AEW Dynamite Live Coverage - February 12th, 2025

[Kemo]

AEW Dynamite

This week, The Gunns look to reclaim the AEW World Tag Titles from The Hurt Syndicate. “The Natural” Dustin Rhodes collides with MJF. Death Riders defend the World Trios Championship against The Undisputed Kingdom. Plus, “Best Wrestler Alive” Max Caster puts out an open challenge.

Commentators are Excalibur, Nigel McGuinness and Tony Schiavone.

Max Caster is in the ring calling himself platinum and that he known as the best wrestler alive to big you suck chants…he shows the trademark for Best Wrestler Alive. He says that he is giving an opportunity to face the best wrestler alive…she says that he ran Billy Gunn and Anthony Bowens out of the company and that he was the heart of The Acclaimed…

Hangman Page’s music hits as he comes through the tunnel and makes his way down to the ring. Caster bails out of the ring and jumps the barricade. Hangman looks on wondering where Caster is…Hangman see’s Caster and then leaps over the barricade going through the crowd chasing after Caster…


Max Caster Open Challenge

Caster hits the ring as the bell rings…Hangman is in the ring as well…Caster takes down Hangman, but he gets up as Caster turns around, Hangman drops him and then tosses him to the corner as he falls down. Hangman then nails him with a big sliding lariat. Hangman then hits Caster with a big buckshot lariat from the ring apron and covers him for the win.

Winner: Hangman Adam Page


Video Package:
We go to a video package showing what took place last week between Swerve Strickland and Ricochet, on last week’s Dynamite.


AEW World Trios Championship Match
Death Riders (PAC, Wheeler Yuta and Claudio Castagnoli) vs. The Undisputed Kingdom (Adam Cole, Kyle O’Reilly and Roderick Strong )

The action begins on the floor, as the bell rings. Kyle hits PAC as Strong and Yuta exchange chops. Claudio and Cole are fighting near the barricade…

Back from the break, the action is in the ring as O’Reilly is being triple teamed in the corner. PAC is tagged in. He sends O’Reilly head first to the turnbuckle. Claudio tagged in, as he PAC kick O’Reilly in the corner. Claudio hits O’Reilly with an uppercut, as O’Reilly fights back. Claudio hits O’Reilly and applies a sleeper hold on Claudio. O’Reilly tries to fight out of it as he pushes Claudio, but Yuta comes in and hits O’Reilly. Cole and Strong come in, as the ref hold them back, allowing PAC and Yuta to stomp on O’Reilly. Yuta is tagged in as he takes down O’Reilly. PAC is tagged in. Both men exchange elbow strikes as O’Reilly takes down PAC with a kick and then tags in Strong who chops PAC and then takes down Claudio who comes in. Strong then sends down Yuta and slams him on PAC. Strong covers PAC, but he kicks out at two. Cole is tagged in as he hits PAC with a backstabber and then covers him, but Claudio comes in to break up the pin. Strong is tagged in. He hits PAC with a backbreaker. The ref is distracted, allowing PAC to come back and hit him…Claudio is tagged in as he hits Strong with a backbreaker…Yuta is tagged in and applies a headlock on Strong. Strong fights out, but its not enough as Yuta picks up Strong and slams him down. Yuta covers Strong, but he kicks out at two. PAC is tagged in. He snap suplexes Strong across the ring. PAC covers Strong, but he kicks out at two. PAC keeps Strong from making a tag and pushes him the opposite corner. Claudio is tagged in. He applies a headlock on Strong. Claudio keeps Strong from making a tag and Yuta is tagged in, as we get rapid fire shots from the trios champs on Strong…

Back from the break, Strong rolls up Yuta, but he kicks out…Yuta then drop kicks Strong as he gets up. Yuta covers Strong, but he kicks out at two. Strong takes down Yuta with a clothesline…Cole is tagged in. He clothesline’s Yuta and then pump kicks him as he gets up. Cole then hits Yuta with a neck breaker. Strong takes down O’Reilly with a big knee on the floor…Cole then superkicks PAC who is now legal. Cole pump kicks Claudio who comes in…All three kick PAC as Strong cover PAC, but Claudio breaks up the pin…Yuta goes up to the top as Claudio launches him, but Strong get knees up…O’Reilly gets near falls on Yuta…O’Reilly has an ankle lock on Yuta…Claudio gets a chair as he is then sent to the floor but Cole and Strong…as the ref has his back turned dealing with the chair, Yuta low-blows O’Reilly and rolls him up for the pin.

