AEW Dynamite 1-22-20 - Bash at the Beach (ON A BOAT)

It's Dynamite ON A BOAT. Pretty hyped up for this show. AEW has done a tremendous job of making each Dynamite feel like an event unto itself. Pyro goes off as wind sends a bit of it into the crowd as they run down the card. Page and Omega face SCU in the opener for the tag titles.  This should be great. Tony brings up that Kenny and Page are coming out as indivisuals, while the champs are a unit.

A "cowboy shit" chant starts things off before Omega and Sky tie-up. Omega gets a long wristlock with wind blaring - it's kind of cool. It makes things seem so organic. Page lays out Kaz with a giant lariat out of the corner. Page wants a tag, but Omega's down thanks to Sky dropkicking his knee - but Page can't see that. Omega's in and his a snap rana and a snapdragon! Page and Omega land a pair of moonsaults and Omega gets 2 off a sky high.

V TRIGGER HITS, OWA is avoided by Sky. Page hits Omega with the buckshot accidentally before Sky hits a TKO for 2.9! The 60/40 split on the ad break makes it really had to see Omega avoid SCU's finish. Discus lariat hits Kaz and Page looks to him in the corner before eating a boot. Avalanche fallaway slam by Page!

Omega shoves Kaz into a Page German and a Snapdragon hits! JAY DRILLER ON KAZ GETS 2.9! SCULATER HITS BUT PAGE SAVES! Pop-up powerbomb by Page leads to a discus lariat to Kaz mid-ring. COWBOY SHIT WINS IT! Page and Omega are the second-ever AEW Tag Team Champions and this is the first title change in company history. The Bucks come out to celebrate, but Page turns his back to them slowly. Page leaves and then heads to the crowd to drink with the fans - so he's only being a prick to his friends, but not the fans. Page bodysurfs out with the fans. Okay now that's incredible.

Excalibur talks about Britt's change in attitude before Priscilla Kelly makes her AEW debut. Britt gets some sloppy cradles for 2. JR threatens us with a 20 minute time limit for an ad break. Nice jumping rider kick by Kelly to the back of Britt. Britt gets a slingblade after Kelly misses some lariats, which JR says is due to her being rattled by Britt. Jumping STO gets 2 for Kelly as random audio cutouts hit for a bit. Lockjaw ends it when Britt leaps off the rop to get mid-ring again.

Tony goes to Britt and says the ending may have been questionable. Britt says that this is his meal ticket and before this, he was at Starbucks - and was a shitty barista. Tonly mouths what the fuck and she says that SHE IS A ROLE MODEL AND THAT'S A FULL-TIME JOB. She's the most beautiful girl on the boat, she's smart, brilliant AND SHE'S A DENTIST!

Jericho-Jungle Boy is recapped before the Jurassic Express comes out with MARKO SCARED SHITLESS BY THE PYRO AND IN A LIFE VEST. God I hope it's kid's sized! PNP's out and JERICHO GETS HIS OWN THEME SUNG TO HIM. Wow. They even sing it when the song's off. Wow. This is like the best intro he's ever had. Jericho eats a bit of offense before tagging out. Crazy shit leads to another tag out and lots of trios offense - including a wind-up DDT thanks to some help that Marko celebrates by tossing his kid's life vest into the crowd.

Jericho gets cradled by Jungle Boy for 2. Ross calling Jack a modern-day Kevin Von Erich was great - ties the present and future into hte past nicely. Ortiz and his giant wacky fro hit a big splash to Jack for 2. SHINING LIZARD to Ortiz leads to a giant clonk headbutt and a tree fall sell. He runs wild on Jericho and gets 2 off a standing moonsault. Make Luchasaurus-Jericho ASAP! MARKO GETS A 450 ON JERICHO FOR 2.5! More cradles, but the Judas Effect kills him with death. This match got THE ENTIRE BABYFACE TEAM OVER, Jericho  more over, and Ortiz over huge. Tremendous.

A Cody-MJF video airs. MJF's out sans Wardlow, who is in training to face Joey Janela. Janela got ripped off and got some Bahamas hair braiding done. Thankfully, Jesus Chris forgives him for his sins at ringside. MJF uses cheap heel tactics before Joey brawls with him and backdrops him mid-ring where he does an ass-scoot sell. MJF uses Aubrey as a shield before he just forearms the shit out of Janela's jaw.

Holy shit, they come back right as MJF TAKES TWO BUMPS AND A FLIP BUMP off a single superplex. Dude is the fucking man! Joey goes up for the elbow, but Penelope and Sabian make out and MJF hits the Double Cross - which is the same as the Cross Rhodes, but it's a head drop in a nice little touch.MJF says that Cody is a goddamned genius rapper and last week, he said that MJF was a chapter in his book. HE'LL BE THE LAST GODDAMN ONE! Cody comes out and looks incredible with the wind blowing everything around.

MJF is a complete asshole to him and says that Cody can't lay a hand on him. He calls him "rollacodester" and drops the mic before giving it to him. Cody goes to get it, but MJF kicks it around. MJF gets an asshole chant and Cody says that and he can't touch him - but THEY CAN. CUE THE BUCKS! This leads to a muted "you fucked up" chant. MJF GETS THROWN INTO THE DRINK! This is tremendous stuff. It's so fun - if this was what WCW was in its post-'98 run, it would be around today. A Jericruise hype video airs.

Kenny and Page get an interview with Tony and Kenny says he could see himself as AEW Tag Champ a year ago, but not with Page - but he's his friend. Page gets talked over by Kenny - offering up Page a very valid reason to be pissed off. Kenny somewhat blows off the tag titles before Page starts his speech and the Bucks interrupt and Page says he's surprised they won them before the Bucks. I love the bits thrown in here where the Elite is really overlooking their "friend" Page by having Kenny blowing off the belts a bit with the Pac sub-feud and then the Bucks accidentally interrupting Page's promo.

Jericho comes out and is God incarnate for the crowd before Pac vs. Moxley to determine his next challenger. Moxley comes down from the top of the ship and Jericho says that Mox stole the car - but he paid the price with his eye. Okay, this muting is killing the flow of the audio completely. Fans just keep sweariing and it's hurting things. FLIP RELEASE GERMAN BY MOX!

The fans yelling "fuck your boat" in the boat next to the AEW boat should stifle now. "YOUR SHIP SUCKS" gets a nice chant from the AEW boat fans. A walk and brawl would make Jeff Jarrett happy. PAC lands a big missile dropkick, but nips up right into a big lariat. PAC fell down a flight of steps during the break. Okay, the FITE version needs to hit XWT soon because it's crazy how much this show loses with ad placement as it is.

Jawbreaker to the eye is called the orbital bone breaker by Jericho. Mox flips PAC off the top. Mox lands a flying elbow, but PAC gets the knees up and he goes for the Brutalizer. Mox gets a cradle out of it for 2. Kawada kicks to the eye of Mox. Black Arrow meets the knees and a cradle gets 2.9! Rope-snap German by PAC! Black Arrow misses and Mox gets color under the bandage to really sell things. Quick DDT gets 2 for Mox. Mox and PAC brawl on the floor and Ross brings up Moxley having to hang onto things to move around. Superplex into the Brutalizer! Mox gets the rope before the ref can call it - which Excalibur brings up is what cost Omega against PAC.

PAC takes the bandage off and gets a small package and a Death Rider before landing an elevated Death Rider to end it. THIS RULED! Moxley vs. Jericho is only five weeks away and it's been built up great. They've used their time between shows to build the rivalry, and now it's time to build the match up formally. Must-watch show overall.