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** However, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ya6SmGy-KIE the most memorable moment of the bout]] is mid-match: as Cody starts reaching for the belts with his ladder, Sammy sets up a second ladder at a ring corner, leap-frogs from the top turnbuckle to the top of his own ladder, ''jumps off and '''seizes Cody's head for a cutter''', crashing down to the ring from nearly 15-feet in the air'' to the shock of the crowd. The cutter's delivery has been regarded as perfectly executed, to the point that fans proclaimed this will be part of Sammy's highlight reel throughout his professional career, as well as cementing this as one of the greatest spots in the industry's history of ladder matches, up there with [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IrjjlXdO39s the mid-air spear]] by Wrestling/{{Edge}} onto Wrestling/JeffHardy at ''[[Wrestling/{{Wrestlemania}} Wrestlemania X-Seven]]''. [[Wrestling/TheWrestlingObserverNewsletter Dave Meltzer]] would agree, awarding this Ladder Match 5-stars, giving Cody his second since ''Double or Nothing 2019'' and Sammy's first.

* With the exception of "Inspirational Wrestler of the Year" that went to Wrestling/{{Edge}}, AEW effectively swept the reader-voted Pro Wrestling Illustrated Awards of 2021: winners include MJF ("Most Hated Wrestler of the Year"), Jade Cargill ("Rookie of the Year"), Chris Jericho ("Feud of the Year" shared with MJF), The Inner Circle ("Faction of the Year"), The Young Bucks ("Tag Team of the Year"), Kenny Omega ("Wrestler of the Year") and CM Punk ("Most Popular Wrestler of the Year" and "Comeback of the Year"). However, it would be Britt Baker who would be the most notable, with "Most Improved Wrestler of the Year", "Woman of the Year" and "Match of the Year" shared with Thunder Rosa from their Unsanctioned Lights Out fight at ''AEW St. Patrick's Day Slam''.

** Ever since their monumental match against Swerve in our Glory at ''AEW All Out'', The Acclaimed has been on fire and was given [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWJ363ooxK4 a second chance to redeem their loss]] at ''Dynamite Grand Slam'' for the AEW World Tag Team Championships. Although Swerve Strickland and "Limitless" Keith Lee dominated most of this re-match (with Lee even pulling a ''Hurricanrana'' and a moonsault from the second rope), "Platinum" Max Caster and Anthony Bowens remained determined to win. When Keith is accidentally hammered by Swerve using Bowens' boombox, The Acclaimed tried to capitalized on the downed Lee, but Max landed on the ring hurting his knee while trying to use the "[[FinishingMove Mic Drop]]". Once Swerve hit a 450-maneuver on his opponents outside of the ring, Billy Gunn got into Swerve's face, giving Anthony the time to recuperate for a rolling elbow strike, followed by Daddy Ass hitting his "Fame-asser" on Swerve while the referee was distracted by Keith as he wasn't tagged in. With the Mic Drop and Bowens' "[[FinishingMove The Arrival]]" used on Swerve, the former achieved the pinfall, making them the ninth AEW World Tag Team Champions, nearly 22 months since The Acclaimed formed back in November 2020.

* After the chaos that unfolded at All Out, New AEW Trios Champs were to be made. The belts would be decided between Death Triangle vs Best Friends and Orange Cassidy, groups that have been rivals since the beginning of AEW. Death Triangle would emerge victorious and become the New Trios Champions.

* With the winner facing Jon Moxley in the finals to crown to the New AEW World Champion. Bryan Danielson and Chris Jericho face in the Main Event. Bryan wins and will now face Jon Moxley as the two have a staredown to close the show.

* Kicking this episode of Dynamite off would be [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCL4NEtPiz4 the monumental announcement]] by AEW owner Tony Khan and his acquisition of Wrestling/RingOfHonor. As a nod to the Wrestling/{{WWE}} purchase of Wrestling/{{WCW}} back in 2001, Tony addresses that "[[Wrestling/ShaneMcMahon Shane's not here! There's no Shane!]] It's (just) me!" both as a CallBack to the purchase and a TakeThat against the then-rumors about Shane McMahon possibly coming to AEW since his WWE departure post-2021 ''Wrestling/RoyalRumble''.

