IT’S FRIDAY NIGHT. YOU KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS!
Heya folks! Remember when Andrade El Idolo made his triumphant debut on AEW Dynamite? Or when Dustin Rhodes took Nick Comoroto to the proverbial woodshed via bullrope? How about when Nyla Rose threw a bunch of our Big Macs all over Daily’s Place? Well, I hope you do because it was just one short week ago that all of those exciting things (and so much more!) occurred! I apologize for being a little late with last week’s recap, life gets hectic sometimes, but I appreciate Alison letting you all know I wasn’t ignoring you! For anyone that’s been reading this article for more than a minute (thank you!), it’s no secret that I’m excited for tonight’s Dynamite. Mainly, because I’m always excited for Dynamite! Let’s roll!
BOTCH: No!
What the fuck! Matt Hardy and Total Hybrid 2 (TH2) are in the ring. Hardy says Christian’s been jealous of him for years and we immediately have a match between Christian Cage and Angelico. I’m still Botching this because although it was a very short talking segment to set up a match, it was still a talking segment to set up a match. I go by how I feel and I feel it was too ‘E for me. Shame on you, Matt Hardy!
Angelico worked over Christian’s left arm for most of the match. Every time Christian would try and get the upper hand, Angelico would thwart him, mainly with groundbreaking moves like….this kick to the “shoulder.” Both men gave a lot in this match with Angelico leading throughout much of the contest. Christian hits him with a flying Cesaro Uppercut followed by an Unprettier to get the win.
Christian is immediately jumped by Jungle Boy Jack Evans and Matt Hardy. After eating a Twist of Fate from Hardy, Matthew tries to hit The Leach; however, Jungle Boy Jack Evans comes down to make the save. Apparently, they found some black jeans in the jungle for him to wear! How exciting that must have been for Jungle Boy!
This draws out the ongoing feud between Christian and Jungle Boy against the Hardy Family Office. I’m sure we’ll see Jungle Boy face either Jack Evans or Matt Hardy next week so by definition, it moved A story forward but I’d rather see Jungle Boy focused on something bigger….like, I don’t know, Kenny Omega and the AEW World Championship? I’m a diva, I know.
Sidebar: Tony announced that we’d have a special debut next week on Dynamite. It’s Brock Anderson. I think Tony really missed an opportunity to say BUHHHHROCKKKK (pregnant pause) Anderson. It would’ve killed the audience dead. I would have laughed myself to death, too, so basically Tony had a chance to kill us all right there and missed.
POP: Two’s Company, Trios a Crowd
We get a small vignette from Eddie Kingston and the Death Triangle. Well, it’s not really a triangle as there are only two of them so I guess we just call them Eddie, Pac and Penta. They come out for a trios clash against the Young Bucks and Brandon Cutler. Soon after the match starts, the Bucks force Cutler in to catch an ass whoopin’ and Eddie, Pac and Penta are only too happy to oblige. Eventually, Pac throws Cutler at the Bucks so he can tag out. Unfortunately for Pac, he gets kicked in the head from Black-haired Buck. Pac gets Eddie in on a hot tag and Eddie clears the house. He brings in Penta, who goes bananas on Brandon and the Bucks.
Penta is able to avoid trouble a couple of times, both which result in Brandon Cutler getting kicked in the face and his face mask. They triple team Matt for being born but Pac gets crotched on the top rope. He would wisely stay put until he could hit a huge 450 Splash off the top rope. Cutler tries to hit some sort of springboard frog splash-turned-into-elbow drop maneuver but Pac moves and Eddie crushes Cutler with a spinning back fist, which allows Pac to get the pin on Cutler! Gallows & Anderson attack Eddie and jump him and his mates. Kazarian comes out to elitely hunt the Young Bucks squad and knocks the shit out of Cutler.
