10/10/23 AEW Dynamite Title Tuesday Recap
Christian Cage opens the show in the production truck. Cage says tonight is one of the biggest Dynamite’s ever, and it has implications for him and his title. Cage says he has beef with both Bryan Danielson and Swerve Strickland, and then says his right-hand man, Luchasaurus, is going to end the run of the Rated R Superstar Adam Copeland before it even begins.
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The opening credits roll. Excalibur, Taz, and Tony Schiavone are on commentary from Independence, Missouri.
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Match #1 – #1 Contender’s (AEW TNT Championship) Match: Bryan Danielson vs. Swerve Strickland (w/Prince Nana)
They lock up and Danielson takes Strickland down for a few quick one counts. Strickland counters out, and then they stand at a stalemate. Danielson goes for a knee-bar, but Strickland rolls through and applies a front face-lock. Danielson backs Strickland into the ropes, but Strickland comes back and trips Danielson up. Strickland gets a crucifix pin for a one count, and then they exchange inside cradles for two counts. Strickland backs Danielson into the ropes and delivers s shot to the midsection. Strickland puts Danielson on the apron and delivers a back elbow. Strickland goes to the apron, but Danielson kicks him in the face. They exchange chops on the apron, and then Danielson follows with a kick to Strickland’s arm. Strickland shoves Danielson into the ring post and drops him with a side slam on the apron. Strickland gets Danielson back into the ring and goes up top.
Strickland connects with a diving uppercut and delivers a knee strike on the mat. Strickland goes for the cover, but Danielson kicks out. Strickland slams Danielson down, and then immediately follows with a brain buster. Strickland goes for the cover, but Danielson kicks out again. Strickland sends Danielson into the corner and follows with a back-breaker. Strickland goes for a 450 splash from the top, but Danielson gets his knees up. Danielson sends Strickland to the outside and drops him with a knee strike. Danielson gets Strickland back into the ring and delivers a dropkick. Danielson delivers kicks to Strickland’s head and goes for the cover, but Strickland kicks out. Danielson takes Strickland to the corner and delivers a few chops. Danielson runs the ropes, but Strickland kicks him in the midsection. Danielson goes for the floor, but Strickland flips over the top rope.
Danielson slides back into the ring and goes for a dive, but Strickland cuts him off. Strickland hangs Danielson in the corner and delivers the Swerve Stomp to send Danielson to the floor. Strickland gets Danielson back into the ring and goes for the Swerve Stomp again, but Danielson dodges and locks in a single-leg Boston Crab. Danielson transitions into a heel hook, but Strickland makes it to the ropes. Danielson goes up top, but Strickland cuts him off with an uppercut. Strickland goes for a superplex, but Danielson slides out and trips Strickland up. Danielson delivers an avalanche back suplex and takes Strickland to the corner. Danielson delivers running kicks in the corner, but then collapses down and Strickland delivers the House Call. Strickland delivers the Swerve Stomp and goes for the cover, but Danielson kicks out.
Danielson backs Strickland into the corner, but Strickland counters and slams Danielson down. Strickland goes for the cover, but Danielson kicks out again. Nana gets on the apron and Strickland’s grabs his crown. Adam Page runs out and takes the crown away, and then Danielson counters the MJL Driver with a roll-up for a two count. Danielson delivers the Busaiko Knee and gets the pin fall.
Winner and number one contender for the AEW TNT Championship: Bryan Danielson
-After the match, Danielson leaves the ring and then Page throws Nana’s crown back into the ring toward Nana and Strickland.
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A new vignette airs for Samoa Joe. Joe says he is going to begin his ascension toward greatness this Saturday on Collision.
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Match #2 – Singles Match: Chris Jericho vs. Powerhouse Hobbs (w/Don Callis)
They exchange shots and Hobbs sends Jericho into the corner. Hobbs charges, but Jericho kicks him in the face. Jericho charges out, but Hobbs slams him with a spine-buster. Hobbs goes for the cover, but Jericho kicks out. Hobbs delivers another spine-buster and follows with a headbutt. Hobbs clubs Jericho in the back and delivers another spine-buster. Hobbs drops a knee to Jericho’s back and chokes him with his boot. Hobbs delivers another spine-buster, but Jericho comes back with right hands. Jericho goes for a shoulder tackle, but Hobbs throws him into the corner. Hobbs charges, but Jericho moves and Hobbs’ head hits the turnbuckle. Jericho delivers the Codebreaker and goes for the cover, but Hobbs kicks out. Hobbs comes back with more shots and another spine-buster. Hobbs delivers a knee to Jericho’s ribs and picks him up, but Jericho gets free and drops Hobbs with a chop block.
