2/14/24 AEW Dynamite Recap

The opening credits roll. Excalibur, Taz, and Tony Schiavone are on commentary from Cedar Park, Texas.

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Match #1 – Singles Match: Dax Harwood vs. Jon Moxley
They lock up and Harwood takes Moxley into the corner. Moxley turns it around and flips Harwood off after they break apart. They lock up again and Moxley takes Harwood to the corner this time. Moxley gives Harwood a peck and waits for Harwood to hit him, but Harwood returns the peck and delivers clubbing shots to drop Moxley down. Moxley comes back with shots of his own, but Harwood chops him into the corner. Moxley turns it around with right hands and bites Harwood on the head. Harwood comes back with chops and forearm strike, and then chops Moxley in the corner. Harwood beats Moxley down in the corner, but Moxley backs him into another corner and delivers overhand chops. Moxley chokes Harwood with his boot, but Harwood comes back with a shoulder tackle. Moxley ducks a clothesline and goes for the Bulldog Choke, but Harwood counters with a roll-up for a one count.
Harwood goes for a Sharpshooter, but Moxley connects with a few up kicks. Moxley clotheslines Harwood to the floor and gouges his eyes before throwing him over the barricade. Harwood comes back with right hands, but Moxley delivers some of his own. Moxley kicks Harwood in the midsection and catapults him into the ring post. Moxley gets Harwood back into the ring and rakes his fingernails into Harwood’s forehead. Harwood comes back with a Liger Bomb for a two count, and then both men got for suplexes but tumble to the floor as the show heads to a commercial.
Back from the break, Moxley delivers a few shots in the ring, and then they exchange chops and elbow strikes. Harwood chops Moxley in the corner and puts him up top. Harwood delivers another chop and climbs, but Moxley cuts him off with a headlock. Harwood bites Moxley’s hand, but Moxley grinds his fingernails into Harwood’s back. Moxley delivers elbow strikes to knock Harwood down, but Harwood comes back with a right hand and delivers a superplex. They headbutt each other on the mat, and then Moxley delivers right hands and kicks. Harwood comes back with a few short-arm lariats, and they exchange shots again. Harwood takes Moxley down and applies a Sharpshooter, but Moxley gets free and stomps on Harwood’s head. Moxley goes for an arm-bar, but Harwood rolls over for a two count. Harwood rakes his fingernails into Moxley’s back, but Moxley comes back with a back-body drop.
Harwood comes back with a pile-driver and goes for the cover, but Moxley kicks out at two. They exchange chops on the outside, and then Moxley gets back into the ring and kicks the ropes into Harwood as he follows. Moxley delivers a few quick shots and drops Harwood with a pile-driver for a two count. Moxley goes for the King Kong Lariat, but Harwood comes back with a right hand. Harwood delivers a brain buster and goes for the cover, but Moxley kicks out. Harwood goes for a diving headbutt, but Moxley dodges it, locks in a rear choke, and Harwood taps out.
Winner: Jon Moxley
-After the match, Moxley keeps the hold applied before Cash Wheeler hits the ring and delivers shots to him. Claudio Castagnoli comes to the ring and slams Wheeler with the Neutralizer. Moxley puts Harwood in the rear choke again, this time in the ropes, as Claudio puts Wheeler in a hold as well.

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Renee Paquette interviews the Don Callis Family. Callis says they are a victim of their own success, because no one wants to wrestle Konosuke Takeshita or wants a piece of Powerhouse Hobbs. Callis says they need to be on Revolution, and so he is putting two of his family members against each other. Callis says Takeshita will take on Will Ospreay at the event, and either way it is a win for them and everyone will be talking about them.

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Adam Cole joins the commentary team for the next match.

Match #2 – Singles Match: Wardlow vs. Barrett Brown
Wardlow grabs Brown and puts him up top. Wardlow pulls him down and delivers a knee strike. Wardlow delivers the Powerbomb Symphony with only one powerbomb and gets the pin fall.
Winner: Wardlow

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Matthew and Nicholas Jackson were shown arriving at the airport earlier today.

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Matt Menard has joined the commentary team for the next match.

