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Here's what is set for the show.
Preview.
AEW Dynamite (6/14/2023).
- AEW World Championship Eliminator Match: MJF vs. Adam Cole.
- Blackpool Combat Club (Jon Moxley, Wheeler Yuta & Claudio Castagnoli) (w/ Bryan Danielson) vs. The Elite (Hangman Page & The Young Bucks).
- The Embassy (Swerve Strickland, Brian Cage, Kaun & Toa Liona) (w/ Prince Nana) vs. Orange Cassidy, Keith Lee, Darby Allin & Sting.
- AEW Women's World Championship Match: Toni Storm (c) vs. Skye Blue.
- TNT Championship Match: Wardlow (c) (with Arn Anderson) vs. Jake Hager.
- Sammy Guevara returns.
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AEW World Championship Eliminator Match: MJF vs. Adam Cole
MJF and Cole engage in a face-to-face match, initially even. Cole gains the upper hand, and MJF leaves the ring. Cole takes the fight to MJF, and the match spills outside. MJF gains the upper hand, stomps on Cole's hand, grounds Cole, and Cole rallies. MJF slams Cole for a two-count, and Cole nails him with a Superkick, causing MJF to bleed from the mouth. Cole receives a two-count with a Backstabber.
Cole tries a Panama Sunrise but MJF spies it. MJF avoids the Boom as Cole reverses the Heat Seeker. Cole responds with a shoulder breaker, and the battle continues. Cole hits a series of Superkicks, while MJF counters with a massive lariat. They trade submissions before Cole uses an Ankle Lock to bring MJF toward the center of the ring.
Cole approaches the ropes, but the Heat Seeker connects with MJF. MJF positions Cole on the timekeeper's table and executes an Elbow Drop to the outside. Cole beats the ten count and Suplexes MJF into the ring apron. MJF challenges the official, enabling Cole to go for the roll-up.
When MJF kicks out, he pushes Cole into the official, who falls. He then attempts the Eddie Guerrero maneuver with the World Championship, but the official remains down. This allows Cole to nail MJF with the championship, and he then strikes the Boom, but MJF kicks out. Cole tries the technique again, but MJF falls from exhaustion.
The official's view is then obscured as MJF strikes with a low blow, allowing him to put on the Dynamite Diamond Ring, but the official prevents him from using it. Cole follows with a Superkick and the Panama Sunrise, followed by another Boom. However, before the official reaches three, the bell rings, indicating the end of the 30-minute time limit.
Result: Time Limit Draw
- After the match, Cole gets the microphone and demands five more minutes, but MJF declines.
- A video package promotes the return of CM Punk at AEW Collision. Punk claims that the one certainty with CM Punk is that nothing is certain. He claims to have unfinished business and scores to settle. Punk claims he won't know what to do or say until he gets the microphone, but he has much to say.
- Renee Paquette interviewed Sammy Guevara. Guevara claims that he must make some difficult decisions and undergo certain adjustments. Darby Allin interjects, saying that people are falling in love with Guevara. He wonders if Sammy will stand on his own two feet or in the shadow of Chris Jericho. Jericho appears and urges Allin to keep his mouth shut and mind his own business. Jericho questions Guevara about not calling him when fighting for the World Championship. Jericho tells Guevara that he made him famous. He claims that if Sammy had asked for help, he would be the champion. Guevara wonders why Jericho didn't contact him since if he had, he would have beaten Adam Cole instead of losing to him twice.
- Sammy refuses to apologize after Jericho orders him to. Jericho gets in his face and reminds him to remember the Jericho Appreciation Society's hierarchy. According to Allin, Jericho can call himself a wizard, but magic fades as he enters the ring. Jericho gets in Allin's face and threatens to beat him up with Sammy. Sting appears. He and Jericho square off as their respective baseball bats are pressed against each other's throat. Sting strikes Jericho's bat, and Jericho flees.
- IWGP World Champion SANADA appears in a vignette and issues an open challenge for Forbidden Door 2.
The Embassy (Swerve Strickland, Brian Cage, Kaun & Toa Liona) (w/ Prince Nana) vs. Orange Cassidy, Keith Lee, Darby Allin & Sting
A brawl kicks off the action. Sting and Allin double-team Strickland. Allin executes a Code Red on Strickland. Allin is isolated and grounded by the Mogul Embassy. Cassidy breaks up a pin after a powerbomb. Swerve is stunned by Allin, who tags Keith Lee. Lee takes over with an onslaught of offense. Lee grabs Strickland and slams him on the top rope. Mogul Embassy scores a two-count with an aided Swerve Stomp on Lee. Cassidy is slammed by Cage. Allin sends Cage to the floor. The two teams fight. In the corner, Liona makes a splash. Lee sends Kaun outside. Allin crashes down on everyone at ringside. Cassidy delivers the Orange Punch to Cage, and Sting follows with the Scorpion Death Drop to secure the victory.
