AEW Dynamite closes out 2022 with a TNT name bout, plus healthy six inside the World Trios Championship collection on this night’s New Year’s Smash episode.
Samoa Joe is about to defend the TNT Championship in opposition to Wardlow, a former TNT champ himself.
Match six in the first-rate-of-seven collection for the AEW World Trios Championship will take area, with Death Triangle taking on The EAEW Dynamite lite in a Falls Count Anywhere in shape. Death Triangle holds a 3-2 AEW Dynamite series lead.
Bryan AEW Dynamite Danielson may AEW Dynamite be in movement on this night’s display, taking AEW Dynamite up The Firm’s Ethan AEW Dynamite Page. The fit is unofficially a number one contender’s fit for MJF’s AEW World identify based totally at the promos that installation the bout on final week’s Dynamite.
Top Flight’s Darius Martin and Dante Martin will face Blackpool Combat Club’s Jon Moxley and Claudio Castagnoli in a tag team bout.
Ruby Soho and Willow Nightingale will team in opposition to Jericho Appreciation Society’s Anna Jay and Tay Melo.
Our live insurance starts at 8 p.m. Eastern time.
Hope all and sundry had a Happy Holidays and could have a Happy New Year as AEW Dynamite New Year’s Smash opened with Excalibur welcoming us along Tony Schiavone & Taz, as Bryan Danielson’s track AEW Dynamite hits and we’re equipped for our commencing contest.
Bryan Danielson defeated Ethan Page (w/Stokely Hathaway)
(This changed into an super opener, arguably Page’s best AEW match to date, as the crowd become into it from the start.)
Hathaway is sporting a baseball cap to the ring after Danielson referenced the glare coming off his bald dome last week. MJF’s music hit and he become within the luxurious suite with a female, as he ran down Danielson, even as Page wasn’t satisfied with MJF’s presence both. Page attacked at the bell, but Danielson became it right into a chop battle with kicks sprinkled in. Romero Special by means of Danielson quick became slamming down on Page’s knees, stomping down on the Achilles. Page regained control, tried for a superplex, however turned into knocked off and Danielson hit a pinnacle rope dropkick. Hathaway jumped at the apron, but his hat turned into flipped off, as Page attempted a AEW Dynamite price, simplest to be sent outside where Danielson nailed a dive. Hathaway again ran distraction, this time efficiently, as Page hit a pump kick on Danielson to take over.
Danielson became able to float over a suplex into a release German for the reset, as he lit up Page, who did manage to get a shot in on the horrific eye of Danielson. Top rope hurricanrana hit, which brought about Yes kicks, however Page ducked the home run shot. After a baseball slide outside, Hathaway shoved Page out of the way and Danielson crashed and burned. Page linked on a snap powerslam at the ground and step through cutter from the apron inside for 2. Page tried to drag up Danielson by using the hands right into a slam, however Danielson turned it right into a DDT. Danielson implemented the LeBell Lock, however Page were given a rope ruin.
Danielson was wobbly getting up, as commentary mentions the amount of head pictures Page has hit so far. Page cut off Danielson inside the nook and hit an avalanche powerslam, however Danielson kicked out. Page looked for Ego’s Edge, however Danielson floated over into the Busaiku Knee into wrist captured stomps, which brought about the Regal Stretch to get Page to fall subconscious and get the win. Danielson stared down MJF put up suit.
-Video bundle approximately the main occasion this night for the TNT Title among Samoa Joe & Wardlow is shown. We pass behind the curtain to Renee Paquette AEW Dynamite asking Wardlow about Joe’s effective phrases and Wardlow stated this night is set powerful action. Joe charged in with a steel pipe and took out the leg of Wardlow like he become Nancy Kerrigan.
-Renee Paquette is behind the curtain with the health practitioner, Dark Order & Hangman Page. The doctor said they’re potentially two weeks away from Page being cleared, but he’ll risk that if he maintains to get into fights with Jon Moxley. Page had very skinny staying power on every occasion Renee stated Moxley in the AEW Dynamite AEW Dynamite course of this segment.
Jon Moxley & ROH World Champion Claudio Castagnoli defeated Top Flight (Darius & Dante Martin)
(This was AEW Dynamite some AEW Dynamite other exceptional fit with the crowd last warm after that opener. Top Flight greater than held their own in this one, as Moxley & Castagnoli gave them a whole lot of offense right here.)