Match #3 – Singles Match: Adam Copeland vs. Daniel Garcia
Copeland delivers a quick knee strike and slams Garcia into the corner. Copeland delivers elbow strikes and slams Garcia down. Copeland goes for a cross-face, but Garcia gets free and applies an ankle lock. Copeland gets to the ropes and applies a side-headlock. Copeland drops Garcia with a shoulder tackle, and then splashes onto his back and gets a two count. Copeland chokes Garcia in the corner, but Garcia comes back with a side-headlock. Copeland drops Garcia with another shoulder tackle, but Garcia comes back and gets a two count on a roll-up. Garcia trips Copeland for a one count, and then trips him up again before stomping on the back of Copeland’s knees. Copeland comes back and takes Garcia to the corner, but Garcia delivers a few shots. Garcia goes for a cross-body, but Copeland catches him and delivers a shoulder-breaker. Copeland slams Garcia face-first into the turnbuckle as the show heads to a commercial.
Back from the break, Copeland takes Garcia down and goes to the ropes. Garcia goes after him, but Copeland drops down and works over Garcia’s arm. Copeland goes up top again, but Garcia trips him up and drops him with a dragon-screw leg-whip from the top. Garcia delivers shots to Copeland and kicks him in the face in the corner. Garcia delivers another dragon-screw, but Copeland comes back and works over Garcia’s arm. Garcia gets free and applies an STO, but Copeland gets free and they exchange shots. Garcia delivers another dragon-screw and goes up top. Copeland cuts him off and drops him with an impaler DDT from the ropes. Copeland goes for a Spear, but Garcia kicks him in the face and gets a jackknife cover for a two count. Killswitch and Nick Wayne hit the ring and attack both men.
Match Result: No Contest
-After the match, Christian Cage and Shayna Wayne walk down to ringside as Killswitch and Wayne continue the beat down. Cage grabs chairs from under the ring, but Menard takes one from him. Killswitch lays Menard out with the Extinction, and then Garcia gets planted in the ring again. Wayne and Cage put Garcia’s head on a chair and Cage sets up for a Conchairto, but Copeland gets into the ring and hits Wayne and Killswtich with a chair. Copeland and Cage clash chairs, and then Copeland backs Cage into the corner. Shayna delivers a low-blow to Copeland, and Nick follows with Wayne’s World, Killswitch delivers the Extinction to Copeland, and then Cage delivers a Conchairto. The Patriarchy stand tall over Copeland, but leave the ring as Garcia gets back in to check on Copeland.

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Footage of the match between Adam Page and Swerve Strickland from last week’s Dynamite airs, and then the AEW World Champion, Samoa Joe, makes his way to the ring. Joe says he stands proudly as the AEW World Champion and says he reintroduced the ranking system to determine his victims. Joe says it was going well until last week when Page and Strickland drew, and says he thought the ranking committee would kick them both to the curb. Joe says the committee made his match bigger and dumber, like Texas. Joe says he will gladly take out two of AEW’s brightest stars, and there is nothing that anybody can do about that.

Strickland makes his way to the ring. Strickland says he can’t help but feeling that things are becoming personal and when Joe looks at him he will know he’s looking at one of the best of all time. Strickland tells Joe when he reads his resume, he needs to put some respect on it as well. Strickland says he has gone toe-to-toe with some of the best, and the result is always that he is the one left standing. Strickland says this is his house, and he will be holding the title above his head at Revolution.

Page makes his way to the ring. Page says he wasn’t mad last week, but everyone knows it was horse-shit. Page says he signed a contract for a match to determine the number one contender, and Strickland couldn’t win it. Page says if it was up to him, the match would be between he and Joe since they value the title and everything that it stands for. Page gets in Strickland’s face and says he doesn’t deserve one second of his time anymore and doesn’t deserve to have five more minutes because he couldn’t get the job done. Page says Strickland doesn’t deserve to be in the title match, and Joe gets in between them and says as far as he is concerned, he is whipping both of their asses at Revolution. Joe leaves the ring as Page and Strickland continue to argue.

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Toni Storm’s newest film “Wet Ink” airs, focusing on the tattoo match she got with Deonna Purrazzo. Storm says Purrazzo was her young girl and that she showed Purrazzo her ways. Storm says Purrazzo forgot who she was and tried to become the star of the show. Storm says Purrazzo will get the old Toni Storm and so much more, and the clip ends with an updated tattoo on Storm’s leg.

