AEW Dynamite Results 1/8/25

Week two here on Max and we’ve got a Casino Gauntlet on tap!

• Triple Threat for the #1 Spot in the Casino Gauntlet: Willow Nightingale vs. Toni Storm vs. Kris Statlander
• Bobby Lashley vs. Mark Briscoe
• Will Ospreay vs. Buddy Matthews
• AEW World Heavyweight Championship #1 Contender’s Casino Gauntlet

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AEW Dynamite 1/8/25

Live from the F&M Bank Arena in Clarksville, Tennessee! Excalibur, Ian Riccaboni, and Matt Menard are on commentary tonight, with Tony Schiavone on assignment!

Match #1. Will Ospreay vs. Buddy Matthews

In a nice touch, highlight videos of both wrestlers are shown in PIP during their entrances. Both guys trade their finishes early and we reset a few missed high kicks by Ospreay. Tieres takes Matthews to the floor and Ospreay follows up with a plancha. Snap mare by Mathews and a kick to the back, one to the face, and a running knee gets two. Double crossbody in the middle of the ring and both guys are down. Handspring back kick by Ospreay, who follows up with a Phenomenal Forearm for two. Ospreay runs into a boot in the corner but sets Matthews up for Cheeky Nandos, but Matthews gets free and hits a rising knee to the back of the head. Back suplex into a lung blower by Matthews and a tope con hilo! Matthews goes up top and drills Ospreay with a Meteora! Two count. Mathews looks for a pump handle on the apron but Ospreay comes back with a superkick. Big knee by Matthews! Superkick by Ospreay! Ospreay thinks OsCutter but Matthews catches him and tosses him into the announcer’s desk. Matthews sets Ospreay up in the corner on a chair and follows up with a running knee to the face. Matthews tries it again but runs into a superkick. OsCutter off the barricade! Matthews makes it in by the nine count and Ospreay goes coast-to-coast with a dropkick! OsCutter by Ospreay! One, two, no! Ospreay drops the elbow pad and Matthews ducks the Hidden Blade, instead popping Ospreay up into a big knee. FIGHTING SPIRIT! RUNNING BLADE! Two count. Kawada kicks by Ospreay and a brutal chop to the chest. Back flip enziguiri by Ospreay. Matthews blocks the OsCutter and hits an inverted GTS! Curb stomp by Matthews! Two count. Ospreay flips out of a powerbomb, holds on.. Styles Clash! One, two, no! Ospreay again lines it up… Hidden Blade! One, two, three!

Winner: Will Ospreay

Rating: ***3/4. Yeah I could have easily gone for another 5-7 out of this one, but it didn’t really need it. Excellent opener, Buddy Matthews more than holds his own, and Ospreay continues his string of Bryan Danielson-level performances.

Ospreay takes the mic and says let’s give it up for Buddy Murphy… whoops, Matthews. Crowd chants for Buddy. Ospreay says he’s wrestled Brody and Buddy, and they don’t need to follow any leader. Hopefully this isn’t the last time they meet, and if Buddy needs a man in his corner… Ospreay is your guy.

Private Party is here and apparently there’s a club at the top of the stage. Private Party and some females are drinking champagne, and Kassidy says they made history last week, defending the championships on Max for the first time. Kassidy has been interrupted by The Hurt Syndicate. MVP says he invented this, and he proposes a toast to Private Party. Bobby says here’s to the Hurt Syndicate…taking those tag team titles. Private Party look on in anger as MVP and company hit the ring.

Match #2. Bobby Lashley w/ The Hurt Syndicate vs. Mark Briscoe

Lashley in control early with a twisting dominator for a two count. MVP joins the commentary table for this one, by the way. Briscoe comes off the top with a tomahawk chop but Lashley catches him and dumps him with an overhead belly-to-belly. Briscoe rolls out to the floor and Lashley follows up with a running shoulder block and another suplex. Back from commercial and Lashley sends Briscoe crashing to the floor with a running back elbow. Briscoe rolls underneath the ring and Lashley follows, but Briscoe jabs him with the steel chair. Briscoe uses the chair as a springboard back inside the ring and takes flight with a somersault plancha to Lashley on the floor. Lashley is reeling and Briscoe comes off the top with a twisting moonsault on the floor! Back in the ring, sliding lariat by Briscoe and the Froggy Bow hits! One count! Briscoe charges in the corner but Lashley gets the boot up. Twice. Spear by Lashley. Dominator. Hurt Lock is in and Briscoe goes out.

