AEW Dynamite – “Winter Is Coming”
December 11, 2024
By: John Siino
T-Mobile Center in Kansas City, Missouri
Commentary: Excalibur, Nigel McGuinness & Tony Schiavone
Continental Classic Standings
- Blue League
- Kyle Fletcher [9]
- Daniel Garcia [4]
- Kazuchika Okada [4]
- Mark Briscoe [3]
- Shelton Benjamin [3]
- The Beast Mortos [0]
- Gold League
- Claudio Castagnoli [6]
- Ricochet [6]
- Will Ospreay [6]
- Brody King [3]
- Darby Allin [3]
- Komander [0]
RESULTS
- Dark: Satnam Singh over Colt Cabana
- Dark: Alex Reynolds & Evil Uno over Fuego Del Sol & Serpentico
- Jon Moxley & PAC over Jay White & Orange Cassidy via DQ (14:13)
- Continental Classic Gold League: Will Ospreay [6] over Claudio Castagnoli [6] via pinfall (13:26) (Recommended)
- Adam Cole over Kyle O’Reilly via pinfall (10:50)
- Continental Classic Gold League: Ricochet [6] over Brody King [3] via pinfall (12:46)
- AEW Women’s World Title: Mariah May (c) over Mina Shirakawa via pinfall (11:05)
Death Riders (Jon Moxley & PAC) (w/ Marina Shafir & Wheeler Yuta) vs. Jay White & Orange Cassidy
With this tag team match, we jump right into the action as the Death Riders sans Claudio Castagnoli (who’s in action later tonight) make their way through the crowd. Jay White & Orange Cassidy try to decide who starts first before going after Jon Moxley & PAC and quickly take it to the outside as White starts attacking Moxley against the apron and commentary table, as Cassidy & PAC are fighting near the ramp. Cassidy starts punching Moxley in the corner of the barricades before kicking away at him, but Moxley sends Cassidy head-first into the steel steps. White & PAC enter the ring and finally get the match officially started after a couple of minutes of fighting on the outside. Moxley & White start exchanging chops before Cassidy & PAC both get the tag in. Moxley avoids an Orange Punch before PAC sends Cassidy to the outside where Moxley drops him back-first onto the commentary table. We see Christian Cage and the rest of The Patriarchy watching on from up in the suites of the T-Mobile Center. White & PAC both tag in, with them fighting out of the corner until White lands a DDT on PAC, followed by one on Moxley as he’s yelling at him that he ‘has his number’. PAC stops White with a kick in the corner as we head to picture-in-picture.
We return with Moxley having control over White, keeping him in the middle of the mat, before PAC tags in. We see Christian giving orders as Nick Wayne, Kip Sabian & Mother Wayne make their way out of the suite. PAC & Moxley spend the next couple of minutes taking turns on White, but he’s able to fight off PAC and make the tag to Cassidy who goes face-to-face with Moxley before they start going at it with strikes. Cassidy goes to the top rope and bites Moxley off before hitting a diving DDT for a two-count. Cassidy hits PAC with a Stundog Millionaire, before hitting the Beach Break on Moxley, who kicks out right before three. Wheeler Yuta & Marina Shafir get on the apron, but Cassidy knocks them both off, hits an Orange Punch on Moxley, and sets up for another one, but ‘Hangman’ Adam Page runs out and starts attacking Moxley causing the disqualification.
Winners: Death Riders (Jon Moxley & PAC) by disqualification at 14:13
Page keeps attacking Moxley, but as Cassidy pulls him off, Page and Cassidy start going at it. White runs in and goes after Page also, before Cassidy inadvertently takes out Cassidy. Cassidy takes out Page before White takes out Cassidy with the Blade Runner. The Death Riders run in and all start ganging up on Page, Cassidy & White as the crowd loudly chants ‘Fuck you Yuta’.
The Most Wanted Bandido
We see another Western-style vignette for Bandido, as there are a group of men looking to ‘get this son of a bitch’. We see Bandido riding into town on a horse, as they tell him that he’s under arrest and they can do it the easy way or the hard way. Bandido takes off his cape and hat and pretends to surrender before he starts fighting off all these guys. Think Quentin Tarantino meets Lucha Underground.
