Now the entrance tune for the reigning, defending AEW Women’s Champion Hikaru Shida hits. The Japanese veteran makes her way down to the ring to a nice pop and settles inside the squared circle for her latest title defense.

The bell sounds and we’re officially off-and-running with this one. We see some good back-and-forth offense early on, with neither lady establishing any real lengthy run in the offensive driver’s seat. Shida starts to hit a big slam and suplex on Soho in the corner as she begins to pull ahead.

Soho cuts Shida’s offensive run short, slamming her face-first into the turnbuckles in the corner before hitting a modified trip/choke-slam for a close near fall attempt. The two roll around the entire length of the ring with pin attempts and reversals. Shida goes to work on Soho in the corner as the crowd cheers her on.

Shida connects with a missile drop kick off the top rope. Soho rolls out to the floor so she can’t be pinned. Shida comes out after her but walks into a No Future from Soho. The fans boo as Soho taunts Shida. On that note, we shift gears and head into a mid-match commercial break as this title tilt continues.

When we return, we see Soho use the spray paint can and try to cheat her way to victory, however Shida hangs on and hits her Falcon Arrow and finisher for the pin fall victory. With the win, she retains the AEW Women’s Championship. As she is celebrating her win, “Timeless” Toni Storm comes out and stares her down.

Winner and STILL AEW Women’s Champion: Hikaru Shida

Samoa Joe Offers To Be MJF’s Friend … On One Condition

Backstage, we see MJF when Renee Paquette walks up and mentions the challenge for the ROH Tag-Team Championships issued by The Gunns earlier in the show for AEW Full Gear 2023. Samoa Joe walks up and tells MJF it looks like he could use someone to watch his back because he suffers from a severe lack of friends.

He offers to be MJF’s friend. MJF smiles and says ok and the two shake hands. Joe says on one condition — he gets a rematch for the AEW Championship. We head to another commercial break after this wraps up.

Orange Cassidy & Kazuchika Okada vs. Bryan Danielson & Claudio Castagnoli

It’s main event time!

We return inside the Liacouras Center in Philadelphia, PA. where we hear the familiar sounds of Orange Cassidy’s theme song. The “Freshly Squeezed” one makes his way to the ring to a big reaction from the Philly crowd. He settles into the ring and his music dies down.

Now the theme for Japanese legend Kazuchika Okada hits and out comes the NJPW veteran for his Dynamite in-ring debut alongside Cassidy. The two are in the ring now and awaiting the arrival of their opponents for tonight’s featured tag-team main event.

Bryan Danielson’s theme hits and out comes the Blackpool Combat Club duo of “The American Dragon” and Claudio Castagnoli. The two settle inside the squared circle and their music dies down. The bell sounds and we’re officially off-and-running with this one.

Fans chant “Freshly Squeezed! Freshly Squeezed!” as Cassidy and Danielson stare each other down. They kick things off for their respective teams. Cassidy goes to do his big dramatic hands up and back down in his jean pockets routine, but Danielson charges him and goes to work on him to start things off with a bang.

“The American Dragon” continues to beat down Cassidy and then he tags in Castagnoli, who hits the ring and picks up where he left off, taking it to the “Freshly Squeezed” one. He taunts Cassidy by doing his wimpy kicks routine as Cassidy crawls around trying to get back to his feet.

Cassidy finally does get back up and he makes it to his corner to make the much-needed tag to Okada. Okada steps through the ropes and the crowd intensity explodes as the Philly fans begin chanting Okada’s name. He and Castagnoli circle each other and then they begin to get after it.

The two trade stiff shots and then Okada takes over and tags in Cassidy. The “Freshly Squeezed” one, who is now fresh after recovering on the apron, comes in blasting Claudio with big shots. Castagnoli fights back and hoists him up for a suplex. He walks around with him in the suplex position and then tags in Danielson.

The two hit a nice double-team spot and then “The American Dragon” picks up where Castagnoli left off, taking it to Cassidy as we shift gears and head into a mid-match commercial break. When we return we will see the conclusion of this week’s Dynamite tag-team main event. When we return, we see the heel BCC duo in control of the action.

Cassidy starts to fire up and he begins hitting his trademark spots left-and-right. Just as it looks like he’s got things set up for an Orange Punch and a pin, he ends up off his feet being swung around forever by Claudio Castagnoli. Claudio gets Cassidy in a Sharpshooter. Okada comes in to break it up but Claudio sees it coming and blasts him with an uppercut.

Okada continues duking it out with Castagnoli and hits a wild shoulder breaker before slamming him down and heading up to the top-rope. He leaps off with as flying elbow smash. Okada plays to the crowd and calls for The Rainmaker. But first, he’s got to give the people what they want, which is a best friends-style hug with the “Freshly Squeezed” one.

We see Okada get attacked by Danielson from behind. He fights back and looks for the Rainmaker but Danielson avoids it. He hits a dropkick. Okada does connect with the Rainmaker and Cassidy hits an Orange Punch. Castagnoli decks Okada. Cassidy charges at him but Castagnoli launches him in the air and catches him coming down with a vicious European uppercut for the pin fall victory to end an excellent tag-team main event.

Danielson is shown holding his face in pain as ringside officials check on him. Castagnoli checks on him as well. The Best Friends come out, as does Rocky Romero and HOOK. The ring fills up with bodies and we see a bunch of stare downs among the guys. The show ends on that unique note. Claudio Castagnoli vs. Orange Cassidy for the AEW International Championship is announced for next week’s Dynamite. That’s how the show ends. Thanks for joining us!

Winners: Bryan Danielson & Claudio Castagnoli