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AEW DYNAMITE REPORT
“FYTER FEST”
JUNE 4, 2025
DENVER, COL. AT THE MISSION BALLROOM
AIRED LIVE ON TBS & MAX
Commentators: Excalibur, Ian Riccaboni, Taz, Tony Schiavone
Ring Announcer: Justin Roberts
Attendance: WrestleTix reports that 2,0500 tickets had been distributed; arena is set up for 2,500.
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[HOUR ONE]
-The opening theme to Dynamite played. Excalibur then introduced the show as “Fyter Fest” as the camera panned the pyro blasting on the stage and then the cozy crowd. Excalibur announced it would be a four hour show. NOTE: OUR POST-SHOW GOES LIVE AFTER TWO HOURS AT THE USUAL TIME and we’ll live watch the second half FyterFest together from there.
-They showed Mark Briscoe, Jon Moxley and Marina Shafir, and Toni Storm with Luther arriving, Storm talked about her tits being taped up and being ready to tango.
-Tony Schiavone stood mid-ring. He introduced Will Ospreay who made his entrance. Taz commented on Ospreay’s attempt to bring Swerve Strickland and “Hangman” Page together. They aired a clip from after Dynamite last week with Renee Paquette interviewing Swerve saying that he and Hangman aren’t a team and never will be. Ospreay then confronted him. Swerve called him delusional. Ospreay blocked him getting into his car. Swerve shoved him. Ospreay elbowed him. Swerve punched back. They were separated.
Back live in the ring, Schiavone asked for his reaction. Ospreay said it’s embarrassing because he’s known him since he was 20 and they’re friends. He said it wasn’t his brightest idea to try to get Swerve and Hangman on the same page, but they’re not the enemy. He said the enemy is Moxley. He wanted them to “be allies for one bloody night, retrieve the belt, and then kill each other.”
Ospreay said if Moxley doesn’t like what AEW has become, he should piss off. He said it’s him, Swerve, Hangman, Toni Storm, and Kenny Omega who are the reason AEW has momentum again. An “Ospreay!” chant broke out. Ospreay said he now is considering that Swerve might be in the way of stopping Mox. He said he’d take a bullet for him in a heartbeat, but he’d take a bullet for AEW before that. He challenged him to a fight next week at Summer Blockbuster. Music interrupted Ospreay. Lio Rush and Action Andretti walked out.
As Andretti and Rush acted obnoxious, fans chanted, “Shut the f— up!” Andretti told them to shut their damn mouths. Rush said they’re fresh off a 14 hour flight from Japan and he has pent up anger and a point to prove. He said Ospreay is the worst part of AEW. Ospreay said they’ve got a sellout crowd and he’d be happy to help him get that anger our. He said he’s got his fake tan and his crime fighting pants upstairs, so he’s up for a match tonight. He said he’d face him later on Collision.
(Keller’s Analysis: I really like that segment. There was a presupposition for Ospreay being interviewed, as they showed the clip of what happened after Dynamite last week. He shared with the audience his feelings on the Swerve-Hangman tension and how it related to Moxley after last week’s segment. Then they set up a match for later, which is good because this card didn’t have the advertised depth to fill four hours.)
-A promo aired with Briscoe and he told Mox he better be ready to man up.
(Keller’s Analysis: Nice touch to have a quick Briscoe promo to establish his mood and determination going into the match against the world champ.)
(1) JON MOXLEY (w/Marina Shafir, Wheeler Yuta) vs. MARK BRISCOE – Non-Title match
Moxley, Shafir, and Yuta were shown arriving at the arena. The bell rang 15 minutes into the hour. Taz talked about the importance of facing a champion even in a non-title situation. Mox bailed out to ringside seconds into the match after Briscoe shoved him against the ropes. Briscoe went after Mox at ringside and then applied a sleeper in the ring. Mox took over and choked Briscoe against the middle rope.
At 3:30, Briscoe yanked Mox to the floor and then kicked him between the ropes. Yuta mouthed off at him from the floor. Briscoe stomped his hand on the ring apron, then flip dove toward Mox at ringside, but Mox side-stepped him. They cut to a break. Shafir distracted the ref as Yuta threw Briscoe into the ringpost. Briscoe came up bleeding from his forehead. Mox went after Briscoe at ringside, torquing his arm and sitting him in a chair in the corner. They cut to a double-box break. [c/db]
Back from the break, after Mox bit at Briscoe’s forehead, fans chanted, “You sick f—!” Briscoe made a comeback a minute later and landed a running flip dive through the ropes. He stood on the announce desk and celebrated. They chopped each other mid-ring a minute later. Mox blocked a Jay Driller and landed a short-arm lariat. Briscoe fired back with his own lariat. When Briscoe went for a top rope elbowdrop, Mox caught him in a body scissors and applied a sleeper. He shifted to an extended armbreaker. Briscoe put his boot on the bottom rope to force a break at 11:00.
