AEW Dynamite Results (2/23/22): Bryan Danielson vs. Daniel Garcia

AEW Dynamite
February 23, 2022
Webster Bank Arena
Bridgeport, Connecticut

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Commentary Team: (Excalibur, Jim Ross and Tony Schiavone)

Ring Announcer: Justin Roberts

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Transcription by Josh Lopez 

First Match: Tag Team Battle Royal. Winners Advances To The AEW World Tag Team Title Match At Revolution 

The Participants (The Young Bucks, FTR, reDRagon, Santana & Ortiz, Best Friends, The Dark Order, The Butcher & The Blade, 2.0, Private Party and The Gunn Club) 

The Order Of Eliminations 

– Alex Reynolds was eliminated by The Blade

– The Blade was eliminated by John Silver

– Austin Gunn was eliminated by Ortiz

– Colten Gunn was eliminated by Santana

– The Butcher was eliminated by Best Friends

– Chuck Taylor was eliminated by reDRagon

– Private Party was eliminated by John Silver

– 2.0 was eliminated by Santana

– Ortiz was eliminated by The Young Bucks

– Nick Jackson was eliminated by FTR

– Bobby Fish was eliminated by Trent Beretta

– Cash Wheeler was eliminated by John Silver

– Santana was eliminated by Kyle O’Reilly

– Trent Beretta was eliminated by Matt Jackson

– Dax Harwood was eliminated by Bobby Fish

– John Silver was eliminated by Kyle O’Reilly

– Matt Jackson was eliminated by Kyle O’Reilly

Winner: reDRagon 

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MJF & CM Punk Segment 

Second Match: (2-0) The House Of Black vs. (31-15-2) PAC & (59-28) Pentagon Dark w/Alex Abrahantes

Pier six brawl before the bell rings. Pentagon with Two SuperKicks. Pentagon with The Flying Crossbody Block to the outside. Pentagon rolls Black back into the ring. Pac with The 450 Splash for a two count. Pac applies a side headlock. Pac slams Black’s head on the top turnbuckle pad. Pac is choking Black with his boot. Pac tags in Pentagon. Pentagon applies a wrist lock. Pentagon repeatedly kicks the left hamstring of Black. Forearm Exchange. Black kicks Pentagon in the face. Black applies a front face lock. Pac tags himself in. Pac kicks Black in the gut. Pac with The Pump Kick. Pack kicks Black in the back. Black drives Pac back first into the turnbuckles. Black tags in King. Black with clubbing mid-kicks. King with a knife edge chop. King whips Pac across the ring. Pac ducks a clothesline from King. King with The Western Lariat for a two count. King bodysams Pac. King with a Running Senton Splash. King rocks Pac with a forearm smash. King is choking Pac with his boot. King tags in Black.

Black kicks Pac in the ribs. Black with a Snap Vertical Suplex for a two count. Following a wrist lock takeover, Black repeatedly kicks Pac in the back. Black with a knee drop for a one count. Black with Muay Thai Knee Strikes. Black tags in King. King drives his knee into the midsection of Pac. King with a blistering chop. King goes for a Bodyslam, but Pac lands back on his feet. King drops Pac with The Big Boot. King applies the cravate. King with clubbing blows to Pac’s chest. King applies The Sitting Abdominal Stretch. King punches Pac in the back. King with another knife edge chop. King with a Vertical Suplex for a two count. King with clubbing blows to Pac’s back. King sends Pac to the corner. King taunts Pentagon. King drives his knee into the midsection of Pentagon. King puts Pac on Pentagon’s shoulders. Lariat/Reverse Hurricanrana Combination. Black tags himself in. King lands The Suicide Dive. King rolls Pac back into the ring. Black with The Flying Double Foot Stomp. Black with The Roundhouse Kick. Black follows that with The Bridging German Suplex for a two count. Black dumps Pentagon out of the ring. Black tags in King. King applies a waist lock. Pac decks King with a back elbow smash. Black blocks a boot from Pac. Black inadvertently drops King with a Pump Knee Strike.

Pentagon made the blind tag. Pac with a Spinning Back Kick. Pac with a Step Up Enzuigiri. King responds with an Inside Out Lariat. Pentagon with a Flying Crossbody Block. House Of Black goes for The Dante’s Inferno, but Pac gets in the way. Pac shoves King into Black. King with a chop/forearm combination. Pac answers with Two Pump Kicks. Pac side steps King into the turnbuckles. Black tags himself in. Pac with a Release German Suplex. Double SuperKick. Death Triangle goes for their Package PileDriver/Flying Double Foot Stomp Combination, but Black gets in the way. Pentagon applies The Mandible Claw. Pentagon rolls Black over to pickup the victory. After the match, King viciously attacks Death Triangle. Black grabs a shovel. The lights go out in the building. Buddy Matthews appears in the corner. Matthews connects with The Pump Knee Strike. Matthews repeatedly stomps on Pentagon’s chest. King wipes out the security team. Matthews transitions into a ground and pound attack. Black grabs a steel chair. Matthews plants Pentagon with The Stomp into the chair. Matthews has joined The House Of Black.

