Those Dynamite Kids - Dynamite LIVE recap for July 5, 2023

In backstage footage from moments ago, Renee Paquette interviews "Limitless" Keith Lee and Darby Allin. Darby tells Keith lee that if he feels lost in the shuffle in AEW, then he should do somethinga bout it and take their match seriously. Darby leaves, then Keith Lee laughs and says that Darby Allin is "ballsy."

Orange Cassidy and Darby Allin beat Swerve In Our Glory ("Limitless" Keith Lee and Swerve Strickland) to advance the Blind Tag Team Championship Eliminator Tournament after Swerve inadvertently hits Keith Lee with a top rope 450 splash meant for Darby Allin.

We see a video package about how Darby Allin got started in wrestling and how his trainer Buddy Wayne suddenly passed away, and how he watched over his son Nick Wayne ever since. Nick, now 18 years old, is debuting in AEW after having signed a contract at 16 that is now taking effect.

Backstage, Tony Schiavone interviews "Jungle Boy" Jack Perry, who says that he and Hook are going to handle things like men and that he will ask Tony Khan for a match for the FTW Championship. All of a sudden, Hook shows up and attacks Jungle Boy, who retreats back into his car.

In footage from last week, MJF and Adam Cole work out together. MJF takes his turn on the barbells. All of a sudden, MJF makes fun of a large man working out with a barbell weight nearby, but Adam Cole says it is not funny and that it is not socially acceptable before also joining in. Adam Cole then takes his turn on the barbells, and MJF - and the large man - is amazed by how easily Adam Cole can lift a lot of weight.

The Acclaimed ("Platinum" Max Caster, Anthony Bowens, "Daddy Ass" Billy Gunn) beat The Blade and The Bollywood Boyz (Harv and Gurv Sihra) in a trios match. After the match, Harley Cameron shows up on the video screen and says it is only fair she gets what she deserves after The Acclaimed received the same last week, and that she will soon show what real talent is. Billy Gunn has two words for Harley Cameron: "Suck it."

We see footage of Eddie Kingston defeating KENTA to win the New Japan Pro Wrestling Strong Openweight Championship.

We hear from Jon Moxley, who says that he and Eddie Kingston have gotten everything they ever wanted out of the wrestling business and yet Eddie still complains about the next generation that he and Eddie have helped build. He says that he has become what Eddie Kingston could have been and the fans wanted him to be, and tells Eddie to answer his phone.

We hear backstage from Renee Paquette and RJ City, who draw the mystery tag team partner for Matt Hardy this Friday in the Blind Tag Team Championship Eliminator Tournament out of a tumbler. It ends up being Jeff Jarrett, much to Matt's chagrin.

We see a video package for Kenny Omega vs. Wheeler Yuta later tonight, where Wheeler Yuta states that he is the favorite to win tonight after he has battered and broken Omega and that tonight is about ending him to decide the war for The Blackpool Combat Club (Claudio Castagnoli, Jon Moxley, Wheeler Yuta, "The American Dragon" Bryan Danielson).

Chris Jericho heads to the ring. Jericho says it is a little bittersweet in tonight's venue, as over the last few months, he has had a lot of big losses to his name and things have not gone the way he has wanted them to. He says it is time to re-evaluate a few things and make a couple of changes, and that Edmonton, Alberta, Canada is the perfect place to be reinvigorated as it is the place where he started his pro wrestling career. He says it seems like only yesterday that he started training with Stu Hart down the road, and he also had his first match in the neighboring town of Ponoka. He talks about his drive to tonight's arena and how he remembered what it is like when he first starting wrestling and how the passion and the fire was everything to him. Jericho then says that wrestling is still everything to him, and that he feels "reinvigorated and resurrected" and that it is time to become not just "a better Chris Jericho," but "the best Chris Jericho ever." Suddenly, Don Callis shows up, and he mentions how six years ago to this very day, he called him from a hotel in Tokyo and asked him to main event the Tokyo Dome with Kenny Omega, which Jericho surprisingly accepted. He says that the match changed the course of wrestling history, and without, there would be no AEW and nobody would be here right now. Jericho talks about how he helped him back into professional wrestling in 2015 to escape a miserable international career and get him into AEW, and says that without him, there would be no Don Callis in AEW. Callis says that as with most things in their friendship, he is in agreement, and that when the two of them get together, they make history. Callis then talks about "a coward punk" named Kenny Omega betrayed him and forced him to build a new family based on trust after Omega destroyed the old, and when he thinks about trust, he thinks of Chris Jericho, whom he calls "the greatest of all time" and his "best friend." Callis then asks Jericho if he wants to join "the Don Callis family" and change history one more time, and Jericho asks Callis if he is seriously asking him to do this before saying he creates factions, not joins them, before telling Callis "Maybe." Jericho then leaves the ring.

