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Here are the quick results from tonight’s LIVE NATIONWIDE AEW Dynamite from Daily’s Place (Jacksonville, FL):

As the show begins, The Young Bucks & Jack Perry are shown arriving earlier today. Security tries to keep Perry out but they get blown off.

Orange Cassidy comes out but gets a beatdown by Trent Beretta quickly. Chuck Taylor then comes out. Trent tells Taylor to make a decision and Taylor lays out Trent before demanding a parking lot fight because Taylor isn’t going to be medically cleared to compete. Trent leaves.

Jon Moxley promo.

Match 1; AEW World Champion Swerve Strickland vs. Kyle Fletcher in a NON-TITLE match. Usual “eliminator” gimmick meaning a title rematch for Fletcher if he wins
Result: Swerve Strickland beat Kyle Fletcher. Feed went out during split-screen commercial.

Next week: Kenny Omega returns. Hometown appearance (Winnipeg, Canada).

Thunder Rosa interviewd. Deonna Purrazzo interrupts and things quickly get heated.

Match 2: Mina Shirakawa (Stardom) vs. Anna Jay
Result: Mina Shirakawa beat Anna Jay. More split-screen issues. Anna broke up the post-match celebration and choked out Mariah May until Toni Storm made the save. Then Serena Deeb came out and sat next to the AEW Women’s Championship belt Storm left on the stairs of the entrance and called her shot to the camera.

Willow Nightingale Championship Celebration Mercedes Mone interrupts and tensions quickly boil over ahead of their AEW TBS Championship match at Double Or Nothing. Mone bitch-slaps Nightingale at the end. Very hot starting build.

Match 3: Casino Gauntlet Match. Staggered entry like a battle royal but first pinfall/submission wins and gets an AEW International Championship shot at Double Or Nothing.
Order of entry: Jay White, Dante Martin, Penta El Zero M, Kyle O’Reilly, Will Ospreay, Lance Archer, Komander, Jay Lethal
Result: Will Ospreay won by pinning Komander. As a result, Ospreay will face AEW International Champion Roderick Strong for the title at Double Or Nothing

Chris Jericho promo. He puts himself over as new FTW Champion and lays the roots for his next faction as The Learning Tree. Big Bill comes out wanting to be his first recruit.

Main Event: IWGP World Heavyweight Champion Jon Moxley vs. Powerhouse Hobbs for the title. 1 Hour time limit
Result: IWGP World Heavyweight Champion Jon Moxley beat Powerhouse Hobbs by ref stoppage (technical submission) to retain the title. V1 for Moxley.

Next week: FTW Champion Chris Jericho vs. Katsuyori Shibata for the title.

Jack Perry & Tony Khan face-to-face meeting in the ring follows the main event. About 7 minutes TV time left. They shook hands & hugged it out, which was the dead giveaway as Perry smiled at the camera. He then laid out Khan with a microphone punch to the midsection then The Elite came out. The Young Bucks hit a Meltzer Driver on Khan and left him laid out in the ring before leaving. Once they were gone the roster began spilling into the ring as we cut away. Commentary either was cut off or was dead silent after the driver.

There apparently were a lot of technical issues tonight. A lot was said about major audio issues but I had no such problems, just with no picture-in-picture during commercials. I could see the commercials fine but no matches. The lineup wasn’t much on paper but thankfully it was not as bad as it looked. Turned out to be an average to just-above-average show despite no real Dynasty fallout, but some of the Double Or Nothing build got off to a hot start, in particular with Mone-Nightingale. I loved the ending of course but the aforementioned women’s segment is must-see.

Saturday on Collision LIVE NATIONWIDE after NBA Playoffs coverage on TNT (or 8:30 PM ET/5:30 PM PT, whichever is later): Bullet Club vs. Top Flight & Action Andretti for the Trios Championships, Toni Storm vs. Anna Jay.
Saturday On Rampage after Collision:: Thunder Rosa vs. Deonna Purrazzo and Trent Beretta vs. Chuck Taylor in a Parking Lot Fight

Here are the quick results from tonight’s AEW Dynamite from Indianapolis, IN:

Jon Moxley promo. This sets up a match against Powerhouse Hobbs next week.

Mercedes Mone promo.

Julia Hart & Brody King beat Adam Copeland & Willow Nightingale. Hart beat Nightingale with Hartless.

Samoa Joe interviewed.

The Young Bucks & Kazuchika Okada beat Pac, Penta El Zero M & Daniel Garcia. Okada pinned Garcia after Rainmaker.

Swerve Strickland interviewed.

Deonna Purrazzo beat Mariah May.

Orange Cassidy beat Shane Taylor.

Will Ospreay beat Claudio Castagnoli.

Strickland/Joe promo and one last going at it before Sunday.

After last week’s awful dumpster fire of a show, I skipped tonight’s show. Pending changes at my job will mean in the next couple months I will no longer be able to watch the live broadcast on Wednesdays. That and Tony Khan needs to be able to stay off socials for just one Wednesday before, during and just after the show.

No Rampage this Friday. It’s moved to Saturday because of NBA Playoffs and will probably be LIVE either before or after Collision.

Saturday: Bryan Danielson & Claudio Castagnoli vs. Kyle Fletcher & Konosuke Takeshita in a Bunkhouse Brawl, The Elite vs. FTR & Pac and The Acclaimed vs. Gunn Club.

