AEW Dynamite 5th Anniversary Show Results & Review (October 2nd, 2024)

On October 2nd, 2024 AEW aired the 5th Anniversary of Dynamite live in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania inside Petersen Events Center.

Note: This review is shorter then normal as it be the last few mins of the match.

-Kicking off this week’s Dynamite with Trios Champions PAC & Claudio Castagnoli, Jon Moxley & Marina Shafir. PAC & Castagnoli are talking to something in the camera, saying this is still their home and they have big plans for him referring to Wheeler Yuta. Moxley then starts talking about Bryan Danielson and says he will have his title, one way or another and there will be casualties. Moxley says that Danielson will get a gift from him that not many people get, the opportunity to go on his shield and die a warrior’s death on his home soil. He will be buried in his backyard and fate isn’t going to put a better offer on the table than that, before saying on October 12th he officially relieves Danielson of his duty and sends daddy home for good.

-Will Ospreay is getting ready with Kyle Fletcher in the back but Don Callis & Konosuke Takeshita interrupt and take Fletcher away saying they have to go to the airport, which seems to upset Ospreay.

International Title Match
Will Ospreay (c) vs. Ricochet

Will Ospreay hits a Stundog Millionaire but Ricochet counters a Hidden Blade just for Ospreay to come right back with a Styles Clash for two. Ospreay follows with an OsCutter but Ricochet kicks out again.

Ricochet hits a Shooting Star Press but Ospreay kicks out at two.

Ospreay reverses Vertigo attempt with a Poisonrana before Ricochet hits one himself, as Ospreay follows with a Hidden Blade.

They both cover each other with both sets of shoulders on the mat as Rick Knox makes the double pin.

Winner: No One (Double Pin) (16:56) (Ospreay retains)
Rate: 8 (Recommend)

-After the match the crowd chants for them to keep going as Justin Roberts announces that Tony Khan has decided for the match to continue

International Title Match
Will Ospreay (c) vs. Ricochet

They both go for roundhouse kicks before Ospreay hits Hidden Blade but before he can go for the pin.

Konosuke Takeshita runs out and attacks Ospreay & the ref calls for the bell.

Winner By DQ & Still International Champion: Will Ospreay (1:01) (STILL CHAMPION!!!)
Rate: 8 (Recommend) (Rating both parts of the match)

-After the match Takeshita lands the PowerDrive Knee on Ospreay before taking out Ricochet with Raging Fire. Takeshita raises the International Title.

-We go backstage where Renee Paquette is with TBS Champion Mercedes Mone’ & Kamille as Mone throws to Dynamite’s best moments over the 5 years which all end up being highlights of Mone’s short time here.

-We cut back to Mone & she calls it amazing and says AEW’s best moments are all about her and the future is so bright as Mone changes everything’. MVP walks in and says he loves big business and gives Mone his card saying they should talk.

-After the break Renee Paquette is in the back with The Gunns & she ask what they could expect from Hangman Page tonight after his attack last week but before they can say anything Page attacks them from behind with a chair and lays them both out.

-We cut to the ring where Big Bill is in the ring with a TV Time segment & says over the 5 years of Dynamite everybody has become a better man due to Chris Jericho as Jericho makes his way out along with Bryan Keith. Jericho congratulates AEW for their new TV deal and how they made a lot of experts feel like idiots, and says there wouldn’t be an AEW without Chris Jericho as Keith starts a ‘Thank you Chris’ chant. Jericho says it’s also the 34th anniversary of their debut and accidentally says they are in Philadelphia, which gets this Pittsburgh crowd to boo. Jericho talks about all he’s done with bringing young talents into the Learning Tree, but recently had an epiphany. He said the ocho is gone and it’s time to bring in the nueve and challenges Mark Briscoe to an ROH World Title match at WrestleDream and asks him if he will accept.

-Briscoe makes his way out along with Orange Cassidy, Kyle O’Reilly & Rocky Romero. Briscoe tells The Conglomeration to stand down and Jericho does the same with his guys. Briscoe talks about not making excuses and how he had Jericho beat like fried chicken but he only lost because Bill chokeslam him through a table and Jericho rolled his limp ass on top of him. Briscoe says that was legal in a Tornado Tag match and Jericho pinned him for the 1, 2, and 3. Briscoe talks about how Jericho has been one of the finest professional wrestlers on the planet for the last 4 decades and that works out well for him and he would love to defend the title against Jericho to put the notch on his belt. The word of the day is consequential and talks about beating him at WrestleDream but Jericho interrupts him and says he doesn’t think Briscoe can beat him and maybe his brother Jay could have but everybody knows Mark will never be as good as Jay was. Briscoe knocks him out and tells Jericho to leave his brother’s name out of his mouth and he’ll get a Briscoe Brothers style ass whooping at WrestleDream and that it is consequential.

Hangman Page vs. Juice Robinson

Juice Robinson sends Hangman Page inside and hits a top rope crossbody just for Page to hold on and send Juice into the corner with a fallaway slam.

They head to the corner where Robinson escapes out of a Dead Eye attempt and hits a powerbomb for two. They go back & forth and while Aubrey Edwards is tied up.

Page hits a low blow right in front of her followed by Buckshot Lariat to get the win.

Winner: Hangman Page (10:08)
Rate: 5

-After the match Page takes off his leather belt and starts choking Robinson with it before hanging him over the top rope as Jay White’s music hits but he shows up behind Page takes him out with a clothesline, and keeps attacking him until Page escapes out through the crowd as White follows him and keeps attacking him putting him through the table. White goes and helps Robinson up & says He’s back.

