We see a sit-down interview from earlier today with Jungle Boy and Jim Ross. Jungle Boy says he thinks of Jericho as two people: the man and the legend. He says the man doesn’t scare him, but he respects the legend. Jungle Boy says he knows of the pressure of the situation and pressure makes stars. Ross asks how Jungle Boy’s father, Luke Perry, would feel about all this. Jungle Boy says he thinks he would be proud; they used to sit and talk about the possibilities, and for him to be here, facing Chris Jericho and talking to Jim Ross, he thinks he would be proud.
Chris Jericho makes his entrance, alongside Jake Hager, and he’ll be facing Jungle Boy with a ten minute time limit, next!
*Commercial Break*
Chris Jericho W/Jake Hager Vs. Jungle Boy W/LUCHASAURAS & MARKO STUNT
The match gets underway and Jungle Boy looks for a roll-up but Jericho kicks out. Jungle Boy catches Jericho with an incredible springboard arm-drag. Jericho looks to apply the Liontamer but Jungle Boy rolls him up for a near-fall.
Jericho drops Jungle Boy on the top rope, then puts him in the corner and chops him. Y2J drops Jungle Boy with a forearm, then whips him to the corner and hits a Codebreaker. Jericho doesn’t pin him though, he waits for Jungle Boy to get back up and hits a second Codebreaker. Y2J pins but lifts his shoulders.
Jericho throws Jungle Boy from the ring and Hager throws him into the barricade. Luchasauras runs around the ring and starts brawling with Hager. Stunt jumps off the apron at Hager but gets clocked with a forearm and he’s out cold. Aubrey Edwards evicts Hager, Luchasauras, and Stunt from ringside.
Jericho puts Jungle Boy back in the ring but gets caught with an inside cradle for a near-fall. Jericho kicks the back of Jungle Boy and chops him. Jungle Boy is sent to the apron and Jericho jumps at him but nobody’s home. Jungle Boy hits three suicide dives to Jericho and there’s less than five minutes left!
Jericho gets caught with a DDT but kicks out. Jungle Boy counters Jericho and hits a backstabber for a two-count. Jungle Boy hits the ropes but gets caught with a back elbow. Jungle Boy counters Jericho and hits a Lionsault for a near-fall! Jericho catches Jungle Boy with a clothesline that turns him inside out.
Jericho lifts Jungle Boy and chops him hard, then catapults him into the bottom rope. Le Champion chokes Jungle Boy with his boot and taunts the fans. Jericho has a punch blocked, then gets clocked with a few punches. Powerbomb from Jericho and he turns into the Liontamer with about a minute left on the clock.
Jungle Boy reaches for the ropes and slowly crawls to the ropes…but Jericho drags him back to the centre of the ring and sits down deep. Thirty seconds left. Twenty seconds left. Ten seconds left and Jungle Boy holds out!
Time Limit Draw
Jericho thinks he’s won until Aubrey tells him what happened. Jericho grabs a microphone and yells that he wants five more minutes. He then beats Jungle Boy around and throws him over the ropes but Jungle Boy holds on. He comes back into the ring and hits Jericho with a hurricanrana and Edwards counts but Jericho kicks out. Jericho then takes his belt and leaves. So….a draw I guess? That was a dumb ending.
*Commercial Break*
We return to see Jericho on the stage with Tony Schiavone, who asks Y2J if he’s disappointed. Jericho says he isn’t because he told everyone Jungle Boy couldn’t beat him and he didn’t. Tony says that’s not what Jericho said and they argue. Jericho then grabs the mic and turns his attention to Moxley. He tells Moxley to enjoy Christmas but The Inner Circle will have a surprise for him on January 1st.
Kris Statlander Vs. Dr. Britt Baker
This number one contender match gets underway and Statlander, the alien, gets Baker in a wristlock. Baker reverses it BUT Statlander cartwheels out of it. The doc goes for the Lockjaw submission but Statlander blocks it and goes for a clothesline, but Baker ducks it. Statlander leapfrogs Baker, who goes for the Lockjaw again. However Statlander blocks it and rolls her up for a near-fall.
Baker comes back with a snapmare and then a roll-up for a near-fall. Baker hits a northern light’s suplex, but Statlander responds with a dropkick. Statlander goes for a axe kick but Baker moves and hits a hangman’s neckbreaker. Statlander applies a submission as we head to the break.
*Commercial Break*
We return from the break as Kris eats a running knee from Baker in the corner. Baker then manages to get her down and start applying Lockjaw but once again Statlander fights it off and gets to the ropes. Statlander tangles Britt’s arm up in the ropes and then nails her with a running knee. Statlaner climbs up top and hits a missile dropkick for a near-fall.