Top Flight tried to get the benefit early, however Castagnoli caught Dante on a dive and slammed him onto the railing, while Moxley facet stepped a Darius tope as the B.C.C. swarmed him first of all speedy tags. Castagnoli confirmed his energy, at the same time as Moxley lit up Darius with nook moves. Moxley drove his chin into the head of Darius and raked at the lower back before Darius fought lower back with a top rope dropkick. Dante made the hot tag and ran wild with a dropkick and standing moonsault for 2. Dante foolishly started out a hanging struggle with Moxley and speedy lost before Darius clipped his leg out and Top Flight took over at some point of commercial.
Moxley turned into worked over the entire damage, but hit a front suplex on Darius that allowed Castagnoli to make the tag and run wild with uppercuts that set the group on hearth. Darius positioned a prevent to his brother suffering a massive swing, but suffered the move as a substitute. Dante literally leaped over his brother more than one times to get to Castagnoli and cut up the keep. The Martin’s tried a double suplex, however Castagnoli powered them each over alternatively. Fast paced combination offense pinballed Castagnoli around till Moxley broke matters up with anybody all the way down to This Is Awesome chants for the second healthy in a row.
Dante avoided a pop up uppercut, hit double superkicks on Castagnoli, as Dante hit a dive on Moxley, even as Darius related with a one man Spanish Fly on Castagnoli for 2. Darius blocked every other uppercut right into a backslide, but Castagnoli rolled via into a Neutralizer for two that bowled over him. Anvil elbows made Darius almost subconscious, as Moxley planting Dante with a Paradigm Shift at the floor. Darius threw one desperation shot to piss off Castagnoli, who took his mouth guard out and hit a domestic run uppercut to place away Darius.
-Renee Paquette is backstage with Kip Sabian, Penelope Ford and Orange Cassidy & Best Friends. Sabian said he removed Cassidy inside the war royal, so he desires an All-Atlantic identify fit, but Trent interrupted and said he eliminated Sabian, so with the aid of all bills he need to get a identify shot as a substitute. Cassidy granted Trent the title shot, so it will likely be the conflict of Best Friends on Rampage for the All-Atlantic identify. Sabian was going to protest, however familiar it and left.
FTW Champion HOOK submitted Baylum Lynx
HOOK lit up Lynx in the corner with strikes and throw clean throughout the ring. A charging corner lariat brought about an overhead suplex and Red Rum for the fast submission.
Post match, Stokely Hathaway, Lee Moriarty & Big Bill came to the hoop to trash speak HOOK and as compared him to Southwest Air. Jungle Boy Jack Perry made the keep and took out Moriarty whilst Big Bill had a face off with HOOK. After a short scrap, Bill almost hit a choke slam, but Perry cracked him inside the back with a 2×4 as The Firm retreated.
-Video bundle of Chris Jericho’s tumultuous beyond few weeks is proven along with his loss to Action Andretti and face off with Ricky Starks ultimate week. Jericho cut a brief promo approximately training Starks subsequent week in Seattle, mentions blinding Andretti with a fireball remaining week and to stay out of AEW. Jericho will positioned an cease to the Starks Experiment.
-Renee Paquette is behind the scenes with Swerve Strickland and his henchmen, calling his actions against Keith Lee ultimate week disgusting. Strickland stated they already understand Parker Boudreaux, but they’ll find out who the alternative tatted up guy is in due time. Wheeler Yuta interrupted and stated his opinion of him couldn’t get any lower and challenged Strickland to a in shape on Rampage.
The Elite (Kenny Omega & The Young Bucks (Matt & Nick Jackson) w/Brandon Cutler & Michael Nakazawa) defeated AEW Trios Champions Death Triangle (PAC & Lucha Bros (Penta El Zero Miedo & Rey Fenix) w/Alex Abrahantes) in a Falls Count Anywhere Match to win Match 6 of the Best of seven Series and tie it up 3-3
(This was an insane, chaotic brawl that turned into made even better through how tremendous the crowd continued to be at some stage in it. Every in shape has had a extraordinary sense and in weeks, Match 7 within the ladder match must be a terrific way to cap off this collection.)