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AEW DYNAMITE TV REPORT
SEPTEMBER 2, 2020
JACKSONVILLE, FLA. AT DAILY’S PLACE
AIRED ON TNT
REPORT BY TYLER SAGE, PWTORCH CONTRIBUTOR
Announcers: Jim Ross, Tony Schiavone, Excalibur
-The show opened with pyro, Jim Ross introduced the show and fans. He also welcomed back excalibur to the announce desk. The talked about the Santana/Ortiz and Best Friends feud over a video package.
(1) SANTANA & ORTIZ vs. THE BEST FRIENDS
The match did not officially start, as The Best Friends attacked Santana & Ortiz as they entered the arena. Trent hit a huge move off of the stage to start, the two teams then continued to brawl outside the ring. Chuck Taylor set up several chairs on the outside as Trent and Ortiz were fighting. Santana responded by throwing a chair right in the face of Taylor. Santana then threw Taylor into his 7 chair creation, off of the stage.
The match official started as Santana and Trent entered the ring. This portion of the match was essentially a handicap match, as Taylor was still out. Santana and Ortiz worked a traditional heel style, with several tags mixed in between their offense. Trent was able to get a reversal a few minutes later and he was able to make a small comeback, but realized that he was on his own as he went for the tag.
Trent was countered and speared the barrier. A few moments after Chuck Taylor was able to get on the apron and get the hot tag. Taylor got the advantage and took out Santana & Ortiz with a top rope jump to get the advantage. Taylor hit a Falcon Arrow and got a near fall, then a Sunset Flip into a second near fall. Taylor then tagged in Trent, who was able to continue his teams offense. Trent was then hit off the apron onto the ring steps.
Ortiz got a legit three count of Trent, but the ref did not count it as it appeared the spot was missed. Taylor was thrown over the barricade and Trent was hit with a baton and was pinned.
Winner: Santan & Ortiz in 7:00
(Sage’s analysis: A really good open, with ok selling early, that fell off in quality in the end. But the match was more brutal than I thought it would be. These two teams have a lot of chemistry with each other.)
-MJF had a video promo. MJF claimed he would leave All Out….he is interrupted that Mark has locked himself in his room. Wardlow then kicked in the door and pulled out MJF’s Lawyer. MJF told Mark that MJF has done everything to be a world champion. He knows he is scared, but the worst place he could be is if gets in MJF’s way. he has two options. 1) get in the ring or 2) get in a f****** wood chipper. [c]
(2) SCU & PRIVATE PARTY vs. THE YOUNG BUCKS & JURASSIC EXPRESS
Before the match, The Young Bucks came out to the ring with a different attitude. Kazarian opened the match against Jungle Boy. The two did athletic mat moves, and tagged in other members of their team. When Matt Jackson was in, a “fan,” ringside had a drink my beer Hangman sign. Matt Jackson poured the beer on the fan.
Nick Jackson was tagged in and worked on the other team. The Bucks then would only tag in each other, not members of Jurassic Express. Nick & Matt teamed up and were thwarted. Jungle Boy was then tagged in as both Bucks were tired. Nick Jackson tried to interfere but was stopped by SCU. In the aftermath it was Jungle Boy and Kazarian in the ring. SCU and Private Party then had an uneasy tag as it appeared that they were also uneasy with their alliance.
Even action occurred for several minutes with no advantage for either team, with the key fact that Luchasaurus has not been tagged in the match at that point.[c]
When the show returned from break Jungle Boy got the Hot Tag to Luchasaurus. He then took out SCU and tried a double choke slam on Private Party, but was countered. Luchasaurus got the advantage and ended up doing a Moonsault on SCU off the apron. Matt Jackson did a blind tag and made himself the legal man. The Bucks and Jurassic Express did tandem flip moves, but did not attempt a pin. After that excitement Isiah Cassidy got a near fall on Jungle Boy.
Jungle Boy was hit by Matt Jackson on accident and kicked out of a near fall. Luchasaurus broke up the pin and reestablished control of the match. Matt Jackson again tagged himself in. Nick and Matt then hit the BTE Express to get the win.
Winner: The Young Bucks & Jurassic Express in 14:00
(Sage’s analysis: Another multi-man tag match in AEW. But the match was good and it did a good job of selling a relatively meaningless Bucks match at All Out. This was more about the turn of The Young Bucks. This worked, but we still need to see what Hangman’s intentions were last episode to get a full picture on this story.)
-Jake Hager had his own film crew per Jim Ross. It cut to Hagar telling Orange Cassidy that Jericho wants him ringside for his match tonight. Cassidy placed his foot on Jake, and it was pushed off. Cassidy then reached into his backpack as the shot faded out.[c]
-Tully and FTR were shown backstage. Tully says they accomplished the first goal, to get a title match. Now they need to win the Gold at All Out. Cash and Dax then cut a good 80’s style promo about the prestige of the tag belts.
-Tony Schiavone was in the ring and he announced Kenny Omega to the ring after the FTR video. Tony asked about Hangman’s actions last week. Omega said that Page will have to deal with that decision for the rest of his life. But, he pivoted to the match with FTR at All Out. Page will get it together because They will remain champions. FTR with Tully come out with a cooler. Dax says that they were great champions and they have nothing against either of them, they are excited to have a great athletic competition. They hand Kenny a bottle of chocolate milk. Kenny cut to the chase and said its two vs one so let’s get it over with. Kenny then had some heel comments toward Tully being an old man.
Adam Page came out, Dax demanded that Page tell Kenny what happened. Dax claimed that no one made him do anything. Dax says that Page is an insecure little boy, and he got in his own head. Kenny and Page then get in each other’s faces, but clear heads prevail. Page was in the ring with both belts, Kenny on the outside looking upset.
