AEW Dynamite Live Results (January 4, 2023): WWE legend clashes against popular star, 2 major title matches, former world champion attacks Jon Moxley?

#AndNew..@DarbyAllin is the NEW TNT CHAMPION!! #AEWDynamite #AEW pic.twitter.com/jaMm2n0YeU
— Sportskeeda Wrestling (@SKWrestling_) January 5, 2023

2-TIME TNT CHAMPION!! #AEWDynamite #AEW pic.twitter.com/ErCqa5OAKJ
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Sting is coming out! He hugs his protege Darby Allin! What a moment to cap off the first AEW Dynamite of 2023.

Samoa Joe has the Coquina Clutch locked in. Darby manages to roll him up and Joe is forced to break the hold. Joe locks in a sleeper hold, Darby is fadig here but he manages to break free by sending Joe into the exposed turnbuckle. Darby now hits a Code Red. Coffin Drop! Second Coffin Drop! Darby Allin wins. He's a 2-time TNT Champion now!

Darby Allin def. Samoa Joe

Darby Allin has a chokehold locked in. He's now wrenching Joe's face. Joe isn't phased and takes down Darby Allin with a leg sweep. The crowd has been red hot tonight and they're behind Darby Allin. Samoa Joe hits a double kneebreaker and Darby seems to be in trouble here.

Darby Allin tries to get back into the ring but Joe smashes his face into the steel ring post, sending Darby crashing back out to the floor.

Samoa Joe has taken back control of the match. He smashes Darby Allin's body into the corner of the steel steps.

Samoa Joe (C) vs Darby Allin [for the TNT Championship]

Samoa Joe grabs hold of Nick Wayne's throat at ringside. Darby Allin launches himself out of the ring and takes Joe out. Darby now smashes Joe with the skateboard and ollie's onto his back from the entrance ramp. Darby now takes out a ladder and climbs it before taking Joe out with a Swanton Bomb. What a start!

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Nick Wayne is at ringside for the match between Darby Allin and Samoa Joe!

Red Velvet tags back in but Kiera Hogan takes her down. She builds a head of steam and takes her out with a sliding kick in the corner. Red Velvet blocks a suplex but gets hit with it eventually. Jade tags in and hits a pump kick ot Hogan and one to Skye Blue who's on the apron. Jade follows it up with a chokeslam to Kiera Hogan. She tries to tag Red Velvet in but she refuses. Jade still kicks out of a roll up and smashes Kiera Hogan with a pump kick before pinning her.

Jade Cargill and Red velvet def. Skye Blue and Kiera Hogan

it looks like things are over between The Baddies and Red Velvet.

Jade Cargill and Red Velvet vs Kiera Hogan and Skye Blue

A strong start by Hogan and Skye Blue as they isolate Red Velvet early on. Jade tags in and hits Skye Blue with a bodyslam before telling her that this is how it's done. Jade charges at Skye Blue but misses her elbow. She knocks Skye Blue off the apron with her other elbow.

FTR's music hits..... It's a ruse by the Gunns. FTR aren't back yet. Austin Gunn says FTR will never work in AEW again. Colten adds that they are now the Living Legends.

Austin and Colten Gunn are out next. They are mocking FTR's loss against them in December. Just to remind everyone, FTR lost to Hirooki Goto and Yoshi-Hashi last night on Wrestle Kingdom 17, dropping the IWGP Tag-Team Championships.

Saraya asks Toni Storm to be her partner against Britt Baker and Jamie Hayter. Shida looks annoyed and disappointed.

Parker Boudreaux hands Swerve something and it's neutralized Fox. Swerve hits a Death valley Driver on the apron and follows it up with the Swerve Stomp and pins Fox.

Swerve Strickland def. AR Fox

Fox is starting to dominate. He hits a cutter and follows it up with a top rope splash for a nearfall. Swerve crawls out to the apron for some respite. Fox dumps him on the middle turnbuckle. What's he trying to do here?

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Swerve vs AR Fox

It's a good start from AR Fox. He sends Swerve crashing out to ringside and hits a move off the top rope. Back in the ring, corkscrew suplex from AR Fox, followed by a clothesline in the corner. The ref's back is turned and one of Swerve's henchmen wipes Fox out with a cheapshot. Swerve almost cracks Fox's jaw with a nasty kick from the apron.

Bryan Danielson says when it's time for their Iron Man match, he will expose MJF as someone who's not good enough to come out and wrestle every week at the top level

.@bryandanielson vs @The_MJF in an 1-Hour Iron Man Match!? 👀#AEWDynamite #AEW pic.twitter.com/oRbEHHDkXW
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Danielson picks his stip! He wants a one hour long Iron Man Match. MJF agrees to it but says he won't let Danielson get past week one of the challenge.

Danielson relents a little. He says that if he can win every match until Feb 8th, he gets to pick a stipulation for their match at AEW Revolution.

MJF says that if Danielson can win every match from now till Feb 8th, he gets a title shot at AEW Revolution. Danielson replies he will wrestle when he wants and he will beat MJF when he gets his shot. MJF is really losing his cool here. He says his lawyer will filibuster and Danielson will never get his title shot.

