AEW Dynamite Beach Break 2024 Notes: Results, Danielson & Nightingale Advances to Owen Hart Cup Finals, Mark Briscoe Joins Team AEW for Blood & Guts, Ospreay Leaves Don Callis Family, Hangman Page Revealed as Wild Card, MJF Turns on Garcia

AEW Dynamite Beach Break Results – July 3, 2024

July 3, 2024
Chicago, IL – Wintrust Arena
Commentary – Excalibur, Tony Schiavone, Taz, and Chris Jericho

Quick Match Results

  1. 2024 Men’s Owen Hart Foundation Cup Semifinal Round match – Bryan Danielson defeated PAC via Crucifix Pin (pinfall)
    • Near the end of the match, PAC attempted a Black Arrow that was countered by Danielson who dodged and hit a Busaiku Knee in return for the near fall. PAC countered the near fall with a Brutalizer that Danielson was able to roll out from and locked in a LeBell Lock for a near fall. PAC countered with a roll-up that Danielson countered back with a Crucifix Pin for the victory.
  2. 2024 Women’s Owen Hart Foundation Cup Semifinal Round match – Willow Nightingale defeated Kris Statlander via Roll-up (pinfall)
    • Prior to the start of the match, Stokely Hathaway came out alongside Statlander to be in her corner.
    • Near the end of the match, Hathaway handed Statlander a steel chain to use as a weapon while the referee was not looking. Hathaway then disctracted Nightingale leading to Statlander charging at Nightingale with a chained wrapped fist only for Nightingale to dodge away and Statlander stopping before she hit Hathaway. This led to Nightingale catching Statlander in a roll-up for the pinfall victory.
  3. Samoa Joe, HOOK, & Katsuyori Shibata defeated Cage of Agony (Brian Cage & Gates of Agony (Toa Liona & Bishop Kaun) via Coquina Clutch (ref stoppage)
    • Prior to the start of the match, Chris Jericho came out to the ring while security surrounded Taz around his side of the announcer’s table. Jericho talked about HOOK breaking a cardinal rule of wrestling and stole his finisher during their match at Forbidden Door. Jericho also brought up how Taz broke rules as a commentator and was not impartial and was rooting on his son. Jericho stated that he managed to get an executive order from the EVPs to get Taz removed from the announcer’s booth since he did not feel comfortable doing guest commentary if he was there. Jericho also stated that the EVPs also agreed to have Taz barred from the venue as well, which led to security escorting an upset Taz away as Jericho took his seat.
    • Joe submitted Cage after locking in a Coquina Clutch while HOOK locked ina Redrum to Kaun and Shibata locked in a sleeper to Liona at the same time causing all of Cage of Agony to pass out for the ref stoppage victory.
    • Following the match, Jericho left the announcer’s table and confronted Joe, HOOK, & Shibata leading to The Learning Tree’s Big Bill & Bryan Keith running out with chairs and attacked Joe, HOOK, & Shibata from behind. The Learning Tree continued their attack focusing on HOOK that ended with Bill hitting a chokeslam to HOOK sending him through a table in the ring.
  4. 2024 Men’s Owen Hart Foundation Cup First Round match – Hangman Adam Page defeated Jeff Jarrett via Dead Eye (pinfall)
    • Near the end of the match, Page hit a Buckshot Lariat to Jarrett and followed it with a series of punches and hit a Deadeye for the pinfall victory.
  5. AEW International Championship – Will Ospreay (c) defeated Daniel Garcia via Hidden Blade (pinfall)
    • Prior to the start of the match, MJF and “Daddy Magic” Matt Menard came out alongside Garcia to be in his corner.
    • Near the end of the match, MJF placed his Dynamite Diamond Ring in the corner for Garcia to use. Garcia picked up the ring and after some looks, handed it back to MJF declining the offer. This led to Ospreay hitting a Hidden Blade to Garcia right as Garcia turned around for the pinfall victory.
    • Following the match, Ospreay consoled a dejected Garcia in teh corner and offered some words of encouragement before leaving. MJF got into the ring and did the same and stated that it was his fault Garcia lost and that everyone still loves Garcia. MJF helped Garcia up to his feet and gave him a hug only to reveal it was a trap after he gave a low blow kick to Garcica. MJF continued his attack bloodying both Garcia and Menard. MJF then placed Garcia on the top rope and set up a Super Piledriver as AEW Interim EVP Christopher Daniels, AEW officials, and security ran out trying to stop MJF to no avail. This led to Ospreay returning back to the ring and MJF bolting through the crowd and got physical with some fans as security tried to keep things calm. EMTs were seen putting a neck brace on Garcia and placed him on a stretcher as an angry Ospreay looked on and Daniels promising that they will deal with MJF over his actions.

Bryan Danielson Advances to Finals of 2024 Men’s Owen Hart Cup Tournament

Wednesday’s AEW Dynamite Beach Breach 2024 show featured one Semifinal match for this year’s Men’s Owen Hart Foundation Cup tournament.

This was Bryan Danielson defeating PAC.

As a result of his victory, Damielson advances to the Finals of this year’s Men’s Owen Hart Cup tournament. Danielson will be facing off against the winner of Jay White/ in the Finals of this year’s tournament.