Jericho applies the Walls of Jericho, but Hobbs gets free and delivers a lateral front slam. Hobbs goes for the cover, but Jericho kicks out. Hobbs delivers another front slam and puts his knee on Jericho’s face for the pin fall.
Winner: Powerhouse Hobbs
-After the match, Hobbs delivers another front slam to Jericho before leaving the ring with Callis.
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A new video airs with Adam Cole, Roderick Strong, and The Kingdom. Strong asks Cole to mow his grass this week after Cole says he really needs to get his surgery. Cole misses a spot and Strong asks him to get it, and then Strong says he has something in the house for Cole. They introduce him to a giraffe that The Kingdom gave to Strong in the hospital, and then Cole asks why there is no cell service and no television in the house, and Strong says television is the Devil. Cole goes to leave for his surgery, but Strong says he has one more thing he needs Cole to do.
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Match #3 – AEW International Championship Match: Rey Fenix (c) (w/Alex Abrahantes) vs. Orange Cassidy
They exchange quick moves and Fenix goes for a German suplex, but his back gives out. Cassidy takes Fenix to the ropes, but Fenix comes back with a kick to the head. Fenix connects with a frog splash and goes for the cover, but Cassidy kicks out. Cassidy sends Fenix to the outside and slams him into the barricade. Cassidy throws Fenix over the barricade and brings him right back to ringside. Cassidy slams Fenix into the ring post and follows with a chop. Cassidy slams Fenix into the ring post again and tosses him back into the ring. Fenix comes back with a sliding kick, but Cassidy trips him up on the apron. Cassidy goes up top, but Fenix meets him with an uppercut. Fenix sets up for the Muscle Buster, but his back gives out. Cassidy kicks him away and delivers a diving DDT. Cassidy delivers a spinning DDT to follow and goes for the cover, but Fenix kicks out.
Cassidy goes for the Orange Punch, but Fenix counters with a thrust kick. Fenix charges at Cassidy, but his back gives out again. Cassidy delivers Beach Break and goes for the cover, but Fenix kicks out. Cassidy delivers the Orange Punch and gets the mousetrap cover for the three count.
Winner and new AEW International Champion: Orange Cassidy
-After the match, Penta El Zero Miedo comes to the ring to check on Fenix with the doctors, while Best Friends and Rocky Romero come out to celebrate with Cassidy.
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“Timeless” Toni Storm’s short-film called Lover’s Lament plays during a picture-in-picture break.
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Match #4 – Singles Match: Matt Sydal vs. Wardlow
Wardlow back Sydal into the corner and drives his shoulder into his midsection a few times. Wardlow begins the Powerbomb Symphony and the referee stops the match after four power bombs.
Winner via referee stoppage: Wardlow
-After the match, Wardlow leaves through the crowd just like last week.
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Renee Paquette asks Chris Jericho for an update. Daniel Garcia walks up and asks how he is doing, but Matt Menard walks up after him. Menard asks Garcia what he is doing, and Garcia says he is checking on a guy who they used to be friends with. Menard says he understands, but he has had enough and walks away as Garcia follows him.
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Match #5 – Singles Match: Adam Page vs. Jay White (w/Austin Gunn, Colten Gunn, and Juice Robinson)
White slams Page in the face and ducks out of the ring. White comes back in, but Page backs him into the corner. White slaps Page in the face and ducks out of the ring again. Page takes White out with a dive and stares down the rest of Bullet Club Gold. Page drops White with a chop on the outside and slams him into the apron as the show heads to a commercial.
Back from the break, White chops Page in the corner and takes him down. White applies a rear chin-lock and transitions into a front face-lock. Page counters out with a suplex attempt and a few chops. Page slams White down and connects with a running moonsault. Page goes for the cover, but White kicks out. Page sends White into the ropes, but White pulls himself to the outside. Page goes for a dive, but White moves and Page’s knee gives out. Page comes right back with a pop-up power bomb on the apron and gets White back into the ring. Page delivers another pop-up power bomb and goes for the cover, but White kicks out. Page goes for Deadeye, but White gets free with a few knee shots. White kicks Page in the midsection and throws him into the turnbuckles. White delivers a knee-breaker to Page on the apron as the show heads to a commercial.
Back from the break, Page and White are up top. They exchange shots, and then Page delivers an avalanche Blockbuster. Page grabs White, but White backs him into the corner. White wrenches Page’s knee and slams him down. White goes for the cover, but Page kicks out. White drops Page with a dragon-screw leg-whip in the ropes, but Page comes back and sends White to the outside. Page drops White with a moonsault from the top, but tweaks his knee again. Page gets White back into the ring and sets up for the Buckshot, but White backs into the ropes. White comes back with a face-buster and gets a German suplex with a bridge for a two count. White delivers a sleeper suplex, but Page comes right back with a clothesline. Page goes for the Buckshot Lariat, but White dodges and goes for Bladerunner. Page counters and delivers Deadeye. Page goes for the cover, but the rest of BCG distract the referee.