Bryan Danielson says it's time to fight and goes to leave the ring. MJF immediately panics and tells him to stop in his tracks. MJF says if Danielson wants a title shot, he has to earn it.

MJF names some of the people who have put him over including Disco Inferno, Eric Bischoff and Jim Cornette.

MJF then lets out a line about Bryan Danielson's mother and a goat. Bryan hits back as good as he got and MJF looks a little rattled.

MJF starts off by calling Danielson "brain damaged Bryan". He refuses to wrestle Bryan tonight and says if Lance Storm and Dean Malenko had a child, the child would have more charisma then Bryan Danielson.

Bryan takes the mic after the match and calls down MJF. Surprisingly, MJF obliges.

Nese wants to hit a running knee to the corner but Danielson sidesteps it and he crashes into the turnbuckle. Danielson immediately hits him with a running knee strike and locks in a nasty looking STF lock. Nese is out and the referee calls for the bell.

Bryan Danielson def. Tony Nese

Bryan Danielson vs Tony Nese

Tony Nese isn't wasting a moment here. The former WWE star is all over Bryan Danielson in the opening moments. Bryan soon uses his experience to take control of the match and he smashes into Nese with the Yes Kicks. Nese rolls Danielson up and follows it up with a Buckle Bomb.

Britt Baker says she's the boss during her promo. Is she teasing a Mercedes Mone appearance in AEW?

"I'm The Boss!" - Britt Baker 👀#AEWDynamite #AEW pic.twitter.com/G7p8sLFRHJ
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Britt Baker and Jamie Hayter are backstage with Tony Schiavone. She comments on Saraya bringing in a tag-team partner next week and says that the former WWE star just doesn't get AEW. Despite having two of the best in the world, Shida and Storm, she's still looking to tag with someone else instead.

#AndNEW?!?! #AEW World Tag Team Champions?!?!

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— All Elite Wrestling (@AEW) January 5, 2023

Jay Lethal tries to leverage the middle rope and pin Anthony Bowens but Caster pushes his foot off. Bowens now rolls up Lethal for the win.

The Acclaimed def. Jay Lethal and Jeff Jarrett

Jay Lethal goes for the Lethal Injection but Bowens blcoks it. Jarrett then hits The Stroke and covers Bowens. Bowens' foot is on the rope but Sonjay Dutt pushes his foot off the rope and the ref counts to 3!!

Is that it?

NO! Aubrey Edwards steps in and the decision is reversed.

Max Caster leaps off the top rope and hits a crossbody. He gets a nearfall of it and tags out. Jarrett pishes Max Caster off the top rope and he crashes out to the mat. Bowens now gets double teamed before Lethal locks in a Figure 4. The referee ejects Satnam Singh and Sonjay Dutt!

The fans are rallying behind Bowens as he fights back. Both men go down. Lethal tags out and Jarrett stops Bowens from making the tag. Bowens takes Jarrett down with a suplex and finally tags out. Caster is all over Jay Lethal and follows it up with a superkick to Jarrett.

Double J has taken control of the match. He takes Bowens down and breaks out the strut. The fans chant "ass****" at Jarrett as he tags Lethal in. The referee missed the tag and they're forced to do it again.

Double J tags in but The Acclaimed double-team him. He gets a legdrop across the groin and Daddy Ass is in the ring now to mock Jarrett before he scissors The Acclaimed. Jay Lethal rolls out to ringside and slaps Billy Gunn across the face. Gunn enters the ring and the referee has to calm him down. The referee ejects Daddy Ass much to the delight of Jeff Jarrett.

The Acclaimed (C) vs Jeff Jarrett and Jay Lethal [for the AEW World Tag-Team Champions]

Jarrett and Bowens start things off. Double J hits Caster with a cheapshot early before tagging Lethal in. Bowens immediately takes down Lethal with a legdrop. Caster now tags in and mocks Double J.

Max Caster's rap wasn't as good as uusal but he did have a good line about TNA standing for Total Non-stop Acclaimed.

The AEW World Tag-Team titles will be on the line next. The Acclaimed have a stiff test against Jay Lethal and Jeff Jarrett.

Moxley replies and says that the only joke he's hearing is Hangman saying he can hang in the ring with Jon Moxley.

Hangman Page explains why he's angry with Jon Moxley. It's not because Mox knocked him out. It's because Mox called him down to the ring and cracked a joke at his expense. Page said he wasn't there for revenge back then but now he's here for revenge. Page adds that he has two lariats in the chamber with Moxley's name on it and he's bringing it next week.

Jon Moxley said he isn't a big fan of how fans have been treating Hangman Page, patiently waiting for him to return as well as the sympathy that he's been shown. Moxley says that he's had to wrestle all over the world injured in places like India and Baharain and Page's complaints were making him sick.

"Jon Moxley, I will knock your dick in the dirt!"
Oh!? #AEWDynamite #AEW pic.twitter.com/Q7dk5vmYyA
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Hangman says that he isn't medically cleared yet. However, he says if his next scan is clear he will be fit to wrestle Jon Moxley next week. Moxley's music hits and he's ready to confront his fellow former world champion.

Hangman Page is out next to speak to Tony Schiavone. The former AEW World Champion will give us an update on his injury.