Cody defeats Darby Allin: AEW Dynamite April 29

Result: Cody defeats Darby Allin

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Match

Cody showed some weakness when he tried to bridge out of a pin, but Darby saw it and began working over the knee. Like the majority of the roster, Shawn Spears sat ringside and exchanged glances with Cody obviously upset about his loss in the opening round. On the outside, Cody moved out of the way and Darby ran straight into Brandi. As Darby looked over Brandi, Cody took the advantage as AEW went to commercial.

Back from commercial, Cody maintained the advantage hitting Darby with a delayed face first suplex. After a long stretch with Cody on the offensive, Darby Allin went back to the knee, hit a destroyer, and went to a knee bar. Darby kept his offense focused on Cody’s legs showing a lot of range. With Cody trying to recover on the outside, Britt Baker hit him with a shoe. Back in the ring, Darby started using a headbutt on Cody’s knee. AEW went to commercial.

Back from the break, Cody began a comeback with a disaster kick. Darby evaded a clothesline, hit cross-rhodes for a near fall. When that didn’t work, Darby cinched in the figure four. Brandi Rhodes came back out to the ringside area with a bottle of water. Cody took a sip and then Darby hit him over the head with it.

Darby hit the float over stunner, but missed a moonsault. Cody connected with cross-rhodes, but Darby kicked out. Cody went for the coffin drop, but Darby put his knees up. Darby immediately went for his own coffin drop, which he hit, but Cody used a back slide to get the pinfall victory.

All Matches from AEW Dynamite April 29

• Full Results
  • Best Friends vs. Kip Sabian and Jimmy Havoc
  • Marko Stunt vs. Brodie Lee
  • Lance Archer vs. Dustin Rhodes
  • Cody vs. Darby Allin
  • Shawn Spears vs. Baron Black
  • Wardlow defeats Musa

Match Ratings

Six dimensions combine to make up the overall rating. Matches score ratings of 1-10 only if the match lasts for a minimum of 5 minutes.

1. Match Quality– Was the match well wrestled or sloppy?
2. Audience Engagement– Did the live audience care about the match?
3. Competitiveness– Was the match competitive or one-sided?
4. Stakes – Did the match matter?
5. Finish– Did the match end in a satisfying manner?
6. Performance: (1) Poor (2) Below Average (3) Average (4) Above Average (5) Excellent