All Elite Wrestling delivered a star-studded show with the “Road Rager” edition of AEW Dynamite on June 15.
Jurassic Express defended the AEW World Tag Team Championship in a Ladder Match against The Young Bucks. Plus, Wardlow battled 20 “plaintiffs” in a Handicap Elimination Match. Elsewhere on the show, Will Ospreay faced Dax Harwood, and Toni Storm took on Dr. Britt Baker, D.M.D. Chris Jericho faced Ortiz in a Hair vs. Hair Match, and Ethan Page clashed with Miro in an All-Atlantic Championship Qualifying Match. Finally, Jon Moxley and Hiroshi Tanahashi came face to face ahead of their match for the Interim AEW World Championship at Forbidden Door.
The results are as follows:
Hair vs. Hair: Chris Jericho vs. Ortiz
The match quickly breaks down into a fight at ringside. Ortiz gains the upper hand and catches Jericho with a dropkick. Jericho fires back and punches Ortiz in the corner. Ortiz powerbombs Jericho when he goes for a hurricanrana off the top rope. Jericho suplexes Ortiz off the ring apron. Back in the ring, Jericho maintains the advantage. He sends Ortiz to the outside, and the JAS attacks him until Eddie Kingston comes to ringside with a chair.
“The Wizard” keeps controlling the match, but Ortiz rallies and floors Jericho with a clothesline. He hits Jericho with a series of strikes and drops the champion with a cutter off the top rope. Ortiz gets a two count with an inside cradle and floors Jericho with a DDT. Jericho gets a two count with a Codebreaker. “The Wizard” counters a hurricanrana and locks in the Walls of Jericho, but Ortiz reaches the ropes. Kingston brawls with the JAS at ringside, and Santana and Wheeler Yuta run out to back him up. Kingston sneaks into the ring and blasts Jericho with a Spinning Back Fist, but it doesn’t keep the former champion down for the count. Fuego Del Sol comes into the ring and nails Ortiz with a bat, and Jericho covers him for the win.
Winner: Chris Jericho
After the match, Fuego unmasks and reveals himself to be Sammy Guevara.
It's @sammyguevara underneath the mask and it looks like he's reunited with @IAmJericho and @RealJakeHager! Watch #AEWDynamite: #RoadRager LIVE on @TBSNetwork right now! pic.twitter.com/xqsIqApcVo
— All Elite Wrestling (@AEW) June 16, 2022
He then embraces Jericho. Ortiz cuts his own hair and shaves it off, too. Kingston grabs a microphone and Ortiz says, “Blood and Guts” over and over.
20 Plaintiffs vs. One Elimination Handicap Match: Wardlow vs. Security Guards
The guards surround the ring, and Wardlow attacks them. They swarm him, but he overpowers them. Wardlow powerbombs one guard onto several others. He pins one and submits another. Wardlow keeps slamming and stacking guards; he pins four at the same time. “The War Dog” pins a few more with powerbombs. The powerhouse stacks some more guards and pins them. He dishes out more powerbombs and stacks more guards so he can pin them. It’s a powerbomb free-for-all as bodies keep flying. Wardlow pins six guards at the same time to win the match.
Winner: Wardlow
All plaintiffs have been eliminated; the case is dismissed and your winner is @RealWardlow! Tune in to #AEWDynamite: #RoadRager LIVE on @TBSNetwork right now! pic.twitter.com/HxbFPWI2C0
— All Elite Wrestling (@AEW) June 16, 2022
The announcer states that the “case” against Wardlow has been dismissed. He rolls “Smart” Mark Sterling into the ring. From the sky box, Dan Lambert interrupts; he says if you mess with one member of American Top Team, you mess with the whole team. Matt Hughes and Tyron Woodley are sitting in the front row, and Lambert orders them to fight Wardlow. “The War Dog” says they can fight, but he knows they’re cut from the same cloth. Woodley sends Sterling to Wardlow, and he powerbombs “Smart” Mark. Wardlow then plays to the crowd and shakes hands with Woodley and Hughes.
Dax Harwood vs. Will Ospreay
The two competitors lock up and feel each other out. The bout is a stalemate early on. Ospreay takes Harwood down with a hurricanrana. “The Commonwealth Kingpin” gains the upper hand. The two competitors trade chops. Harwood sends Ospreay flying with a back body drop. Harwood lands awkwardly when Ospreay pulls him off the apron and gets dropkicked into the steel steps. Ospreay takes complete control of the match and sends him chest-first into the turnbuckle. He locks in an abdominal stretch. Harwood perseveres and hits a series of German suplexes that leaves both men down. He dumps Ospreay on his neck with another German suplex but comes up empty on a diving headbutt. Ospreay gets a two count with a 450 splash.
They keep fighting, and Ospreay counters a back superplex into a crossbody. Ospreay powerbombs Harwood, but the FTR stacks him up for a two count. “The Commonwealth Kingpin” dives onto Harwood outside the ring. He hits a diving elbow to the back of the head for a two count. Harwood dodges the Os-cutter and powerbombs Ospreay for a two count. The opponents trade blows, and Harwood blasts Ospreay with a lariat. Ospreay powerbombs Harwood for a two count. He hits the Os-cutter for a two count. Ospreay pins Harwood with the Blade-runner.
Winner: Will Ospreay
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United Empire comes to the ring, but Cash Wheeler, Trent Beretta and Rocky Romero try to make the save. The NJPW stable overwhelms them until Orange Cassidy makes his way to the ring. He confronts Ospreay, and “The Commonwealth Kingpin” stares him down. FTR and Roppongi Vice back him up, and Ospreay leaves the ring.
A video package hypes up the looming match between Jon Moxley and Hiroshi Tanahashi; they’ll face each other at AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door in a match for the Interim AEW World Championship.
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