All Elite Wrestling delivered the latest episode of AEW Dynamite on May 31.
Just a few days removed from AEW Double or Nothing, some of AEW’s top stars competed on the show. Chris Jericho and Saraya clashed with Adam Cole and Britt Baker, while Kris Statlander defended the TBS Championship against Nyla Rose, Plus, Jon Moxley, Claudio Castagnoli and Wheeler Yuta of the Blackpool Combat Club faced the Lucha Bros and Bandido.
The results are as follows:
Blackpool Combat Club (Jon Moxley, Claudio Castagnoli & Wheeler Yuta) vs. Lucha Bros (Rey Fenix & Penta El Zero Miedo) & Bandido (with Alex Abrahantes)
The two teams fight with each other, and the match spills out of the ring. Yuta slams Bandido into the barricade. Back in the ring, Yuta grounds Bandido and controls the action. Bandido hits a long stalling suplex, and the Lucha Bros lock in stereo arm bars. Fenix tags in and gains momentum with a series of strikes. Penta takes Castagnoli out with a backbreaker. Yuta evades a diving crossbody from Bandido. Castagnoli drops Bandido with a spike piledriver on the floor. The BCC isolates Bandido. Moxley continues to control the action by wrenching Bandido in a few submission holds. Bandido rallies with a corkscrew dive. Fenix tags in and clears house with a flurry of offense. The Lucha Bros kick Yuta. Penta drops Moxley with a DDT. Bandido tags back in and trades blows with Yuta.
They keep battling, and Yuta bites Bandido. A pop-up cutter and a frog splash earns Bandido a two count as the Lucha Bros dive onto Moxley and Castagnoli. Bandido rocks Yuta with a knee. Moxley holds Yuta down to break up the 21-Plex, and Castagnoli drills Bandido with an uppercut. Yuta drills Bandido with a number of elbows and pins him with the seatbelt.
Winners: Blackpool Combat Club (Jon Moxley, Claudio Castagnoli & Wheeler Yuta
Bryan Danielson comes down and celebrates with the rest of the Blackpool Combat Club.
Alex Marvez interviews The Young Bucks and Hangman Page. Matt Jackson says the Blackpool Combat Club brought out the worst in them, as he tried to melt someone’s face off with an explosive sneaker. Nick Jackson says one setback won’t keep them down. Hangman says the Blackpool Combat Club uses the numbers game to their advantage. Dark Order comes over and somewhat rubs The Elite’s loss in their faces. They leave, and Alex Marvez says Kenny Omega has gone back to Canada. Hangman says Omega is out of the country, but he’s not in Canada. He then chases after the Dark Order trio.
In-Ring Segment: Jay White and Juice Robinson
White and Robinson are asked about attacking Ricky Starks at AEW Double or Nothing. White says Starks is not the AEW International Champion, as he lost the battle royale. Robinson brings up FTR and says they want to know why Dax Harwood and Cash Wheeler got involved. Robinson says Starks doesn’t have any friends. White says FTR are slow, and they sound dumb. FTR interrupts. White and Robinson somewhat use Tony Schiavone as a human shield as they hide behind him. White says FTR must be there because they want to join Bullet Club. He asks them if they want to join. Robinson drops Harwood with a cheap shot using a handful of quarters.
Robinson and White attack FTR, and Juice drops Wheeler with a DDT. White floors Harwood with the Bladerunner, but Ricky Starks makes the save. Starks challenges White to a match next week.
Tony Khan announces that AEW Collision will feature CM Punk.
Swerve Strickland vs. Big Bill vs. Trent Beretta
Bill charges Swerve, who leaves the ring. Beretta dives onto Strickland at ringside. Beretta chops Bill, who drops Strickland with a boot. The powerhouse takes control and clotheslines Strickland out of the ring. They keep battling. Swerve gains the upper hand. Beretta and Swereve suplex Big Bill off the top rope. Bill slams Beretta for a two-count. Strickland goes for the Swerve Stomp, but Beretta moves and spikes him with a piledriver. Strickland takes Bill out with a Swerve Stomp. He gets the win with a crucifix pin on Beretta.
Winner: Swerve Strickland
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