-Renee Paquette is in the back as TNT Champion Jack Perry drives in on his bus. Katsuyori Shibata stops Perry and translates that he wants a TNT Title match at WrestleDream. Perry says he will think about it and leaves as Shibata goes to talk to Paquette. Perry attacks him from behind and says he accepts.

-We see AEW World Champion Bryan Danielson in the back who says he’s had one sentence in his head all day long Fuck Jon Moxley. He talks about this not being his or Moxley’s world championship but AEW’s World Championship. This is where the best wrestle and that’s why he challenged Kazuchika Okada. He might have broken his orbital bone but never broke his spirit and although Okada’s title is only on the line in the 1st 20 minutes, his title and career are on the line for every minute and he couldn’t ask for it in any other way.

Britt Baker vs. Serena Deeb

Britt Baker & Serena Deeb trade pin attempts before Baker stops Deeb on the top rope where she hits her with an avalanche Air Raid Crash but Deeb still kicks out at two.

Baker goes right into the Lockjaw as Deeb taps out.

Winner By Submission: Britt Baker (11:37)
Rate: 6

-After the match Deeb attacks Baker from behind and puts on Serenity Lock but Queen Aminata runs out and attacks Deeb before Deeb is able to escape out.

-Renee Paquette is in the back with Hook and asks if he has any information on the attack on his father Taz earlier today. Hook says he will find out who did this and he is coming for them.

-We go to Christian Cage & he tells Pittsburgh to sit down and shut their mouths as he conducts his business at hand. Christian says they haven’t seen anything from him yet, as he is the face of TBS now and forever and the next AEW World Champion and soon enough he will have it all, before saying Hook, line & sinker.

-Backstage Renee Paquette is with Women’s Champion Mariah May & says Willow Nightingale is the definition of failing up by losing all her titles and now being best friends with Yuka Sakazaki just to try and get a title shot. Nightingale joins in and calls May the shady bitch as they bicker for a bit before they get into a scuffle. Christopher Daniels gets in between and says this is not how they do it here.

Tag Team Match
Private Party (Isiah Kassidy & Marq Quen) vs. Iron Savages (Boulder & Bronson)

Private Party hits Bronson with Gin & Juice to score the win.

Winners: Private Party (1:05)
Rate: 1

-After the match Isiah Kassidy gets on the mic and says he’s got to get something off his chest and says he doesn’t care if his hand or shoulder is messed up or Quen coming back from injury, because they will be your next AEW World Tag Team Champions, and hopes the Young Bucks are listening as they beat them once and can do it again. They say they are feeling froggy and are ready to jump and call out Young Bucks as their music hits. Nicholas Jackson says you can’t have an anniversary show without your EVPs as Matthew Jackson says Private Party seems super confident so they have an idea since they have a substantial overrun and offer to put up their titles right now. They start heading to the ring but Matthew stops and says they have limited dates and won’t waste a date to a crappy city like Pittsburgh and leave. We cut back to the ring as Jack Perry attacks Private Party before the Bucks join in. Katsuyori Shibata’s music hits and he runs out but The Elite all run away. Christopher Daniels comes out and says he has an idea for Rampage this Friday for The Elite vs. Private Party & Shibata, right here in Pittsburgh.

-Renee Paquette is in the back with MVP who has an announcement to make. MVP goes to introduce someone but gets interrupted by Prince Nana. Nana says people forgot that he used to be a wrestler and says he’ll lace up his boots here tonight for MVP but MVP says he doesn’t deal with complaints. We then cut to Shelton Benjamin & he takes Nana’s coffee from him and says it’s pretty good.

Winner Takes All Match
Kazuchika Okada (Continental) vs. Bryan Danielson (AEW World)

Continental Title is on the line for the 1st 20 mins of the match.

Kazuchika Okada & Bryan Danielson start trading forearms as they make their way up.

Danielson gets fired up and escapes out to hit a Busaiku Knee just for Okada to bounce back with his own Busaiku Knee for two. Danielson comes right back with his Rainmaker but gets a two count.

Okada drives Danielson down and hits a lariat but the crowd is distracted by Claudio Castagnoli, PAC & Marina as they come out ringside.

While this is happening Danielson puts on a backslide to pin Okada out of nowhere.

Winner & Still AEW World Champion: Bryan Danielson (31:39) (STILL CHAMPION!!!!) (Okada retains Continental Title due to 20 min Time Limit Draw)
Rate: 9 (Recommend)

-After the match Okada takes out Danielson with a Rainmaker as he yells at PAC & Castagnoli about this being their fault. PAC & Castagnoli enter the ring and pick Danielson up, as Jon Moxley & Shafir enter the ring as well. Moxley says that this isn’t about him and says to put something in Danielson’s blueberry picking brain that everything that he is doing is because he has to because nobody will. Moxley says if it was up to him he would have ended this years ago. Wheeler Yuta runs out and chases them away with a hammer but Moxley re enters and tells Yuta to use it. Before Yuta can make his decision Danielson attacks Moxley and they all start brawling. Yuta gets on the mic and tells Castagnoli & PAC that he is sick of them treating him like a child as he is his own man and can make his own decisions and fight his fights. Yuta then says next week on Title Tuesday, if they want to get to Danielson they have to get through him first. Danielson then clarifies it’ll be himself & Yuta vs. Castagnoli & PAC.

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