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AEW Dynamite 5/1/24

TK is on the screen from Jacksonville, but the feed cuts as he talks. The Bucks say they lost connection with Tony. They say they are not fired after what they did to Tony because of ironclad contracts with a founders clause. And if Tony is unreachable, the EVPs succeed him in running the show, so they are in charge now. Nice.

Swerve promo. He says he is a champion the people deserve, but what they don't deserve is power-hungry EVPs. He says to bring out his DON opponent. The Bucks appear on the screen. They say this is the first time we hear from Swerve as champion, and he insults his bosses and curses. The network didn't like that, so that will be a fine for Swerve. They misdirect saying that Swerve's opponent for DON is Canadian, a former champion, and has been gone for a while. But it's not Kenny Omega, it's Christian Cage! Haaaha. Christian attacks Swerve and lands Killswitch on the belt! Nick Wayne lands a cutter on Nana!

Christian says he hasn't forgotten when Swerve left his son Nick in a pool of his own blood in his home gym. He and Swerve were a tag team at the biggest show in the history of this business, and Swerve lost the match and embarrassed him. Now is the best time to make Swerve pay for his mistakes. He is going to embarrass Swerve and make him a footnote in AEW history. Swerve says his daughter barely knows him because of how hard he has been working for the championship. Christian says when he is done with Swerve, his daughter won't want to know him, but she will have a father she can look up to for the rest of her life. Lmao.

Christian getting a world title shot makes no sense, as he has done nothing to earn it, after just losing the TNT Championship. But I guess we're supposed to think the Bucks are just handing opportunities to their friends. Great promo work here by Christian as usual.

Copeland is defending his TNT Championship against a member of the House of Black, but he won't know which member until just before the bell. It's Buddy Matthews.

Adam Copeland (c) vs. Buddy Matthews for the TNT Championship -- They start on the mat. Rana takedown by Matthews. Topé by Copeland. Huge boot from Matthews to Copeland into the barricade as Copeland sits on a chair outside. Spike, draping DDT by Matthews over the rope! Matthews stands on Copeland's back and lands a nasty kick to the back. Choke by Matthews, and Copeland finally escapes. Copeland with a flapjack. They trade right hands on the top rope, and both fall off to the outside, hitting the apron on the way down. Both make it back in the ring at 9.5. Matthews escapes an impaler DDT attempt and lands a nasty elbow. Copeland with an elbow of his own. They collide off the ropes with cross bodies at the same time. Matthews is bleeding from the mouth. Copeland dominates the break with kicks to the midsection as Matthews lies on the mat. Matthews lands a sit-out powerbomb for two! Copeland lands an avalanche impaler DDT and makes a slow cover for two! Matthews cuts off a spear attempt with a kick to the midsection, then lands two more knee strikes, then a jackhammer for two, then locks in a cross face with the arm trapped! Copeland gets Matthews' shoulders down for two, then lands an Olympic slam for two. Matthews side steps a spear and drives Copeland into the corner! Matthews lands a G2S and goes for a curb stomp, but Copeland reverses, slings Matthews into the ropes, and meets him with a spear for the pinfall!

Good back and forth match, but I never got super into it. Matthews spitting up blood and Copeland subsequently targeting the midsection add a lot to the match. Good finish too. Hope Matthews is okay. Rating: 3

Copeland attacks Matthews after the match and goes for a conchairto, but the lights go out, and Black shows up. He dares Copeland to hit Matthews with the chair. Matthews tells him to do it. Copeland turns on Black with the chair raised, but the lights go out, and HOB disappear.

Samoa Joe vs. Isiah Kassidy -- Joe throws Kassidy up, Kassidy screams, and Joe drops him to the mat. Lmaooo. Joe with jabs to the face and strikes in the corner. Kassidy lands a cutter off the top to Joe on the outside, driving Joe's face into the top rope! Kassidy goes for a topé con giro, but Joe walks away, and Kassidy lands flat on his back on the floor!!!! Damn! Kassidy comes back in the ring with a chop to the throat and a dropkick. Kassidy goes to the top, but Joe lands a headbutt and a Muscle Buster for the pinfall!

Very good short match. Love watching Joe work. Kassidy landing flat on his back on the floor off that topé after Joe just walked away was a crazy spot. Rating: 2.5

Skye Blue promo. She says she had Willow pinned last time if it weren't for that bitch on a leash, Stokely. Lol. She challenges Willow to a match for the TBS Championship.