Winner: Orange Cassidy, Keith Lee, Darby Allin & Sting
The Gunns are asked about their friendship with Jay White in an interview backstage. They disregard the question, claiming to be the best tag team in AEW. They make fun of The Hardys and claim to be the finest brother tag team in AEW. The Hardys are challenged to a match next week by Austin & Colten.
TNT Championship Match: Wardlow (c) (with Arn Anderson) vs. Jake Hager.
During Wardlow's entrance, Hager attacks him. At ringside, Wardlow rallies and clotheslines Hager. Wardlow has regained control of the ring. Hager obtains an advantage. Angelo Parker and Matt Menard appear. Brock Anderson assists in fending them off. Wardlow leaps over the ropes and onto Hager, standing at ringside. Wardlow with a diving senton. Wardlow wins with a Powerbomb.
Winner and still champion: Wardlow
- Christian Cage and Luchasaurus answer Wardlow's open challenge to Luchasurus on the big screen. Cage designates AEW Collision as the time and place. Also, Cage reveals a bloody Arn Anderson after an assault.
- In a video message, Hiroshi Tanahashi challenges MJF to a bout at Forbidden Door. In an interview, MJF dismisses the bout, describing NJPW as a "rinky-dink indie fed," and teases a no-show for Forbidden Door. It's worth noting Rene Paquette said Tony Khan made the match official already.
- AEW International Champion Orange Cassidy is interviewed. Zack Sabre Jr., the NJPW World Television Champion, confronts him and declares his desire to face him at Forbidden Door 2. Daniel Garcia interrupts, stating that he'd like to face ROH Pure Champion Katsuyori Shibata. Cassidy challenges them to a tag team match next week as Shibata will be at Dynamite.
AEW Women's World Championship Match: Toni Storm (c) vs. Skye Blue.
Early on, Blue takes the battle to Storm. Storm attempts a hip strike, but Blue counters with one of her own. Storm spray-paints Blue's mother at the ring. Blue flys onto Storm and Soho. Storm is in command of the situation. The challenger responds with a barrage of attacks. Storm gets spray-painted by Skye with blue paint when the referee is not paying attention. After splattering Storm with spray paint, she slams her and appears to have the belt won. Soho distracts Skye. Storm lands Storm Zero. Skye kicks out. Storm wins by submission with a Texas Cloverleaf
Winner and still champion: Toni Storm
-After the match, Storm and Soho assaulted Blue. Willow Nightingale comes to the rescue.
- Jack Perry accepts SANADA’s open challenge. He says HOOK is his best friend, and it would mean the world if HOOK were in his corner.
Blackpool Combat Club (Jon Moxley, Wheeler Yuta & Claudio Castagnoli w/ Bryan Danielson) vs. The Elite (Hangman Page & The Young Bucks)
The match kicks off with a violent brawl, with bodies flying everywhere. Fighting takes place around the ring. Page does a shooting star press from the apron. Nick Jackson is isolated and grounded by Blackpool Combat Club. Nick is stopped from tagging out by Moxley. Nick knocks him out with a dropkick. Page tags in and clears the house. Page dives on Castagnoli at ringside before continuing with another dive on Yuta.
Hangman scores a two count with a diving clothesline on Yuta. Hangman and the Young Bucks continue to roll. Matt suplexes Yuta and takes Moxley with him. Blackpool Combat Club seizes command. Hangman pins Yuta with the Buckshot Lariat after the Young Bucks deliver Superkicks.
Winners: The Elite (Hangman Page & The Young Bucks)
- After the match, all hell breaks loose. The Blackpool Combat Club attacks The Elite. Eddie Kingston returns to AEW and instantly assaults Castagnoli, and the two fight inside the ring, with Kingston coming out on top. He then proceeds to square off with Jon Moxley, but neither of them attack. Instead, Matt Jackson assaults Moxley, but Kingston stops him, and Moxley bucks up to Eddie, who was last on his good side before the Blackpool Combat Club heel turn.
While they are all bickering, Konosuke Takeshita appears and smashes Kingston from behind. Kenny Omega appears and battles Takeshita. The Elite get together and attack Takeshita and destroy the Blackpool Combat Club, specifically Wheeler Yuta. Will Ospreay enters the situation from out of nowhere and assaults Omega. Ospreay drops Omega with the Storm Breaker and Hidden Blade to close a wild episode of AEW Dynamite.
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