AEW Dynamite #289 - Spring BreakThru - Tag 1
đź—“ April 17, 2025
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⚡Non Title Owen Hart Foundation 2025 Women's Tournament Semi Final Match
Athena vs. Mercedes Moné
⚡Owen Hart Foundation 2025 Men's Tournament Quarter Final Match
Josh Alexander vs. “Hangman” Adam Page
⚡AEW World Tag Team Title Match
The Hurt Syndicate (Bobby Lashley & Shelton Benjamin) (c) vs. Gates Of Agony (Bishop Kaun & Toa Liona)
⚡Owen Hart Foundation 2025 Men's Tournament Semi Final Match
Konosuke Takeshita vs. Will Ospreay
⚡AEW World Trios Title Match
Death Riders (Claudio Castagnoli, Jon Moxley & Wheeler Yuta) (w/Marina Shafir) (c) vs. The Opps (Katsuyori Shibata & Samoa Joe) & Powerhouse Hobbs
đź—“ April 17, 2025
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⚡Non Title Owen Hart Foundation 2025 Women's Tournament Semi Final Match
Athena vs. Mercedes Moné
⚡Owen Hart Foundation 2025 Men's Tournament Quarter Final Match
Josh Alexander vs. “Hangman” Adam Page
⚡AEW World Tag Team Title Match
The Hurt Syndicate (Bobby Lashley & Shelton Benjamin) (c) vs. Gates Of Agony (Bishop Kaun & Toa Liona)
⚡Owen Hart Foundation 2025 Men's Tournament Semi Final Match
Konosuke Takeshita vs. Will Ospreay
⚡AEW World Trios Title Match
Death Riders (Claudio Castagnoli, Jon Moxley & Wheeler Yuta) (w/Marina Shafir) (c) vs. The Opps (Katsuyori Shibata & Samoa Joe) & Powerhouse Hobbs
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00:00Spring Breakthrough
00:00It's main event time live on Dynamite
00:30It's main event time live on Dynamite
01:00Your main event time live on a 16 minute time limit is full
01:05The AEW World Trials Champions
01:09Being accompanied by the problem Marina Shafir
01:13The Death Riders
01:16AEW World Champion Jon Moxley walking into battle
01:21Alongside Wheeler Yuta and Claudio Castagnoli
01:24One week ago at Dynamite Tony Swerve Strickland
01:27Injuring the Bastard Pack in their one-on-one meeting
01:31Jon Moxley saying it's his prerogative as AEW World Champion
01:36To fill in for Pack here tonight
01:39As the Death Riders look to defend the AEW World Trials Championship
01:42And a reminder once again
01:44We're going to stay with this match as long as it takes
01:47Here tonight
01:48It has been an incredible night
01:49It's been an unforgettable night as we have celebrated
01:52The longest running prime time wrestling show ever
01:57On TBS or TNT
01:59Right here tonight
02:01But we do need to say
02:03About what happened earlier
02:05To Young Hook
02:08That's right
02:08The Death Riders
02:09Much like they did
02:10A few weeks back
02:12Against Switchblade Jay White
02:13Attacking
02:14Attacking Hook
02:15Before Dynamite went on the air
02:18Hook
02:19Still under observation
02:21Of course
02:21That is why Taz has not joined us
02:23Here at the announce desk tonight
02:25Of course
02:26And leaving with Hook
02:28His father
02:29Taz
02:29Our broadcast partner
02:31And that took something away from this broadcast
02:34That obviously wanted to see
02:35His son get a shot at becoming a champion
02:38But Tony do you think
02:38That means the Death Riders
02:40You think that means
02:41Jon Moxley is worried
02:42The fact that they would take a shot at Hook like that
02:44Of course it does
02:45And their opponents
02:54The
02:55Samoa Joe
03:00They said earlier today
03:02Tony
03:02They were very vocal
03:03Very animated
03:04In the back
03:05They said
03:06They were going to face
03:07The Death Riders
