Those Dynamite Kids - Dynamite recap for February 5, 2025

Backstage, Renee Paquette interviews "Switchblade" Jay White, who says that there is no history between himself and Adam Copeland but plenty of history with FTR (Dax Harwood and Cash Wheeler). He says he must rely upon FTR and those he would not usually rely on to take on The Death Riders (Jon Moxley, Claudio Castagnoli, PAC, Wheeler Yuta, Marina Shafir), as they always seem to have the numbers game. The Death Riders show up, but behind them are Rated FTR (Copeland, Harwood, Wheeler). This leads to a backstage brawl. The brawl soon makes it way to the stage and the crowd before making it to the ring. The Death Riders get the upper hand before Copeland hits Claudio with a Spear, causing The Death Riders to flee through the crowd. Copeland demands an answer from Moxley regarding his challenge for the AEW World Championship at Revolution, and Moxley grabs a microphone and says no, saying Copeland gets and deserves nothing. Switchblade then challenges Moxley and Claudio to a two-on-two Brisbane Brawl at Grand Slam Australia, threatening to make Moxley choke in a pool of his own blood in the process.

Before the next match, Don Callis is showered with "Fuck Don Callis" chants before announcing that Ospreay's opponent tonight is someone Ospreay has traveled up and down the road with and has called "brother:" Mark Davis, who Callis calls "The Ospreay Killer." Ospreay is shocked, then furious.

Don Callis guests on commentary for the next match.

Will Ospreay beats Mark Davis after the ref stops Davis from using a turnbuckle that Davis himself exposed, allowing Ospreay to hit the Hidden Blade for the win.

After the match, Ospreay says that since Don Callis wants to crash parties and be a bit of a party pooper, he has a tag team partner for Grand Slam Australia: Kenny Omega. Callis flees as Omega shows up. Omega thanks the Atlanta, Georgia crowd for the warm reception, then addresses Mark Davis, who is sitting near the ramp, saying he has no idea what Callis has on him and that while it may seem hopeless, help is there, and there are people he can trust. Callis is then seen at the stage as Omega announces his return to AEW at Grand Slam Australia, then admits hearing the fans gave him the itch and made him want to come out here as "The Alpha" Konosuke Takeshita and "The Protostar" Kyle Fletcher show up. Omega dares them to get in the ring if they want to fight right now, or else they should prepare themselves for Grand Slam Australia. He says it has been a long time since people could really feel what he was feeling in the last few years, and now that he is back, everyone will feel what he is feeling, and that Grand Slam Australia will be the match to prove that the future lies in the company and in the ring.

We see a video package chronicling the events leading to Swerve Strickland vs. Ricochet later tonight.

The Hurt Syndicate (MVP, Bobby Lashley, Shelton Benjamin) head to the ring. Rapper Westside Gunn is seen in the front row. MVP gives props to Private Party, saying that they were two young people with a bright future who were the wrong people at the wrong time, then puts the rest of the locker room on notice, saying they will hurt people and take their titles. He says that until then, they are open for business, and as he welcomes any team to face them for the tag team titles, The Gunns (Austin and Colten Gunn) suddenly show up. Austin Gunn says they are here to talk business, and MVP allows them to do so in the ring as they are conducting themselves as men, which they do. Austin says they have been waiting for two years for their rematch and that The Hurt Syndicate may have won the title, but they are back. Colten congratulates The Hurt Syndicate on doing their job, then says their job is to take the tag titles back. MVP says he respects The Gunns' moxy as well as their father, then says he is about business as he shakes their hands, and announces that next week, Lashley and Shelton will defend against "a couple of Ass Boys." As The Hurt Syndicate leaves, Austin Gunn takes offense to that statement while accepting the challenge.

Backstage, Renee Paquette interviews Harley Cameron and the Mercedes Moné puppet. The puppet announces that Harley Cameron will be in concert next week, then Harley entertains the idea before the real Mercedes interrupts. Renee asks Mercedes about an opponent for Grand Slam Australia, and Mercedes says she remembers her first victory before calling Harley "nothing but a loser" and telling her to go away. Harley almost flips Mercedes off, but Renee makes her put the middle finger away.

Backstage, Renee Paquette interviews "Hangman" Adam Page, who says that his coming after Swerve Strickland was "a moment of weakness" and a "mistake." He also says that "The Fallen Angel" Christopher Daniels overstepped and overplayed his hand, and that he did exactly what he told him he would do and that Daniels will never be able to wrestle again. Max Caster shows up and tells Hangman to wrap the interview up, then asks what it would be like if he put Anthony Bowens or Billy Gunn in the hospital. Hangman says he would love to put someone in the hospital tonight, then implies that he will do it to Caster. Caster laves, but Hangman follows him.

