This week’s episode of AEW Dynamite opens up with an intro video.
We then get a video recapping last week’s episode of AEW Dynamite wherein AEW World Champion Chris Jericho offers a bunch of things to Jon Moxley, including a brand-new Ford GT to join the Inner Circle.
Commentary then welcomes us to the show, consisting tonight of Jim Ross, Excalibur, Tony Schiavone and as part of the tribute to Memphis Wrestling, Dave Brown, then discusses all of the matches and segments that will be taking place on the show.
“Hangman” Adam Page, Kenny Omega and Private Party (Marq Quen and Isiah Kassidy) then make their entrances for the opening match of the evening.
“Hangman” Adam Page and Kenny Omega def. Private Party (Marq Quen and Isiah Kassidy) via pinfall with a One-Winged Angel from Omega on Marq Quen.
We then head backstage where PAC has the brutalizer locked in on Michael Nakazawa. He then yells at Omega that he did this. PAC then says that if Omega doesn’t give him the rubber match, things like this will continue to happen.
Omega then runs to the back to check on his friend. As we go to a split-screen commercial, a fan offers up a beer to Page, which he drinks up. Page then heads to another section and drinks another beer with a group of fans. Page then continues walking through the crowd and talking with different people, giving fist bumps to a number of them. The cameras then showed signs like, “Hangover Page” and “Hangman Page! Drink my beer!”
We then go to a commercial break.
Back from the commercial break and commentary then hypes up the rest of the show.
Brandi Rhodes then joins the commentary booth for the next match, which is an AEW Women’s World Title Match. Hikaru Shida and Dr. Britt Baker, D.M.D are sitting ringside.
We then get the entrances for the next match of the evening.
Riho (c) def. Kris Statlander via pinfall with a victory roll to retain her AEW Women’s World Title. After the match, Awesome Kong attacks Statlander with a lariat and follows it up with mounted forearms until Riho tries to make the save. Cruise then cuts the champ off and decks her with a right hand. Putting boots to her, Hikaru Shida then joins the fray in street clothes to make the save but Britt Baker, who had been seated next to her, doesn’t even lift a finger. “Big Swole” Aerial Monroe and Sonny Kiss then join the babyface squad in the ring and the Nightmare Collective run off.
”Superbad” Kip Sabian and Penelope Ford then get a video package hyping them up.
We then see a boy from Shinedown in the front row.
Christopher Daniels then makes his entrance to send us to a commercial break.
Back from the commercial break and Sammy Guevara makes his entrance for the next match of the evening.
Sammy Guevara def. Christopher Daniels via pinfall with a solebutt to the back of the head. After the match, The Dark Order (Evil Uno, Stu Grayson, John Silver, Alex Reynolds and two other masked men) head to the ring. Evil Uno says that Christopher Daniels is a popular man today and says that Christopher Daniels’ fingerprints are all over wrestling these days.
Evil Uno then says that had he not met Christopher Daniels 15 years ago, his life could be a lot different. Evil Uno then says that the fans don’t believe in Christopher Daniels anymore and they are the same people who have said he has “lost a step.” Evil Uno then says that he could help Christopher Daniels and made him the man he once was. Evil Uno then pulls out a mask and offers it up. Christopher Daniels then takes the mask and thinks about it for a moment.
He then throws the mask at Evil Uno and everyone attacks Daniels. Out run SCU and The Young Bucks. They beat up everyone as Evil Uno makes his exit from the ring just in the nick of time. The Dark Order then gets destroyed by the group. Christopher Daniels then hits his best moonsault ever as we go to a commercial break.
Back from the commercial break and we are just in time for the entrances of the next match of the evening.
The Brotherhood (Cody Rhodes and Dustin Rhodes) def. The Lucha Brothers (Pentagon Jr. and Rey Fenix) via pinfall with the Final Reckoning from Dustin Rhodes on Rey Fenix. After the match, Tony Schiavone heads to the ring to talk with Cody. He asks if Cody accepts MJF’s crazy terms before their match can take place at Revolution. Anderson jumps in and doesn’t understand who made MJF God, but he doesn’t get why MJF has so much stroke around here. Anderson then says that Cody may want it, but they need to talk about it first and will get back to everyone on that answer.