Orange comes out with a mic. He says he thought Trent and Chuck would beat each other up in the parking lot and get it out of their systems, and they would all stand together again as best friends. But that's not going to happen. Orange says Chuck will never wrestle again. Trent comes out and says big surprise, Orange Cassidy is trying to make everything about himself again. Trent says Orange is trying to make somebody else's career ending about himself. He says Chuck's career is over because of Orange. Don Callis comes out, whispers in Orange's ear, and walks to the back with Orange.

Trent was great here yet again. I really hope the stuff about Chuck's career being over isn't legit. That would suck. Don't really care about the Don Callis of it all.

Renee is with Jack Perry. He says he meant it when he said the only thing he wants is what is best for AEW. And some people may not see it right now, but what he did to Tony is what's best for AEW. Tony made him the scapegoat, but he accepted it, because it was a sacrifice that someone was going to have to make. Now AEW is entering a new era under the Elite. Good promo!!!!

Chris Jericho (c) vs. Katsuyori Shibata for the FTW Championship -- Chop exchange! Jericho lands a lionsault to Shibata's knees, then takes a trash can lid to his head! Jericho pulls out a bag of hockey pucks. Shibata lands an STO, followed by a vertical suplex onto the hockey pucks! Shibata throws away the trash can lid, kicks away the hockey pucks, and MURDERS Jericho with chops!!!!! Hot damn!!!!! They continue with a nasty chop exchange that continues through the whole commercial break!!! Good god!!! Jericho cuts off a corner dropkick attempt by Shibata by hurling a hockey puck at Shibata's head!!! Geez!!! Jericho with a double leg takedown, then locks in the Walls! Shibata escapes smoothly and counters into a Figure Four! Jericho breaks the hold by throwing a hockey puck at Shibata's face at close range!!! Damn!!! Jericho puts a trash can on Shibata's head and hits him with the kendo stick! Shibata just keeps taking the kendo stick shots and backing Jericho toward the corner with the trash can still on his head. Lmaooo. Shibata backs him all the way into the opposite corner and lands headbutts with the trash can on his head! Lool. Shibata puts the trash can on Jericho's head and lands a corner dropkick for two! Shibata grabs a kendo stick and hands one to Jericho. They sit down and just nail each other in the face and neck with the kendo sticks!!! Geez!!!! Shibata lands a back suplex on Jericho with the kendo stick between Jericho's legs onto the hockey pucks!!!!! Damn!!! Shibata lands alternating jabs to the face and disgusting, heavy chops to the chest!!! Shibata goes for a running dropkick through a table propped up in the corner, but Jericho stops him with a Codebreaker for two!! Shibata avoids the Judas Effect and catches Jericho in a rear choke! Shibata lands the ripcord overhand chop!!!! Hot damn!! Big Bill comes into the ring with a big boot and chokeslams Shibata through a table! Jericho covers Shibata for three.

Iam well aware that this match won't be for everybody, but I loved the hell out of it. The neverending chop exchanges, the kendo stick shots to each other's face and neck, the comedy, the hockey puck spots, just the unbridled insanity of it all -- I thought everything about it was great. Shibata is the GOAT. I don't like the interference finish, but it's better than Shibata losing to Jericho clean, so I'll take it. Rating: 3.75

Willow, Stat, and Stokely are with Renee. Willow says last week's fiasco with Mercedes left her in a fighting mood. She will mop the floor with Skye and will massacre and maim her. Stokely says he can't even complain about what Skye said about him, because those pricks the EVPs beat up Tony Khan, and they did it before payday. They couldn't wait until Friday? Lol. Stokely is told that he is banned from ringside for Willow's match against Skye. He responds, "Aside from my own actions, what did I do to deserve this?" Lmaooo, classic.

Claudio does a promo about showing up and working every week.

Claudio Castagnoli vs. Brian Cage -- Head scissors takedown by Cage. Backbreaker by Claudio. Claudio with a double stomp to the chest. Cage lands a vertical suplex on Claudio off the second rope, pulling him over the ropes from the apron to the inside. Cage lands a corner uppercut, lariat, and back suplex for two. Cage lands a 619 and a huge discus lariat for two. Claudio lands a springboard, corkscrew uppercut. Boot exchange! Claudio with an uppercut and thrust kick. Claudio lands a 619!! Claudio lands a big lariat for two. Claudio with a pop-up uppercut, then the Swing, and then locks in a Sharpshooter for the submission. Very good match!!! Rating: 3.5

Rocky says Trent and Chuck's dispute is tearing him apart, but he is done with it. He is doing his own thing now and focusing on becoming a champion in AEW. Rocky challenges O'Reilly to a match!

