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AEW did not disappoint with the Blood and Guts special on Dynamite. The main event was a bloody and hard-fought affair with all ten men putting everything on the line.
Who came out on top at Blood & Guts?
Read on to learn more about the results from this week's special episode of AEW Dynamite.
Jon Moxley and Eddie Kingston vs Kenny Omega and Michael Nakazawa kicked off AEW Dynamite
The night was set to kick off with the tag team match pitting AEW World Champion Kenny Omega and Michael Nakazawa against Jon Moxley and Eddie Kingston.
Don Callis took the mic before the match and said Kenny Omega wasn't in the building and Nakazawa would have to wrestle the match on his own. Commentary at this point said that they had seen Kenny Omega backstage.
As Jon Moxley and Eddie Kingston made their way down to the ring, Kenny Omega attacked them from behind.
The match finally started with Kenny Omega and Eddie Kingston as the legal men. Moxley came in soon and tossed Nakazawa out of the ring.
Mox then hit Kenny Omega with a side slam forcing him to roll out of the ring. Kingston and Moxley were all over Nakazawa at this point.
Kenny Omega got back into the ring to even the odds. Nakazawa managed to hit Eddie Kingston with a low blow as the referee had his back turned.
We saw some incredible back and forth between both teams after this. The finish of the match saw Mox choking out Nakazawa. This was followed by a lariat/half and half suplex from Jon and Eddie before pinning Nakazawa for the win.
Result: Jon Moxley and Eddie Kingston def. Kenny Omega and Michael Nakazawa
Grade: C
The Young Bucks came out after the match and distracted Moxley and Kingston as the Good Brothers attacked them from behind. Anderson and Gallows hit Moxley with a Magic Killer. Nick Jackson then hit a superkick to Jon Moxley.
Kenny Omega followed it up with a One Winged Angel to Eddie Kingston. Matt Jackson then did a mock three-count.
Cody Rhodes vs QT Marshall on AEW Dynamite
Cody Rhodes was all over QT Marshall as the match began on AEW Dynamite. Cody then went to hit QT with his weight belt but the referee stopped him in his tracks. QT, in turn, smashed Cody with his own weight belt.
Cody fought back and headed to the top rope but QT joined him and hit a superplex. Cody was forced to roll out of the ring to regroup and QT followed him. QT got into a scuffle with Arn Anderson at ringside and this led to the referee throwing Arn out.
Back in the ring, Cody was sent head-first into the middle turnbuckle. Both men exchanged strikes and QT got the better of the exchange with a high boot.
Cody hit back with a moonsault off the top rope and hooked the leg but it was only a two-count. The former TNT Champion went to hit the Cody Cutter but QT hit him with Cross Rhodes for a nearfall. QT followed it up with a Buckle Bomb.
Cody then reversed a Tombstone Piledriver attempt into one of his own and got a nearfall himself. Cody followed it up with a Cross Rhodes but QT kicked out again.
Cody then locked in the Figure 4, forcing Marshall to tap out on AEW Dynamite.
Result: Cody Rhodes def. QT Marshall
Grade: A
Anthony Ogogo came out and assaulted Cody after the match on AEW Dynamite. He took Cody out with a punch to the mid-section.
Scorpio Sky and Ethan Page send a message to Sting and Darby Allin on AEW Dynamite
We had a backstage interview featuring Scorpio Sky and Ethan Page on AEW Dynamite. Both men made a huge statement last week by attacking Sting and Darby Allin.
Scorpio Sky said that Sting was a mosquito sucking the blood out of AEW. He then told Sting that his time was over.
Ethan Page added that he had a long history with Darby Allin. Page then added that the reason Darby wore facepaint was because of a dent he made in his face. As Page continued to speak, Darby Allin assaulted him from behind. Darby then tossed Scorpio Sky into a barricade. Allin then climbed a ladder and sort of hit a Coffin Drop of it to Ethan Page.
Darby Allin was all over Ethan Page when Scorpio Sky came from behind and tossed a trash can at his head. Page and Sky then tossed Darby down a flight of concrete stairs.
Dr. Britt Baker vs Julia Hart on AEW Dynamite
Britt Baker looked in great form. She quickly took down Kulia Hart with a Slingblade before taking her glove from Rebel. Baker then hit Julia Hart with the Air Raid Crash before locking in the Lockjaw for an emphatic win.
Result: Dr. Britt Baker def. Julia Hart
Grade: D
Varsity Blondes vs Jurassic Express vs The Acclaimed vs Frankie Kazarian and Christopher Daniels on AEW Dynamite
Frankie Kazarian and Jungle Boy started the match on AEW Dynamite. This was a high-stakes bout as the winner would face The Young Bucks next week for the Tag Team titles.
Things broke down after Brian Pillman Jr. tried to tag himself in and Kazarian knocked him off the apron with the right hand. Fast-paced action with all eight men in the ring and the sequence ended with Pillman Jr. and Griff Garrison standing tall.
The Acclaimed were in control when we came back from an ad break, working over Christopher Daniels.
Caster and Bowens traded tags and worked over Daniels. The veteran hit back with a right hand, knocking Caster off the apron before taking Bowens down. Luchasaurus tagged himself in now and took out both members of The Acclaimed. He followed it up with a chokeslam to Pillman followed by one to Griff Garrison.