* After the chaos that unfolded at All Out, New AEW Trios Champs were to be made. The belts would be decided between Death Triangle vs Best Friends and Orange Cassidy, groups that have been rivals since the beginning of AEW. Death Triangle would emerge victorious and become the New Trios Champions

* Kicking this episode of Dynamite off would be [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCL4NEtPiz4 the monumental announcement]] by AEW owner Tony Khan and his acquisition of Wrestling/RingOfHonor. As a nod to the Wrestling/{{WWE}} purchase of Wrestling/{{WCW}} back in 2001, Tony addresses that "[[Wrestling/ShaneMcMahon Shane's not here! There's no Shane!]] It's (just) me!" both as a CallBack to the purchase and a TakeThat against the then-rumors about Shane possibly coming to AEW since his WWE departure post-2021 ''Wrestling/RoyalRumble''.

** All of that... ''and they still lost to a brand new upstart filled mostly with unknown talent''. And a year later, Dynamite is still kicking NXT's ass.

* The Casino Ladder match was entirely disrupted as mysterious masked men invaded the ring just before the Joker entrant, beating up the rest of the participants. One of them climbed and retrieved the poker chip, then unveiled himself to be Stokely Hathaway; the others were Lee Moriarty, Ethan Page, Austin and Colten Gunn and W. Morrissey - all of whom Stokely offered his services via a business card for weeks leading up to the pay-per-view. When the Joker was set to appear, "[[Music/TheRollingStones Sympathy for the Devil]]" was heard from the speakers as the entrant headed down to the ring, dressed up in black and donning a demonic-looking mask. Taking the poker chip from Stokely, the Joker won the match; just as he was about to remove his disguise, he double-backed and wagged a finger at the crowd, not content on showing his identity...yet.

* With both men having won a singles match against each other (Bryan back in February 2022 on ''Dynamite'', Daniel winning last week at ''AEW Quake by the Lake''), Daniel Garcia challenges The American Dragon to a 2 out of 3 Falls Match. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yed_zBlYG_8 In what could be Garcia's best singles match in AEW thus far]], The Red Death makes quick work of Bryan by reversing his own "Dragon Tamer" submission move into a piledriver, then knocking out Danielson via the "Dragon Sleeper" technique, giving Garcia the first fall. However, Bryan quickly capitalizes with a surprise roll-up on Garcia for the second fall. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LOImQbximp8 At one fall apiece]], The Red Death starts utilizing a few of Danielson's techniques, including the ''Busakiku'' knee and foot stomps to Bryan's head. When Garcia tries to use another piledriver, Bryan catches him in the triangle choke, leading into the [=LeBell=] Lock and additional elbow blows to the head. Daniel goes is knocked out, giving Bryan the second fall and win.

** And of course, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0k3CeP3bLE&ab_channel=AllEliteWrestling Kenny gets an absolutely stellar entrance announcement]] from Justin Roberts that is absolutely befitting of the man:
--> '''Justin Roberts:''' "And now...He has held an unbelieveable amount of singles titles; He is a two-time [[Wrestling/NewJapanProWrestling NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Champion]] and two-time [[Wrestling/DramaticDreamTeam KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Champion;]] He had the longest reign of 346 days as AEW World Champion; He is a PWI Top 500 '#1 Ranked Wrestler', [[Wrestling/TheWrestlingObserverNewsletter Wrestling Observer 'Wrestler Of The Year.']] While he sometimes uses the airport in [[Main/RunningGag NOOOOOOOOORTH CAROLINA!]] [[Main/TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers His only go-to candybar is always the 'Charleston Chew.']] He weighed in at 224 pounds to wrestle in his first match tonight in 277 days. [[Main/HesBack He is...KENNY...OOOOOOOOMEGAAAAAAAA!"]]

* After more than 277 days since his absence due to injuries, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0k3CeP3bLE Kenny Omega]] returns to AEW for the first trios match with The Young Bucks against ''La Facción Ingobernable''.

* The Dark Order, after months of dissension, finally got back together to defeat the Hardy Family Office. Evil Uno and Stu Grayson tried to walk out when things got tough... but were [[https://youtu.be/8t9HKF3xPgE?t=184 shamed back in]] by Brodie’s widow Amanda Huber, -1 (who [[GenerationXerox whacked Uno with a roll of papers]]), Anna Jay and Tay Conti, in the late Brodie Lee's hometown of Rochester, New York.

** In a "Title vs. Streak" match, Sammy Guevara [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BhOUH_5oDv8 puts his TNT Championship on the line]] against Scorpio Sky's undefeated singles record since 2021. After missing a 630° Senton onto Scorpio on a table, Sammy refuses to quit the match, even though Scorpio keeps targeting his injured ribs. When Ethan Page tries to interfere, Tay Conti pulls him away from the ring, but America Top Team GuestStarPartyMember Paige [=VanZant=] throws Tay into the steel ring steps, giving Scorpio the chance to deliver the "[[SignatureMove TKO]]" to Sammy for the pinfall, ending The Spanish God's 5-month championship reign. Post-match, Dan Lambert gives Paige an AEW contract to sign, elevating America Top Team to new heights for 2022 with Scorpio Sky as the new TNT Champion.

