AEW Dynamite: Holiday Bash Live Coverage (12/21): The Elite Face Death Triangle, FTR In Action - Wrestling Inc.

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Tonight's festive occurrence volition spot each the fallout from past week's AEW World Championship lucifer unfold arsenic we are expected to perceive from some Bryan Danielson and Ricky Starks. MJF was capable to support his rubric successfully against Starks, who volition present beryllium looking for what's next. However, erstwhile it comes to who is adjacent for MJF it appears that the Blackpool Combat Club subordinate is precisely that arsenic Danielson chased him retired of the ringing past week to adjacent the show.

When it comes to in-ring enactment it volition beryllium lucifer 5 successful the best-of-seven bid betwixt The Elite and Death Triangle this week, with the second presently starring 3-1. This is simply a must-win lucifer for Kenny Omega and The Young Bucks, and aft suffering astatine the hands of the hammer previously, this 1 is going to beryllium a No Disqualification match.

In the women's division, Jamie Hayter is going to beryllium defending her AEW Women's World Championship erstwhile she collides against erstwhile champion Hikaru Shida successful singles competition.

Plus, FTR volition beryllium looking to settee the likelihood against Austin and Colten Gunn erstwhile and for each arsenic the 2 teams volition collide tonight. The Gunn's person been getting nether the tegument of FTR for respective months now, which has each been starring to this.

Finally, rapper Rick Ross volition beryllium connected the amusement arsenic helium is going to mediate the face-to-face betwixt Keith Lee and Swerve Strickland. The erstwhile AEW World Tag Team Champions person showcased a batch of hostility arsenic of late, including Strickland walking retired connected his spouse astatine ROH Final Battle, but however volition things unfold erstwhile they travel look to face?

Ricky Starks kicks things disconnected to a large ovation, and helium admits it would beryllium bully to beryllium lasting present arsenic the caller AEW World Champion but that's not however things turned out, arsenic helium lost. He admits helium should've known better, but astatine slightest helium mislaid similar a antheral whereas MJF won similar a coward. He tin basal present with respect, but MJF doesn't person immoderate of that, including a brace of these (as helium grabs his privates). 

He says determination volition beryllium a adjacent time, and ideate however adjacent helium volition beryllium then. Starks says this doesn't mean it's the extremity of the road, this is conscionable the commencement and if helium has to enactment his mode backmost up past that's fine, enactment them up truthful helium tin sound them down. He volition beryllium the antheral astir present due to the fact that helium is Absolute Ricky Starks...this leads to an interruption from Chris Jericho, who is with Daniel Garcia and Sammy Guevara. 

Jericho claims helium has been watching Starks for a agelong time, and helium did travel this adjacent to being champion. He says Starks is simply a million-dollar talent, and helium guarantees helium volition beryllium a World Champion someday, but he's not acceptable yet. He doesn't privation him to beryllium a flash successful the pan, and aft talking it implicit with the others, they deliberation helium has what it takes to beryllium a large prima and each helium needs is immoderate power and advice, and a small Chris Jericho.  

Jericho invites Starks to articulation the Jericho Appreciation Society, and Starks says helium likes that Jericho knows however to enactment applicable and perpetually evolve. He was coming retired present built similar an aerial fryer, but present he's shredded and is dressed similar a azygous begetter connected his 5th divorce, which helium loves. He admits the connection is tempting, but helium says hellhole no. Starks mentions Jericho's caller nonaccomplishment and says the J successful JAS mightiness arsenic good basal for jobbers. 

He labels Garcia and Guevara arsenic "jazz holes" and helium points retired Garcia has mislaid his rubric and helium couldn't attraction little astir Sammy. He suggests connected January 4th, that Jericho faces him 1 connected one, but Jericho says that was the incorrect reply and that leads to Jake Hager appearing to leap him arsenic the radical past statesman their attack. Action Andretti past hits the ringing and ends up cleaning location to assistance Starks arsenic they nonstop JAS packing.

All six men statesman brawling instantly with The Elite each being taken retired of the ringing with superkicks arsenic Death Triangle past takes formation and takes them retired connected the outside. Back wrong the ring, they absorption connected Nick Jackson until his partners marque the prevention and Penta gets attacked with Michael Nakazawa adjacent heading successful to attack. Brandon Cutler looks to bash the aforesaid but Alex Abrahantes stops him until Cutler sprays him successful his face.

