AEW Dynamite Notes: Results, Young Bucks Now in Charge of Running Shows, Two New Matches for Double or Nothing 2024, Chuck Taylor “Injury” Update, 5/8 Card, Kenny Omega Gives Health Update

AEW
May 1, 2024

AEW Dynamite Results – May 1, 2024

May 1, 2024
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada – Canada Life Centre
Commentary – Excalibur, Tony Schiavone, and Taz

Quick Match Results

  1. AEW TNT Championship Cope Open match – Adam Copeland defeated Buddy Matthews via Spear (pinfall)
    • The stipulation for this match was that Copeland would be facing off against one member of House of Black who would only be revealed when the match took place, which was revealed to be Matthews.
    • Following the match, Copeland attacked Matthews and prepared to give him a conchairto before the lights went out. When the lights came back on, Malakai Black was in the ring next to Copeland and told him to strike Matthews while Matthews told him the same. Copeland hesitated at first before turning to Black but before he could do anything, the lights went out and when they came back on, both Black and Matthews had disappeared from the ring. AEW commentator Tony Schiavone stated that it was the effects of Black’s mist attack to Copeland at AEW Dynasty that was causing Copeland to act evil to explain his heelish actions tonight.
  2. Samoa Joe defeated Isiah Kassidy via Muscle Buster (pinfall)
  3. FTW Championship – Chris Jericho (c) defeated Katsuyori Shibata via Pinfall
    • Near the end of the match, Big Bill ran out to the ring and laid out Shibata with a big boot. Bill then chokeslammed Shibata through a table leading to Jericho crawling over Shibata for the pinfall victory to retain his FTW title.
  4. Claudio Castagnoli defeated Brian Cage via Sharpshooter (submission)
  5. Serena Deeb defeated Mariah May via Single Leg Crab (ref stoppage)
    • Near the end of the match, Deeb locked in a Single Leg Crab that May was unable to escape from and repeadily smashed May’s knee while in the hold for extra damage. This led to “Timeless” Toni Storm grabbing the towel and tossed it into the ring resulting in the ref calling for the bell to give the win to Deeb.

Young Bucks Reveal Why They Can’t be Fired Over Tony Khan Attack & Now in Charge of Running AEW

Wednesday’s AEW Dynamite show featured a show opening speech by AEW Tony Khan via satellite in Jacksonville, Florida.

During his speech, Khan talked about his neck injury at the hands of The Elite last week and how he will be running AEW shows from a remote location of his office at Daily’s Place in Jacksonville, Florida. While Khan was speaking, the feed started to glitch before completely losing signal and getting cut by the Young Bucks in the production area. The Young Bucks talked about their job security in AEW following The Elite’s attack on Khan last week and revealed they have a special Founders clause in their contracts as EVPs that means they can not be fired. The Young Bucks stated that their contracts also contain a clause that allows them to run AEW shows if Khan is unreachable and unable to run shows for any reason. The Young Bucks then cut to a new Elite-based show opening video featuring just clips of the new Elite to officially kick off tonight’s show.

Christian Cage vs. Swerve Strickland for AEW World Title Announced for AEW Double or Nothing 2024

Wednesday’s Dynamite show also featured the challenger for Swerve Strickland’s AEW World Championship being officially revealed for AEW Double or Nothing 2024.

During the show, Strickland and Prince Nana came out to the ring and Strickland talked about The Elite’s attack on AEW CEO Tony Khan calling them “bitches” for what they did. Strickland stated that he was to find out who would be his challenger for his AEW World title at Double or Nothing 2024 and called for this person to come out. Before anything could happen, The Young Bucks appeared on the big screen and mentioned that they were also champions as well and held up their AEW World Tag Team titles. Matt Jackson stated that this challenger is a former champion himself and he’s at the go position right now and called for this person’s music to play, which was revealed to be Cage and the rest of The Patriarchy.

Cage and The Patriarchy came down to the ring and Cage teased he was going to say something in his microphone before using it as a weapon and attacked Strickland. This led to a brief brawl between Strickland and The Patriarchy that ended with Killswitch laying out Strickland with a headbutt and Cage followed by hitting a Killswitch to Strickland onto the AEW World title. The Patriarchy then attacked Nana laying him out as well. Cage then grabbed the microphone and stated that there is one thing you should know about Cage is that he does not forget. Cage stated that he has not forgotten when Strickland broke into his “son” Nick Wayne’s training area and attacked him. Cage then proceeded to insult Strickland and brought up Strickland’s daughter before claiming that she will have a father she can be proud of in reference to himself. After some more insults, Cage stated that the pain has just begun leading to Killswitch ripping one of the dreadlocks out of Strickland’s head and handed it over to Cage who gave it to Nick Wayne as the crowd chanted for them to eat it. Cage and the Patriarchy stood over Strickland and Nana’s fallen bodies as Cage grabbed the AEW World title and held it and Strickland’s dreadlock in each of his hands.

