AEW Dynamite Report, 4/26/23

Join us tonight for up to the minute results from the latest episode of Impact Wrestling.

Match 1.  Freshly Squeezed, Orange Cassidy, AEW International Champion VS  Bandido

Cassidy is defending his champion for the 20th time against a former ROH World Champion in Bandido.  Bandido dives the legs as Cassidy does the hand in pocket routine.  They then trade arm drags.  Neither gain an advantage.  Cassidy scissors Bandido to the floor and stands tall in the ring with his hands in his pockets.  Bandido enters and the cross several times before Cassidy hits a ranna.  Cassidy dives to the floor, but Bandido catches him and drops Orange on the barricade on this throat.  Bandido then drives his shoulder into Orange as he is back in the ring in a corner.  Bandido locks on an upside down abdominal stretch.  He then hits a dropkick that spills Orange back to the floor.  Bandido flips on him from the ring and we go to break.  Once back, Bandido is laying in kicks, but Orange counters and slams his head repeatedly in the corner.  Cassidy crossbodies Bandido off the top and then hits a driver for 2.  Bandido catches Cassidy on the top rope with a kick to the head from the mat.  Bandido then hits a superplex.  He gets a two count off a pop up cutter.  Bandido and Cassidy end up battling on the top rope.  Bandido catches Cassidy and presses him with 1 arm and slams him.  He follows up with a frog splash for two.  Cassidy escapes and gets locks on the mouse trap, but Bandido reverses it.  Cassidy hits a Orange Punch and Beach Break and it is over.

Winner and still International Champion, Orange Cassidy

Cassidy and Bandido celebrate the match after as friends.

Adam Cole is interviewed backstage.  He says he is going to call out Chris Jericho.  He says he will go find him if he doesn’t come out.  Cassidy and Bandido come up and do a quick comedy scene.

Darby Allin and Jungle Boy, Jack Perry have a backstage segment.  They agree that they said too much last week.  They have an uneasy back and forth, but they go their separate ways.

Match 2.  Jeff Jarrett VS Dax Harwood, AEW World Tag Team Champion 

Interesting all partners and stable mates are banned from ringside.  Jarrett looks to be incredible shape for a man his age.  He is a 10 time World Champion, between WCW, TNA and NWA title runs.  Jarrett arm drags and slams Dax several times, but gets chopped after strutting around the ring.  Dax whips Jarrett, but Double J recovers and punches him and then stomps Dax in the corner.  Dax rises and hits a snap suplex.  Dax sets up Jeff on the top rope, but Jeff outslugs him and face plants him on the mat with a inverted suplex.  We go to break.  Once back they are shown exchanging strong style punches.  They each fail in locking on leg locks.  Dax hits a diving top rope headbutt for a two count.  Dax hits a piledriver for a two count.  Jeff bails to the floor.  Dax follows him and starts laying in punches and kicks on the floor.  They get back in the ring and Jeff finds himself with an advantage after a few punches.  He attempts the figure four.  Dax blocks it but Jeff launches him into the corner.  Jeff tries for the figure four again, but Dax small packages him for a two count.  Lots of false finishes.  Dax hits a short arm clothesline.  Jeff ends up on the apron.  Dax goes for a suplex, but Sonjay Dutt comes out of nowhere and grabs Dax’s leg.  Jeff gets a two count.  Dax chases Sonjay around the ring and back in.  Jeff is waiting for him and hits the stroke.  It is over.

Winner by pinfall,  Jeff Jarrett

Sonjay grabs the tag belt and acts like it is his.

The Owner Hart Cup will begin with opening ceremonies at Double or Nothing.  The tournament will be held exclusively in Canada.  The finals will take place in Calgary on July 15h.

Match 3.  TNT Champion, Wardlow (with Arn Anderson) VS Unnamed Wrestler

Wardlow hits a lariat and 4 powerbombs.  It is over.   I guess his name didn’t matter.

Winner by pinfall, Wardlow

Anderson grabs mic and says Hobbs was a great champion, but Wardlow dominated him.  He says the next dynasty of AEW is Wardlow, but he needs to agree with Anderson that he will have to do things out of character.  Just then Christian Cage and Luchasaurus enter the arena and head to the ring.  Cage don’t go in the ring.  They just stand in front of it.  Then walk off.

Sammy Guevara will face Darby Allin tonight. Sami and MJF are interviewed and they start talking down Darby.  Sammy gives MJF a vest like his.  MJF then gives Sami a scarf.  They literally hug and kiss each other several times during this strange segment.

The Black Pool Combat Club are shown attacking RJ City.  Mox blindsided him.  Claudio and Yuta lay in a few kicks and walk off.

Match 4.  Darby Allin VS Sammy Guevara (with Taya Melo)

Taya leaves Sammy with a kiss on the top of the ramp.  Sammy enters the ring and then MJF enters to join the announce team.  He is eating pickles with his picture on the jar.  Taz joins him with a pickle.  Meanwhile Darby does a headlock takeover.  Then a side headlock.  Tony Schiavone and Excaliber all want pickles.