We then head backstage where Alex Marvez talks with Lanny Poffo, who is there to honor his father (Angelo Poffo) and brother (“Macho Man” Randy Savage) as part of the Memphis Wrestling tribute. Lanny says that he appreciates the opportunity to be there to honor his family and as he met the fans, he understands what makes AEW actually a dynamite product.
We are then told that the Memphis Wrestling tribute will take place on AEW Dark this week.
MJF and Wardlow then make their entrance to send us to a commercial break.
Back from the commercial break and MJF says that he’ll give Cody until the count of ten to come out there and face him like a man.
No answer and MJF calls Cody a “b—-.” Out comes Diamond Dallas Page. DDP runs down some of his accolades and then says that he never would have thought he would be back on TNT. MJF isn’t paying attention at all and looking at his phone while DDP talks. Page then says that he wants to address something from a few weeks back. DDP then says that fans blew up his Twitter asking if he would be back for one more match. MJF finally had enough and says that Page couldn’t lace his boots, even in his prime. MJF then talks some more trash. Page then steps towards him, but MJF that says that he is not saying he wants to fight, but maybe someone else might.
Out comes The Blade, The Butcher and The Bunny. MJF then reminds Page that WCW is dead and that is also the average age of his fans. MJF then tells Page that he can either one: kiss his ring and leave, or two: send Page straight to hospice and go after one of his daughters and “bang!” Page then goes after MJF, but then hits a cutter on both The Blade and The Butcher. MJF then goes in for a strike. Page then nearly gives him a cutter. MJF then shoves him into Wardlow. MJF then with a lowblow kick. QT Marshall, Dustin Rhodes and some referees then run out to help DDP.
We then go to a commercial break.
Back from the commercial break and we are just in time for the entrances of the next match of the evening.
Jurassic Express (“Jungle Boy” Jack Perry, Luchasaurus and Marko Stunt) def. Gentleman’s Club (Chuck Taylor, Trent and Orange Cassidy) via pinfall with a Hurricanrana from “Jungle Boy” Jack Perry on Chuck Taylor.
Commentary then hypes up next week’s show, including Diamond Dallas Page in Trios action.
AEW World Champion Chris Jericho, Sammy Guevara, and Jake Hager make their way to the ring to hear Jon Moxley’s answer about joining the Inner Circle to send us to a commercial break.
Back from the commercial break and Jon Moxley heads out to the ring through the crowd to give his answer about joining the Inner Circle.
There is a “little bit of the bubbly” in the ring. Jericho has the keys to the car he promised Moxley and if he wants to join, they are going to party all night long. Jericho then asks Moxley what his answer is. Moxley then says that he has had a week to think about it and there is a lot that goes into this decision. He then tells the fans that they may think they know what his goals are, but they don’t, nor does Jericho. Moxley then runs down what Jericho offered, but says that he doesn’t want any of it. “I didn’t come to AEW because someone backed a truckload of money to my house. I can’t be bought,” says Moxley. Moxley then says that he will join the group.
Moxley then reveals his “Inner Circle” shirt. Moxley then says that he wants to dominate and this group is the most powerful group in the company. Moxley then says to be great, you have to be with the greats and says that Jericho is one of the greats of all-time. Moxley then says that they will be dominant for years to come and there is only one thing left to do and that is to pop open a little bit of the bubbly.
Jericho then sprays some champagne and is super happy. He wants the crowd to cheer and for the back to play some music. Moxley then hugs Hager and Guevara. Jericho then says that this is the beginning of Inner Circle taking over AEW. Moxley then says that Jericho may have forgotten something and wants the keys. Jericho then says that the car is worth more than what everyone in the crowd makes, combined.
Jericho then hands the keys over to Moxley. The crowd then tells Moxley “you sold out!” He then says that he had a truck he was going to run into the ground, but now he has got the “gift of Jericho.” Jericho then brings up that he and Moxley won their matches at the Tokyo Dome. Jericho then wants to celebrate some more with champagne.
The crowd is pretty surprised by Moxley’s answer. Guevara and Hager then head out of the ring. Moxley then says that he forgot one final thing. Moxley then says, “I was just kidding, I would never join the Inner Circle, it’s a stupid group, you have nothing that I want. Except for that [title].” Moxley then smacks Jericho over the head with a bottle and hits him with a paradigm shift. Moxley then DDTs Guevara, then bails out of the ring before Hager can get to him. The show then comes to a close.
