Those Dynamite Kids - Dynamite recap for January 20, 2021

The Dark Order show up to celebrate -1's birthday. -1 - who is wearing his father Brodie Lee's jackt - shows up on Preston "10" Vance's shoulders while The Dark Order light the candles. John "4" Silver says tonight is a special night because The Dark Order will get a new recruit in "Hangman" Adam Page and because it is -1's birthday. After everyone sings "Happy Birthday," Chaos Project (Luther and Serpentico) shows up, and Luther says they do not care and that AEW is turning into "a daycare center." He says that his face is perfectly symmetrical and that -1 is the stupid one for standing with "half-wits in masks and jaggedy teeth" in response to -1 saying he looks stupid, and says that he does not like kids and that they will ruin -1's birthday. The Dark Order attacks Chaos Project only to be attacked by TheHybrid2 (Angelico and Jack Evans), and "Hangman" Adam Page shows up and takes TheHybrid2 out. This leads to the next match.

The Dark Order (Alex "3" Reynolds, John "4" Silver, Colt Cabana) and "Hangman" Adam Page beat Chaos Project (Luther and Serpentico) and TheHybrid2 (Angelico and Jack Evans) in an eight-man tag team match after Colt Cabana sends Luther face-first into the cake. After the match, -1 confronts Serpetico for ruining his birthday and hits him in the head with a Kendo stick before saying his birthday was three days ago and throwing papers at Serpentico. Afterwards, John "4" Silver compliments "Hangman" Adam Page before asking him if he will join The Dark Order. Page says he can't, then celebratory music plays while "He Said Yes!!" shows up on the video screen in hilarious fashion before Page says that while he had fun with The Dark Order, he has done the group thing before and it has not worked out well for him. Hangman then grabs the bottle of Jack Daniels from Stu Grayson's hand.

Backstage, Alex Marvez interviews MJF and Chris Jericho. MJF says the last thing he wants is The Inner Circle splitting not, but Jericho is confident that tonight will bring The Inner Circle further together, and that whatever happens tonight, they will work together as a unit. Jericho says he and MJF will become the next tag team champions, and MJF agrees.

Tony Schiavone introduces Sting and Darby Allin to the ring. Sting says there is something that reminds him of himself in Darby Allin and publicly congratulates him on becoming TNT Champion. He also says that he wanted to make sure that Darby Allin had a fair chance of winning. Suddenly, Team Taz (Taz, Hook, "The Machine" Brian Cage, "Absolute" Ricky Starks, Powerhouse Hobbs) shows up on the video screen with Taz telling Sting to shut up while also mentioning Sting atatcking Starks with a baseball bat and hogtying Cage's legs together. He says that Sting and Darby Allin fight "street style" while Team Taz have been gentlemen as well as street fighters. After Starks says Sting and Darby Allin could not even see them in the street, Taz says he wants Sting and Darby in the streets and that the ball is in their court. Sting whispers something in Darby's ear, and Darby tells Taz that if he wants them in the street, then he should be careful what he wishes for, as it just might happen.

Alex Marvez interviews The Young Bucks (Matt and Nick Jackson) at Kenny Omega's house. Michael Nakazawa shows up and leads the Bucks to Omega's living room, which contains an oil painting of Don Callis and Omega in ripped bodies and blue jeans. Don Callis shows up, and the Bucks confront him for ribbing them last week. Callis says Omega is busy and unavailable to meet with them and that Omega has also changed his phone number, then says it is good that they are here so they can clear the air before taking Marvez and the cameraman to "the dungeon." Afterwards, Callis cuts them a check to the Bucks to compensate them for their investment in Omega's friendship, as he is trying to keep Omega to himself. The Young Bucks are incensed and offended by Callis trying to buy them out, and Callis responds by saying they are holding Omega back. The Bucks tear the checks up, saying they used to work for his company and that his checks are no good, and after Callis calls them "blood suckers," they beat him up.

"The American Nightmare" Cody Rhodes beats "Pretty" Peter Avalon by submission when Avalon taps out to keep Cody from slapping him in the face during a Figure Four Leg Lock. During the match, Jade Cargill shows up after Cody hits Avalon with the Cross Rhodes, and the distraction allows Avalon to kick Cody in the groin.

We hear from FTR (Dax Harwood and Cash Wheeler) and Tully Blanchard. Blanchard says FTR must be number one and tag team champions again when Jurassic Express (Jungle Boy, Marko Stunt, Luchasaurus) show up. Jungle Boy says that FTR might be the best in the world, but he can beat either one of them. Harwood tells Jungle Boy that he is not a "fly-by-night wrestler" and that he does not need Blanchard or Wheeler to beat Jungle Boy. Luchasaurus says that everyone will be at ringside, but he will make sure nobody else gets involved.

