New Year’s Smash Results 12/27/23

The finals of the Blue and Gold League will be determined tonight!

• Continental Classic Blue League Finals: Eddie Kingston vs. Bryan Danielson
• Continental Classic Gold League Finals Triple Threat: Jon Moxley vs. Jay White vs. Swerve Strickland
• Ring of Honor World Tag Team Championship: MJF & Samoa Joe (c) vs. The Devil’s Rejects

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AEW Dynamite: New Year’s Smash 

Live from The Addition Financial Arena in Orlando, Florida!

Match #1. Continental Classic Gold League Finals Triple Threat Match: Jon Moxley vs. Jay White vs. Swerve Strickland

Swerve looks for a roll up early but Moxley is out at two. All three men brawl at ringside as Swerve and Moxley dump White into the crowd, as both men follow. Moxley crotches White on a guard rail as
Swerve sets Moxley up on a chair and hits a huge running knee. White comes out of nowhere with a chop block on Moxley and a half-and-half suplex into the corner, and a chair. Chops by White to Swerve and a two count. Gordbuster by White to Moxley on the apron. Swerve tries to jump over the top rope and land on the floor but White is there, so Swerve settles for a running knee off the apron. Back inside the ring, Swerve runs into a boot from Moxley but he bites his middle finger and connects with a lariat. Snap mare and a diving European uppercut to the back of a seated Moxley. Swerve pulls White back in the ring and stomps the hands. Pump kick off the apron by Swerve to White. Swere back drops Moxley over the top on to White, and dives off the top on to both men. Moxley’s knee is injured from the attack last week, but manages to take out Swerve with a suicide dive. Piledriver by Moxley on Swerve gets a long two count. A table is set up at ringside as Moxley looks to put Swerve through it, but White is here with a chair and blasts Moxley and Swerve, before targeting Moxley’s knee. Back inside the ring, Swerve grabs a crucifix on White for a long two. Running back elbow by White and a Superman punch by Swerve followed by the Houescall! Powerbomb into a powerslam by Swerve and the 450 splash! Moxley breaks up the count. Three-way slug fest ensues as Moxley German suplexes Swerve and all three men are down. Hard chops between all three guys now until Swerve gets snapped over with a Sleeper Suplex by White. Moxley seizes the opportunity and grabs a rear naked choke before transitioning to a bulldog choke. Housecall by Swerve out of nowhere! King Kong lariat by Moxley. Bladerunner by White to Moxley but Swerve breaks it up at 2.99999. White brings the chair back in the ring and lays in to everyone. Swerve throws White into the chair that’s wedged in the corner. Moxley grabs the choke on Swerve but a victory roll gets Swerve a long two count. Swerve and Moxley lay into each other with open hand strikes and the crowd erupts! Pump kick by Swerve. Make that two. Running discus lariat by Swerve. Swerve Stomp attempt but White throws Swerve to the floor. Moxley evades Bladerunner and beheads White with the King Kong lariat. Paradigm Shift by Moxley! One, two, three!

Winner: Jon Moxley

Rating: ****. Heck of a triple threat match here. Moxley going to the finals against his teammate Danielson or his best friend Eddie Kingston is not something I thought about, but it’s genius. Swerve and White looked great in defeat and lose nothing by losing a triple threat match.

Tony Schiavone is here with Prince Nana and Swerve, back from commercial break. Swerve said he wanted this so bad, but when Swerve said this Continental Classic was breathing life back into this business, he wasn’t lying. Swerve said he heard that someone on Collision was talking about him, and challenges Keith Lee for World’s End.

Renee welcomes Mariah May to the stage. May says she was supporting Toni Storm last week, when she attacked Riho. May says she didn’t like 2023’s energy and 2024 is all about Mariah, so she will debut next week. Riho is here and chases May to the ring, but Toni Storm is here, too. Storm dives on everyone as Storm and May retreat.

Top Flight says even though they lost to The Acclaimed, they’re still one of the best trios. Here are the Best Friends, and we have a match for Friday.

Miro throws out a challenge to Andrade for Saturday, and that will now be happening at World’s End.

Tony Schiavone is in the ring, and welcomes Don Callis and family for Boxing Week. Callis says there’s been a lot of stuff going on outside the business the last few weeks, but he couldn’t have gotten through it without his family. The entire arena chants “F*** You Callis”, effectively drowning Callis out. Callis unveils four paintings he had commissioned, one for each of his family members.

