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Inner Circle defeats The Elite

Inner Circle defeats The Elite: AEW Dynamite March 18

Result: Inner Circle defeats The Elite

Match: Chris Jericho joined for commentary. Santana struck Cody from behind. As Santana ran the ropes, Cody hit a powerslam. He followed up with a release vertical suplex on Ortiz. Cody and Matt Jackson hit a double team move on Ortiz and then Page came in to hit Ortiz but denied his partners the satisfaction of a high five.

Page tagged in hitting a pair of clotheslines on Santana and a pump handle slam with a bridge. With Cody tagged in, the Inner Circle rallied as Dynamite went to a commercial break.

Back from commercial, the Inner Circle had Cody isolated. Hager held Cody in a front face lock and rammed him back into the Inner Circle corner. All of a sudden, Cody ducked a clothesline from Ortiz and connected with a cross Rhodes. The Inner Circle knocked the Elite off the apron before Cody could make the tag. Dynamite again went to a commercial break.

Back from commercial, the Inner Circle still had the advantage. After Cody put his feet up when Jake Hager went for a Vader Bomb, Cody finally got a tag off to Hangman Page. Hager pulled Page out of the ring, but only after Jackson made a blind tag. Matt hit his three northern lights suplexes on Santana, and then Adam Page assisted Matt with hitting a Northern Lights suplex on Jake Hager.

Santana rolled up Matt Jackson for a pinfall victory.

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