Serena Deeb vs. Mariah May for AEW Women’s World Title Set for AEW Double or Nothing 2024

Wednesday’s Dynamite show also another match officially announced for the card of AEW Double or Nothing 2024, which takes place on May 26th at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.

This new match announced was an AEW Women’s World Championship match of Serena Deeb vs. “Timeless” Toni Storm (c).

This match was setup following Deeb’s victory over May on the show and a match graphic appearing on the big screen confirming Deeb being the official opponent for Storm at Double or Nothing 2024.

Current card for AEW Double or Nothing 2024:

  • AEW World Championship – Christian Cage vs. Swerve Strickland (c)
  • AEW International Championship – Will Ospreay vs. Roderick Strong
  • AEW Women’s World Championship – Serena Deeb vs. “Timeless” Toni Storm (c)
  • TBS Championship – Mercedes Mone vs. Willow Nightingale (c)

Orange Cassidy States Chuck Taylor Suffered In-Ring “Career Ending Injury” at Saturday’s Rampage Show

Wednesday’s Dynamite show also featured Orange Cassidy revealing that Chuck Taylor had suffered an in-ring career ending “injury” at Saturday’s AEW Rampage show.

This “injury” took place following the Parking Lot Brawl match between Taylor and Trent Beretta that involved Beretta striking Taylor’s ankle with a wrench through a car glass window.

During the show, Cassidy came out to the ring and stated that he was hoping after Saturday that the three of them would be best friends again. Cassidy stated that this will never happen again and revealed that Taylor will never wrestle again due to the injuries he had suffered at the hands of Beretta at last week’s rampage show. Cassidy then stated that he now stands alone in the ring and the next time he sees Trent. Before Cassidy could finish, Beretta came out to interrupt and called Cassidy selfish for making Chuck’s career ending injury be all about hum instead. This led to Cassidy running out of the ring and charged at Beretta only to be stopped by security and Kris Statlander. Don Callis came out and whispered something to Cassidy’s ear before the two left together to the back. Beretta looked on over what just happened before taunting the crowd before he left as well.

In a follow-up segment, Renee Paquette interviewed Rocky Romero backstage to get his thoughts about the Best Friends breaking apart as a group. Romero stated that he has had enough of what was going on between Beretta and Cassidy and stated that he was done being in the group and would now be on his own. Romero stated that he is now focused on his own career in AEW and challenged Kyle O’Reilly to a match at tonight’s Rampage show.

Current Card for May 8th Dynamite Show

Wednesday’s Dynamite show also featured two matches announced for the card of next week’s show on May 8th in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

The first new match announced was a TNT Championship Cope Open match of Brody King vs. Adam Copeland (c).

The second new match announced was a singles match of Orange Cassidy vs. Trent Beretta.

These matches were setup following promos and angles segments throughout the show.

Current card for May 8th AEW Dynamite show:

  • TNT Championship Cope Open match – Brody King vs. Adam Copeland (c)
  • Orange Cassidy vs. Trent Beretta

Kenny Omega Provided Health Update at Wednesday’s Dynamite Show

Wednesday’s Dynamite show also featured Kenny Omega providing an injury update on his battle with diverticulitis.

During the show, Omega came out to the ring after a lengthy ring intro by Justin Roberts. Omega talked about what he went through with his battle with diverticulitis and how he was told by his doctors that he was 24 hours away from being a dead man. Omega talked about how his doctors told him if he does not do the surgery, then he could spend the rest of his life with a ticking time bomb in his body that could go off at any moment. Omega then talked about how he stopped watching AEW programming because of how scared he was of coming out to announce his retirement. Omega then stated that he tuned in for the first time in months to watch Dynasty and watched Swerve Strickland make history and Will Ospreay and Bryan Danielson put on one of the best matches he has ever seen. Ospreay stated that watching the show made him happy again and his hands started shaking in excitement. After some more words, Omega stated that it doesn’t matter what the percentage is nor how low it is since he is not ready to give up until he is completely exhausted.

Omega then turned his attention to the Young Bucks and stated that he is the third EVP of AEW despite being “fired” from The Elite. Omega stated that this means a piece of AEW belongs to the “Best Bout Machine.” This led to Kazuchika Okada’s music playing interrupting Omega and came out to the ring for a staredown as the show went to a close.

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