AEW Dynamite: Beach Break Live Coverage - May 14th, 2025
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AEW Dynamite: Beach Break
This week, the AEW World Title is on the line at Beach Break as Champion Jon Moxley faces Samoa Joe in a Steel Cage. Hangman Adam Page & Will Ospreay vs. Josh Alexander & Konosuke Takeshita. AEW Women's World Title Eliminator Four-Way Match features Champion Toni Storm and challenger Skye Blue.
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– We are live! Excalibur, Taz, and Ian Riccaboni greet audiences at home as Will Ospreay and "Hangman" Adam Page make their way to the ring. The Don Callis Family follows.
Josh Alexander and Konosuke Takeshita (w/ Don Callis) vs. Will Ospreay and Adam Page
Ospreay and Konosuke Takeshita begin the action. The bell rings and the two lock up. Josh Alexander tags in and connects with a flapjack on Ospreay, but Takeshita tags in and lands a right hand on Ospreay's spine. Page tags in and sends Takeshita crashing into the mat. Ospreay then fires off kicks on Takeshita.
Back from the break, Page fires off forearms on Alexander and tags in Ospreay. Ospreay runs over Alexander and flies off the top rope with a Sky Twister on Alexander on the outside as Page does the same with a moonsault to level Takeshita.
Ospreay and Alexander get back in the ring, and Ospreay fires off chops on Alexander.
Takeshita looks to fly off the top, but Ospreay moves out of the way and lands an Os-Cutter on Takeshita. He hits a second one on Alexander and goes for a pin, but Alexander kicks out. Page then tags back in and delivers the Buckshot Lariat to Alexander for the win.
Winners: Will Ospreay and "Hangman" Adam Page
– After the match, Takeshita blindsides Ospreay and Page from behind.
– Ricochet then makes his way to the ring. Zach Gowen follows.
Ricochet vs. Zach Gowen
The bell rings and Ricochet goes straight after Gowen on the outside.
Back from the break, Ricochet rocks Gowen with an enzuigiri from the apron and follows it up with a 450 Splash over the top rope. He then ascends to the top rope and delivers a Shooting Star Press, then goes for a pin but Gowen kicks out. Ricochet grabs his golden scissors from behind the back of the bottom turnbuckle, but the referee catches him and takes them from him. Gowen then hits Ricochet with his prosthetic leg while the referee is looking away and goes for a pin, but Ricochet kicks out.
Gowen looks to land a moonsault off the top rope, but Ricochet moves out of the way and connects with the Spirit Gun for the win.
Winner: Ricochet
– After the match, Ricochet hits a second Spirit Gun on Gowen and follows it up with a running boot to the side of Gowen's head. Mark Briscoe runs down to the ring to come to Gowen's aid.
– We then head backstage to a conversation between Renee Paquette and MJF. The Hurt Syndicate approaches them and invites MJF to join them in the ring after Shelton Benjamin and Bobby Lashley's match before the trio make their way to the ring. Top Flight follows.
AEW World Tag Team Championship Eliminator Match: The Hurt Syndicate (w/ MVP) (c) vs. Top Flight (w/ Leila Grey)
The bell rings and Dante Martin rocks Shelton Benjamin with a jumping knee. Darius Martin delivers a Tornado DDT to Benjamin, and Dante delivers a tope suidica to Lashley as Lashley has Darius in position for a slam. Benjamin then delivers a suplex to Darius and whips him into the corner before he tags in Lashley and Lashley sends Darius crashing into the barricade and ring apron spine first.
Lashley lands a shoulder on Darius' midsection, then sends him crashing into the mat with a neckbreaker and tags in Benjamin. Benjamin hits three German suplexes on Darius, then goes for a pin but Darius kicks out. Darius then rocks Benjamin with an enzuigiri and tags in Dante. Benjamin catches Dante with a knee strike and a jumping knee, then tags in Lashley who delivers a spear to Dante. He cinches in The Hurt Lock on Dante, and Dante fades as Benjamin lands a superkick on Darius to prevent him from breaking the hold.
