We head back inside the arena where AEW Triple Crown Champion Eddie Kingston makes his way out.

“The Mad King” heads over and joins the gang on special guest commentary for our next match of the evening, which is an eliminator bout to determine his first title defense for this Saturday’s AEW Collision show.

Now the entrances for the four men in this match begin, with Trent Beretta coming out, followed by Brian Cage. Already in the ring is Bryan Keith, who is introduced third. Finally, the entrance tune for the fourth and final competitor in this bout hits and out comes AAA Mega Champion El Hijo del Vikingo, accompanied by Alex Abrahantes.

We see some big high spots, including one that smashes into the commentary desk and freaks Kingston out, before we head into a mid-match commercial break. When we return, after some hard-hitting action, we get to the finish which sees Trent Beretta pick up the win. With the win, he challenges Kingston on Collision this Saturday.

Winner and ADVANCING To AEW Continental Championship match: Trent Beretta

Hangman Page Is Ready To Beat Someones Ass

After the match, we see Renee Paquette backstage. She attempts to speak to Matt Menard about being ready for special guest commentary in our first Dynamite main event of 2024, but up walks a worked up Hangman Page.

He calls out Samoa Joe for playing a role in his attack and says he’s coming for him, and if it’s not him, it’s gonna be Adam Cole or anyone else who gets in his way. Someone is getting beat down, though. He walks off as we head into another commercial break.

Swerve Strickland vs. Daniel Garcia

It’s main event time!

When we return from the commercial break, the theme for Swerve Strickland hits and out comes Prince Nana doing his goofy-ass dance for a big pop, as he leads The Mogul Embassy leader to the ring for our first AEW Dynamite main event of the New Year of 2024.

Strickland settles into the ring to a big pop from the Newark crowd and then his catchy-ass theme song dies down. The entrance tune for his opponent plays and out comes the supreme sports entertainer and best dancer in AEW himself, Daniel Garcia.

Garcia has a big wind up to his goofy dance now as he makes his way down to the ring with Matt Menard on special guest commentary singing his praises. The bell sounds and we’re officially off-and-running with our final match of our first Dynamite of the year.

Early on we see Swerve doing well and easily controlling the action. Garcia ends up fighting his way back into competitive form and after taking out Swerve for a minute, he and Prince Nana end up in a prolonged goofy-ass dance-off at ringside. The crowd loved every minute of it, and it was entertaining.

As they continue their dance-off, Swerve attacks Garcia from behind. Garcia fights back but as the two are on the ring apron, Prince Nana gets involved. This allows Swerve to jump back into the offensive lead, as he connects with a Death Valley Driver on the apron as we head into a mid-match commercial break.

Once the final commercial break of the evening wraps up, we return inside the Prudential Center live to see Swerve still controlling the action and taking it to Garcia. The action spills out to the floor again where Swerve gets in Menard’s face at the commentary desk. Garcia ends up hitting him from behind.

The two clear off the commentary desk and head to the top of the table together. Garcia goes for a spot but they both end up slipping and falling off the side of the table together for a loud “You f*cked up!” chant. The two crawl back into the ring and the action continues.

We work our way to the finish, which sees all hell break loose and interference from Prince Nana and Menard leading to Swerve picking up the win over Garcia.

Winner: Swerve Strickland

The brawl continued after the match until Hangman Page ran out.

He and Swerve had a stare down and then began a wild brawl, which several security guards tried and failed a few times to break up. That’s how the first AEW Dynamite of the New Year of 2024 went off the air. Thanks for joining us!

–– Here is what’s in store for the show ––

• Mariah May vs. Queen Aminata
• AEW International Title: Orange Cassidy (c) vs. Dante Martin
• Swerve Strickland vs. Daniel Garcia
• Christian Cage State of the Union
• Samoa Joe speaks
• Adam Cole explains his actions

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