AEW Dynamite 9-18-24

 It's not the most loaded show in the world, but Ricochet vs. Mortos should be pretty great. OC vs. Jericho is up and Jericho avoids a diving elbow with knees up. Suicide DDT from OC is met with a walls into a slingshot into the barricade. Back suplex by Jericho off a road case through the timekeeper's table! Slow, plodding whatever. Orange punch with a roll of quarters ends it. Thank God.

Last week, Pac and Claudio call out Yuta and Pac says they have a title defense next week - and he's not responding. Claudio isn't mad - he's just disappointed! Yuta chats with Alex and says he's conflicted, but he's worked his career to be a champion and he'll do it. He says that Bryan taught him to not change yourself because of who around you is - and we'll defend it together. HOOK HOGAN taps out JD Ink right away with Redrum after a few suplexes. Patriarchy is backstage and bullies Renee and Kip comes in and Cage insults him. 

Deeb and THE AEW WOMEN'S WORLD CHAMPION THE GLAMOUR MARIAH MAY are out for their tag match with Amanita and Yuka Sakazaki! Mariah tosses her outside and does her poses! Yuka sends Deeb for a ride with a whirly bird! MAGICAL GIRL SPRINGBOARD DIVE TO THE FLOOR and then the magical girl splash to Deeb, but a May belt shot ends it! The BCC beats up Private Party with Marina beating some ass. Komander wanted a tope and ate an uppercut from Claudio. Mox tells them he could end them and they're in the same place they were 5 years ago and he smashes Zay's hand with a hammer. Darby attacks and Marina holds back Claudio. 

FRANK THE BEAST MORTOS vs Ricochet is up with snap ranas being popped up both ways! Apron powerbomb by Frank Mortos! 619 by Ricochet in the corner! POP-UP SAMOAN DROP BY MORTOS GOT 2! SUICIDE DIVE OFF A FLIP DIVE INTO A CODE RED BY RICOCHET! Springboard 450 gets 2! AVALANCHE PRESS SLAM BY FRANK MORTOS GETS 2! Atlantis backbreaker by Mortos is met with a crucifix bomb and an axe kick! VERTIGO ENDS IT! 

Sorrow of the Hangman video airs. Hangman comes out and says that Swerve is now gone! Hangman intimidates Tony and JEFF JARRETT IS OUT FOR THE SAVE! JEFF CHALLENGES HANGER and if it's the last thing he does, SOMEHOW, SOMEWAY THE LAST OUTLAW IS GONNA KICK YOUR ASS! We gotta get Dave Brown on the call for this one.

Ricochet chats with Ospreay about getting his wins up and he's got them up and from his perspective, he stepped into AEW and people are calling him out. He's calling him out and maybe not at Grand Slam - but THE NEXT WEEK! THE FIVE YEAR ANNIVERSARY SHOW IS RICOCHET VS. OSPREAY! Don Callis Family (and Ospreay) are out to face THE ELITE! Gamenguri and a brainbuster by Fletcher to Nick! Okada hits a trio of uppercuts but eats a Michonoku driver! Takeshita forces his way in and elbows Okada three times! DEADLIFT BRAINBUSTER BY TAKESHITA! Middle rope senton for 2! Okada catches him out of the corner with the alabama slam neckbreaker for 2! 

TAKESHITA EATS THE DIVING ELBOW BUT AVOIDS THE EVP TRIGGER! GERMAN SUPLEX ON TBE BUCKS! HE TAGS IN OSPREAY WHO RUNS WILD! SUPERKICKS TO OSPREAY AND A SITOUT POWERBOMB OFF THE ROPES AFTER A DOUBLE STOMP GETS 2! Ospreay butterfly into a Fletcher powerbomb for 2! GODDAMN DROPKICK TO TAKESHITA and a rainmaker is met with a BLUE THUNDER BOMB! TWISTING TOMBSTONE GETS 2.9 FOR FLETCHER! COREOLIS GETS THE WIN! Okay, so they're not winning the gold next week, but GODDAMN THAT WAS AMAZING!

WWE SD 9-13-24 - USA Return

As per the norm for a big show, we've got a new intro and HHH is of course out to get a big pop to start the show off. He says they're sold out in Seattle and 25 years ago, he faced Rock and now we've got Cody vs. Solo for the title! The cage gets pyro and it looks like it's all aprons and no LED boards. Cody vs. Solo gets a hype video. 

