AEW Dynamite Live Coverage - November 17th, 2021

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AEW Dynamite

After a historic Saturday night in Minneapolis, MN with FULL GEAR 2021, AEW heads to Norfolk, VA and the Chartway Center! It's a homecoming celebration for new AEW World Champion Adam Page with AEW's first event in his home state, plus he's got a new challenger in the pipeline in “The American Dragon” Bryan Danielson! AEW's newest signee Jay Lethal is getting out of the gate hot with a TNT Title fight against a battered Sammy Guevara, the Quarter-Finals of the TBS Women's Title Tournament will get underway, a little bit of CHAOS is coming to AEW from New Japan, and that aforementioned new top contender will be in singles action!


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– This week's show kicks off with the usual video open and then we shoot inside the arena in Norfolk where the camera pans the pumped up, jam-packed crowd as Jim Ross runs down some of the action scheduled for tonight's show.

– Backstage, Kenny Omega, The Young Bucks, and Adam Cole hanging out. Omega says he hasn’t watched back his match. Says The Elite came up short, as well. Omega says he’s gotta go get some things fixed, but he can’t do it here. He asks the group to hold down the fort. Adam Cole says Omega can count on him. Omega says he meant Matt and Nick. Cole backtracks a bit and there’s some weirdness as they head off.

– Dark Order in the ring for National Cowboy Shit Day. John Silver introduces AEW World Champion Hangman Page. The champ makes his way out and talks with the group. He takes the mic. The crowd says “You deserve it!” He politely stops them and says he didn’t deserve it, he earned it. The crowd chants that instead. Page says typically he’s on the shy side of things, but now that he’s champion he’ll do whatever he wants. He’s still just a man with a boss to answer to, but he wanted to stand in the ring and celebrate the day with the crowd.

He knows the title carries a lot of responsibility and that comes in the form of Bryan Danielson. Danielson’s music hits and out he comes. He claps it up for Page on his way to the ring. He takes a mic and says he has one thing to say. He congratulates Page and shakes his hand. Danielson says he’s super excited for the match. Danielson says he won’t lie, he wishes it was Omega standing across from him. Page then says well that’s too bad, he beat Omega, and did it under 30 minutes. Danielson says he doesn’t want to talk trash though, even though he does talk trash. Danielson says when he wins titles he wrestles, not flap his gums.

He recalls when he won the title, he wrestled the very next day! Crowd boos him. “Of course, Virginia boos hard work,” Danielson shoots back. Page says he doesn’t see any reason why they couldn’t do it tonight. Danielson says normally he’d be up for it, but he doesn’t want to beat Page tonight when he has the excuse that he’s not ready (since he’s not in ring gear). Page offers up to fight anyways and gets face-to-face. Dark Order separates the two. Danielson taunts Page some more about his “little friends” stopping them.

Bryan Danielson vs. Evil Uno

Back and forth action early on as Uno is able to get some momentum in. Danielson puts Uno down and beats him up in the corner with a bunch of kicks. Uno and Danielson with strikes in the middle of the ring. Uno with a hurricanrana, but then takes a kick. Second kick is blocked, hanging neckbreaker, cover, two. Danielson with some more big shots.

Dropkicks in the corner, taunts the crowd, goes for another, but Uno hits one of his own. Uno goes up top, looks for a senton, but Danielson gets the knees up. Danielson with the running knee to drop Uno. Multiple stomps to Uno’s face. He goes into the triangle sleeper and Uno is out, ref calls it.

Winner: Bryan Danielson

– In the ring, Tony Schiavone chats with Danielson after the match. Crowd booing Danielson. Tony asks about things being tense between him and Page. He says he wanted to congratulate Page, but because of his behavior, he kicked Uno’s head in. He says until Page wrestles him, he’ll kick all of Dark Order’s heads in. Next week, they are in Chicago and one of them are from there. He calls out Colt Cabana.

– Last Saturday, MJF says all he hears is how great of pro wrestler all of these other wrestlers in AEW. MJF says all people think he can do is talk, but screw that! He can go bell-to-bell with the best of them. MJF says while the fans hate his guts, they have to admit just how damn good he really is. He says who knows what’s next (as he does the title hand gesture).

– Backstage, Eddie Kingston goes to do an interview and gets interupted by 2point0 and Daniel Garcia. The group talks some trash, but Kingston gets in Garcia’s face. Says he’s going to fight him. There’s a quick scuffle and the group heads off. Kingston says he wants one interview that doesn’t get interrupted! Just one! “I’m going to catering.”

Tomohiro Ishii with Best Friends and Orange Cassidy vs. The Blade and The Butcher with H.F.O.

