AEW Dynamite 4-19-23 - Komander vs. Jay White

It's an international battle as Jay White and Komander face off in a match that could only happen in AEW. Hobbs vs. Wardlow is also on tap for the TNT Title while the Outcasts face Britt and Hayter in Brittsburgh! Jack Perry comes down to start the show with a promo and they smartly show the fans going crazy for him and waving their hands for his theme - which makes it so easy to want to go there live.

Darby interrupts Sammy and says that he likes him the most, and while some view Sammy as the least important person in this match. He and Sting are equals while Jericho and Sammy aren't - it isn't the Sting Appreciation Society. He says that Jack was part of the Cali clique and when he was signed, he was homeless living in his car and he was jealous of him - but it went away when he saw what he was all about. Nothing intimidated him. Jack says he's only here because he didn't make it as a skateboarder and Sammy just chills in the corner. Jack respects Sammy the most out of all of the pillars - because with Sammy, what you see is what you get!

Sammy talks about being at DoN 2019 and being on the pre-show and watching the show from the balcony and MJF and Jungle Boy were on the last PPV, and he relates to Darby because they're overlooked and two sides to the same coin. Sammy said that Darby gave him hope because he was the first pillar to win a title. MJF announces the pillars tournament and the winner faces him at DON. Darby gets a bye, making Sammy vs. Jack TONIGHT PLAYA!

Women's tag is up and Britt is over! Heels rush the faces and Jamie corner back charges the heels TWICE and then double suplexes them from a DDT position! She eats a basement superkick on the apron from Ruby before the hip attack from Toni! Britt tags in and runs wild with a corner neckbreaker. Jamie lands a sliding lariat for 2.9 for Britt! Deadly Night Shade by Ruby and then a hip attack to Britt! BELT SHOT AND STORM ZERO GET 2.9!  

Britt gets 2.9 off of...a Panama Sunrise-ish thing. Lockjaw gets the tapout win on Ruby Soho! Wardlow comes in and gets COACH ARN and he says that Tully helped him play checkers better than anyone, but he plays chess! Elite comes out and Omega says he's having trouble sleeping and then Danielson says THEY'RE AMATEURS and the BCC attacks! Massive brawl ensues! Anarchy at the Arena II between The Elite and BCC?! Yuta goes for Matt's bicep but Nick saves! 

Death Rider and Danielson comes down and rants about AMATEURS - and he's most disappointed in Kenny because he thought he'd be a professional! Don Callis comes down with a chair and then goes to the back. PLEASEGETTAKESHITA! YES! HE MAKES THE SAVE! Takeshita for ROH Champ! 

Wardlow comes out in the least-flattering singlet in history with Arn in tow. Hobbs' presentation is excellent and he's got purple, gold and black gear on. TRIO OF BELLY TO BELLYS BY HOBBS! Walk and brawl? Is this for the TNT or TNT Title? Big headbutt and GIANT lariat hits! QT hits a cutter and the spinebuster gets 2.9. ARN HITS THE GLOCK ON QT who runs out and eats a superkick and then A DOUBLE A DDT! POWERBOMB SYMPHONY!

Wardlow wins it and Christian comes down for a staredown with Luchasaurus by his side. Okay then. Sammy is backstage and MJF does racist bullshit. MJF offers him a guaranteed shot in the DON main event - he just has to lay down! He offers him a blank check and Max AGREES! Tremendous facials here. Jay White vs. Komander is up and Komander has a banger theme.

Spears is shown in the front row. Komander with the buggy collision detection rana! White hits an apron gordbuster. MASSIVE lariat hits after a few chop exchanges. ROPEWALK MOONSAULT TO HTE FLOOR AND THEN THE ROPEWALK SSP HITS! Springboard phoenix splash gets 2.9! Wacky lucha submission meats the cutthroat suplex and the blade runner ends it! This was not amazing - but a fantastic showcase of both guys overall.

Juice jumps Spears for not giving him a ten before STARKS SAVES! Spear to Juice! Renee chats with FTR about Mark being jumped and then FTR runs to medical and FTR finds the Lethal heel group and puts them all together. Lethal will do it for his friend. Okay this is all weird. DEODORANT AD DURING WRESTLING! Jericho-Cole face to face time. Cole calls out Jericho for having the JAS win for him and he wonders who the real Jericho is - the one who uses them or THE FICKLE STUPID IDIOT! Jericho tells him to get out of the ring that HE built now. They fight and Britt slaps Jericho, leading to the Outcats jumping her! THEN THEY tease a beating on him only to cane her! 

Hardys- Firm Deletion match is hyped up and Jeff addresses the crowd on Rampage. Daddy Magic, Hager, and Ange's Miami Vice theme is so great! Oh and this has a stip where if the faces lose, they have to join the JAS! For three weeks! Scissor Me Timbers! Gunn tells Hager to suck his dick and then Hager turns the fameasser into the GIANT double leg! Loaded comb shot gets 2 and then Daddy Ass breaks the comb and the mic drop ends it. Daddy Ass was the highlight for the faces here.

Main event time and Sammy takes out Jack with a corkscrew dive! Over the top rana by Jack! Jack goes for an apron dive and eats a rising knee before Sammy hits a C4 OFF THE APRON! Sammy crotches him up top! Sammy SSP gets rolled out and he lands a superkick and a top rope Cody cutter gets 2! Dominator to a spike DDT gets 2.9! GTH countered into the poison rana! Sammy sends him sailing into the nearby table hard as hell! MJF hits Jack with the ring and SAMMY WINS BY COUNTOUT!

MJF and Sammy bow to one another after MJF hugs him and Darby looks on angrily. Good story work here - they're setting up Sammy as a babyface in this down the road.