AEW Dynamite 3-11-20

A new Kenny Omega moonsault clip hypes Dynamite before the show on TNT. The show starts off with a recap of Mox being taken out last week and Page talking with Tony about who his partner will be tonight - and he wouldn't team with Matt if he was the last person on Earth. He'll let everyone know who his partner is later - for now, it's a mystery. Cody's out to face Ortiz and eats a rolling headbutt to the gut. Lance Archer and Jake Roberts come through the backstage area.

Cody dives onto Santana to protect Arn and hits the gordbuster on Ortiz on the ramp. Ortiz gets 2 off a perfectplex. Cody gets a figure 4, but Ortiz taps. I love that - they got a submission over nicely in one match and set up Blood and Guts nicely since it's submission or surrender. Arn protects Cody from another madball shot before Matt and Kenny come down.

Jericho mocks Cody and calls the Elite a bunch of pumpkinheaded dipshits before showing Nick laid out udner a door. Nick gets loaded into an ambulance with Cody and Matt following the ambulance in a car. Wouldn't be shocked at all if Matt Hardy is Hangman's partner. OH JOY A RANDOM WOMENS TAG MATCH! Kris is out alongside Shida and her tremendous theme.

Bea Priestley's out after just being in Stardom not long ago. So weird to have AEW working with Stardom - a Bushiroad company, and not NJPW. Nyla's theme is great. Nyla takes Shida down and gets 2 off a legdrop. Bea chokes Shida out on the rope and Ross says that Mox isn't allowed at the building due to the medical staff. Shida gets an awesome "holy shida" chant working with Bea! Nyla aims to take out Shida with the diving knee over hte rope, but Shida rolls out. FALCON ARROW BY SHIDA TO ROSE GETS! Shida gets a superplex, but eats a spear and Beast Bomb to take the L. Priestley takes out Nyla and holds the gold up.

The saga of Daniels with the Dark Order is recapped from Revolution before Daniels does a mock video on Dark Order recruiting and saying you might know him from BTE and DANIELS ALMOST DIES. He said the Dark Order was poised for success, until they faced SCU.He challenges Uno and Grayson to matches anywhere to prove there's no Exalted One.

Butcher and the Blade come out with Allie. Butcher's wacky walk is great. MJF has I'M BETTER THAN YOU to his theme. MJF is everything WWE wanted Ted Jr. to be. They take out Luchasaurus' knees and a dragon screw to him gets 2. Butcher lands a sick spinning uranage on the apron on Marko! MJF and Blade grab onto Lucha's legs and he walks with them before they figure out that they can just get up and do, and he still takes them down! Jungle Jack is in and hits a rewind lariat! Low-pe is caught, so Jungle Boy dives on them all! STEP UP DIVE BY LUCHASAURUS! Butcher and Luchasaurus clonk before a black mass hits and Butcher just lariats him down. MJF gets a tap off the Fujiwara armbar to Marko. "I'M GOING TO DISNEYWORLD!" What a great asshole.

Recap of the Darby stuff last week and we get a creepy video of him pulling a body in a farm in a "SAMMY" body bag. Tony and DR BRITT BAKER are on-stage with her burying Utah and says you can't actually drink here. I'M A DENTIST DIDN'T YOU KNOW!? She implies that everyone in Utah is inbred, but you can still live your dreams! YOU CAN EVEN BE A DENTAL ASSISTANT. Swole talks about "YOU ACT LIKE I DON'T EVEN WATCH THE PRODUCT!" and Britt says people only care about her boyfriend. Swole says she's married BAYBAY!  Britt throws the coffee on Swole. FINALLY, Cedric gets put over on national TV in 2020. Granted, it's on TNT on a show he isn't on - but still!

So they take an act that's largely all intro in Private Party and put their intro in PIP. GREAT! Joey and PP are here to fall to Death Triangle. They get a custom tron and revamped theme with a darker version of LUCHA BROS/MEXAKING! Joey's tan is somehow even worse than MJF's since he doesn't have a body to make it look better. Lots of plodding here despite a fast pace. I can't help but notice this match hasn't ended yet and put the new top-tier stable over a makeshift trio quickly. Janella sets up PAC in a fireman's carry before Quen lands a flip dive off the top and Joey gets a DVD on the apron! Flying elbow hits and then Fenix hits the flying cutter and the double stomp/driver hits before the Black Arrow ends it. The heels lock on the Death Triangle hold before Orange and the Best Friends save!

Lexi Nair is here with Dustin to tease him as a partner for Page - Dustin wants to kick the Inner Circle's ass and he's here to be his partner whether he likes it or not - it's time for some cowboy shit! Shawn Spears partner search continues with meatheads and goobers. EXALTED ONE IS REVEALED NEXT WEEK! Inner Circle vs. Elite six man is next week and we get the B/G rules. IT'S ONLY 2 WEEKS AWAY! Ross chats with Mox at his home with a nice fireplace in the background. Mox says the Inner Circle has tried to end his career - and he's in the blind spot with Blood and Guts.