Winners: The Hurt Syndicate
– After the match, Sammy Guevara and Dustin Rhodes storm to the ring. Rhodes tells The Hurt Syndicate to pick on someone their own size, but MVP tells Rhodes that Lashley and Benjamin won't attack him and Guevara out of respect for his father. He asks Rhodes and Guevara what they want, and Rhodes points out that they have the AEW World Tag Team Championship. CRU then makes their way out to the ring and Action Andretti warns Guevara and Rhodes to leave the ringside area. Lio Rush tells Rhodes and Guevara that they mean no disrespect, but have some business with The Hurt Syndicate and the AEW World Tag Team Championship before asking The Hurt Syndicate for an AEW World Tag Team Championship shot. Rhodes tells CRU to back down, then stares them down along with Guevara. MVP says he has other business to attend to, and says whoever wins a Number One Contenders match between Guevara, Rhodes and CRU on Collision will get a title shot at Double or Nothing.
MVP calls MJF to the ring to get what's coming to him. MJF doesn't show, and MVP sends Benjamin to find MJF backstage. Tony Khan points out MJF behind his desk to Benjamin, and Benjamin escorts MJF to ringside.
MVP says this is MJF's moment of reckoning, then gives MJF his thumbs up to join The Hurt Syndicate as does Benjamin. Lashley pulls MJF into a hug as Benjamin appears behind MJF ready to superkick him, but Lashley ultimately gives MJF his thumbs up.
– Toni Storm and Luther then make their way to the ring. AZM, Skye Blue, and Mina Shirakawa all follow.
AEW Women's World Championship Eliminator Match: Toni Storm (w/ Luther) vs. Mina Shirakawa vs. AZM vs. Skye Blue
The bell rings and Shirakawa exchanges forearms with AZM as Storm brawls with Blue on the outside. Shirakawa rolls up with AZM, but AZM kicks out and rolls up Shirakawa. Shirakawa kicks out and pulls AZM out of the ring, then lands a Tornado DDT on her off the ring apron.
Storm fires off a right hand on Storm's spine and lands a chop on her back in the ring, but Blue responds with a hurricanrana to Storm and rocks her with a jumping knee. Blue and AZM then exchange forearms, but AZM and Storm pull them both out of the ring under the bottom rope and stare each other down back in the ring. Shirakawa and Blue go after the pair, and Shirakawa delivers a Thesz Press to AZM as Storm does the same to Blue. Storm whips Shirakawa into a kick from AZM on her chest, but Shirakawa connects with a DDT on AZM as she has a Figure Four Leg Lock cinched in on Storm.
Storm crawls over to the bottom rope to break the hold, and Shirakawa hits a crossbody off the top rope on Storm on the outside. AZM lands a crossbody on Storm on the outside, but Blue flies off the top rope with a crossbody of her own to level Storm, AZM, and Shirakawa.
Back from the break, Storm and Blue trade right hands as Shirakawa and AZM do the same. Shirakawa and Blue then exchange right hands, but AZM and Storm respectively deliver German suplexes to them and Storm delivers a German suplex to AZM. Storm then lands Hip Attacks on Shirakawa, Blue, and AZM in three adjacent corners, but AZM rolls up Shirakawa.
Blue breaks the fall, but Shirakawa flies off the middle rope with a right hand. Storm delivers a sit-out powerbomb to Blue, but Shirakawa sends Storm crashing onto the apron. Blue rocks AZM with a thrust kick and sets up for Code Blue, but AZM avoids it and delivers a Canadian Destroyer to Blue. She goes for a pin, but Storm breaks the fall.
Storm lands Storm Zero on AZM and goes for a pin, but Shirakawa breaks the fall. Storm rolls up Shirakawa, but Shirakawa reverses the fall for the win.
Winner: Mina Shirakawa
– After the match, Mercedes Mone blindsides AZM on the entrance ramp and cinches in a crossface on her. Jamie Hayter runs down to the ring and lands a stomp on Mone, then cinches in a crossface of her own on her. Security runs down to the ring to separate the two women.
– Tony Schiavoe introduces McGuinness, and asks him what's on his mind. McGuinness apologizes to Schiavone for doing the one thing he told him to never do as an announcer this past Thursday on Collision when he got in the ring during the match between Garcia and Dax Harwood. He then calls Garcia to the ring, and Garica makes his way out.