Yuta rammed Briscoe arm-first into the ringside steps. Fans chanted, “F— you, Yuta!” A minute later, Briscoe came back with a Jay Driller for a near fall. Briscoe set up Mox for a Cut Throat Driver. Ian said he’s only pulled that move off eight times in his career. Mox escaped and then stomped his head. He applied a Bulldog Choke and then shifted to a sleeper. Briscoe stood and bridged Mox’s shoulders to the mat for a very near fall. Mox shifted into a sleeper and the ref indicated Briscoe passed out.
WINNER: Moxley in 14:00.
(Keller’s Analysis: Really good opener. Style-wise, on brand for both wrestlers. Hard-hitting, intense and bloody, and paced like a fight.)
-A vignette aired on Mistico. Excalibur said he’d wrestle next week.
-Mercedes Mone made her ring entrance to do commentary during the next tag match. [c]
(2) “TIMELESS” TONI STORM & MINA SHARAKAWA vs. JULIA HART & SKYE BLUE
Mercedes stood at ringside and said she’d enjoy this match more if she was sitting at a table for one. She called for a table to be brought over for her. It had steak on it. Taz said, “That’s a shoot steak.” The screen went black and white as Storm made her entrance. Shirakawa made her entrance next. Then Julia and Blue. The bell rang 39 minutes into the hour. Blue yanked Toni off the ring apron and threw her into the ringside barricade. They showed Mercedes smiling, taking selfies, and drinking wine at ringside. They struck a pose as they cut to a double-box break. [c/db]
Shirakawa went for a top rope move with Julia that was clunky. Taz acknowledged it. Shirakawa tagged out to Storm and they both delivered German suplexes and then landed hip attacks. Finally, Storm applied a chicken wing on Blue for the tapout win.
WINNERS: Storm & Shirakawa in 10:00.
-After the match, Strom walked past Mercedes and chowed down on the steak and salad animalistically as Mercedes looked on from 20 feet away, disgusted.
-Lexi Nair interviewed Ospreay backstage about facing Lio later, plus him vs. Swerve next week. MJF interrupted. Ospreay asked what he wanted. MJF said he should stay out of the business of Swerve and Hangman. He said he can’t beat Hangman, and so if he wins the AEW World Title, he can’t. He said Swerve and Hangman are animals and they should let animals eat each other.
Ospreay said MJF knows he can’t beat Hangman on his best day, and that’s why he doesn’t want him to become champion. MJF asked how Ospreay’s son Harry was. Ospreay shoved him. MVP, Bobby Lashley, and Shelton Benjamin showed up quickly. MVP told him to ease up. He said they have their own business to tend to, but ominously wished him luck later. Lashley stayed behind for a moment and stared at Ospreay and adjusted his soccer jersey. Fans chanted “Bobby! Bobby!” [c]
-The Hurt Syndicate made their way to the ring. Fans again chanted “Bobby! Bobby!” Taz said Lashley is from that area. MVP pointed his cane at Shelton and the chant switched to “Shelton! Shelton!” Then he pointed at MJF and fans booed. (Why is MVP playing into the cheers like that?) MVP said they had an official announcement. MVP talked up Lashley and Benjamin as a team. He asked if this is where the best wrestle, where are the tag teams that can challenge them? “Where are they?” he said. “They’re in your imagination because they don’t exist.”
[HOUR TWO]
MVP then stepped aside for MJF to talk. He talked about Mistico. He called him “a big fish in a small, stinky pond.” He said the fans are small time and are jealous of him because he’s a big shot. He said they’ll see that when “Happy Gilmore 2” comes out soon. He said he’ll watch Mistico next week and, if he’s impressed, he might let him wrestle him at Grand Slam: Mexico.
Kevin Knight, Komander, and “Speedball” Mike Bailey walked out onto the stage. Komander took issue with MJF disrespecting Mistico and then insulted MJF. Speedball said if they want to face the best, in front of them stands a group of international killers. MVP cackled. Knight said they’re happy to face Hurt Syndicate tonight. MVP sounded enthusiastic, but then said, “Absolutely not because you guys haven’t earned it.” He told them to impress them by earning it and then walked past them.
