AEW Dynamite 6/24/20 Results: Orange Cassidy Confronts Chris Jericho, FTR vs. SCU & More!
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Lumberjack Match
Wardlow w/MJF vs. Luchasaurus w/Jungle Boy & Marko Stunt
The match begins with Luchasaurus and Wardlow exchanging a plethora of strikes, Luchasaurus gains control by landing a bunch of kicks on Wardlow. Wardlow recovers and he nails a charging Luchasaurus with a clothesline, Luchasaurus leaves the ring and Wardlow gets him back in it. Wardlow corners Luchasaurus before landing shoulder thrusts and strikes, Wardlow then hits a cornered Luchasaurus with a spear. Wardlow dumps Luchasaurus out of the ring and the lumberjacks attack him, Luchasaurus fights back and he gets back to the ring apron. MJF distracts Luchasaurus and Wardlow suplexes him back into the ring, Wardlow then tosses Luchasaurus across the ring. Luchasaurus fights back and he nails Wardlow with a few strikes, Wardlow recovers and he hits Luchasaurus with an exploder suplex. Wardlow mounts Luchasaurus and he attacks him with strikes, Wardlow also tries ripping the mask off of Luchasaurus’ face. Luchasaurus fights back and he attacks Wardlow with chops followed by a clothesline, Luchasaurus drops Wardlow after landing a series of kicks. Luchasaurus then hits a downed Wardlow with a standing moonsault for a near fall, Luchasaurus looks for a choke slam and Wardlow defends. Wardlow gets Luchasaurus to the ring apron before eating a headbutt, Luchasaurus goes to the top rope and Wardlow follows him up there.
Wardlow gets Luchasaurus down after landing a superplex for a near fall, Luchasaurus and Wardlow have a striking exchange in the middle of the ring. Wardlow ends the exchange by nailing Luchasaurus with a hurricarana, Luchasaurus recovers and he nails Wardlow with a one man Spanish fly for a near fall. Wardlow goes to the entrance ramp and Luchasaurus follows him out there, Wardlow nails Luchasaurus with a power slam on the ramp. Jungle Boy checks on Luchasaurus and Wardlow throws him onto a bunch of lumberjacks, Marko Stunt then hits a bunch of lumberjacks with suicide dives. Luchasaurus and Wardlow battle up the staging, Brandon Cutler interferes and Wardlow tosses him off the stage and onto the lumberjacks. Wardlow does the same to Stunt after throwing Luchasaurus into the wall, Luchasaurus uses a head kick to knock Wardlow off the staging and onto the lumberjacks. Luchasaurus then does a shooting star press off the stage and onto the lumberjacks, Luchasaurus gets Wardlow back in the ring and he cracks him with multiple head kicks. Luchasaurus nails Wardlow with a choke slam and MJF distracts the ref, Boy takes out MJF as Wardlow nails Luchasaurus with a low blow. Wardlow then hits Luchasaurus with an F-10 for a three count.
Winner: Wardlow w/MJF
After the match, MJF and Wardlow battle all three members of Jurassic Express, a bunch of lumberjacks hit the ring to break everything up.
– Hikaru Shida confronts Penelope Ford before the next match and Ford slaps her in the face.
Hikaru Shida vs. Red Velvet
The match begins with Shida nailing Velvet with a knee strike and falcon arrow for a three count.
Winner: Hikaru Shida
After the match, Hikaru Shida attacks Penelope Ford and Kip Sabian, a brawl breaks out until they are finally separated.
– Highlights are shown of a press conference held earlier today in support of Fyter Fest, Arn Anderson says he isn’t surprised that Jake Hager isn’t at the press conference yet. Anderson says Hager is disrespecting everybody by not showing up and he may be doubting himself in the end, Cody says being the AEW TNT Champion feels like hope. Cody talks about facing Ricky Starks last week on AEW Dynamite, Hager eventually shows up with his wife and he has a stare down with Cody. Cody and Hager briefly get physical before Hager’s wife throws a drink at Cody, Hager and his wife leave.
– A video package airs highlighting the ongoing saga between Joey Janela and Sonny Kiss some thugs try stealing Kiss’ car and they get beat up by Janela and Kiss.
