Welcome to Fightful's live coverage of AEW Dynamite for March 8, 2023.
Here is what's on tap for the show:
AEW Dynamite - March 8
- AEW TNT Championship: Wardlow (c) vs. Powerhouse Hobbs
- AEW All-Atlantic Championship: Orange Cassidy (c) vs. Jay Lethal
- Top Flight & AR Fox vs. Chris Jericho, Daniel Garcia, & Sammy Guevara
- Ruby Soho vs. Skye Blue
- Hangman Page speaks
- Ricky Starks speaks
- Blackpool Combat Club (Jon Moxley & Claudio Castagnoli) vs. Dark Order (John Silver & Alex Reynolds)
AEW All-Atlantic Championship: Orange Cassidy (c) vs. Jay Lethal
A competitive match that came down to Orange Cassidy blocking the Elbow Drop.
After Jay kicked Cassidy in the knee, he tried to go for the legal injection but his arm injury caused him to collapse. Orange capitalized by hitting the Orange Punch for the victory.
Winner and still champion: Orange Cassidy.
- After the match, Jeff Jarrett came out and attacked OC before the best friends came out to save him.
- Powerhouse House Hobbs cuts a promo on his TNT Title match.
- Ricky Starks cut a promo about what's next for him, and Juice Robinson of Bullet Club attacked him.
- Ruby Soho is interviewed by Renee Paquette and she explains all of the different moments along her journey in AEW that led to her making the decision to join Saraya, Toni Storm. Ruby said she decided to do what was right for her because the people never stood by her.
Ruby Soho vs. Skye Blue
Skye Blue tried to get Ruby in her finisher, but Ruby pulled her hair and hit Destination Unknown.
Winner: Ruby Soho
- After the match, Toni and Saraya jumped Skye Blue, but Willow Nightingale came out to make the save. Toni and Saraya jumped her from behind and spray-painted her as she was trying to talk sense into Ruby.
Backstage, Hangman tells Renee Paquette that his issue with Jon Moxley is done after Revolution.
- In a post-match promo following AEW Revolution, MJF said he's gonna have a Re-Bar Mitzvah on his birthday next week.
- Tony Schiavone interviews FTR. Cash recaps 2022 and they say they cannot sit by as The Gunns continue to call themselves the best in the world and they promise to become the next AEW Tag Team Champions.
- Jade Cargill wants the best Canadian women's wrestler to face her next week in Winnipeg.
Jericho Appreciation Society (Chris Jericho, Sammy Guevara & Daniel Garcia) vs. Top Flight & AR Fox
- Both teams go back and forth. In the end, Fox takes Guevara out with a Springboard inverted 630 Splash to the floor. In the ring, Darius gets a two-count with a roll-up. Hager hits Darius with Floyd the bat, and Jericho pins him after the Judas Effect.
Winners: The Jericho Appreciation Society.
After the match, the JAS say they want to be the next Trios Champs. The Elite comes out, and as they begin to talk, Don Callis interrupts and begins talking on their behalf. Eventually, House of Black came out and announced that next week, all three teams would face off for the championship belts.
- Tony Khan has announced that next week Orange Cassidy will face Jeff Jarrett, and the All-Atlantic Title is being renamed to the AEW International Title.
- Bryan Danielson's post-Revolution promo plays where he says that perhaps it's time for him to go home and spend more time with his kids because maybe he's being selfish by focusing on his career.
Blackpool Combat Club (Jon Moxley & Claudio Castagnoli) vs. Dark Order (John Silver & Alex Reynolds)
The end of the match came when Jon Moxley choked out Alex Reynolds with a new front face lock choke. After the match, Blackpool Combat Club turned full heel by continuing to attack The Dark Order and preventing the referee from getting involved. Hangman came running to save his friends and eventually got attacked by the BCC as well. This is the first time that Jon Moxley, Claudio Castagnoli, and Wheeler Yuta are heels in AEW.
Winner: Blackpool Combat Club (Jon Moxley & Claudio Castagnoli)
AEW TNT Championship Falls Count Anywhere: Wardlow (c) vs. Powerhouse Hobbs
This match started in the parking lot, and Powerhouse Hobbs would be back body dropped onto the hood of a car cracking the windshield. The car must have belonged to him as he pulled out the brass ring that he won in the ladder match last week and struck Wardlow in the gut. They would eventually make their way into a production truck, where Wardlow would throw Hobbs through a portion of the truck. They thought their way into the arena, the crowd chanted for tables, and Wardlow obliged by delivering a Swanton bomb through the table. Wardlow hit a Powerbomb but appeared to hurt himself in the process.
In the end, both men fought their way up to the announce table, and QT Marshall, wearing a QTV shirt, hit Wardlow in the back with a chair and helped Hobbs Powerbomb Wardlow off the stage leading to Wardlow being unable to answer the count of 10 and Powerhouse Hobbs becoming the new TNT Champion.