Cody lands a couple of dropdown uppercuts and a bulldog that Solo pops up from. Cody is sent back-first into the cage and takes an assalanche in the cage. Cody eats a couple of cage powerbombs, but scales the cage for a CODY CUTTER FOR 2. Superplex by Solo! Two spinning solos hit for 2. Cody cutter for 2! Standing hip attack, basement hip attack, Samoan drop and a Superfly dive gets 2! Cross Rhodes hits for 2! CROSSBODY OFF THE TOP OF THE CAGE FOR 2.9! Thank God he did that instead of that Wardlow cage moonsault! Spike turned into another Cross Rhodes to win it!

Cody is done with Solo, but NOT WITH THE BLOODLINE! They jump him before Roman saves and Cody and Roman fight together. Aldis says an offer has been made from Solo and the Bloodline to Cody and Roman. Michin vs. Piper and Piper eats a dive and Chelsea eats a caneshot, but it opens the door for a cannonball off the apron by Piper. Eat Defeat wins it and Chelsea attacks. RVD and Vickie are shown in the crowd

A-Town Down Under are out to face KO and a mystery partner, a bald guy with a furry chest and back. RICKY IS MY PARTNER - LET'S GIVE 'EM HELL!  But his partner's here so he stuns Ricky and IT'S ORTON! Waller does the Orton back suplex toss onto the announce table to KO and the ORTON POSE! Double suplex to KO got 2. Orton tags in for lariats and the powerslam. ANNOUNCE TABLE BACK SUPLEX BY ORTON! RKO ends it.

We get Hayes on-screen and NIA is mid-ring blathering on before Bayley interrupts. Tiffy's out in a really hot outfit Naomi is out so we've got a tag match. Hopefully. Naomi wants the belt and Nia wants a tag and next week, whoever wins faces her at Bad Blood and also the loser leaves SD. Roman will be out after the next match of Hayes vs. Andrade. Elbow hits for Andrade and the first 48 lands for Hayes. Hayes gets 2 off La Mistica. Hayes avalanche rana met with THE MESSAGE OFF THE TOP! LA vs. Andrade is up for next week.

Jade and Bianca are backstage and Nia and Tiffy walk up so maybe that will be a thing later. Roman comes out and his new theme is nowhere near as good as his last and he's mid-ring with Aldis. He wants the mic and says he hasn't changed - he doesn't need Aldis or a contract because IT'S FAMILY BUSINESS! Cody is out and says that this hasn't been Roman's WWE since Mania. I like them not just being buddy-buddy completely as the Bloodline is out for a brawl before signatures.

 

AEW Dynamite 9-11-24

 

The show starts off with Moxley talking about taking over and being like Regal - not a villain and not perfect, but he can't be fake and Danielson's ways didn't work. Christian and the Patriarchy are out and Cage talks about cashing in before Kip Sabian stirs things up a bit in the crowed. Backstage, Callis asks Ospreay to team with Fletcher for the casino tag gauntlet and Ospreay says no, but Callis did bring up the favor... Takeshita looks on annoyed. Lio vs. Jack Perry is up and Lio thankfully doesn't have the pilot stripper garb. Lawndart and busaiku end it for Rush. Private Party and Komander get massacred by the Mox group. Hanger and JJ brawl backstage. Sammy and Ricochet have a vintage early Dynamite highlight reel match with Sammy doing a moonsault off the ring light entrance area before Ricochet lands Vertigo to win it. Darby's out and calls out Mox  and Mox comes out without Claudio and Pac and acts like he's in a film being checked out for a wire. 

Darby says that to this day, Mox will wrestle in a gym because he loves it and they first match not in AEW - but in a gym. He wants to know what he wants and Mox says hey, you've got a title shot but it doesn't mean anything yet because the Champion is out and it's a blessing because he isn't ready - but he needs him to hand that title shot over to me! Darby asks if he's drinking again and he's acting self-entitled. Mox wants the shot on the line at Grand Slam and he'll show him a lesson. He's gonna have to teach him the hard way now and Daniels meets with Alex before Nigel interrupts with a word for Tony. 

