It's been a bit since I've covered Dynamite live, but thanks to work not being exhausting like it was over the weekend, I should be able to get through this with ease. Double or Nothing recap showcases Cage, Cody, Shida, Brodie vs. Mox, and the Stadium Stampede - making it seem like a massive show. Jericho is backstage and cuts a wacky SMW promo about needing to recoup the costs of their Stadium Stampede Champions shirts - but they wound up with a whole truckload of shirts. Matt cuts a promo with the Elite and Page and Omega leave and then Matt says that he can turn into a different version for them and he goes from Broken to 2008 Tights gear and he has his own tron and theme for each era.
Bucks/Hardy against Private Party and Janela. Love JR shouting out Wilbur Snyder for the abdominal stretch. Joey ducks a superkick and Blade eats it. Matt attacks them, so there's their next program. Ross gets in a dig at WWE for the plexiglass as AEW is using the open air setup to build up new feuds. Matt gets a deathdrop/DDT for Private Party AND MOONSAULTS ONTO THE PILE FOR 2. Kassidy with an outside-in...something that somehow gets 2. Matt looked to do a Side Effect off a DDT attempt from Kassidy, but yeah that wasn't smooth. Super bionic elbow into the bang for your buck ends it. Super-fun match. Kassidy and Hardy help Marq Quen out before Butcher and Blade attack the Bucks.
FTR arrives and HELPS THE BUCKS! Bucks superkick Butcher and Blade before the Shatter Machine hits! FTR leaves and we get some great character work just by having them not play their hand right away. Mox comes out and he goes to the HBO Max announce table to call Cage's match since he'll be facing him at Fyter Fest. Cage uppercuts Lee Johnson out of his boots and Biels him around. Corner Joe kick and a German hit hard, powerbomb into a buckle bomb and the drill claw ends it. THIS IS HOW YOU GET A GUY OVER! Taz cuts a great ECW promo and says that Cage will tear Mox's heart out "beat him if you can - survive if he lets you!".
Christi Jaynes is mid-ring to face Shida while JR puts Jaynes over as her mother earned a doctorite while raising five kids total. They have a nice face off with a tie-up before Jaynes heels up and eats a variety of running knees. Falcon arrow ends it for Shida. Fun stuff. Ross should maybe not use "she goes down pretty good, too!". Oh good - let's do picture and picture WITH THE AD AUDIO PLAYING instead of the dialogue for the characters on the core show. Brilliant move. So Hangman and Omega did...something, but I'll have to see the Fite rip to know what they said.
They need to put...something in this TNT logo in the belt. ROH had a sawblade-esque design in it for the World title and that would help this a lot. Cody puts Tony Khan over because of course he does. He says he wasn't even the third guy called for AEW. He says he's the first champion of America's greatest network. He says that he paid his dues on TV and grew up on TV. Dustin got all of Dusty, while he's got a mean old Mom with a broken ankle. Cody talks about this being the COVID-19 era and thanks the fans for giving AEW a shot and he wants to give them the best. Cody says he'll defend the TNT Title every week. Hopefully this doesn't end up like Devon's TV Title run.
Havoc and Sabian face off with SCU for a tag title shot. Ex talks about Havoc being great at British catch wrestling, but loving deathmatch wrestling more. Havoc does some stuff for a bit. 205 LIVE CHINLOCK AFTER A BREAK! Rolling DVD by Havoc into a super double stomp by Sabian gets 2. Kaz launches Havoc into the ring for a cutter and gets 2 - great spot. Ford is the difference maker and allows her team to win it! Didn't see that coming - but it gets another team over.
MJF says he's the best guy in the company and didn't have to come from WWE to do it - but he hasn't gotten a shot here. So if Cody has an open challenge every week, what's the point of a top contender other than to have rankings? MJF is a dickhead to Wardlow, so now they're slowly teasing issues there. GREAT!
Stadium Stampede recap with MNF-style music. That was a Stadium Stampede recap on both cocaine and speed. Wow. Giant football-style intro for the Inner Circle here with a band and cheerleaders. The ringposts are now HBO Max purple too. Wow. VICKIE IS OUT AS AN INNER CIRCLE CHEERLEADER! Vickie is so great and Sammy is a perfect stooge. He's basically a comedy act in this and it works for him. Jericho bums off the loser shirts for the crowd - tremendous!
Sammy gets Jericho a King of Dad Jokes participation trophy and Santana gets Hager some Timbs - the discount ones. Jericho gets Sammy a pimped out scooter. Hager HAS A POEM. The IC is the best of sex of violence and they're all the bestla and he'll run the Elite over with his Tesla. Jericho says he wants Tyson because he hasn't forgotten what Tyson did to him a decade ago on Raw. I like that AEW does more to honor Raw from a decade ago more than WWE does. Sammy gets him bubbly and a cheese platter BUT IT'S GONE!
Tyson and his posse arrive and Jericho shoves Tyson and Vitor Belfort, who of course takes his shirt off. The ring fills up ala Tyson vs. Austin and the locker room empties out to break them up. AEW has created the first chaotic-looking scene in the COVID era. Awesome.
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