We see a video package for CM Punk vs. Samoa Joe in the men's Owen Hart Foundation Tournament later this week on Collision.

Backstage, Renee Paquette interviews Doc Sampson and Roderick Strong in the trainer's room. Roderick is making progress, but that there will be a little bit of time before he can get back in action, despite Roderick saying that he feels great. Adam Cole shows up and tells Roderick Strong to take care of himself and that he has all the time in the world. When Roderick asks about MJF, Adam Cole tells Roderick to worry about ihmself and not him or MJF before getting a text from MJF asking if he is ready to hit the double clothesline.

MJF and Adam Cole beat The Butcher and "Daddy Magic" Matt Menard to advance the Blind Tag Team Championship Eliminator Tournament (despite not hitting the double clothesline). After the match, MJF asks if there are any "Devil worshippers" in the crowd before asking if there are any Adam Cole fans. MJF then tells Adam Cole that they should have another "bro session" and asks the fans if they want to see them hang out one more time. Cole responds with "Sure, Max, why not?" MJF then wishes Adam Cole a happy birthday before streamers shoot out of the corner and members of the backstream crew bring out a modest birthday cake while wearing party hats. MJF puts a party hat on Cole's head and a streamer in his mouth, then sings "Happy Birthday" to Adam Cole before making him make a wish. Adam Cole blows the candle on the cake out, then plants MJF's in the cake before thanking MJF for doing everything he did for his birthday.

Backstage, Renee Paquette interviews Dr. Britt Baker, D.M.D. Britt says that Ruby Soho has a lot to say with her new friends and attitude and that she does not care what anyone has to say about her, then says she lied to the fans when she said she took everything from her, because nobody can ever take her pride, because she will always be the face of the women's division, and being the very first women's Owen Hart Foundation Tournament, which she took from Ruby. She says she will win the tournament all over again thanks to Ruby and that it is a shame they have to meet in the first round this time.

Backstage, Renee Paquette interviews Chris Jericho, Daniel Garcia and Sammy Guevara. Daniel says The Jericho Appreication Society is supposed to be Jericho's family, and Jericho says that while they are still are his family, they cannot be under his wing forever and that they have to be able to do great things without him. After Daniel and Sammy find out that they are a team in the Blind Tag Team Championship Tournament Eliminator, Jericho tells Daniel and Sammy that the tournament is the perfect opportunity to win the tag team titles on their own and prove to him that they can be the leader around here.

Ruby Soho beats Dr. Britt Baker, D.M.D. to advance in the women's Owen Hart Foundation Tournament after grabbing onto Toni Storm's hand following a Victory Roll on Britt Baker. After the match, Skye Blue confronts Ruby Soho on the stage before their semifinal match in the tournament next week.

Kenny Omega beats Wheeler Yuta. During the match, Don Callis shows up, but security stops him. All of a sudden, Konosuke Takeshita shows up from behind and hits Omega with a Blue Thunder Bomb as the referee is out of the ring dealing with Callis. Nevertheless, Omega kicks out, and when Wheeler Yuta goes up top, Kenny Omega punches him between the legs in the face and hits him with the One Winged Angel to win. After the match, Claudio Castagnoli attacks Kenny Omega, and Takeshita joins in. The rest of The Elite (Matt Jackson, Nick Jackson, "Hangman" Adam Page) soon rush in with chairs and lay out both Takeshita and Claudio as the show fades to black, and Page has to be kept from hitting Claudio with the chair just before the show ends.