Renee interviews Purrazzo backstage. Purrazzo says Storm talks way to much, and says she is going to break Storm’s arm at Revolution.

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Matthew and Nicholas Jackson arrive to the arena for their match.

Match #4 – Tag Team Match: The Young Bucks (Matthew Jackson and Nicholas Jackson) vs. Top Flight (Dante Martin and Darius Martin) (w/Action Andretti)
Nicholas and Dante start the match with a lock-up, and then Nicholas applies a wrist-lock. Dante gets free, but Nicholas applies a side-headlock. Dante gets free and drops Nicholas with an arm-drag. Dante follows with a side-headlock take down, but Matthew tags in and gives Dante a fist bump. Top Flight double-team Matthew in the corner and Dante delivers an enzuigiri. Dante delivers a corner clothesline and Darius tags in. Matthew and Nichols get sent to the floor and Dante and Darius set up for dives, but Matthew and Nicholas walk around the ring. Dante and Darius go after them, but Matthew and Nicholas deliver shots to them on the outside. Dante and Darius come back with dives and get Matthew back into the ring. Darius tags in and stomps on Matthew’s arm. Top Flight double-team Matthew a bit and Darius goes for the cover, but Matthew kicks out. Darius delivers a shot to Nicholas, but Matthew drops him with a clothesline. Matthew sends Dante to the floor with a shot as the show heads to a commercial.
Back from the break, Matthew sends Darius to the corner, but Darius comes back with an enzuigiri. Dante tags in and delivers shots to Matthew and Nicholas. Dante takes Matthew down with a cross-body and goes for the cover, but Matthew kicks out. Dante gets another two count on Matthew and Darius rolls Nicholas up as well, and then Nicholas gets sent to the floor. Darius gets sent out as well, and then Matthew takes Dante down. Dante comes back and sends Nicholas into the barricade, and then Darius drops Matthew with a Spanish Fly for a two count. Nicholas slams Dante on the apron, and then distracts the referee as Matthew delivers a low-blow to Darius. Matthew and Nichols deliver the EVP Trigger and Nicholas gets the pin fall.
Winners: The Young Bucks
-After the match, Schiavone interviews the Bucks. Matthew says they are undefeated this year and that makes them the top unbeatable team in AEW. Matthew says he thinks it is safe to assume they are the number one contenders, and then the graphic confirming that is shown on the screen. Matthew says Schiavone always talks trash about them, and that might be a breach of contract. Nicholas fines Schiavone $1,000 and asks him if he has a problem with it. Nicholas shoves Schiavone down and Matthew calms Nicholas down and says it won’t happen again. They offer to help Schiavone up, but then set him up for the EVP Trigger. Darby Allin rushes the ring with Sting’s baseball bat to make the save. Allin says there used to be an EVP in AEW with a set of brains, and he isn’t talking about Kenny Omega. Allin brings up how the Bucks friends were all hired first and then says Sting has nothing left to lose in his final match. Allin says the Bucks can have their match for the titles in Sting’s last match at Revolution.

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Renee interviews the Bang Bang Scissor Gang. Jay White says things are going well for them, but they have yet to test their cohesiveness. Austin Gunn says they should have a 12-Man Tag Team Match on Rampage, but then Billy Gunn says it and everyone agrees with him.

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Match #5 – Singles Match: Skye Blue vs. Willow Nightingale (w/Stokely Hathaway)
Blue dropkicks Nightingale into the corner and stomps her down. Nightingale comes back with a scoop slam and gets a one count. Blue comes back with a rear choke, but Nightingale slams her down again. Blue slaps Nightingale across the face, but Nightingale slams her into the corner a few times. Blue escapes to the floor, but Nightingale chases her around the ring. Blue gets back into the ring, but Nightingale sends her right back out with the Pounce as the show heads to a commercial.
Back from the break, Blue delivers shots to Nightingale, but Nightingale comes back with a few short-arm clotheslines. Nightingale delivers a hip attack in the corner and follows with a corner clothesline. Nightingale kicks Blue in the face and drops her with a spine-buster for a two count. Blue comes back with a DDT for a two count, and then locks in a dragon sleeper. Nightingale backs Blue into the corner and charges, but Blue dodges and goes to the apron. Nightingale delivers another Pounce to send Blue to the floor, and gets her right back into the ring. Nightingale puts Blue up top and climbs, but Blue delivers a few shots and ducks under. Blue delivers a kick to Nightingale’s head and delivers a powerbomb for a two count. Blue delivers Code Blue, but Hathaway leaves the commentary table and gets on the apron to distract the referee. They exchange roll-ups for two counts, and then Nightingale delivers the Doctor Bomb for the pin fall.
Winner: Willow Nightingale