(3) KOMANDER & “SPEEDBALL” MIKE BAILEY & KEVIN KNIGHT vs. LA FACCION INGOBERNABLES (Rush & Dralistico & The Beast Mortos)
They cut to a double-box break around 3:00. [c/db]
Komander walked the top rope and leaped onto Mortos and gave him an assisted Code Red for a two count. For the finish, Knight delivered his UFO top rope turning frog splash for the win.
WINNERS: Komander & Speedball & Knight in 14:00.
-Hurt Syndicate came out and asked the crowd to give the winners a round of applause. He said they got their asses kicked for 8-10 minutes, but pulled it off. He said they have won the prize and next week they get to face Hurt Syndicate in a six-man tag match. He said they get a preview of their ass whipping right now. They went after them in the ring, but Knight and Speedball kicked them out of the ring. Then all three babyfaces slingshot themselves onto Hurt Syndicate at ringside. Excalibur said it was unexpected. They yelled down at them at ringside as the heels threw a fit.
-Lexi interviewed Adam Cole, Kyle O’Reilly, and Roderick Strong backstage along with Danny Garcia. Cole told Garcia they should have shared respect for each other despite some battles, plus a common enemy in the Don Callis Family. He pitched he join them four-on-four against them. Garcia agreed. [c]
-Lexi interviewed Christian Cage, Nick Wayne, and Mother Wayne backstage. Christian took a shot at the fans for being unintelligent because the thin air cuts off oxygen to their brains. Christian said Wayne wrestled in New Japan but didn’t win the tournament but he had a grueling schedule. He said he wrestled 14 matches in 22 days, “but no excuses, right Nick?” He said that schedule would earn “anybody” a well-earned night off. He said Nick isn’t just “anybody,” and he’d defend his ROH TV Title tonight. Nick said it was light work for him the last time he did this. Christian said he will be defending his title in a four-way. Nick absorbed that and seemed okay with it. Christian said he’d going to watch it up close. He said Kip Sabian is working on an even bigger surprise.
(Keller’s Analysis: It’s good to see Christian and Nick back on TV after Nick’s tour in Japan. Nick’s acting wasn’t the best there.)
-Max Caster stood mid-ring and said he’s the best wrestler alive. He showed off his trademark that proves he is the best. He told the referee to sign it. He then told the Max-a-Maniacs to chant for him. “Let’s Go Max, You’re The Best Wrestler A-Live!” Fans did their best. He said it wasn’t great. He asked who would try to “last five minutes with the best wrestler alive.” Excalibur said that rhyme was better than when he rhymes “live” with “alive.”
(4) MAX CASTER vs. “POWERHOUSE” WILL HOBBS
The bell rang 37 minutes into the hour. Hobbs dominated Caster from the start and clotheslined him ten times in the corner. Caster collapsed. When Caster leaped at Hobbs with a double-axe handle, Hobbs caught him and then slammed him hard to the mat for the three count.
WINNER: Hobbs in around 49 seconds. [c]
(5) KENNY OMEGA vs. CLAUDIO CASTAGNOLI vs. BRODY KING vs. MASCARA DORADA – AEW International Title match
Brody was in the ring after the break. Claudio came out next. Then Dorado. Excalibur said many say he could be next in line to pick up the mantle of being the face of CMLL when Mistico decides his time has passed. Ian said he is a human highlight reel. Omega then made his grand entrance. The bell rang 48 minutes into the hour.
Omega and Dorada dove onto Claudio and Brody at ringside at 2:00. Claudio and Brody got the better of Omega and Dorada right afterward. Brody and Claudio then battled. They battled back and forth with big spots for several minutes.
[OVERRUN]
Claudio, Brody, and Omega were down the mat and slow to get up at 12:00. Brody was bloodied at this point. Excalibur said they have two more hours of action to go including Ospreay in action. A graphic showed the scheduled matches including Nick Wayne vs. Sammy Guevara vs. Lee Johnson vs. A.R. Fox for the ROH TV Title, Thekla in action, and FTR in a tag match.
Dorada and Omega entered the ring and eventually Omega caught him and landed a One-Winged Angel for the three count.
WINNER: Omega to retain the AEW International Title in 18:00.
-They transitioned into the Collision portion of the show here including Okada coming out and having a scuffle with Omega leading to their match becoming official for All In with both of their titles on the line. Look for Joshua White’s detailed Collision report here at PWTorch.
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PWTorch editor Wade Keller and PWTorch’s Chris Lansdell to review AEW Dynamite LIVE tonight right after Dynamite. Join us and let us know your thoughts on Dynamite during the show.
Email our post-show at wadekellerpodcast@gmail.com with your comments and questions about Dynamite. We’ll read your emails live during the post-show.
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