Sammy Guevara is here… wait, was he part of the Don Callis Family? Guevara says “long time no talk” and Callis asks if he got the gift he sent for the kid? Callis shows Guevara a pic of Callis and company with Guevara, and his baby. Guevara wants to know who the hell said he’s allowed to use a picture of his kid? Callis said Guevara isn’t mentally ready to be a father… yikes.

Guevara says Callis wants the spotlight over guys like Takeshita and Hobbs. Callis says he’s disappointed Guevara didn’t show up for work for five months because he was hurt and having babies. Callis says Guevara chooses which family he wants. Callis says if Guevara chooses wrong, he’ll be a bigger failure as a wrestler than he is as a parent. Guevara dumps Callis with a double leg but gets jumped by Hobbs, Fletcher, and Takeshita.

Jericho is here with Floyd! Jericho clears the ring and destroys all of the paintings, and lets Guevara take care of the last one. Both men hug it out but Starks and Big Bill are here and jump both guys from behind.

Lights out!

Here’s Sting and Darby! Sting lays into Big Bill with the bat, as does Jericho!

Roderick Strong and The Kingdom are in the back with Renee, as Strong says he’s going to provide proof tonight that MJF is The Devil.

Match #2. Continental Classic Blue League Finals: Bryan Danielson vs. Eddie Kingston

Danielson ducks under the top rope but the fight quickly spills to the outside after a Saito suplex by Kingston. Suicide dive by Kingston, who follows up with some heavy chops against the guardrail. Back in the ring and Kingston attacks the eye with jabs in the corner. Danielson responds with some roundhouse kicks but Kingston fires out of the corner with a double chop. DDT by Danielson on the apron and a flying knee off the apron! Danielson gets a two count inside the ring and looks for a surfboard. Kingston fights off the surfboard so Danielson stomps the backs of the knees. Chops by Danielson and roundhouse kicks now, but Kingston fights back with some more chops. Danielson looks for the Lebell Lock but Kingston quickly makes it to the ropes. Danielson berates Kingston and charges, but Kingston catches him with an exploder suplex. DDT by Kingston and machine gun chops in the corner! “Let’s Go Eddie/He’s No Bum” dueling chants now as Kingston delivers some of the heaviest chops I’ve ever seen. Kingston puts the boots to Danielson in the corner and looks for another exploder, but Danielson transitions to the Lebell Lock. Kingston finally gets to the ropes but the damage is done and Danielson just punts the stomach and back of a grounded Kingston. Arm ringer by Danielson who goes up top, but Kingston crotches him and lays in some more chops. Kingston goes up top now too, but Danielson slips underneath him and he gets crotched. Tree of Woe by Danielson and YES kicks to the exposed midsection of Kingston. Running dropkick in the corner by Danielson. Danielson sets Kingston up on the top rope and delivers some hammer and anvil elbows on the top rope. Avalanche back suplex by Danielson but Kingston shifts his weight and he comes crashing down on Danielson’s face! FIGHTING SPIRIT. Both men trade strikes in the center of the ring. Danielson attacks the inside of the thigh with leg kicks and that brings Kingston to his knees, however only momentarily as Kingston is back to his feet throwing hard shots back. Danielson on his knees now and both of these guys chests are hamburger meet. Danielson catches a chop and bridges with a Regal Plex for two. Yes kicks now by Danielson. Kingston spits in Danielson face but Danielson returns fire, but misses a head kick. Danielson now misses a dropkick in the corner and Kingston hits the Northern Light’s Bomb! One, two, no! Powerbomb by Kingston but Danielson counters into a roll up for two. Both men miss clotheslines and Danielson connects with the Busaiku Knee! One, two, no! Hammer and anvil elbow strikes by Danielson! The referee checks on Kingston but he’s still fighting. Wrist trap by Danielson and he’s stomping the head of an injured Kingston. Danielon runs into the spinning back fist! Another one! Danielson looks for the head kick but connects with the arm! Kingston fires back with a spinning back fist. Another! Powerbomb! ONE, TWO, THREE!

