Here are the quick results from tonight’s AEW Dynamite in Phoenix, AZ:
Match 1: Swerve Strickland vs. Adam Page. The winner will face AEW World Champion Samoa Joe for the title at Revolution
Result: 30 Minute Time Limit Draw. As a result, BOTH are #1 contenders and there will be a 3-way for the title at Revolution
Match 2: AEW Women’s Champion Toni Storm vs. Red Velvet in a NON-TITLE match. If Velvet wins she gets the first post-Revolution title shot. Deonna Purrazzo on commentary
Result :Toni Storm beat Deonna Purrazzo
Match 3: Jon Moxley, Bryan Danielson & Claudio Castagnoli vs. Hechicero, Volador Jr. & Mascara Dorada (CMLL)
Result: Jon Moxley, Bryan DanielsoN & Claudio Castagnoli beat Hechicero, Volador Jr. & Mascara Dorada. Castagnoli pinned Hechicero after a low blow.
After the match, they cut to backstage and catch the end of a Undisputed Kingdom beatdown on Chuck Taylor.
Tony Khan makes his BIG ANNOUNCEMENT…an event called Big Bu$iness on 3/13 in Boston. EPIC FAIL YET AGAIN.
Match 4; Chris Jericho vs. Konosuke Takeshita
Result: Konosuke Takeshita beat Chris Jericho by submission
Main Event: AEW Tag Team Champions Ricky Starks & Big Bill vs. Darby Allin & Sting in a Tornado Tag Match for the titles
Result: Darby Allin & Sting beat AEW Tag Team Champions Ricky Starks & Big Bill to become THE NEW AEW TAG TEAM CHAMPIONS! Sting pinned Starks after a scorpion deathdrop. Sting’s son came out to the ring to celebrate, but The Young Bucks cut that short with a baseball bat-fueled beatdown of all of them.
Strickland-Page is a definite MOTY contender and elevated what otherwise was another average but not bad Dynamite. It just took out a lot of energy from me. The big announcement fell flat for now but we’ll see what happens in 5 weeks, I guess.
Friday on Rampage: Best Friends vs. Undisputed Kingdom.
Saturday on Collision: Jon Moxley & Claudio Castagnoli vs. 2 more of those CMLL guys (Star Jr. & Esfinge) and AEW International Champion Orange Cassidy vs. Tomohiro Ishii (New Japan) for the title (announced last week).