I feel bad for poor Brandon Cutler. That bastard (no offense, Pac) got his shit kicked in all night. The Bucks sacrificed him to the other team and then they kicked the crap out of him. And after the other members of The Elite came out to jump Eddie, Pac and Penta, Cutler STILL got demolished. He just can’t win for losing, now can he? It was a fun match to watch especially with they dynamic between Pac and Eddie, which can best be described as…frosty. Also, Killer Kazarian is something I didn’t think I would enjoy but here we are and he’s killing dudes. He just might be an Avenger. Or at least an avenger so we don’t get sued here at SteelRingPost.
POP: Pinnacle Rising
For the first time since Stadium Stampede, The Pinnacle returns and shows up on Dynamite. They deliver an impassioned promo to the Inner Circle. First, Dax hits Pride & Powerful with the whole, “we aren’t much different” than each other. He says they’ve lost their edge but FTR never did. Cash says he doesn’t give a shit about Santana or Ortiz’ family since he doesn’t have one of his own and accepts their challenge. Spears takes center stage and goes after Sammy. He gets all worked up and Tully and the boys have to pull him back, presumably so he doesn’t start crying.
Wardlow tells Hager he is obsessed with Wardlow and could never beat him in the ring so that’s why he invited Wardlow to an MMA match and accepts his challenge. Baby Friedman addresses Chris Jericho, his idol. He tells a cute little story of what happened after Double or Nothing 2019. He has already beaten Jericho twice and doesn’t have anything to prove to anyone. He declines Jericho’s request for a match then laces into Sammy. He tells him he doesn’t belong in a ring with MJF and has the same speaking skills as Helen Keller. I don’t know what she did to get pulled into this but here we are.
Jericho interrupts on the DailyTron (patent pending). He’s in the parking lot with his bat and tells MJF he knows what happens when the Inner Circle doesn’t get what they want. Jericho tells MJF he can brag about it on his walk home. The camera pans to the limo and Sammy is on top and crushes the windshield with the sledgehammer. Jericho, Santana and Ortiz, decimate the limo with everything they have, including slashing the tire. They cut to Hager in forklift, which he promptly drives right through the limo! He lifts it off the ground as the Pinnacle watches in the ring. Jericho tells them they better call an Uber and Sammy tells MJF he’s a Corporate Bitch and will fight him any day of the week.
This segment was fun. I really had a good time with it. It’s interesting that MJF declined Jericho’s match but went hard after Sammy. He never quite delved into a match but Sammy knows what’s up. It’s coming and he’s going to beat the hell out of MJF. It’s going to be so rad! I don’t normally comment on interview segments (like this Sting/Darby one) unless something major happens but damnit if they didn’t get me with this one. It was great.
POP: Miro Miro on the Wall, Please Don’t Kill Uno in this Brawl
We get a nice video package highlighting why Evil Uno wants to win the TNT Title. Anytime we can see some Brodie Lee, I’m all for it. -1 and the Dark Order bring Evil Uno to the ring. Miro comes out looking jacked out of his mind. I swear his trapezius muscles are bigger than my fat face.
After last week’s promo, Miro was all geared up to run right through Evil Uno and brutalize him in the middle of the ring. Uno is able to show his talents including a senton bomb off the top. Of course, Miro kicks out at one. -1 brings the Dark Order back out to ringside in support of Evil Uno. Uno gets a really close two count after Miro hits an exposed turnbuckle.
Evil gives the Brodie Lee finger kiss and hits Miro with a huge Discus Clothesline…..except, it doesn’t faze Miro at all. Miro tells -1 it’s over then stomps on the back of Evil Uno, locks him in the Game Over and bends him backwards. Uno taps quickly. Miro holds on as he simultaneously waves goodbye to the Dark Order. He holds the belt up right in their faces until they leave.
Man, I love Miro. And I love -1. Having them both interacting together out there is awesome. I thought this was going to be an absolute dominating squash for Miro but Evil Uno looked really good! I could see a situation where Miro beats every single member of the Dark Order until Johnny Hangee is healed up and takes the championship (hopefully, with the help of -1 of course) from Miro. I’m most likely fantasy booking but just let me have this, damnit!