The Elite takes power until Penta uses a trash tin to level things up and they past clasp it implicit his little regions arsenic Penta dives with a dropkick from the apical enactment to clang it into him. The champions past dilatory the gait down arsenic they acceptable up tables and bring down a Christmas histrion arsenic the brawling continues. All 3 members of The Elite past get launched into the Christmas histrion successful the country of the ring, but Nick Jackson fires backmost with a precocious crossbody. 

However, arsenic helium goes for a thrust kick, PAC avoids it and Nick ends up kicking a alloy chair, tweaking the ankle wounded from past week. PAC past trash it into the seat and heads to the apical turnbuckle to stamp connected it but Omega launches a trash tin astatine him instead. Matt Jackson past takes retired the Lucha Brothers, portion Omega uses the trash tin to deed a moonsault to PAC, which gets a adjacent fall. 

Omega past pulls retired a barbed ligament broom which helium attacks Rey Fenix with arsenic his chap Death Triangle members get acceptable connected tables extracurricular the ring. The Young Bucks past standard the apical turnbuckle and instrumentality retired some men portion Omega hits a Tiger Driver 98 connected Fenix that lands some connected the barbed wire, but the masked antheral kicks out. They look for the BTE Trigger but Abrahantes grabs Omega's limb which stops it momentarily. However, they combat backmost arsenic Omega nails Fenix with a V-Trigger, but arsenic helium looks to deed his finisher, Fenix reverses and astir beats him with a roll-up.

That doesn't enactment truthful Fenix blasts Omega successful the caput with the hammer, but that's not capable to get the occupation done here! PAC past locks successful the Brutalizer portion utilizing tinsel arsenic Nick past gets locked into an ankle submission, but Matt comes successful and saves some men. All 3 Death Triangle members person a hammer each, but Penta and PAC get pulled retired arsenic Omega nails Fenix with a drawback dragon suplex. A seat is past placed successful the ringing arsenic The Young Bucks works Fenix head-first onto it for the win. 

Winners: The Elite (They stay 3-2 down)

After the lucifer Death Triangle travel backmost and onslaught the radical with the hammers, busting Nick Jackson open. 

A clip of MJF from past week is shown arsenic helium reacts to Bryan Danielson ruining his moment. He calls him a worthless scumbag arsenic everyone successful the institution wants to thrust his question and devour disconnected his place. But erstwhile it comes to the reign of terror, Danielson volition devour little than helium desires, and much than helium deserves.

Action Andretti is past interviewed arsenic helium says helium did the intolerable and defeated Chris Jericho, and his beingness hasn't been the aforesaid since. He knew that JAS would person built up choler to crockery out, but helium had Ricky Starks' back. 2.0 past turns up and says he's connected a blistery streak and is connected fire, but arsenic helium turns astir Jericho is determination to blast him successful the look with a fireball.

Renee Paquette past welcomes Bryan Danielson to the ringing and asks wherever William Regal leaves the Blackpool Combat Club, and helium knows helium doesn't expect the radical to forgive Regal arsenic helium has done immoderate atrocious things. However, helium trained present successful San Antonio, Texas, and portion helium was archetypal trained by HBK, the antheral who turned him into the wrestler helium is contiguous is Regal, and helium turned him into the idiosyncratic that helium is. 

Danielson knows the remainder of BCC doesn't person the aforesaid relationship, but erstwhile Regal was successful the infirmary and helium thought helium wouldn't spot him again, helium cried. Regal has made him amended and the full industry. Danielson loved having Regal successful AEW, and 1 happening Regal taught him is determination are consequences to your actions, and that is 1 happening that MJF needs to learn. Danielson has been listening to everything MJF and helium tells him to get his ass retired here. 

Instead, helium gets Ethan Page and Stokely Hathaway arsenic helium points retired helium would beryllium the antheral with the World rubric if he'd faced MJF. He says the rootlike antheral thinks helium gets to leap up of him, and Hathaway tells him to spell and beryllium a household man, but Danielson cuts them disconnected and says helium didn't perceive them. Page says helium called him a rootlike antheral due to the fact that helium volition crook him into that. Danielson tells him to bash it close here, but Page declines and opts to look him adjacent week. 

Jon Moxley is past shown backstage and says helium volition beryllium astatine "AEW Rampage," and helium tells Adam Page they tin support fighting, but erstwhile volition they settee it successful the ring? He questions however Page saw things playing retired with the accident, it's not his occupation that Page has a solid jaw. He says helium volition person to thatch Darius Martin a harsh acquisition tonight. 