Winners: Death Riders (retains championship)

After the match:
Death Rider continue the beat down. Daniel Garcia’s music hits as the TNT champion and 2.0 hit the ring to chase of the Trios champs out of the ring.


Backstage:
We go backstage with Marina Shafir and Jon Moxley. From behind Adam Copeland hits Mox from behind and send them into a room and shut the door…they hold the door and grab the briefcase that contains the AEW World Title and run off. Mox and Shafir come out of the room and go after Copeland and Jay White.

Backstage:
We go backstage with Renee Paquette talking to MJF about his match about his match with Dustin Rhodes. MJF says Texas is not a real state and Dustin is not a real man…Hangman Page comes in and then MJF asks him if he has a crush on him and if Jack Daniels makes a cologne…MJF then tells Hangman he is a joke and the fans actually believe in him…MJF says tonight he is going to beat Dustin and do what Hangman has failed to do, become a two-time AEW World Champion.


Samoa Joe & Hook & Katsuyori Shibata vs. Jon Cruz & Aaron Solo & Rosario Grillo.

Jon Cruz, Aaron Solo and Rosario Grillo are already in the ring as the bell rings. Joe sends Cruz to the outside…in the ring, Hook sends Solo to the floor…in the ring Shibata and Joe chop Grillo. Cruz gets in the ring and tries to hit Joe from behind, but Joe turns around and backs up Cruz to the corner and drops him with a muscle buster and covers him for the win.

Winners: Samoa Joe, Hook and Katsuyori Shibata

After the match:
Joe introduces himself and his brothers Hook and Shibata. Joe says this is about three men who have a misunderstanding and the only answer is violence. We get a Joe chant. Joe says what stands before you are three men who always have a problem and beat everyone to solve it…what stands her is The Ops…Joe then addresses Christian and The Patriarchy…this could have been real simple, but no, he continues to hide from The Ops and can’t drag him out of the dressing room because he is too chicken to show up tonight…Joe then says next week The Patriarchy vs. The Ops.


Backstage:
Renee Paquette is talking to Chris Jericho and Bryan Keith about the bounty he put on Bandido, but Keith couldn’t get rid of Bandido…Jericho says that he didn’t yell at Keith and that this is a learning moment and Jericho then challenges Bandido to a showdown in the ring…Keith tells Renee to never embarrass him in front of Chris Jericho again…

Backstage:
Renee is talking with Willow Nightingale as Marina Shafir comes in at kicks Willow…Moxley comes in and says that Copeland is a deadman walking.

In Ring:
ROH World Champion Chris Jericho, as he makes his way out of the tunnel and into the ring for this showdown.

Bandido’s music hits next as he makes his way to the ring to Bandido chants.

The lights go down as both men stand face-to-face and then back-to-back and walk to the corner of the ring. Both men take their hats off…as Bandido runs, Bryan Keith out of nowhere trips up Bandido as Keith and Jericho stomp him…The Outrunners come running out to even the odds…Big Bill comes down with the most wanted poster…Big grabs Bandido and goes to chokeslam him, but the music of Powerhouse Hobbs hits as he makes his way to the ring. Hobbs nails Bill, as Bandido kicks Bill, allowing Bill to pick him up and drop him with a big spinebuster.

Backstage:
We go backstage with Copeland and Jay White holding the briefcase talking about their match at Grand Slam…White asks Mox if he is missing something. Copeland says that he has held a briefcase a few times in his career. Copeland says that if Mox wants the briefcase back, he just can meet them in the ring at the end of the night.


Dustin Rhodes vs. MJF

Both men go face-to-face and then back up. The bell rings as we are underway! MJF charges at Dustin and is met with a powerslam and then punches…MJF rolls out of the ring as Dustin goes after him and sends him back in the ring. MjF crawls to the apron, but Dustin grabs him…MJF stomps on the left arm of Dustin. MJF grabs the left arm of Dustin and works the arm…Dustin is up as fights off MJF and then attempts a sunset flip, but MJF targets the left arm of Dustin. MJF grabs the left arm of Dustin and then picks him up and slams him down. He jaws at the fans…MJF then hits Dustin in the back with a knee. MJF runs the ropes and then just brushes Dustin with a knee. MJF then looks at the camera blowing kisses…Dustin comes back and hits MJF, but he pokes the eyes of Dustin and chokes him out in the corner. MJF then goes to the second rope and nails Dustin with big rights and mocks him acting like Goldust…Dustin comes back and powerbombs MJF, as both men are down.

