Dynamite: The Continental Classic continues as Copeland and Cage set the stage for Montreal

Boris Roberto Aguilar

Dynamite: The Continental Classic continues as Copeland and Cage set the stage for Montreal

Greetings and salutations! We have a busy night ahead of ourselves for AEW as the Continental Classic continues. In the CC, Jay White will face Swerve Strickland, Mark Briscoe will face RUSH, and Jon Moxley will face Jay Lethal. Also on the show we will have Julia Hart defending her TBS Championship against Emi Sakura, and Christian Cage will respond to Adam Copeland as they are looking to clash in Montreal next week. One can only wonder what the Devil has planned for tonight. With so much on the go, we should head straight to the show’s action!

AEW Continental Classic Gold League Match: Jon Moxley vs. Jay Lethal

Bryan Danielson comes and joins the commentary team. Moxley and Lethal aren’t sure about each other and its a 50/50 match and slow one to start. Lethal drops Moxley and applies the Figure-Four early on, but Mox causes both of them to roll out to ringside. The brawling starts and Lethal dives onto Moxley. Lethal is feeling lucky and goes for a second one, but Mox dodges it and hits Lethal with a dive of his own. Back in the ring, Lethal notices that Moxley’s limping a bit and this puts the target right on Moxley’s knee. Lethal is looking to make the next Figure-Four meaningful as he continues to target the knee of Mox. After Mox tries a short comeback that didn’t go anywhere, Lethal goes for a Lethal Injection, but Mox counters it and drops Lethal. Moxley’s second attempt at a comeback didn’t last long as Lethal slams Moxley’s leg and hits an Elbow Drop for a 2-count. Lethal sends Moxley to the outside.

Outside of the ring, Lethal continues to target Moxley’s leg and throws him back in the ring. Lethal hits a Dragon Screw off the ropes. Moxley tries to come back again and hits a huge Clothesline. Once again, the comeback didn’t last long as Lethal gets control for a bit until Moxley pushes Lethal into the ring post. Mox locks in a chokehold, but Lethal escapes and traps him in the Figure-Four. Moxley slowly but surely reaches the ropes and when he’s up he hits a Paradigm Shift, and waits for Lethal to get up before he clobbers him with a Lariat. Moxley with a Piledriver for a 2-count. Moxley locks in a Choke and Lethal taps out!

Winner: Jon Moxley

Eddie Kingston was seen not happy about his loss to Brody King. He says he is coming back stronger and better for for Bryan Danielson to be ready.

Backstage, Tony Schiavone announces that AEW Revolution will be on Sunday, March 3 at the Greensboro Coliseum. He says this is fitting to be Sting’s last match. Sting is there and he comments on how historic that building is for him and Flair. Ric Flair says that he and Sting had their classic match in Greensboro and Sting made himself that night. Flair says he will be going back to Greensboro for the special moment, and he is honored to be at Sting’s side.

AEW Continental Classic Gold League Match: RUSH vs. Mark Briscoe

RUSH attacks Briscoe early on, but Briscoe fights back and they trade strikes. Briscoe knocks RUSH to the outside. At ringside they trade loud and heavy chops. RUSH slams Briscoe into the barricade, but Briscoe comes right back and gets RUSH down and hits a diving elbow from the apron. Back in the ring, RUSH takes control and hits a German Suplex, but Briscoe hits a Lariat as a response. Mark drops RUSH with a shot to the face, but RUSH takes Briscoe down quickly. The two keep going back and forth until RUSH suplexes Briscoe. Briscoe hits right back with a Spear and a 2-count. Briscoe wants to end it and he climbs the rope to hit the Froggy Bow for another 2-count. Briscoe now goes for a Jay-Driller but RUSH escapes and hits him with a nasty looking elbow to the face and hits the Bull’s Horns for the pinfall win.

Winner: RUSH

AEW Women’s World Champion Toni Storm is interviewed by RJ City. Storm says they partied hard, and one of the Kennedys was there or something like that. RJ City tells Storm she will defend the title next week (in Montreal), and she says she’s not worried.

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MJF talks Joe and More…

MJF is still imping his way to the ring and wants to talk about facing Samoa Joe at Worlds End. MJF says he may not like Samoa Joe, but he respects him. MJF says thanks Joe as he highlights his TNA and WWE career. MJF says that “The Samoan Submission Machine” proved that alternatives matter, and he helped paved the road for AEW and non models and body-builders. MJF says he isn’t too shabby either and he has helped build AEW brick by brick. MJF says that he has beat the likes of CM Punk and Cody Rhodes to name a few. MJF says his match against Samoa Joe at AEW Worlds End is about his legacy. MJF calls Joe the final boss again and says he doesn’t care if his knee slides in and out, or if his shoulder is hanging on by a thread, as he promises to show the world that it’s not about the size of the dog. Instead, it’s about the size of the fight in the dog. MJF then says that Joe will have to put him down to take the title.