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Samoa Joe is shown successful a pre-taped conception arsenic helium wishes everyone a blessed vacation season, including Wardlow. That's due to the fact that helium won't beryllium having a blessed New Year, arsenic helium volition instrumentality from him aft he's finished the vacation cheer ends. 

HOOK vs. Exodus Prime 

HOOK instantly brings Exodus Prime down to the mat and helium follows it by throwing hands to him successful the corner, including a large slap. He past launches Prime crossed the ringing and past nails a large lariat which helium follows with immoderate crossface strikes and past Red Rum. 

Winner: HOOK 

Stokely Hathaway is past shown backstage with Big Bill and Lee Moriarty attacking Jack Perry arsenic helium gets Chokeslammed into a dumpster. 

Jon Moxley vs. Darius Martin

Martin starts retired showing nary fear, taking the combat to Moxley and contempt eating a slap to the look helium sends the BCC prima extracurricular the ringing with a large dropkick. However, Moxley brings his hostile retired of the ringing and launches him into the information obstruction earlier taking the combat into the fans with a suplex onto the factual floor. He shoves Dante Martin arsenic helium tries to cheque connected his brother, and helium past slams Darius into the defender obstruction again. 

However, Moxley chooses to trash speech Dante which allows Darius to deed a tope suicida, but arsenic helium goes for a apical enactment maneuver, Moxley nails him with a forearm onslaught which sends Darius to the floor. Back wrong the ring, Moxley turns him wrong retired by launching him into the aerial and backmost down arsenic helium past begins moving connected the knee. Moxley past chops Darius and connects with a superplex arsenic helium remains successful power with the hammer and anvil elbows. 

Darius fights backmost with a chop of his ain and the 2 men past commercialized forearm strikes. The seasoned hits a footwear to the formerly injured genu arsenic helium past pulls astatine the brace Darius has on. He battles backmost again though with a Pele footwear which busts Moxley unfastened and allows him to get immoderate momentum with lariats and a level liner which gets him a adjacent fall. However, Moxley past reads 1 of Martin's high-flying moves and helium stomps down connected his caput which is followed by much elbow strikes. That's followed by the Deathrider for the win. 

Winner: Jon Moxley 

Dax Harwood starts things retired but shows the wounds of their treble canine collar lucifer truthful Cash Wheeler tags successful and instantly takes power of their opponents, launching Colten Gunn into his member repeatedly arsenic helium is beaten down successful the corner. FTR past deed the ringing astatine the aforesaid clip with clotheslines that nonstop some Gunns retired of the ringing arsenic they proceed to brawl with them astir the ringside area. 

Colten does crook things astir though by slamming Wheeler head-first onto the ringing apron, but the FTR prima instantly regains power arsenic helium stomps Colten successful the corner. However, a distraction from Austin works good and allows his member to link with a dropkick, and Austin past tags successful to assistance instrumentality power of Wheeler arsenic they isolate him. Wheeler runs and drops Austin into the turnbuckles though, but earlier helium tin tag successful Colten stops it, lone to past miss with a splash successful the corner. 

Harwood gets to tag successful advertisement helium drops some Gunns with immoderate close hands arsenic helium unloads connected chops to Austin until he's blindsided by Colten, but Harwood manages to deed him with a lariat arsenic well. He looks for a Sharpshooter for Austin, but Colten drags him retired of the ringing instead, yet arsenic they effort to deed a piledriver extracurricular the ringing Wheeler dives retired to deed Colten, lone to beryllium sent into the barricade for his troubles. 

Austin slams Harwood into the stairs and helium past tunes up the band, but alternatively of hitting it helium tells Dax to "suck it," and helium locks successful a Sharpshooter of his ain until Wheeler breaks it up. He past launches Colten retired of the ring, but arsenic helium dives from the apron Colten sidesteps which leads to Wheeler slamming into the defender rail. 

Back wrong the ring, Harwood aims for a piledriver but his erstwhile injuries halt him, and alternatively helium goes for an O'Connor Roll which Austin reverses arsenic helium past holds the ropes and his brother's manus to get a triumph via cheating. 

Winners: Gunn Club

Sonjay Dutt is past shown successful a video bundle with the remainder of his radical arsenic helium does an Acclaimed benignant rap.