So weird for Dustin to just be the partner without Hangman having a say or even an on-screen thought about it. Jericho steals the beer from a fan gimmick. Sammy and Dustin are great together. Buckshot into a Walls! Sammy gets an SSP, but Page avoids it and kicks him into a Buckshot position - but Jericho pulls him off the apron. Dustin's destroyer leads to a Buckshot and a win before an Elite beatdown. Page needs a second finisher that doesn't have such a wacky setup - the Omori Driver he used to do would work fine. Kenny comes down and eats a Judas Effect. Cody runs down and runs wild! Cody's so ungodly over! They tease doing to Page what they did to Mox last week BUT MATT JACKSON RETURNS TO SAVE PAGE! DOUBLE SPEAR TO PNP! AND THEN HE FLIPS OFF PAGE!

AEW Dynamite 3/4/20

A Revolution recap airs. JEEEEEOONNN Moxley is here as JR talks about calling the best tag match he's ever seen - which Tony agrees with. Mox comes through the crowd and gets a huge MOXLEY chant. He says he knows he's got an army coming after him and he'll take them out. Jericho says he doesn't need a belt to be LE CHAMPION! He says the Moxley era sucks ass and then gets a "you suck ass!" chant.

Jericho calls Mox a liar and a cheater because he trained to face a guy with one eye AND HE HAD TWO! Jericho says he's putting the roster on notice - so if you're a librarian or Michael Nakazawa, you're in their sights. Jericho says that if Mox leaves under his own power, he'll leave for 30 - no 60 DAYS! Oh this is going to be great. Hager faces QT Marshall tonight.

SCU and Colt face the Dark Order. Faces are out before the Dark Order is out too. Colt gets a headscissor before getting jumped. Daniels eats a big double German for 2. SCU prevents a group beating and tosses out everyone but Uno, who is unaware until he turns around too late.Chicago Skyline and the Superman pin end it - Colt wins it! Uno says that the Exalted One will make sure heads will roll, during a giant DELETE chant.

 

A long recap video showcasing Dave Meltzer, Bryan Alvarez, and Wade Keller quotes about the match.Britt Baker comes out and gives Tony some Starbucks. Swole squashes Leva. MJF-Cody video showcases the core story of the bout before Cody comes out and gets a giant minutes-plus long cheer session...which is in PIP. Cody talks about the loss hurting his pride and he wants MJF out now to tell him he beat him fair and square.

JAKE ROBERTS COMES DOWN and tells him MJF whipped him like a dog and he never once cried in his career ever. HAIL ALMIGHTY CAESAR - he isn't here to praise you, he's here to slay you. HE HAS A CLIENT and the dark side is coming to AEW. "I've done a lot of crack and I still never got a crappy neck tattoo!" It took him 20 years to get clean and by God, he earned it! He calls Arn a one trick pony. Roberts says he was told to never turn your back on someone you respect or are afraid of - so he turns his back on Cody and tosses the mic at him. THIS WAS TREMENDOUS.

Chucky T is out to be murdered by PAC. This shockingly doesn't last 8 seconds as Chucky gets a lot offense AND WE GET THE HUG. Falcon Arrow gets 2 for Chucky. Brutalizer ends it. Pac wants to keep  the abuse up, but Trent stands up AND THEN ORANGE FIRES UP before the Lucha Bros kick their asses. PAC names the group the Death Triangle and then the double stomp package piledriver hits. Spears and Tully talk about going to wrestlers to find a partner - and Tully says that he's doing what he did in '84 only to find a perfect partner for Spears.

QT comes out with Dustin and Brandi and tosses Dustin an apple. Hager's out and I'm still astounded that Jake Hager managed to have a bad match with Dustin Rhodes. Hager plods along for a while before tapping him with the standing triangle. Cody runs down to save and powerslams Ortiz. Ortiz chairshots his back before the Bucks help save. Page comes down and gets his beer before putting it on the post.  BUCKSHOT IN BOOTS AND JEANS!

Nyla-Kris recap video. Ortiz faces Santana next week and Death Triangle is in action. BLOOD AND GUTS rules will be announced next week and Jurassic Express faces MJF, Butcher, and Blade. MJF says he's here to win matches and bang rats. MJF says he's here to win the gold and says he doesn't care about audio issues. Now that's heat. MJF shows off his I PINNED CODY shirt and mocks Cody's neck tattoo.

MOX comes down and eats a beating form masked goons. PNP and Hager unmask and beat him up in the concourse. Mox keeps trying to get up, but Mox gets choked out by a head and arm choke from Hager. DARBY WANTS TO GO 1-ON-2! A star will be made here. Darby dropkicks Jericho down. Darby gets a quebrada for 2 on Jericho! Walls are locked in. GIANT FUCK YOU SAMMY CHANT. Darby gets a nice tope. Sammy charges him in the corner. JR says that Darby doesn't want a replacement partner - he wanted this challenge.

YOSHI TONIC GETS 2 AND DARBY HITS A COFFIN DROP ON THE PILE! Darby stundogs Sammy and lands the Coffin Drop before Jericho attacks at 2.9. Judas Effect on the floor as a counter for a tope. Sammy beats Darby, but looked strong here. Moxley zombie walks down and clears the ring with a chair. Hager jumps Mox before PNP and Jericho jump him. PNP AND HAGER SHIELD BOMB MOX THROUGH A TABLE OFF THE RAMP!