AEW Dynamite August 10th, 2022 Target Center Minneapolis, Minnesota
Welcome to our live coverage of AEW Dynamite, which is emanating from The Target Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Tonight's show will also serve as the "Quake At The Lake" special episode. Announced for tonight's show, Rush will team up with Andrade El Idolo to take on The Lucha Brothers, Jade Cargill will defend her TBS championship against Madison Rayne, we will hear from the IWGP, ROH, and AAA tag team champions, FTR, Ricky Starks will take on Aaron Solo, Darby Allin will take on Brody King in a Coffin match, and Jon Moxley will defend the AEW Interim world championship against Chris Jericho.
- The match starts off with Darby attacking Brody from behind, Darby then attacks Brody with a skateboard filled with tacks, Brody then hits a stiff right hand to the face of Darby, Brody then sends Darby over the timekeeper's area, Darby then hits an avalanche code red on Brody from the second rope, Brody then hits a chop to the chest of Darby on the outside, Brody then throws Darby into the apron as we go to commercial break.
- We are back from commercial as we see Brody land a stiff chop to the chest of Darby, Brody then goes for a dive onto Darby through a table on the outside but Darby moves out of the way, Darby then goes for a tope suicida but the lights go off, Malakai and Murphy then appear as Julia Hart trips Darby, Buddy then hits a GTS on Darby, followed by a spinning suplex, Brody hits a cannonball splash on Darby in the corner through a table as Buddy holds him, Buddy then goes to open the Coffin but Sting appears, Sting then attacks Malakai with a baseball bat, Malakai then teases hitting Sting with the bat but Malakai smiles before walking off, Darby then hits a tope suicida on Brody on the outside, Brody then sends Darby into the barricade, followed by a suplex on the steel steps, Darby then hits Brody King twice in the forehead with a chain, Darby then chokes Darby from the apron, Brody then falls into the Coffin, giving Darby the pinfall victory.
- The match starts off with all four men exchanging a series of chops and punches, Penta then hits an enziguri on Andrade, Rush then hits a belly-to-belly suplex on Fenix in the corner, Penta then hits a superkick on Rush, Penta then goes for a dive but Andrade trips him, Fenix then hits a tope suicida onto Rush on the outside, Fenix then hits a tope cannonball onto Andrade on the outside, Penta then hits the made in Penta to secure a nearfall, Andrade then dropkicks Fenix in midair, Andrade and Rush then send Fenix into Penta with a springboard splash, Andrade and Rush then hit cannonballs over the top rope, taking out both Fenix and Penta as we go to commercial break.
- We are back from commercial as we see Penta hit a superkick on Andrade, followed by a DDT on Rush, Fenix then hits a hurricarana onto Andrade, Fenix then hits a splash onto Rush from the shoulders of Penta, Penta and Fenix then hit cannonballs over the top rope, taking out Rush and Andrade, Andrade then hits a double running knee to Penta in the corner, Penta then hits a rolling cutter on Rush, Rush then ties Penta's mask to the middle rope, Rush then hits a shotgun dropkick on Fenix, followed by a piledriver, Rush then goes to pin Fenix but Penta rips off his mask from the bottom rope to make the save, Rush then hits the double knee strike in the corner onto Fenix, Andrade then hits a DDT on Fenix to secure the pinfall victory.
- The Young Bucks asks "Hangman" Adam Page to be their partner in the trios tag team championship tournament, Page decline because he's too busy managing The Dark Order in the tournament.
- Jungle Boy makes his entrance to do commentary for the next match.
- The match starts off with Luchasaurus landing a closeline on Henry in the corner, followed by a german suplex, Luchasaurus then hits a headbutt on Henry, followed by a fireman's carry slam on Henry to secure the pinfall victory.
- Christian Cage appears Backstage, Christian says that he can't appear live, Jungle Boy then attempts to attack Christian but security holds him back, Luchasaurus then hits a chokslam on a guard backstage onto a crate.
- Julia Hart attempts to recruit Miro into the House Of Black but Miro decline, instead opting to challenge them.