Jon Moxley beats Nick Comorato in his first match since losing the AEW World Championship to Kenny Omega. After the match, Moxley says anything can happen on Wednesdays on Dynamite and that so much stuff is going on that he cannot keep track of everything. He says Omega thought he could bring "his frat party friends from Nashville" here to watch his back, but all he did was make things more fun and more interesting for him, and the bigger the mountain to climb, the sweeter it is at the top. Moxley says he will climb that mountain and that Omega can bring anybody he wants, as all roads in professional wrestling lead through him.

Backstage, Dasha Gonzales interviews Eddie Kingston, who will face Lance Archer next week. Kingston says he does not prepare; he just fights, and he has had a very had time lately. He says he will fight Archer next week, then Archer shows up and says he will put Kingston down while Jake "The Snake" Roberts holds Archer back and tells Kingston to prove himself next week.

Backstage, Alex Marvez interviews Kenny Omega. Omega is unhappy that Alex Marvez and an AEW cameraman were at his house, then finds out from Don Callis that The Young Bucks (Matt and Nick Jackson) beat Callis up.

Matt Hardy and Private Party (Marq Quen and Isiah Kassidy) beat Matt Sydal and Top Flight (Darius and Dante Martin) after Marq Quen hits Dante Martin in the ribs with a steel chair as Matt Hardy distracts the referee. After the match, Darius Martin and Matt Sydal confront Private Party for this only to get beaten up, and Darius Martin and Matt Sydal both get a Twist of Fate from Matt Hardy.

Backstage, MJF and Wardlow meet with the rest of The Inner Circle. MJF says he gets the hostility and says if it were up to him, tonight's match might not be happening, but Chris Jericho is the leader and what he says goes. Sammy Guevara gets up in MJF's face and says a lot of things would not be happening if it were up to him, and MJF says that The Inner Circle have to be family to succeed. MJF says he respects Guevara for speaking his opinion and his thoughts, and says that he is coming from a good place and wants what is best for the group as much as everyone else does. He asks everyone to get teh match out of the way, but Sammy refuses to fist bump MJF, saying "We're not there yet."

Penelope Ford beats "Legit" Leyla Hirsch after "Superbad" Kip Sabian pushes Leyla's foot off the rope to prevent a rope break. (Leyla Hirsch was originally scheduled to face "The Native Beast" Nyla Rose, but Rose has been forced to pull out due to exposure to COVID-19.) After the match, Miro asks Chuck Taylor - who is known as "Charles" due to being Miro and "Superbad" Kip Sabian's butler - to take the microphone and tell Orange Cassidy - who has been in the audience throughout the match - that Miro is his best friend now . Chuck Taylor does this, and Orange Cassidy leaves.

Backstage, The Good Brothers ("The Big LG" Doc Gallows and "Machine Gun" Karl Anderson) attack Penta El Zero M, and Kenny Omega joins in while Don Callis directs traffic and Omega jabs a boot in Penta's eyes.

Next week: Eddie Kingston vs. Lance Archer! "The American Nightmare" Cody Rhodes responds to Shaquille O'Neal! Dax Harwood vs. Jungle Boy! The Young Bucks (Matt and Nick Jackson) and The Good Brothers ("The Big LG" Doc Gallows and "Machine Gun" Karl Anderson) vs. The Dark Order (Evil Uno, Stu Grayson, Alex "3" Reynolds, John "4" Silver)! In two weeks at Beach Break: The wedding of "Superbad" Kip Sabian and Penelope Ford! Thunder Rosa vs. Dr. Britt Baker D.M.D.! A tag team battle royal for a shot at the AEW World Tag Team Championships at Revolution!

Coming soon: the AEW Women's World Championship Eliminator Tournament!

The team of MJF and Chris Jericho beat the team of Sammy Guevara and Jake Hager and the team of Proud 'n Powerful (Santana and Ortiz) in the Inner Circle Tag Team Challenge. As per pre-match stipulation, the team of MJF and Chris Jericho will be the unit that focuses on the AEW World Tag Team Championships. During the match, it is announced that Jon Moxley will replace Penta El Zero M in the six-man tag team match of what was supposed to be Death Triangle (Penta, Rey Fenix, PAC) vs. The Good Brothers ("The Big LG" Doc Gallows and "Machine Gun" Karl Anderson) and Keny Omega in the main event of Beach Break in two weeks.