The two’s back and forth is a good watch.  They trade arm drags and counter holds.  Darby gets locked in a scissor, but reverses it to a crab on Sammy.  Sammy grabs the ropes and spits on Darby.  He then knees him in the back.  Darby tumbles to the floor.  Sammy baits the crowd as Darby recovers.  Sammy then  drags Darby back in the ring.  He then sets up a suplex on the apron, but Darby blocks it and chokes him on the second rope.  He then tries to German Sammy to the floor, but Sammy mule kicks Darby in the groin and hits a suplex to the floor.  After a quick break, we are back and Darby is shown diving from the ring to the floor, but Sammy catches him and turns his momentum into an epic cutter.  Sammy sets up a table.  Darby gets the best of Sammy and sets him up on the table.  Taya re-enters and distracts Darby on the top rope, leaving Sammy to climb the ropes and hit a Spanish Fly.  Sammy sets up Darby on the table on the floor now.  Sammy hits a double flip from the top rope to the floor onto Darby.  That was nuts.  Darby somehow beats the 10 count.  Then hits a few shotgun dropkicks.  MJF enters the ring area.  He hands Darby his skateboard.  The ref sees Allin with the skateboard and DQ’s him.

Winner by DQ.  Sammy Guevara.  Sammy will face MJF at Double or Nothing for the AEW World Title.

Jungle Boy stops Guevara and MJF from furthering the post match beatdown.  MJF then verbally undresses everyone in the arena.  Tony Schiavone announces that next week will be a tag match.  If Allin and Jungle Boy win, the match will Pillars 4 Way match at Double or Nothing.  Darby and Jungle Boy shake hands but walk out separately.

Backstage, MJF and Sami are interviewed walking out of the arena.  MJF walks off telling off Tony Khan.  They get to MJF’s car and Max tells Sammy the car is full, even though it is empty.  Sammy is left alone and confused.  He then shakes it off and says to himself ok.. He knows the score.

Back in the arena, Adam Cole enters in street clothes.  He doesn’t do his normal entrance.  He walks with purpose and then begins a rant on Chris Jericho.  He calls him out so they can fight.  Cole is upset from the attack on him and his girlfriend Dr Britt Baker.   Jericho’s music plays and he is shown on the jumbotron.  He says he will not come to the ring and fight him.  He calls Cole a coward and doesn’t want to be anywhere near him, but he says his guys will.  The JAC enter and start beating on Cole.  Orange Cassidy and Bandido come out to help, but they are outnumbered.  Just then Roderick Strong enters and evens the score.  He lays out everyone.  Cole hugs his longtime stablemate from NXT.

QTV segment.  QT Marshall is attacked with by Powerhouse Hobbs.  QT tells him there is a conspiracy against him, but he will fix it.  He says it is time for Plan B.  That was confusing.

Match 5.  Taya Valkyrie VS Jade Cargill (TBS Champion)

The story is Taya can’t use her finisher in the match.  Both of these women are very strong.  Taya land on top and goes to the ground and pound.  Jade rakes the eyes of Taya.  Taya boots Jade to the floor.  Cargill grabs Taya on the apron and pulls her to the floor and we go to break.  Taya is back with a sit out blue thunder bomb.  Jade spins Taya to the corner and sets her up on the top rope.  Taya fights her off, but Jade manages the suplex anyway.  Jade hits a Canadian Destroyer.  Taya escapes a crucifix and double stomps Jade.  Jade rarely gets this roughed up.  Taya locks on the road to valhalla, but then drops it knowing it is not allowed.  Jade rolls her up for the win.  Smart Mark Sterling called out the illegal hold from the floor.

Winner.  Jade Cargill

Post match Taya takes out everyone, including Aubrey Edwards.

Britt Baker and Jamie Hayter are shown backstage.  Jamie is holding her championship, but has an arm in a sling.  Britt has a black eye.  They are declaring war on Ruby Soho, Saraya and Tony Storm.

The American Dragon, Bryan Danielson from the BPCC enter the arena and heads to the announce table.  We go to break.

Main Event.  The Butcher and The Blade (with Kip Sabian and Penelope) VS Kenny Omega (with Don Callis) and Konosuke Takeshita

Danielson goes off on Omega on commentary.  The Blade and Takeshita trade chops until Omega tags in.  It is a quick tag between the team several times.  Omega moonsaults and Konosuke hits a senton back to back.  Omega knocks Butcher to the floor, but Sabian trips him on the outside.  Butcher jumps out Omega from behind and then Sabian superkicks him.  We go to break.  Takeshita whips Butcher and drives his head to the mat.  He then punts Butcher several times.  Takeshita then hits a brain buster for a two count.  Blade makes the save and that sets up a stunner and neck breaker by the Butcher and Blade.  Omega swept the leg of Blade.  Omega and Takeshita double team Butcher with knee strikes and a spinning blue thunder bomb.  Blade breaks up a pin attempt.  After a jumping knee and Omega snap dragon, he dives on Blade on the floor.  Takeshita then hits one last knee and gets the pin on Butcher.

Winners.  Konosuke Takeshita and Kenny Omega

Danielson grabs the mic and tells Konosuke he would be better with the BPCC, where he can be what he is, a professional wrestler and not an entertainer like The Elite.  The BPCC jump Omega from behind, while Danielson watches.  Mox, Claudio and Yuta hold Omega.  Danielson enters with a screwdriver.  The Young Bucks enter and take out all the BPCC.  They pic up the screw driver.  Takeshita blocks Omega from using he screw driver on Mox.  Yuta and Claudio use the confusion to take out the Bucks in the ring.  Mox hits the Paradime Shift on Omega.  Takeshita is confused.  Danielson tells Takeshita he wants to be with them and they raise his hand.  Takeshita says no, but is now outnumbered 4 to 1.  Yuta crotches him from behind.  Mox then stabs him with the screwdriver.  The show ends with Konosuke a bloody mess.