It was AEW Dynamite featuring The Young Bucks facing Top Flight, Dax Harwood against Jon Moxley and more.
This episode took place at the H-E-B Center in Cedar Park (Austin), TX. The announcers were Excalibur, Taz and Tony Schiavone.
Match #1:Jon Moxley defeated Dax Harwood by submission. Moxley choked out Harwood leading to a tapout win. After the match, Moxley continued to choke Harwood. Cash Wheeler saved Harwood, but Claudio Castagnoli went after Wheeler and hit a Gotch style slam on him. Moxley & Castagnoli applied submissions before leaving together.
Don Callis, along with Konosuke Takeshita & Powerhouse Hobbs, was interviewed by Renee Paquette. Callis claimed that nobody wants to face his wrestlers. Callis said that at Revolution, his two family members Konosuke Takeshita and Will Ospreay will have a match. Don said after the match, they would still be a family.
Match #2: Wardlow defeated Barrett Brown by pinfall. Wardlow won with a Powerbomb in about one minute.
Match #3: Adam Copeland vs. Daniel Garcia ended in a No Contest when Killswitch & Nick Wayne attacked both guys. After the match, TNT Champion Christian Cage and Shayna Wayne joined in on the attack. Shayna hit a low blow on Copeland. Christian and his group beat up Copeland some more, which led to Christian hitting the Conchairto on Copeland to end it.
Samoa Joe did a promo about how he would remain AEW World Champion at Revolution. Swerve Strickland arrived and said you should put some respect on his name. Swerve said for 15 years, he has been hoping one day somebody would think of him as one of the best in the world. Swerve said he’s proven that today is that day.
Hangman” Adam Page joined the promo segment saying that last week he signed a contract to determine the number one contender for a match last week where the winner gets an AEW World Title match. Page said that Swerve wasn’t the winner since it was a draw. Page talked about how he should face Joe in a singles match, but it looks like Swerve was added to the match. Page said that Swerve didn’t deserve to be in this championship match. Joe told both guys that they were not going to take Joe’s championship. Joe said that he is Samoa Joe and come Revolution, he is whooping both their asses.
There was a “movie” featuring “Timeless” Toni Storm talking about her history with Deonna Purrazzo. Storm had an addition to her right leg tattoo.
Deonna Purrazzo was interviewed by Renee Paquette. Deonna ripped Toni Storm for talking too much. Deonna: “I’m going to break your arm, bitch.”
Match #4:The Young Bucks – Matthew & Nicholas Jackson defeated Top Flight – Dante & Darius Martin by pinfall. The Bucks won with their EVP Trigger double knee move.
After the match, The Young Bucks bullied Tony Schiavone and threatened to beat him up. Nick fined Schiavone $1000 and then bumped Tony with his chest to knock Tony down. Darby Allin ran into the ring leading to The Young Bucks leaving. Allin said when AEW launched, Allin begged them to hire him, but instead, The Young Bucks hired their “s**t friends” and he thanked an EVP with a set of brains that hired him, which was a reference to Cody Rhodes, so some fans chanted “Cody” there. Allin mentioned they wanted to be Sting’s final match with the Bucks in the aisle saying yeah they did. Allin said “It’s Showtime” which is Sting’s line and Excalibur said that the match was made for AEW Revolution.
Match #5: Willow Nightingale defeated Skye Blue by pinfall. Stokely Hathaway was on commentary. When Blue hit her Code Blue move, Stokely argued with the referee. Willow hit a gutwrench Powerbomb to beat Blue. Willow was happy to get the assist from Hathaway.
Match #6:Orange Cassidy defeated Matt Taven in a Texas Death Match by knockout. Both men were bloody throughout the match. There was interference from allies of both guys. Orange hit Taven with an Orange Punch while Orange had a steel chain on his right hand. Taven stayed down for the ten count, so Orange won by knockout.
Orange Cassidy celebrated the win with his buddy Trent Beretta. That was the end of Dynamite.
Next Week On AEW Dynamite
Here are the matches advertised for next week’s February 21st edition of Dynamite.
* Blackpool Combat Club – Jon Moxley & Claudio Castagnoli vs. FTR – Dax Harwood & Cash Wheeler
* Swerve Strickland, Samoa Joe & Brian Cage vs. Rob Van Dam, Hook & “Hangman” Adam Page
That’s all for this week. Thanks for reading.