AEW Dynamite 12-20-23

 

Swerve's out to massive SWERVE chants before facing RUSH - this should be pretty much all-action. Quick matwork before they go to the leg and we get a tranquillo pose. Snap German to RUSH leads to discus elbows taking each other down. Discus punch and a straightjacket piledriver by RUSH gets 2.5! Back and forth apron chops and each guy just wants more! RUSH misses a dive and eats a 450 from Swerve for 1! Gator roll brainbuster hits for 2.5! House Call and the Swerve Stomp win it!

Blue League hype with Kevin Kelly hyping up how much Kingston risked here - putting up 2 of the 3 belts in the triple crown. Jericho cuts a promo about Kenny's illness and says they don't know what's up for World's End - well I'd do Jericho and Sammy as a team for a feelgood reunion. Mark vs. Jay Lethal is up! Chops back and forth in the corner. Good lord is Mark ever a great babyface - he does damage on the floor with a fan's hat on! Froggy bow meets the knees and LETHAL HITS A JAY DRILLER FOR 2.9! CUTHROAT BURNING HAMMER AND THE JAY DRILLER GIVE MARK A WIN!

Mark and Lethal shake after the match. Video package for MJF being inducted into the Jewish Sports Hall of Fame - in his '20s! Joe comes out and man is his theme easy to bop your head to and Joe says that everyone's getting hurt - and last week, MJF was down lying down on the floor but we never saw the attack. They hype up the PPV being in a bit over a week and it really doesn't feel like it. MJF points out that last week, the goons didn't touch Joe. Goons jump them and the scree goes black again and the Devil wants the ROH Tag Titles and Joe accepts for next week.

Roppongi Vice and the Best Friends are backstage and we get Internatial Title fun. Toni calls Taz the Human Duplex Machine! Saraya vs. Riho is up for a title shot! Toni - "Is she here to unclog pipes? She could be handy for your duplex!" Riho takes out Saraya and wins to get the title match at Worlds End. Toni uses opera glasses to see Riho and they brawl before Mariah May KOs Riho with the belt! 

Tony reads a Christian Cage statement that threatens Tony and it hypes him up as this God-like being who is taking his prodigy on vacation. He will address Copeland on Collision upon his return. Cage hype before we get another argument from Joe and MJF backstage. MJF walks around and a devil's mask is outside the Mogul Embassy's locker room! MJF does the beginning of the Swerve song and MJF talks about their time on the indies together doing all these car rides and now he's proud of him - BUT he isn't ducking him. "There's levels to this shit - and you're not on my level!"  Swerve thanks him for being a great driver and Swerve brings up the Regal e-mail and Swerve got the gig then - because MJF wanted a tryout then, and he got a contract and be careful how you talk to him because the last guy who talked to him like this was hung out of the ring in front of 13,000 people. MJF says that it makes sense to him to have Swerve's goons attack so he has a path to the title. "I'll be the big bad wolf and blow your house down and then break both your arms so you can always swerve while you drive!"

Strong vs. Komander is up and Komander throws him over with a rana. Komando hits a crazy dive to the floor on Strong and the goons! End of Heartach lands and Strong wins - way too much of this was during the break. Roddy yells out for Joe that Max is the devil! Rosa's return from Collision is shown and Rosa's first match back is on Saturday. Brian Cage vs. Keith Lee is prepped up too! WBD synergy with Evil Uno and other wacky AEW characters appearing at an early screening of the new Aquaman IN FULL GEAR!

JR returns to a nice pop and we get Jay White vs. Mox in the main event with a quick choke by Mox that White escapes and then chokes him on the apron during a PIP break. Muta lock by White leads to a floor brawl with a fan holding a SPOILER: MOX IS GOING TO BLEED sign. Mox gets in at 2.9 and a Bladerunner leads to a Paradigm Shift for 2! Bladerunner attempt is met with a shortarm lariat by Mox and a curb stomp! Death Rider is escaped into a Bladerunner for the win! Swerve vs. Mox vs. White in a 3-way next week!

Worlds End is hyped up and then WE GET SWERVE COMING OUT! Jay doing the dance and...yeah he's very white.