Jurassic Express was all over The Acclaimed at this point. Pillman came into the ring after this and was taken out by Jungle Boy. We saw Christopher Daniels hit Luchasaurus with a Flatliner on the floor.
Inside the ring, Kazarian took Jungle Boy down with a clothesline. Brian Pillman Jr. rolled Kazarian over but only got a two-count. Daniels and Kazarian hit Pillman Jr. with the Best Meltzer Ever for the win on AEW Dynamite.
Result: Frankie Kazarian and Christopher Daniels defeat Varsity Blonds, The Acclaimed & Jurassic Express
Grade: B
Kenny Omega was with Tony Schiavone. Omega was informed that he would be facing the winner of PAC vs Orange Cassidy at AEW Double Or Nothing with the World Title on the line.
Orange Cassidy came out and Omega took his sunglasses and gave them to Michael Nakazawa. The AEW Champion was not taking Cassidy too seriously.
Miro informed us that he will be facing Darby Allin for the TNT Championship next week.
Blood and Guts Match: The Inner Circle vs The Pinnacle on AEW Dynamite
Sammy Guevara and Dax Harwood started the match for their respective teams on AEW Dynamite. Sammy launched himself at Dax before taking him down with a dropkick. Harwood replied with a Spinebuster before laying into Guevara in the corner.
Sammy Guevara replied with chops of his own and then sent him head-first into the turnbuckles repeatedly.
Sammy then launched Harwood face-first into the steel many times as well. Harwood was busted open. Guevara followed it up with a springboard cutter on AEW Dynamite.
Next man in: Shawn Spears of The Pinnacle
Sammy Guevara was outnumbered and pretty much taken apart. Spears had a steel chair with him and he wasn't afraid to use it.
Next man in: Ortiz of The Inner Circle
Ortiz came in with a steel chair of his own and he was all over both Harwood and Shawn Spears. He tossed his chair straight into Dax Harwood's face. Meanwhile, Sammy Guevara hit Spears with an incredible Spanish Fly. Guevara tripped on the top rope after this and landed awkwardly on the mat on AEW Dynamite.
Next man in: Cash Wheeler of The Pinnacle
The one-man advantage made a big difference as The Pinnacle took complete control of the match. Guevara and Ortiz took a ton of punishment. Guevara briefly fought back but Shawn Spears locked in a Sharpshooter. Meanwhile, Cash Wheeler hit Ortiz with a Gory Special into the steel.
Next man in: Santana of The Inner Circle
Santana changed the tide of the match for his team. Harwood and Wheeler were down for the moment but used Santana's momentum to launch him face-first into the steel cage. Shawn Spears was all over Sammy Guevara. Ortiz did some damage with the barbed wire he had wrapped around his hand on AEW Dynamite.
Blood and Guts Match: The Inner Circle vs The Pinnacle on AEW Dynamite
Ortiz, Santana, and Guevara tried to overwhelm Wardlow, who was the next man in but couldn't do it on AEW Dynamite. Wardlow ended up taking out all three Inner Circle members, including a powerbomb to Ortiz against the steel.
Next man in: Jake Hager of The Inner Circle
Hager looked like a beast when he came in, taking out Harwood, Wheeler, and Shawn Spears. Wardlow and Hager then faced off from opposing rings. Both men traded strikes. Wardlow then sent Hager into the steel before getting a few shots into his midsection.
Next man in: MJF of The Pinnacle
MJF and The Pinnacle used the man-advantage well to take control of the match again. There was blood all over the mat at this point on AEW Dynamite.
Last man in: Chris Jericho of The Inner Circle
Chris Jericho came in as the bell rang. Both teams faced off from opposing rings before charging to meet in the middle. Jericho had his baseball bat Floyd and he started teeing off on members of The Pinnacle. Shawn Spears tried to escape Jericho's clutches but got choked against the Blood and Guts structure for his troubles.
Dax Harwood was all over Ortiz as Jericho turned his attention to MJF. Harwood and Wheeler tore the canvas and exposed the wood on the mat as Shawn Spears exposed one of the turnbuckles.
Harwood and Wheeler looked for simultaneous piledrivers on the exposed wood but failed. Guevara instead helped Santana and Ortiz hit assisted piledrivers to Harwood and Wheeler.
Sammy Guevara went Coast to Coast and knocked a steel chair right into Shawn Spears' face.
Chris Jericho hit MJF with the exposed turnbuckle after this. Santana then jabbed MJF in the head with a fork. Jericho choked Wardlow with a baseball bat. It was all Inner Circle at this point.
Wardlow fought back for his team, laying out anyone near him but the numbers game was too much for him on AEW Dynamite.
Tully Blanchard assaulted referee Bryce Remsburg at ringside and took the key and opened the door. MJF crawled out and climbed on top of the cage. Jericho followed him up.
Jericho locked in the Liontamer on top of the cage. MJF hit back with a nasty-looking low blow out of desperation. In turn, MJF locked in the Salt of the Earth on top of the steel structure on AEW Dynamite.
MJF then took out the Dynamite diamond ring and clocked Jericho with a right hand.
The Pinnacle leader was about to throw Chris Jericho off the top of the cage at this point, forcing members of The Inner Circle to surrender on AEW Dynamite to and save their leader.
Result: The Pinnacle def. The Inner Circle
Grade: A
Unsurprisingly, MJF ended up throwing Jericho off the steel structure. He stood tall as AEW Dynamite came to a close.
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