03:08For the Trio's championship
03:09Come hell or high water
03:10Even if it meant
03:12Being a two on three matchup
03:14Realistically
03:15When you count Marina Shafir
03:16And you know what she has done
03:17How she's been involved
03:18It's almost a two on four
03:20Look at the cocky
03:21Jon Moxley
03:22Come on in the ring
03:23And you think
03:24Joe is afraid
03:26You're wrong
03:27You think Shabat is afraid
03:28They've had many matches
03:30Hold on a second
03:36How about this
03:47Good for the goose
03:50Is good for the game
03:51He's got another man
03:52Jon Moxley
03:53Can fill in for Pac
03:55I guess that means
03:56Powerhouse Hobbs
03:59Can fill in for Hook
04:00Here tonight
04:00And we're off to the races
04:02The number one contenders
04:05Have got the same consideration
04:07The Death Riders did by using Jon Moxley
04:10Whoa
04:11As the action
04:12Spilling all over
04:14The arena here in Boston
04:16Our main event is underway
04:19Powerhouse Hobbs
04:20Of course
04:22No shortage of history
04:24With Jon Moxley
04:25It was just over a year
04:26I think it was a year and one week ago
04:28That he was injured
04:28Facing Moxley
04:30See
04:30Back in Jacksonville
04:33When Hobbs injured his knee
04:34But prior to that
04:35Hobbs of course
04:36He was part of Team Taz
04:37Alongside of Hook
04:39That's right
04:39That's a great callback
04:41And now
04:41Hobbs is like a man possessed
04:45He is laying some heavy shots
04:49And Wheeler
04:49Yuta in the corner
04:51Jon Moxley
04:54Marina Shafira
04:55Claudio Castagnoli
04:56Looking out from ringside
04:57Moxley in from behind
04:58Whoops
05:00Did something bite me on the back?
05:04Look at that
05:05Powerhouse Hobbs
05:09He and Moxley
05:09They've gone to war
05:12Numerous times
05:13Each time it was Moxley
05:17That got the better of Hobbs
05:18But now Hobbs
05:19Alongside Samoa Joe
05:21And Shibata
05:21Has a chance to turn the tables
05:23Raw power here
05:24Massive power slam
05:29Delivered by Hobbs
05:31Tag made to Samoa Joe
05:36What a unique trio this is
05:41Tony
05:41Samoa Joe
05:42Cacciatore
05:43Shibata
05:43And Will Hobbs
05:44It's mind boggling
05:45And
05:47The Deathlanders
05:49Thinking they had the upper hand
05:51And yes they did
05:53Taking the young man out
05:55Of course the third member of the Ops
05:59Cold hearted
05:59Handsome devil
06:00Hook
06:00Taken out earlier tonight
06:02A lot of Deathriders
06:03With Samoa Joe
06:04Shibata
06:05Undeterred
06:06And calling in
06:07Powerhouse Hobbs
06:08Reinforcements
06:09Joe just staring into
06:16John Moxley
06:17And there
06:17Claudio
06:18Into the corner
06:19And that's a worried look
06:22I think
06:23It's been a worried look
06:24Since Hobbs
06:25Walked in
06:26From John Moxley
06:27That is
06:28AEW Dynamite
06:32Live from the MGM Music Hall
06:34At Fenway
06:35In Boston
06:35Massachusetts
06:36Our main event
06:37Is underway
06:38The Deathriders
06:39Looking to defend
06:40The AEW World Trios Championship
06:43Against the Ops
06:44And Powerhouse Hobbs
06:46Here tonight
06:46Deathriders
06:47Attacking
06:48Hook
06:48Before Dynamite
06:49Came on the air
06:51And the Ops
06:52Calling in
06:53Some heavy reinforcements
06:54Of Powerhouse Hobbs
06:55And as we've done
06:56So many times
06:57In the 288 versions
06:59Of Dynamite
07:00Prior to this
07:01Record-setting night
07:02We are staying
07:03With the action
07:03Past the top of the hour
07:05As long as it takes
07:06What it's all about
07:07In AEW
07:08Hotsigori Shibata
07:10And Wheeler Yuta