MJF is up as Dustin runs the ropes and then punches MJF and then kicks him. MJF stumbles to the corner as Dustin lays in punches on MJF. Dustin then bulldogs MJF, as he is driven down face first. Dustin picks up MJF as the fans chant his name. MJF fires back and stomps on the elbow of Dustin as he comes off the second rope. MJF hooks Dustin, but he counters it! Dustin delivers a crossroads on MJF and covers him, but MJF kicks out a two! Both men are down as the ref begins the ten count. Rhodes is up first. He grabs MJF…we get two near falls…MJF then drives Dustin down with a piledriver and covers him, but Dustin kicks out at two! MJF grabs a chair and brings it to the ring. MJF puts Dustin’s arm in the chair as the ref takes the chair out of the ring…MJF is caught in the ropes as Dustin kicks MJF between the legs and then hits him with the final reckoning…Dustin covers MJF, but he kicks out at two. MJF then drives the shoulder of Dustin down…MJF picks up Dustin and drops him with a final reckoning and covers Dustin for only a two count! MJF works on the shoulder and arm of Dustin…as it looks like Dustin will tap, he makes it to the ropes to break the hold, but MJF pulls Dustin and applies a crossface…Dustin is not responsive as the ref calls for the bell.

Winner: MJF

After the match:
MJF chases the ref out of the ring. MJF grabs the left arm of Dustin and wrenches it. Hangman Page’s music hits as he makes his way down to the ring. Page hits the ring, as both men go face-to-face with cowboy s— chants. MJF backs away slowly with his arm up. He then turns and charges at Page, as we get a huge brawl. Security hits the ring to pull both men apart, but MJF breaks free and goes after Page, but is held back…Page breaks free and goes after MJF, who rolls out of the ring. Page rolls out of the ring, as the fight spills into the crowd. Security tries to break up the fight, as the brawl heads to the top of the floor entry way. Security holds back MJF and Page. The fans chant let them fight! Security gets Page down to the main level, as MJF walks down the steps. He grabs a beer from a fan and tosses it on him. MJF grabs and says Hangman sucks and he is a gutless coward and is a loser like all the fans. Hangman suddenly runs back out and hits the ring as Page attacks MJF…security hits the ring to pull both men apart again…


Video Package:
We get a recap of the brawl between Hangman Page and MJF. During the break, Page hits a security member with a big buckshot lariat.


Megan Bayne vs. Maya World

Maya World is already in the ring…the bell rings as we are underway. Bayne pushes Maya against the ropes and then drops her with a big shoulder block. Maya attempts a leap frog, but catchers her and tosses her down! Bayne picks up Maya and hoisters up and tosses her down. Bayne then puts Maya into the the corner and hits her with shoulder blocks and chops…Bayne picks up Maya and drops her with an F-5 like move and covers her for the win.

Winner: Megan Bayne

After the match:
Bayne is leaving for the back, the music of Kris Statlander hits…as Kris comes out, both women do quick stare-down, teasing a future match.


Kris Statlander vs. Penelope Ford

The bell rings as the match begins with both women locking up. Kris grabs Ford and takes her down in a headlock, but Ford breaks out of it. Ford grabs the arm of Statlander and puts her in a headlock…Statlander breaks out of the hold. For then grabs the arm of Kris and licks her across the cheek. Statlander takes down Ford and covers her for only a two count. Statlander sends Ford to the corner face first. Statlander charges at Ford but she moves…Statlander grabs the mouth of Ford, but Ford slaps her…Statlander kicks Ford and covers her for a near fall. Statlander then picks up Ford and drops her with a big vertical suplex…

Back from the break, Kris grabs Ford and hits her with an elbow in the chest. Statlander hits Ford with more elbow strikes and then a big lariat…Statlander drives down Ford with a huge powerslam and covers her for only a two count…For then connects with a big boot on Statlander and then drops her with a neck breaker…Ford covers Kris for only a two count…Statlander then attempts a German Suplex, but Ford counters it. Statlander then is able to connect with a German Suplex. Statlander covers Ford for only a two count…Ford then hits a poisonrana on Statlander…Ford then goes after Statander who hits her with a lariat and drops herwith the Saturday Night Fever for the win.