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Match #6 – Texas Death Match: Matt Taven vs. Orange Cassidy
They exchange quick shots and Cassidy follows with a dropkick. Taven comes back with a shot and chops Cassidy into the corner. Taven delivers a dropkick and chops Cassidy a few times in the corner. Taven delivers an enzuigiri and follows with a Blue Thunder Bomb. Taven slams Cassidy into the barricade and the ring steps, and follows with a right hand. Cassidy comes back and slams Cassidy into the barricade a few times. Taven tries to do the same to Cassidy, but Cassidy just goes over the barricade and stands up in the crowd. Taven goes after him as the show heads to a commercial.
Back from the break, Taven delivers an elbow drop from the stage and sends Cassidy partly through a table. Taven drags the table and props it on the stage, and then drives Cassidy all the way through it this time. Cassidy has been split open and Taven delivers a running knee strike on the ramp. Taven gets Cassidy back into the ring and delivers a back-breaker. Taven follows with a DDT and props another table against the announcers’ table. Cassidy comes back with a dive that sends Taven into the table and gets him back into the ring. Taven comes back with a kick, and then dropkicks Cassidy through the ropes. Taven goes for a dive, but Cassidy moves and Taven crashes through the table. Taven has been busted open and gets up at the nine count. Cassidy opens a Valentine’s Day present from Chuck Taylor, and dumps out thumbtacks in the ring.
Cassidy goes for a superplex onto the tacks, but Taven fights him off and sends him onto the tacks. Taven goes for a frog splash, but Cassidy moves and Taven hits the tacks. Cassidy DDTs Taven onto the tacks and gets a chain and a bigger Valentine’s Day gift from under the ring. Mike Bennett runs down and breaks the gift over Cassidy’s head, and then puts chairs in the ring. Trent Beretta comes to the ring with a lead pipe and hits a chair into Bennett’s head with it. Taven hits Beretta in the face with a chair, and then slams him face-first onto another chair in the corner. Cassidy delivers the Orange Punch and follows with Beach Break onto a chair and the tacks. Taven trips Cassidy’s pockets, but Cassidy wraps the chain around his hand and delivers the Orange Punch. Roderick Strong hits the ring and delivers a knee strike to Beretta. Cassidy sends Strong to the outside and Taven cannot answer the ten count.
Winner: Orange Cassidy
-After the match, The Undisputed Kingdom back up the ramp. Beretta helps Cassidy to his feet and Cassidy holds the title in the air as the show comes to a close.

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Announced for this Friday’s Rampage, which will air at 7 PM EST:
-No Disqualification Match: Jeff Hardy vs. Sammy Guevara
-Anna Jay vs. Queen Aminata

Announced for next Wednesday’s Dynamite:
-Trios Tag Team Match: Adam Page, Hook, and Rob Van Dam vs. Brian Cage, Samoa Joe, and Swerve Strickland
-Claudio Castagnoli and Jon Moxley vs. FTR

Updated lineup for Revolution:
-AEW World Championship – Three-Way Match: Samoa Joe (c) vs. Adam Page vs. Swerve Strickland
-AEW Women’s World Championship Match: Toni Storm (c) vs. Deonna Purrazzo
-AEW World Tag Team Championship Match: Darby Allin and Sting (c) vs. The Young Bucks
-AEW International Championship Match: Orange Cassidy (c) vs. Roderick Strong
-AEW Continental Crown Championship Match: Eddie Kingston (c) vs. Bryan Danielson
-Konosuke Takeshita vs. Will Ospreay