* Having learned from some of the flaws of the first ''Blood and Guts'', this year's titular match between The Jericho Appreciation Society and The Blackpool Combat Club (with Eddie Kingston and Proud and Powerful) was far more enticing (thanks to an arena filled with a Detroit audience), [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhVA_6mKOtE but no less brutal than before]]. With multiple weapons ranging from steel chairs to a barbed-wire baseball bat to broken glass to thumbtacks and wooden skewers, the two 6-man teams in the dual-ring sized steel cage destroy one another, cutting each other up quickly. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7FML_kPv3uU When Chris Jericho tells Tay Conti to open the cage]], she knocks out referee Aubrey Edwards and steals the key to open, but Ruby Soho, who's friends with Eddie Kingston, runs down to fight Tay, sending them to the back. As Chris scales the cage, Eddie pulls his SlasherSmile, knowing how stupid The Influencer is for trying to escape to the top of the structure. Although Sammy Guevara comes to help Jericho, Eddie deals a low-blow to The Spanish God and sends him flying down crashing into the timekeeper's table. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pzlVsFLSXIE While Claudio Castagnoli comes to help Eddie]] by pushing Jericho away from locking in The Walls of Jericho onto Kingston, giving Jericho his giant swing maneuver, Matt Menard wasn't far behind and tries dealing a piledriver onto Claudio, but he reverses it into a Sharpshooter on Menard as The Mad King uses the "Stretch Plum" on Jericho, the same submission technique he had Chris tap out in their ''AEW Revolution 2022'' match. However, it's Menard who taps out first, giving The Blackpool Combat Club and their allies the win. Post-match, Eddie is visibly frustrated and upset that Claudio robbed him of the victory as the commentators note that Kingston wanted Jericho to tap out in order to humiliate him.

** Although this is but a brief respite, when Tony Nese and "Smart" Mark Sterling are scheduled for a segment, Moxley shoves the two away and demands CM Punk continue their fight in the ring. Not only does Punk oblige and security are forced to stop them again, Tony Khan makes it official that the unification match for the world title will happen ''next week'' instead.

[[AC: August 20, 2021: ''The First Dance'']]

* Following their "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2ZdERrM9mw backstage incident]]" one week earlier on the October 29 episode of Rampage, due to Eddie Kingston's loss to Bryan Danielson in the AEW World Championship Eliminator Tournament, he confronts CM Punk and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OO0j3xaZ53E engages in a fiery promo with him]] - a must see, when Eddie calls out Punk, claiming he's been "mistreated" by Punk since their days in the independent scene, while Punk retorts that Eddie failed himself for not living up to his peers' standard, even calling him "a bum". The confrontation finally turns physical when the Mad King suggests that after he finishes beating up Punk at ''Full Gear 2021'', the latter should "quit again and leave for seven years". Punk interrupts Eddie with a headbutt for the insult and the brawl is on, to the point where referees, backstage personnel and wrestlers have to break them up.

* After becoming the epitome of MemeticMutation in AEW (up to and including CM Punk's "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SyY4ALyCyDw&t=296s Send Hook!]]" when he called out Team Taz months earlier), Hook finally makes [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MqsloakKs7A his in-ring debut against Fuego del Sol]] and he does not disappoint: not only does he beat Fuego cleanly, Hook is fully confident throughout the entire Rampage segment, from his walk down to the ring to his grappling and strikes against Fuego, ending off the match with a version of the ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kata_ha_jime kata ha jime]]'', "[[SdrawkcabName Redrum]]"[[note]]Incidentially, Hook's RealLife father Wrestling/{{Taz|z}}, also used the ''kata ha jime'', "[[SignatureMove Tazzmission]]", in his Wrestling/{{WWE}} [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=blO5nQ012w8 debut]] at the 2000 ''Wrestling/RoyalRumble'' against Wrestling/KurtAngle to win[[/note]].