07:11These two men
07:12Have battled
07:13Numerous times
07:15Now the high boot
07:17Delivered by Shibata
07:19But he turned his back
07:20To Wheeler Yuta
07:21When Yuta was
07:23Ring of Honor
07:24Pure Champion
07:25He and Shibata
07:26Battle back and forth
07:30But now Claudio Castagnoli
07:32Playing the difference maker
07:34On the outside
07:36Yuta
07:41The legal man
07:42For the Deathriders
07:43Along with
07:44Casiori Shibata
07:45The legal man
07:46For the challengers
07:47Here tonight
07:47Shibata's shoulder
07:51Is perked
07:51Understandably so
07:53I mean athlete
07:54The size of Claudio Castagnoli
07:55Sending you
07:56Into the barricade
07:57Maybe the ribcage
07:58Ways holding aside
07:59That time
08:00Moxley
08:02Trying to draw in
08:03Samoa Joe
08:03Successfully does so
08:04But referee Paul Turner
08:06Keeping Joe
08:07Out of the ring
08:08As
08:08Now look at that
08:09Claudio Castagnoli
08:10Only a cheap shot
08:10No tag was made there
08:12Not at all
08:13The Deathriders
08:13Using the confusion
08:14To their advantage
08:15Shibata's a fighter
08:19Isn't he
08:20Think about
08:22His health
08:23Shibata
08:25Battled through
08:27What was not just a
08:28Career threatening injury
08:29But a life threatening injury
08:30But fans
08:31We are taking our final break
08:32Tonight on Dynamite
08:33Don't go anywhere
08:34As our main event
08:35Continues
08:36Now the uppercut
08:45Delivering in the corner
08:46To Katsuyori Shibata
08:47Now John Moxley
08:53Taunting
08:54The consummate opportunist
08:56Tony
08:56Yeah
08:56Taunting the corner
08:57As he rolled over
08:59Stared at him
09:00Slid back the other way
09:01Now quick tags
09:04In and out
09:04By the Deathriders
09:05Of course
09:06They're in the referee's
09:07Cone of vision
09:08So
09:08Not be able to
09:10Take advantage
09:11Of the blind tag
09:12So to speak
09:12Tony Excalibur
09:14It's
09:15It's difficult
09:17Obviously
09:19To go up against
09:21The Deathriders
09:21On any level
09:22Tag team
09:23Trios
09:24Moxley
09:25There's always a plan
09:26There's always a focus
09:27Now Fishman
09:28Suplex
09:28Nice bridge
09:29Bikewheeler
09:29Yuda
09:30Shibata able to kick out
09:32But Yuda does a great job
09:33Maintaining control
09:34Of the ankle
09:34Of Shibata
09:35To prevent
09:36Shibata making it
09:37Over the corner
09:37To make a tag
09:38Mueller
09:39Wheeler Yuda
09:40Has been very well taught
09:42And of course
09:44Brian Danielson
09:45Had a lot to do with that
09:46But obviously
09:47By Moxley
09:48And Claudio
09:49Pack
09:50As well
09:50And he's become
09:52Quite a trio champion
09:54And a very hated one
09:56As well
09:56Look at that
09:57Did a great job
09:58Of drawing in
09:59The two men
10:01Samoa Joe
10:03And
10:03Almost said
10:05Hook
10:05God bless him
10:06Yeah
10:06Hobbs
10:07Hobbs
10:07You know
10:09Even
10:09With Pac
10:10Sidelined
10:11The Deathriders
10:12Still a very
10:14Very dangerous
10:15Trial
10:16And a quartet
10:18If you count
10:18Lorena Shafir
10:19On the outside
10:19Moxley
10:23He's got his fingers
10:25In the nostrils
10:26Had his fingers
10:27In the nostrils
10:27And Shibata
10:28Pulling back
10:29See something like that
10:32Has nothing to do
10:32With trying to win a match
10:34He just wants to
10:35Injure his opponent
10:36Intimidate his opponent
10:38Front chancery
10:39Locked in
10:39Moxley
10:41Backed up to the ropes
10:42Blind tag
10:43Made by Claudio Castagnoli
10:44Shibata
10:48Now finding himself
10:51In the grip
