December 8th AEW Dynamite

*Live from Long Island, NY.

*MJF’s music plays, but CM Punk emerges from the tunnel…Punk buries MJF to a mixed reaction from the crowd…Punk challenges MJF, he’ll even fight him tonight in his home town…but he doubts MJF will accept.

*MJF video package making him out to be the hero of Long Island precedes Max’s entrance to join the battle royale, wearing his high school letterman jacket…

(1)  Dynamite Diamond Battle Royale: MJF & Dante Martin are the final 2 competitors after MJF tosses out Lio Rush & Lee Johnson (in the process, eliminating Wardlow) & Dante Martin swerves his Team Taz stable mate Ricky Starks & tosses him out to end the match (08:40)…AFTER…Starks attacks Dante Martin…MJF returns to the ring…to save Martin?…nope, he doubleteams him with Starks…CM Punk down for the save…MJF bails immediately & Starks eats a GTS.

(2)  Jurassic Express & Varsity Blonds defeat Acclaimed & 2-Point-0…Daniel Garcia tries to distract Jungle Boy but Eddie Kingston yanks Garcia off the apron…Max Caster misses the Mic Drop elbow & Jungle Boy locks in the Snare Trap for the submission win (08:51)…AFTER…Kingston stomps backstage where he meets up with Ortiz …mic issues cause us to miss Kingston’s rant…Garcia & 2.0 attack & beat Kingston & Ortiz down in a 3-on-2 until refs pull them off.

*Tully & FTR backstage…say the Lucha Brothers have never beaten FTR…time for FTR to take back the AEW tag titles this Friday on Rampage.

(3)  Young Bucks defeat Rocky Romero & Chuck Taylor…Matt reverses Romero’s Irish whip into a Tombstone set up & Nick completes the Meltzer Driver…Matt covers Romero for the win (16:03)…AFTER…Adam Cole & Orange Cassidy continue their fight from ringside into the ring…Wheeler Yuta makes his way into the ring & gets taken out…Cole hits Panama Sunrise on Cassidy & the SuperKliq set up for the triple BTE Trigger on Cassidy until Sue’s minivan pulls into the arena & Trent emerges…Trent clears the ring & Best Friends (including Sue & Kris Statlander) celebrate in the ring.

*Ruby Soho backstage with Marves…Bunny & Penelope interrupt…Friday they will team with Nyla to take on Ruby & 2 partners…Ruby swings on Bunny…Nyla Rose attacks Ruby from out of nowhere…TayJay make the save with steel chairs.

*Sammy Guevara in front of the ‘tron with Tony…Cody Rhodes interrupts to inform Sammy that his Open Challenge for Christmas Day is filled, by Cody himself…Ethan Page & Scorpio Sky pipe up from somewhere in the Loge Deck of the arena…they say Dan Lambert will be back…Sammy is avoiding competitors in the top 5, like them.

(4)  Riho defeats Jamie Hayter…Riho reverses out of a fireman’s carry on the 2^nd buckle into an Avalanche Crucifix Bomb & follows with her double knee strike for the win (13:30)…AFTER…Britt Baker attacks, sinks in the Lock Jaw.

*Announcement: Revolution 2022 PPV will be Sunday March 6^th in Orlando, FL.

*Varsity Blonds in front of the ‘tron with Tony…LIGHT OUT…LIGHT ON…Malakai Black spits the black mist in Julia Hart’s face…LIGHTS OUT…Malakai disappears…

(5)  Bryan Danielson defeats John Silver…Danielson hits a Gotch Piledriver & follows by shooting a half nelson on the unconscious Silver to record the submission win (11:17)…AFTER…Danielson promised to kick Silver’s head in & prepares to make good on it…Hangman Page races down for the save & after Danielson bails, Hangman grabs a mic & promises to “kick the Cowboy Shit out of you” in next week’s title match.

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AEW  RAMPAGE PREVIEW – December 10, 2021

+ Lucha Brothers (c) vs. FTR – for the AEW Tag Team Championship

+ Nyla Rose, the Bunny, & Penelope Ford vs. Ruby Soho, Anna Jay, & Tay Conti

+ Adam Cole vs. Wheeler Yuta

+ Fuego del Sol vs. Hook (in-ring debut)

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AEW DYNAMITE – WINTER IS COMING PREVIEW – December 15, 2021

+ Hangman Adam Page (c) vs. Bryan Danielson – for the AEW World Championship

+ Dynamite Diamond Finals: MJF vs. Dante Martin

+ Serena Deeb vs. Hikaru Shida

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