Mariah May is out to face Queen Aminata and once again I deal with issues with the capture card that have been running amok all night. MayDay ends it. Bucks cut a promo about being the division and they're waiting for ANYONE to earn a shot at the greatest team of the generation. Learning Tree is out and Jericho didn't find the money in his backpack. Learning Tree faces the Iron Savages and JACKED JAMESON! MEAT CHANT breaks out with Boulder and Bill. Stinger splash and a big boot from Bill! Rising uppercut from Keith and a diamond dust hits!  

Jericho is in his designer jacket and Taz has no idea who the designer is and says he's gotta be kinda rancid now. He shows a photo in the backpack with the Best Friends and Jericho offers a lesson about friendship - there are no friends in wrestling! If you have a friend, you have someone using and HE WANTS HIS CASH! OC is backstage with Jericho's new Bentley and they drop all of his change onto it! But he makes change and puts $1 on the seat. 

Nigel is mid-ring and says that at Grand Slam, there won't be a World title match as the champion is gasping for air like Justin Roberts when he was choked out with is own tie and it's not good for AEW! Nigel pulls out a contract and HE'S AFRAID OF ME AND THE ONE MATCH EVERYONE WANTS TO SEE! AND AT GRAND SLAM, IT WILL BE DANIELSON AGAINST NIGEL MCGUINNESS! Hook cuts a promo ala Owen making a two second point over two minutes. 

The casino gauntlet starts off with FTR and Ospreay and Fletcher. THE RIGHEOUS is out to dead silence. Lots of nothing until THE OUTRUNNERS come out for a near-fall and the Fletcher-Ospreay duo wins with the Hidden Blade.

NXT 9-10-24 - TNA Knockouts Defense

I don't usually watch NXT live, but this is a loaded show with a tag title match, heritage cup match, last man standing match and mystery TNA Knockouts title defense. Fraxiom's intro is killer and Dawkins is ungodly fast! Axiom hits a C4 off the top to Dawkins! Powerbomb/blockster hits before THE BLOODLINE INVADES NXT and JACOB FATU RUNS WILD! 

Love that in 2024, we've got MARIGOLD footage on USA. GIULIA vs. Chelsea is hyped up a bit as a preamble for Giulia and Perez on the CW debut. Giulia kept her Hama Kimura tribute in the graphics! Chelsea hits a slap and eats a giant headbutt! SHOTGUN DROPKICK OFF THE TOP! SPIDER WEB MID-RING and Chelsea got the rope and avoids the rising knee. Corner sleeper by Chelsea after she yankst he arm in the rope. German and an elevated flatliner by Chelsea! RISING KNEE and the northern lights bomb ends it. This was a perfect showcase for both of them - but especially Green, who shined with a lot more offense blended in with the comedy.

Jordynne cuts a promo before being broken up by a video package. Lexis King looks goofy as shit with his facial hair getting styled. Demsey vs. Evans is up for the heritage cup after a wacky women's bickering skit backstage. Monkey flip cradles end the first round. Demsey wins the first fall in round 2. Demsey cravate gives him a further edge before Evans wins fall 2. Front chancery by Dempsey before turning it into a guillotine! Half hatch suplex hold from Dempsey got 2.5! Evans DIVES OVER THE RINGPOST ONTO DEMPSEY! TAVION HEIGHTS JUMPS EVANS WITH THE BELLY TO BELLY AND DEMPSEY WINS IT! Oh this ruled! 

HAMMERSTONE is out to face Oba Femi in a MEAT DIVISION MATCH! Hammerstone eats a press slam but lands a pair of belly to belly suplexes and a chokeslam for 2. FEMI JUST SACK OF SHIT TOSSES HAMMERSTONE! Femi hits his finish and beats Hammerstone clean. Damn this was short and fun! Hank and Tank want the Good Brothers and Chase U cuts a promo on Ridge and Duke cuts a promo on him - he's a fantastic promo within the limits of this act.

BIG DUKE ENERGY is here to face RIDGE - not the wallet or the racer, but Holland! Ridge clubbers in the corner before an overhead belly to belly and a slam. Rampage ends it and Thea Hail yells at him. RIDGE TOSSES PART OF THE BARRICADE ON DUKE to...some heat. Jordynne and Giulia have a little staredown. 