- Sonjay Dutt, Jay Lethal, and Satnam Singh come out, Lethal says that Wardlow can either give him another opportunity at the TNT championship or he will take it, Wardlow then interrupts, Wardlow says that he's whipping all three of their asses, FTR then come out to back up Wardlow, Wardlow then enters the ring with FTR but Satnam, Dutt, and Lethal retreat,, Lethal then tries to attack Wardlow from behind but Wardlow lands a stiff punch, FTR then hit the big rig on Lethal.
- The match starts off with Ricky landing a series of punches on Solo, followed by a closeline and a big back bodydrop, Solo then hits a closeline on Starks, Solo then lands a series of strikes in the corner onto Starks, Starks then hits four right hands to the face of Solo, Starks then hits a tornado DDT on Solo, Solo then hits a hurricarana on Starks, Starks then hits the spear on Solo to secure the pinfall victory.
- After the match, Nick Comoroto tries to attack Ricky with a chair but Ricky counters with a spinebuster, Starks then sends Solo into Comoroto, Starks then leaves through the crowd.
- The match starts off with Jade pushing Madison down, Rayne then hits a forearm on Jade, Jade then lands a kick to the midsection of Rayne, Rayne then hits a dropkick on Jade, Rayne then hits a hurricarana on Jade on the outside, Jade then hits a spear on Rayne as we go to commercial break.
- We are back from commercial as we see Jade land a suplex on Rayne to secure a nearfall, Rayne then hits a jawbreaker on Jade, Rayne then hits an enziguri on Jade, Rayne then hits a neckbreaker on Jade, Rayne then hits a blockbuster from the second rope on Jade to secure a nearfall, Rayne then hits a DDT on Jade to secure yet another nearfall, Kiera Hogan then gets on the apron, Jade then accidentally kicks Kiera off the apron, Jade then hits a pump kick to the face of Rayne, Jade then hits the Jaded to secure the pinfall victory.
- After the match, Athena attacks Jade with a series of punches, Kiera then pulls Jade under the bottom rope.
- The match starts off with Jericho flipping off Moxley, Moxley then retaliates with a middle finger of his own, Jericho then hits an armdrag on Moxley, Jericho then locks Moxley in a headlock, Jericho then counters the paradigm shift, Moxley then counters the walls of Jericho, Moxley and Jericho then exchange a series of chops, Jericho then rips the earrings out of Moxley's ear, Jericho then dropkicks Moxley off the apron as we go to commercial break.
- We are back from commercial as we see Moxley hit a closeline on Jericho out of the corner, both men then exchange a series of forearms, Jericho then hits a backbreaker on Moxley, Jericho then hits the lionsault on Moxley, Moxley then locks in an ankle lock on Jericho, followed by a german suplex, Moxley then hits a german suplex of his own on Moxley, Jericho then hits a top rope hurricarana on Moxley, Jericho then locks Moxley in a figure four leglock on the ringpost, Moxley then locks Jericho in a crossface, Jericho then locks Moxley in the walls of Jericho as we go to commercial break.
- We are back from commercial as we see Moxley reach the bottom rope, Moxley then hits a double axehandle on Jericho on the outside, Jericho then catches Moxley in midair with a codebreaker to secure a nearfall, Jericho then lands a series of punches to the head of Moxley, Jericho then takes off the top turnbuckle pad, Guevara then throws Jericho a baseball bat, Jericho then hits Moxley with the bat to secure a nearfall, Jericho then sends Moxley face first into the exposed turnbuckle, Jericho then hits the judas effect on Moxley to secure a nearfall, Jericho then tries to use the championship belt but Moxley locks Jericho in a sleeper, Jericho then locks Moxley in another walls of Jericho, Moxley then lands a series of elbow strikes to the back of Jericho's head, Moxley then locks Jericho in a sleeperhold on Jericho to secure the submission victory.
- After the match, Sammy Guevara and Jake Hager attack Moxley in the ring, Claudio, Ortiz, Eddie Kingston, and Wheeler Yuta then make the save, the rest of the Jericho Appreciation Society then come out, Jericho is about to hit Moxley with the championship but CM Punk makes the save, Punk then sends Guevara into the steel steps before closelining Jericho to the outside, Moxley and Punk then faceoff, Moxley then flips off Punk before leaving.