Starkz taps out.
Winner and still AEW TBS Champion: Mercedes Mone
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A video package of The Outrunners hyping up the University of Omaha men’s basketball team airs.
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A video package for All In airs. It will take place on July 12 in Arlington, Texas.
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A recap of what happened between MJF and MVP last week, including when MVP made the offer to MJF to join the Hurt Syndicate. Backstage, MJF still has MVP’s business card. MJF says lots of people are placing their bets on who will be the next AEW World Champion. He mocks Darby Allin, Swerve Strickland, and Adam Page, and then says the only one to bet on is him. MJF says he has been looking at MVP’s card and then says since Moxley is surrounded by a pack of wild animals, maybe he needs a clique of his own. MJF says he got burned the last time he trusted people, but he will have an answer for MVP next week.
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Match 3 – AEW World Championship – Street Fight
Jon Moxley (c) vs. Cope
Moxley makes his entrance from outside the arena, but Cope attacks him and they brawl into an equipment truck. Cope hits Moxley with a guitar and kicks him into a garage door. Moxley comes back with body shots and slams Cope into the garage door. Moxley grabs his briefcase and heads into the arena, but Cope follows him. Moxley hits Cope with the briefcase, but Cope comes back with a few shots. Cope slams Moxley’s head into a case and drags him into the crowd. Cope slams Moxley into the timekeeper’s table and then hits him with a microphone. Cope hits Moxley in the head with a trash can and suplexes him on the floor. Cope kicks Moxley in the face and follows with elbow strikes and right hands. Moxley comes back with a rear choke and slams Cope’s head into the barricade. Moxley hits Cope with a kendo stick and then chokes him with it. Cope comes back with a shot and they brawl into the crowd. Cope hits Moxley with a trash can and follows with an elbow strike. Cope delivers chops, and then they exchange elbow strikes. They go back to ringside and Cope hits Mox with a piece of the LED board. Cope cleans off the commentary table and puts Moxley on top of it. Moxley gouges his eyes and bites his face before delivering the Paradigm Shift on the table as the show heads to a commercial.
Back from the break, Moxley hits Cope with a steel chair before choking him with it. Moxley wraps the chair around Cope’s neck and goes up top, but Cope gets up and throws the chair in Moxley’s face. Cope rakes his fingernails into Moxley’s back and delivers a superplex, and Prince Nana is shown watching the match backstage. Cope and Moxley exchange elbow strikes and knee strikes, and then Cope delivers a series of clotheslines. Cope delivers a flapjack and grabs his spiked weapon from under the ring. Moxley counters with a cutter and gets a table in the ring. Moxley props the table in the corner, but Cope hits him in the midsection with the spikes. Cope hits Moxley across the back with the spikes, and then suplexes it onto him, and the weapons sticks into Moxley’s back. Moxley gets to his feet and Cope goes for a Spear, but Wheeler Yuta hits the ring and drops him with a Busaiku Knee. Yuta and the referee finally get the spikes out of Moxley’s back, and then Cope powerbombs Yuta through a table on the outside. Claudio Castagnoli and PAC attack Cope on the outside and get him back into the ring.
Castagnoli and PAC continue to double-team Cope and they set up for a conchairto, but FTR hit the ring to make the save. Cash Wheeler sends Castagnoli to the floow, and then Dax Harwood drops Moxley with a piledriver and clotheslines PAC to the floor. Cope spears Moxley through the table in the corner and goes for the cover, but Marina Shafir runs out and breaks up the cover. Shafir delivers shots to Cope, and then Willow Nightingale takes Shafir down and drops her with a cannonball from the apron. Cope drops Kip Sabian with a Spear, but Nick Wayne drops Cope with Wayne’s World. Moxley goes for the cover, but Cope kicks out at two. Moxley locks in the Bulldog Choke and Cope passes out.
Winner and still AEW World Champion: Jon Moxley
-After the match, the Death Riders get Moxley out of the ring as Nana looks on and makes a call backstage. FTR and Nightingale check on Cope in the ring as the Death Riders leave through the crowd. Cope asks Harwood to help him to his feet, but Harwood leaves the ring. Wheeler goes after Harwood, but Harwood shoves him away and walks backstage. Wheeler and Nightingale help Cope up and hug him before leaving the ring.
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Footage of The Learning Tree attacking Bandido and Gravity on the Revolution Zero Hour airs, followed by Chris Jericho’s promo from last week. Backstage, Renee Paquette interviews Bandido. Bandido says wrestling runs in his veins, but he will never forgive Jericho for what he did. Bandido says he hopes Jericho shows up to Collision on Saturday and acts like a man. Johnny TV interrupts and challenges Bandido to a match on Collision, and Bandido accepts.
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Match 4 – Singles Match
AR Fox vs. Will Ospreay
They shaks hands and then lock up. Ospreay applies a wrist-lock, but Fox turns it into one of his own. Ospreay counters back with a leg sweep, and then follows with a back elbow. Fox comes back and goes for a cutter, but Ospreay blocks it. Ospreay goes for his own cutter, but Fox blocks it and they stand at a stalemate. Fox kicks Ospreay in the midsection and follows with a shot to his back. Fox delivers a body shot, but Ospreay comes back with a right hand. Fox trips Ospreay on the apron and flips over the top rope with a double stomp. Fox goes for a suplex in the ring, but Ospreay counters with Stundog and sends Fox to the outside. Ospreay takes Fox down with a dive over the top as the show heads to a commercial.