The lights go out and flicker. Masked men surround the ring and look at attack MJF but then Samoa Joe comes out and saves the day. The lights go out again and this time on the Khan-O-Tron we see a message being typed; “In the shadows, our games begin.” The message asks MJF and Samoa Joe if they will face the unknown next week. MJF is angry and angrily says he is tired of the “Scooby-Doo bullsh*t” and vows to unmask The Devil. He says that if they want a tag team match, they’re on. Joe doesn’t look pleased as MJF talks for him.

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Wardlow vs. AR Fox

Fox dives onto Wardlow during his entrance but Wardlow controls Fox and throws him arund the ring a few times. Wardlow is down after a flurry of offense and Fox hits the 450 Splash for a 1-count. Wardlow is up and hits Fox with a Lariat and then Powerbombs twice, followed by a Swanton Bomb. Wardlow isn’t done as he hits one last Powerbomb. The referee calls for the bell.

Winner via stoppage: Wardlow

Dante Martin, Darius Martin & Action Andretti vs. The Hardys (Matt Hardy & Jeff Hardy) & Brother Zay

The broadcast team talks up Dante Martin, who has been out of action since March after a bad injury at the ROH PPV. The Hardys and Zay get the upperhand early. Andretti and Jeff Hardy go at it for a short amount of time until Darius and Zay tag in and go back and forth with their fast paced moves. Top Flight and Andretti look to have control of the match but Zay sends Andretti back into the corner. Jeff Hardy takes Andretti down as Zay stomps on him. The Hardys and Zay isolate Andretti from his team. Matt with a Side Effect. Dante Martin gets the hot tag and clears house until Zay pushes Dante into Darius and hits a Clothesline on Dante. Jeff and Matt double-team Dante and they put Dante on their shoulders. Zay hits a springboard dropkick. Quickly then, Darius drops Jeff with a forearm as Zay and Martin fight in the ring. Dante gets the win over Zay in a very crowded end to the match

Winners: Dante Martin, Darius Martin & Action Andretti

Top Flight and Action Andretti are talking backstage with Renne Paquette until Penta shows up. El Hijo del Vikingo and Komander appear and a trios match is booked for another day.

TBS Championship: Julia Hart (c) vs. Emi Sakura

This is House rules and the win cannot come via submission. Hart does a Cartwheel early on. Sakura comes right back with a chop and a Crossbody. They battle at ringside for a bit and Sakura gains control while sending Hart back to the ring. Sakura punds and ground Hart for a bit. Sakura with a Back-breaker. Hart slowly comes back and is able to lock in a Sleeper Hold. She then gets a Headscissors on sakura followed by a Hartless but this won’t work because of House Rules. Hart stomps on Sakura a bit, climbs the ropes and hits a Moonsault for the win.

Winner: and still TBS Champion; Julia Hart

RJ is with Mariah May. May says she’s dying to show everyone what she can do. She thanks RJ City for connecting her with Toni Storm and then walks into Tony Khan’s office.

Christian talks to Copeland….

Christian Cage has security with him. Cage calls out Adam Copeland but no one comes out. Copeland asks again and eventually Copeland comes out. Cage is behind the security guards. Christian asks the security guards to leave. Cage then tells Copeland he’s sorry and says he went soul-searching and is trying to figure out how he became the person he is today. Cage tells us some of the memories that he Copeland shared through their lives. Cage said they worked hard and made it. Cage then talks about their friendship and says they’re brothers. Cage tells Copeland he loves him. Cage then talks about Copeland’s mom passing away. Cage says she would have wanted them to team up one more team. Cage says they should team up together because that’s what Copeland’s mom wanted. Cage then goes for a cheap shot, but Copeland kicks him int he balls. Copeland tells Cage that the TNT Championship is coming home with him and tells him to go “f*ck himself.”

AEW Continental Classic: Swerve Strickland vs. Jay White

The match starts and ends up at ringside early on. Swerve with the advantage until White throws him to the barricade. White tosses Strickland back in the ring and takes control of the match. Eventually and not much later, they end up back outside of the ring where Strickland has his way with White until White chops him. Strickland with a chop of his own and follows that up with a Backbreaker on White. White is coming back and tosses Strickland on the apron then hits a Suplex. White throws Strickland into the corner but Strickland swerves (had to) a chop and hits a Hammerlock slam on White.

White and Strickland go back and forth until Strickland hits a Flatliner on White. Strickland with a Vertical Suplex, but it was only good or a 2-count. Swerve with a Discus Lariat and both men are down and out. White slowly gets up first and send Strickland hard on the mat. White then targets the Elbow of Strickland. Strickland comes right back and snaps White’s arm. White goes for a low blow, and Swerve counters with a Back-breaker of his own. Strickland hits the House Call and the Swerve Stomp for a 2-count. White is up and hits a Bladerunner, but cannot get the pin as Strickland rolls to the outside. White is mad and gets Strickland from the outside and tosses him back in the ring. They trade pins and White goes for a Bladerunner again, but Strickland swerves it (HA!) and both men trade hard punches. White gets control and hits Strickland with a Sleeper Suplex. White looks for yet another Bladerunner but Strickland counters and gets a s stack pin for the 1…2…3…and the win!

Winner: Swerve Strickland

After the match, Swerve Strickland celebrates to end the show.

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