Ishii starts out, asks to be hit by The Blade. He takes a shot and then dropps his opponent. In comes Cassidy, with a weak splash. Cassidy with hands in the pockets, devastating kicks to Blade, and then leaps over him. Blade out to the floor, Butcher drops Cassidy and then throws a shot at Ishii.

Ishii with a big shoulder tackle to Blade, chops in the corner. Butcher gets in there and they trade big shots. Butcher with some more in the corner, but Ishii doesn’t seem bothered and instead, annoyed. “You f***ed up” chant from the crowd. Cassidy in there, crossbody is caught, but he hits a stun dog millionaire. He ends up hitting a nice twisting DDT on Blade for a two-count. Cassidy looks for orange punch, Butcher stops that. Ishii still on the outside. They plant Cassidy to the mat, cover, Ishii jumps in and stops it. He drags Cassidy to the corner, tags in. Fights off both opponents, big chops to Butcher.

Matt Hardy on the apron and tells him to stop. Bunny now up on the apron. Ishii with a german suplex on Butcher. Blade has the brass knuckles, but Romeor pulls him out of the ring. Hardy shoves Romero into the barricade. Cassidy with a crossbody down on H.F.O. on the floor. Ishii with a lariat and a brainbuster on Blade for the victory.

Winners: Orange Cassidy and Tomohiro Ishii

– Backstage, Tony talks with Andrade and FTR. Tony asks Andrade about his loss at Full Gear. Andrade didn’t appreciate the question. Andrade says he’s beaten both Cody and PAC clean, showing he’s a better wrestler than both of them. He will now show them his bad side. FTR says they’ve been robbed by this group, this is personal, so why not make it an 8-man tag match with Malakai Black involved (against Cody, PAC, and Lucha Brothers). Tully then chimes in and tells Arn he has one more match left.

– Backstage, Tony talks with Britt Baker, Rebel, and Jamie Hayter. Baker says she’s getting tired of having to carry this women’s division. She says she’s going to direct the spotlight the future TBS Champion Jamie Hayter.

AEW TNT Title Tournament Match: Nyla Rose vs. Hikaru Shida

Shida off to a fast start. Looks for a second rope dropkick, diving elbow strike. She looks for a suplex, Rose hits one of her own. Question mark kick by Shida and Rose rolls out to the floor. She gets back in the ring and gets some offense on Shida. She focuses on Shida’s banged up knee.

Guerrero chokes Shida with the kendo stick as the ref is distracted. Rose plants Shida to the mat. They end up on the floor, Shida is put on a chair and takes a shot to the chest. Rose then looks for a flip off the apron and Shida moves. The chair is completely destroyed! Guerrero tries for another kendo stick shot, but Shida blocks it. Ref checking on Rose and Shida smacks Guerrero with the stick to a big pop. Shida heads to the top rope and Rose launches her down to the mat.

While Shida is out on the floor, Serena Deeb runs in from the crowd and clips Shida’s knee from behind. Rose brings her up and drapes her over the top rope. Rose climbs to the top and drops a big knee, cover, two-count. Shida counters beast bomb into a triangle choke. Rose with a one-arm powerbomb. She then hits a running senton on Shida’s knee. Rose off the second rope, nobody home, Shida with a pin for a two-count. She looks for a kick, but Rose blocks it into a standing stretch muffler for the win.

Winner: Nyla Rose

– MJF heads out with Wardlow and Shawn Spears. MJF doesn’t want to talk because the crowd keeps talking. Spears tries to get them to shut up, but doesn’t have much luck. MJF takes it back and says he is easily the most complete pro wrestler on the planet. Says he could send their hometown horse straight to the glue factory. He says the rankings don’t tell the whole story and nobody is on his level. CM Punk’s music hits.

Punk heads into the ring. MJF goes to talk and the crowd chants “shut the f*** up.” MJF introduces himself and extends his hand. Punk looks at it, smiles, and walks away. He looks back up at MJF, laughs, and walks right to the back. MJF looks bothered.

– Backstage, Tony talks with Darby Allin about his match with MJF being possibly the match of the night. Allin says he wasn’t broken mentally, but they will have a rematch at some point. He isn’t taking time off and wants the biggest and baddest. Billy Gunn and his boys walk by and says if that’s what he’s looking for, he’s right here. They head off. Allin says, “Yeah, screw it. Let’s do it.”

– Backstage, Superkliq are not in a good mood after losing last weekend. Cole says both Matt and Nick aren’t cleared, but they are stronger than ever. On Rampage, Cole said it will be Luchasaurus and Jungle Boy vs. himself and Bobby Fish. Bobby enters the scene and says enough of JB and Luchasaurus! He goes to end with the “and that is undisputed” but Matt says they can’t do that here, lol.

