Episode three of Wednesday Night Dynamite was just like the first two; Very good. We saw two title matches this week, as well as setting up an exciting match for Full Gear. I Love Wrestling shows that start with wrestling instead of 20-minute promos, and Dynamite has not disappointed this week.
Match One- SCU v The Best Friends- Our opening match did exactly what an opening match is supposed to do, hype up the crowd. Dynamite started with another part of the tag team tournament to crown the inaugural AEW Tag Team Champions. The action got started before the bell even sounded when the Lucha Bros attacked SCU during their entrance. Christopher Daniels was injured during the attack and had to be replaced by Scorpio Sky. This was a fast paced, fun match that saw Scorpio doing most of the work for SCU since Kazarian was in bad shape after the pre-match beatdown. Scorpio got the crowd behind him fast and led SCU to the win over the Best Friends.
Match Two- Ortiz & Santana Squash Match- After a high energy start to the show, the crowd needed a chance to catch their breath and this squash match gave them that opportunity. There isn’t much to say for squash matches most of the time but this one helped paint Ortiz & Santana as the brutal pit bulls that Chris Jericho hyped them up to be last week. After the quick win, Jericho Shows up on the tron to brag about his guys being the best tag team in AEW and challenged the Young Bucks to a match against Ortiz & Santana at Full Gear.
Match Three- Riho v Britt Baker for the AEW Women’s Championship- I think this was a tough match for AEW to put on since Britt Baker is obviously going to be the face of the Women’s division in the near future, but taking the title from Riho this soon would make her reign seem very weak. I think they did a very good job in the booking of this one. Both women looked very good, going back and forth the entire match. The finish did a good job of not making either competitor look bad when Britt Baker locked in the lockjaw in the center of the ring, looked to have it won, but Riho managed to roll over for the cover and retain her championship.
Match Four- Lucha Bros v Jurrasic Express- The final match of the first round of the tag team tournament saw the Lucha Bros take on Jungle Boy and Marko Stunt. Luchasaurus was supposed to be in this match but was an injury kept him out. Watching 5’2 Marko Stunt facing off against Penta was funny at first, but Stunt did a very good job against one of the best tag teams in the world. Lots of high-flying fun from Jurassic Express made this a good match but ultimately it was taken by the Lucha Bros.
Match Five- Moxley & Pac v Omega & Page- I really want to see this as a four-way match and just see all four men destroy each other. It was obvious from the beginning that Pac and Moxley were unable to get along and that would be part of the finish. Hard hitting action from all four men got the crowd very into this match. The ending came when Omega and Moxley brought out the barbed wire bat and broom from their standoff last week and got ready to go at each other but were stopped by Pac. Pac tried to prevent Moxley from getting them DQed and Moxley responds with a quick deathrider and abandoned his partner. With no team mate to help him Pac quickly got beaten down by Page and Omega with Page getting the pin fall. Very good match by four very good wrestlers. A singles match between Pac and Moxley is set for next week.
Main Event- Chris Jericho v Darby Allin for the AEW Championship- The main event of the evening wound up being the best match of the night by far. This was a very good match between the always entertaining Chris Jericho versus the young future star Darby Allin. This match was given the Philadelphia street fight stipulation and both men used the no DQ rules to their advantage. Each man delivered brutal kendo stick shots to the other and Jericho got a steel chair involved as well. Close to the finish we saw Jericho tie Darby Allin’s hands behind his back to lock up the win. This did not work as well as he thought since Allin managed to not only sustain Jericho’s offense, but get in a decent amount of his own. The match ended when Allin went to the top rope with his hands still bound looking for the coffin drop to get the win. Right before he dove Jake Hager came out of nowhere to knock him down. With this attack Jericho easily locks in the walls of Jericho for the win. I love Jericho having to resort to shady tactics to get the win here. Darby still looks incredible while keeping the title on Jericho.
My top five performers from AEW this week-
1. Darby Allin
2. Chris Jericho
3. Jon Moxley
4. Adam Page/Kenny Omega
5. Lucha Bros
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