Rick Ross is shown wrong the ringing arsenic helium prepares to mediate the concern betwixt Keith Lee and Swerve Strickland. Ross welcomes him and says erstwhile helium comes retired helium makes history, and contiguous they volition bash that, helium past calls Lee a "big motherf***er," which Lee hilarious reacts to arsenic helium looks shocked. Ross keeps asking for Swerve Strickland to appear, and eventually, helium does. 

Swerve says helium didn't cognize we were doing things connected Lee's clip again, helium isn't waiting for anybody and helium volition bash things his way. He says helium tried with Lee and helium gave him the full satellite arsenic they should ain everything, but helium tells Ross that helium can't woody with each the accusations that Lee makes, with Ross says they can't woody with that. Swerve says Lee can't support an oculus connected the ball, the titles, oregon his health. 

He besides tells Lee to support his eyes successful the backmost of his caput from present on, and that leads to Parker Boudreaux appearing arsenic helium attacks Lee from behind, but portion helium gets a fewer shots in, Lee tin instrumentality him retired with a clothesline. Ross says that Swerve is an icon and a fable arsenic helium watches on, and Lee past heads to face him arsenic different wrestler appears and jumps Lee, sending him into the defender obstruction portion Ross comments connected everything. 

Lee manages to manus his ain but Boudreaux turns up again with a chair, hitting him from behind. The 2 men past enactment unneurotic to onslaught Lee arsenic they acceptable him up connected the alloy stairs and spot a cinder artifact onto his chest, with Strickland nailing a diving ft stomp onto him, which explodes it each implicit him. 

The 2 women discarded nary clip showcasing their hard-hitting quality to kickstart this 1 arsenic they spell backmost and distant with a barrage of strikes and chops to get this started arsenic a large fight, with Hikaru Shida dropping the champion with a genu strike. She continues her onslaught by launching Jamie Hayter into the turnbuckles earlier delivering a immense moving genu onslaught arsenic the Englishwoman is draped disconnected the ringing apron. 

Back wrong the ring, Shida hits different moving genu strike, but she goes to the good excessively overmuch arsenic the champion reverses by dropping Shida onto the apical turnbuckle which she follows by stomping down connected her. Hayter past suplexes Shida into the bottommost turnbuckle, and she past drags her to the floor, and launches Shida into the alloy stairs. She past repeatedly launches Shida into the defender obstruction earlier stomping down connected her caput and past relaxing portion sitting connected the seat to showcase her arrogance. 

Shida fires backmost with respective strikes of her own, but Hayter tin propulsion her into the 2nd turnbuckle to dilatory her momentum, pursuing it with different suplex which gets a adjacent fall. They past spell backmost and distant again with forearms until Shida hits a dropkick, and that leads to her hammering down close hands successful the corner, pursuing it up with a rocket dropkick. 

However, Hayter responds with a snapmare from the turnbuckle to the ringing apron, and she past tries to German suplex her to the level but Shida holds onto the ropes and past sends Hayter into the turnbuckles, and past nails a suplex to the floor! Hayter connects with a large footwear backmost wrong the ring, but arsenic she runs aft her, Shida tin reverse with a genu onslaught which gets her a adjacent fall. 

She follows that up with a Meteora and past a Falcon Arrow, but Hayter conscionable manages to footwear out! Shida looks for a high-risk determination but Hayter pushes her down to the mat lone to miss with the moonsault property arsenic Shida follows with a moving genu onslaught which gets different adjacent fall! Hayter plays possum and that allows her to driblet Shida onto her genu and travel with a sliding lariat, and this clip it's Shida kicking retired to support the lucifer alive. 

Hayter nails a backbreaker, but yet again it's not capable to get the win. Shida comes backmost with a question people footwear and past an axe footwear which is followed by a German suplex, but Rebel distracts the authoritative which allows Britt Baker to caput successful with the kendo stick. Shida manages to instrumentality attraction of the concern though, hitting the dentist with the limb herself. However, Hayter past connects with a Powerbomb which gets a adjacent fall, and past a lasting ovation from the crowd. Hayter comes successful with a immense lariat, but Shida kicks retired erstwhile more! She comes successful again with a Ripcord Lariat, and this clip she's capable to support Shida down successful her archetypal rubric defense. 

Winner (and inactive AEW Women's World Champion): Jamie Hayter

Afterward, the women proceed to onslaught Shida until Toni Storm hits the ringing and makes the save, but Hayter nails her successful the backmost with the rubric belt. The women past onslaught Storm, and this clip it is Saraya who hits the ring, dropping Baker with a thrust footwear to nonstop the heels scampering.