Date: 02/17	5:00 PM
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Ian Clark's Latest AEW Dynamite on TNT Live Recap

Match One: Matt Hardy and Hangman Page vs. TH2

TH2 knock Hardy off the apron, tee off on Page, he rebounds with clotheslines for both, chop to the legal Evans, Hardy in, top rope elbow to the back, punch, neckbreaker for two, Page in, Hardy with an elbow, Page with a standing shooting star for two, Hardy in, double team suplex, punch to Angelico, dodges an avalanche from Evans, crucifix bomb, Angelico in, kick to the back, toss to the corner, punches, kicks in the corner, Evans in, top rope double foot stomp/side slam combo for two, elbow to the back, Matt presses him to the corner, Angelico in, elbow, Hardy with punches, Evans grabs him in the ropes, Hardy elbows his way out, Evans drops him across the top rope, Angelico covers for two, front facelock, Evans in, punches to the back, toss to the corner, whip, cartwheel, Hardy catches him with a boot, Side Effect, double tag, Page cleans house, whip, reversed, Page with a spinebuster, clothesline in the corner, snapmare, springboard kick for Evans, fallaway slam for Angelico, suicide dive to Evans, Angelico with a boot, suplex, reversed for two, Evans in, Angelico with a boot, Page powerbombs him, powerbombs Evans into Angelico, Hardy in, Twist of Fate, blocked, Evans shoves Hardy into Page, neckbreaker/backbreaker combo, Evans in, Phoenix Splash for two, Angelico in, Evans with an aided standing 450, blocked, Page with a Buckshot Lariat to both of them, Hardy with a Twist of Fate for three.

Winners: Matt Hardy and Hangman Page

Matt: "Ladies and gentlemen, give it up for Hangman, Adam Page! How great did you look! You looked like a million bucks, a billion bucks! And I'm excited, because you are going to make a lot of money! And I'm excited, because I'm going to make 30% of it, I'm going to make a lot of money too! I'm very excited, and I'm glad you signed with me."

"Well, Matt, I'm not sure how much attention you were paying in the bar, but a friend of mine always told me to keep an extra set of papers in your pocket."

"Oh, come on."

"I don't know how well you read the contract."

"I didn't read it, I sent it straight to the lawyer."

"I think it's fully executed, so if we can get a member of the Jags legal team out here--"

The Jaguars mascot comes out.

Hardy: "It's okay if you added some incentives."

Page: "Read it."

Hardy: "This isn't a talent representation contract, it's for a match? At Revolution, Matt Hardy vs. Hangman Page? And if I lose, you get all of my earnings from the first quarter of 2021? You're nothing but a carny! Look, maybe I was trying to take you for a ride, but if we're going to do this, you should put something up too! How about if I win, I get your earnings from the first quarter of 2021?"

"I think we have a money match."

"Well, you're done."

The mascot punches Page, then reveals himself to be Isaiah Kassidy. Matt offers TH2 money to beat him up, which they accept, but Dark Order comes out in full force to make the save.

Marvez asks P&P about getting their first title match tonight. Santana says it's because AEW and all former champions have been afraid. MJF says Sammy Guevara lied about him trying to record him, and demands an apology. Jericho tells him to shut up and blames him for Sammy leaving, before saying that the majority of the fault still lies with Sammy.

Match Two: Women's Championship Eliminator Tournament: NWA Women's Champion Serena Deeb vs. Riho (non-title)

Lockup, Deeb with a rear waistlock, reversed, reversed again, Deeb with a takedown, Riho with a front facelock, reversed, Riho with a hammerlock, reversed into a side headlock, reversed into a rollup for two, Deeb keeps the side headlock locked in, break, test of strength, Deeb powers her down, Riho with a bridge, Deeb tries to break it with her body weight, takedown, wristlock, side headlock, snapmare, side headlock, Riho whips out, Deeb with a shoulder tackle, Riho blocks a pin attempt, dropkick, whip, reversed, Riho with a crossbody for two, trip, 619, blocked, Deeb with a guillotine catapult, hangman neckbreaker, a trainer checks on Deeb's knee, clears her, Deeb limps to the floor, rolls Riho into the ring, covers for two, forearm, European uppercut, arm trap clothesline for two, Gory Special, cover for two, another cover for two, a third cover for two, straightjacket hold, Riho forces a rope break, Deeb with a hip check, Riho with a snap dragon suplex, elbows in the corner, Deeb reverses position and hits European uppercuts, arm wrench, whip, Riho with boots, hurricanrana, running knee in the corner for two, Deeb goes for a suplex, buckles, Riho with a dropkick, goes up top, crossbody, Deeb rolls through into an elbow to the knee, stomp, elbow to the knee, stomp, Figure Four, blocked with a boot, Riho misses an avalanche, Deeb with a dragon screw, neckbreaker for two, Riho with punches, drop toehold to the middle rope, 619, goes up top, double foot stomp to the back of a rope-strewn Deeb, top rope crossbody, Deeb with a dragon screw, powerbomb, stretch muffler, Riho goes for the rope break, Deeb pulls her back into the ring, Riho with a rollup for two, Northern Lights suplex for two, goes up top, double foot stomp to the gut for two, misses a running punt, Deeb goes for a piledriver, reversed into a rollup for two, reversed into a rollup for two, reversed into a rollup for three.