“Egos Run AEW”
We go to the back with the Death Riders as Jon Moxley says he’s a marked man and that’s the only way to feel alive. The only way to live is with a knife to your throat with a dynamite stick down your throat. He says the problem with all those guys is their egos and egos run All Elite Wrestling. Nothing is about him, but about his people, as they don’t fight flesh and blood. Moxley says he will give all three of them an early Christmas gift and makes a Fatal Four Way for Worlds End against Orange Cassidy, Adam Page & Jay White.
“Have That Drink, Moxley”
Christian Cage who’s still in the suite gets on the mic and says he has a problem with every person in the fatal four-way. White & Page both cost him the world title at Full Gear, while Cassidy is just a pissant that gets on his nerves. His biggest problem is with Moxley because he has what he wants, and if he makes it out of the match he will meet him on the other side, and this time he won’t miss. He will send him back to rock bottom, and he will hear that voice that says ‘Have that drink’, while he will send him back to rehab. He will rehab the AEW World Championship and he is the next AEW World Champion. As Christian is about to leave, we see Hook behind him with his arm in a cast, breaking through the glass of the door before he starts attacking Christian in the suite. Hook puts the Redrum on Christian and goes to toss him over the balcony, but Christian elbows him off and tries to run away. Hook catches up to him and keeps attacking him until Nick Wayne & Kip Sabian try to stop him, just for Hook to fight them off and run away, as they chase after him.
Continental Classic Gold League Match: Will Ospreay [3] vs. Claudio Castagnoli [6]
Right away, Will Ospreay hits a Spanish Fly, but Claudio Castagnoli kicks out and heads to the outside where Ospreay quickly hits him with the Sasuke Special. Back inside, Ospreay goes for the Os Cutter but gets stopped with an uppercut. They go into a forearm exchange, before Claudio whips Ospreay hard into the corner, as he heads to the outside to regroup. They start fighting with the steel steps, as Ospreay dropkicks them right into Claudio before he dives off of them just to be caught and dropped onto the barricade. Claudio then grabs Ospreay and sends him into the steps with the Giant Swing. Claudio turns the steps sideways and traps Ospreay’s arm in it before stomping on it. They finally head back inside and start chopping away, but as Ospreay tries to springboard off the apron, falls right into an uppercut as head to picture-in-picture.
We come back, with Ospreay in control hitting a standing Sky Twister for two, before he goes for the Hidden Blade, just to be stopped with a boot to the face. They head to the top rope, where Ospreay headbutts him off, but misses a Sky Twister and runs into an uppercut as Claudio gets a two. They trade strikes, before Cassidy hits an Os Cutter, but takes too long to go for the cover as Claudio rolls to the outside. Ospreay tries another Hidden Blade, but Claudio stops with a pop-up uppercut for two, followed by a lariat off the ropes for another two. As Claudio goes for the Neutralizer, Ospreay quickly reverses it into a jackknife pin for the win.
Winner: Will Ospreay by pinfall at 13:26, to get 3 points in the Continental Classic [6]
Claudio attacks him right after and hits him with the Neutralizer. Claudio goes to grab a chair, but Darby Allin runs out with a bat and chases Claudio off into the crowd. As Darby leaves he looks back at Ospreay, who will be his opponent next week in the Continental Classic.
Ricochet Holds All The Cards
Renee Paquette is in the back with Ricochet and brings up how he and Brody King are both 1-1 and asks how he could prepare for someone like Brody. Ricochet says he came here for the competition and tonight he fights Brody for the first time, but the one thing that Brody is not, is Ricochet. He said tonight it’s him who holds all the cards, as he shows the MVP card he still has.
MJF Is Here
We see a car arrive in the building, as MJF comes out of it and starts making his way into the arena.
Alwayz Ready For Rampage
They show Chris Jericho attacking Matt Cardona on Rampage before we cut to Renee with Cardona in the back and asks if he’s ready for Jericho at ROH Final Battle. Cardona says everybody was shocked when he showed up here, but he is ‘always ready’ as he’s been reinventing himself for years now. He’s glad Jericho & Bryan Keith sent him a message on Rampage, so for this Friday’s Rampage he challenges Keith to a match and tells Jericho he better be watching to see what’s in store for him at Final Battle.
