AEW Dynamite – March 23

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*Live from Cedar Park, TX.

(1)  CM Punk defeats Dax Harwood…Punk locks in the Anaconda Vice for the submission win (12:50).

*The Jericho Appreciation Society backstage…they “future endeavored” Santana & Ortiz…Silver & Reynolds are next.

(2)  Sting, Darby Allin, & the Hardys defeat Private Party, Butcher & the Blade…in an 8-MAN TORNADO TAG Match…Matt hits a Twist of Fate on Mar Quen (as Sting hits the Scorpion Death Drop on Kassidy simultaneously), Matt covers Quen for the win (09:25).

*FTR backstage with Tony…they’ve got a problem with the Gunn Club & they’ll settle it next week.

(3)  Bryan Danielson & Jon Moxley defeat Varsity Blonds…Moxley gets Griff to tap to the RNC for the submission win (06:00)…AFTER…Mox says he earned his “Blackpool Badge of Honor” under his Lordship, William Regal…anyone who thinks they can run with these three sadistic men, feel free to step up…but know that it only comes “the hard way.”

*MJF (& Shawn Spears) to the ring…Max says he’s not sure when or where, but another Punk match will happen…calls Wardlow a greedy little pig & has no plans to let him out of his iron-clad contract…Wardlow to ringside, restrained by an entire team of security…MJF plans to pay him to stay home to make him irrelevant…lastly, MJF reminds us that the Pinnacle is NOT over.

*Best Friends backstage with Tony…Trent never liked Wheeler Yuta…Yuta didn’t like him either.

(4)  Adam Cole defeats Jay Lethal…Lethal kicks out of Panama Sunrise…reDRagon distract the ref, allowing Cole to counter the Lethal Injection with a low blow…Cole follows with the Boom knee for the win (10:05)…AFTER…Cole says Hangman doesn’t have the balls to face him & reDRagon…Hangman Page to the ring…3-on-1 ensues until Jurassic Express races down for the save, but Cole leaves with Hangman’s AEW Championship.

*Dustin Rhodes & Lance Archer dueling promos…Lance reminds us that everybody dies…Dustin informs Archer that monsters die, too…they’ll fight on Rampage.

*Sammy Guevara & Tay Conti in the ring with Tony…they want payback on Paige VanZant & anyone from the Lambert camp…Dan Lambert, Ethan Page, & Scorpio Sky out…they have no interest in that match…also, Sammy insinuates that he might have treated the TNT belt like Paige did her NXT title…so…eww!

*Ricky Starks & Swerve Strickland dueling promos…Swerve wants to take Ricky’s FTW title away in Ricky’s second home of Austin, TX…& we’ll see if he can…on Rampage.

(5)  Leyla Hirsch defeats Red Velvet…Leyla grabs two turnbuckles from under the ring this time…let’s the ref see & take one away…blasts Velvet with the second she had hidden in her trunks, behind the ref’s back…Leyla simply covers Velvet for the win (06:32)…AFTER…Leyla continues to punish Velvet…Kris Statlander down for the save.

*Jade Cargill backstage with Tony…she’s already planning a HUGE celebration for her 30^th victory…fit for a queen…one who name-checks (& happens to hold a victory over) the AEW Women’s World Champ, Thunder Rosa.

*Thunder Rosa out in front of the ‘tron with Tony…immediately interrupted by Vickie Guerrero, who doesn’t like Rosa “pretending” to be from Texas…Nyla Rose attacks from behind & drops the champ.

(6)  Chris Jericho & Daniel Garcia defeat John Silver & Alex Reynolds…Jericho hits Reynolds with Floyd from outside, allowing Garcia to sink in a modified Sharpshooter for the submission win (10:00).

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AEW  RAMPAGE PREVIEW – March 25, 2022

+ Dustin Rhodes vs. Lance Archer

+ reDRagon vs. Alan Angels & Pres10 Vance

+ Ricky Starks vs. Swerve Strickland – for the FTW Championship

+ Nyla Rose in action

+ Hook gets his Certificate of Accomplishment from QT Marshall

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AEW  DYNAMITE PREVIEW – March 30, 2022

+ Darby Allin vs. Andrade

+ FTR vs. Gunn Club

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