Tag: Dynamite

Welcome to Wrestling Inc.’s results for “AEW Dynamite”: Fight For The Fallen on January 1, 2025, coming to you live from the Harrah’s Cherokee Center – Asheville in Asheville, North Carolina!

Adam Copeland will be competing in his first match since AEW Double or Nothing on May 26 as he joins forces with his Rated FTR teammates Dax Harwood and Cash Wheeler to go head-to-head with AEW World Champion Jon Moxley, Claudio Castsagnoli, and Wheeler Yuta of The Death Riders. After Moxley retained his title against Jay White, Orange Cassidy, and “Hangman” Adam Page in a Four-Way Match at AEW Worlds End this past Saturday, he, Yuta, and Castagnoli attacked White after the match until Copeland, Harwood, and Wheeler all came to his aid. Speaking of Cassidy and Page, they will also be going one-on-one with each other as they look to put their issues to bed once and for all.

Julia Hart will be competing in her first match since being dethroned as TBS Champion by former titleholder Willow Nightingale at AEW Dynasty on April 21 as she collides with Jamie Hayter. Hart has had her sights set on Hayter since making her return to AEW programming, interrupting her in the form of videos while Hayter has been speaking backstage and attacking her when she made her in person return at the “AEW Collision”: Winter Is Coming special on December 14.

Additionally, Bobby Lashley and Shelton Benjamin of The Hurt Syndicate will be squaring off with The Acclaimed’s Max Caster and Anthony Bowens in what will be the first time ever that any of the four men have met each other in the ring in both singles and tag team action. Jeff Jarrett will be addressing what’s next for him after informing Renee Paquette and AEW fans backstage of his intentions to do so at Worlds End much to the surprise of his wife Karen Jarrett and his allies Jay Lethal, Sonjay Dutt, and Satnam Singh.

We are live! Excalibur, “Daddy Magic” Matt Menard, and Tony Schiavone greet audiences at home before we head to a message from The Death Riders aimed at Rated FTR. Rated FTR then respond to The Death Riders with a message of their own.

Back at ringside, Orange Cassidy and “Hangman” Adam Page then make their way out.

The bell rings and Page delivers a chop to Cassidy in the corner. He whips him into the opposite one and connects with a clothesline, then follows it up with a belly-to-belly suplex and goes for a pin. Cassidy kicks out, but Page fires off more chops on him and dumps him onto the apron. He levels him with a clothesline off the middle rope, then sends him crashing into the barricade.

Cassidy rains down right hands on Page, but Page dumps Cassidy back inside the ring and charges at him. Cassidy catches him with a boot and looks to land a crossbody off the middle rope, but Page catches him and connects with a Fallaway Slam on him in the corner. Page then gets Cassidy up on his shoulders, but Cassidy rolls him up. Page kicks out, but Cassidy hits a kick on him and follows it up with Stun-Dog Millionaire. Page responds with a second Fallaway Slam on Cassidy on the entrance ramp.

Back from the break, Page delivers a boot to Cassidy on the outside and dumps him back inside the ring. Cassidy puts his hands in his pocket and sends Page’s face repeatedly bouncing off adjacent top turnbuckles, then fires off kicks on him and follows it up with a superkick. Cassidy lands three Orange Punches on Page, but Page responds with a pair of Dead Eyes to him for the win.

Winner: Adam Page

The Acclaimed then make their way down to the ring. The Hurt Syndicate follows.

Bobby Lashley and Max Caster begin the action. The bell rings and Lashley sends Caster crashing into the mat with a Fallaway Slam. Anthony Bowens and Shelton Benjamin tag in, and Bowens fires off right hands on Benjamin. Bowens runs the ropes, but Caster tags himself in much to the frustration of Bowens. Benjamin delivers four German suplexes to Caster as an irritated Bowens watches from outside the ring. Lashley then tags back in and connects with a spear on Caster before he sends him crashing into the mat with a chokeslam and cinches in The Hurt Lock for the win.

Winners: The Hurt Syndicate

Back from the break, Jamie Hayter makes her way out to the ring. Julia Hart follows.

The bell rings and Hayter delivers a pair of clotheslines to Hart in the corner. She looks to land a third one, but Hart intercepts her with a back elbow. The action spills out of the ring, and Hart sends Hayter crashing into the ring steps spine first, targeting her previously injured back.