Serena Deeb vs. Mariah May -- Deeb catches Mariah in the paradise lock and dropkicks her. Deeb with a snapmare, a shoulder tackle, and a beautiful leg pick into a surfboard stretch! Mariah lays in some big elbow strikes and lands handstand rana off the ropes in the corner. Strike exchange! Mariah lands a knee and a nice spinning side slam for only one! Mariah lands a lariat and something of a uranage slam for two. Deeb catches Mariah's leg, slaps her in the face, and lands a dragon screw! Deeb with a corner lariat and a neckbreaker over the ropes! Series of counters! Deeb lands a swinging neckbreaker! Deeb ducks a round kick and lands an uppercut. Waist lock by Deeb, but Mariah escapes with back elbows! Deeb bounces Mariah off the ropes into a German suplex! Deeb lands a beautiful, nasty hammerlock lariat for two! Mariah blocks a Figure Four attempt, then lands a round kick to the head, a missile dropkick off the top, and a corner hip attack for two! Mariah lands a vicious running knee for two! Deeb jumps on Mariah's back with a hanging submission hold, spins around to disoreient Mariah, and gets a backslide for two! Nice! Mariah lands a headbutt and a back suplex and goes for a handstand rana in the corner, but Deeb reverses into a single-leg crab and slams Mariah's knee into the mat repeatedly!! Toni throws in the towel, and Deeb wins!

I really liked this match. Just great wrestling by Deeb, with some really great-looking moves and reversals and good submission work. And Mariah holds her own very well here. Rating: 3.5

Renee is with Copeland. O'Reilly shows up. He says he has looked up to Copeland and will have his back against the House of Black.

Justin with a great into for Omega!! And here is Omega!!!! He has a mic. He says he has never been good at this sort of stuff, talking about injuries and weakness. He was diagnosed with diverticulitis. The doctors told him he was 24 hours away from dying. He says he told them, "Cool, can you patch me up and send me back to Dynamite?" They said it's not that simple, that he needed surgery and would have to have a colostomy bag, maybe for the rest of his life. He asked what if he didn't have the surgery, and the doctor said he might wake up in the hospital one day having it done anyway. Any blunt force trauma to the abdomen could kill him. He says he had to stop watching AEW because, for the first time in his career, he was scared. He thought he was going to come here and announce his retirement, but then he watched Dynasty. He saw Ospreay and Danielson put on one of the greatest matches he had ever seen. But his hands were shaking. Was it because he is scared of being a wrestler? No, it was because he was going through withdrawal. He needed to be back in the ring more than he needed to breathe. Being called the best is what fueled him. All these people are now in the conversation for being the best, and he has already been forgotten. So he made a promise to himself and to each and every one of the fans. This isn't over until he exhausts every option. If there is even a 1% chance, bag or no bag, they aren't done with Kenny Omega yet. 🥺 He made a mission statement to change the world. While he is talking about colostomy bags, why not talk about two other shitbags while they are at it? Lmao. He says the Bucks have embarrassed themselves. They are EVPs, and they are free to do what they want, but they forget that there is another EVP. He may be fired from the Elite, but they can't fire him as an EVP. Until someone says otherwise, a part of the power in this company belongs to the Best Bout Machine!!!!!!

Okada comes out!! Holy shit indeed!!!!!!!!!!!!! Omega says they had a bit of a rivalry in New Japan. He tells Okada to give him a couple of months, and they will settle it right here in an AEW ring!!!! Okada says he's sorry, but he is the Best Bout Machine now!!!! Hell yeah, buddy!! Jack attacks Omega from behind!! Omega turns it around and lands a snap dragon on Jack, but he immediately holds his stomach. He sets up for a V-trigger, but Okada trips him, and Jack nails him in the stomach with a chair!!! Damn!!! The Bucks come out and hit him with a BTE trigger!! Okada goes for a Rainmaker, but FTR come out to help Omega, and the Elite run away! Omega gets stetchered out!!!

The Elite attack Omega again backstage as he is about to be put into the ambulance. Matt gets in his face and says he loves him to death, but this is just business, and they have to change the world. They dump Omega off the stretcher onto the concrete!!!!

What a segment!!! Oh man, what a ride. It was so incredible to see Omega back here, even just for a moment. Very genuine, emotional promo from Omega. Man, I hope he can get better and get back. But this was a great use of Omega for now, using his injury to make the new Elite look even more merciless and vicious. Jack attacking Omega's abdomen after Omega had just said that the doctors told him any blunt force trauma could kill him was a great touch. And the continued attack on Omega in the back as he is being put in the ambulance? Matt saying it's just business? Excellent. Not to mention the face-off with Okada. My god, the chills I got when Omega said to give him a few months and they'll settle it in the ring, and when Okada responded that he is the Best Bout Machine now!! Incredible stuff. This story has such great potential if Omega ever gets better.

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