Winner: Riho

They show a training package for Jade Cargill.

Match Three: Orange Cassidy vs. Luther

Luther punches Chuck off the apron at the bell, Serpentico attacks, Luther punts Cassidy, powerbomb for two, swings him by the neck with his own shirt, both men tussle to the apron, Cassidy with a sunset bomb to the floor, Serpentico tries to run in, Chuck hits him with the Awful Waffle, Cassidy hits Luther with the Orange Punch for three.

Winner: Orange Cassidy

After a recap of what Team Taz did last week to Darby Allin, Team Taz comes out.

Taz: "Alright, so all week, all I'm seeing, all week long on AEW social media, all I'm seeing is, 'Sting's going to call out Team Taz'. Well, we're here, down a few members, because Sting took his friggin' snow and took it down south, but I digress. Go ahead and call us out, there's only three of us."

The three are Taz, Hook, and Cage. Sting comes out.

Taz: "Shut the music. You just stepped in this ring. That's the worst thing you have done, my friend. And you need that bat, because without it, you're done. Your boy, Darby, he got dragged down to FTW world. For years, you've needed that bat. You need that bat."

Sting tosses the bat aside, throws his coat at Cage, and starts teeing off. Hook tries to choke him with his own bat, Sting throws him aside, Cage hits Sting with a powerbomb, then Team Taz walks off.

Eddie Kingston cuts a promo backstage saying he's not done with Archer, never wanted Fenix in the family, and needs to beat Moxley most of all, because he has no other way of getting rid of the demon.

In an "earlier today", Kenny Omega is reading Killing the Business to some elementary school children. He leaves after one sentence, his publicist openly says it's a PR stunt, and when the kids ask him to stay, he offers them Nakazawa, who the children swarm and beat down.

Match Four: AEW Tag Team Championships: The Young Bucks (c) vs. Proud and Powerful

Nick and Santana start off, lockup, Santana wrenches the arm, reversed, reversed again, Santana with a side headlock, shoulder tackle, arm drag, armbar, arm wrench, Ortiz in, snapmare, armbar, whip, Matt with a shoulder tackle, tags in, arm drag, one for Santana, Ortiz with a springboard arm drag, backbreaker, Gory special, reversed into an arm drag, Santana in, superkick, whip, Nick in, double team elbow, another, double dropkick to Ortiz, punch, back suplex, blocked, punches Ortiz, Ortiz tags in, Santana feeds him for a Magic Killer style setup into a backbreaker, MJF runs in, goes to punch Nick, the ref catches him and ejects him, then ejects the rest of Inner Circle when they try to argue, Santana with a choke in the ropes, double team suplex, Santana in, Three Amigos, Ortiz tags in to make the third one a double team suplex for two, chinlock, Nick fights his way out of the corner, Ortiz with a chinlock, Gory Special, Santana in, abdominal stretch, snapmare, dropkick for two, chop, Ortiz in, body slam, Nick rolls to the floor, trips Santana, goes for a tag, Ortiz blocks, Nick superkicks him, Matt in, punch, cleans house, springboard cutter for two, sets him up top, Nick in, top rope toss into a Matt powerbomb for two, Nick in, Matt with a fireman's carry, blocked, Ortiz shoves him into Nick, Santana with an Angel's Wings to Matt, Ortiz with a top rope Falcon Arrow for two, double team throw, Ortiz locks in what almost looks like the Anaconda Vice mixed with Code of Silence, Santana with a suicide dive to Matt, Matt gets back up, kicks Santana, top rope elbow drop to Ortiz, Doomsday Device, Matt tags in, powerbomb into a Nick kick, stereo superkick for two, Santana and Ortiz with a double team cutter to Nick, Street Sweeper for two as Matt breaks up the count, P&P beat Matt down on the floor, powerbomb him into the crowd, taunt, Nick with a rollup for three while Santana is gloating.

Winners and STILL Tag Team Champions: The Young Bucks

Inner Circle swarm the Bucks, backstage we see Don Callis talking Kenny and the Good Brothers out of making the save, Brandon Cutler runs in, gets beat down, Walls of Jericho and Salt of the Earth locked in on the Bucks, Good Brothers finally come in to make the save. Jericho mouths off to Papa Buck, who is sitting at ringside. Papa Buck shoves him.

After a commercial, Brandi reveals that Cody doesn't know the gender of their child, but they're about to reveal it now. It turns out it's a girl. Or at least that they will be assigned female at birth. But they used the former wording. I dunno, the optics just seem weird since this is the most trans-inclusive promotion ever. Which this nonbinary recapper greatly appreciates, by the way.