Adam Cole vs. Kyle O’Reilly
The winner of this match will go on to face MJF at Worlds End. Renee tries to get a match with Kyle O’Reilly before he heads out, as Matt Taven & Mike Bennett try to put some sense into him and say they are still family at the end of the day, but O’Reilly says they should have thought of that before Roderick Strong got hurt. Adam Cole tries to shake his hand but O’Reilly just smacks it away as the bell rings. They go back and forth with submissions and pin attempts before Cole ducks a kick and heads to the outside. O’Reilly goes right after him and sweeps Cole down as we head to picture-in-picture.
We come back as O’Reilly misses the knee from the top rope, but ducks The Boom, just for a bit more back-and-forth before Cole hits The Boom, but doesn’t get all of it. O’Reilly puts on the body scissors ankle lock, but Cole grabs the bottom rope to break it up. They head to the top rope, as Cole headbutts O’Reilly off and hits Panama Sunrise. Cole calls for The Boom, but O’Reilly trips him up and puts on the ankle lock. Cole sends O’Reilly outside. Cole knocks O’Reilly on the outside with a superkick. As the referee is checking on O’Reilly, MJF makes his way out but gets knocked off the apron by Cole. Cole rolls up O’Reilly and gets the pin and the win and will face MJF at Worlds End.
Winner: Adam Cole by pinfall at 10:50
Mike Bennett & Matt Taven join them in the ring, but as Cole goes to help O’Reilly up, he refuses and walks out on them all.
Conversation With FTR
FTR is in the back and talks about Fight For The Fallen being a very important show for them as it will help rebuild Asheville, North Carolina back-up from the damage done by Hurricane Helene. They talk about how this match will be simulcast on Max, suggest a big match, and put their names in that hat. They talk about their miscommunication with Death Riders and tell them to show up for a conversation this Saturday on Collision.
New York Minute
We get a ‘New York Minute’ segment with Chris Jericho (in a New York Rangers jersey) who talks about Cardona’s challenge to Bryan Keith, calling Cardona a ‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle’. Keith says he will take a bite out of Cardona, as Jericho says he will be on commentary on Rampage before saying that on tomorrow’s ROH On HonorClub, they will have a contract signing for their Final Battle match. Jericho says that New York City is a place where potentials are realized and dreams are made, but says that Cardona is delusional if he thinks he will walk out of Final Battle as the ROH World Champion. Keith ends by saying that Cardona made a mistake and he will pay the price for putting his hands on Jericho.
“The Violence & Blood Doesn’t Bother Me”
They announce Kyle Fletcher vs. Mark Briscoe in a Continental Classic Blue League Match for this Saturday’s ‘Winter is Coming’ episode of Collision, before we go to a sit-down interview from earlier today with Tony Schiavone with Darby Allin. Darby says he isn’t done with the Death Riders, and talks about what they did to Bryan Danielson. Darby says if the young guys here don’t know anything about it, it will keep happening. He then starts punching himself in the face before he starts bleeding from the mouth. He says the violence and blood don’t bother him, what bothers him is if nobody does anything about it. He then starts talking about how he needs to win the Continental Classic as it represents the passion of AEW. Darby says Jon Moxley fails to remember this is the company that gave him a second shot, gave Sting a final run, and gave himself an opportunity before saying that nothing fools Moxley better than the lies he tells himself.
Continental Classic Gold League Match: Ricochet [3] vs. Brody King [3]
Right away, Brody King takes Ricochet down twice, but Ricochet comes back with kicks and fast punches. Ricochet fights Brody off, but when he tries a crossbody off the top rope, he just bounces off of Brody’s chest, and Brody sends Ricochet to the outside. Brody follows him and starts chopping away at him, but Ricochet leaps off the barricade and tries a hurricanrana off the apron but gets caught and power bombed onto the apron. Brody is staying on top as Ricochet is yelling at him to ‘leave him alone’, but instead Brody puts him on a chair and crushes him against the barricade with a cross body as we go to picture-in-picture.