McGuinness tells Garcia that he let his ego get the better of him and he cost Garcia his match against Harwood as a result. Garcia tells McGuinness he can keep his apology to himself and did exactly what he was supposed to after FTR disrespected him, then says he will fight FTR with or without McGuinness. He invites McGuinness to join him in fighting FTR, but Stokely Hathaway interrupts the two men and says he can't decide whether Garcia or McGuinness is the bigger disappointment. Hathaway asks McGuinness what his problem is, and McGuinness says his problem is that he puts his hands back on someone when they put their hands on him first.
Hathaway says McGuinness put his hands on FTR and should know that when you do something bad to them, there are consequences. He says himself and FTR decided that McGuinness' punishment should be getting in the ring with FTR in a match where they can't be suspended or fined for what they do to him or Garcia. McGuinness says he doesn't want to wrestle them for that reason, and Garcia says while FTR might end himself and McGuinness once and for all, they've both overcome odds for their entire careers. Garcia encourages McGuinness to say yes to a tag team match pitting them against FTR, but Hathaway says McGuinness can keep sitting behind the announce desk reliving the glory days.
FTR attack McGuinness and Garcia from behind. They level Garcia with a Shatter Machine, but McGuinness fires off uppercuts on Harwood and Cash Wheeler. Wheeler overpowers him, but "Daddy Magic" Matt Menard comes to McGuinness and Garcia's aid with a crowbar in hand.
– Samoa Joe then makes his way to the ring. Jon Moxley and Marina Shafir follow.
Steel Cage Match for the AEW World Championship: Jon Moxley (w/ Marina Shafir) (c) vs. Samoa Joe
The bell rings and Joe fires off chops on Moxley. The two men then trade strikes, but Joe sends Moxley crashing into the side of the cage. He sends him crashing into the adjacent side of the cage and lands a shoulder on his midsection.
Moxley and Joe exchange chops with one another before Joe fires off headbutts on Moxley and lands a boot on the side of his face. Joe lands a kick on Moxley's chest and follows it up with an elbow drop, but Moxley delivers a chop block to Joe and cinches in a Figure Four Leg Lock on Joe. Joe reverses the hold, but Moxley crawls over to the bottom rope to break the hold. Moxley then levels Joe with a boot.
Back from the break, Claudio Castagnoli and Wheeler Yuta appear at ringside having made their way out during the break. Willow Nightingale (with a chair in hand) and Powerhouse Hobbs appear across the ring, having done the same. Joe and Moxley exchange right hands, but Joe fires off elbows on Moxley and rocks him with a headbutt. Joe powerbombs Moxley and cinches in a crossface on him, but Moxley crawls over to the bottom rope to break the hold.
Joe looks to set up for the Muscle Buster on Moxley, but Moxley blocks it and bites Joe. He lands a pair of clotheslines on Joe's chest, but Joe stays on his feet. Moxley responds with a cutter to Joe and lands a DDT on him, then goes for a pin but Joe kicks out. Joe cinches in the Coquina Clutch on Moxley as Castagnoli and Yuta look to scale the cage. Nightingale pulls Castagnoli down as Hobbs does the same to Yuta and sends him crashing through a table near the timekeeper's area. Gabe Kidd slides the briefcase to Moxley through one of the corners of the cage, and Moxley hits Joe with it for the win.
Winner and STILL AEW World Champion: Jon Moxley
– After the match, Kidd low blows Hobbs on the entrance ramp as The Young Bucks' music hits and they make their way out. Nicholas Jackson offers his hand to Moxley, but Kenny Omega's music hits and he levels Castagnoli on the entrance ramp. Kazuchika Okada attacks Omega from behind, and Matthew Jackson lowers the cage with a remote he had in hand to trap himself, Nicholas, The Death Riders, and Omega inside. Matthew and Nicholas deliver the BTE Trigger to Joe, and Moxley delivers The Death Rider to Omega.
Swerve Strickland's music hits, and he makes his way out with Prince Nana. Strickland scales the cage and flies to level everyone inside and raises the cage before he grabs a mic and challenges The Death Riders, Gabe Kidd, and The Young Bucks to an Anarchy In The Arena match on behalf of himself, Hobbs, Omega, Joe, and Nightingale.