Winner: (32-15-2) PAC & (60-28) Pentagon Dark via Pinfall 

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Third Match:(40-8) Ricky Starks w/Powerhouse Hobbs vs. (52-18) Preston Vance w/The Dark Order In A Face Of The Revolution Ladder Match 

TAZ joins the commentary team for this match. Collar and Elbow Tie Up. Vance shoves Starks into the canvas. Strong lockup. Starks with a waist lock go-behind. Starks applies a side headlock. Vance whips Starks across the ring. Vance drops Starks with a shoulder tackle. Starks drops down on the canvas. Starks leapfrogs over Vance. Starks kicks Vance in the gut. Starks hammers down on the back of Vance’s neck. Vance reverses out of the irish whip from Starks. Starks runs into Vance. Starks with a running forearm smash. Starks with a leaping shoulder tackle. Starks poses for the crowd. Vance launches Starks to the corner. Vance with a chop/forearm combination. Vance transitions into a corner mount. Vance blocks a boot from Starks. Vance rocks Starks with a forearm smash. Starks kicks Vance in the gut. Vance denies The Swinging DDT.

Vance with The Delayed Vertical Suplex for a two count. Vance with a forearm smash. Starks sends Vance into the ropes. Starks with forearm shivers across the back of Vance. Starks stomps on Vance’s back. Starks mocks Vance. Vance with heavy bodyshots. Starks with a knife edge chop. Starks with a Pendulum BackBreaker. Starks with clubbing shoulder blocks. Starks drives his knee into the midsection of Vance. Starks starts gloating in the corner. Starks with a Flying Foot Stomp. Starks stands on the midsection of Vance. Vance fights from underneath. Starks punches Vance in the back. Starks with a running elbow drop for a two count. Vance with a chop/forearm combination. Starks with a toe kick. Starks hammers on the back of Vance’s neck. Starks with a knife edge chop. Starks whips Vance across the ring. Vance ducks under two clotheslines from Starks. Vance delivers The Pounce. Vance catches Starks in mid-air. Vance applies The Full Nelson Lock. Vance sends Starks to the corner. Vance drops Starks with The Discus Lariat. Vance goes back to The Full Nelson Lock. Starks is trying to remove Vance’s mask. Starks connects with The Spear to pickup the victory.

Winner: (41-8) Ricky Starks via Pinfall 

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Fourth Match: (27-0) Jade Cargill (c) w/Mark Sterling vs. (32-20) The Bunny w/Matt Hardy For The AEW TBS Championship 

Collar and Elbow Tie Up. Cargill backs Bunny into the ropes. Cargill pie faces Bunny. Strong lockup. Bunny backs Cargill into the turnbuckles. Bunny tugs on Cargill’s hair. Bunny pie faces Cargill. Cargill drops Bunny with The Big Boot. Cargill applies a wrist lock. Cargill lifts Bunny up in the air. Cargill sends Bunny back first into the canvas. Cargill drops her leg on the left shoulder of Bunny. Cargill starts doing push ups in the center of the ring. Cargill flexes her muscles. Cargill applies a hammerlock. Bunny sends Cargill to the ring apron. Bunny uses the top rope as a weapon. Bunn with The Sliding Forearm. Bunny with a Side Russian Leg Sweep into the steel barricade. Matt Hardy bickers with Mark Sterling. Bunny dropkicks Cargill into the middle turnbuckle pad for a two count. Bunny is putting the boots to Cargill. Bunny rakes the back of Cargill. Cargill reverses out of the irish whip from Bunny. Cargill with The Fallaway Slam. Cargill pops back on her feet. Bunny fights out of the fireman’s carry position. Bunny goes for The O’Connor Roll, but Cargill holds onto the ropes.

Bunny avoids The Pump Kick. Bunny with clubbing blows to Cargill’s back. Bunny drives Cargill face first into the top turnbuckle pad. Bunny repeatedly stomps on Cargill’s chest. Bunny is choking Cargill with her boot. Bunny hits The Sliding D for a two count. Bunny applies a rear chin lock. Cargill backs Bunny into the turnbuckles. Cargill with a leaping back elbow smash. Bunny rakes the eyes of Cargill. Bunny kicks Cargill in the gut. Bunny with a running knee lift. Bunny goes for a Rising Knee Strike, but Cargill counters with The SpineBuster. The referee gets distracted by Hardy. Hardy gives Bunny the brass knuckles. Cargill blocks the brass knuckle punch with the TBS Title. The referee has ejected both Hardy and Sterling from the ringside area. Bunny rolls Cargill over for a two count. Bunny with Two SuperKicks. Bunny goes for Down The Rabbit Hole, but Cargill counters with The Jaded to pickup the victory. After the match, Cargill boasts about her resume. Taynara Conti declares herself the next challenger for the TBS Title. Cargill and Bunny gangs up Conti. Anna Jay storms into the ring with a steel chair to make the save.

