4/24 AEW Dynamite Results – We start off with a cold open, as “earlier today” footage is shown of Kazuchika Okada and The Young Bucks arriving to Daily’s Place in Jacksonville, FL. for tonight’s show. Another car pulls up and we see Jack Perry pop out. Security tries to stop him from coming in, but The Young Bucks insist and in they go.
Chuck Taylor Must Choose Best Friend: Orange Cassidy Or Trent Beretta
Inside Daily’s Place, the theme for Orange Cassidy hits but no one comes out. Eventually we see the “Freshly Squeezed” one fly out of the entrance tunnel. Trent Beretta comes out after him and is beating him down all the way to the ring as the Jacksonville crowd boos. He gets on the mic and says, “Chuck, it’s time. Please, get out here.”
Out comes a dejected-looking Chuck Taylor to join Trent in the ring while Orange is laid out. He talks about how they’ve spent five years hugging this narcissistic piece of sh*t, who was originally supposed to be their mascot when they came in, but instead they ended up being his puppets. Chuck tells Trent he always thought he was a piece of sh*t and knocks him out of the ring. He challenges Trent to a parking lot brawl.
– We shoot to Jon Moxley somewhere in the back with the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship belt draped over his shoulder. He addresses Powerhouse Hobbs and talks about how tonight he’s gonna march through the mud, the fire and arrows to prove he’s willing to do what it takes to be atop the pro wrestling world as the IWGP champion.
AEW World Championship Eliminator
Swerve Strickland (C) vs. Kyle Fletcher
Back inside Daily’s Place, the theme for the brand new AEW World Heavyweight Champion Swerve Strickland hits and out comes Prince Nana. He leads the entrance of the new champ, as always, by doing his goofy-ass(ed) hilarious dance. The two head to the ring together as fans pop and loudly chant “Who’s House?!” “Swerve’s House!”
He settles in the ring and out comes his opponent, ROH World Television Champion Kyle Fletcher of The Don Callis Family. Don Callis joins the gang on special guest commentary for our opening title eliminator match. The bell sounds and we’re officially off-and-running with this one. Swerve dominates the early action, but Fletcher starts to take over on the floor at ringside.
Swerve takes back over and stands on the ring apron outside of the ring ropes, mean-mugging as we shift gears and head into a mid-match commercial break.
Back from the break, Strickland delivers a backbreaker to Fletcher. Fletcher responds with a superkick as we see The Elite enter the office of Tony Khan. Strickland delivers a neckbreaker to Fletcher on the apron, then lands a double stomp off the top rope. Strickland then delivers a kick back in the ring to Fletcher, but Fletcher cinches in a modified Ankle Lock. Strickland escapes the hold, but Fletcher lands a series of kicks on his chest. Strickland catches one, then lands some strikes and connects with an arm drag.
Strickland delivers a flatliner and a brainbuster before the two take turns trying to send one another crashing into the mat. Fletcher then does so to Strickland, and the two teeter on the top rope. Strickland delivers a double stomp to Fletcher as he’s draped by his knees, then delivers a House Call for the win.
Winner: Swerve Strickland
Thunder Rosa, Deonna Purrazzo Pull-Apart
After the match, we head backstage where we see Renee Paquette standing by with former AEW Women’s World Champion Thunder Rosa. She asks her about coming up short in her attempt to capture the AEW Women’s World Championship.
She brings up the loss to reigning title-holder “Timeless” Toni Storm at this past Sunday’s AEW Dynasty 2024 pay-per-view, as well as Deonna Purrazzo’s involvement. Purrazzo ends up entering the picture and the two get into a shoving match as we shift gears and head back into another commercial break.
– When we return from the commercials, we see highlights from the Match of the Year candidate in the “Dream Match” between “The Aerial Assassin” Will Ospreay and “The American Dragon” Bryan Danielson from this past Sunday’s AEW Dynasty 2024 pay-per-view in St. Louis, MO.
Anna Jay vs. Mina Shirakawa
From there, we return inside Daily’s Place where Anna Jay makes her way down to the ring. Her opponent, Mina Shirakawa, is also out there and now the bell sounds to get this one-on-one women’s contest under way. After some early back-and-forth action, we see Jay settle into the offensive lead as we head into a mid-match commercial break.
As we settle back in from the mid-match advertising time out, we see Jay still controlling the action, but not for long as Mina comes alive and lets out a war cry before grabbing Jay’s arm and leaping off the top-rope with a big knee to the grill. Jay fights back moments later and nearly scores the pin.
We see Mariah May at ringside cheering Mina on as she takes back over and slaps on a figure-four leg lock. Jay makes it to the ropes to break the hold. Mina comes off the top-rope with a missile drop kick and then an enzugiri for another near fall attempt. Mina goes for the Glamorous-Driver but Anna reverses and slaps on the Queenslayer.
Mina fades but rolls over to cover Anna, surprising her with the pin for the win. Mariah May celebrates with Mina with champagne after the match. Anna Jay spoils the party, attacking both from behind. She slaps the Queenslayer on May and then the theme for “Timeless” Toni Storm hits and out runs the AEW Women’s World Champion to make the save.