Dante Martin and Lio Rush vs. The Acclaimed

Martin quickly gets to the flips and he jumps over Bowens. Rush with a kick to the head. Rush tags in, and a ton of misdirection for Rush as Martin trips up Bowens, Rush with a low dropkick, cover, two. Martin tags in, diving stomp to the elbow. Caster end up yanks Martin out to the floor and throws him into the barricade. Double suplex on Martin on the floor. Caster with a stomp to the ribs.

Bowens back in and stomps away on Martin as the crowd chants “Let’s go Dante!” Martin really needs to tag out and finally does so as we come back from break. He hits a flurry of strikes, stutter steps around Bowens and boots him in the head. Back handspring kick to send Caster back to the floor. Rush with more strikes, ax kick, cover, two. Martin with a double springboard, lands on his feet and is booted out of the ring. Bowens with a kick that drops Rush. Martin lands a huge springboard dropkick and all four wrestlers are down.

Bowens tags in Caster, who knocks Martin down on the apron. Rush with a kick, caught, flipped over and lands on his feet, but eats a lariat. Bowens tagged in, mic drop, elbow drop by Caster, cover, and Martin breaks it up. “This is awesome” chant from the crowd. Martin with a shotgun dropkick sends Caster out of the ring. Bowen with a kick to the back in the corner and looks to plant him to the mat. Martin boots him double springboard crossbody catches Bowens. Rush with a frog splash, cover, 1-2-3.

Winners: Lio Rush and Dante Martin

– Post-match, Team Taz make their way out. Taz gives congrats to the winners. He says people were uncomfortable about Team Taz trying to get Martin while Rush was away. Taz says Rush knows better than anyone that it’s all business, nothing personal. They will wait, no biggie. Starks says they waited for Hobbs and it’s been a year since he joined Team Taz. Starks says if Martin wants to join the group it’ll be a Hall of Fame career, or it’ll be a mediocre one, if he doesn’t.

– Christian with Jungle Boy and Luchasaurus, Christian says they are looking for redemption on Friday? Unlikely. JB says they can hit them with chairs or put them through tables, but they are better now than ever before!

– Friday’s Rampage lineup:

* Jungle Boy and Luchasaurus vs. Adam Cole and Bobby Fish
* Darby Allin vs. Billy Gunn
* Jade Cargill vs. Red Velvet (AEW TBS Title Tournament)

– Wednesday’s Dynamite lineup:

* Thunder Rosa vs. Jamie Hayter (AEW TBS Title Tournament Match)
* Bryan Danielson vs. Colt Cabana
* Cody Rhodes, PAC, and Lucha Brothers vs. Malakai Black, FTR, and Andrade El Idolo

– AEW World Tag Team Champions Lucha Brothers tell FTR to stop crying and they have tried to cheat so many times before. This time around they just bested FTR. Next week, they have something special for FTR because are the best four-man team in the universe.

AEW TNT Championship: Sammy Guevara (c) vs. Jay Lethal

Tony Nese shown in the crowd before the match starts. Guevara holds the title up and gets in Lethal’s face. Guevara has his ribs taped up from the Minneapolis Street Fight over the weekend. Lethal ends up on Guevara’s shoulders early for GTH, but escapes. Both trade a couple pin attempts, all for two, into a stalemate. Lethal with some shots to the ribs as he looks for a suplex, decides for a knee to the ribs. Crowd fairly split, leaning more towards Lethal though.

Guevara with a rising knee strike that sends his opponent out to the floor. He then hits a huge twisting flips down on Lethal. Back in the ring, shooting star press, but Lethal with knees up. Guevara beat up on the floor, Dr. Sampson is brought in to check on Guevara. He says he wants to go and gets back in the ring. He and Lethal start swinging away at each other. Lethal launches Sammy way high up in the sky and crashes down to the mat. Lethal injection, no, standing Spanish fly by Guevara.

Lethal makes his way out to the floor. Guevara avoids a kick and is sent out to the floor. Lethal tries for a suicide dive, blocked, brainbuster on the floor by Sammy! The two battle near the timekeeper’s table. Rising knee to Lethal’s face and he slumps back on it. Guevara heads up to the top rope, senton, pool is empty! Lethal tosses him in the ring, goes up to the top rope, elbow drop, countered right into a pin for two! Couple counters by both wrestlers. Lethal lifts and drops Guevara face-first to the mat, cover, two. Lethal goes for the figure-four, Sammy breaks out of it. Guevara tries for GTS, can’t lift him, big knee to Lethal, tries again, nope. He cracks Lethal with a big running knee and another one that flips Lethal over. He tries a third time for GTH and cracks him, cover, 1-2-3.

Winner: Sammy Guevara

– Post-match, Guevara celebrates and out comes Inner Circle to celebrate with the champ. Sammy goes over to Lethal and the two shake hands to close the show.

Thank you for the LC. :)