Don Callis guests on commentary for the next match.

The Don Callis Family ("The Alpha" Konosuke Takeshita and "The Protostar" Kyle Fletcher) beat Hounds of Hell (Brody King and Buddy Matthews) with a double-team sheer drop brainbuster to Brody King. During the match, Buddy Matthews is briefly distracted by "The Rainmaker" Kazuchika Okada's entrance theme.

Backstage, Hook and Samoa Joe confront "The Prodigy" Nick Wayne and Kip Sabian in Christian Cage's locker room. Christian Cage almost enters the room with Mother Wayne, but thinks better of it as Wayne and Sabian get beaten up. When Hook and Joe leave, Christian and Mother Wayne get in the room and shove the cameraman away.

MJF heads to the ring. He says all "geriatric" Jeff Jarrett had to do was stay out of his way, but he could not do that, and he had to teach him a lesson: the E in AEW stands for "Elite," not "Elderly." He says that now that "that carny schmuck" is out of the way, he is one step closer to regaining the AEW World Championship, as nobody is on the level of The Devil. Suddenly, Max Caster gets in the ring and says "Hangman." "Hangman" Adam Page suddenly shows up and confronts MJF briefly before going after Max Caster in the crowd. MJF says that nobody is on the level of The Devil again before being interrupted a second time, this time by "The Natural" Dustin Rhodes. Rhodes says MJF does nothing but degrade and badmouth people, especially people who are dead like Owen Hart, and tells MJF to keep Owen's name out of his mouth. He also tells him to stop mentioning people's wives and past issues, and tells him that he is not The Devil and that he stayed sober for 16 years and has stared The Devil in the eye. He says he is able to hang with the locker room because he has survived everything MJF can even think of. Dustin says that when he is gone, the mold will be broken forever, as he is better MJF and that MJF's "punk bitch ass" knows it. MJF brings up Dustin's drug problems again, and says that Dustin took 37 years of blood, sweat and tears to get out from underneath his father's shadow. MJF then says that after all that hard work and sacrifice, Dustin then lives in "The American Nightmare" Cody Rhodes' shadow. Dustin punches MJF, starting a brawl that security quickly has to stop. MJF is kept out of the ring, but that does not last, and MJF runs back into the ring to kick Dustin in the groin. When Christopher Daniels confronts MJF on his way out, MJF says "Hangman sure did a number on you, didn't he?"

Before the next match, "Timeless" Toni Storm is revealed to be playing the role of "The Glamour" Mariah May, much to the chagrin of the real Mariah May, who guests on commentary for the next match.

"Timeless" Toni Storm beats Queen Aminata with May Day. After the match, Renee Paquette interviews Toni Storm, who mocks "The Glamour" Mariah May before the real Mariah May confronts her. Mariah May then gets off the ring apron and leaves in a huff with the AEW Women's World Championship.

Backstage, we hear from "The Natural" Dustin Rhodes, saying people have been chipping away at him trying to put him in the ground, but he is still here and he lives for blood, sweat and tears. He then says that next week, he will beat MJF's ass.

We see a video package chronicling the recent events between "The Redwood" Big Bill and Powerhouse Hobbs.

We hear from The Learning Tree ("The Learning Tree" Chris Jericho, "The Redwood" Big Bill, "The Bad Apple" Bryan Keith) for a live edition of New York Minute. Chris Jericho says he has no idea how Bandido considers himself a wanted man when nobody wants him in AEW, then says that he will turn this into a teachable moment and says that next week, he will double the $100,000 bounty on Bandido's head if Bryan Keith can take Bandido out like Big Bill did Powerhouse Hobbs. Powerhouse Hobbs soon shows up and brawls with Big Bill, and The Outrunners (Truth Magnum and Turbo Floyd) show up to even the numbers game. Security soon shows up to stop the brawl, and Big Bill and Hobbs both grab a security guard and choke slam them. Both Big Bill and Hobbs then get in the ring and fight, and both men soon tumble over the announce table before taking out a cameraman.

Backstage, security ejects The Learning Tree ("The Learning Tree" Chris Jericho, "The Redwood" Big Bill, "The Bad Apple" Bryan Keith) from the building.

Ricochet beats Swerve Strickland after inadvertently hitting Swerve low as Swerve goes for the Swerve Stomp. After the match, Ricochet takes Swerve's entrance robe away from Prince Nana and walks off with it.