This runs off Anna, but then the theme for Serena Deeb hits. She makes her way out and picks up Toni Storm’s shoes on the entrance aisle and sits down next to her women’s title belt. She cuts a promo into the camera off-mic as he music plays over her in the background. We head to another commercial break after this.
Winner: Mina Shirakawa
Mercedes Mone Crashes Willow Nightingale’s TBS Title Celebration
Back from the break, we see the ring decked out for the TBS Women’s Championship Celebration of new title-holder Willow Nightingale, who defeated The House of Black’s Julia Hart to capture the belt this past Sunday night at AEW Dynasty 2024. She heads to the ring with Stokely Hathaway and Kris Statlander.
She talks about her journey to AEW, being in the crowd at Daily’s Place, to having her “is #AllElite” graphic appear on the screen at Daily’s Place to announce her AEW signing, to her standing here tonight as the new face of TBS. As she continues to talk, the theme for Mercedes Mone hits and out comes “The CEO.”
Willow tells her this is the fourth time she’s interrupted her. Mone assures her she’s only out here to congratulate her. They end up talking about their match for the NJPW STRONG Women’s Championship in the past, which led to Mone’s injury that kept her on the sidelines for a large chunk of time and whether Willow purposely injured her in that bout.
They continue to bicker back-and-forth and promote their showdown for the TBS Women’s Championship at the upcoming AEW Double Or Nothing 2024 pay-per-view in Las Vegas, Nevada. As Mone goes to walk off, Kris yanks her by the arm to turn her around. Mone quickly turns and slaps Willow, thinking it was her, and they are pulled apart to end the segment.
Tony Khan To Meet With Jack Perry Live In The Ring Tonight
Backstage, Alex Marvez is standing outside of the office of Tony Khan. Out comes The Elite trio of Kazuchika Okada and The Young Bucks, with Jack Perry. He asks them one-by-one if Jack Perry has been reinstated in AEW. They all ignore him except for Matthew Jackson, who tells him that Tony Khan has agreed to meet with Jack Perry in the ring live tonight.
AEW International Championship Eliminator Casino Gauntlet
Dante Martin vs. Jay White vs. Penta El Zero Miedo vs. Will Ospreay vs. Lance Archer vs. Kyle O’Reilly
They lock up and White backs Martin into the corner. Martin gets free, and then exchange waist-locks. White turns it into a side-headlock, then a wrist-lock, but Martin gets free. White delivers a few chops into the corner and sends Martin across, but Martin dodges and delivers an enzuigiri. Martin drops White with a hurricanrana and follows with a dropkick.
Martin goes for the cover, but White kicks out and rolls to the floor. Martin comes over the top, but White dodges and delivers a few chops. Martin comes back with a knee strike and gets White back into the ring. Martin goes for a shot, but White dumps him to the outside, and then Penta El Zero Miedo enters the match. Penta delivers a shot to White and takes him down with a cross-body.
Penta follows with a Slingblade to both White and Martin, and then kicks Martin into the corner. Penta follows with a thrust kick and slams him down as the show heads to a commercial. When we return, we see the match still in progress, as well as the introduction of yet another competitor in this Casino Gauntlet. Dante delivers shots to Penta as Kyle O’Reilly enters the match.
O’Reilly delivers kicks to Penta and Martin, and then delivers elbow strikes to White. O’Reilly works over the arms of the other three men, and then causes Martin to clothesline Penta. O’Reilly delivers a knee strike to Martin and then delivers shots and strikes to White. O’Reilly applies a heel hook to White, but White makes it to the ropes as Will Ospreay enters the match.
Ospreay and O’Reilly get face-to-face and exchange elbow strikes. Ospreay kicks O’Reilly in the face and drops him with a springboard elbow strike. White comes back in and backs Ospreay into the corner. White delivers chops, but Ospreay comes back with a chop of his own and sends White into the ropes. White ducks to the ring, and then Ospreay drops Martin with a Spanish Fly for a two count as Lance Archer enters the match.
“The Murderhawk Monster” does some hawk-style monstrous-murdering, throwing bodies all over the place and launching Ospreay onto a pile of bodies on the floor. On that note, we shift gears and head into another mid-match commercial break.
Back from another break, Komander is next up and lands a hurricanrana to Archer through the table set up on the outside. Komander hits a DDT on Ospreay and goes for a pin, but White kicks out.
Jay Lethal is next up, and he lands a dropkick on Ospreay. He hits a flatliner on Martin, then connects with the Lethal Injection on Penta. White hits a Snap Dragon Suplex, but Martin lands a dropkick off the top. Ospreay levels him, but O’Reilly catches him with an Arm Bar. Komander breaks the hold with a Shooting Star Press and pins O’Reilly, but Ospreay breaks the fall by catching Komander with the Hidden Blade and pins him for the win.