Statlander goes for a roundhouse kick but Baker rolls her up for a series of near-falls. Statlander looks for a fireman’s carry but Baker blocks it and hits a slingblade for a near-fall. Baker goes for a suplex but Statlander blocks it and hits a lariat.
Statlander climbs up top but Britt meets her up there and hits a superplex. Baker gets to her feet and looks for a normal suplex but Statlander counters into a Michinoku driver for a near-fall. Kris and Baker exchange strikes until Britt lands a fisherman’s neckbreaker.
Baker looks to follow-up with a superkick but Kris blocks it and hits a roundhouse kick. Statlander hits the ropes but runs into a superkick from Baker, who finally manages to apply Lockjaw! Statlander powers up to her feet, transitions Baker, and hits the Big Bang Theory for the win!
Winner: Kris Statlander
After the match Tony Schiavone interviews Kris Statlander and says she is now the number one contender. She responds by touching his nose. Brandi Rhodes comes out and tells Schiavone to take a hike. She congratulates Statlander, then asks her again if she will join The Nightmare Collective. Statlander wags her finger to say no, and then Kong comes out with Melanie Cruz – the girl from last week. Brandi then hits Kris with her high heel shoe. All this is just bad stuff. I mean, you can’t have three cults in one show and this is easily the worst.
Tully Blanchard is backstage with Shawn Spears, who says he is looking for one lucky AEW star to be his partner. He says AEW actually cares about tag teams and there’s money in it. Tully says they need the right guy, someone who is on Spears’ level and has chemistry with him. He says Spears needs his own Arn Anderson. Spears agrees and they walk off to look for him.
*Commercial Break*
AEW Tag Team Championships
(C) So Cal Uncensored Vs. The Young Bucks
The main event gets underway with Frankie Kazarian and Nick Jackson. A few reversals and Scorpio tags in but Nick throws him from the ring and tags Matt. Jackson sends Kazarian to the outside and goes back and forth with Scoprio until all four men are in the ring and The Bucks drop both Sky and Kazarian with a double-team dropkick.
Matt superkicks Sky from the apron, then they team to hit Kazarian with a cannonball/kick combo. Kazarian counters Matt, allowing Sky to hurricanrana Nick from the apron to the floor. Kazarian slams Matt and tags Scorpio. Nick returns and takes-out both Kazarian and Sky with a kick/bulldog combo. Nick looks for a springboard but Scorpio blocks it and climbs up the ropes with him, only for Nick to hit a hurricanrana.
Matt tags in again and hits a Macho Man elbow for a two-count. Nick tags in and they look for a Superkick Party but Kazarian pulls Sky from the ring. Nick hits a spinning dive from the top rope to both of them on the floor.
*Commercial Break*
Back live and both Kazarian and Nick get tags. Kazarian hits poetry in motion off of Matt Jackson into Nick, then drops Matt with a heel kick. The Bucks look to double-team Kazarian, but he drops both with clotheslines and they roll from the ring. Kazarian jumps over the ropes and catches Matt with a hurricanrana. Scorpio follows-up with a dive onto both Bucks at ringside.
Sky and Frankie put Matt back in the ring and hit a double-team DDT for a near-fall. Scorpio looks for the TKO but Matt counters and hits a spear. Matt tags Nick, who knocks Kazarian from the apron and springboards at Sky but gets caught with a cutter. Dragon sleeper from Sky, while Kazarian hits Matt with a cutter and a dragon sleeper of his own. Matt lifts Kazarian and slams him into the other two to break the submission.
Kazarian and Matt are the legal men and they tee-off on each other. Frankie beats Matt down with forearms, and Sky blind-tags in. Kazarian drops Matt, then hits Nick with a snap DDT on the apron. Matt rolls-up Sky for a near-fall, then Sky hits the TKO. Kazarian gets the tag and they hit SCU Later for the win.
Winners: So Cal Uncensored
After the match, creepers from the Dark Order come through the crowd and surround the ring. The lights go out and out comes Order. Evil Uno congratulates SCU but says The Young Bucks have suffered a hard loss. Any other night, they would ask them to join Dark Order, but tonight is not about recruitment, it’s about initiation.
The creepers storm the ring – including Alex Reynolds and John Silver – and beat down SCU and The Young Bucks. Christopher Daniels runs down the make the save but he gets pounded too. Omega runs out and he tries to help but gets overwhelmed. Cody and Dustin come out and they join the fight, but get beaten down. The commentators mention that Hangman Page hasn’t come to help.
Dark Order throw everyone but The Bucks from the ring, then Uno gives masks to Silver and Reynolds. He says he promised this was an initiation. They put the masks on and Uno puts his hand inside Matt Jackson’s mouth for some reason.
And that’s it for AEW Dynamite. We’ll see you on January 1st for the next Dynamite, but we’ll have lots more news and results before then, so stay tuned to Ringside News. Safe travels!