BOTCH: Murderhawk Massacre
Here, just watch this:
The #MurderhawkMonster #LanceArcher (@LanceHoyt) does not work by the hour
Tune into @tntdrama NOW to watch #AEWDynamite! pic.twitter.com/VhpoDxZKSF— All Elite Wrestling (@AEW) June 12, 2021
POP: A Native Beast Beatdown
Nyla Rose is led to the ring by Vickie Guerrero. They leave a stepstool on the ramp for Legit Leyla Hirsch, who doesn’t think it’s funny at all and throws it at Vickie. In her defense, Leyla does get the upperhand early but Nyla catches her on a Tope’ Suicida, which was the beginning of the end no matter how many times Leyla could fight back. In Leyla’s defense, she held off Nyla…well, until Nyla went up to the top. Leyla tried a hurricanrana but Nyla catches her and hits the Avalanche Powerbomb from the top for the win! What a move!
After the match, Vickie gets in the ring and drapes a Nyla Rose shirt over Leyla’s face. Tony catches up with Baker and Rebel in the back regarding the Nyla/Leyla match. Tony even hits the DMD with a little more oomph than he did last week. Baker compliments Nyla on how good she looked flipping those burgers last week and maybe that should be her full time job. Britt calls her just another jealous bitch in the back and reminds here that she makes the title, not the other way around. They’re gonna fight, y’all.
POP: Team Taz Bedeviled
Brian Cage and Powerhouse Hobbs show up to fight Pres10 Vance and Hangman Adam Page. Cage and Hobbs might be the most yolked wrestlers I’ve ever seen. I’m surprised Vince McMahon didn’t try and sign them for $48 million per year each. They seem like what he loves in a dude. Naturally, Taz is on commentary so here we go!
Cage and Page (again, not Christian and Ethan) start out with a great back and forth sequence. Neither can really get the upper hand. Vance tags in on a blind tag and immediately loses the advantage. Hobbs beats him up for awhile and tags in Cage. Vance briefly gets the upperhand but before he can tag in Hangman, Cage knocks Page off the apron and tags in Hobbs. He eats a pump kick, which allows 10 to finally tag in Page.
Hangman immediately knocks Cage off the apron then attempts to clothesline Hobbs. Hobbs isn’t having it so Page tries a bodyslam. That worked about as well as the clothesline. Page takes out Cage once more on the outside and hits a moonsault on Hobbs. Hobbs responds by throwing his body at Page but Vance breaks up the pin. He legally tags in and hits a huge spinebuster on Hobbs. Cage is able to take advantage on Vance, which allows them to execute a double powerbomb that knocked the wind out of me. I sure hope Vance is okay! After that, they hit the High/Low but 10 kicks out at 2!
Hook jumps on the apron to distract the ref while Pretty Ricky Starks throws the FTW belt to Cage. Hobbs holds up Vance but Cage tosses the belt out of the ring again, just like at Double or Nothing! Starks slaps the shit out of Cage, which apparently doesn’t go well and Cage chases him to the back. Even though Hobbs is the size of three men, it’s now considered a 2-on-1 advantage for Page and Vance. Hobbs goes for a second Spinebuster on Vance, who reverses it. Hangman hits the Buckshot Lariat and 10 gets the pin! The show goes off the air with Hangman and the Dark Order splittin’ some brewskis!
#Hangman @theAdamPage and #DarkOrder's 10 pick up a hard fought win over #TeamTaz TONIGHT on Friday Night #AEWDynamite pic.twitter.com/pxfobcHmK3
— All Elite Wrestling (@AEW) June 12, 2021
That’s our show for this week ladies and gentlemen! It wasn’t the best AEW Dynamite we’ve ever had but it was definitely a good show still. Stories progessed, Miro was victorious and -1 was on my screen. I couldn’t ask for much more. Enjoy your week everyone! Feel free to leave a comment below (good or bad, I’ll answer them all!) and share the column with your friends, family and followers. And seriously, join our Discord for good talk with good people. You can find me on there (@irishblade), or on Instagram and Twitter (@robbywardshow). Please hit me up with what you liked, what you hated, what you think I can change. I’m all ears! Wrestling united!