Page only gets a two count, and then Prince Nana runs out with his crown to distract Page. White rolls Page up from behind and gets the three count with a handful of tights.
Winner: Jay White
-After the match, Page goes after Nana as BCG celebrate with White in the ring.
MJF’s music hits and he comes to the stage. MJF says White got the main event title match that he wanted, and then tells White to give him the title back. White laughs and says they don’t want to hear anymore from MJF, because they want to hear more from J-Ay-White. The crowd tells White to “Shut the f— up” and then he says he was going to say yes before they were so rude. MJF says White is the guy who doesn’t give a damn about anyone else and will do whatever it takes to get what he wants. MJF says the difference between them is that he wakes up every day and tries to be a better man.
MJF says for the first time in his life, he has earned the fans’ respect, unlike White. MJF says he only cares about Adam Cole and the AEW World Championship. MJF says he hates White’s guts and would have already broken his legs and neck if the rest of BCG wasn’t with him. MJF says he knows how good White is and says he will one day be able to join the club of AEW World Champions, but that day is no today. MJF tells White to be a man and show respect to the sport, to AEW, and to the fans, and give him back what he has not yet earned.
White thanks MJF for asking face-to-face rather than attacking him from behind in his Devil mask. White says MJF can earn his title back on November 18th at Full Gear, but if he can’t wait he can come to the ring and take it. White says if MJF can find three people who can tolerate him and somehow team with him, maybe he can get the belt back sooner. Robinson says there is a Dynamite Diamond Dozen Battle Royale next week for a chance at the Dynamite Diamond Ring, and he is going to win it and then they will have everything that MJF loves. Robinson pulls out a roll of quarters and says he will put them in his hand and knock MJF out with them, and then MJF says if Robinson comes near him with the quarters he will beat the shit out of him. MJF storms backstage and White says they have two words for everyone, “Guns Up.”
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Act 2 of Lover’s Lament featuring “Timeless” Toni Storm airs during the picture-in-picture break.
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Match #6 – AEW Women’s World Championship Match: Saraya (c) vs. Hikaru Shida
Saraya shoves Shida away a few times, but Shida comes back with shots. Saraya ducks into the ropes, and then takes Shida to the corner and delivers forearm shots. Shida turns it around with forearm shots of her own, but Saraya sends her across the ring. Shida counters with a knee striek in the corner, and then follows with an enzuigiri that sends Saraya to the floor. Saraya gets back into the ring, but Shida keeps her grounded with right hands. Saraya counters back, and then they exchange elbow strikes on the mat. Shida clubs Saraya in the back and slams her to the mat. Shida delivers a shot to Saraya on the outside, and then Ruby Soho appears from behind with the spray paint. Shida blocks her and sprays the paint in Soho’s face. Toni Storm rushes out and beats Soho into the crowd with her shoes. Storm chases Soho away, and then Saraya takes Shida down on the outside as the show heads to a commercial.
Back from the break, Saraya and Shida exchange shots in the ring. Saraya kicks Shida in the midsection, but Shida comes back with a jumping knee strike. Shida delivers right hands in the corner and takes her down. Shida goes for the cover, but Saraya kicks out. Shida goes for a suplex from the apron back in, but Saraya blocks it and slams Shida to the floor. Shida comes back to the apron and delivers a right hand. Shida drops Saraya with a German suplex and Saraya falls to the floor. Shida delivers the Meteora and gets Saraya back into the ring. Shida delivers a running knee strike and goes for the cover, but Saraya kicks out. Shida goes for the Katana, but Saraya dodges it. Shida delivers a Question Mark Kick and goes up top. Shida comes off, but Saraya kicks her in the midsection. Saraya delivers the Nightcap and goes for the cover, but Shida kicks out.
Saraya stomps on Shida and grabs the spray paint and Shida’s kendo stick. The referee takes the kendo stick and Saraya sprays Shida in the eyes with the spray paint. Saraya delivers the Nightcap and goes for the cover, but Shida kicks out again. Shida comes back with the Falcon Arrow and goes for the cover, but Saraya counters out. They exchange roll-ups a few times, and then Shida gets the final one for the three count.
