AEW has announced the lineup for tonight’s AEW Dynamite ‘Grand Slam’ episode live from Arthur Ashe Stadium at Flushing Meadows–Corona Park in Queens, New York City.
Vacant AEW World Championship Match: Jon Moxley vs. Bryan Danielson
Interim AEW Women’s World Championship Fatal 4-Way Match: Toni Storm (c) vs. Britt Baker vs. Serena Deeb vs. Athena
AEW World Tag Team Titles Match: Swerve In Our Glory (Swerve Strickland & Keith Lee) (c) vs. The Acclaimed (Max Caster & Anthony Bowens)
AEW All-Atlantic Championship Match: PAC (c) vs. Orange Cassidy
Ring of Honor World Championship Match: Claudio Castagnoli (c) vs. Chris Jericho
AEW Dynamite will air live tonight on TBS, and emanate from the Key Bank Center in Buffalo, New York. Tonight’s Dynamite is the fallout show from this past Sunday’s All Out PPV.
Some changes have been made to tonight’s AEW Dynamite due to suspensions after the backstage incident after All Out.
Chris Jericho and Jon Moxley will be appearing on Dynamite in Buffalo. They originally were not scheduled to be on the show but they are now booked to make up for losing some of the top names that were originally scheduled for the show
Best Friends & Orange Cassidy vs. Death Triangle (PAC, Penta El Zero Miedo & Rey Fenix)
ROH Pure Champion Wheeler Yuta defends against Daniel Garcia
The final episode of “AEW Dynamite” before the All Out pay-per-view will take place tonight at the NOW Arena in Hoffman Estates, Illinois. (Chicago area)
-World Trios Tournament Dynamite Final: Will Ospreay & Aussie Open vs. The Young Bucks and Kenny Omega to determine who moves on the tournament finals at All Out
Next Wednesday, AEW Champion CM Punk will face off against the interim champion Jon Moxley to determine who will become the true AEW World Champion.
AEW fans are in for a PPV calibre match-up on next week’s episode of Dynamite. The AEW World Champion, CM Punk, is set to take on the Interim AEW World Champion, Jon Moxley, and determine who will continue on as AEW’s true champion.
Last night’s episode of Dynamite saw the two men confront each other in the ring. The two had harsh words for each other; Punk called Moxley a second-rate wrestler, while Moxley effectively said that Punk is only in AEW because he “ran out of money.”
CM Punk became AEW World Champion this past May at Double or Nothing after defeating Hangman Adam Page. Just a few days later, however, CM Punk broke his foot during a trios match with FTR. He consequently had to announce his injury the following week and stepped away from the ring, much to the dismay of the AEW faithful.
Soon after Punk’s announcement, AEW began the process of crowning an interim champion. Jon Moxley first won a battle royale and then defeated Hiroshi Tanahashi at NJPW x AEW Forbidden Door to claim the title. He’s since defended the belt against several contenders, including Brody King, Rush, and Chris Jericho.
CM Punk made his return to AEW at Quake by the Lake, and he’s come back with a vengeance.
Many fans expected this bout to happen at All Out; it not only has incredibly high stakes, but will be between two of the biggest stars of this generation. For whatever reason, though, AEW has decided to give it to fans a few weeks earlier than anticipated.
Next week’s episode of Dynamite will take place in Ohio, so Moxley has a bit of a hometown advantage. However, it’s truly any man’s game heading into next week. Will CM Punk get the title reign he earned for himself in May? Or will Moxley continue to set the wrestling world on fire with the true AEW World Championship around his waist?
“The God Of Pro Wrestling” Kenny Omega returned to an AEW ring following a 277-day hiatus on this week’s thrilling edition of AEW Dynamite on TBS.
Kenny Omega is BACK! The former All Elite Wrestling World Champion set foot in an AEW ring for the first time in 277 days when he was revealed as the mystery partner of The Young Bucks (Nick & Matt Jackson) prior to the main event of this week’s edition of AEW Dynamite on TBS.
It all went down at the Charleston Coliseum in Charleston, West Virginia on Wednesday, August 17. Omega joined forces with his Elite teammates The Young Bucks to take on La Faccion Ingobernable (Andrade El Idolo, Dragon Lee & Rush) in trios tag team action. Omega sold his knee injury throughout the match, and was clearly showing signs of ring rust — although that was almost certainly exaggerated as an element of his comeback story.
The Elite got the win when Omega hit the One-Winged Angel on Dragon Lee. With the win, the trio advanced to the semi-finals of the AEW Trios Championship Tournament where they will face with The United Empire or Death Triangle.
Omega had been out of action since losing the AEW World Championship to “Hangman” Adam Page at Full Gear on Saturday, November 13.
Per Dave Meltzer of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, Omega was recovering from arthroscopic knee surgery and was scheduled to undergo several more surgeries in the months that followed. The Cleaner’s health woes don’t stop there, sadly. Last year, he revealed that he has been experiencing bouts of vertigo during his matches since 2018.
Between 2018-2021, Omega had one of the most packed schedules of any professional wrestler outside WWE. He participated in numerous highly-praised matches and is one of the most consistently phenomenal wrestlers in the business. On top of that, Omega also serves as one of AEW’s executive vice presidents. Needless to say, the fact that he was able to work around his numerous health issues and regular bouts of vertigo for three years is extremely impressive.
Whether Omega returns to a full-time schedule remains to be seen, but it’s good to have him back.
Tonight’s episode of “AEW Dynamite” — which will be sponsored by HBO’s “House of the Dragon,” set to premiere on August 21 — will emanate live from Charleston, West Virginia.
* As a special surprise for the show, it was confirmed by AEW CEO Tony Khan yesterday that Ricky “The Dragon” Steamboat will serve as special guest timekeeper throughout the broadcast.
* “The American Dragon” Bryan Danielson and Daniel Garcia squaring off in a two-out-of-three falls match
* AEW World Trios Championship tournament will kick off when Andrade El Idolo, Rush, and Dragon Lee battle The Young Bucks and a mystery partner
* Varsity Blonds (Brian Pillman Jr. and Griff Garrison) will take on the Gunn Club (Austin and Colten Gunn) w/Billy Gunn
CM Punk made a surprise return to AEW TV on Wednesday night, showing up to shut Dynamite down following a bloody AEW World Championship match between interim champ Jon Moxley and challenger Chris Jericho.
Moxley retained the championship, surviving quite the beating from Jericho and even kicking out after receiving a Judas Effect. The champion had been bloodied early in the match, with Jericho ripping an earring from his ear.
He was also put through the Lion Tamer – more than once at that – but Jericho would be the one to tap out even after sending Moxley face first into an exposed turnbuckle and slugging him with a baseball bat thrown into the ring by Sammy Guevara (he overthrew it actually).
Moxley was then attacked by the Jericho Appreciation Society before the Blackpool Combat Club came to his aid. Jericho’s entourage got the upper hand and the inaugural AEW World Champion was about to smash Mox in the face with his own belt, but CM Punk’s music hit, prompting a pause.
Punk cleared the JAS out of the ring and then faced down Moxley, who showed little appreciation for the save, flipping the champ the bird and cursing him out before making his exit.
It appears Punk is ready and raring to go following surgery on his foot – he made sure to hop around on it, showing he could put weight on the surgically repaired appendage before the show went off the air.
