Those Dynamite Kids - Dynamite recap for February 12, 2025

We see The Hurt Syndicate (MVP, Bobby Lashley, Shelton Benjamin), The Gunns (Austin and Colten Gunn), MJF, "The Natural"Dustin Rhodes and Megan Bayne getting ready backstage at the start of the show.

"Platinum" Max Caster is in the ring. He issues an open challenge, then brags about running Anthony Bowens and "Daddy Ass" Billy Gunn out of AEW before declaring himself "the true mastermind of The Acclaimed." (Caster, Bowens, Billy Gunn) The open challenge is answered by "Hangman" Adam Page.

"Hangman" Adam Page beats "Platinum" Max Caster in an open challenge.

We hear from Ricochet, who says he now stands a winner against Swerve Strickland and is moving on to bigger and better things. We also hear from Swerve, who says it is not over, and Prince Nana asks him why he has to make things personal. Swerve mentions "Hangman" Adam Page as an example of why he has to do it.

The Death Riders (Claudio Castagnoli, PAC, Wheeler Yuta) retain the AEW World Trios Championships against Undisputed Kingdom (Adam Cole, Kyle O'Reilly, Roderick Strong) after Wheeler Yuta hits Kyle O'Reilly with a low blow as the referee is distracted with Claudio and a metal folding chair in his possession. After the match, The Death Riders continue to go on the attack, but Daniel Garcia, "Daddy Magic" Matt Menard and "Cool Hand" Angelo Parker chase them off.

Backstage, Adam Copeland hits Jon Moxley in the back with a metal folding chair, then he and "Switchblade" Jay White steal Marina Shafir's briefcase, trap Shafir in a room and cut the padlock on the briefcase with bolt cutters before running off.

Backstage, Renee Paquette interviews MJF. MJF says Texas is not a real state and that Dustin Rhodes is not a real man, and tells him to pray to The Devil, as his face paint will not be able to hide his shame. "Hangman" Adam Page shows up and tells MJF to leave, and MJF calls Hangman a joke and says he is the one deserving of an apology instead of him, then says he will become two-time World Champion after he beats Dustin.

Samoa Joe, Hook and "The Wrestler" Katsuyori Shibata beat Jon Cruz, Aaron Solo and Rosario Grillo in a trios match. After the match, Samoa Joe reintroduces himself, Hook and Shibata, then says that they always have a misunderstanding and that the only solution is violence. He says they always have a problem and will always beat someone's ass to solve it, as they are "The Ops" and they will hunt down anyone and catch them lacking. Joe tells Christian Cage that all he had to do was take his ass whipping like a man, but he continues to hide from them, and since he can't drag him out of his dressing room and Christian is too much of a coward to show up, they will fight The Patriachy (Christian Cage, "The Prodigy" Nick Wayne, Kip Sabian) next week.

Backstage, Renee Paquette interviews "The Learning Tree" Chris Jericho and "The Bad Apple" Bryan Keith. He says he would have paid even double or triple the $200,000 to get rid of Bandido, then says that he will collect the bounty on Bandido on himself and demands he show up in the ring now for a showdown.

Backstage, Renee Paquette interviews Willow Nightingale. As Willow is about to talk about what she will do in her return to Japan, she is attacked by Marina Shafir. Jon Moxley calls out Adam Copeland, saying that Copeland is fighting fire with fire and is completely pathetic, and that Copeland is a dead man walking.

"The Learning Tree" Chris Jericho heads to the ring to face Bandido in a showdown. Bandido shows up soon after Jericho. Jericho and Bandido have a staredown as the lights go out and a spotlight, then we hear a bell before both men turn around and walk the ten paces to opposite corners. The bell rings again, and both men remove their hats. "The Bad Apple" Bryan Keith grabs Bandido from the outside, and as Jericho and Keith gang up on Bandido, The Outrunners show up to make the save. Suddenly, "The Redwood" Big Bill shows up with the wanted poster ready to claim the bounty, and as he is about to choke slam Bandido, Powerhouse Hobbs shows up, and he and Big Bill brawl. Powerhouse Hobbs gets the upper hand on Big Bill and hits the spinebuster.

Backstage, we hear from Adam Copeland and "Switchblade" Jay White. They brag about having Jon Moxley's briefcase, then tell him that he will paint the ring with his blood at Grand Slam Australia. Copeland tells Moxley that if he wants the briefcase, all he has to do is meet them in the ring at the end of the night.

Backstage, Renee Paquette interviews "The Natural" Dustin Rhodes. Dustin tells MJF he was going to bring The Devil and that The Devil is here, and that MJF is going to find out why he is the last of his kind.

MJF beats "The Natural" Dustin Rhodes by submission with Salt of the Earth converted into a crossface after MJF keeps Dustin from dragging himself to the ropes and Dustin soon fades. After the match, MJF locks Salt of the Earth back on Dustin, then "Hangman" Adam Page shows up and has a staredown with MJF in the middle of the ring. MJF teases leaving, but hits Hangman with a takedown. Security and officials show up as MJF and Hangman brawl, and Hangman soon chases MJF through the crowd, where security soon catches up to both men. Hangman is soon forced to the back, presumably to be ejected. Hangman rushes back to the ring and attacks MJF again, and security and officials quickly move into place to hold both men back.

Megan Bayne beats Maya World. After the match, Kris Statlander heads to the ring for the next match, and she and Megan Bayne have a very brief staredown.

Kris Statlander beats Penelope Ford. After the match, Megan Bayne returns, and this allows Penelope Ford to knock Statlander out of the ring so that Bayne can lay Statlander out.

We see a music video from Harley Cameron and the Mercedes Moné puppet addressing Mercedes. Suddenly, the music video stops, and Harley Cameron says that Mercedes had to start somewhere like she did, then thanks Mercedes for pushing her to work harder before stating that she will win the TBS Championship at Grand Slam Australia. Harley then states that she will drive the money train and not ride it.

The Hurt Syndicate (Bobby Lashley and Shelton Benjamin) retain the AEW World Tag Team Championships against The Gunns (Austin and Colten Gunn). After the match, Murder Machines ("The Machine" Brian Cage and Lance Archer) shows up and congratulates The Hurt Syndicate from the stage.

Backstage, we hear from "The Glamour" Mariah May, who says "Timeless" Toni Storm should have died in August and that Toni never knew when to stop or how to write an ending. She plans to beat Toni again and prove that she always did things better, as Toni does not exist without her, and calls what she will do at Grand Slam Australia "a mercy killing."

Adam Copeland and "Switchblade" Jay White head to the ring with Jon Moxley's briefcase. Copeland says that the AEW World Championship has been hidden behind the briefcase for far too long, then pulls out "Spike" from underneath the ring and demands Moxley accept his challenge before he smashes the briefcase. Moxley shows up out of the crowd with Marina Shafir and tells Copeland that he is making a mistake, as he has left pieces of his soul in the ring and that he is the World Championship's protector. He then threatens to show just how much he cares and thratens to break Copeland's neck at Revolution. He then tells Copeland that he has his match, then Copeland drives Spike into the briefcase to show how much he cares for the title. Switchblade and Copeland keep Claudio Castagnoli, PAC and Wheeler Yuta away from the briefcase, but Shafir is able to snake the briefcase away as Moxley and PAC try and fail to gang up on Copeland. Moxley gets his hand on Spike, but Copeland hits Moxley with the Spear. Switchblade then proclaims that he and Copeland will put The Death Riders (Moxley, Claudio, PAC, Yuta, Shafir) in the ground at Grand Slam Australia.

Here are the highlights from tonight's show!