After an emotional Dynamite last week, All Elite Wrestling makes its debut in France for Grand Slam: France for this week’s Dynamite. Both the World Titles alongside the TNT Championship are all on the line as WrestleDream is right around the corner. Let’s light the fuse.
ROH World Championship Match: Bandido vs Kofi
Imagine telling someone a couple years ago that we’ll see Kofi challenging for the ROH World title. The two men and the crowd feeling the atmosphere as they have a little dance after breaking out of their moves and the crowd respond with dueling chants. Not long after Swerve Strickland, followed by “Hangman” Adam Page make their way to ringside.
As you would expect, they did eventually start going at their throats and in the ring, Bandido sends Kofi to the ropes for a 21-plex that had him retain the title. Bandido is always great, but it’s like these guys have a found a new gear after joining the company.
Winner (And Still) – Bandido
A promo package explaining the rules of Clockwork Carnage match for the AEW World Championship set for WrestleDream.
We then hear from World Champion, Will Ospreay refers the match as a combination of the Casino Gauntlet and an Iron Man Match. Speedball tells him that he’d like to get a shot and at Collision he has a chance to earn it when he faces Lee Moriarty.
Clockwork Carnage World Title Qualifying Match: Samoa Joe vs. Jack Perry
Perry charges at Joe, who effortlessly launches him up before letting him slam to the mat hard. Joe charges at a Perry who’s in the corner, but Jack gets out of the way and lays in a couple chops with zero effect. Perry briefly got control, until Joe took it right back when the fight reached outside.
Joe cinches in a Coquina Clutch, but Perry bridges up to get out of it . Perry tries to keep things up but gets sent to the corner once more and Joe connects with a muscle buster for the win. Good stuff from both men, glad to have Joe back.
Winner – Samoa Joe
A vignette of Kazuchika Okada as he addresses Will Ospreay and the World Title match tonight. He gives us a little bit of French before talking about making history when he becomes World Champion.
Death Riders (Moxley and Kidd) vs. Don Callis Family (Davis and Doyle)
Death Riders arrive to a huge pop from the Paris crowd, still carrying the memory of PAC with them. It’s Kidd and Doyle who start the match with the latter taking down the former with ease. Mox and Doyle go at it for a bit.
Things breakdown and the family take full control when Doyle took down with Kidd with a clothesline. In the end Davis with a piledriver on Kidd was enough to secure the win for the family.
It is then confirmed that Mark Davis will challenge Jon Moxley for the Continental Championship at WrestleDream.
Winners – Don Callis Family
A promo package hyping up Nick Wayne vs Chris Jericho which will take place on Collision.
TNT Championship Match: Darby Allin vs Kyle Fletcher
It’s a match with Darby Allin after all as the match soon spill to the outside. Allin dives towards Fletcher from the turnbuckle that send both men crashing over the barricade.
Allin with a flurry of moves and Fletcher only gained advantage sending his opponent into the announce table. It was the champion retaining at the end however, as two coffin drops was able to get the job done. Classic Darby Allin match, what more is there to say.
Winner (And Still) – Darby Allin
AEW Women’s World Championship Match: Mercedes Moné vs Queen Aminata
Aminata takes it to the CEO instantly, but the champions manages to fight back.She lays in some more shots on her challenger, but a slip allows Aminata to take her to the mat for Chocolate Kisses.
Dueling chants for both women as they give it their all. Just like the last match, the champion retained with a lungblower followed by the money maker. Good match, Aminata should atleast win the TBS Championship soon enough.
Post match, Thekla charges at the ring but Mone wanted no part of that.
Winner (And Still) – Mercedes Mone
A promo package focused on Swerve and Hangman, ending with the Trios champions challenging Hangman and Brodido for a Two Out of Three Falls match at WrestleDream.
AEW World Championship Match: Will Ospreay vs Kazuchika Okada
Ospreay gets a huge reaction from the crowd much to displeasure of Okada who seemed to have had enough at one point. Ospreay kept evading the challengers moves and was only able to take control going after the champion’s knees.
They strike of all their greatest hits, and in the end a Stormbreaker only got the two count but another Hidden Blade had Ospreay get his first successful defence of his championship. These two never disappoint, what a match.
Winner (And Still ) – Will Ospreay
The show ends with Ospreay celebrating with Speedball and Joe staring him down the ramp, with just a week left for WrestleDream.
