Our AEW Dynamite: Winter is Coming results for tonight include Continental Classic action, Mariah May defending against Mina Shirakawa, and The Death Riders taking on Orange Cassidy and Jay White.
AEW Dynamite Card
The announced card is as follows:
- Continental Classic Gold League: Claudio Castagnoli vs. Will Ospreay
- Continental Classic Gold League: Ricochet vs. Brody King
- AEW Women’s World Championship: Mariah May (c) vs. Mina Shirakawa
- Jon Moxley and PAC vs. Jay White and Orange Cassidy
- Adam Cole vs. Kyle O’Reilly
AEW Dynamite Results
This week’s episode of AEW Dynamite kicks off with tag team action as Jon Moxley and PAC of The Death Riders take on Jay White and Orange Cassidy.
Jon Moxley and PAC (w/ Marina Shafir and Wheeler Yuta) vs. Orange Cassidy and Jay White
- The finish of the match saw Orange Cassidy moments away from defeating Jon Moxley when Hangman Page hit the ring and started attacking Jon Moxley, which led to a disqualification.
Winners: The Death Riders (via DQ)
After the match, Hangman Page, Jay White, and Orange Cassidy all brawled with one another and all three men were left lying in the ring. The Death Riders returned to the ring and finished a beatdown of their own before leaving through the crowd.
Grade: B+
Up until the finish this was a pay-per-view quality tag team match. All four men beat the tar out of each other and the story was told that under the right circumstances, Cassidy still has Moxley’s number. If not for Hangman he likely would have pinned him tonight. The four-way at Worlds End later this month should be excellent.
Bandido returns to AEW soon
Another vignette airs for the returning Bandido. These videos are surprisingly unique and definitely outside the box of what you’d normally see from AEW. Very entertaining stuff.
The Death Riders are backstage and Jon Moxley is happy about everyone coming for him and says it’s the only way to live. Moxley says everyone wants the next title shot because egos run All Elite Wrestling. Moxley confirms the fatal four-way for the AEW World Championship at Worlds End.
Christian Cage cuts a promo from his luxury box and complains about everyone getting a title shot at AEW Worlds End. Cage threatens Moxley that if he retains at Worlds End he’ll be coming after him and make him want to return to drinking again. HOOK breaks into Cage’s luxury box and utterly destroys him. Kip Sabian and Nick Wayne eventually return but HOOK gets away before they can really do anything to him.
Continental Classic Gold League: Will Ospreay vs. Claudio Castagnoli
- The finish of the match saw Will Ospreay catch Claudio Castagnoli in a jackknife pin to score the victory.
Winner: Will Ospreay
After the match, Claudio Castagnoli has a temper tantrum and hits Ospreay with the Neutralizer. Castagnoli goes to grab a chair but Darby Allin hits the ring and Castagnoli escapes through the crowd. Allin and Ospreay stare each other down and nod in a show of respect.
Grade: A-
This was a great match. I would have preferred a more definitive win for Ospreay, but it is what it is. I’m also happy Claudio’s lariat was kicked out of. I never want to see him win another match with that maneuver.
More Continental Classic action later tonight on AEW Dynamite
Ricochet is backstage with Renee Paquette. Ricochet hypes up his match against Brody King in the Continental Classic later on tonight.
We cut to the parking lot and see MJF arrive at the venue. It’s clear to me we’ll see him get involved in tonight’s match between Adam Cole and Kyle O’Reilly. The winner is scheduled to face MJF for the Dynamite Diamond Ring at Worlds End.
Renee Paquette is backstage with Matt Cardona. Cardona says he belongs in AEW and he’s been busting his ass for the past five years reinventing himself and he has the biggest match of his career now against Chris Jericho at Final Battle. Cardona challenges Bryan Keith to a match this Friday night on Rampage.
Adam Cole vs. Kyle O’Reilly
- The finish of the match saw MJF try to interfere but ate a superkick from Adam Cole. Cole gets Kyle O’Reilly in a small package to score the pinfall victory.
Winner: Adam Cole
MJF stares down Cole from the crowd after the match before leaving. The Kingdom comes out to congratulate Cole, but O’Reilly leaves the ring without shaking Cole’s hand.
Grade: B+
These two had a really good match, but the crowd didn’t seem to care during parts of it. Sometimes they were up, but mostly they were down. I can’t help but wonder if they were just waiting for MJF to appear after showing him on the Tron earlier. Who knows… What we do know is that Cole will now face MJF later this month at Worlds End.
FTR hype Fight for the Fallen
FTR is backstage to hype the Dynamite special Fight for the Fallen. Dax Harwood says it might be one of the biggest episodes of Dynamite ever as it will be the first time the show airs on TBS and streams on MAX at the same time.
Harwood says they want a big headline match at Fight for the Fallen and tell The Death Riders if they have a problem with them, they can come to say it to them this Saturday night on Collision.
Chris Jericho and Bryan Keith are backstage. Jericho accepts Matt Cardona’s challenge to face Keith this Friday night on Rampage. Jericho also revealed there will be a contract signing for his Final Battle match with Cardona tomorrow night on Ring of Honor on HonorClub.
A video package plays recapping last week’s Continental Classic matches.
Tony Schiavone spoke with Darby Allin backstage earlier today. Darby Allin confirms his quest to take the AEW World Championship from Jon Moxley isn’t over. Allin urges the younger wrestlers in the locker room to get involved to rise up against the Death Riders.
Continental Classic Gold League: Ricochet vs. Brody King
- The finish of the match saw Ricochet utilize the exposed turnbuckle against Brody King which the crowd did NOT like. Ricochet followed things up with two Spirit Guns to score the pinfall victory.
Winner: Ricochet
Grade: B+
This was a good match. But the closing moments were very surprising. I didn’t expect the crowd to get on Ricochet for utilizing the exposed turnbuckle. If the long-term plan is to pair him with The Hurt Syndicate, it looks like that’s gonna work out very nicely.
Private Party set up their next contenders for the AEW Tag Team Titles
Private Party are backstage and are interrupted by Action Andretti and Lio Rush who say they want a shot at the AEW World Tag Team Titles. Before Private Party can give them an answer Leila Grey and Top Flight get involved and Kassidy suggests the two teams face each other on Collision, and the winners get a future title shot.
Anna Jay and Mercedes Moné are backstage with Renee Paquette. Paquette says today marks Mercedes’ 200-day reign as TBS Champion. Moné says she has a lot of respect for Anna Jay and that she went to Japan to train like she did. Moné says Anna is 26 but by the time she was 26 she was a multi-time champion.
Jay says Mercedes is a living legend and she admires what she does in the ring. Jay says she knows she’s going into the match the underdog but hopes Mercedes underestimates her next week because all she needs is three seconds to shock the world and become the new TBS Champion.
AEW Women’s World Championship: Mariah May (c) vs. Mina Shirakawa
- The finish of the match saw Mariah May hit Mina Shirakawa with Storm Zero to score the pinfall victory.
Winner: And still Champion, Mariah May
Thunder Rosa watching from the crowd was not impressed and had a sign that reads Mariah’s not her champion.
Grade: A
But before anything can happen between May and Rosa, Toni Storm makes her surprise return to the company in her old-school gimmick and attire as AEW Dynamite goes off the air.
AEW Dynamite Review:
I really enjoyed tonight’s show. There was a lot of great wrestling and some great storyline advancement heading into Worlds End. It was nice to see the women get to headline Dynamite tonight following May’s comments this week on AEW Close-Up. Hopefully, they’ll get more opportunities to do so in the future. Toni Storm’s return tonight was the icing on the cake of a wonderful Winter is Coming special.
Grade: A-
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