10:54Pound for pound
10:57Perhaps the strongest man
10:58In all of professional wrestling
10:59Claudio Castagnoli
11:00Makes the cover
11:01I'm sorry
11:04Claudio
11:04Just an amazing athlete
11:05This show
11:05My god
11:06He certainly is
11:08And I mean
11:09That's what's so heartbreaking
11:10About him throwing in his lot
11:11With John Moxley
11:12And Deathriders
11:13Like this
11:13He doesn't need
11:14To wrestle that way
11:15Wheeler Uta
11:15Doesn't need to wrestle that way
11:16No he does not
11:17Especially
11:18You know what
11:18And especially
11:19Claudio
11:20Former ROH champion
11:24He's been a champion
11:25Over and over
11:26In tag team wrestling
11:27In the same
11:27This competition
11:28AEW Dynamite
11:40Spring Breakthrough
11:41Dynamite number 289
11:43In Boston
11:44Massachusetts
11:45Our main event
11:46Well underway
11:46The AEW World Trios
11:48Championship
11:48Is on the line
11:49John Moxley
11:50Filling in for the
11:51Injured pack
11:52Alongside
11:53Claudio Castagnoli
11:54And Wheeler Uta
11:55But powerhouse
11:57Hobbs pulling in
11:58For the injured
11:59Hook
11:59With the cheap shot
12:00There by Marina Shafir
12:01Hobbs never saw it coming
12:04And Hobbs of course
12:06Filling in for Hook
12:07As Katsuri Shibata
12:08And Samoa Joe
12:09Of the Ops
12:10Challenging
12:11For the Trios Championship
12:13Here tonight
12:13In our main event
12:14That was brutal
12:18As Hobbs
12:20Mentioned Tony
12:21It was
12:22One year
12:23And one week ago
12:25One week
12:26That Hobbs
12:28He injured that knee
12:29The ACL injury
12:32In the match
12:33With Jon Moxley
12:34Back in Daly's place
12:36And that fact
12:38Not lost
12:38On the Deathriders
12:39Not lost
12:39On Marina Shafir
12:40And Shibata
12:41Turning the tables
12:42On Castagnoli
12:42Jawbreaker
12:43Some of the memorable
12:45Amazing things
12:46Have happened
12:46On Dynamite
12:48As we
12:49Are at this
12:50Record setting night
12:51Shibata
12:53Trying to make the
12:53Crawl to Samoa Joe
12:54For the tag
12:55But no
12:57Castagnoli
12:58Inadvertently
12:59Sending Shibata
13:00Into Moxley
13:01And now look at this
13:04Shibata
13:05Doggedly
13:06Attempting to battle
13:07Out of the corner
13:08Of the Deathriders
13:09Yuda dropped to a knee
13:12Castagnoli
13:13Oh brother
13:14Waiting with that uppercut
13:17Caught Shibata
13:18With the high boot
13:19Back heel
13:20Trip
13:20Drives
13:21Castagnoli down
13:22To say
13:24Shibata needs a tag
13:25Would be a gross
13:26Understatement right now
13:28Now let's not forget
13:30We are back here
13:31Tomorrow night
13:32And we are live
13:33On TNT
13:34With Collision
13:35Commander
13:36Puts his Ring of Honor
13:37World Television Championship
13:38On the line
13:39Against the Patriarchies
13:40Nick Wayne
13:41Julia Hart
13:43Chris Stantlander
13:44Facing Mercedes
13:44Manet
13:45And Harley Cameron
13:46As Samoa Joe
13:47Manhattan drop
13:48Accelerates to the
13:49World's high boot
13:50Takes down Yuda
13:51Adam Cole
13:52TNT
13:53Open Challenge
13:53Tomorrow night
13:54Live on Collision
13:55Cover
13:55May Joe
13:56Only a two count
13:59For Samoa Joe
14:00All of that
14:01So much more
14:01Tomorrow night
14:028-7 Central
14:04Live on TNT
14:05And Max
14:06But right now
14:07Joe
14:08Power slam
14:09But Moxley
14:10There to break it up
14:11It took the save
14:12To do it
14:12One more note
14:14Yes
14:14Collision is live
14:15Thursday tomorrow night
14:16And not Saturday
14:17Remember that program note
14:19What the hell is Moxley doing?
