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This week's episode of AEW Dynamite was another home-run, especially when you consider the fact that there were no fans in attendance once again. Tonight's show saw Matt Hardy come face to face with Chris Jericho in the middle of the ring. We also had Cody Rhodes in action tonight as well as on commentary for most of the show.
We saw a title match on the card also as Kenny Omega defended the AAA Mega Championship against Sammy Guevara of The Inner Circle. We also had Jake Hager in action tonight. Darby Allin was also in action as he went one on one with Kip Sabian in singles action.
Cody vs Jimmy Havoc
The night started with Cody taking on British star Jimmy Havoc. This wasn't an easy match for Cody by any means. Both men tried to pin each other early. Cody and Havooc traded strikes before Cody landed a springboard stunner. Cody tried to lock in a Figure Four but Havoc quickly forced the break.
The match spilled out of the ring and the action continued up the entrance ramp. Havoc grabbed a headset and tried to talk trash but Cody put an end to it with a stiff uppercut. Back in the ring, Cody hit a running lariat right from the back.
Cody went to follow it up with a second springboard stunner but was stopped in his tracks by Havoc. Havoc locked in an armbar and followed it up with a suplex. Havoc followed it up with a massive lariat for a 2-count.
Cody hit a suplex of his own and followed it up with the Cross Rhodes for the win.
Cody def. Jimmy Havoc
Jake Roberts had a chilling message for Cody after the match. Check it out below:
Kip Sabian vs Darby Allin
'Superbad' Kip Sabian faced Darby Allin next. Sabian had Penelope Ford at ringside with him.
Sabian started the match stronger and had more meaningful offense in the early stages of the match. Ford kept laying into Allin every time the referee had his back turned.
Allin came into his own halfway through the match, taken the fight to Sabian with his trademark high flying offense. Allin grounded Sabian and followed it up with a modified DDT. Allin then dumped Sabian out of the ring and went to hit a suicide dive only for Ford to get in the way. Allin stopped in his tracks and changed direction, hitting Sabian who had run to another side of the ring.
As Allin tried to get in the ring, Ford caught him by the ankle. Sabian then caught Allin with a knee to the jaw but it didn't keep him down. Allin followed t up with a modified leglock which he used to pin Sabian, dubber 'The Last Supper'. The move worked and Allin pinned Sabian for another massive win.
Darby Allin def. Kip Sabian
Jake Hager vs Chico Adams
Jake Hager of The Inner Circle was in action against Chico Adams. Sammy Guevara wasn't at ringside for the match as he was busy getting ready for his own match later in the night.
Hager dominated the match from the moment the bell rang, planting Chico Adams with a massive suplex. Chico briefly caught Hager with a strike but that was about all the offense that he got in.
Hager then planted Chico Adams with an Uranage Slam and didn't let go, choking out Chico Adams for the win.
Jake Hager def. Chico Adams
AEW World Champion Jon Moxley was out after the match with his title. He took out Hager with the Paradigm Shift, forcing him to back off and make his way out of the arena.
Moxley gave an interview backstage after the match. He said he'd warned Hager to watch his blindspot before adding that he's been declared to be 100% fit. Moxley warned that when he and Hager finally met inside the ring, things would not end well for the latter.
Brodie Lee interacts with Dark Order minions
We got a video package for 'The Exalted One' Brodie Lee. Lee appeared in the video along with John Silver and Alex Reynolds of the Dark Order. Lee also threw shade at Vince McMahon in the video. Vince notoriously hates it when someone sneezes near him. Lee channeled this and kicked Alex Reynolds out of his room for sneezing.
Brodie Lee vs QT Marshall
'The Exalted One' Brodie Lee made his in-ring debut against QT Marshall next. Lee nearly beheaded Marshall with a massive big boot before the bell even rang. Lee then tossed Marshall out of the ring and sent him face-first into the apron. He followed it up by tossing Marshall back-first into the barricade and then back into the ring once again.
Lee had QT Marshall right where he wanted him. The Exalted One followed it up with a patented Discus Clothesline to pin Marshall for the win.
Brodie Lee def. QT Marshall
The Dark Order member who was with Lee came into the ring and tossed a mask on Marshall, who was still down on the mat. Lee won his debut AEW match convincingly and there's clearly a lot more to come from him which we will see in the coming weeks.
Kenny Omega (C) vs Sammy Guevara (for the AAA Mega Championship)
Kenny Omega put the AAA Mega Championship on the line against Sammy Guevara. Guevara looked in fantastic form as the match began, taking control of the match in the early stages multiple times.
The actioned spilled out to ringside early. Omega tried to whip Guevara into the barricade but the Spanish God leapfrogged it and sat down on a chair. As Omega came to approach him, he hit him with an elbow.
The action was soon back in the ring and Guevara was still in control. He catapulted Omega throat-first into the bottom rope.
Omega was back in control after this, hitting a snap suplex at ringside followed by a crossbody from the top rope. Guevara tried to lock in an armbar after this but Omega's foot was on the bottom rope.
Guevara tried to isolate Omega's arm and hit it with a moonsault but ended up eating the mat.
Both men kept going back and forth and didn't relent, hitting each other with everything they had.
Omega took control of the match with a nasty boot followed by a double axe-handle. Omega followed it up with a V-Trigger and a snap suplex but Guevara landed on his feet and hit a modified Burning Hammer.
Omega replied with another V-Trigger and then the One Winged Angel to pick up the win.
Kenny Omega def. Sammy Guevara
Chris Jericho and Matt Hardy meet face to face
Chris Jericho was in the ring first and Vanguard 1 soon met him there. Jericho called out Vanguard 1 hilariously before asking it to join the Inner Circle, adding that the finest of Instagram drones would check him out after that.
Vanguard 1 turned his back on Jericho and ended up flying away. Matt Hardy's music hit at this point. Matt Hardy appeared in the rafters before making his way down to the ring to confront Chris Jericho.
Hardy told Jericho that the latter "knew" he would come. Hardy then said that he was magic before Jericho stopped him in his tracks. Jericho said that he was AEW, so Hardy needed to align himself with the Inner Circle instead of The Elite.
Hardy replied that the Inner Circle was creating tyranny in AEW and he couldn't allow them to ruin "paradise". Jericho once again asked Matt Hardy to join The Inner Circle.
Hardy told Jericho that even though he recognized his vessel, he was a different person inside. He added that his Damascus persona was nearly 3000 years old. Hardy then told Jericho that he was evil and rotten to the core.
Jericho took a shot at Hardy after this, saying that he had never quite reached the top and was always in someone's shadow.
Hardy then claimed that the arena was full of essences including Abraham Lincoln. Jericho then tried to smack Matt Hardy's entity out of him with a right hand.
Sammy Guevara jumped Matt Hardy at this point but Cody and Kenny Omega came out to drive The Inner Circle away.