Winner: Bobby Lashley

Rating: **3/4. This was mostly Mark Briscoe looking Bobby Lashley look big and strong here, and Mark Briscoe can do anything. Hurt Syndicate are in business.

Match #3. Casino Gauntlet for #1 AEW World Heavyweight Championship Number One Contender

Jay White is number one. Hangman Page is number two. Shoulder block by Page and some chops by White. Both guys trade finisher attempts a bunch and White chops him in chest. Superplex by White. Wheeler Yuta is number three. Yuta walks right into a Bladerunner but Hangman breaks it up before the three. Hangman drops White over the top and then hits a double jump lariat to Yuta. One to Page. Swerve is number fo–wait, no, it’s Ricochet with a take on Swerve’s music. Springboard clothesline to Page, suicide dive to White, crossbody to Page, and a double jump moonsault gets two. Commercial break time and back from break, Adam Cole is number five. Pump kick to White and an enzuguiri to Ricochet. Superkick to Yuta. Springboard by Ricochet but he walks into a superkick from Cole. ADAM COLE, BAYBAY. Cole thinks about a Panama Sunrise on Ricochet and gets it! One, two, no! Daniel Garcia is number six. Twist and shout to Cole and mounted punches in the corner to Cole. Now to Cole and Yuta. Now to Cole, Yuta, and Page in the corner. Yuta pokes the eyes and Garcia gets wiped out with a clothesline. Powerhouse Hobbs is number seven. Hobbs just throws everyone around forever. Exploders to White, Cole, Garcia, and Page. Excalibur said maybe Hangman can match Hobbs power-for-power… what? Back from another commercial and Hobbs body slams the world but gets drop toe hold into the middle turnbuckle. Roderick Strong is number eight. Back brakers to everyone and a running knee in the corner to Hobbs. Ricochet kicks out the leg of Strong but here’s Garcia and Cole to pull him off. Garcia and The Undisputed Kingdom work over Ricochet, but Hobbs depleted everyone with a pair of clotheslines. Sick kick to Ricochet. Discus lariat to Strong. Tajiri elbow to Page. Lance Archer is number nine. Archer choke slams Yua on the apron and White in the ring. Big boot to Cole and he choke slams Strong on top of him. Crossbody by Ricochet but Archer catches him, and throws him at Hobbs. Hobbs throws him back. Snap powerslam to Archer. Archer is up with a Black Hole Slam to Hobbs! Kyle O’Reilly is number ten. Triple team to Page now with the UK taking over. Jeff Jarrett is number eleven! Yuta cuts Jarrett off and beats on him, sending him to the back. Hobbs takes out the entire UK with a shoulder block and proceeds to escape a Black Out, sending Archer to the floor. O’Reilly chops the legs out but gets spinebustered by Hobbs and that’ll do it!

Winner: Powerhouse Hobbs

Rating: ***. Really enjoy the concept but this may have been the weakest of all of the Casino Gauntlets. Hobbs winning is a nice change of pace and the action was fine, but it felt like there were some huge names in here and a bit of a let down.

Renee hits the ring and Powerhouse Hobbs tells her that Moxley is the reason he’s here in AEW, but next week, he’s going to make him his bitch.

Jeff Jarrett comes out from the back, and Ian Riccaboni is waiting for him in the ring. Jeff is upset he didn’t get a chance in the Casino Gauntlet.

Here’s MJF.