Back from the break, Ospreay kicks Fox in the chest and follows with an enzuigiri. Ospreay kicks Fox in the chest, but Fox comes back with an enzuigiri. Ospreay takes Fox down and goes for the cover, but Fox kicks out at two. Ospreay kicks Fox in the head and goes for Hidden Blade, but Fox ducks and delivers a shot to Ospreay. Fox kicks Ospreay in the face and puts him up top. Ospreay escapes and goes for a kick, but Fox dodges and slams Ospreay down for a two count. Fox goes for a 450 splash, but Ospreay dodges and delivers Hidden Blade for the pin fall.
Winner: Will Ospreay
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A vignette airs for the upcoming match between Jon Moxley and Swerve Strickland, and then Renee interviews Adam Page backstage. Page said he would never let Strickland win the AEW World Championship again, but his focus is now going to be on him. Page says he is entering the Owen Hart Tournament, and he will go on to become the AEW World Champion again.
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Renee interviews Mone backstage. Renee says Starkz gave Mone a hell of a fight, and Mone says she’s right. Mone says Starkz has a lot of heart, but it takes more than heart to beat her. Mone says whoever trained Starkz doesn’t know anything about professional wrestling, and Starkz learned that there is no stopping the Mone train.
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The AEW Women’s World Champion, Toni Storm, joins the commentary team for the main event.
Match 5 – Singles Match
Kris Statlander vs. Megan Bayne (w/Penelope Ford)
Statlander delivers elbow strikes and runs the ropes, but Bayne comes back with an elbow strike of her own. Statlander comes back with an uppercut, and then they exchange elbow strikes against the ropes. Bayne takes advantage and knocks Statlander to the floor. Bayne follows, but Statlander kicks her in the face and takes her down with a flip from the apron. Statlander gets Bayne back into the ring and goes up top. Statlander delivers a missile dropkick and follows with an elbow strike in the corner. Statlander delivers right hands, but Bayne escapes out. Statlander goes for a cross-body, but Bayne catches her. Statlander escapes and kicks Bayne in the midsection and the head, but only gets a one count. Statlander delivers a shot in the corner, and then follows with a back elbow. Statlander delivers elbow strikes in the corner and follows with a running knee strike. Statlander delivers another elbow strike, but Bayne kicks her in the head and suplexes her into the corner. Bayne spears Statlander in the corner a few times and puts Statlander up top. Bayne slaps Statlander across the face and climbs up, but they exchange body shots. Statlander knocks Bayne down, but Ford gets on the apron to distract her. Bayne knocks Statlander to the apron, and then suplexes her back into the ring as the show heads to a commercial.
Back from the break, Statlander has Bayne up top. Bayne escapes and delivers a running Liger Bomb. Bayne goes for Face Descent, but Statlander escapes and delivers an axe kick. They slap each other across the face on the mat and fight to their feet. Statlander delivers an enzuigiri and runs the ropes, but Ford trips her up. The referee sees it and ejects Ford from ringside. Bayne goes for a running clothesline, but Statlander ducks and they exchange thrust kicks. Statlander delivers a roundhouse kick and slams Bayne down. Statlander delivers a Falcon Arrow and goes for the cover, but Bayne kicks out at two. Statlander comes off the ropes, but Bayne counters with a German suplex. Statlander comes right back with one of her own, and then Bayne does the same. Statlander delivers another suplex of her own, and then Bayne drops Statlander with a flying clothesline. Statlander rolls to the floor, but Bayne drops her with a dive through the ropes. Bayne gets Statlander back into the ring and delivers a Falcon Arrow for a two count. Statlander delivers a shot to Bayne on the apron and connects with a cannonball tot he floor.
Statlander delivers a shot, but Bayne throws Statlander onto Storm. Bayne delivers Face Descent on the floor and gets her back into the ring. Bayne tells Storm to “watch this” and delivers Face Descent again for the pin fall.
Winner: Megan Bayne
-After the match, Storm gets into the ring and exchange shots with Bayne. Security and referees hit the ring to pull them apart, but Bayne shoves Storm down. Storm comes back with a clothesline that sends Bayne to the floor. Storm tells Bayne that she is a “big bitch” and then says it’s about time they get it on. Storm says they can have a date at Dynasty as the show comes to a close.
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Announced for this Saturday’s Collision Slam Dunk Saturday
-AEW TNT Championship Match: Daniel Garcia (c) vs. Adam Cole
-Trios Tag Team Match: Konosuke Takeshita and Murder Machines vs. Mark Briscoe, Powerhouse Hobbs, and Rocky Romero
-Julia Hart vs. Queen Aminata
-Max Caster open challenge
Announced for this Sunday’s Collision Slam Dunk Sunday
-AEW World Trios Championship Match: Death Riders (c) vs. AR Fox and Top Flight
-Dralistico and The Beast Mortos vs. Hologram and Komander
-Bandido vs. Johnny TV
-Harley Cameron in action
Announced for next Wednesday’s Dynamite
-Kenny Omega returns