Dunne has lived like 10 lifetimes by 30 - and he's already preparing for life after wrestling, wisely, by doing producing too. Dunne cuts a good promo and says he's the lst man standing. MizTV will be on NXT - OH GOD WHY. Wes is out and grabs Vic's headset and calls it Zach for the CW on a street fight. SOL RUCA steps up to face Jordynne! Inverted gutwrench and a powerslam gets 2 for Jordynne. Corner tackle is met with a Ruca rana to the floor. Springboard splash gets 2 for Ruca!

Ruca apron high kick hits! Gunnslinger from Grace is met with a twisting DDT by Ruca for 2. Backhand and a world's strongest slam and Vader bomb get 2. Ruca cradle out of a Grace Driver for 2. Ruca crotched and the muscle buster hits! BUT THE LIGHTS GO OUT! Rosemary and Choo attack Grace. OH GOD. Tatum does goofy dollhouse shit and Tatum is upset about Choo using her. Ava meets with Giulia and FUNAKI AS HER TRANSLATOR! Good God thank God for Giulia! Giulia says Roxanne is scared and she should be!

SHAWN SPEARS ACTING. Pete vs. Williams is up, possibly with Petey Williams producing. BOOK END BY TRICK after a bunch of walking and brawling on the floor. Leaping neckbreaker from Trick onto the chair...that largely hits himself there. Whoops. Bitter End gets an 8. TRICK SHOT HITS! DUNNE POPS UP AT 9.5! POWERBOMB THROUGH AN ANNOUNCE TABLE TOPPER AGAINST THE BARRICADE gives Dunne an edge. Page yells at them and runs at Trick and Trick avoids and wins it!

AEW All Out 2024

The Zero Hour was an okay bunch of trios matches and tags and MJF vs. Garcia starts the PPV off proper. MxM Collection stole the show on the pre-show backstage. Danny jumps his ass early, but catches a beating in the corner and MJF flips off the fans. MJF drills him with the rampage for 2. Danny nails a twist and shout and avoids a brainbuster to land a second. Big avalanche DDT by Garcia gets 2 when MJF just sprung right by the rope off it anyway.

Walls is locked on by MJF before Garcia gets the Yes Lock! MJF counters into the crippler crossface and the SHARPSHOOTER IS ON FOR RED DEATH! Not quite a dragon tamer yet! BANG NOW IT IS! MJF transitions by grabbing the arm into a Fujiwara before turning into a double-arm Asuka lock and then a kneebar too! FRONT CHANCERY BY DANNY! JUMPING PILEDRIVER TO MJF GETS 2.9! MJF ballshots him and does a fisherman's jackknife to win it!

Danny wants a super piledriver after the match and nails it! Okay, so Max won the battle and Danny won the war - I dig this. Tag title time with the Bucks against the BCC's Claudio and Yuta! BCC lands back to back wishbones on the Bucks to show that wrestling really doesn't have to be that hard to get right. LOCOMOTION CORNER TO CORNER UPPERCUTS BY CLAUDIO! Seatbelt got 2 and the Bucks kicks are turned against them for 2.5! 20 REVOLUTION GIANT SWING GOT 2! EVP TRIGGER WINS IT!

Pac vs. Ospreay is up! The crowd is unreal for just their faceoff - very Omega vs. Danielson there. AVALANCHE BRAINBUSTER BY PAC! Ospreay lands a handspring tornado kick for 2! MASSIVE DDT BY PAC AND OSPREAY LANDS ON HIS HEAD! Snap Liger bomb gets 2! C4 HITS FOR OSPREAY FOR 2! Tombstone faceplant by Ospreay, but Pac avoids the hidden blade and lands a superkick! Big forearm by Pac! Apron hook kick by Ospreay! APRON OSCUTTER IS MET WITH AN APRON STEINER RELEASE GERMAN! APRON POISON RANA!  Brutalizer is mid-ring! Five years ago at All Out, Kenny lost to that but Ospreay makes the ropes. Black Arrow meets knees and a cradle for 2.5! An Ospreay Ligerbomb is met with a Pac snap rana for 2.5!

GODDAMN THIS IS UNREAL! SPIKE POISON RANA HITS FOR PAC AND GETS 2.9! OSPREAY POISON RANA AND A FLASH HIDDEN BLADE GETS AN HBK-KO'ED COVER FOR 2.99999999999! Ospreay avoids an avalanche poison rana and HITS A HIDDEN BLADE WITH A RIKISHI SELL FOR 2.9999999999! Oscutter and the Storbreaker, but that's a snap rana. STYLES CLASH AND THE BLINDSIDE HIDDEN BLADE WIN IT! Holy shit that was a match of the year winner right there!

