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Tonight's episode of AEW Dynamite saw Chris Jericho squaring up with Orange Cassidy in the middle of the night ahead of their showdown at Fyter Fest. AEW World Champion Jon Moxley was not on the show tonight as he was exposed to someone who was COVID positive, as was QT Marshall.
FTR were in action against SCU. Tonight's AEW Dynamite also had Joey Janela and Sonny Kiss team up to face Brodie Lee and Colt Cabana. AEW Women's Champion Hikaru Shida took on Red Velvet.
AEW Dynamite: Luchasaurus vs Wardlow
Wardlow vs Luchasaurus kicked off AEW Dynamite. Wardlow started the match in dominant fashion, the impact from his clothesline forcing Luchasaurus to roll out of the ring. Back in the ring, Wardlow hit a Spear in the corner and then tossed Luchasaurus out to the lumberjacks at ringside. The lumberjacks in the area piled on the big man but he broke free quite easily.
MJF made himself useful from ringside at this point. With Luchasaurus on the apron, MJF grabbed his ankle. This gave Wardlow the opening he needed to take back the initiative. He followed it with a German Suplex to Wardlow and followed it up with a superplex after more back and forth.
Luchasaurus hit back with a Spanish Fly before the action headed to the entrance ramp. Wardlow planted Luchasaurus on the ramp. As Jungle Boy checked on Luchasaurus, Wardlow tossed him into the lumberjacks. Marko Stunt also got involved and got thrown into the fan area.
When the action headed back into the ring, Luchasarus hit a chokeslam. Before he could capitalize, MJF had the referee distracted. Wardlow took his chance and hit the F-10 to Luchasaurus and pinned him.
AEW Dynamite Results: Wardlow def Luchasaurus
AEW Dynamite: Hikaru Shida vs Red Velvet
Shida hit her opponent with a running knee as soon as the bell rang. She then hit the Falcon Arrow to win the match with her second move. A dominant performance from the AEW Women's Champion.
AEW Dynamite Results: Hikaru Shida def. Red Velvet
AEW Dynamite: Joey Janela and Sonny Kiss vs Brodie Lee and Colt Cabana
Tag-team action was next on AEW Dynamite. We got a video package for Janela and Sonny Kiss before the match. The package showed them driving while Kiss told Janela how he was misunderstood. They drove up to a gas station where Kiss pulled over. When Janela went into the store, a group of guys accosted Kiss outside. Kiss started brawling with the men. When Janela came outside, he saw this and joined in. Janela and Kiss laid out the group and Kiss said he didn't mind getting used to this.
Brodie Lee and Sonny Kiss started the match on AEW Dynamite. Lee started off strong, laying into Kiss with strikes. Janela also got taken down by the leader of The Dark Order when he tagged in. Colt Cabana briefly tagged in but he was overrun by Janela and Kiss. Brodie Lee was forced to tag back in and take control of the match for his team.
Joey Janela dished out a series of offense on Colt Cabana only to get a 2-count. Alex Reynolds and John Silver were soon out to act as a distraction but Sonny Kiss took them out. Lee took this chance to wipe out Janela with a Discus Lariat. He then told Cabana to make the pin and get the win.
AEW Dynamite Results: Colt Cabana and Brodie Lee def. Joey Janela and Sonny Kiss
AEW Dynamite: FTR vs SCU
FTR were initially supposed to take on Dustin Rhodes and QT Marshall on AEW Dynamite, but that match had to be cancelled after QT Marshall was exposed to someone who is COVID-19 positive.
Harwood and Kazarian went back and forth to kick off the action. FTR were all over Kazarian early on but Daniels soon tagged in. Daniels hit a series of chops and strikes to Dash Wheeler. Both FTR and SCU then brawled in the middle of the ring as we went to commercial.
Harwood was all over Daniels when we came back from commentary. Harwood tried a roll up but Kazarian broke it up. Kazarian and Wheeler were in the ring as the legal men after this. We got some nice double team action from SCU as Kazarian tried to pin Wheeler but failed.
FTR then isolated Daniels in the ring and hit the Veg-o-matic for a near fall. We got a nice counter from Daniels after this and he rolled up Harwood for another near fall. SCU followed it up with a Powerbomb/Neckbreaker combo for another near fall.
Daniels hit Harwood with the Angel's wing but Wheeler broke it up. FTR followed it up with the Goodnight Express to Christopher Daniels and Wheeler pinned him for the win.
AEW Dynamite Results: FTR def. SCU
AEW Dynamite: Brian Cage vs Joe Cruz
Brian Cage made short work of his opponent. After tossing Cruz around the ring for a bit, Cage planted him on the entrance ramp. Cage then finished off Cruz with a Drillclaw for the win.
AEW Dynamite Results: Brian Cage def. Joe Cruz
AEW Dynamite: Santana vs Matt Hardy
The younger and faster Santana tried to get one up on Matt Hardy early on, catching him with a couple of cheap shots on AEW Dynamite. The action soon spilled to ringside and Hardy tossed Santana into the barricade. Hardy then rolled his opponent back into the ring. As he was about to get back in himself, Ortiz held his leg. This gave Santana the opening he needed as we headed to commercial.
We came back from commercial to see Hardy trying to hit a Side Effect. Santana blocked it and planted Hardy. Matt eventually made his comeback with a series of clotheslines for a 2-count. Hardy followed it up with a couple of Side Effects but Santana kicked out.
Ortiz tried to distract Hardy from ringside and it almost worked out for him. Santana caught Hardy off guard and hit him with a modified Death Valley Driver. Hardy rolled Santana up and pinned him.
AEW Dynamite Results: Matt Hardy def. Santana
Ortiz attacked Matt Hardy after the match. Santana and Ortiz then hit Hardy with the Street Sweeper to lay him out.
AEW Dynamite: Chris Jericho meets Orange Cassidy face-to-face
Chris Jericho and Orange Cassidy met in the ring for the final segment of AEW Dynamite. This follows the Inner Circle's attack on Orange Cassidy a couple of weeks ago.
Jericho said that when he found out AEW signed Orange Cassidy, he called up Tony Khan and others to find out why Cassidy was even signed. Jericho added that he was told everyone loved Orange Cassidy.
Jericho then added that he applauded Cassidy for doing his own thing. He added that people loved him because he was like them - lazy, a slacker and he didn't have what it took to make it to the top. Jericho then warned Cassidy not to try any of his "stupid" signature offense at Fyter Fest.
Jericho then took Cassidy's sunglasses and destroyed them. This was the line for Cassidy. He took Jericho down and the fight spilled out to ringside and into the fan area.
Jericho caught Cassidy with a right hand before he himself was sent face-first into a railing. The brawl continued until Cassidy caught Jericho with a Superman Punch, sending Jericho through a table, as AEW Dynamite went off the air.