Willow Nightingale Advances to Finals of 2024 Women’s Owen Hart Cup Tournament

Wednesday’s AEW Dynamite Beach Breach 2024 show also featured one Semifinal match for this year’s Women’s Owen Hart Foundation Cup tournament.

This was Willow Nightingale defeating Kris Statlander.

As a result of her victory, Nightingale advances to the Finals of this year’s Women’s Owen Hart Cup tournament. Nightingale will be facing off against the winner of Mariah May/Hikaru Shida in the Finals of this year’s tournament.


Mark Briscoe Declares Himself for Team AEW for This Year’s Blood & Guts Match

Wednesday’s Dynamite Beach Break 2024 show also featured Mark Briscoe officially declaring himself for Team AEW for this year’s Blood & Guts match, which takes place on the Blood & Guts 2024 show on July 24th at the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee.

During the show, Briscoe came out to the ring and stated that he is here to represent the baddest tag team, Dem Boys The Briscoes. Briscoe stated that they call him chicken but he is not scared of shit. Briscoe then stated that Jack Perry must have had some lucky charms to win the TNT title. After some more words, Briscoe officially declared himself for Team AEW for this year’s Blood & Guts match against The Elite. Briscoe stated that those boys don’t know what violence or blood and guts is.

This led to Perry running out and attacking Briscoe from behind leading to Kyle O’Reilly running out trying to save Briscoe to no avail after Kazuchika Okada ran out and laid out both O’Reilly and Briscoe. The EVPs walked out next and joined in on the attack leading to The Acclaimed & Billy Gunn running out and chased The Elite out of the ring, who left through the crowd. A match graphic showed confirming Briscoe as the first member of Team AEW.


Will Ospreay Leaves Don Callis Family at Wednesday’s Dynamite Show

Wednesday’s Dynamite Beach Break 2024 show also featured Will Ospreay leaving the Don Callis Family.

During the show, Renee Paquette held a backstage interview with Ospreay and Kyle Fletcher. Paquette attempted to ask Ospreay for his thoughts about his loss to Swerve Strickland for the AEW World Championship at Forbidden Door 2024 but before anything could happen, Don Callis walked in and interrupted the interview. Ospreay stated that it was not Callis’ fault and he was the one who took out the referee and did not have the guts to use the weapon to win it. Ospreay stated that he might not be that guy Callis thought he was. Ospreay stated that Callis was the guy who gave him Kenny Omega and Chris Jericho but now he wants to be done with the Don Callis Family and asked to leave the group. Callis responded stating that he is not in the habit of letting people out of the Family but he’s happy to do him this favor bit one day he is going to ask Ospreay for a favor in return. Ospreay and Callis hugged but Callis’ demeanor on his face changed to one of an ominous stare. Callis then told Fletcher to leave with him and Fletcher did so after a brief hesitation.


Hangman Page Revealed as Wild Card for Men’s Owen Hart Cup Tournament

Wednesday’s Dynamite Beach Break 2024 show also featured Hangman Page making his surprise in-ring return and being revealed as the Wild Card for this year’s Men’s Owen Hart Foundation Cup tournament.

Page defeated Jeff Jarrett in a First Round match to advance to the next Round of this year’s Men’s Owen Hart Cup tournament. Page will be facing off against Jay White in the Semifinal Round of this year’s tournament with the winner to face Bryan Danielson in the Finals.

In a follow-up segment, Renee Paquette attempted to get a backstage interview with Page over his win and return only to get interrupted by the EVPs who walked in and gave a hug to Page. The Young Bucks stated that as long as he scratches their back, they will scratch his back. The Young Bucks then stated that they lifted his suspension and they need a fifth man for their Blood & Guts team. Page grabbed Nicholas Jackson and stated that he is not their pupped and he is in the Owen Hart Cup Tournament. Page then stated that he does not need them and angrily walked away.


MJF Turns Heel on Daniel Garcia at Wednesday’s Dynamite Show

Wednesday’s Dynamite Beach Break 2024 show also featured MJF turning heel on Daniel Garcia.

During the show, MJF told Daniel Garcia that he had his back and wanted to be in his corner for his AEW International Championship match against Will Ospreay. Garcia tried to get MJF to give an answer about if jis challenge for a match at All I was still on only for MJF to brush it off.

Following Garcia’s loss to Ospreay in the main event, Ospreay gave some words of encouragmenet before leaving. MJF did the same and blamed himself for being the reason why Garcia loss because of his distraction with the Dynamite Diamond Ring. MJF stated that everyone still loves Garcia and helped him up to his feet for a hug. This turned out to just be a ruse after MJF delivered a swift low blow kick to Garcia and gave an extended beating that resulted in both Garcia and Matt Menard beign bloodied.

MJF then placed Garcia on the top rope for a Super Piledriver as AEW Interim EVP Christopher Daniels and AEW officials ran out trying to put a stop to it to no avail. MJF refused to listen to Daniels pleas and went ahead slamming Garcia head first onto the mat. This led to Will Ospreay coming out to the ring to confront MJF who left before Ospreay could get his hands on him. MJF then got into a physical confrontation with several fans before making his way out through teh crowd as EMTs were seen in the ring placing a brace around Garcia’s neck and placed him on a stretcher for medical treatment. An angry Ospreay was talked to by Daniels who promised that they will deal with MJF over what he did.