Winner: Still AEW TBS Champion, (28-0) Jade Cargill via Pinfall 

Line Up For This Weeks AEW Rampage 

– Sammy Guevara (c) vs. Andrade El Idolo w/Jose The Assistant For The AEW TNT Championship

– Serena Deeb’s Professor 5-Minute Rookie Challenge

– Orange Cassidy vs. Anthony Bowens w/Max Caster. The Winner Will Qualify For The Face Of The Revolution Ladder Match

Updated AEW Revolution 2022 Match Card 

1.) Hangman Page (c) vs. Adam Cole For The AEW World Championship 

2.) CM Punk vs. MJF In A Dog Collar Match 

3.) Britt Baker (c) w/Rebel & Jamie Hayter vs. Thunder Rosa For The AEW Women’s World Championship 

4.) The Jurassic Express (c) w/Christian Cage vs. reDRagon vs. TBD In A Triple Threat Match For The AEW World Tag Team Championship 

5.) Keith Lee vs. Wardlow vs. Powerhouse Hobbs vs. Ricky Starks vs. TBD. vs. TBD In A Face Of The Revolution Ladder Match 

6.) Chris Jericho vs. Eddie Kingston 

7.) Sammy Guevara, Darby Allin and Sting vs. Matt Hardy & Private Party In A Texas Tornado Trios Match 

8.) Bryan Danielson vs. Jon Moxley 

Fifth Match: (14-2-2) Bryan Danielson vs. (17-14) Daniel Garcia  

Quick feeling out process after the bell rings. Test Of Strength. Danielson backs Garcia into the ropes. Danielson with a gut punch. Uppercut Exchange. Danielson talks smack to Garcia. Garcia grapples around Danielson. Garcia unloads two knife edge chops. Danielson scores the ankle pick. Danielson grapevines the legs of Garcia. Danielson is raining down chops and forearms. Danielson with The Butterfly Suplex. Danielson applies The Cross-Arm-Breaker. Danielson transitions into a Modified Lebel Lock. Garcia puts his foot on the bottom rope which forces the break. Danielson kicks Garcia in the face. Garcia with a forearm smash. Danielson uppercuts Garcia. Garcia reverses out of the irish whip from Danielson. Danielson dives over Garcia. Danielson ducks a clothesline from Garcia. Garcia delivers the chop block.

Garcia applies a leg lock. Garcia with clubbing strikes across the back of Danielson’s neck. Garcia repeatedly drops his elbow on the left knee of Danielson. Garcia is keeping Danielson ground. Danielson sends Garcia to the corner. Danielson with clubbing mid-kicks. Garcia kicks Danielson in the gut. Garcia with two uppercuts. Garcia repeatedly wraps the left leg of Danielson around the steel ring post. Chop Exchange. Garcia with The Dragon Screw Leg Whip. Garcia backs Danielson into the turnbuckles. Garcia with another Dragon Screw Leg Whip. Garcia bickers with the referee. Garcia with a forearm smash. Danielson with a Vertical Suplex to the floor. Danielson with a Flying Knee Strike off the ring apron. Danielson rolls Garcia back into the ring. Danielson delivers The Missile Dropkick.

Danielson repeatedly kicks the left hamstring of Garcia. Danielson applies The Knee Bar. Boot Exchange. Danielson transitions into a ground and pound attack. Danielson with The Bridging Tiger Suplex for a one count. Danielson applies The Cattle Mutilation. Garcia responds with The Ankle Lock. Garcia repeatedly stomps on the back of Danielson’s head. Danielson with a nasty elbow smash for a two count. Greco Roman Knuckle Lock. Forearm Exchange. Palm Strike Exchange. Danielson denies The Dragon Screw Leg Whip. Danielson repeatedly stomps on Garcia’s face. Danielson makes Garcia pass out to The Triangle Sleeper. After the match, 2.0 jumps Danielson from behind. Jon Moxley storms into the ring to make the save. Moxley plants Garcia with The Death Rider. Danielson accepts Moxley’s challenge to a match at Revolution.

Winner: (15-2-2) Bryan Danielson via Submission 

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Author: Josh Lopez