Here ate the quick results from tonight’s AEW Dynamite in Jacksonville, FL (Homecoming house show event at Daily’s Place):
Match 1: Adam Page vs. Claudio Castagnoli
Result: Adam Page beat Claudio Castagnoli
Match 2: Lance Archer, Brian Cage & Gates Of Agony vs. Preston Vance, Adam Copeland, Orange Cassidy & Dustin Rhodes
Result: Preston Vance, Dustin Rhodes, Adam Copeland & Orange Cassidy beat Brian Cage, Gates Of Agony & Lance Archer. Vance pinned Bishop Kaun after Discus Lariat.
Samoa Joe promo. Swerve Strickland interrupts. So does Adam Page. Both make challenges. When they leave and the promo is about to end…so does Hook.
Match 3: Sammy Guevara vs. Ricky Starks
Result: Sammy Guevara beat Ricky Starks. Afterwards, they share a handshake which set up a Big Bill beatdown on Guevara but Chris Jericho quickly made the save. Jericho & Bill brawled all over the place while Jericho’s music played the entire time, which I thought was funny. And actually clever.
Tony Khan makes Joe vs. Hook for the AEW World Championship official for Dynamite next week. Of course the week I have to miss the show! (I will be on vacation and traveling)
Match 4: Thunder Rosa, Willow NIghtingale, Kris Statlander & Anna Jay vs. Julia Hart, Skye Blue, Saraya & Ruby Soho
Result: Thunder Rosa, Willow NIghtingale, Kris Statlander & Anna Jay beat Julia Hart, Skye Blue, Saraya & Ruby Soho. Jay beat Blue with Queenslayer.
Match 5: Roderick Strong vs. a jobber (Bryan Keith)
Result: Roderick Strong beat Bryan Keith. Glorified squash. Adam Cole promo afterwards.
Deonna Purrazzo makes her in-ring debut Saturday on Collision. Possibly against Red Velvet.
Main Event: Darby Allin & Sting vs. Konosuke Takeshita & Powerhouse Hobbs in a Tornado Tag match. Anything goes. TV Time Remaining with 5 minute overrun
Result: Darby Allin & Sting beat Konosuke Takeshita & Powerhouse Hobbs. Sting pinned Hobbs after a scorpion deathdrop through a table. They used the overrun to perhaps reveal the final opponent for Sting at Revolution, but they were interrupted by the returning Young Bucks. They just stared for a couple minute before leaving, enough to hint at perhaps a tag team match assuming Allin hasn’t taken off to climb Mt. Everest yet as he plans to.
While I didn’t really care for the matches announced in advance, Daily’s Place makes for great TV with its layout, fans and ambience so I enjoyed the show just for that. The matches generally were average but not terrible. Page-Castagnoli was the best match of the night and the Joe segment was hot. Skip the main event and the Strong squash which was not announced ahead of time. I give tonight a B- just for the fans & atmosphere.
Friday on Rampage: TBA but maybe Eddie Kingston vs. Wheeler Yuta for the Continental Crown.
Saturday on Collision in Norfolk, VA: Adam Copeland vs. TBA (open challenge), Adam Page appears, Deonna Purrazzo vs. Red Velvet and ROH 6-Man Tag Team Champions Gates Of Agony & Brian Cage vs. Lance Archer & The Righteous for the titles.
On Battle Of The Belts 9 immediately after Collision: AEW Tag Team Champions Ricky Starks & Big Bill vs. Chris Jericho & Sammy Guevara for the titles and AEW TBS Champion Julia Hart vs. Anna Jay for the title.
