AEW Dynamite Live Coverage - March 1st, 2023

AEW Dynamite

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We are just 4 days away from AEW Revolution but tonight, Dynamite comes to us LIVE from the Cow Palace. Excalibur, Tony Schiavone and Taz are on the call.


AEW All Atlantic Championship
Orange Cassidy (c) vs. Big Bill w/Stokley Hathaway

Cassidy rolls out, playing some mind games. Cassidy challenges Bill to come outside and he does. Cassidy rolls back in. Cat and Mouse game being played by Cassidy. Big Bill is frustrated. Cassidy confronts Hathaway. Bill goes to attack but Cassidy evades him. Bill is able to catch him and nail a side slam. Avalanche by Bill. Bill whips Cassidy hard into the corner. A boot to the face sends Cassidy to the floor. Forearm smashes to the back by Bill, now he fires away with right hands. Hathaway and Bill set up a table. Cassidy with punches avoids being slammed through the table. No matter, Bill catches him trying an Orange Punch and chokeslams him through the table as we go to commercial.

We're back and it's Bill throwing Cassidy back in the ring. Danhausen has come out to support Cassidy. Delayed suplex by Bill. Cassidy is trying to fight back but Bill applies a full nelson. Bill goes for a high boot but Cassidy drops to the ground. It happens again. Caiidy rolls out. Danhausen tries to curse him but gets chokeslammed. Cassidy saves Danhausen and nails an Orange Punch and a dropkick on the floor. Back now in the ring, Cassidy nails a stundog and a DDT. Cassidy hits 2 orange punches and a third from the top rope for the pin.

Winner: Orange Cassidy


We get comments from a bloodied Jon Moxley after last weeks match. He's pretty fired up for Revolution.

The Elite come out but the lights go down. The House of Black attack in the darkness. The Elite are left laying. The lights go out again.


Face of the Revolution Ladder Match
Sammy Guevara vs. Konosuke Takeshita vs. Eddie Kingston vs AR Fox vs Action Andretti vs. Ortiz vs. Powerhouse Hobbs vs. Kommander

Samoa Joe is on commentary as the winner gets a TNT Title Shot next week on Dynamite. This is gonna be bullet points as there is no way in hell I can keep up.

- Eddie Kingston brutalizes Ortiz on the outside with a ladder. They're figting up the ramp.
- Sammy sets up ladders in the corner but get dropkicked by Andretti.
- Kommander walks the rope and dropkicks a ladder into Andretti.
- Hobbs takes charge and beils his opponents into ladders.
- Hobbs with a running powerslam onto a ladder to Andretti.
- Takeshita and Hobbs slug it out. They each deliver clotheslines. Big German by Takeshita.
- Knee strike to Takeshita by Sammy. Andretti dropkicks him to the floor and nails a tope.
- Fox with a splash to a group on the floor.
- Kommander walks the rope the length of the ring and nails a senton to the opponents on the floor as we go to commercial.
- We're back and Kommander climbs the ladder but Takeshita takes him down.
- There's a ladder in a bridge position inside and outside the ring. Hobbs DVD's Fox onto the ladder bridge on the floor.
- Andretti uses the bridge on the inside of the ring to stop Guevara. Andretti suplexes Sammy into the bridge. That hurt.
- Kommander with a Pheonix Splash to Fox. Now he and Takeshita battle on the ladder and Takeshita nails a blue thunder bomb. That also hurt.
- Now it's Andretti and Takeshita fighting on top.
- Daniel Garcia interferes and stops them on top. He and Sammy are working together.
- Sammy with a Jeff Hardy Senton onto Andretti through a ladder. Takeshita gets the JAS members off the ladder.
- Hobbs spears the ladder Takeshita is on. Hobbs then climbs the ladder and grabs the brass ring.

Winner: Powerhouse Hpbbs

After the match:
Hobbs approaches Samoa Joe at commentary. Wardlow comes out and he wants some of this action. Hobbs laughs and declares he's got time.


Renee Paquette is backstage. Trent and Chuck Taylor are not medically cleared to compete tonight. Danhausen and Orange Cassidy will take their place


Chris Jericho vs Peter Avalon

Double leg by Avalon. Avalon goes to work with chops and forearms. Jericho bails but Avalon with a tope and he sends the Ocho into the steps. Back in the ring, Avalon with chops, followed by a big boot to the face. Shoulder blocks by Avalon. Cross body for 2 by Avalon into a swinging DDT for 2. Jericho with a codebreaker for the pin.

Winner: Chris Jericho

After the match:
Jericho with a bat to the head of Avalon. Ricky Starks comes out to make the save. Garcia and Hager attack from behind. The JAS with a triple team. Jericho with a Judas Effect and Starks is left laying.


