After three months Jon Moxley is back and looking better than ever. Moxley wasn’t the only absent star to return, as TNT Champion Cody Rhodes made his return after several weeks away. Rhodes spoke of the ‘forbidden door’ and how he built it, saying he would never turn heel because of the fans supporting him back when he did it. Cody spoke about several members of AEW’s roster before landing on interim TNT Champion Sammy Guevara, before announcing the two will meet in a winner-takes-all ladder match for the TNT Championship at Beach Break.
Before Beach Break though, Adam Cole and Britt Baker teamed for the first time to take on Best Friends’ Orange Cassidy and Kris Statlander. Baker nailing Statlander with a vicious Pittsburgh Sunrise on the ramp as Cole hit a Panama Sunrise in the ring for two. Baker and Cole set a table up at ringside, but Baker ended up going through it after Cassidy accidentally knocked into her after Cole evaded an orange Punch. Cole readied The Boom for the win, then checked on Baker.
The Kings of the Black Throne made their in-ring debut after Brody king’s debut last week, steamrolling through an unconfident Varsity Blonds. As Black and King celebrated, PAC appeared on screen, saying he sees clearly, and instead of bowing before Malakai, he is going to make him a martyr.
Lance Archer made his long-awaited in-ring return, defeating a spirited Frankie Kazarian, as Jake Roberts and Dan Lambert watched on. Post-match Lambert disparaged Hangman Page on the mic once again, until the AEW World Champion came out to slap Archer, with the two brawling in the ring as animosity between the pair increases.
And in Dynamite’s main event, Sting and Darby Allin teamed up once more to take on The Acclaimed. However, the majority of the match was a handicap match, due to Bowens and Caster jumping Allin pre-match, and forcing him to the back. This only fired Sting up, who rolled back the years as he dished out some classic Sting offence on the Acclaimed. Allin eventually made it to the ring, and as Sting crushed Caster through a table with a diving splash off the stage, Allin put Bowens away with a Coffin Drop.
- Adam Cole & Britt Baker def. Orange Cassidy & Kris Statlander
- CM Punk def. Shawn Spears
- The Kings of the Black Throne def. Varsity Blonds
- Lance Archer def. Frankie Kazarian
- Serena Deeb def. Skye Blue
- Sting & Darby Allin def. The Acclaimed