When we return, Brody catches Ricochet off the ropes with a German Suplex. Ricochet takes control, coming back with a springboard 450 Splash, but Brody kicks out at one. Brody yells at Ricochet to keep kicking at him, but he knocks him down hard with a lariat for two. Brody crushes Ricochet in the corner with a splash, before hitting a Cannonball, but Ricochet kicks out at two. They head to the top rope, and Ricochet flips off and powerbombs Brody, heads back to the top rope and hits a Shooting Star Press, but Brody catches him by the throat and puts on a Sleeper, Ricochet grabs the ropes to escape. Brody chops Ricochet from the apron and puts him back on the top rope, but Ricochet escapes and drops Brody onto the top rope which got exposed in the tussle. Ricochet hits a Spirit Gun as the fans are booing him but Brody gets back up, just for Ricochet to hit another Spirit Gun to get the pin and the win.
Winner: Ricochet by pinfall at 12:46, to get 3 points in the Continental Classic [6]
No Hard Feelings
Excalibur tees up Lio Rush & Action Andretti in the back, but instead, we go to Private Party who do get interrupted by Rush & Andretti. They ask for ‘some of that’, as Private Party offers their drinks, but they say they want the titles instead. Top Flight & Leila Grey interrupt as Darius Martin tells Dante Martin that Andretti & Rush have won zero matches to earn this before they remind Top Flight they eliminated them from the battle royal. Zay suggests they fight on Collision, and the winning team gets to challenge them for the titles. Rush extends his hand to Darius and says ‘No hard feelings’.
Mercedes Mone’ & Anna Jay Face-To-Face
Renee is in the back with Anna Jay & Mercedes Mone’ as they hype up their TBS Championship match for next week, Mone’ asks if they are in Missouri or Kansas, before saying it doesn’t matter. Renee brings up this being Mercedes’s 200th day as champion, before bringing up that Mercedes is defending the NJPW STRONG Women’s Championship this Sunday against Hazuki at NJPW Strong Style Evolved. Mercedes says it’s cute that Anna went to Japan, but says so did she before naming all the accolades she did by the time she was Anna’s age before trying to walk off. Anna stops her and says they agreed to no physicality but also agreed to a face-to-face and cuts a promo on Mercedes about how she’s going to win her title before she walks off.
AEW Women’s World Championship: Mariah May (c) vs. Mina Shirakawa
We get a very good video package before the match narrated by Renee talking about the history between Mariah May & Mina Shirakawa. As soon as the bell rings they go right at each other with punches before trading slaps. Mina keeps May against the ropes with kicks, before knocking her down and keeps kicking away. Mina puts on the figure four, as they roll to the outside while keeping it on. They fight against the steel steps and barricade as we see Thunder Rosa in the crowd with a sign that says ‘Mariah May, you may not’. Mina takes control and wraps May against the ring post before putting on the figure four as we head to picture-in-picture.
We return with Mina hitting an Enziguri off the ropes, as Rosa is getting the riled up. They start trading blows before they knock each other down. Mina stays in control and hits a draping DDT, but May barely grabs onto the bottom rope to break it up. May comes back with a pair of knee strikes, before hitting the May Day, for a very close two-count. Mina counters another May Day for a crucifix, gets a two, heads to the ropes, and hits a sling blade before hitting the Glamous Driver, but May kicks out at two. May comes right back with the Storm Zero to get the pin and the win.
Winner: Mariah May by pinfall at 11:05, to retain
Toni Storm Returns
Thunder Rosa has a sign that says ‘You are not my champ’, as Toni Storm’s old music plays with Storm coming out in her original look, as Rosa has a ‘WTF!’ sign.
Rampage ‘Winter Is Coming’ Line-Up
- Matt Cardona vs. Bryan Keith
Collision ‘Winter Is Coming’ Line-Up
- Top Flight vs. Action Andretti & Lio Rush
- International Women’s Cup Qualifier: Willow Nightingale vs. Jamie Hayter
- Continental Classic Blue League: Kazuchika Okada [4] vs. The Beast Mortos [0]
- Continental Classic Blue League: Kyle Fletcher [9] vs. Mark Briscoe [3]
Dynamite ‘Holiday Bash’ Line-Up
- Continental Classic Gold League: Will Ospreay [6] vs. Darby Allin [3]
- AEW TBS Championship: Mercedes Mone (c) vs. Anna Jay
Worlds End Line-Up
- Continental Classic Semi-Finals & Final
- Dynamite Diamond Ring: MJF vs. Adam Cole
- AEW World Title Four Way: Jon Moxley (c) vs. Orange Cassidy vs. Adam Page vs. Jay White