They're wisely doing something different to follow it with Willow vs. Statlander with Stokely having a New Jack tribute chair. Willow avoids the chair and lands a buckle bomb early! APRON POWERBOMB avoided and Kris hits a running powerbomb through the SAT! SWANTON THROUGH A TABLE MISSES, but Stat's legs smash into Willow! Capture card stopped working for a long time - dang. Missed the street fight and Continental four way, but things clear up for the TBS Title match.

Nice dropkick from Shida as a CE-Blows sign is on TV. RISING DRAPING KNEE GETS 2 FOR SHIDA! Snap rana by Shida and then a draping knee to the head in a 619 position. Shida ran right into a flash crossface! Three amigos hit, but Shida lands a trifecta of falcon arrows. Shida avoids a money maker, but a knee clip opens the door for that to end it!

Danielson vs. Perry is up! This show is flying by even with the technical issues I've had. Perry gets a cool car combat-ish video with the SCAPEGOAT bus and the Elite brings his gear for him. JR IS ON THE MAIN EVENT CALLS! BRYAN GETS FINAL COUNTDOWN and Perry gets a sea of boos. Bryan gives Perry an edge on the mat before Perry flips over off the shotgun missile dropkick. SUPERKICK BY PERRY and a draping DDT on the floor. Hammer and anvil elbows up top before a back suplex off the top! Perry backslide turned into a Danielson Yes lock and then a double-arm Asuka lock! CATTLE MUTILATION BY PERRY! A pair of snap dragon suplexes by Perry! Roundkick chest kicks on the apron from Danielson! Snaretrap is on! Half and half by Perry is turned into a Regaplex by Danielson! Ref goes down and the Bucks get involved. 

TK DRIVER! Claudio and Wheeler run them out! KILLSHOT KNEE HITS and gets 2.9! A Perry bird flip is met with  Busaiku knee! Perry slaps the shit out of him but DANIELSON ABSOLUTELY SLAPS THE SHIT OUT OF HIM before eating a superkick BUT LANDING A BUSAIKU KNEE! 2.9! AND HE KICKS HIS FUCKING HEAD IN! Perry takes the bullet ala Jax at the end of SOA and it's over! This is an all-time great PPV and that's with me basically missing 2 matches. 

KILLSWITCH JUMPS DANIELSON! AND CHRISTIAN HAS THE CASE TOO! BCC prevents it and Mox and Claudio are in white and black... AND THEY JUMP DANIELSON AND MOX PUTS A BAG ON HIS HEAD! Yuta wants to save Danielson, but Pac holds him at bay! A "this is murder!" chant breaks out. 

Main event time and they fight before the cage lowers. Nana throws shit in and as the cage lowers, they tease it lowering on heads. STAPLE GUN TIME! Staples to the chest of Swerve and then to the back of Hangman! Swerve staples a family photo of his to Hangman's chest! ANOTHER PHOTO TO THE FACE! AND THEN HE RIPS IT OFF! Triangle lariat to Swerve on the rope and it's Barb wire lariat time and he cusses out Swerve. BUCKSHOT BY SWERVE OFF THE REF! Nasty chair to the back by Swerve and then a lawndart into the chair in the corner got 2!

FINALLY A COVER! Wow. VERTEBREAKER ON THE CINDER BLOCK! SWERVE STOMP THROUGH A TABLE! Deadeye hits for 2.5! WHOSE HOUSE - IT'S A PIECE OF SWERVE'S HOUSE! SPIKE TO THE FACE and Hangman gets a powerbomb on the cinder block for 2! Swerve eats cage-mounted punches and nails a cage bomb! HOUSE CALL HITS! 2.9! AVALANCHE POWERBOMB BY HANGMAN! deadeye gets 2! Swerve eats a chair and gets up defiantly, but falls down to his feet. HE PULLS THE GRILL OUT OF HIS MOUTH! HYPODERMIC THROUGH THE JAW! CHAIR EXPLODES THROUGH THE HEAD OF SWERVE and it's ended by the ref via knockout! 

Goddamn what a match and what a night!