Back from the break, Hayter levels Hart with a big boot and rains down right hands on her. She follows it up with a backbreaker, but Hart fires off stomps on Hayter and sets up for a moonsault. Hayter avoids it, but Hart sends her crashing into the mat and locks in Hartless. Hayter powers up to her feet and follows it up with a sliding lariat. Hart grabs her arrow, but the referee grabs it from her. While she disposes of it, Hart spits mist into Hayter’s eyes and pins her for the win.

Winner: Julia Hart

Back from the break, Mercedes Mone makes her way down to the ring. She demands that Asheville say hello to their CEO, then throws it to a video package of some of her highlights in AEW from 2024. She then addresses her upcoming NJPW STRONG Women’s Championship match against Mina Shirakawa at Wrestle Dynasty before she warns her that she’s coming for her RevPro Women’s Championship.

Roderick Strong then makes his way down to the ring. Jay White and Swerve Strickland follow.

The bell rings and Strickland fires off right hands on Strong and White. He delivers a vertical suplex to Strong and flies out of the ring to level White, but White levels Strong and Strickland with a double DDT. He then fires off chops and uppercuts on both men before sending Strickland crashing into the ring apron and doing the same to Strong.

Back from the break, Strickland connects with a backbreaker on Strong and powerbombs him into White. Strong sends White crashing into the mat with a Tiger Driver, then rocks Strickland with a back elbow. Strickland levels Strong, then lands a flatliner on White before the action sills out of the ring. Ricochet appears in the crowd and hits Strickland with a pair of scissors, opening the door for White to deliver a Blade Runner to Strong back in the ring for the win.

Winner: Jay White

After the match, Nana tries to stop Ricochet from using the scissors on Strickland. Ricochet walks right past him and jams them into Strickland’s head, then grabs a chair and looks to hit Strickland with it. Nana tries stopping him, but Ricochet clocks him with the chair and sits Strickland in it. He levels Strickland with a clothesline until Adam Cole, Kyle O’Reilly, and Strong come to his aid.

Back from the break, Jeff Jarrett makes his way out to the ring with his wrestling boots in hand.

Jarrett wishes a Slappy New Year to Asheville, then says he’s been trying to figure out the right words to say over the last few days. He says he has a lot to be thankful for in his career, but he’s started to think about the end of things. He says his grandmother’s decision to take a second job selling professional wrestling tickets changed the trajectory of his family and his father’s lives in a high risk, high reward situation. Jeff recalls dropping out of high school to talk about his professional wrestling career and launching what is now known as TNA Wrestling, then makes it clear that he’s not done with his career. He then announces that he signed his last ever professional wrestling contract with AEW before making it clear that he wants to get his hands on some gold and become AEW World Champion.

Powerhouse Hobbs then makes his way down to the ring. Jon Cruz and Rob Killjoy are already waiting inside.

The bell rings and Hobbs runs over Cruz with a shoulder tackle. He sends Killjoy crashing into the mat, then delivers splashes to him and Cruz in opposite corners. He hits a spinebuster on Killjoy, then delivers a second one to Cruz on top of Killjoy for the win.

Winner: Powerhouse Hobbs

The Death Riders then make their way out to the ring. Rated FTR follows.

Dax Harwood and Wheeler Yuta begin the action. The bell rings and the two lock up. Yuta delivers an open palm strike to Harwood, but Harwood fires off chops on him in the corner and follows it up with a back body drop. Castagnoli and Cope tag in and lock up before Cope looks to land a shoulder tackle on Castagnoli. Castagnoli stays standing on his feet, but Cope dumps him out of the ring over the top and dropkick him through the ropes. Shafir then sends Cope crashing into the ring post shoulder first.

Back from the break, Moxley fires off right hands on Cope and delivers a series of stomps to him in the corner. Castagnoli and Cash Wheeler tag in, and Wheeler sends Yuta crashing into the mat. Harwood tags back in, but Yuta sends him crashing into the mat.

Back from another break, Cope tags in and delivers an elevated DDT to Moxley. The two brawl in the crowd, but Moxley tags out to Yuta once they return back into the ring. Moxley then gets Cope on top of the announce desk, and while the referee is distracted, Jay White hits a Blade Runner on Yuta in the ring. Cope delivers a back body drop to Moxley on top of the announce desk and flies off it to send him through one of the barricades, opening the door for FTR to deliver Shatter Machine to Yuta and Cope to follow it up with a spear for the win.

Winners: Rated FTR