Mr. Brodie Lee & Colt Cabana vs. Sonny Kiss & Joey Janela
The match begins with Kiss knocking Lee in the corner with a head scissors, Kiss slaps Lee and Lee drops him with a clothesline. Kiss looks for a bulldog and Lee tosses him across the ring, Janela tags in and Lee drops him with a shoulder block. Cabana tags in and Janela drops him with a back elbow strike, Kiss tags in and he double teams Cabana with Janela. Lee interferes to attack both Lee and Kiss, other Dark Order members interfere to attack Kiss and then Cabana drops Kiss with an elbow strike. Lee tags in and he attacks a cornered Kiss with some strikes, Cabana tags in and he drops Kiss with strikes of his own. Cabana holds Kiss down while applying a straight jacket hold, Kiss gets free and Cabana catches him in a roll up for a near fall. Lee tags in and he nails Kiss with multiple elbow drops for a near fall, Lee follows up by nailing Kiss with a suplex. Cabana tags back in and he throws Kiss into the boot of Lee, Lee tags in and he immediately tags Cabana back in so they can double team Kiss. Cabana misses a Flying Apple and Kiss nails him with a discus elbow strike, Janela tags in and he cleans house against the opposing team.
Janela then hits Cabana with a death valley driver for a near fall, Janela and Kiss take out Cabana and Lee with multiple dives. Kiss gets Cabana back in the ring to double team him with Janela, Janela lands a top rope splash on Cabana and Kiss lands a 450 splash for a near fall. Lee hits the ring and Janela knocks him back out of it, Kiss attacks Lee before going to the top rope and they miss their double team move. Kiss and Janela continue double teaming Cabana until Dark Order members get him out of the ring, Kiss takes out the Dark Order members before getting dropped by Lee. Lee then sends a diving Janela into the barricade, Lee then hits Janela with a discus lariat so Cabana could get the three count.
Winners: Mr. Brodie Lee & Colt Cabana
After the match, Lance Archer attacks both Sonny Kiss and Joey Janela until Jake Roberts restrains him.
SCU (Frankie Kazarian & Christopher Daniels) vs. FTR (Cash Wheeler & Dax Harwood)
The match begins with Wheeler and Kazarian working over each others arms, Harwood tags in and Kazarian retreats to his corner. Harwood gets Kazarian in a headlock before working over his arm, Wheeler tags in and he continues punishing Kazarian’s arm. Wheeler lands multiple knee drops to the injured arm of Kazarian, Kazarian fights back and Daniels makes the blind tag to nail Wheeler with a leg lariat. Daniels follows up by cracking Wheeler with some strikes, Harwood helps Wheeler avoid the drop kick from Daniels. Both teams get in the ring and a brawl breaks out between both of them, both teams eventually take the brawl to the arena floor. Wheeler goes after Daniels and he attacks him with strikes, Kazarian grabs Harwood and he sends him into the ring post. Wheeler gets back in the ring and he nails Daniels with a back elbow strike, Daniels fights back and he tags Kazarian into the match. Kazarian nails Wheeler with a slingshot leg drop for a near fall, Daniels tags back in and he double teams Wheeler with Kazarian. Daniels keeps Wheeler down while holding him in a chin lock, Kazarian tags in and he nails Wheeler with a slingshot DDT for a near fall.
Kazarian goes for a springboard leg drop and Wheeler gets out of the way, Daniels tags in and Wheeler nails him with a hurricarana. Harwood tags in and he cleans house against the opposing team, Harwood suplexes Kazarian and Daniels before sending Kazarian out of the ring. Harwood then hits Daniels with a slingshot suplex for a near fall, Kazarian interferes and Wheeler knocks him to the arena floor. Harwood catches Daniels in a roll up for a near fall, Daniels catches Harwood in a roll up as the referee was arguing with Kazarian. Daniels gets up and he nails Harwood with an STO, Kazarian and Wheeler tag in and they immediately exchange strikes. Kazarian ends the exchange by nailing Wheeler with a lariat, Kazarian follows up by nailing Wheeler with a back stabber and Unprettier for a near fall. Daniels tags in and Wheeler prevents Celebrity Rehab from landing, Harwood tags in and he nails an elevated Daniels with a guillotine leg drop for a near fall. Harwood places Daniels on the top rope as Kazarian crotches Wheeler, Harwood lands a superplex and Daniels rolls him up afterwards for a near fall.
Kazarian tags in and he double teams Harwood with Daniels for a near fall, Daniels tags back in and he nails Harwood with Angel’s Wings for a near fall. Wheeler hits the ring and he nails Kazarian with a power slam, Daniels then hits Wheeler with a knee strike. Wheeler tags in and FTR hit Daniels with their finisher for a three count.
Winners: FTR (Cash Wheeler & Dax Harwood)
After the match, FTR gets the microphone and Dax Harwood talks about being added to the AEW Tag Team Division. Harwood says they are the baddest tag team in all of wrestling, Harwood calls out all the teams in AEW. The Butcher & The Blade appear in FTR’s truck, The Lucha Bros appear behind FTR as The Butcher & The Blade challenge FTR and The Young Bucks at AEW Fyter Fest. The Lucha Bros attack FTR and lay them out until The Young Bucks make the save, The Butcher & The Blade steal FTR’s truck alongside The Lucha Bros.