Here are the quick results from tonight’s AEW Dynamite in Charleston, WV:

Match 1: AEW World Champion Samoa Joe vs. Dustin Rhodes in a NON-TITLE match
Result: Never happened. Swerve Strickland ambushed Joe as he came out first. No word on if match will still happen tonight.

Match 2: AEW TNT Champion Adam Copeland vs. Penta El Zero M for the title
Result: AEW TNT Champion Adam Copeland beat Penta El Zero M to retain the title.

The Young Bucks talk All In London and show the backstage footage. Quick clip and a massive letdown. Mostly shots at FTR. Afterwards, FTR immediately storm out to the ring to respond. Ultimately this came off as little more than an EPIC FAIL of a Dynasty promo.

Will Ospreay promo.

Julia Hart promo. Excellent video.

Match 3: Hook, Chris Jericho & Katsuyori Shibata vs. Shane Taylor Promotions
Result: Shane Taylor Promotions beat Hook, Chris Jericho & Katsuyori Shibata. Lee Moriarty pinned Shibata after Fang. Shane Taylor interference set it up while Jericho & Hook argued outside the ring.

Joe-Rhodes is still on for tonight per onscreen graphics before commercial in the prior match.

Match 4: Kazuchika Okada vs. TBA. TBA is Cristiano Argento
Result: Kazuchika Okada beat Cristiano Argento. Squash. Afterwards, Okada accepted Pac’s challenge for the AEW Continental Championship at Dynasty. Pac came out but The Bucks followed for a beatdown until FTR made the save, but Okada came back with a chair to punctuate the heel beatdown.

Match 5: Mariah May vs. Anna Jay
Result: Mariah May beat Anna Jay. Anna choked out Mariah with Queenslayer afterwards until Mina Shirakawa from Stardom ran out to make the save, then celebrate with Champagne and a little HLA with May.

Mercedes Mone interview. But when asked who she would rather face for the AEW TBS Championship between Julia Hart & Willow Nightingale, the lights go out and we hear the beatdown on Mone.

Main Event: AEW World Champion Samoa Joe vs. Dustin Rhodes in a NON-TITLE match. Take 2
Result: Samoa Joe beat Dustin Rhodes

I learned about the death of former All-Japan Triple Crown Champion and Yokozuna in sumo Akebono in the second hour and that further depleted the wind from my already-depleted sails, but this show was a bad dumpster fire. Even some Japanese hotties HLA couldn’t save it. As WWE now seems poised to begin a shift away from sports entertainment AEW is poised to take the mantle, which is a big mistake waiting to happen. If you missed the live show, skip the replay.

Friday on Rampage: Angelo Parker vs. Zak Knight, Orange Cassidy vs. Alex Reynolds and AEW TBS Champion Julia Hart vs. Leyla Hirsch for the title.

Saturday on Collision: Toni Storm vs. AZM (Stardom) and Bryan Danielson & Claudio Castagnoli vs. Powerhouse Hobbs & Kyle Fletcher.
On BOTB 10: FTW Champion Hook vs. Shane Taylor for the title.

Here are the quick results from tonight’s AEW Dynamite in Worcester, MA:

Adam Copeland comes out to open the show. Rambles for a while before bringing out Will Ospreay for the opening match.

Match 1: Powerhouse Hobbs vs. Will Ospreay
Result: Will Ospreay beat Powerhouse Hobbs

Match 2: Bryan Danielson vs. Lance Archer
Result: Bryan Danielson beat Lance Archer

Chris Jericho calls out Hook. Hook says he got them a match for Saturday on Collision. A subsequent promo reveals it’ll be against Shane Taylor & Lee Moriarty.

Match 3: Jay White vs. Billy Gunn
Result: Billy Gunn beat Jay White by DQ. Low blow.

Willow Nightingale interviewed. Stokely Hathaway adds on but gets cut off by Mercedes Mone, who says she’s challenging whoever is AEW TBS Champion after Dynasty for the title at Double Or Nothing.

Match 4: AEW Tag Team Championship Tournament Semifinals: The Young Bucks vs. Best Friends
Result: The Young Bucks beat Best Friends. Nick Jackson pinned Trent Beretta. As a result, The Bucks will face either FTR or Top Flight for the titles at Dynasty. FTR-Top Flight is Saturday. Afterwards, Best Friends went for the group hug with Chuck Taylor but Beretta instead laid out Orange Cassidy with a running knee strike.

Match 5: Mariah May vs. Thunder Rosa
Result: Thunder Rosa beat Mariah May. As a result, Rosa will face AEW Women’s Champion Toni Storm for the title at Dynasty on 4/21.

Next week: AEW TNT Champion Adam Copeland vs. Penta El Zero M for the title.

Saturday on a TAPED Collision at 11:30 PM ET/8:30 PM PT or after NCAA Basketball (whichever is later): Penta vs. Komander.

Samoa Joe-Swerve Strickland Dynasty contract signing is the main event segment. Devolved into the usual violence with Joe beating down Strickland into nothingness but Strickland came back to taunt Joe before signing the contract with his own blood, then Joe put Strickland through a table after a low blow to end it.

I didn’t care much for tonight’s lineup and the card on paper was nowhere near huge. The first 2 matches were good though.