It was AEW Dynamite featuring Sting & Darby Allin in tag team action, “Hangman” Adam Page against Claudio Castagnoli and more.
This “Homecoming” episode took place at Daily’s Place in Jacksonville, Florida. The announcers were Excalibur, Tony Schiavone and Taz.
Match #1:“Hangman” Adam Page defeated Claudio Castagnoli by pinfall. Page hit the Buckshot Lariat twice in a row to get the win.
Match #2: Orange Cassidy, Adam Copeland, Dustin Rhodes & Preston Vance defeated Brian Cage, Toa Liona, Bishop Kaun & Lance Archer by pinfall. Vance won with a discus lariat as a tribute to his mentor, the late great Brodie Lee.
Brian Cage has since confirmed that he worked through the match with an injury.
During a backstage interview, The Acclaimed & Billy Gunn suggested to Bullet Club Gold that they become a supergroup. Anthony Bowens said they could be Bang Bang Scissor Gang. Jay White’s BCG group said they would think about it.
Samoa Joe did a promo in the ring about being the AEW World Champion and said he would beat anybody that faced him. Swerve Strickland confronted Joe to say he was coming for the AEW World Title. “Hangman” Adam Page interrupted them to say he was focused on being World Champion again. After Swerve & Page left, FTW Champion Hook confronted Joe and told him “one week” for their match.
Shortly after that, it was announced that Samoa Joe will defend the AEW World Title against Hook next week on Dynamite.
Match #3: Sammy Guevera defeated Ricky Starks by pinfall. Sammy hit two superkicks in a row and did an inside cradle pin to win.
After the match, Big Bill attacked Sammy, so Chris Jericho made the save for Sammy. The four guys went fight into the crowd since the two teams are having a Street Fight Tag Team Match at the Battle of the Belts show on Saturday.
Match #4: Willow Nightingale, Kris Statlander, Thunder Rosa & Anna Jay defeated Saraya, Ruby Soho, Skye Blue & Julia Hart by submission. Jay won with the Queen Slayer submission on Blue.
Wheeler Yuta was featured in a video where he called out Eddie Kingston for a match on Rampage.
Match #5: Roderick Strong defeated Bryan Keith by pinfall. Strong hit the End of Heartache double knees for the win.
After the match, Adam Cole did a promo in the ring while sitting on a chair surrounded by Undisputed Kingdom’s Wardlow, Roderick Strong, Mike Bennett & Matt Taven. Cole talked about how dangerous the group is and how they are coming after championships. Cole told everybody to get comfortable because they will be there for a very long time.
Deonna Purrazzo was interviewed backstage when Red Velvet interrupted. They will have a match on AEW Collision on Saturday.
Jim Ross joined commentary for the main event.
Match #6: Tornado Tag Team Match: Sting & Darby Allin (w/Ric Flair) defeated Powerhouse Hobbs & Konosuke Takeshita (w/Don Callis) by pinfall. Allin jumped off the bleachers onto Takeshita with a Coffin Drop. Moments later, Sting hit a Scorpion Death Drop off a stage through two tables on the floor. They missed the first table, but they hit the second table. Sting covered Hobbs on the floor for the pinfall win.
After the match, Tony Schiavone asked Sting who he would face in his last match at Revolution on March 3rd. Before Sting could speak, there was an interruption. The Young Bucks arrived wearing dress clothes along with some thin mustaches on their faces. The Young Bucks stared at Sting & Allin from the stage. The Bucks didn’t say a word as the announcers wondered if that was a challenge for a tag team match at Revolution. The Young Bucks went to the back. Sting and friends continued to celebrate. The show ended there.
In regards to the choice of final opponents for Sting, this has been met with mixed responses.
Next Week On AEW Dynamite
* AEW World Championship: Samoa Joe vs. Hook
That was the only match announced during the show.
This Friday is AEW Rampage, Saturday is AEW Collision and Battle of The Belts is right after Collision as well.
That’s all for this week. Thanks for reading.