Winner and new AEW Women’s World Champion: Hikaru Shida
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Announced for this Friday’s Rampage:
-Trios Tag Team Match: Angelo Parker, Daniel Garcia, and Matt Menard vs. Isiah Kassidy and The Hardys
-Claudio Castagnoli and Wheeler Yuta vs. Gates of Agony
-Emi Sakura vs. Skye Blue
-Jay Lethal vs. Trent Beretta
Announced for this Saturday’s Collision, which will air at 7 PM EST/6 PM CST:
-AEW TNT Championship Match: Christian Cage (c) vs. Bryan Danielson
Announced for next Wednesday’s Dynamite:
-Dynamite Dozen Battle Royale
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Renee Paquette interviews MJF. MJF says old him would be freaking out on Renee, but he is not in the mood to be interviewed. MJF says he just wants to call his boy and get some advice. MJF calls Adam Cole, and Cole answers. Cole says he is still at Strong’s because he still needs his help. MJF says he really needs Cole’s help and runs down the reasons, but service drops for the call. Daddy Ass Billy Gunn and The Acclaimed walk up and offer to be MJF’s partners against Bullet Club Gold. MJF just walks away, and then Gunn asks Max Caster when he decided he could just offer up their services. Gunn asks Caster what his obsession is with MJF, and Caster says he has known him for ten years and is his friends. Caster says he likes it when MJF plays hard to get, and they walk away.
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Christian Cage and Luchasaurus come to the ring. Cage says he left a lot of people shocked with the three words he said to Copeland last week. Cage says the truth is, Copeland needs him, but he doesn’t need Copeland. Cage says Beth and Edge’s daughters will be well taken care of after Luchasaurus takes care of Copeland tonight. Copeland charges to the ring as Cage ducks out. Nick Wayne hits the ring and takes Copeland down, and then Luchasaurus drops Copeland with the Extinction Lariat. The referee checks on Copeland, and Copeland says he is good to go.
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Match #7 – Singles Match: Adam Copeland vs. Luchasaurus (w/Christian Cage and Nick Wayne)
Luchasaurus splashes Copeland in the corner and delivers right hands. Luchasaurus drops Copeland with a clothesline and follows with a Tombstone Piledriver. Luchasaurus goes for the cover, but Copeland kicks out. Luchasaurus drops Copeland with a right hand and clubs him in the back a few times. Luchasaurus chokes Copeland in the corner, and then chokes him with his boot on the mat. Luchasaurus slams Copeland into the opposite corner, and then follows with a scoop slam. Copeland comes back with a few flying elbow strikes in the corner, but Luchasaurus comes back with body shots. Luchasaurus drops Copeland with a suplex and delivers an elbow strike to the back of Copeland’s head. Luchasaurus slams Copeland down, but Copeland comes back with elbow strikes. Luchasaurus kicks Copeland in the face to send him to the outside as the show heads to a commercial.
Back from the break, Wayne shoves Copeland into the ring post. Luchasaurus moves the ring steps and gets Copeland on the apron. Copeland comes back with a dropkick to Luchasaurus’ knee, and then drops him with a diving DDT on the floor. Copeland gets Luchasaurus back into the ring and connects with a cross-body to his back from the top. Copeland delivers elbow strikes, but Luchasaurus drops him with a headbutt. Copeland comes back with the Impaler and goes for the cover, but Luchasaurus kicks out. Luchasaurus comes back and pulls Copeland up top, but Copeland counters and drops Luchasaurus with a superplex. Cage walks toward the ring as Wayne wedges a chair in the corner. Copeland goes for a Spear, but Luchsaurus sends him into the chair. Luchasaurus delivers a chokeslam and goes for the cover, but Copeland kicks out.
Copeland dodges the Extinction Lariat, but then both men drop each other with kicks. Copeland gets Luchasaurus on the apron and drops him with a reverse neck-breaker. Copeland launches off the steps and drops Luchasaurus with a Spear on the floor. Copeland gets Luchasaurus back into the ring, but Wayne gets on the apron. Cage rushes to the apron, but Copeland takes the TNT title and hits Luchasaurus with it, and then throws it to Cage. Cage drops Wayne with a shot and Luchasaurus turns to see Cage with the title. Cage says he didn’t hit him, and then Copeland drops Luchsaurus with the Spear for the pin fall.
Winner: Adam Copeland
-After the match, Wayne drops Copeland with a chop block. Wayne and Luchasaurus double-team Copeland, and then Bryan Danielson rushes out to make the save. Cage joins the beat down, but Claudio Castagnoli and Wheeler Yuta rush out to make the save. The Mogul Embassy come out to join the melee, and then Adam Page does as well. Copeland drops Wayne with a Spear and Danielson has Cage tapping out to the LeBell Lock as the show comes to a close.