-Jericho was backstage hyping the Mimosa Mayhem Match. Jericho announced that after 14 weeks Jericho ends Orange Cassidy and all his upside. He also apologized to his “sacrifice,” Joey Janela. [c]
(3) CHRIS JERICHO vs. JOEY JANELA
Before the match, Orange Cassidy entered like a fan, with the same backpack. Jericho started with kicks and strikes in the corner, with several shots downward on Janela’s forehead. It appeared that he was trying to go “hard way,” on Janela. Jericho continued to dominate Janela, while continually looking on at Cassidy. Janela countered and got a few shots in before Jericho regained control of the match.
Janela was thrown on the stage area. He did a springboard flying dive and was hit by a Code Breaker. Jericho got Janela into the Walls of Jericho and got him to tap.
Winner: Chris Jericho in 3:00
After the match, Jericho took off a turnbuckle and threw Janela into the exposed metal. Janela was shown to be bleeding after, Jericho gave him some more shots as a reward.
Cassidy entered the ring and was attacked by Jericho and Hager. Sonny Kiss ran out for the save. This was enough of a distraction to give Cassidy the advantage. As the Superman such was incoming, Hager pulled Jericho to safety. Cassidy then pulled out some Bubbly out of his backpack and poured it out with a thumbs down to end the segment.
(Sage’s analysis: The match itself served its purpose. The angle after was really the story. It was a little flat in my opinion. This feud seems like it has gone on one week too long.)
-A video recap of Sammy Guevara and Matt Hardy is shown. The two have a broken rules match at All Out, If Matt Hardy loses, he is out of AEW. [c]
-Team Taz entered the arena. Taz started by saying that one of his athletes will win the Casino Battle Royal, he also called out Darby Allin and Lance Archer. Archer and Jake Roberts came out to answer. Roberts and Taz had a verbal fight, as Eddie Kingston and his group came out. All three managers talked about their guys. Tully then arrived with Shawn Spears. No wrestler actually in the match said a word. The wrestlers then started brawling, Darby Allin’s music hit and he entered the fray. The Inner Circle and Best Friends entered toward the end as the segment continued into the break. [c]
For some reason the pre-rumble fight was still going on. A Dark Order vs The Nightmare Family (plus Scorpio Sky) promo played over the in-ring action, as to say even those running the show were bored with this segment. When the package was over all the wrestlers were gone, I cannot stress enough how odd this segment was.
(4) THUNDER ROSA vs. SERENA DEEB
The two started with a traditional lock-up. Deeb and Rosa traded mat wrestling moves for the first 90 seconds of the match. The two transitioned into some strong style shots, Rosa gained control and got the advantage for a brief time. Deeb was then in control and started to work the knee of Thunder Rosa as the commercial break started. [c]
Deeb and Rosa were trading hard shots as the show retuned. Rosa was in control as she began to ware down Deeb with serval moves. But, Deeb was able to counter with a back breaker. Deeb got a near fall on Rosa. The two then went back and forth and traded strong moves and near falls. Rosa hit Deeb with a Death Valley Driver and got the two count. Rosa immediately hit a three strike combination, Rosa then hit the Thunder Driver for the pinfall.
Winner: Thunder Rosa in 10:00
(Sage’s analysis: This match was a huge improvement compared to the other woman’s matches the past few episodes. I want to be clear that it was really good. It is a shame that the match was so interrupted due to the commercial break. But, the women’s title match at All Out has the potential to steal the show in my opinion.)
-Jon Moxley was shown backstage talking about his match at All Out. He said all the distractions that MJF has been focused on are gone. He asked if he is ready to kill or be killed on Saturday, he said that MJF needs to be the most cruel he has ever been to beat him on Saturday. He said 2020 has been bad enough, we don’t need MJF as champion as well.[c]
-Big Swole talked about her match with Britt Baker on Saturday. Swole said that the fight will be at baker’s job. Baker hits swole with her crutch, she then applied the lock jaw on Swole. Excalibur proclaimed the tooth and nail match is the name of their match on Saturday.
-The announce team rundown all the YouTube and TNT content AEW has this weekend. They then went over all nine matches on the All Out card.
(5) JON MOXLEY vs. MARK STERLING
Sterling is thrown into the arena by Wardlow, who remained ringside to make sure the match continued. [c]
Moxley asked for forgiveness before the bell rang. Moxley got a strike in on Sterling, who crumbled into the corner. Sterling circled an unimpressed Moxley. Moxley offered a free shot, He also had to show Sterling how to make a fist. Moxley hit Sterling in the head which sent him out of the ring. Mox then offered a free shot to the back, which he dodged, sending Sterling out onto the floor.
Sterling got an eye poke in, Moxley then got upset and worked Sterling on the outside of the ring. Moxley covered the barricade and several chairs on Sterling outside the ring, then pulled him out and beat up the lawyer with his own shoe. Back in the ring Moxley hit and eye poke and a Double Arm DDT to get the win.
Winner: Jon Moxley in 5:00
(Sage’s analysis: This match was really dumb, I am not sure who this was for, but it wasn’t for me. This goofy stuff does nothing for a world title feud)
After the match, Wardlow got in the ring and hit moves on Moxley. MJF walked out with his walker, then he threw that aside and took off his neck brace. MJF appeared to be fully healed and ready for the fight on Saturday at All Out. MJF left Moxley laying and bleeding to end the show.
(Sage’s analysis: The brutal end to the show helped save the super dumb lawyer match. Overall I though most of the show really built to All Out. The World Title, Woman’s Title, and Tag Team titles matches were all really built well on this show. The Casino Battle royal and Dark Order/Nightmare Family segments didn’t do much to add to those matches. Overall this was a solid was to build to a PPV)
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