14:21Of frustrations
14:22That's what it is
14:23Good call
14:24Bubbling over
14:26Bubbling over
14:26And Moxley perhaps
14:27Looking for the easy way
14:28Out here tonight
14:29Disqualification
14:30The Death Riders
14:32Retained the title
14:33Wait a second
14:37Willow Nightingale
14:38Willow
14:40Disarming Moxley
14:42She remembers
14:43What Moxley did to her
14:44Big book
14:45Oh big shotgun
14:48But Shibata waiting there
14:50Take down Yuda
14:52Uppercut takes down
14:54Shibata powerhouse
14:55Hobbs
14:56Five
14:56On the pie
14:58Courtesy of Hobbs
14:59Now Hobbs
15:03Set to the offside
15:04Boot to the face
15:05Of Samoa Joe
15:06How about that?
15:09What a wind up
15:10On the lid there
15:12By Samoa Joe
15:13He ate that foot
15:14Willow staying out here
15:17Staring across
15:18At Marina
15:19Oh wait
15:22Wait a second
15:23I just looked up
15:24At the top of the ramp
15:25Matthew and Nicholas Jax
15:27And the EVPs
15:28The men that were trying
15:29To ingratiate themselves
15:30To Jon Moxley
15:31And the Death Riders
15:32Yeah they tried
15:33To ingratiate themselves
15:34If you recall
15:34Early to hang
15:35Man Adam Page
15:36And they cost
15:37Swerve Strickland
15:38The AEW World Championship
15:40Just a few days ago
15:41At Dynasty
15:42Unbelievable
15:44These two arrogant men
15:47Wait a second
15:50What is this
15:51Rush
15:51Swerve
15:53It's Swerve
15:54Swerve
15:54Strickland he said
15:56It's open season
15:58On the backs
15:59And that's
15:59Stuck
16:00Takes up the EVPs
16:02Oh damn it
16:05That's what
16:06Unless the fans
16:09Are going bananas
16:10This place
16:16Has come on ground
16:18Has now Swerve
16:21Sends Matthew
16:22Over the barricade
16:23See you later
16:25Nicholas
16:25Oh this history making night
16:28Is unforgettable
16:29Back in the ring
16:32It's T.O.
