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AEW Dynamite: New Year's Smash (12/27/23) Results: Eddie Kingston, Jon Moxley, MJF, More Compete

Wrestling
Robert DeFelice Dec 27, 2023 7:00PM

AEW presented its latest episode of Dynamite on December 27, 2023.

This week's episode is the special New Year's Smash episode and features appearances MJF and Samoa Joe defending the Ring of Honor World Tag Team Championship against two of The Devil's henchmen. Also, the AEW Continental Classic Tournament's Blue and Gold Leagues reach their final matches.

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Over in the Blue League, Bryan Danielson will look to defeat Eddie Kingston again and guarantee a new Ring of Honor World Champion and NJPW STRONG Openweight Champion. Over in the Gold League, Jon Moxley, Swerve Strickland, and Jay White meet in the Three-Way Final.

Live results and highlights will be updated throughout the night.

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AEW Dynamite: New Year's Smash (12/27)

* Continental Classic Gold League Finals: Jon Moxley def. Jay White and Swerve Strickland

- A video package hypes up the AEW Continental Classic Blue League Finals taking place later tonight between Bryan Danielson and Eddie Kingston.

- Tony Schiavone interviews swerve Strickland who is upset that he lost the match without being pinned a few moments ago. He addresses Keith Lee and says that he has nothing to do on Saturday. Tony reveals that Keith already had a contract drawn up. The match is made official. Swerve suggests that Keith might not make it to Saturday.

- Mariah May is interviewed by Renee Paquette. She reveals she will be debuting next week and that 2024 will be all about her. Riho comes out and chases her. Toni Storm tries to get the jump on Riho but to no avail. Riho stands tall ahead of her Women's World Championship match on Saturday.

- Backstage a brief segment between Top Flight and Action Andretti and Best Friends leads to a Trios match being booked for AEW Rampage. Top Flight and Action Andretti will take on Orange Cassidy, Trent Beretta, and Rocky Romero.

- A vignette makes a match official for AEW Worlds End between Andrade El Idolo and Miro.

- Don Callis and the Don Callis Family come out to celebrate Boxing Week. Don says the family feels complete which is the perfect cue for Sammy Guevara to return. From the jump, there is tension between Sammy and the rest of them. Sammy is upset that Don never reached out to him. Don says he was a failure as a wrestler and he's going to be a failure as a father. The family jumps Sammy. Chris Jericho makes the save. Ricky Starks and Big Bill jump Jericho and Guevara until Sting and Darby Allin save them.

- Roderick Strong and the kingdom are backstage and they are determined to prove that Maxwell Jacob Friedman is The Devil.

* Continental Classic Blue League Finals: Eddie Kingston def. Bryan Danielson

- After the match, MOX came out to confront Eddie Kingston. He put over Kingston as a beloved babyface. Moxley says he's going to make Eddie Kingston earn it on Saturday. Kingston tells Moxley to bring his fighting spirit because he's going to enjoy busting him up.

- Adam Copeland arrives for his face-to-face with Christian Cage and there's no interview because Copeland just starts beating up Christian and they fight backstage before other members of the locker room come to break it up.

* Skye Blue def. Kris Statlander

- Stokely Hathaway was on commentary for this match. Sky Blue got help from Julia Hart and then defeated Statlander with an Avalanche Code Blue. After the match, both women continued to jump Statlander until Willow Nightingale made the save. While they were on the ramp, Abadon came out and scared away Julia and Skye.

- Backstage Renee Paquette is going to interview Ruby Soho and Saraya. Saraya says she's gotten Ruby a new assistant in Harley Cameron. Cameron is now suddenly crazy and pulls a knife on Renee for no reason. Saraya pulls her off and says they'll try again next week.

* ROH Tag Team Championships: Devil's Men def. Samoa Joe & MJF (c)

- Footage was shown of Samoa Joe being laid out backstage before the match. Max insisted on defending the titles in a two-on-one scenario. The masked individuals got help from a third individual wearing a mask who was underneath the ring. That individual hit MJF with a lead pipe. This allowed one of the legal masked assailants to hit MJF with his own Heatseeker for the victory. New Ring of Honor World Tag Team Champions were crowned but their masks were never taken off.

Samoa Joe came hobbling down to the ring. He appears to scare the masked men off. The Devil appears on screen and sends a message saying it was a pleasure doing business with you. Joe then hits Maxwell with a chair. Joe let Maxwell know that he did this to him before dropping him with the Muscle Buster.

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