On July 17th, 2024 AEW aired the 250th episode of Dynamite in Little Rock Arkansas inside Simmons Bank Arena.
International Title Match
Will Ospreay (c) vs. MJF
MJF goes to the outside and into the crowd before ripping up a fan’s sign.
Will Ospreay is able to out speed MJF then he starts complaining to the referee that Ospreay pulled his hair. MJF eventually takes control by ironically doing a hair pull himself.
MJF goes for Heatseeker but Ospreay kicks him off and hits a springboard elbow followed by a Sasuke Special to the outside on MJF.
Back inside Ospreay misses a double moonsault before hitting a standing shooting star press followed by a Sky Twister for two back 2 back counts.
They set up a table on the outside before MJF hits a piledriver back inside for two.
MJF puts on a Figure 4 that they go back & forth on until Ospreay grabs the bottom rope.
MJF whips Ospreay to the corner where he crumbles to the mat before arriving.
Bit more back & forth until Ospreay blocks a brainbuster with a Stundog Millionaire.
He hits an OsCutter but his knee bothers him too much to go for the pin and when he does MJF is able to crawl to the outside.
They take it to the apron where MJF is able to dodge another OsCutter as Ospreay goes crashing onto it going into picture in picture.
After the break MJF hits a Made in Japan for two then MJF ends up leaving and going up into the crowd as Ospreay geos and chases after him & keeps attacking him as a young girl helps Ospreay attack MJF.
Ospreay ends up using a drink on MJF before putting him upside down in a trash can before they make it back to ringside. Ospreay breaks up the count.
Back in the ring they trade roll up attempts before Ospreay hits a poisonrana before MJF comes back with a kick in the corner followed by Long Island Sunrise for two.
MJF puts Ospreay on the table that was set up earlier ringside and heads to the top rope but Ospreay rolls off. MJF keeps attacking Ospreay on the outside while taunting Daniel Garcia.
He places Ospreay on a chair and hits him with a running knee lift before standing on a table and taunting the crowd not before drinking a bottle of water that he then tosses into the crowd.
MJF whips Ospreay into a barricade, that he uses to bounce off of with an OsCutter.
Back in the ring Ospreay winks into the camera before hitting a Cross Rhodes then MJF gets Bryce Remsburg in between before hitting an eye poke.
Ospreay blocks a Heatseeker attempt but MJF stops Ospreay from springboarding off the ropes and hits him with a lariat for two.
They both try a tombstone on the apron but Ospreay eventually hits him with a Styles Clash before they go spilling to the outside.
Ospreay comes back with a 1 armed powerbomb for two as we go to another picture in picture.
After the 2nd break MJF catches Ospreay off the ropes into a Tombstone for a two count.
Ospreay tosses MJF over the ropes and he takes a spill but is able to trip Ospreay off the apron before tossing him back inside saying That’s why I’m the smartest wrestler but Ospreay dives right into him with a Hidden Blade.
Back inside Ospreay hits a forearm from the top rope for two.
Ospreay heads to the top again but MJF stops him and tries a hurricanrana but Ospreay holds on and hits an avalanche Styles Clash but MJF grabs the bottom rope to break up the pin attempt.
MJF comes back with a Heatseeker before placing Ospreay on top of the table where he hits a top rope elbow drop crashing through it before we go into yet another break.
After the 3rd break MJF holds on to the rope while putting on an abominable stretch but Remsburg kicks his arm away to break it up.
They start trading near falls before MJF lands a powerbomb onto his knee for two.
MJF teases the Kangaroo Kick but Ospreay blocks it sending MJF to the corner where he hits Cheeky Nandos.
Ospreay tries a top rope poisonrana but MJF lands on his feet and puts Ospreay back on top where he hits a hurricanrana that Ospreay lands on his feet now.
They start trading kicks and elbow strikes before going back and forth with roll ups.
MJF stops an OsCutter attempt with a kick to the face but Ospreay comes back with a Stundog Millionaire, a poisonrana and a standing Spanish Fly for two.
They head to the top rope where Ospreay springboards with an OsCutter followed by Hidden Blade then a cover but MJF still kicks out at two.
Ospreay tries another Hidden Blade but MJF collapses to prevent it from connecting.
MJF spits in Ospreay which upsets him enough to go for the Tiger Driver but as Ospreay holds on to it.
He’s conflicted and drops him. When he picks him up MJF pushes Ospreay into Remsburg knocking him over.
With seconds to spare MJF knocks out Ospreay while wearing the Dynamite Diamond ring to get the win.
Winner & New International Champion: MJF (NEW CHAMPION!!!!) (Recommend)
-Arkady Aura is in the back with The Acclaimed & Mark Briscoe as Max Caster says he knows Briscoe needs partners for Blood & Guts and since they just beat Young Bucks, it is a no brainer. Briscoe says if it was up to him they would be in but it’s not just up to him as AEW World Champion Swerve Strickland & Prince Nana walk into the frame. Strickland says he knows they are tough people and he would want no other people to go into battle with. He asks them if they are ready to go into battle which they agree to.
-Big Bill calls to the seeds, saplings, roots & branches before introducing FTW Champion Chris Jericho to the ring for an episode of TV Time as he comes out with Bryan Keith. Jericho talks about being on the 1st Dynamite and having been on almost everyone since and the ones that he missed the branches were so angry that they wrote cards and called in and he vowed to never miss another episode and will be on until episode 500. Jericho talks about the people who haven’t been listening to The Learning Tree as we see footage of them taking out Katsuyori Shibata, Hook & Samoa Joe from the past couple of weeks. Jericho talks about who would be crazy enough to not listen to him as Minoru Suzuki’s theme hits and he makes his way down to the ring. Suzuki gets in the ring and says Next week as he passes them a paper. Keith grabs it and it says that it’s an official order from AEW that Big Bill & Keith are banned from ringside for their match next week then headbutts Jericho then says bye guys.