16:33He's just so strong
16:35As Joe
16:35And so's Claudio
16:37Moxley driven down
16:38By Claudio
16:38The uppercut
16:39Shibata
16:40The high boot
16:40And now Shibata
16:42Clearing Claudio
16:44Castagnoli
16:44Out of the ring
16:45And now the sleeper
16:48On the ramp
16:49Got to get him
16:54In the ring
16:54As caliber
16:55And look at this
16:56Claudio
16:56He's fading
16:56At the top
16:57Of the ramp
16:57And Shibata
17:01On the sternum
17:05And now Shibata
17:07He's neutralizing
17:08Claudio
17:09Castagnoli
17:09On the ramp
17:10Samoa Joe
17:11He's looking for
17:12The muscle buster
17:12On Moxley
17:13But Wheeler
17:15Yuna
17:15There to break it up
17:16He did break it up
17:17Successfully
17:18Or it could have
17:19Ended
17:20No doubt
17:20Watch out
17:21Oh no
17:23Oh no
17:24Oh no
17:24Wheeler
17:28Yuna
17:29Bikes on our desk
17:31Watch out
17:32Moreno with a
17:34Freaking chair
17:35Shafir at the chair
17:36Willow
17:37Willow
17:39Wipes her out
17:40Back inside the ring
17:48Moxley
17:48He's got Samoa Joe
17:49He's looking for
17:50Death Rider Joe
17:51Transitions out
17:52Kikina
17:52Bikes
17:53Kikina
17:54Bikes is in
17:54Unbelievable
17:59Unbelievable
18:00Unbelievable
18:00Unbelievable
18:00Unbelievable
18:02Look at the end of this match
18:04And
18:05New
18:06And the world
18:09Crew
18:10Champions
18:12Power
18:13Cats
18:13Of
18:14Hatsuri
18:15Shibata
18:16And
18:17Samoa Joe
18:19The Death Riders
18:23Thought they had
18:24The upper hand
18:25By taking out
18:26Hook
18:26But Samoa Joe
18:27Katiuri
18:28Shibata
18:29Calling on
18:30That man
18:31Power
18:32House
18:32Hobbs
18:33To come to their side
18:35And we
18:37Of course
18:37Have to mention
18:38The assist
18:39From
18:40Shwerf Strickle
18:41The assist
18:41From Willow Nightingale
18:42Somewhere you gotta realize
18:46That hook
18:47Is smiling
18:49Finally
18:50Finally
18:52The Death Riders
18:54Get their comeuppance
18:55The Bucks
18:57Get their comeuppance
18:58The Ops
18:59Willow Nightingale
19:00Shwerf Strickle
19:01Fighting fire
19:02With fire
19:04Beating the Death Riders
19:06At their own game
19:07Tony
19:08Jon Moxley
19:09Taking a quick exit
19:10To our right
19:12He wants to get it
19:13Out of there
19:13With a
19:13Merry Champions
19:14Hell yeah
19:16And Will Ospreich
19:18Coming out
19:19To celebrate
19:19With them
19:20Oh the locker room
19:24Not just Ospreich
19:25Tony
19:25It's the locker room
19:28Everyone is happy
19:30To see the Death Riders
19:32Taking down a peg
19:33Here tonight
19:33It's been a celebration
19:35From the world
19:36Go tonight
19:37It's the unforgettable night
19:39Of Paul Lee Wesley
19:41Go, go, go, go.
19:43Episode 289.
19:45Go, go, go.
19:46And you know what, Tony?
19:47We'll be back next Wednesday night for Dynamite 290.
19:52And 291 after that, 292.
19:54We have no stopping us.
19:57Go, go, go, go.
19:59Thank you, everyone, for what has been a great ride.
20:02And as you said, Excalibur, the ride continues.
20:06A champagne celebration here tonight in the city of champions, Boston, Massachusetts.
20:13New trio champions crown, Katsyuri Chabata, Samoa Joe, and Powerhouse Haas.
20:23God, I'm so proud to be a part of all of this.
20:27This is remarkable.
20:30And remember, coming up tomorrow night, special Thursday night,
20:33commission on TNT, your match, Nick Wayne, and Commander.
20:37Mercedes Benet and Harley Cameron teaming up to face Julia Hart and Chris Stenlander.
20:42Plus Adam Cole, the open challenge for the TNT Championship.
20:46All of that and so much more live tomorrow night, 8, 7 Central on TNT.
20:52And Max, thank you for joining us tonight for Dynamite and being a part of history.