Renee Paquette is in the ring and brings out Christian Cage. Cage runs down San Francisco. He says JAck Perry will win a singles championship in 2023 over his dead body. He runs down Jungle Boy and the way he treats the wrestling business. He challenges Perry to a fight this Sunday. Lights out. On the screen, Jack Perry seems to be digging a grave. The scene ends with a grave stone for Cage.

Tony Schiavone is with Britt Baker and Jamie Hayter. They run down Saraya.


FTW Championship
Hook vs. Matt Hardy w/The Firm

Lockup, single leg by Hook. Hardy with right hands and a shoulder tackle. Hook with a knee bar, Hardy makes the ropes. Ethan Page sends Hook into the post while the ref is distracted. Neck breaker by Hardy. Hardy sends Hook into the buckle but Hook T Bones him. Headbutts by Hook. Snake Eyes by Hardy. Running clothesline by Hook. Hardy blocks the Northern Lights and scores 2 off of a side effect. Judo throw by Hook. They butt heads. Ref distracted again, Page nails Hook with Stokley's cast. Hardy scores a 2. Hook goes right to redrum and Hardy taps.

Winner: HOOK


We hear from the House of Black.


Toni Storm w/Saraya vs. Riho

Storm attacks right away in the corner. Big throw by Storm into a body slam. Big boot by Storm. Forearms by Riho. Shoulder tackle by Storm. Dropkick by Riho, she nails Storm with a running knee and a snap suplex. Dropkick by Riho into a rollup takedown stomp. Riho scores a 2 count. Crossface by Riho, Storm makes the ropes. Riho jaws with Saraya. Storm with a hip attack. Saraya with a kick on the floor. Storm sends Riho into the post.

Dr Baker and Jamie Hayter approach ringside as we go to commercial.

We're back and Storm throws Riho in to the corner but a stomp by Riho on the charge. Riho goes for the 619 but gets blocked. Storm misses a Hip attack and lands on the floor. Diving cross body by Riho on the floor, she tosses Storm back in. Double stomp and a northern lights by Riho for 2. Riho to the top but Storm chops her. Riho can't complete a sunset. Big dropkick and hip attack for 2 by Storm. Cloverleaf by Storm. Baker with a distraction and Riho rolls up Storm for the pin.

Winner: Riho

After the match:
Saraya and Hayter fight it out and Ruby Soho joins the fray in a preview on the title match this Sunday. The referees break it up.


Keith Lee and Dustin Rhodes are backstage with some words for Mogul Associates


Revolution Tag Team Battle Royal

Claudio Castagnoli and Wheeler Yuta attack John Silver and Alex Reynolds at the outset. We go to commercial.

Rush and Preston Vance are next in and they immediately take over the match as the Black Pool Combat Club and Dark Order spent the entire commercial beating the crap out of each other. The Lucha Bros are in next and they nail tandem sling blades and double superkicks. Claudio and Fenix fight on the apron. Rush claws at the mask of Penta. Penta is able to escape and save Fenix from Claudio. Aussie Open are next and nail Fenix with a double knee strike. Yuta saves Claudio from a Silver elimination attempt. Silver and Reynolds get eliminated by Claudio and Yuta as we go to commercial.

We're back and Top Flight makes their entrance. Nice face drop by Darius to Yua. Dante eliminates Daddy Magic, who entered during the break. Matt Taven and Mike Bennett are next. ALWAYS great to see the lovely Maria Kannellis. They work over Dante Martin. Aussie Open with Germans to the Kingdom.

Tony Nese, Josh Woods and Daivari come in through the crowd and attack the Lucha Bros. They toss the Luchas back in and Fenix gets immediately eliminated. Vance and Rush get eliminated by Darius Martin. I believe Penta is still legal. Dante and Darius get eliminated. Danhausen and Orange Cassidy are next. They are really playing loose with times. Angelo Parker is still legal. As soon as I said that, he gets tossed.

Butcher and Blade are next. Maria takes an accidental double superkick by The Kingdom.Kingdom and Aussie Open are eliminated. Silver and Reynolds come back and distract Yuta and Claudio and the BCC get eliminated. Butcher and Blade & Cassidy and Danhausen are the last 2 but I think Penta is still in this. Danhausen eliminates Butcher and Blade.

The ref raises their hand so guess Penta was eliminated

Winners: Danhausen and Orange Cassidy


Jay Lethal & Jeff Jarrett attack OC and Danhausen, bringing out the Acclaimed.

We see a video of MJF vs. Bryan Danielson.

Renee is in the ring and brings out Bryan Danielson. They high 5. Danieslon gets a sentence out and MJF comes out. Danieslon immediately shuts him down and says MJF has never fought for what he has, Danieslon makes fun of MJF's fiancee leaving him. Danieslon says his new dream, which he'll fight for, is to be the AEW World Champion. TBS edits out an F bomb by Danieslon. MJF storms off.

We go to credits.