Here are the quick results from tonight’s ARW Dynamite in Chicago:
Updates will begin at 5 PM PT/8 PM ET.
Continental Classic starts tonight. Rules: 20 minute time limit, 3 points for win, 1 for draw, 1 point lost for DQs, nobody allowed at ringside.
Match 1: Continental Classic Tournament Gold Block: Swerve Strickland vs. Jay Lethal
Result: Swerve Strickland beat Jay Lethal
Strickland is 1-0, 3 points. Lethal is 0-1, 0 points.
Schedule Update: This week’s Rampage airs LIVE SATURDAY AT 7 PM ET (TAPED at 7 PM PT).
MJF & Adam Cole come out. Promo interrupted by Samoa Joe after The Devil appears on the big screen. MJF accepts Joe’s offer, and that means Joe will face MJF for the AEW World Championship on 12/30 at the Worlds End PPV in Long Island, NY (MJF’s hometown).
Match 2: Angelo Parker, Matt Menard & Jake Hager vs. Hook, Katsuyori Shibata & Orange Cassidy
Before the match, Cassidy brings out Danhausen, back after being out most of the year due to injury.
Result: Hook, Katsuyori Shibata & Orange Cassidy beat Angelo Parker, Matt Menard & Jake Hager. Hook beat Parker with Redrum.
Adam Cole interviewed. Roderick Strong shows up again and Cole tells him off, saying they’re not friends anymore.
Christian Cage rechristens Luchasaurus as Kill Switch and Nick Wayne as The Prodigy. Wayne’s mom comes out and gets Kill Switch pushed into her, knocking her out. Adam Copeland saves her from chair shots.
Match 3: Continental Classic: Rush vs. Jay White
Result: Jay White beat Rush
White is 1-0, 3 points. Rush is 0-1, 0 points
Toni Storm Championship Acceptance Speech. Thankfully this is very short and unceremoniously cur off by Skye Blue heading to the ring for the next match. (They are starting to run up against time now, less than 25 minutes TV time left and they still have 2 matches)
Match 4: Skye Blue vs. Anna Jay & Ruby Soho in a 3-way
Result: Skye Blue beat Anna Jay & Ruby Soho in a 3-way by pinning Jay.
Wardlow interviewed backstage. AR Fox interrupts for some reason and gets laid out.
Main Event: Continental Classic: Mark Briscoe vs. Jon Moxley
Result: Jon Moxley beat Mark Briscoe
5 minute overrun on TV. Moxley is 1-0, 3 points. Briscoe is 0-1, 0 points.
Saturday on Collision: Blue Block-STRONG Openweight Champion Eddie Kingston vs. Brody King for the title and Daniel Garcia vs. Claudio Castagnoli. Collision will air at regular time after the LIVE Rampage at 7 PM ET.
This show started off fine then went completely off a cliff. Not really worth watching except the first match, maybe the main event, and the MJF/Cole/Joe segment.
