AEW Dynamite (8/21) Highlights and Results: Bryan Danielson Confronts Swerve Strickland

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AEW presented the latest episode of Dynamite from Utilita Arena in Cardiff, Wales. The last episode of the Wednesday night show before ALL IN from Wembley Stadium put the final touches to the top storylines heading into the PPV. Here are the highlights and results from the show:

  • TBS Championship Contract Singing: Tony Schiavone reminds both Mercedes Mone and Britt Baker that they’ve promised no physicality between them. Both the women exchange words before signing the contract. Britt says she will honor the no physicality stipulation before attacking Kamille. She sends Kamille crashing into Mone and lands a crossbody on top of the pair. The segment ends with Baker standing tall with the TBS title
  • Singles Match: Chris Jericho vs. Tommy Billington: Jericho had Big Bill and Bryan Keith on his corner. Chris wins the match after delivering a Codebreaker. He then grabs a mic and calls out HOOK. The young star comes out and Bill attacks him from behind. Big Bill delivers a chokeslam to HOOK to end the segment.
  • AEW Women’s World Championship: Toni Storm vs. Saraya: Harley Cameron was at Saraya’s corner. She tried causing a distraction towards the end by hopping onto the apron but Storm sends Saraya crashing into her. Toni Storm then delivers a Storm Zero for the win. Mariah May attacks Toni from behind after the match. After taking her out, May kisses Storm on the forehead and heads to the back.
  • Will Ospreay Promo: Will Ospreay is followed by MJF to the ring and the two have an intense promo battle. Ospreay then asks Tony Khan how much he’ll be fined if he attacks MJF right now. Schiavone replies on the behalf of the AEW president saying that he’ll be fined $100,000. Ospreay clocks Maxwell and he takes out the security guards trying to stop him. MJF takes advantage and hits Ospreay with the Dynamite Diamond Ring. He hits the brainbuster and covers Will for a three count. MJF then goes for the Tiger Driver 91 but the security pulls the two stars apart.
  • Backstage Segment: Hangman Page announces his entry into the ALL IN gauntlet match. Evil Uno then appears and enters the match as well. Page takes Uno down with a chair.
  • AEW Continental Championship: Kazuchika Okada vs. Claudio Castagnoli: After a physical match, Castagnoli delivers a massive upper cut and goes for the pin. The 20 minute time limit runs out before the pin could be completed. Matthew Jackson, Nicholas Jackson and Jack Perry then appear and declare that the match will not continue because Okada is only contracted to wrestle 20 minute. They kick Castagnoli out of the ring but Darby Allin and FTR come out to even the odds
  • 8 Men Tag Team Match: Darby Allin, Claudio Castagnoli and FTR vs. The Elite: A big brawl broke out at the start with both teams fighting each other. In the end, Allin pinned Matthew with a coffin drop to win the match for his team. The Acclaimed come out and cut a promo on both The Young Bucks and The Elite.
  • Swerve Strickland Promo: The AEW World champion talks trash for a while and explains that he’ll beat Bryan Danielson in main event of ALL IN. Bryan runs down to the ring as his music hits and he instantly takes out Swerve with a Busaiku Knee. Danielson cuts a promo discussing how Strickland mentioned his daughter and talks some more. The show ends with fans chanting Yes! and Bryan standing tall.

Anutosh Bajpai
Anutosh Bajpai
Hi, I'm Anutosh. I grew up with wrestling and am proud to call it a career. I've been covering the sport for almost 10 years and have worked with many of the industry leaders.

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