AEW Dynamite – March 16

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*Live from San Antonio, TX.

(1)  Adam Cole & reDRagon defeat Hangman Adam Page & Jurassic Express…Cole hits the Boom knee on Jungle Boy for the win (13:56).

*Keith Lee backstage with Tony and Powerhouse Hobbs/Ricky Starks …Team Taz once again warn Lee not to show up to Rampage…Lee once again says, “see y’all Friday.”

*Kris Statlander video package…she removes the contacts & facepaint but doesn’t speak…was this goodbye to the Galaxy’s Greatest Alien?

(2)  Jon Moxley & Brian Danielson defeats Chuck Taylor & Wheeler Yuta…Moxley locks in the Bulldog Choke on Yuta for the submission win (11:45)…AFTER…Wheeler Yuta makes it half way up the ramp with Best Friends before returning to the ring…he offers William Regal his hand but Regal slaps him across the face & sends him on his way.

*FTR backstage with Tony to discuss the firing of Tully Blanchard…the Young Bucks interrupt to remind FTR they’ll always be the 2^nd best tag team in AEW.

*The Acclaimed promo…Friday Max will take out Keith Lee…Hobbs & Starks interrupt, they’re rooting for Max to put down the “new guy” Lee…Swerve interrupts, asks Starks if he doesn’t like new guys then what is he going to do to stop Swerve from turning Fridays into…whose house?  Swerve’s house!

*The Jericho Appreciation Society to the ring…Jericho declares himself above all the “professional wrestlers” in this company because he is a Sports Entertainer…Daniel Garcia says he’s a sports entertainer, too…the Era of the Sports Entertainer has begun.

*Serena Deeb promo…flattered that Shida thought about her in rehab, but how much will she think about her when the Professor ends Shida’s career?

(3)  Scorpio Sky defeats Wardlow…retains his TNT Championship…Wardlow powerbombs Sky 3 times…Dan Lambert gets Wardlow’s attention, allowing Sky to roll out…Wardlow eventually follows Sky to the floor & prepares to powerbomb him out there when Shawn Spears starts down the ramp with steel chairs in hand…as the ref chases Spears back up the ramp MJF comes out of the crowd & runs Wardlow face first into the ringpost…Wardlow staggers back in & gets Rolled Up by Sky for the win (09:20)…

*AFTER…Austin Vanderford in & attacks Wardlow…Wardlow fights off Vanderford & Sky & gets his hands on MJF but before the symphony can begin, Spears clobbers Wardlow with a chair & Vanderford puts him down with the RNC…Spears delivers one final, vicious chair shot to Wardlow’s head & MJF hands an envelope to Lambert to pay for his services…MJF ends the proceedings with a loaded right hand to Wardlow, courtesy of the Dynamite Diamond ring.

*Jade Cargill backstage with Marves…who’s ready to be #30 in Jade’s potential 30-0 start?

(4)  Matt & Jeff Hardy defeat Private Party…Hardys hit stereo Twists of Fate…Jeff follows with the Swan-ton Bomb on Cassidy for the win (13:29)…AFTER…Andrade & the AFO to the ring & surround the Hardys….Sting & Darby down to even things up…the AFO decides to back off.

*Red Velvet backstage with Tony…Leyla was her friend, but now she must be stopped.

(5)  Thunder Rosa defeats Britt Baker…in a STEEL CAGE Match to become the NEW AEW Women’s World Champion…Britt Superkicks the ref & he bumps to the floor as Rosa rolls up Baker with no one to count…Rosa hits the Fire Thunder Driver & there’s still no one to count…Britt hits an Avalanche Air Raid Crash into a pile of chairs & STILL no one to count…Britt screams for a new ref & Aubrey Edwards finally answers the call…Britt builds a pyramid of opened chairs & moments later is knocked off the top rope into her creation…Britt retrieves a bag of thumbtacks…Rosa hits the Fire Thunder Driver into the tacks for the win (17:33)…AFTER…fellow Texan, Dustin Rhodes into the cage to hug the new champ as the show ends.

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AEW  RAMPAGE PREVIEW – March 18, 2022 (11:30pm EST or following basketball)

+ Keith Lee vs. Max Caster

+ Darby Allin vs. Butcher

+ Leyla Hirsch vs. Red Velvet

+ House of Black vs. Bear Country & Fuego del Sol

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