AEW Dynamite – June 8

Subscribe to Our Newsletter

*Live from Kansas City, MO.

(1)  Kyle O’Reilly wins the Casino Battle Royale…eliminating Wheeler Yuta for the win (22:29)…and as a result, faces #1 ranked Jon Moxley tonight in the main event for the right to move on to the Interim AEW World Championship match at Forbidden Door.

CLUBS: Darby Allin, Tony Nese, Eddie Kingston, Daniel Garcia, Lance Archer

DIAMONDS:  Ricky Starks, Jake Jager, Rey Fenix, Swerve Strickland, Keith Lee

HEARTS:  John Silver, Konosuke Takeshita, Max Caster, Austin Colten Gunn

SPADES: Powerhouse Hobbs, Kyle O’Reilly, Bobby Fish, Dante Martin, Wheeler Yuta

JOKER: Andrade

FINAL FOUR:  Rey Fenix, Andrade, Kyle O’Reilly, Wheeler Yuta

*Jon Moxley warns Kyle O’Reilly that he’s just in the wrong place at the wrong time…the Forbidden Door & this whole title tournament belongs to Mox.

*Tony Schiavone announces the new All Atlantic Championship…with a tournament commencing tonight…and a 4-Way championship match to take place at Forbidden Door.

Qualifiers:  Buddy Murphy (Australia) vs. Pac (UK)  //  Ethan Page (Canada) vs. Miro (Bulgaria)  //  Penta (Mexico) vs. Malakai Black (Netherlands)  //  NJPW match up TBA

(2)  All Atlantic Qualifier: Pac defeats Buddy Matthews…Pac hits a Poison’rana…follows with the Black Arrow for the win (10:46)…moving on to the 4-Way Final at Forbidden Door…AFTER…Lucha Brothers join Pac in the ring to celebrate…rest of House of Black out on the stage for a staredown.

*Eddie Kingston backstage…warns Jericho Appreciation Society that he’s not done…he wants Jake Hager on Rampage for costing him a shot at the world title.

*Trent Beretta in the ring…he’s bummed because it’s National Best Friends Day & his pals aren’t there…says Roppongi Vice deserves another shot at FTR after Empire ruined their title match…FTR out, says he should be mad at Empire, not them…Will Ospreay, Aaron Henare, & Aussie Open take out Trent & FTR…United Empire hold the ring.

*William Regal backstage…warns Kyle O’Reilly that it won’t be a fun time when he faces Moxley tonight…O’Reilly says he’s there to fight the best and he’s ready.

*Adam Cole joins commentary for the upcoming match…

(3)  Hangman Adam Page defeats David Finlay…Page hits the Buckshot Lariat for the win (10:23)…AFTER…Hangman on the mic, not pleased to be left out of the title picture…but says there’s more than one World Championship in professional wrestling…says he wants Kazuchika Okada for the IWGP World Championship at Forbidden Door…Adam Cole interrupts, says that if anyone should get that shot, it should be Adam Cole Bay Bay…warns Hangman to stay out of his way.

*Thunder Rosa backstage with Schiavone…ready for anyone…Marina Shafir accepts the open challenge…she would like to be Rosa’s problem tonight.

*Wardlow to the ring for an interview with Schiavone…doesn’t want the shot at the world title until CM Punk heals up…meanwhile, he wants the TNT title…Scorpio Sky out, Dan Lambert & Ethan Page hold him back (he’s nursing an injury)…Mark Sterling interrupts, not happy that Wardlow ripped up his legal papers last week…says Wardlow must either face him in court or wrestle 20 members of the American Arena Security Professionals.

*Young Bucks backstage promo…want their tag titles back…Hardys interrupt, they deserve the tag title shot more because they just beat the Bucks…Christian Cage & Jurassic Express interrupt…Christian suggests a 3-Way Ladder Match for the tag titles next week…everyone seems happy with that except the champs.

(4)  Thunder Rosa defeats Marina Shafir…retains her AEW Women’s World Championship…Shafir goes for a backdrop…Rosa counters with a Cazadora roll under & hooks both legs to complete the Roll Up win (08:26)…AFTER…Shafir attacks Rosa from behind…beats her down & locks her in a unique submission…Toni Störm down for the save…Toni takes out Shafir but hesitates & admires Rosa’s title before handing it to the champ.

*Jade Cargill & the Baddies backstage with Schiavone…Kris Statlander faces Red Velvet on Rampage.

(5)  Jon Moxley defeats Kyle O’Reilly…Moxley hits the drive-by Regal Knee on a kneeling O’Reilly…follows with the Paradigm Shift suplex for the win (14:14)…as a result will fight for the Interim AEW World Championship at Forbidden Door…his opponent will be the winner of this weekend’s Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Hirooki Goto match at NJPW’s “Dominion” event.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

AEW  RAMPAGE PREVIEW – June 10, 2022

+ Red Velvet vs. Kris Statlander

+ FTR & Trent Beretta vs. Will Ospreay & Aussie Open

+ Satnam Singh (debut) & Jay Lethal in action

+ We hear from Hook & Danhausen

+ Jake Hager vs. Eddie Kingston

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

NJPW DOMINION PREVIEW – June 12, 2022 – Osaka-Jo Hal in Osaka, Japan

+ Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Hirooki Goto – winner faces Jon Moxley at Forbidden Door

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

AEW  DYNAMITE ROAD RAGER – PREVIEW – June 15, 2022 – St. Louis, MO.

+ Chris Jericho vs. Ortiz – Hair vs. Hair Match

+ Jurassic Express (c) vs. Young Bucks vs. Hardys – 3 Way Ladder Match for the AEW Tag Team Championship

+ Wardlow vs. Plaintiffs – in a 20-on-1 “Class Action” Elimination Match

+ Ethan Page vs. Miro – All Atlantic Qualifier

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

AEW  & NJPW present Forbidden Door PPV – Sun., June 26^th (United Center, Chicago)

+ Jon Moxley vs. (Winner: Tanahashi/Goto ) – for the Interim AEW World Championship

+ All Atlantic Championship 4-Way Final – Pac vs. TBD (Ethan Page/Miro) vs. TBD (Penta/Malakai Black) vs. TBD (NJPW Rep.)

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

AEW  DYNAMITE PREVIEW – June 29, 2022 – Detroit, MI.

+ BLOOD & GUTS – Jericho Appreciation Society vs. Eddie Kingston, Jon Moxley, +TBA

Check out HighSpots for signed and exclusive wrestling items.

If you enjoy Minutes to Bell Time, consider subscribing to my weekly pro wrestling letter. You can read last week’s letter and subscribe by Clicking Here.