Match Five: FTR vs. The Sydal Brothers

Cash and Mike start off, Cash with a back suplex, toss to the corner, Dax in, stomps, Mike flips around the ring, Matt in, aided foot stomp, double flapjack, Cash in, stomps, Dax in, stomps, elbow drop for two, European uppercut, double team guillotine catapult, fireman's carry backbreaker, chinlock, Cash in, kick to the back, Dax in, Northern Lights for two, Mike with punches, Dax with a front facelock, Matt in, Mike with an aided hurricanrana, Matt cleans house, baseball slide to both members of FTR, Mike with a moonsault to the floor to both members of FTR, Matt with mixed strikes, Dax goes for a suplex, reversed into a rollup for two, Cash with a European uppercut, tags in, whip, Dax whips Cash, misses, Matt with punches for both men, Tornado DDT to Cash, blocked, Dax with a powerbomb, Cash with a dragon suplex for two as Mike breaks the count, is cleared from the ring, Matt with a rollup for two, stereo superkick, goes up top, knees to both of them, Mike in, crossbody to both men for two as Cash gets the rope, Matt goes up top, Dax crotches, Cash goes for a back suplex, blocked, Dax in, Big Rig for three.

Winners: FTR

During the match, Cody announced there will be a Face Of The Revolution 6-man ladder match at Revolution with a TNT Championship shot on the line.

The medical crew come to check on Mike Sydal, FTR grab the equipment bag and pull out a pair of scissors, the lights go out, Luchasaurus comes on the screen with his back facing the camera and his mutilated mask on the ground, the lights come back up with Jurassic Express, complete with a new mask for Luchasaurus. They beat down FTR and send them running.

Jon Moxley says Eddie Kingston still has a stick up his ass, but he's happy to keep kicking his ass until he realizes Moxley is the only one who still cares about him. He says he's looking forward to the 26th, then says his next goal is to take everyone out in one fell swoop by winning back the AEW Championship.

Main Event: Eddie Kingston, Butcher and Blade vs. Jon Moxley, Lance Archer and Rey Fenix

The match opens with a full-scale brawl between all six men, Butcher and Blade throw Moxley into the barricade, Butcher rolls Moxley in, RoughRyder for two, chop in the corner, Eddie in, punch, clothesline, Butcher in, avalanche, Blade in, powerslam for two, whip, Archer in, tosses Blade across the ring, avalanche, running elbow, belly to belly, tightrope walk, Butcher grabs his ankle, Fenix hits Butcher with a hurricanrana, Archer completes Old School, Moxley in, spear in the corner, snapmare, running kick to the face, stomp, Fenix in, stomp for two, front facelock, Archer in, suplex, Moxley in, avalanche, back suplex, elbow drop for two, stomp, arm wrench, Archer in, punch to the back, headbutt, throws Blade's face into his knee, Eddie with a drop on the ropes, Butcher in, punches, chop, stomp, punch to the back, choke in the ropes, punches in the corner, whip to the corner, Blade in, punches, bites Archer, Eddie in, punch to the gut, headbutt, shoulder tackles in the corner, chop, face wash, front facelock, Butcher in, punch to the back, Archer goes for a chokeslam to both Butcher and Kingston, headbutts Blade, Moxley with a Cactus Clothesline to Blade, Archer with a shoulder tackle to Butcher and Kingston, Fenix in, cleans house, rolling cutter to Butcher, frog splash for two, Archer in, Exploder, boots Kingston, Butcher with a crossbody, Moxley goes for a piledriver, blocked, Mox hits a German instead, Fenix with a dropkick to Blade, Moxley in, Eddie in, trading strikes, Fenix with a superkick, Archer with a tackle, Moxley locks in the bulldog choke, Blade breaks the count, another full brawl breaks out, Fenix goes up top, then thinks better of it and allows Archer to chokeslam him into his opponents, Archer follows with a senton, tosses Butcher and Blade into the timekeeper's area, Moxley slaps Kingston around, Kingston with a spinning back fist, Moxley rebounds with a clothesline, Paradigm Shift for three.

Winners: Jon Moxley, Lance Archer and Rey Fenix

Good Brothers swarm in and beat down Moxley. Kenny comes out.

"Cut the music! Hey Jon, don't look so tough right now, do you? If it's not a junkyard, if it's not a bowery, you're not interested. I'm out here with your late Valentine's Day present from your boss, Tony Khan, I see this contract that you slipped a rematch clause in. So you can have your rematch at Revolution, but I get to name the match! We beat you down, you keep coming back! I beat you in a regular match, you get jealous and come back! You talk about putting people in the dirt, if I have to put you in the ground, break your neck, that's what I'll do! Exploding barbed wire death match! Put him down!"

They beat him down.

Kenny: "It's only going to get worse! Now hit the music!"

Kenny holds his title aloft as Dynamite goes off the air.