-We go to The Elite in the back & AEW World Tag Team Champions Young Bucks says The Acclaimed won’t be AEW World Tag Team Champions again on their watch. They talk about The Elite being the greatest faction and after next week they’ll have all the gold and all the power, and with what they’ll do to Swerve Strickland, the World Title will become vacant. They start hyping up Jack Perry & Hangman Page before TBS Champion Mercedes Mone’ walks in and thanks them for banning Britt Baker for her match later on against Nyla Rose. Okada requests to the Young Bucks that she do her dance which she does as Okada starts sweating and saying he’s so hot.
TBS Title Match
Mercedes Mone (c) vs. Nyla Rose
Nyla Rose backs Mercedes Mone’ to the corner where she does her dance before leaping over Rose.
Mone tries a waist lock but gets flicked off before stomping on Rose who’s down in the ropes.
Rose comes back by blocking a suplex attempt putting Mone onto ropes, and hitting her with a top rope knee for two as we go to picture in picture.
After the break Rose hits a cannonball in the corner for a two count before Mone comes back and hits a Meteora for a two count. They take it to the corner where Mone hits an avalanche bulldog.
Mone pulls out her own CEO glove which has nails on it and puts Lockjaw on Rose but she bites the hand to break it up. Mone transitions into the Statement Maker for the submission win.
Winner By Submission & Still TBS Champion: Mercedes Mone (STILL CHAMPION!!!)
-After the match Mone takes a sign from a fan in a Sting mask & they pie face her just to reveal that it’s Britt Baker. Baker starts chasing Mone around the ring as security runs out and keeps them apart.
-After the break TNT Champion Jack Perry says if Darby Allin wanted his attention all he had to do was ask him and said he didn’t have to attack Brandon Cutler. Perry then asks if he thinks he gave a shit about Cutler as we see a downed Cutler as Perry attacks him and tosses him into a boiler room and tells Allin to come and find him and he’ll show him what a real sacrifice looks like.
-We hear Women’s Champion Toni Storm’s music but it’s revealed to be Mariah May & she comes out in the full black and white Timeless presentation. May gets on the mic and says everybody saw the attack coming except Toni Storm. May calls Storm a woman so desperate for the spotlight that didn’t realize she was giving it all away. The question shouldn’t be why but it should be why it took Mariah so long. She says she didn’t think this would last so long and she was stringing it along to see how far it would go. May talks about why taking the old horse out back but she can kill it in front of as many people as possible at Wembley. She continues to talk slowly and gets what chants as the crowd starts chanting for Toni Storm. May ends it by saying All Elite Wrestling is all about Mariah.
-We see footage from Collision where Bang Bang Gang says they aren’t being stripped of their Trios Titles until someone takes it from their hand. Christopher Daniels walks in and says either they hand them over or they get suspended so they hand them over. Austin Gunn says they aren’t scared of The Patriarchy as they announce The Patriarchy vs. Bang Bang Gang for the vacant Trios Titles this Saturday on Collision.
Champion vs. Champion Match
AEW World Champion Swerve Strickland vs. Continental Champion Kazuchika Okada
Swerve Strickland goes right after Kazuchika Okada by hitting him with an elbow drop off the corner before he mocks Okada doing the Rainmaker pose.
Okada comes back by sending Strickland to the outside where he hits him with a DDT as we go to picture in picture.
After the break Strickland in control by heading to the top rope but Okada stops him and hits him with a neckbreaker from an Air Raid position for a two count.
Okada follows with a top rope elbow drop which he follows with a Rainmaker pose into a middle finger as Strickland takes advantage and gets a two count on a roll up.
Okada stops Strickland’s momentum with a dropkick but Okada comes back with a backbreaker and powerslam but misses Swerve Stomp.
Okada follows that with a Tombstone but Strickland comes right back with Swerve Stomp blocking the Rainmaker attempt.
Before Strickland can finish him off Young Bucks run out and attack Strickland causing the disqualification.
Winner By DQ: AEW World Champion Swerve Strickland
-After the match The Acclaimed run out and attack Young Bucks before Jack Perry runs out to join in. Mark Briscoe runs in next and takes out Young Bucks with a dive to the outside but Perry stops Briscoe with a DDT as he is re entering. Strickland takes out Perry with House Call as Hangman Page makes his way down to the ring. As Strickland & Page are about to go face 2 face they get pulled to the outside. Both teams go at it with security between them, but Darby Allin’s music hits. As The Elite wonders where he is, Allin descends from the rafters and joins Team AEW to attack The Elite as the last man for Blood & Guts is revealed.
Friday’s Rampage
Tag Team Match
Lucha Bros (Pentagon Jr & Rey Fenix) vs. Private Party (Isiah Kassidy & Marq Quen)
Trios Match
Undisputed Kingdom (Roderick Strong, Mike Bennett & Matt Taven) vs. The Conglomeration (Kyle O’Reilly & Orange Cassidy) & Tomohiro Ishii
Kris Statlander vs. Sydni Winnell
Tag Team Match
The Learning Tree (FTW Champion Chris Jericho & Big Bill) vs. The Outrunners (Truth Magnum & Turbo Floyd)
Minoru Suzuki vs. The Butcher
Saturday’s Collision
Trios Titles Match
Bang Bang Gang (Juice Robinson, Austin Gunn & Coleton Gunn) vs. The Patriarchy (Christian Cage, Nick Wayne & Killswitch)
The Beast Mortos vs. Darby Allin
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