Here’s a place to check results and comment along with the new episode of AEW Dynamite — and Rampage, airing live tonight (May 1) starting at 8:00 pm ET on TBS.
The shows come our way from the Canada Life Centre in Winnipeg, Manitoba and will continue the build toward AEW’s Double or Nothing PPV on May 26 in Las Vegas.
Dynamite will feature the first appearance of the year by Kenny Omega, one week after his former faction The Elite took out Tony Khan. We’ll also learn who will challenge AEW World champion Swerve Strickland at the Memorial Day weekend PPV. Two titles will be defended tonight, with Adam Copeland putting the TNT belt up against a to-be-determined member of House of Black, and Katsuyori Shibata looking to make Chris Jericho’s reign as FTW champ a short one. We’ll also see Mariah May deal with someone who’s gunning for her mentor Timeless Toni Storm’s AEW Women’s championship, Serena Deeb. Plus, Claudio Castagnoli clashes with Brian Cage, Samoa Joe battles Isiah Kassidy, and Orange Cassidy speaks on last Saturday’s Parking Lot Fight between former Best Friends Trent Beretta & Chuck Taylor.
Then immediately after that on Rampage, it’ll be Switchblade Jay White vs. Dante Martin… and more!
Come right back here at 8 pm ET when the Dynamite (and Rampage) live blog kicks off down below when the action starts on TBS.
Enjoy the show!
AEW DYNAMITE & RAMPAGE RESULTS AND LIVE BLOG FOR MAY 1
Holdin’ out in my hotel room and police they finally come. Had her as the prosecution and my prints upon the gun. Know she’s got a pistol, laid it down on me, and here I am livebloggng this pro wrestling show for you, folks.
The show opens with Tony Khan coming at us live via satellite in Jacksonville, Florida, wearing a neck brace.
He says he’s here to produce the show long-distance because of the injuries that the Young Bucks and Jack Perry visited on him but the video cuts out and the Bucks appear to say “oh no they lost connection” and people might wonder why they aren’t fired after last week but they have iron-clad contracts with founder’s clauses and they and their colleagues aren’t going anywhere.
And further, if Tony Khan isn’t available the EVPs run the show, so they’re in charge tonight, and they toss to the new opening of the show, which is all about the Elite.
Shane Strickland makes his entrance and gets on the mic.
He calls the Elite out for doing a bitch move last week and wants to get down to the business of figuring his opening out for Double or Nothing, and he tells whoever it is to come present themselves but to wipe their feet before they step in his house.
The Young Bucks appear on the screen and congratulate him and say they’re also champions and now the success is clearly getting to his head and he needs a dose of humility. So they’re arranging the very best, perfect opponent for him at Double or Nothing, a Canadian former champion at the go position, ready to meet him…
Enter Christian Cage and the Patriarchy.
He and Mother Wayne get in the ring and square up like he’s gonna cut a promo but he just sucker-punches Strickland! Shane recovers, a flurry of punches, he stops short of hitting Mother Wayne, Killswitch takes him out and Christian drops him with a Killswitch.
Christian says Swerve has had this coming since he attacked his son Nick Wayne months ago and now he’s gonna make his world title a footnote. He tells Shane he’s gonna give his daughter a father she can be proud of for the rest of her life. So at Double or Nothing he’s going to walk into his house and rip the world title out of his hands, and the pain has only just begun.
Killswitch picks Swerve up and yanks a handful of hair out of his head!
We get a video package of the House of Black accepting Adam Copeland’s open challenge for the TNT Championship.
Adam Copeland (c) vs. Buddy Matthews (AEW TNT Championship Open Challenge)
Circling, Matthews with a go-behind, Copeland passes him to the floor, low-bridge out the other side when he comes back in, suicide dive sends the challenger sprawling up the aisle and we go to break.
Back from commercial, Adam gets caught with a hanging DDT coming back into the ring! Snapmare, kick to the spine, reverse chinlock, Copeland gets up on his feet, Buddy cinches it back in, soon enough both men end up down and out on the floor! Back inside, trading right hands, Matthews shoves him off, Adam clobbers him against the ropes, duck a lariat, both men go for crossbodies and end up down and out as we go to break!
Back from commercial, Copeland with mounted punches in the corner, a boot, clubbing blows rain down, setting up the spear, Buddy cuts him off, nearfall and into an arm-trap crossface in the middle of the ring! Adam with a nearfall, laying in wait, Matthews sidesteps him into the corner, fireman’s carry… GO TO SLEEEEEP!
Buddy waiting for him to rise, Copeland sidesteps the stomp…
Adam Copeland wins by pinfall with a spear, retaining the AEW TNT Championship.
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