Those Dynamite Kids - Dynamite recap for July 9, 2025

Mercedes Moné heads to the ring to start tonight's show. She asks "Timeless" Toni Storm to keep their face-to-face meeting civil before Toni Storm shows up on the video screen with Luther. Mercedes says she is sick of the games and that she can master any game, then demands Toni meet her in the ring. Toni and Luther head to the ring, and Toni has a bottle of champagne with her. The two of them have a toast to Mercedes becoming the next AEW Women's World Championship, then Mercedes notes the champagne does not taste right. Toni states that Mercedes has viewed her as an underdog and has the authenticity of spray tan in a rainstorm and the depth of a kiddy pool before calling Mercedes a fraud. She says that she found herself in the AEW Women's World Championship while all of Mercedes' titles are masks for Mercedes to hide behind, then asks what Mercedes is trying to hide. Mercedes says they have walked similar paths, yet she will always be better than Toni, and she is not afraid of anyone or anything, and the more people hate her, the more she will win, and nobody will stop her, not even Toni. Mercedes says that the AEW Women's World Championship is her legacy and that she knows who she is, and that she will beat Toni for the title. Toni says that legacies do not exist and that everyone will die and be forgotten, and that all that matters is the one moment where Mercedes steps in the ring, looks in her eyes, and realizes that she fears an ordinary life while Toni fears an ordinary death. Toni says that while Mercedes feels she deserves all the titles in the world, she does not deserve this one, and she will go down as the woman who could not win the big one. Mercedes declares that the conversation is no longer civil, then the two of them have a toast. Mercedes spits out the champagne, Toni yells "Eat shit, bitch!", and Toni nearly lays Mercedes out before Mercedes is able to retreat.

We hear from Jon Moxley, who says that "Hangman" Adam Page beat him before, but that was long ago and that he has not yet lost a war of attrition. He asks if Hangman will outlast him and hold the line under pressure of expectation, then concludes that Hangman is a victim and a waste before calling him "pathetic." He says Hangman has one chance to prove him wrong, and that he had better walk the aisle like it will be the last time, as he is "all the way in" this time.

The Young Bucks (Matthew and Nicholas Jackson) arrive in their "Founding Fathers" limousine.

Don Callis guests on commentary for the next match.

The Don Callis Family ("The Alpha" Konosuke Takeshita and "The Protostar" Kyle Fletcher) beats Bandido and Brody King after Takeshita punches Bandido out of the air to hit Raging Fire.

We hear from The Outrunners (Truth Magnum and Turbo Floyd), who says that last week's Collision was a little piece of history and that they came close to beating FTR (Dax Harwood and Cash Wheeler). Turbo Floyd says they proved they will never give up, and that this is not over.

Renee Paquette interviews FTR (Dax Harwood and Cash Wheeler), Stokely Hathaway and The Patriarchy (Christian Cage, "The Prodigy" Nick Wayne, Kip Sabian, Mother Wayne). Christian Cage says FTR and The Patriarchy will both bring their both and expects success, then says that if FTR scratches their backs, The Patriarchy will scratch theirs when they become tag team champions. Stokely says the biggest injustice in AEW is FTR not being in the AEW tag team title match despite their history of success, then says they will be watching before showing interesting in Christian's deal.

Ricochet beats Blake Christian following the interference by Gates of Agony (Bishop Kaun and Toa Liona) behind the referee's back.

Backstage, Renee Paquette interviews The Hurt Syndicate (MVP, Bobby Lashley, Shelton Benjamin, MJF). MJF says Mark Briscoe is about to get hurt and that he will get one step closer to the AEW World Championship. MVP, Lashley and Shelton leave for a photo shoot only to find out the tag team titles have been stolen by "Speedball" Mike Bailey and "The Jet" Kevin Knight.

We see a video package for "The Rainmaker" Kazuchika Okada vs. Kenny Omega for the AEW Unified Championship at All In Texas.

Mark Briscoe heads to the ring. He is soon joined by MJF. MJF mocks Briscoe's Southern accent, which causes the crowd to tell MJF to shut up, then says there will be no "talky-talk," then tells Briscoe to a "walky-walk back to [his] meth lab" so he can "feed all 95 of his children." Briscoe says MJF needs "a good ol' country ass-whuppin'," which leads to a "whup his ass" chant from the crowd, and while Saturday will be here, MJF cannot berate him because he is proud to be a Southern boy. He says that MJF may be rich and may look rich, but inside, he is bankrupt, and calls "bankrupt" the word of the day, as MJF is morally bankrupt and has no soul, and that MJF is so predictable he can see right through him. After Briscoe says he expects MJF to make fun of his brother Jay Briscoe, MJF says that Jay Briscoe is one of the best. He then says he pities his brother, not because he passed away, but because he has to look down and see what Mark Briscoe has become. He says Jay is rolling in his grave from watching Mark Briscoe go from one-half of the greatest tag team of all time to "nothing more than a joke," and that he would bet that if Jay were here, he would tell Mark it should have been him in that accident. Mark Briscoe immediately goes for the ground-and-pound, but when he goes for the Jay Driller, the rest of The Hurt Syndicate shows up. Before they can get in the ring, "Speedball" Mike Bailey and "The Jet" Kevin Knight go after Lashley and Shelton. Mark Briscoe chases MJF through the crowd as Speedball and Knight brawl with Lashley and Shelton. Shelton gets clocked with one of the tag team titles before getting his head drop kicked into the ring steps. Speedball and Knight then double-team Lashley, who is soon laid out much like MVP and Shelton, then The Patriarchy soon show up and lay waste to The Hurt Syndicate, even smashing Lashley's left leg in the process with a Con-Chair-To. Speedball and Knight then lay Lashley out in the middle of the ring.

Megan Bayne beats Queen Aminata, "The Toxic Spider" Thekla and Tay Melo in a Fatal 4-Way Match to enter the Women's Casino Gauntlet Match at #2.

Backstage, Renee Paquette interviews "The Toxic Spider" Thekla when she is suddenly attacked by Queen Aminata. Security quickly moves into place to break up the brawl, then Mark Briscoe shows up and says he will win the Men's Casino Gauntlet and kill MJF while Renee corpses.

Samoa Joe beats Wheeler Yuta by submission with the Coaquina Clutch. After the match, Gabe Kidd shows up and attacks Joe, but Kidd and Yuta flee when Powerhouse Hobbs and "The Wrestler" Katsuyori Shibata rush into the ring.

The Young Bucks (Matthew and Nicholas Jackson) and The Death Riders (Jon Moxley and Claudio Castagnoli) beat The Opps (Powerhouse Hobbs and "The Wrestler" Katsuyori Shibata), Will Ospreay and "Hangman" Adam Page in an eight-man tag match. After the match, Wheeler Yuta and Gabe Kidd show up to go on the attack with The Death Riders and The Young Bucks, and Marina Shafir hands Jon Moxley a chain. Marina Shafir then hands The Young Bucks plastic bags to choke Ospreay and Hangman with when Swerve Strickland shows up on the video screen. He says that everything he and The Young Bucks have been through is all about control, then says he is about to take some back. He then smashes The Young Bucks' limousine with a back hoe. The brawl in the ring continues, and this leads to Hangman carrying Moxley's chain. Shafir has to get Moxley out of the ring as the show ends. Meanwhile, The Young Bucks see the extent of the damage to their limousine, then Prince Nana shows up. Swerve Strickland then jumps up from a forklift and hits The Young Bucks.

Here are the highlights from tonight's show!