– A video package airs highlighting the AEW World Tag Team Title Match at AEW Fyter Fest.
– A video package airs highlighting the feud between Jon Moxley and Brian Cage.
– Taz joins the commentary team before the next match.
Brian Cage vs. Jon Cruz
The match begins with cage nailing a charging Cruz with a flapjack, Cage catches a leaping Cruz to land a fall away slam. Cage then hits Cruz with an overhead release suplex, Cruz leaves the ring and cage power bombs him back into the ring. Cage then hits Cruz with the Drill Claw for a three count.
Winner: Brian Cage
After the match, Taz gets the microphone and he tells Jon Moxley that he needs to be afraid of Brian Cage, Taz says Cage will win the AEW World Title at Fyter Fest.
– Brodie Lee and Colt Cabana are backstage, Cabana says it felt good to win again and Lee says Cabana showed the world what it was like to win. Lee then says he and Cabana will face SCU at Fyter Fest.
– Big Swole comes to the crowd to confront Dr. Britt Baker, Swole climbs up the cart and she dumps garbage onto Baker.
Santana w/Ortiz vs. Matt Hardy
The match begins with Santana backing Hardy into the corner before letting him go free, Santana backs Hardy into the corner again before landing some strikes. Santana gets Hardy in another corner before landing more strikes, Hardy recovers and he sends a charging Santana out of the ring. Hardy also leaves the ring and he cracks Santana with some strikes, Hardy then sends Santana into the barricade. Hardy keeps Santana down while biting his hand, Hardy gets Santana back in the ring and Ortiz grabs Hardy’s leg behind the ref’s back. Santana then nails Hardy with a drop kick to the knee, Santana stands Hardy up before attacking his back with multiple forearm strikes. Hardy fights back and Santana drops him with a headbutt, Santana corners Hardy again while choking him. Hardy fights back and Santana sends him face first into the bottom turnbuckle for a near fall, Santana corners Hardy again while landing more strikes. Santana sends Hardy out of the ring and Ortiz gets him back in, Santana gets to the ring apron and Hardy drops him when he gets back in. Hardy goes for the Side Effect and Santana counters with a uranage for a near fall, Santana drops Hardy again for another near fall.
Hardy fights back and he corners Santana before eating some strikes, Santana goes to the top rope and Hardy meets him up there. Santana knocks Hardy off the ropes before missing a frog splash attempt, Santana and Hardy have a striking exchange in the middle of the ring. Hardy ends the exchange by leveling Santana with a clothesline for a near fall, Hardy then smashes the face of Santana into multiple turnbuckle pads. Santana blocks a bulldog attempt before eating a Side Effect for a one count, Hardy then hits Santana with a second Side Effect for a near fall. Hardy nails Santana with a third Side Effect for another near fall, Hardy goes for a Twist Of Fate and he lands a reverse DDT instead. Ortiz interferes and he distracts the ref so he cannot count the pin, Santana nails Hardy with a running Michinoku Driver and Hardy immediately counters with a roll up for a three count.
Winner: Matt Hardy
After the match, Santana and Ortiz attack Matt Hardy with a Street Sweeper, the attack continues until Private Party make the save.
– Orange Cassidy comes to the ring for a face to face confrontation with Chris Jericho, who comes to the ring next. Jericho calls Cassidy a joke in pro wrestling and his act has pissed him off, Jericho calls Cassidy’s name stupid and an embarrassment to the business. Jericho admits that he tried to get AEW to reconsider signing Cassidy, Jericho says Cassidy is different and somehow got over on his own. Jericho calls Cassidy a lazy slacker before comparing him to wrestling fans, Jericho says Cassidy doesn’t have what it takes to get to the top. Jericho says Cassidy will need a miracle to beat him at Fyter Fest, Cassidy takes the microphone from Jericho and he puts it on the mat. Cassidy attacks Jericho with his slow kicks before putting his hands in his pockets, Jericho then breaks the glasses of Cassidy. Cassidy attacks Jericho and both start brawling, the brawl spills into the crowd and Jericho hits Cassidy with the guardrail. Cassidy and Jericho battle into the crowd and Jericho gains control by sending Cassidy into an equipment box, Jericho then hits Cassidy with a camera crane. Cassidy escapes the grasp of Jericho before sending him into the top of the railing, Cassidy puts Jericho through a table after landing a superman punch.