Winner: Eddie Kingston

Rating: ****1/2. Absolutely incredible fight. If you would have told me that an entire arena full of people would be chanting for Eddie Kinston over Bryan Danielson, I wouldn’t have believed you, but here we are and I couldn’t be happier. This was a fight, with stakes, and both men made it feel like they would die for the tournament.

After the match, Kingston is legitimately crying in the ring. Moxley makes his way to the ring to look over his fallen brethren in Danielson. Kingston sees Moxley, and Moxley grabs the mic. Moxley said all he’s ever asked of Kingston was 100%, and his best. Moxley said everyone in Orlando loves Kingston, people all around the world, and everyone in NY will love Kingston, and they deserve his maximum effort. Moxley says he knows Kingston better than Kingston does, and he knows he had already given up. Moxley tries to continue but Kingston steals the microphone. Kingston said he’s no young boy, he’s not Yuta, Kingston broke in first and he’s lucky he let Moxley breathe. Kingston said he doesn’t hate anyone as much as he hates himself, and Moxley once talked him out of quitting because AEW needs guys like him. On Saturday, Kingston is going to bust Moxley up, and enjoy it.

Christian is in the back with Lexi Nair, Mother Wayne, and Nick Wayne. Christian has been waiting for Copeland to show up all night, and here he is. Copeland kicks in the door and a brawl ensues. The entire roster tries to separate the two and finally does. Oh, the Von Erich’s are still there. Awesome.

Match #3. Kris Statlander vs. Skye Blue

Stokely Hathaway has joined the commentary table. Both women trade shots early before Statlander drops Blue with a shoulder tackle and big body slam. Flying head scissors by Blue and some boots in the corner. Stalling vertical suplex by Statlander as Stokely tells the rest of the guys at the announce desk about his cousin who’s been out of work for five years after a fall at work. Pump kick by Blue and a reverse Slingblade on the apron. Two count, back inside the ring. Blue in control through the commercial Clotheslines by Statlander have Blue on the defensive. Running knee in the corner followed by Chaos Theory! Two count. Blue ducks the discus lariat and comes back with a superkick. Code Blue! Two count, only. Blue wants a hurricanrana off the top but Statlander catches her in mid-air and powerbombs her for a long two. Both women on the top rope now as Blue feigns an eye injury, causing the referee to turn her back. From underneath the ring it’s Julia Hart, who hits Statlander with the TBS championship, and Blue superkicks her in the back of the head. Avalanche Code Blue gets the win.

Winner: Skye Blue

Rating: **3/4. Nice match here, despite being somewhat short on time. Blue is an example of someone that has grown in leaps and bounds recently

After the match, both women attack Statlander until Willow makes the save. Blue and Hart head to the back but Abadon is here and the two women find a different exit.

Renee is with Ruby Soho and Saraya. Ruby is wrestling Marina Shafir on Rampage.

There’s five minutes left in the show… and we still have Samoa Joe and MJF vs. The Devil’s Rejects to go, as Excalibur runs down this weekend’s card.

Match #4. Ring of Honor World Tag Team Championship: MJF & Samoa Joe vs. The Devil’s Guys

Devil Dudes walk out through the crowd to no music. Samoa Joe’s music hits but he’s not here. Joe is in the back clutching at his knee, as shown on the screen. Joe is screaming “Tell MJF not to go out there!” MJF says he doesn’t care and he’s taking these guys on in a handicap match. MJF attacks quickly with some stomps in the corner and sends one of the guys into the corner with an arm ringer. MJF’s shoulder is heavily wrapped, by the way. MJF tries to rip the mask off but some dude under the ring, also in a mask, hits MJF with a pipe on the far side of the ring. Heatseeker by a masked man and the other dude holds MJF’s feet down and gets the win.

Winner and NEW Ring of Honor World Tag Team Champions: The Devil Dudes

Rating: NR.

Four of the masked men beat on MJF after the match, but Joe is here with a chair to make the save. The screen flashes The Devil’s face and says “Pleasure doing business with you” as Joe cracks MJF in the back with the chair! Muscle Buster by Joe!

Final Thoughts: What a meaningful episode of Dynamite. Both sides of the Continental Classic were fantastic, and we’ve got a great final coming up. The Devil storyline is developing nicely and there are a lot of twists and turns. Lots of storyline advancement all throughout the show, though, and a good lead in to World’s End this weekend. Also, four matches is a nice change of pace. 9/10.