MJF introduces himself to Jarrett, and says he wants his BBB back… but it seems like a lot of work. MJF says there’s someone else that might deserve that Triple B, a 12-time world champion, a Hall of Famer… Jeff Jarrett. MJF lets us know that Jarrett’s contract is only for one year, because that’s all wrestling has left for him. MJF says Jarrett has one year left to prove that he’s still got it. MJF says he can help JJ become champion of the world one more time. MJF says he can help Jarrett win the title, and all he wants… is to be first in line for the title shot.

Jarrett takes the mic and tells MJF that he learns more from his failures than successes. You know what they call guys like MJF around here? One hit wonders. Jarrett has been at rock bottom, and he’s comfortable there. That gives Jarrett the opportunity to crawl and scratch his way back up. Jarrett doesn’t need MJF, and he’s not buying what MJF is selling.

Next up, here’s Adam “Cope” Copeland. Cope can forgive a lot of things that Moxley and company did, but he can’t look past what he did to FTR, his friends. Cope says nobody has fought through what he’s fought through… just to be standing here in this ring. Cope is a different animal entirely, and wait…

Here are the Death Riders.

FTR jump Moxley and company before they hit the ring and here we go! FTR, Yuta, and Claudio are outside the ring while Mox and Cope are in the ring. Marina Shafir distracts Cope while Pac hits him from behind with the briefcase. Moxley locks in the bulldog choke and Cope is out. Moxley grabs the plastic bag and has some evil intentions, but Powerhouse Hobbs is here to make the save.

Harley Cameron is with Mariah May. Cameron wants a non-title match on Collision. HOT GIRL GRAPS. May like that idea, and then she’ll rip Cameron’s head off.

Match #4. Triple Threat for the #1 Entrant in the Casino Gauntlet: Willow Nightingale vs. Toni Storm vs. Kris Statlander

Willow cartwheels out of an Irish whip and spinebusters Storm. Statlander and Willow trade body slam attempts but Willow shoulder blocks her. Double crossbody by Storm takes out both women. Willow catapults Storm right into Statlander’s groin and we go to commercial. Statlander gets shoved in to Willow and all women trade elbows to the face. Statlander charges Storm but Willow catches her with the POUNCEEE out of nowhere. Cannonball in the corner by Willow and a Death Valley Driver to Storm! Jawbreaker by Storm to Willow and a German suplex to Statlander. Rolling lariat by Statlander to Willow. Double German suplex by Willow! Storm cradles Willow but only gets two. Willow and Statlander trade reversals but Willow gets dumped to the floor. Tombstone by Statlander to Storm and that’ll do it!

Winner: Kris Statlander

Rating: **1/2. What we saw, was fun. The commercial break taking up 1/2 smack in the middle of the match didn’t help, but Toni Storm taking a clean pin in the middle of the ring really adds to her character arch.

Toni Storm is with Renee Paquette, and Storm says she’s not ready yet. It can’t be Toni time, all the time.

Kenny Omega is back! A little over a year ago, Omega checked himself into the hospital and lost two feet of his intestines due to diverticulitis. The doctors didn’t know if he would regain a normal way of life again, let alone  a life in the ring. There was a moment in time where Omega felt that giving up was the safest option. What purpose does Omega have on this planet if he doesn’t have the fans with him? Omega tested that theory a few days ago, and Omega may not be the same guy… the new version of Kenny Omega? That one that doesn’t want money, power, or revenge.. this version of Kenny Omega can still prove that…

Here’s Don Callis!

Omega bails and takes Callis down, delivering some ground and pound, before the rest of the Don Callis Family hit the ring and attack. Cage goes to the abdomen of Omega, targeting the intestines. Ospreay is here to make the save for Omega! Ospreay and Omega stand face-to-face as we head off the air.

Final Thoughts: The Casino Gauntlet took up a lot of the show, and it was fine, but not what we’ve become accustomed to. Kenny Omega and Will Ospreay is a heck of a closing segment there, and that’s something to keep an eye on. MJF and Jeff Jarrett is another pairing I’d not have expected, but JJ can’t do any wrong right now. More Will Ospreay matches, more Buddy Matthews, more Toni Storm. 7.25/10.