Winner: Kris Statlander

After the match:
Megan Bayne comes back out…Ford kicks Statlander out of the ring, as Bayne picks her up and drives her down to the floor.


Video Package:
We go to a video package with Harley Cameron and the Mercedes Mone’ puppet…funny stuff…Harley then talks about winning the TBS Title in her hometown of Australia.


AEW World Tag Team Championship Match
The Hurt Syndicate (c)(Bobby Lashley and Shelton Benjamin (w/MVP) vs. The Gunns (Colten and Austin)

The bell rings as Lashley and Colten will start things off. Both men lock up and we get a clean break. Lashley hits Colten with a back elbow. Colten leaps over Bobby and ducks a clothesline, but Bobby then runs over Colten…Austin is tagged in. Austin puts Bobby in a headlock, but Bobby picks him up and sends him down. Austin runs the ropes, but Bobby catches him and tosses him over the ropes as he hits the floor. Shelton then sends Austin over the barricade and into the fans. Austin is back over the barricade as Shelton tosses him into the ring.

Back from the full break, Lashley and Austin are in the ring…Austin tries for the tag, but Lashley stops him…Austin breaks free, as he takes down Shelton…Lashley grabs Colten from the apron and sends him into the barricade. Shelton and Bobby double team Austin, but he then is able to make the tag to Colten who is fired up, taking down Benjamin and sending Lashley to the floor. Colten then drops Benjamin, but he kicks out at two. Colten rolls up Shelton, but he kicks out at two. The Gunns double team Lashley and send him back to the outside…Austin drops Shelton with a famasser, as Colten cover Shelton for only a two count. Colten tags in Austin, but Lashley takes them out from behind, as Shelton nails Austin and then is hit with two German Suplexes…Colten is then picked up by Lashley and dropped in the center of the ring. Lashley then connects on Colten with a huge spear, allowing Benjamin to cover Colten for the win.

Winners: The Hurt Syndicate

After the match:
Lance Archer and Brian Cage come out and clap, hinting at a possible future world tag title match up.


Backstage:
We go to a vignette with Mariah May backstage talking on how she is better than Toni Storm who is not real…May says how she does it all better.

In Ring:
Cope and Jay White head to the ring with the briefcase. Cope says that if Moxley didn’t accept his challenge for Revolution, he was going to attack the briefcase with Spike, a nail-filled baseball bat. Cope says the AEW World Title has been hidden in this briefcase for too long now. Cope goes to under the ring and grabs a case that has spike (a nail-filled baseball bat). He says she is hungry and wants to dig her teeth into the briefcase and that if Moxley didn’t accept his challenge for Revolution PPV on March 9th, he was going to attack the briefcase with Spike

Moxley then walks out with Marina and says Cope has no idea what he is doing and he is the protector and shepherd of the title He says he has blood and sweat in that briefcase and he will show Cope how much he cares. He says at Revolution he will break his neck.

After Moxley accepts Cope’s challenge, Cope drives the spike into the briefcase a few times doing nothing. Moxley calls for his gang and a brawl starts off until White grabs Moxley from behind and Cope spears him. Cope and White leave the ring and White grabs a mic and says at Grand Slam Australia they will send the Death Riders into the ground. Both groups stare at each other to end the show.

End of show.

[LionDen]

Scheduled for tonight:

-- AEW Tag Team Champions Shelton Benjamin and Bobby Lashley with MVP vs. The Gunns.
-- AEW Trios Champions Claudio Castagnoli & PAC & Wheeler Yuta vs. Adam Cole & Kyle O’Reilly & Roderick Strong.
-- MJF vs. Dustin Rhodes.
-- Samoa Joe & Hook & Katsuyori Shibata vs. Jon Cruz & Aaron Solo & Rosario Grillo.
*Megan Bayne vs. Maya World.
-- Max Caster Open Challenge.
-- Penelope Ford vs. Kris Statlander.

[LionDen]

That Caster vs Page match was ummm ridiculous. lol

[LionDen]

The trios was nuts .. was good.

[LionDen]

A good show. A good lead up to Grand Slam.