* To cap off 2021, Anna Jay and Tay Conti are placed in a Street Fight against The Bunny and Penelope Ford, as the latter two frequently ended their matches throughout the year against Anna and/or Tay using brass knuckles. Having had enough, the two pairs of women decide to use just about every weapon possible to destroy the other. The number of insane spots throughout the bout ranged from a wine bottle shattered onto the side of Tay's head and making her bleed to The Bunny getting cut by the very same brass knuckles that Anna Jay took from her at the start of the match and used it against her to a moonsault from the top turnbuckle by Penelope onto Tay lying on top of a table. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uyvN87kiFXA By mid-match]], half of The Bunny's face is drizzled in her own blood, similar to Britt Baker's appearance during her match against Thunder Rosa at ''AEW St. Patrick's Day Slam''. Once The Bunny took out the thumbtacks, Anna Jay went on the offensive and suplexed her onto the tacks from the top turnbuckle, while Tay delivered a Gotch-style piledriver against Penelope onto a second table. When The Bunny retrieved the brass knuckles to finish off Anna, she forgot about the pile of thumbtacks in the middle of the ring and slipped on it, giving Anna Jay the chance to use "[[SignatureMove The Queen Slayer]]" submission move, but with the added bonus of having ''wrapped barbed wire across her arm and '''choking the life out of The Bunny with that wire''''', forcing the latter to tap out.

* Tay Conti gave it her best shot, but didn't yet have quite enough to bring down the wily and tenacious Britt Baker in the Women's World Championship match. Tay gave the champion everything she had in her arsenal, including a Gotch-style piledriver, but nothing could keep Britt down. She didn't lose easily, though, as her jujitsu training made her too slippery for Britt to get into the Lockjaw, eventually forcing the champion to resort to a technical roll-up to retain her championship.

** '''Most Improved:''' Tay Conti[[note]]Became the third woman to win the award[[/note]]

[[AC: August 10, 2022: ''Quake by The Lake'']]

[[AC: August 17, 2022: ''House of the Dragon'']]
* CM Punk and Jon Moxley exchanging war of words which brought up a lot of references during their time in WWE. Punk opens the night with his usual pipebomb and calling out "Hangman" Adam Page to challenge him for his title and calling him a coward when he did not answer. He then moved on to Jon Moxley and in his speech, calling him the [[AlwaysSecondBest third best member]] of [[Wrestling/TheShield his group]], which seems to be a recurring theme for Jon and as Interim World Champion, he is only second to Punk. He then gets under Jon's skin by insulting his [[Wrestling/EddieKingston best friend]] and how he is only the [[Wrestling/EddieGuerrero third]] [[Wrestling/{{Umaga}} best "Eddie"]] he ever faced and the [[Wrestling/KofiKingston second best "Kingston"]] he shared a locker room with. Punk even brings up at ''All-Out'', Moxley will not be the first [[Wrestling/JohnCena "Jo(h)n"]] he beaten at in Chicago for a World Title. Having enough, Moxley comes out to tell Punk that the only reason Punk is in AEW is because he is out of money. Punk fires back by Moxley frequent blading. Both men then had enough and proceed to exchange punches, forcing security to separate them.

* The show begins with The Coffin Match between Brody King and Darby Allin. Darby wastes little time not even bothering for his entrance to launch an attack at Brody causing Brody to bleed in a nasty sight with his face all red. But Brody would counter and ragdoll Darby, tossing him around the arena and into barricades and stands. But as we know, Darby won't ever stay down and fights back against the behemoth. House of Black then intervenes and attacks but then Sting emerges from the Coffin his trusty baseball bat in hand taking care of Murphy and causing Malakai to back off. The match continues and ends when Darby uses a chain to hang and dangle Brody from the ropes and cause him to pass out and fall into the coffin.

* The show begins with The Coffin Match between Brody King and Darby Allin. Darby wastes little time not even bothering for his entrance to launch an attack at Brody causing Brody to bleed in a nasty sight with his face all red. But Brody would counter and ragdoll Darby, tossing him around the arena and into barricades and stands. But as we know, {{Determinator Darby}} won't ever stay down and fights back against the behemoth. House of Black then intervenes and attacks but then Sting emerges from the Coffin his trusty baseball bat in hand taking care of Murphy and causing Malakai to back off. The match continues and ends when Darby uses a chain to hang and dangle Brody from the ropes and cause him to pass out and fall into the coffin.

** But then after the match, when The Jericho Appreciation Society attacks and tries to lay out Moxley. Cult of Personailty hits and [[HesBack CM Punk]] returns as he returns from injury easily taking out Jericho's henchmen and sending Jericho out of the ring. He and Moxley have a staredown to end the show.
* Andrade El Idolo and Rush reunite and team up for the first time in seven years and face The Lucha Bros.