Winner: Will Ospreay
After the match, we hear the familiar sounds of The Undisputed Kingdom theme music. Out comes the reigning AEW International Champion Roderick Strong. He stares down Ospreay in the ring as the commentators promote their match for the title at the upcoming AEW Double Or Nothing 2024 pay-per-view. After this, we head into another commercial break.
FTW Champion “The Learning Tree” Chris Jericho Comes To The Ring
As we settle back in from the commercial break, we hear the new theme music for Chris Jericho, who is now going by the name “The Learning Tree” Chris Jericho. He emerges with the FTW Championship wrapped around his waist as we see his victory over HOOK from AEW Dynasty in split-screen highlights, including his post-match apologies to HOOK and Taz.
He settles into the ring with a big cheesy smile on his face and starts off, “Hey guys!” He says it’s true that he’s the new FTW Champion. He says he’s changing the meaning of FTW to “For The World” Championship, “because this is for … all … of you!” He says “we win this together guys, thank you!”
Jericho says the entire wrestling world is buzzing about his FTW Championship victory and he says it’s because he’s doing God’s work. He brings up Terry Funk telling him it’s his responsibility to pass on his knowledge to the next generation of wrestlers.
He praises HOOK but says there are still lessons he needs to take from “The Learning Tree.” He calls Taz and others that surround him “clowns.” He says more importantly than that, he needs to listen to him when he says stay down. He says he forced him to hit him in the head with a baseball bat.
Big Bill’s music hits, and he makes his way down to the ring. Bill says he’s been listening to him from the back, and he has one thing to say. He says he needs the guidance of “The Learning Tree”. He sings Jericho’s praises, and says there is no one bigger than him and more fit for “The Learning Tree” than him. Jericho says he’s been watching Bill for a long time and has been a big fan, and he’s going to be keeping an eye on him from now on.
– We then head backstage to Renee Paquette standing by with The Don Callis Family. Will Ospreay and Kyle Fletcher then find themselves involved in an argument, and Don Callis attempts to diffuse things.
IWGP World Heavyweight Championship
Jon Moxley (C) vs. Powerhouse Hobbs
The bell rings and the two lock up. Hobbs delivers an elbow to Moxley, but Moxley responds with a chop. Moxley delivers a German suplex to Hobbs, but Hobbs responds with a suplex of his own that sends Moxley out of the ring. He sends him crashing into the barricade face first, and the two begin brawling through the crowd. The pair exchange forearms with one another, and Moxley lands a chop on Hobbs before they get back inside the ring.
Back from the break, Hobbs has a Bear Hug cinched in on Jon Moxley. Moxley connects with a boot on Hobbs, then sends him crashing into the top turnbuckle. Moxley then fires off right and left hands on Hobbs in the corner, and locks in a Sleeper. Hobbs passes out.
Winner (and still): Jon Moxley
After the match, Konosuke Takeshita appears on the ramp and stares down Moxley, warning them that he’s coming for his IWGP World Heavyweight Championship.
AEW President Tony Khan Meets With Jack Perry Live In The Ring
Tony Schiavone is in the ring and he introduces the one-and-only Jack Perry. Out comes “The Scapegoat” himself to the ring. He gets on the mic and the fans break out in a super loud chant. He talks about some of the best moments of his career being in Jacksonville and then asks for Tony Khan to come out so they can address some things live right now.
The AEW President emerges and out comes Tony Khan to join Jack Perry in the ring. Perry talks about how it’s been five years since they first started this and he was one of the pillars of AEW, a company that has gone on to change the world. He says he and Khan haven’t always seen eye to eye but from the bottom of his heart, he swears to God the only thing he wants is what’s best for AEW.
Perry asks Khan to shake his hand, forgive him and lets continue to make more memories together in AEW. Khan does a big dramatic handshake and then raises Perry’s hand. They do a circle to face each side of the crowd, but then Perry decks Khan with a big punch. Out comes The Young Bucks and Kazuchika Okada looking confused. They say something to Perry off-mic.
The Bucks help Khan up, or so it seems. They end up stopping and teasing an EVP Trigger but instead, Jackson hoists him upside down and they hit a Meltzer-Driver off the ropes, spiking the boss-man dome-first into the mat as his Jacksonville public boos. The Elite, with Jack Perry, stand tall as security and officials rush to the scene and yell at them.
The Elite heads to the back as wrestlers, and even Tony Khan’s father, come out to check on him as he remains laid out in the ring as the commentators stay dead silence. That’s how this week’s show goes off the air. Thanks for joining us!
–– Here is what’s in store for the show ––
- IWGP World Heavyweight Championship: Jon Moxley (c) vs. Powerhouse Hobbs
- Mina Shirakawa vs. Anna Jay
- AEW World Championship Eliminator: Swerve Strickland (c) vs. Kyle Fletcher
- Chuck Taylor chooses his best friend between Orange Cassidy and Trent Beretta
- Chris Jericho to speak
- Willow Nightingale AEW TBS Title celebration
4/24 AEW Dynamite Results
